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March 17, 2022Episode 400 - Islands - Nicknames - Did You Notice? - Nature - "Teen" Scene
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 400, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Islands
1: Material for the giant statues on this Chilean island was quarried from a crater called Rano Raraku.

Easter Island.

2: It's home to Europe's highest active volcano.

Sicily (Mt. Etna).

3: West Indian island that's the home of the limbo dance and calypso music.

Trinidad.

4: You'll find this island nation about 95 miles due south of Cuba, mon.

Jamaica.

5: Largest of the Mariana Islands, we acquired it in 1898.

Guam.
Round 2. Category: Nicknames
1: This nickname of Mrs. Gore comes from a song recorded by Jan August and The Harmonicats.

Tipper.

2: "The Peanut President".

Jimmy Carter.

3: Baseball player Jay Hanna Dean was known by this giddy moniker.

Dizzy Dean.

4: "Dark" nickname shared by Jackie Onassis' father, John Bouvier, and General Pershing.

"Black Jack".

5: Superstar Wilt Chamberlain was "The Big" one.

"Dipper".
Round 3. Category: Did You Notice?
1: On a piano, the high-pitched keys are at this end of the keyboard.

right.

2: The 1st names of your 2 opponents.

Meg and Sue.

3: This album's cover was the 1st on which all 4 Beatles sported mustaches.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

4: 6 of these animals are found on the Cadillac crest.

birds.

5: Only current U.S. coin to have a "likeness" of the same man on both the face and back.

penny.
Round 4. Category: Nature
1: Safes, a type of these desert formations, are often many miles long and several hundred feet high.

sand dunes.

2: Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled.

lizards.

3: Although these smallest birds are known for drinking nectar, they eat insects as well.

hummingbirds.

4: This cotton pest 1st reached the U.S. at Brownsville, TX around 1892.

boll weevil.

5: Mor and mull are 2 types of this black decayed organic matter in soil.

humus.
Round 5. Category: "Teen" Scene
1: Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" and "Stars" at this magazine.com.

seventeen.com.

2: If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, and not just on a Friday.

thirteen.

3: A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store.

a canteen.

4: Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage.

19th.

5: Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?".

14.
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March 16, 2022Episode 399 - Your Days Are Numbered - A Spot Of "T" - "In" Places - Wham-O - "Ez" Does It
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 399, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Your Days Are Numbered
1: Dies Martis is the Latin name for this day of the week.

Tuesday.

2: Number of months with only 30 days.

four.

3: Years that read the same upside down and right side up include 1881, 6009 and this year of the 1960s.

1961.

4: Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hit song that is a calendrical impossiblity.

"Eight Days A Week".

5: In the DD/MM/YYYY format, it was the most recent date in which all 3 were even numbers.

December 30, 2006.
Round 2. Category: A Spot Of "T"
1: It's what was showered down upon Charles Lindbergh at a parade in NYC in June 1927.

ticker tape.

2: To write down words, especially from audio to written form.

transcribe.

3: In 1998 a $15 million production of this opera was staged in its actual setting, the Forbidden City.

Turandot.

4: Middle Caicos is the largest island in this British dependency in the West Indies.

the Turks and Caicos.

5: This general came to power in Panama in 1968 and led the drive to end U.S. control of the canal.

Omar Torrijos.
Round 3. Category: "In" Places
1: In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people.

Indonesia.

2: Civilization in the valley of this Pakistani river dates back about 4500 years.

the Indus River.

3: Technically, it comprises the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.

the West Indies.

4: This capital of Tyrol has hosted 2 Winter Olympic games.

Innsbruck.

5: This Missouri city is headquarters to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Independence.
Round 4. Category: Wham-O
1: In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther and was easy to catch.

the Frisbee.

2: Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad.

a Hula hoop.

3: Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound.

a slingshot.

4: This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar and 2 support stands.

limbo.

5: Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" and "Bounce 'N Splash".

a Slip 'N Slide.
Round 5. Category: "Ez" Does It
1: It's the crime of stealing money that has been entrusted to one's care.

embezzlement.

2: In its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel was guaranteed unrestricted use of this waterway.

the Suez Canal.

3: "And a Voice to Sing With" and "Daybreak" are autobiographies by this famous folk singer.

Joan Baez.

4: He was ruler of the Aztecs at the time Cortes came a-calling.

Montezuma.

5: The name of this Indian tribe that lives in Idaho is French for "pierced nose".

Nez Perce.
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March 15, 2022Episode 398 - Iraq - The Wit And Wisdom Of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Country Music Tourism - Postal Abbreviation Spelling - Movie Prequels And Sequels
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 398, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Iraq
1: It's the country Iraqi nationalists call Iraq's 19th province.

Kuwait.

2: Iraq's old name, Mesopotamia, was derived from its location between these 2 rivers.

the Tigris and Euphrates.

3: Roughly 75 percent of Iraq's people are Arabs and 20 percent are of this ethnic group.

Kurds.

4: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan and Iraq invaded.

Israel.

5: It's the only one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World once found in Iraq.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Round 2. Category: The Wit And Wisdom Of Pudd'nhead Wilson
1: "Man is the only animal that" does this, "or needs to".

blush.

2: This man "did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden".

Adam.

3: "Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others--his last" one of these.

breath.

4: "Put all your eggs in the one basket and" then do this.

watch that basket.

5: "When in doubt", do this.

tell the truth.
Round 3. Category: Country Music Tourism
1: She opened Dollywood Boulevard, an $8 million addition to her Dollywood theme park in 1996.

Dolly Parton.

2: This "Grand Ole" theme park is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1996.

Opryland USA.

3: You can tour a simulated coal mine at this coal miner's daughter's home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Loretta Lynn.

4: When visiting Disney World, line dancers head for the Neon Armadillo on this night club "island".

Pleasure Island.

5: Alabama and the Gatlin Brothers are among the country stars who have theatres in this S.C. beach city.

Myrtle Beach.
Round 4. Category: Postal Abbreviation Spelling
1: Colorado,Oklahoma.

cook.

2: Virginia,Nebraska.

vane.

3: Michigan,Maine.

mime.

4: Pennsylvania,Connecticut.

pact.

5: California,North Dakota,Oregon.

candor.
Round 5. Category: Movie Prequels And Sequels
1: Angelina Jolie rocked as this sexy tomb raider in "The Cradle of Life".

Lara Croft.

2: This prequel to a Farrelly Brothers movie was subtitled "When Harry Met Lloyd".

Dumb and Dumberer.

3: In 2002 Anthony Hopkins starred in this "colorful" prequel to "Silence of the Lambs".

Red Dragon.

4: Also known as episodes I and II, 1 of 2 "Star Wars" prequels to be released.

The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones.

5: In "Rocky II" Rocky becomes the world heavyweight champ after a rematch with this opponent.

Apollo Creed.
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March 14, 2022Episode 397 - Printing - 30-Something - Cats And Dogs - Either/Or - 3-Letter Abbreviations
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 397, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Printing
1: A halftone print is really an optical illusion; it's actually lots and lots of these that seem to form an image.

dots.

2: XBLD, short for this, designates a very heavy typeface.

extra bold.

3: The group of songs a singer performs, or a set of available characters in a font.

a repertoire.

4: A trademark of the A.B. Dick Co., this largely obsolete duplicator uses a stencil fitted on a cylinder.

a Mimeograph.

5: These marks around the Jeopardy! logo are the crosses or angles printed to line up 2 or more colors in process printing.

register (or registration) marks.
Round 2. Category: 30-Something
1: At age 33 in 1804, he started a new symphony, his 5th, with a Da-Da-Da-Duh.

Beethoven.

2: These comedians were both in their 30th when paired by Hal Roach in the 1920s.

Laurel and Hardy.

3: In need of money in 1835, this 30-year-old Dane published 4 fairy tales.

Hans Christian Andersen.

4: Of the 4 regular hosts of "The Tonight Show", he's the only one who didn't start when he was 30-something.

Jay Leno.

5: Madonna was 34 in 1992, when she published "Sex", and this actress was 34 in 1926, when she produced the play "Sex".

Mae West.
Round 3. Category: Cats And Dogs
1: This dog's name refers to its impressive pedigree; it really should be called "blooded".

Bloodhound.

2: One of the first of these cats in the United States was given to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes by the consul in Bangkok.

Siamese.

3: The 1st Cornish Rex was a mutant kitten named Kallibunker who was born in this English duchy in 1950.

Cornwall.

4: It's a synonym for a domestic cat, or a coat pattern that may be classic, spotted, ticked or mackerel.

Tabby.

5: The Akita, "natural dog" of this country, is said to have been brought to U.S. by Helen Keller.

Japan.
Round 4. Category: Either/Or
1: On radio, Jack Benny responded to this question from a robber with a long pause and "I'm thinking".

Your money or your life?.

2: This question about grocery bags could also apply to how you're paying for those groceries.

Paper or plastic?.

3: It's the first choice the visiting team's captain always has at midfield right before kickoff of an NFL game.

Heads or tails?.

4: It's the basic choice at KFC of what kind of chicken texture to have.

Original Recipe or Extra Crispy?.

5: This title of an 1882 short story refers to a choice faced by a man before 2 doors.

"The Lady or the Tiger?".
Round 5. Category: 3-Letter Abbreviations
1: On June 24, 1996 it reintroduced the "Bucket" that's made many families' mouths water.

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).

2: Your car's tachometer measures them.

RPM (revolutions per minute).

3: If you're half an hour away at 2:47, your this is 3:17.

ETA (estimated time of arrival).

4: This group had a Top 10 hit when it joined Olivia Newton-John for "Xanadu".

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra).

5: Classic radio and TV messages of this type include "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk".

PSA (Public Service Announcement).
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March 13, 2022Episode 396 - Cradles - 'Tis Time To Testify - The "Lightning" Round - 2003 Nobel Prize Winners - World Lit
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 396, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cradles
1: These 2 rivers were the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia.

Tigris and Euphrates.

2: Incorporated in 1819, this current state capital was once the cradle of the Confederacy.

Montgomery, Alabama.

3: In mythology this baby strangled 2 serpents placed in his cradle.

Hercules.

4: In mythology this baby strangled 2 serpents placed in his cradle.

Hercules.

5: In the 19th century William Ross Wallace wrote, "the hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world".

"rocks the cradle".
Round 2. Category: 'Tis Time To Testify
1: In 1947 playwright Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this House committee.

the House Un-American Activities Committee.

2: In 1966 this consumer advocate gained national attention testifying before Congress on auto safety.

Ralph Nader.

3: In 1991 the Senate testimony of law professor Anita Hill nearly derailed this man's Supreme Court nomination.

Clarence Thomas.

4: In 1987 Fawn Hall testified that she had altered and shredded documents for this man, her boss.

Oliver North.

5: On June 25, 1973 he testified before the Senate and revealed the existence of a White House "enemies list".

(John) Dean.
Round 3. Category: The "Lightning" Round
1: It's another name for moonshine, cousin.

White lightning.

2: A substance called Luciferin helps these creatures light up for their mates.

Lightning bugs.

3: Blitzkrieg!.

"Lightning war".

4: It's the full name of the only NHL team that fits the category.

Tampa Bay Lightning.

5: Richard Pryor played race car driver Wendell Scott in this "fast" 1977 biopic.

"Greased Lightning".
Round 4. Category: 2003 Nobel Prize Winners
1: Robert Engle and Clive Granger earned this prize for their new statistical models for financial data.

Economics.

2: Of both Boer and English descent, J.M. Coetzee of this country won the Nobel for Literature.

South Africa.

3: Abriskosov, Ginzburg and Leggett fielded this award for their work with quantum superconductivity.

Physics.

4: John Paul II was the favorite, but Shirin Ebadi, a female Muslim from this country, took home the Peace Prize.

Iran.

5: For their work leading to the MRI, American Paul Lauterbur and Briton Sir Peter Mansfield scanned this Nobel.

Medicine.
Round 5. Category: World Lit
1: In "Blessed By Thunder", Flor Fernandez Barrios describes growing up in this country during Castro's revolution.

Cuba.

2: His 1999 memoir "'Tis" opens in 1949, when he emigrated from Ireland to America at age 19.

Frank McCourt.

3: Euphrase Kezilahabi of Tanzania wrote his novel "Rosa Mistika" in this African language.

Swahili.

4: Some find that reading this marquis' 18th century novel "Justine" is pure torture.

Marquis de Sade.

5: This Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" set her novel "Cat's Eye" in Toronto.

Margaret Atwood.
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March 12, 2022Episode 395 - Also A Weather Term - People Eat That? - Science Stuff - Mergers And Acquisitions - Don't Pick Me!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 395, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Also A Weather Term
1: To welcome, or to order a cab.

hail.

2: Usual noun for what appears on a TV with bad reception.

snow.

3: Trumpets, trombones and flutes are grouped as this type of instrument.

winds.

4: If you're "on" one, you're in high spirits; if you're "under" one, you're in disgrace.

a cloud.

5: If you "steal someone's" this, you've ruined the effect of a remark by anticipating it.

thunder.
Round 2. Category: People Eat That?
1: The cheeks of this animal can be smoked, as its belly is smoked for bacon.

Pig.

2: Mold gives this type of colorful cheese, like Roquefort, its flavor.

Blue cheese.

3: These fleshy growths that top roosters' heads are blanched, dipped in batter and fried for use as a garnish.

combs.

4: Secreted by sperm whales and found in perfume, this waxy substance is used as a spice in the East.

ambergris.

5: Tripe is the lining of this digestive organ of cattle.

Stomach.
Round 3. Category: Science Stuff
1: It's the only calendar month that can go without a full moon.

February.

2: Ventifacts are rocks that are shaped by sand driven by this force of nature.

Wind.

3: Prone to volcanoes and earthquakes, the "Ring of Fire" borders this ocean.

Pacific Ocean.

4: Hematite is an important ore of this metal.

Iron.

5: Unwelcome in basements, this radioactive element is the heaviest of the noble gases.

Radon.
Round 4. Category: Mergers And Acquisitions
1: In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time.

Exxon and Mobil.

2: In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France.

KLM.

3: In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor.

Volvo.

4: In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, and you can copy me on that!.

Kinko's.

5: Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002.

Hewlett-Packard.
Round 5. Category: Don't Pick Me!
1: The card you don't want to pick in this children's game is the odd queen.

Old Maid.

2: A sign on the road to Carlsbad Caverns reads, "Do not pick up" these; "prison facilities in this area".

hitchhikers.

3: It's the crust of fibrin and serum that forms on a wound and then dries.

a scab.

4: After 5 Emmys, this "Murphy Brown" star took herself out of the running for 1996 to give others a chance.

Candice Bergen.

5: The robber hopes his victim doesn't pick him out of this police parade of prisoners.

a lineup.
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March 12, 2022Episode 394 - Presidential Quotations - Bible Stories - Who's Afraid Of - Super Heroes - Brain Maul!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 394, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Presidential Quotations
1: In 1865 he said, "Whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally".

Lincoln.

2: In a 1976 Playboy interview, he said, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times".

Jimmy Carter.

3: On April 12, 1945 he asked Eleanor Roosevelt, "Is there anything I can do for you?".

Harry Truman.

4: In his 1885 inaugural address he said that "Every voter... exercises a public trust".

Grover Cleveland.

5: In this collection of essays, James Madison wrote, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary".

The Federalist Papers.
Round 2. Category: Bible Stories
1: On this festival, Galileans could suddenly talk like Parthians and Medes.

Pentecost.

2: In Mark 1, the Holy Spirit came to Jesus like this bird.

a dove.

3: Lot fled this city as God burned it behind him.

Sodom.

4: This king got angry and killed all the babies in Bethlehem.

King Herod.

5: King Saul didn't let his people eat until they destroyed these enemies.

the Philistines.
Round 3. Category: Who's Afraid Of
1: "Autophobia" could be the alternative title for Reba McEntire's hit "The Fear of Being" this.

Alone.

2: Whether it passes too slowly or too quickly, chronophobia is a fear of this.

time.

3: It's the opposite of agoraphobia.

claustrophobia.

4: Erica Jong might know that aviophobia is this.

fear of flying.

5: For someone with eosophobia, "it is always darkest" at this point of the day.

dawn.
Round 4. Category: Super Heroes
1: His theme was the following:.

Mighty Mouse.

2: He's been played by Reeves and Reeve.

Superman.

3: Still seen in Thanksgiving parades, Wally Cox gave this hero his voice.

Underdog.

4: His archenemy, Dr. Sivana, nicknamed him "The Big Red Cheese".

Captain Marvel.

5: Originally Reed Richards, his wife Sue, The Human Torch and The Thing.

The Fantastic Four.
Round 5. Category: Brain Maul!
1: Donald Duck's middle nephew alphabetically.

Huey.

2: It's the tallest land mammal north of Antarctica.

Giraffe.

3: He was Liz Taylor's first husband.

Nicky Hilton.

4: Number of yards in a mile times the number of feet in a yard.

5,280.

5: The 4 U.S. states that begin with the word "New".

New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York.
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March 10, 2022Episode 393 - Andrew Johnson - Crossword Clues "D" - Silk - Major Musical Works - Elizabeth Taylor
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 393, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Andrew Johnson
1: Andrew Johnson succeeded this man as president, having served as his vice president for only 6 weeks.

Abraham Lincoln.

2: Johnson was the first president to whom the House of Representatives did this; the Senate acquitted him in May 1868.

impeached.

3: With no formal education, Andrew didn't learn these 3 often-linked basic skills until he was a teenager.

reading, writing and arithmetic.

4: A senator from this state, Andrew Johnson was the only Southern senator who refused to secede with his state.

Tennessee.

5: Johnson's secretary of state, he negotiated the purchase of Alaska for a cool $7.2 million.

William Seward.
Round 2. Category: Crossword Clues "D"
1: Bram Stoker novel you can "count" on(7).

Dracula.

2: Samson's locks-smith(7).

Delilah.

3: Greek gelt(8).

drachmas.

4: Perry Mason's Street(5).

Della.

5: "American Tragedian" Theodore(7).

Dreiser.
Round 3. Category: Silk
1: Silkworms spin their cocoons by moving their heads in this numerical pattern figure skaters make on ice.

a figure eight.

2: Before World War II, the biggest use for silk in the U.S. was to manufacture these for women.

stockings.

3: During World War II, silk was used to make the canopies of these; today they're usually made of nylon.

parachutes.

4: One silkworm is the larva of the Bombyx mori moth; "mori" comes from Morus multicalus, the scientific name of this tree.

the mulberry tree.

5: In the 500s A.D. this Byzantine emperor known for his code sent 2 monks to China to learn the secret of silk.

Justinian.
Round 4. Category: Major Musical Works
1: Opus 51 of this man portrayed in the movie "Impromptu" is an impromptu in G flat major.

Chopin.

2: This first season of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" is in E major.

"Spring".

3: Tchaikovsky called this work of his in E flat major "loud and noisy", and he never even heard it with fireworks.

"The 1812 Overture".

4: "Scene by the brook" is the title of one movement of this Beethoven symphony in F major.

the 6th symphony.

5: Bach to Bach works, Nos. 3 and 4 in this group of 6 concertos, are in G major.

the Brandenberg Concertos.
Round 5. Category: Elizabeth Taylor
1: When asked what she wanted on her tombstone, she replied, "Here lies Elizabeth. She hated to be called" this.

Liz.

2: This man married her in Montreal and then again in Botswana.

Richard Burton.

3: Elizabeth Taylor was the first star to earn a million dollars for a film, for this 1963 title role.

Cleopatra.

4: On January 15, 2001 this man who has been married 7 times interviewed Ms. Taylor on TV.

Larry King.

5: On New Year's Eve 1999, Queen Elizabeth awarded her this title.

Dame.
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March 09, 2022Episode 392 - Read American - National Rhyme Time - Oh, Craps! - Geographic Pairs - Primary Colors
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 392, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Read American
1: "O'Hara's Choice" is the final novel by this author who made his own exodus from this world in 2003.

Leon Uris.

2: In 2003 he said he had completed the last 3 volumes of his "Dark Tower" series and had revised the first volume.

Stephen King.

3: A werebeaver turns up in Thomas Pynchon's 1997 novel on this famous pair of surveyors.

Mason and Dixon.

4: He was all at sea with 1951's "The Caine Mutiny" and back on board 20 years later with "The Winds of War".

(Herman) Wouk.

5: In "Dodsworth" by Sinclair Lewis, Sam Dodsworth is president of a car co. in this town that was "at its peak".

Zenith.
Round 2. Category: National Rhyme Time
1: An unmarried young woman from Bern.

a Swiss miss.

2: A live animal park in Lima.

a zoo Peru (or Peru zoo).

3: A Havana horn.

a Cuba tuba.

4: Central American ricotta.

Belize cheese.

5: Southeast Asian country's ointment.

Vietnam balm.
Round 3. Category: Oh, Craps!
1: The combo that totals one shy of "boxcars".

5 and 6.

2: Craps roll known as "ace-deuce".

1 and 2.

3: 4, easy.

3 and 1.

4: Hard 8.

4 and 4.

5: 10, easy.

4 and 6.
Round 4. Category: Geographic Pairs
1: Name of a famous hill in Cuba, or the Puerto Rican capital.

San Juan.

2: You can chalk up the fact these towns in Delaware and England share the same name.

Dover.

3: Nevada's oldest permanent white settlement, or the birthplace of Columbus.

Genoa.

4: Name of the "twin cities" on the Arkansas-Texas border.

Texarkana.

5: Island off New Jersey or Argentina, but Argentines call it "Isla de los Estados".

Staten Island.
Round 5. Category: Primary Colors
1: Paul Bunyan's Babe was a giant ox of this color.

blue.

2: Tom Clancy's first 2 novels had this color in their titles.

red.

3: It's the color mentioned in the title of the following.

yellow.

4: In the election of 1892, the Populist Party supported "free" this mineral (also a color).

silver.

5: The group known as "Code" this calls itself a "women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement".

Code Pink.
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March 08, 2022Episode 391 - Lose A Turn - Fits "U" To A "T" - "Fer"Gie - Over The River - It's A Monarchy
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 391, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Lose A Turn
1: In 1991, after 8 years as the AKC's top dog, the cocker spaniel lost the No. 1 ranking to this dog called a lab.

a Labrador retriever.

2: Chillicothe was this state's capital twice, losing out to Zanesville once and finally to Columbus.

Ohio.

3: Only twice between 1949 and 1964 did this team fail to win the American League pennant.

the New York Yankees.

4: After a 3-year ride at the top in U.S. sales, this Honda model lost its No. 1 position to the Taurus in 1992.

the Honda Accord.

5: This orator was the Democrats' presidential nominee twice, lost a turn and was nominated again in 1908.

William Jennings Bryan.
Round 2. Category: Fits "U" To A "T"
1: If you've wrecked someone's careful planning, you've done this to the applecart.

upset.

2: The condition of an apple pie fresh out of the oven, it's also how I like my movies.

uncut.

3: Apple pie is often rich, so it makes sense that this part of the pie is a synonym for "rich".

the upper crust.

4: Saying that Dutch apple pie is just good is one of these, because it's the best dessert on Earth.

an understatement.

5: If a bakery spends $12 producing 6 apple tarts, this cost is $2.

a unit.
Round 3. Category: "Fer"Gie
1: Adjective for an organism that can reproduce, or for an imagination full of ideas.

fertile.

2: To consult together, or to bestow.

confer.

3: If it contains iron, it's described as this, Bueller.

ferrous.

4: This frozen-food company's slogan is "Every dinner should feel this good".

Stouffer's.

5: A pine, a fir, or a spruce.

a conifer.
Round 4. Category: Over The River
1: River crossed by the Allenby, or King Hussein, Bridge.

Jordan River.

2: Before its completion in 1917, the Quebec railway bridge over this river collapsed twice.

St. Lawrence River.

3: Clevelander Hart Crane's great poem "The Bridge" praises this one across NYC's East River.

Brooklyn Bridge.

4: This type of movable bridge that protected castles is also used to permit river traffic.

Drawbridge.

5: Puente de Piedras is a centuries-old bridge in this country where "The Bridge Of San Luis Rey" is set.

Peru.
Round 5. Category: It's A Monarchy
1: Jordan,Israel,Egypt.

Jordan.

2: Denmark,Ireland,France.

Denmark.

3: Singapore,Indonesia,Malaysia.

Malaysia.

4: Bhutan,Benin,Botswana.

Bhutan.

5: Fiji,Samoa,Kiribati.

Samoa.
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