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November 08, 2021Episode 271 - Oman - Leading "Roll"S - The Contest - Broadway Debuts - "C.c." Senor
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 271, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Oman
1: It's the principle natural resource of Oman.

oil.

2: Oman waspart of the international force that defeated this country in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

Iraq.

3: A section of Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the UAE, juts into this important strait.

the Strait of Hormuz.

4: With no constitution or legislature, Oman is governed by a ruler with this title.

the Sultan of Oman.

5: This, the capital city, was formerly paired with Oman in the country's name.

Muscat.
Round 2. Category: Leading "Roll"S
1: Some people use spray deodorants, but many conservationists prefer this non-aerosol kind.

roll-on.

2: When it's time to go to sleep, campers unroll these.

a bed roll.

3: If you have lots of dough, you can buy a really nice one of these implements to smooth out your dough.

a rolling pin.

4: In the "Beer Barrel Polka", this line precedes "We'll have a barrel of fun".

roll out the barrel.

5: Jazz great Morton, or his sweet snack.

jelly roll.
Round 3. Category: The Contest
1: 1984 Walter Mondale got his 13 electoral votes by winning D.C. and this state.

Minnesota.

2: In 1998 Rabbit Hash, Ky. elected Goofy, one of these, as mayor; sadly, the mayor had to be "put down" in 2001.

a dog.

3: Peter Ueberroth finished sixth in a 2003 race for this state's highest office, just ahead of Larry Flynt.

California.

4: This George W. Bush Cabinet member lost his 2000 Senate race to a man who died a month before the election.

John Ashcroft.

5: In 1884 a booster's attack on democratic "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" backfired on this Down Easter.

James Blaine.
Round 4. Category: Broadway Debuts
1: In 2009 this "Saturday Night Live" alum made his Broadway debut--not as moi, but as George W. Bush.

(Will) Ferrell.

2: Tamyra Gray, who placed 4th in the 1st season of this TV singing contest, later joined the cast of "Bombay Dreams".

American Idol.

3: Life is far from crummy for Max Crumm, who won the role of Danny Zuko in the revival on a reality TV show.

Grease.

4: Uta Hagen flew onto Broadway in 1938, debuting as Nina in this Chekhov play.

The Seagull.

5: Time flies: in 2007 this "Leave It To Beaver" star turned 59 and played Wilbur Turnblad in "Hairspray".

Jerry Mathers.
Round 5. Category: "C.c." Senor
1: At this Florida site, the scientists are all out to launch.

Cape Canaveral.

2: His name, pre-Muhammad Ali.

Cassius Clay.

3: Research facilitator that includes the following:.

a card catalogue.

4: Ernie Banks played all his Major League games with this team.

the Chicago Cubs.

5: In 1968 this labor leader had a grape, er... gripe.

Caesar Chavez.
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November 07, 2021Episode 270 - What's Falling? - The Play's The Thing - Live In Texas - Dinner - Bird Tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 270, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What's Falling?
1: As Charles Lindbergh rode down Broadway June 13, 1927.

ticker tape (confetti accepted).

2: As the Seventh Plague of Egypt.

hail.

3: In the form of dust or sand after a volcanic eruption.

ash.

4: By design, from a Tupolev Tu-26 "Backfire" or Petlyakov PE-2.

a bomb.

5: Beneath a Frank Lloyd Wright house built for a Pittsburgh family.

water (a waterfall accepted).
Round 2. Category: The Play's The Thing
1: Mary Chase play concerned with the sanity of one Elwood P. Dowd.

"Harvey".

2: The characters in this O'Neill play aren't waiting for Godot, they're waiting for Hickey.

"The Iceman Cometh".

3: In his Broadway debut in 2008, Terrence Howard was solid as brick in this Tennessee Williams play.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

4: In this 1949 Pulitzer-winning play, Willy and his 2 sons butt heads.

Death of a Salesman.

5: A seedy NYC hotel-saloon and the pipe dreams of its inhabitants are elements of this "cool" 1946 Eugene O'Neill play.

The Iceman Cometh.
Round 3. Category: Live In Texas
1: If you're on the road again in Texas, stop at Luck, this singer's world headquarters.

Willie Nelson.

2: Check out the I.M. Pei-designed city hall at the south end of downtown in this city, cowboy; it's i-m-pressive.

Dallas.

3: This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother.

Lance Armstrong.

4: From 2001 to 2009 this town was home to "the Western White House".

Crawford.

5: Spain officially founded this city known for its Paseo del Rio (River Walk) in 1718... remember?.

San Antonio.
Round 4. Category: Dinner
1: At Thanksgiving dinner, pass the gravy made with these turkey innards including the heart and gizzard.

Giblets.

2: Tired of turkey? Why not serve the Smithfield or country-style type of this.

Ham.

3: An English prime rib dinner isn't complete without this cross between a popover and a souffle.

Yorkshire pudding.

4: We owe thanks to this country for sharing with us its Chicken Paprikash.

Hungary.

5: For an elegant dinner, serve Coquilles St. Jacques, these shellfish in a wine sauce.

Scallops.
Round 5. Category: Bird Tv
1: It's Big Bird's boulevard.

Sesame Street.

2: This fast-moving bird got his own TV series in 1966 -- Beep! Beep!.

The Roadrunner.

3: Waldo, who was murdered on "Twin Peaks", was a talkative one of these birds.

Mynah Bird.

4: In 1981 creator Earl Hamner uncorked this series about a winery whose symbol was a bird of prey.

Falcon Crest.

5: It's the bird name of the Emmy-winning actor who plays twins Adam and Stuart Chandler on "All My Children".

David Canary.
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November 06, 2021Episode 269 - Explorers - World Of Business - New Superheroes And Villains - Animal Noises - Colorful Idioms
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 269, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Explorers
1: Francisco Pizarro was with him when he claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain September 29, 1513.

Vasco de Balboa.

2: He led the expedition that rescued Emin Pasha, as well as the one that found Livingstone.

Henry Stanley.

3: His 1872 book was titled "How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa".

Stanley.

4: Lincoln Ellsworth explored this region by airplane, dirigible, and submarine.

arctic.

5: On April 17, 1524 he became the first European to sight New York Harbor; 440 years later a bridge named for him opened there.

Verrazano.
Round 2. Category: World Of Business
1: Hilton's first hotel in this city opened in 1999; the earlier "Hilton" there was actually a prison.

Hanoi.

2: The name of the oil additive STP stands for Scientifically Treated this.

Petroleum.

3: (Hi, I'm Deidre Hall from "Days of Our Lives") This California company that began in 1945 turned Erica Kane and my character, Marlena Evans, into dolls.

Mattel.

4: Headlines in January 2000 said of this company, "You've Got Time Warner"!.

America Online (AOL).

5: This soap for "All Your...Parts" was introduced in 1990.

Lever 2000.
Round 3. Category: New Superheroes And Villains
1: So strong an NBA Award is named for him, in a time of crisis, he's the first reserve off the bench; make way for the....

Sixth Man.

2: Called "Head Case" until his friends' laughter made him mad, he changed it to this, from the Greek for "skull"; beware the....

Cranium.

3: 11 letters of trouble, he introduces after-dinner speakers; raise a glass in fear to....

Toastmaster.

4: From the Latin for "judged", she's empowered to decide an issue; sitting mightily at the bargaining table, it's....

Arbitrator.

5: Uh oh! He just sold you a lemon of a car! "Let the buyer beware" this 2-word Latin phrase, it's....

Caveat Emptor.
Round 4. Category: Animal Noises
1: Mexican peninsula, or the sound of a sheep laughing.

Baja.

2: To ingest your Thanksgiving turkey quickly.

gobble it up.

3: Audio components whose job sound like they could be done by dogs and birds.

woofer and tweeters.

4: The Pacific equivalent of Atlantis.

Mu.

5: In "A Day at the Races", Hugo Hackenbush is one.

quack.
Round 5. Category: Colorful Idioms
1: Elephant or lie.

white.

2: Elephants or slip.

pink.

3: Humor or market.

black.

4: Blood or streak.

blue.

5: Light or thumb.

green.
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November 05, 2021Episode 268 - That's Write! - Symptoms Of Affluenza - "B" Plus - 1992 Films - To Grandmother's House We Go
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 268, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: That's Write!
1: "Garabatos" in Spanish; Polly Wolly and a certain "Yankee" are dandy at these idle scribbles.

doodles.

2: A preliminary version; the Brits spell it with a "ugh", we use an "f".

a draft.

3: From the Latin for "to write across", it's making a written copy of dictated material.

transcribe.

4: This type of will is written in your own hand; it sounds like it's in 3-D.

holographic.

5: Pun alert! Oscar's illegibly written text of "Lady Windermere's Fan" would be this "of the Wilde".

Scrawl.
Round 2. Category: Symptoms Of Affluenza
1: You get the sweats thinking about this car company's Silver Shadow, Silver Cloud or Phantom model.

Rolls-Royce.

2: Shortness of breath ordering 2 boxes of Cohiba cigars, first made in this country.

Cuba.

3: You get weak-kneed fondling a tournament mallet used during chukkers in this sport.

polo.

4: Heart palpitations when mentioning the Carnegie Abbey Members Only Club at Narragansett Bay in this state.

Rhode Island.

5: Shivers walking through 718 Fifth Ave., the jewelry house of this "King of Diamonds".

Harry Winston.
Round 3. Category: "B" Plus
1: The alpha factor measures a stock's own volatility; this Greek letter compares it to the entire market.

beta.

2: In this sport, the ball has 3 holes in which you put your fingers.

bowling.

3: It's what Papa had in a 1965 James Brown hit.

"A Brand New Bag".

4: Beginning in the 1970s, more than 1 million of these Indochinese refugees fled the Communist regmes where they lived.

boat people.

5: This national variety of python can grow to 30 feet long.

the Burmese python.
Round 4. Category: 1992 Films
1: [audio -- music playing in background]Film that features the following love song:.

The Bodyguard.

2: The 1992 sequel to this hit comedy is subtitled "Lost in New York".

Home Alone.

3: Daniel Day-Lewis trained to fight with a tomahawk for this epic film based on a James Fenimore Cooper novel.

The Last of the Mohicans.

4: Craig Sheffer and Brad Pitt play brothers with a passion for fly-fishing in this Robert Redford drama.

A River Runs Through It.

5: Whoopi Goldberg plays a rebellious teacher in South Africa in this musical drama.

Sarafina!.
Round 5. Category: To Grandmother's House We Go
1: Just because Grandma collects these shakers doesn't mean there's too much sodium in her diet.

Salt shakers.

2: Grandma collects this man's albums and has read his memoir "The Kingdom Of Swing" 25 times.

Benny Goodman.

3: On Grandma's wall there's a picture of this president from his Navy days on a PT boat.

John F. Kennedy.

4: Grandma still has the diaries she wrote at this Poughkeepsie school before it went co-ed.

Vassar.

5: Grandma loves the puppy pictures on the plates she collects from this "exchange".

The Bradford Exchange.
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November 04, 2021Episode 267 - Amazon - Out West - Hurricanes - Big Screen Title Pairs - It's Elemental
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 267, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Amazon
1: Beginning in Peru, the Amazon flows over 4,000 miles to this ocean.

Atlantic Ocean.

2: Abundant in the Amazon River, this feared fish is also known as a caribe.

Piranha.

3: The upper Amazon is known as the Solimoes River until it reaches this nation's city of Manaus.

Brazil.

4: A 1542 attack by female warriors against explorers from this country led to the Amazon receiving its name.

Spain.

5: These water boas of the Amazon region can grow to over 200 pounds and over 20 feet.

Anacondas.
Round 2. Category: Out West
1: She joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show after meeting him at the Cotton Expo in New Orleans.

Annie Oakley.

2: This 2nd largest Arizona city is called "The Astronomy Capital of the World" due to the many telescopes located nearby.

Tucson.

3: In 1851 James Savage became the first white man to enter this Calif. valley, now the site of a national park.

Yosemite.

4: Lt. Caspar W. Collins has a city named for him (spelled differently) on the North Platte River in this state.

Wyoming.

5: Named for a British admiral, this inactive volcano in the Cascades last erupted in 1865.

Hood.
Round 3. Category: Hurricanes
1: "My Fair Lady" tune with the line "In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen".

"The Rain in Spain".

2: In 1995 Hurricane Peter McNeely was this boxer's first post-prison victim.

Mike Tyson.

3: A chimney on a hurricane lamp is usually made out of this.

Glass.

4: The Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane are types of these.

Airplanes.

5: In 1984 this arachnid group had a Top 40 hit with "Rock You Like a Hurricane".

The Scorpions.
Round 4. Category: Big Screen Title Pairs
1: 1971:"...and the Chocolate Factory".

Willy Wonka.

2: 1994:"...and Present Danger".

Clear.

3: 1966:"...and Mr. Chicken".

The Ghost.

4: 1993:"...and Confused".

Dazed.

5: 1975:"...and the Lion".

The Wind.
Round 5. Category: It's Elemental
1: Its symbol Hg comes from the Latin hydrargyrum, "watery silver".

mercury.

2: The Sanskrit juel, "to shine", was transmuted into this 4-letter element by Anglo-Saxons.

gold.

3: With 1 as its atomic number, this gas heads up the periodic table.

hydrogen.

4: In the electronics industry, this element symbolized Si, is made into N- and P-types of semiconductors.

silicon.

5: Oxides of this silver-white metallic element are used in pigments to give some ceramics a vivid blue color.

cobalt.
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November 03, 2021Episode 266 - Musical Architecture - Remember The Titans - Around The Doghouse With Spot - "Eel" Of Fortune - German Science
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 266, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Musical Architecture
1: In "Royal Wedding" Fred Astaire gives a textbook demonstration of this, the title of a 1986 Lionel Richie hit.

Dancing On The Ceiling.

2: The B-52's headed up the charts when they headed on down to this place.

Love Shack.

3: The Dixie Cups sang, "Gee I really love you and we're gonna get married, goin' to" this place.

Chapel Of Love.

4: Carole King co-wrote this song that was a No. 5 hit for the Drifters in 1962.

Up On The Roof.

5: Melissa Etheridge's first Top 40 song, it says, "Crawl inside, wait by the light of the moon".

Come To My Window.
Round 2. Category: Remember The Titans
1: Aeschylus wrote of this "bound" Titan who was a hero to humankind.

Prometheus.

2: Mnemosyne, the Titan goddess of memory, was also the mother of these inspirational goddesses.

the Muses.

3: Goddess of the Earth, was was the mother of the Titans.

Gaia.

4: The youngest of the Titans, he found time to father the Olympians.

Cronos.

5: A South American birdie told me this Titan was Zeus' mother and mother-in-law.

Rhea.
Round 3. Category: Around The Doghouse With Spot
1: Spot has never managed to lie on top of his doghouse like this Peanuts character.

Snoopy.

2: Spot's owner puts a special collar on Spot to keep these insects from jumping onto him.

Fleas.

3: Always the picky eater, Spot will only eat this brand's "Dog Chow" and an occasional bird.

Purina.

4: Spot's owner made up the word "Schnottish" for Spot, a mix of schnauzer and this type of terrier.

Scottish.

5: The Post-Dispatch can be found in Spot's doghouse because he lives in this Midwestern city.

St. Louis.
Round 4. Category: "Eel" Of Fortune
1: Fruit skin.

peel.

2: Bread end.

heel.

3: Boat bottom.

keel.

4: Iron alloy.

steel.

5: A fisherman's wicker basket.

creel.
Round 5. Category: German Science
1: Around 1850 Helmholtz clocked impulses moving along these body parts at about 90 feet per second.

nerves.

2: University prof Michael Mastlin sold young Johannes Kepler on this Copernican theory.

heliocentrism.

3: Max Born taught this subject at the University of Gottingen and won a Nobel Prize in it.

physics.

4: "Psychopathia Sexualis" author Krafft-Ebing found the link between this disease and the mental decay called paresis.

syphilis.

5: Nicolaier produced this disease in animals by injecting then with soil, and maybe watching their little jaws lock.

tetanus.
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November 02, 2021Episode 265 - Subway Stops - My Own Private Idaho - Motown - Lotto Fever - Irs Stuff
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 265, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Subway Stops
1: Stops on this city's Line 1 include Carioca, Flamengo and Botafogo.

Rio de Janeiro.

2: Kyobashi and Toranomon are stops on the Ginza Line cutting through this city.

Tokyo.

3: You'll have to switch lines in this city to go from Chapultepec to Politecnico.

Mexico City.

4: You can ride one line in this world capital from Kifissia to Pireas.

Athens.

5: Going from Govan to Cowcaddens on this city's subway, you'll cross the Clyde and Kelvin Rivers.

Glasgow.
Round 2. Category: My Own Private Idaho
1: Calling itself the birthplace of television, Rigby, Idaho was the boyhood home of this technology pioneer.

Philo Farnsworth.

2: Idaho's license plates logically carry the slogan "Famous" these.

Potatoes.

3: In the 1860s this precious metal was discovered at Owyhee, and today Idaho leads the U.S. in its production.

silver.

4: The Idaho section of U.S. Highway 12 bears the name of these 2 men who passed through the area in the early 1800s.

Lewis and Clark.

5: Idaho's Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage and legends of this "nosy" Native American tribe.

Nez Perce.
Round 3. Category: Motown
1: Beginning with "Where Did Our Love Go", this group has 12 No. 1 hits, more than any act on the Motown label.

the Supremes.

2: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" was the first of his 19 Grammys, a record for rock performers.

Stevie Wonder.

3: This lead singer of the Miracles wrote "My Guy" for Mary Wells and "My Girl" for the Temptations.

Smokey Robinson.

4: Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir, Levi Stubbs and Lawrence Payton performed under this name, starting in 1956.

the Four Tops.

5: The Supremes had the most No. 1 hits of any U.S. group, beginning with this song in 1964: "Baby, baby...".

"Where Did Our Love Go".
Round 4. Category: Lotto Fever
1: An illegal lottery, or the fourth book of the Old Testament.

Numbers.

2: One of the USA's 500 largest businesses by revenue is this state's lottery, based in Schenectady.

New York.

3: In 1980 Congress forbade the use of this for distribution of lottery materials.

the mails.

4: 13 workers at one of this coffee chain's stores in California became stars when they won big bucks in 2000...$87 million.

Starbucks.

5: 2000 saw a fight in England over running the lottery, with this Virgin king at the forefeont.

Richard Branson.
Round 5. Category: Irs Stuff
1: The IRS now allows some deductions for treatments, not including the over-the-counter patch, to quit this.

Smoking.

2: To deduct these, your new job must be over 50 miles farther from your former home than your old job was.

Moving expenses.

3: If you've been selected for one of these, the IRS cheerfully informs you that many of them result in refunds.

Audit.

4: Filing jointly, families with 2 or more kids and making under $34,178 a year may receive the EITC, this credit.

Earned Income Tax Credit.

5: About 9% of the individual returns for 2000 checked the box to donate this much to the Presidential Election Fund.

$3.
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November 01, 2021Episode 264 - Battles - The Age Of Aquariums - I'm In "Seventh" Heaven - Location, Location, Location - Sports Stuff
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 264, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Battles
1: In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians.

Marathon.

2: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end and the start of Sparta's rise.

Athens.

3: This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War.

the Charge of the Light Brigade.

4: England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year.

1066.

5: "2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner and 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812.

the Battle of Lake Erie.
Round 2. Category: The Age Of Aquariums
1: The Great Lake Aquarium featured fish that live in this kind of water, as opposed to saltwater.

freshwater.

2: It's fun to ride the riverboat from the Audobon Zoo to the Aquarium of the Americas in this Louisiana city.

New Orleans.

3: These "tuxedoed" birds are a highlight of the Splash Zone at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

penguins.

4: Seen here, the beluga type of this mammal is one of the main attractions at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

a whale.

5: On April 13, 2001 a bottlenose one of these mammals was born at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

a dolphin.
Round 3. Category: I'm In "Seventh" Heaven
1: "...the right of trial by jury...".

the Seventh Amendment.

2: The Davidians are a branch of this religion.

Seventh-day Adventists.

3: One theory is this sports tradition began at Manhattan College in 1882 to control restless students in the stands.

the seventh inning stretch.

4: Folklorically, this descendant will have occult powers; it's also an Iron Maiden album.

seventh son of a seventh son.

5: Released in 1957, this film was based on the play "Tramalning" that had also been written by the director.

The Seventh Seal.
Round 4. Category: Location, Location, Location
1: Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country.

Switzerland.

2: Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807.

Gotham.

3: There are only 31 states and 1 federal district in this North American country.

Mexico.

4: The Tasman Sea separates Australia and this nation.

New Zealand.

5: Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district.

Nottingham.
Round 5. Category: Sports Stuff
1: The opposing coaches at this Feb. 3, 2013 event were brothers Jim and John Harbaugh.

the Super Bowl.

2: The opposing coaches at this Feb. 3, 2013 event were brothers Jim and John Harbaugh.

the Super Bowl.

3: Burnie is the "scorching" mascot of this NBA team.

the Miami Heat.

4: In an interview with Oprah, he finally admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.

Lance Armstrong.

5: In an interview with Oprah, he finally admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France.

Lance Armstrong.
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October 31, 2021Episode 263 - The "Meth"Od - Anatomy - Rhyme Quest - Books Of The Bible - A Session With Dr. Joyce Brothers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 263, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The "Meth"Od
1: This word begins a rhyme about what a bride needs on her wedding day.

something.

2: Rice paddies release this greenhouse gas.

methane.

3: Term originally applied to a mid-18th century religious society founded at Oxford.

the Methodists.

4: His group won a Grammy in 1998 for "Imaginary Day".

Pat Metheny.

5: In mythology, the husband of Pandora and brother of Prometheus; in astronomy, a moon of Saturn.

Epimetheus.
Round 2. Category: Anatomy
1: The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this and the hypo-this.

the dermis.

2: The lowest 4 ribs, attached only to the backbone, are called by this buoyant name.

floating ribs.

3: Name of the flap which closes over the trachea when you swallow.

the epiglottis.

4: These blood vessels are so tiny that only 1 blood cell can pass through at a time.

capillaries.

5: The name of this narrowest bone of the leg is Latin for "clasp".

the fibula.
Round 3. Category: Rhyme Quest
1: A final, as in a final exam.

a test.

2: Better than better.

best.

3: Repose.

rest.

4: A soiree invitee (if he shows up).

a guest.

5: Gusto.

zest.
Round 4. Category: Books Of The Bible
1: You'll find the quotation "To every thing there is a season" in Chapter 3 of this book.

Ecclesiastes.

2: The flood and the birth of Isaac are covered in this book.

Genesis.

3: "And God blessed them, saying, be fruitful, and multiply...".

Genesis.

4: "And Moses said unto the people, remember this day in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage...".

Exodus.

5: "He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved".

Psalms.
Round 5. Category: A Session With Dr. Joyce Brothers
1: So he wants a divorce. Suggest a "trial" one of these -- maybe you'll find life better without the bum.

Separation.

2: You make your boyfriend feel inadequate because no man ever loses his awe of this woman.

His mother.

3: Hmm. You get to your job early, stay late, won't delegate and have no friends -- you may be this type of "holic".

Workaholic.

4: My feeling is your boyfriend has this fetish called retifism - so see if you're missing any Ferragamos or Guccis.

Shoe fetish.

5: One little change affects the rest of your life like a stone dropped in a pond - I call that this "effect".

Ripple effect.
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October 30, 2021Episode 262 - Fire! - World Cup '98 - More First Ladies - Forbes' Billionaires - Literary Second Bananas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 262, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fire!
1: On Oct. 10, 1871, after 2 days, unbuilt lots, rainfall and Lake Michigan quelled a huge fire in this city.

Chicago.

2: On March 18, 1925 this woman's house of wax in London went up in smoke; the models within could be heard sizzling.

Madame Tussaud.

3: On March 18, 1925 this woman's house of wax in London went up in smoke; the models within could be heard sizzling.

Madame Tussaud.

4: This general was blamed for the fire that destroyed Columbia, South Carolina, but he denied setting it and tried to put it out.

(William Tecumseh) Sherman.

5: Genesis 19 says, "the Lord rained upon" these 2 cities "brimstone and fire ...out of heaven".

Sodom and Gomorrah.
Round 2. Category: World Cup '98
1: There were an average of 2.67 of these a game, not enough for some bored U.S. viewers.

Goals.

2: This country's win over the "Great Satan" knocked the U.S. out of contention for the second round.

Iran.

3: Argentina didn't "kick" about this controversial tie-breaking method after using it to beat England.

Penalty kicks/shootout.

4: Only in France: the pre-game show at the final was a tribute to this "saint"ly fashion designer.

Yves Saint Laurent.

5: It was a good July for this country: they reached the World Cup semis and Goran Ivanisevic made the Wimbledon final.

Croatia.
Round 3. Category: More First Ladies
1: In 1987 she published the book "Betty: A Glad Awakening".

Betty Ford.

2: In 1875, after 3 months in a mental institution, she was released in the custody of her sister in Springfield, Ill..

Mary Todd Lincoln.

3: Quincy was her mother's maiden name and the middle name of her son.

Abigail Adams.

4: She married the future president at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Bexar County, Texas on November 17, 1934.

Lady Bird Johnson.

5: This first lady was born in 1917 on the eve of St. Patrick's Day, hence her nickname.

Pat Nixon.
Round 4. Category: Forbes' Billionaires
1: March was a great month for her: she made her debut on the Forbes list and got out of a West Virginia prison.

Martha Stewart.

2: Corona beer helped crown Maria Aramburuzabala the wealthiest woman in this country.

Mexico.

3: Michael Eisner is off the list, but this septuagenarian member of the Disney family is still on it.

Roy Disney.

4: Guy Laliberte, founder of this circus, may be the only fire-breather on the list.

Cirque du Soleil.

5: The youngest billionaire on the 2005 list is 21-year-old Albert von Thurn und Taxis, a prince from this country.

Germany.
Round 5. Category: Literary Second Bananas
1: Robinson Crusoe had 24 years of solitude prior to rescuing this cannibal and teaching him English.

Friday.

2: Charley Bates is the boisterous sidekick to this "Oliver Twist" pickpocket.

the Artful Dodger.

3: Several Sherlock Holmes stories refer to Miss Mary Morstan, who marries this physician.

Dr. Watson.

4: This simple peasant became Don Quixote's squire after being promised an island to rule.

Sancho Panza.

5: In "Huckleberry Finn", Tom Sawyer says that he and Huck Finn "have knowed" this slave "all his life".

Jim.
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