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October 10, 2021Episode 242 - Movie Costumes - 1954 - Classic Ads And Slogans - Sportsmen - Skin Deep
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 242, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Movie Costumes
1: He got all dolled up in Chanel and Dior in "To Wong Foo...", a far cry from his "Dirty Dancing" duds.

Patrick Swayze.

2: She slunk across a piano in a slinky red dress in "The Fabulous Baker Boys".

Michelle Pfeiffer.

3: She wore dozens of trendy costumes in "Clueless" but says she looks goofy offscreen -- as if!.

Alicia Silverstone.

4: Theodor Pistek won a Costume Design Oscar for this Tom Hulce film; Mozart was so well-dressed.

Amadeus.

5: Theadora Van Runkle designed the gun moll getups Faye Dunaway wore in this 1967 film.

Bonnie and Clyde.
Round 2. Category: 1954
1: On April 1, the Senate voted to grant simultaneous statehood to these two territories.

Alaska and Hawaii.

2: On February 23, this man began inoculating children against polio in Pittsburgh.

Dr. Jonas Salk.

3: This heavyweight boxing champ defended his title twice in 1954, both times against Ezzard Charles.

Rocky Marciano.

4: 5 congressman were shot and wounded in the House by nationalists from this U.S. commonwealth.

Puerto Rico.

5: On May 7, 1954 the French were defeated in this Vietnamese battle and soon withdrew their troops from the country.

Dien Bien Phu.
Round 3. Category: Classic Ads And Slogans
1: "Look Ma, No Cavities".

Crest.

2: "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing".

Alka-Seltzer.

3: It's "Two--Two--Two Mints in One".

Certs.

4: "They Plump When You Cook 'Em".

Ball Park Franks.

5: "We'll Leave the Light on for You".

Motel 6.
Round 4. Category: Sportsmen
1: Known as "Mac the Strife", this tennis champ once told an umpire, "You are the pits of the world".

John McEnroe.

2: He spent 5 seasons with the Shanghai Sharks before becoming the Houston Rockets' center in 2002.

Yao Ming.

3: In 2006 "The Bus" went into the garage as this running back played his last game in the Super Bowl.

Jerome Bettis.

4: This 26-year-old Spanish professional golfer is nicknamed "El Nino".

Sergio Garcia.

5: This 18-year-old phenom from Nova Scotia was chosen No. 1 by Pittsburgh in the 2005 NHL draft.

Sidney Crosby.
Round 5. Category: Skin Deep
1: Wrinkles at the corner of the eye, perhaps caused by squinting while bird watching.

Crow's feet.

2: Contact dermatitis can be the result of contact with this plant, Rhus radicans.

Poison Ivy.

3: The little sections of dead epidermis around your fingernails.

Cuticles.

4: This term for a balm for the skin or the conscience goes back to the Sanskrit sarpis, "melted butter".

Salve.

5: The skin's 2 exocrine types of glands are sweat and these, which produce oils.

Sebaceous glands.
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October 09, 2021Episode 241 - In Other Words... - "Hit"Ting - Secretary's Day - Footnotes In History - Also A Body Part
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 241, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: In Other Words...
1: The 24th letter indicates precise location.

x marks the spot.

2: Flip over every rock.

Leave no stone unturned.

3: Participating with one cent, participating with 100 p..

In for a penny, in for a pound.

4: Uncurbed kissers scuttle scows.

Loose lips sink ships.

5: Relate stories while not within a learning establishment.

Tell tales out of school.
Round 2. Category: "Hit"Ting
1: 2-word term for a hired underworld assassin.

a hit man.

2: As a verb, "thumb" is a synonym for this.

hitchhiking.

3: To carve wood into shapes with a knife.

to whittle.

4: A recipe for these: take some young pig intestines, clean' 'em, stew 'em, batter 'em and fry 'em.

chitlins.

5: Renzo Piano and William Keck are famous as these.

architects.
Round 3. Category: Secretary's Day
1: Dean Acheson.

Secretary of State.

2: Dean Acheson.

Secretary of State.

3: Tom Ridge.

the Department of Homeland Security.

4: This female 1932 Olympic hurdles and javelin winner also ran secretarial errands like a champ.

Didrikson-Zaharias.

5: Hazel O'Leary.

the Department of Energy.
Round 4. Category: Footnotes In History
1: In 1866 Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of this (1)(1) He also founded a similar society to protect children.

Cruelty to Animals.

2: Judah Benjamin, an adviser to this man, was "The Brains of the Confederacy" (2)(2) He fled to England and became a successful lawyer.

Jefferson Davis.

3: Mathematician Hermann Minkowski combined space and time, laying groundwork for this theory (3)(3) His brother Oskar found that diabetes originates in the pancreas.

Theory of Relativity.

4: Etienne Brule was the first European to see this second-largest Great Lake (4)(4) And was killed by the tribe of the same name.

Huron.

5: A WWII battleship sunk in Uruguay was named for this German graf (5)(5) Who lost the WWI Battle of the Falklands and drowned.

Spee.
Round 5. Category: Also A Body Part
1: It's the bud of a potato, bud.

the eye.

2: It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency.

the shoulder.

3: It's the hole in a needle.

eye.

4: It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency.

the shoulder.

5: When you pick up a tab, you do this to "the bill".

foot.
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October 08, 2021Episode 240 - Plurals - Animal Phrases - Rock Music - Top 100 Newspapers - Seashore Life
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 240, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Plurals
1: Alumnus.

alumni.

2: Man-child.

men-children.

3: Man-child.

men-children.

4: Collectively, Janet Reno and Edwin Meese were known by this title after being appointed by the President.

Attorneys General.

5: Easton's Bible Dictionary says to add these 2 letters to the end of "cherub" to get its plural.

"im".
Round 2. Category: Animal Phrases
1: Proverbially speaking, they "flock together".

Birds of a feather.

2: To prevent trouble, it's best if you "let" these "dogs lie".

Sleeping dogs.

3: To ward off hunger is to keep this animal "from the door".

Wolf.

4: This feline expression means to look guilty but smug.

"Looking like the cat who ate the canary".

5: This 2-word rhyming phrase is used to describe a highly skilled or clever lawyer.

Legal eagle.
Round 3. Category: Rock Music
1: From 1961 to 1971, Smokey Robinson had 14 to 20 hits with this group.

The Miracles.

2: This group's "Wooly Bully" was named Billboard's No. 1 single of 1965 though it never hit No. 1.

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.

3: This group's 1972 hit "Take It Easy" was written by group member Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne.

The Eagles.

4: This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD.

Pearl Jam.

5: 5 years after the release of his first album, he had his first top 10 hit with "Just The Way You Are".

Billy Joel.
Round 4. Category: Top 100 Newspapers
1: It's no news this city's home to the Rocky Mountain News.

Denver.

2: Only 4 U.S. papers have circulations of over 1 million and this 5-letter word is in 2 of their names.

Times.

3: By their names, it's the frequency of The News in Dayton and The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City.

daily.

4: Look into it and you'll see this Philly paper's name is spelled with an "I"; the one in Cincinnati, with an "E".

the Inquirer.

5: This Connecticut city's Courant covers current affairs.

Hartford.
Round 5. Category: Seashore Life
1: An edible type of this seaweed seen at low tide grows up to 10 feet long on the Atlantic coast.

Kelp.

2: Blubber and the tufts at the base of their densely packed feathers keep them warm while diving.

Penguins.

3: The American species of this crustacean has a 6-segmented tail.

Lobster.

4: They hang around in bars, feed on plankton and produce those famous little spheres of nacre.

Oysters.

5: Scallops swim for their lives when they sense these 5-armed creatures approaching.

Starfish.
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October 07, 2021Episode 239 - Friday The 13Th - Starts With "Ke" - English Class - The Dreaded Oprah Category - Deck The Halls
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 239, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Friday The 13Th
1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation.

Germany (or the Nazis).

2: Friday January 13, 1995: The first all-female crew wins a qualifying race for this contest.

the America's Cup.

3: Friday October 13, 1967: This president signs an executive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. govt..

(Lyndon) Johnson.

4: Friday, February 13, 1914:This 5-letter organization is set up to collect royalties when music is performed.

ASCAP.

5: 1994: The first handover of a West Bank city from Israel to the Palestinians--this one where a battle was fit.

Jericho.
Round 2. Category: Starts With "Ke"
1: A cooking pot for Ma and Pa.

Kettle.

2: Thd standard version of this gambling game is a lot like Lotto.

Keno.

3: Its national anthem is "Wimbo Wa Taifa", Swahili for "anthem of the nation".

Kenya.

4: The name of this Wisconsin city is Potawatomi for "pike" or "pickerel".

Kenosha.

5: This county is known as the "Garden of England".

Kent.
Round 3. Category: English Class
1: This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there and often are other examples.

adverb.

2: Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way.

an infinitive.

3: Lay is the past tense of lie; this is the past tense of lay.

laid.

4: It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie".

Jose.

5: "City" is a common noun; Virginia City is this kind of noun.

proper noun.
Round 4. Category: The Dreaded Oprah Category
1: Saleswoman Oprah has tote bags specially for the items you saw on this popular segment of her show.

Oprah's Book Club.

2: Healthy Oprah lost 33 lbs. in one of these military-sounding programs with Sgt.--er, trainer Bob Greene.

a boot camp.

3: Career woman Oprah has said marriage wouldn't work with this beau she calls "a traditional black man".

Stedman Graham.

4: Educator Oprah taught a graduate course on leadership at this university based in Evanston.

Northwestern University.

5: Mogul Oprah co-founded this media company, a breath of fresh air with its women's cable network.

Oxygen.
Round 5. Category: Deck The Halls
1: The Ecology Hall of Fame cites him as "the first American president to take seriously the...protection of nature".

Teddy Roosevelt.

2: The Robot Hall of Fame honored this "Star Wars" character for his endearing "human foibles".

C-3PO.

3: This founder of the city of Quebec is in an Explorers' Hall of Fame online.

Champlain.

4: Now home to the National Women's Hall of Fame, this N.Y. city was the site of the USA's first Women's Rights Convention.

Seneca Falls.

5: He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his process of condensing milk.

(Gail) Borden.
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October 06, 2021Episode 238 - White House Women - Podcast Incorporated - All The Presidents' Children - File Under "Z" - Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 238, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: White House Women
1: In March 2000 this former Clinton press secretary gave birth to 5-pound, 11-ounce Katherine.

Dee Dee Myers.

2: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter was named for Harriet Lane, this bachelor president's hostess.

James Buchanan.

3: After his wife Rachel died, his niece took over her duties; after she died, a daughter-in-law was summoned.

Andrew Jackson.

4: In July 2000 Hearst hired this reporter who had covered the White House for UPI for 37 years; Thank You, Mr. President.

Helen Thomas.

5: Last name of Evelyn, JFK's personal secretary.

Lincoln.
Round 2. Category: Podcast Incorporated
1: This company's first podcast talked about its new Cadillacs at the Chicago Auto Show.

General Motors.

2: A morning stock report is podcast by this Dow Jones-owned national newspaper.

The Wall Street Journal.

3: We aren't sure if the podcasts for this Sci Fi Channel show are created by humans or Cylons.

Battlestar Galactica.

4: The podcast by this company discussed the promise of "on demand" with its new mainframes.

IBM.

5: No joke, this satellite radio company signed former MTV-VJ Adam Curry as its exclusive PJ.

Sirius.
Round 3. Category: All The Presidents' Children
1: In 2002 she edited a new book of essays: "Profiles in Courage for Our Time".

Caroline Kennedy.

2: His daughter Patti has written several books including "Bondage" and "The Way I See It".

Ronald Reagan.

3: (Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) No mystery here, while her father was president, this soprano sang in concert at the Bowl.

Margaret Truman.

4: Sadly, his youngest son, Quentin, was killed in WWI and his oldest son, Ted Jr., died during WWII.

Theodore Roosevelt.

5: In 1835 Zachary Taylor's daughter Sarah married this future president of the Confederacy.

Jefferson Davis.
Round 4. Category: File Under "Z"
1: In Greek myth, Hera is both the wife and the sister of this supreme god.

Zeus.

2: Gold Rush is a variety of this Italian squash but with yellowish skin.

zucchini.

3: It's the branch of biology that studies various animals.

zoology.

4: Alphabetically, it's last among the nations of the world.

Zimbabwe.

5: At the time of his death, Irish author James Joyce was living in this Swiss city.

Zurich.
Round 5. Category: Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists
1: Who was No. 50? This Who guitarist, that's who.

Pete Townshend.

2: Not surprisingly this legendary guitarist who colored the '60s with songs like "Purple Haze" came in at No. 1.

Jimi Hendrix.

3: It's said of No. 3, "His string-bending and vibrato made his famous guitar, Lucille, weep like a real-life woman".

B.B. King.

4: His "Smooth" guitar strains earned him a place at No. 15.

Carlos Santana.

5: Surprisingly, only 2 women made the list: Joni Mitchell and this leader of the Blackhearts.

Joan Jett.
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October 05, 2021Episode 237 - The 21St Century - A Walk In The Park - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - European Languages - Ice Cream
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 237, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The 21St Century
1: In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud and tax evasion.

Russia.

2: In May 2001 Gerald Ford stopped into this president's library to pick up its Profiles in Courage Award.

John F. Kennedy.

3: This 125-year-old women's magazine was briefly recast as "Rosie".

McCall's.

4: A 2003 judgment said keeping 2 women from marrying each other violated this state's constitution.

Massachusetts.

5: In July 2001 a cargo plane brought the salvaged parts of a U.S. spy plane back to the U.S. from this country.

China.
Round 2. Category: A Walk In The Park
1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV.

Regent's Park.

2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV.

The White House.

3: The Bridge of Perfect Wisdom is a landmark of Beihai Park in this world capital.

Beijing.

4: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city.

Jerusalem.

5: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766.

Vienna.
Round 3. Category: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
1: Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms.

six.

2: The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours.

a blizzard.

3: Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water.

a lake effect.

4: When air becomes "super" this adjective, relative humidity is above 100% and snow can form.

supersaturated.

5: Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow, lives on this highest Hawaiian mountain.

Mauna Kea.
Round 4. Category: European Languages
1: Dialects in the High form of this European language include Thuringian, Silesian and Franconian.

German.

2: Modern dialects of this language include Gronings, West-Vlaams and Brabants.

Dutch.

3: Although Spanish is widely spoken in Gibraltar, this language is used for schools and for official purposes.

English.

4: Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century.

Norway.

5: It's also called Ruthenian, and you'll hear it spoken in Odessa and Sevastopol.

Ukrainian.
Round 5. Category: Ice Cream
1: When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly.

rock salt.

2: French for "in the fashion", it's the way to get ice cream with your dessert.

Ã la mode.

3: In January of 2011, pecans fruit and chocolaty bits in vanilla soft serve was this brand's "Blizzard of the Month".

Dairy Queen.

4: Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled.

Good Humor.

5: Reuben Mattus created this ice cream brand, whose name was meant to invoke an Old World aura.

HÃ¤agen-Dazs.
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October 04, 2021Episode 236 - Science - Name The Sport - Things I Wish I'd Said - At The Ok. Chorale - "On" And "Off" Songs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 236, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Science
1: The mother of a mule.

Horse (Mare).

2: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the organisms this process kills in milk.

Pasteurization.

3: Of the 3 basic states of matter, only this one, when unconfined, tends to expand indefinitely.

gas.

4: Elements are arranged in order of their atomic numbers on this table.

Periodic Table of Elements.

5: The most important source of uranium and radium is this mineral ore.

Pitchblende.
Round 2. Category: Name The Sport
1: 11 teammates, a center circle, a penalty area, a goal.

soccer.

2: Scissors kick, corner kick, header.

soccer.

3: As Landon Donovan knows, using hands is a no-no for the majority of the players.

soccer.

4: Bump, set, spike.

volleyball.

5: Depending on the distance, field goals can be worth 2 or 3 points.

basketball.
Round 3. Category: Things I Wish I'd Said
1: In 1983 he said, "We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back".

Lee Iacocca.

2: Attributed to Samuel Goldwyn: "Any man who goes to" one of these people "ought to have his head examined".

a psychiatrist.

3: "Touch a scientist and you touch a child", said this "Martian Chronicles" author.

Ray Bradbury.

4: John Buchan defined this kind of skeptic as "a man who has no invisible means of support".

an atheist.

5: P.G. Wodehouse defined it as the "only one real cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman".

the guillotine.
Round 4. Category: At The Ok. Chorale
1: A Tulsa chorale adapted this holiday song, with valkyries for milkmaids and 9 ladies waltzing to Strauss.

"The 12 Days Of Christmas".

2: Nearly 200 Oklahoma singers united in song in 2005 to raise money for the victims of these 2 hurricanes.

Katrina and Rita.

3: In 2005 the Oklahoma Master Chorale's "Hymns to Theotokos" featured songs dedicated to this biblical woman.

Mary.

4: The Council Oaks Men's Chorale of Tulsa wowed 'em in 2002 with their rendition of "I Feel Pretty" from this musical.

West Side Story.

5: In 2005 the Chorale at St. Joseph Old Cathedral in Oklahoma City sang this kind of "Mass for the Dead" by Mozart.

a requiem.
Round 5. Category: "On" And "Off" Songs
1: Travel song from 1939 film to which the following 1970s song is equivalent:.

"We're Off To See The Wizard".

2: It's both the title of Donna Summer's hit of January 1980 and where you could hear it.

"On The Radio".

3: In 1984, comfortably or not, Lionel Richie was "stuck" here.

"On You".

4: This 1962 #1 hit by Mr. Acker Bilk could be about an alien at the beach.

"Stranger On The Shore".

5: "I'll keep on tryin' and I'll smile when I feel like cryin'" are part of this Stephen Bishop philosophy.

"On And On".
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October 03, 2021Episode 235 - Moroccan 'Round The Clock - We're No. 1 - City Foods - All About Animals - Military Astrology
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 235, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Moroccan 'Round The Clock
1: It's Morocco's largest city and chief seaport, sweetheart.

Casablanca.

2: Shortly after independence in 1956, Mohammed V changed his title from sultan to this.

king.

3: A proposed 10-mile tunnel to be built between Morocco and this country would directly link Africa and Europe.

Spain.

4: FDR met with this leader in Morocco for 10 days in 1943.

Winston Churchill (in Casablanca).

5: At about 14,000 feet, the highest peak in this mountain chain is Morocco's Mount Toubkal.

Atlas Mountains.
Round 2. Category: We're No. 1
1: The first act to appear on "Soul Train" was this woman and her Pips.

Gladys Knight.

2: The U.S., the top maker of french fries, sends 48.5% of exports to this country; you want fries with that sushi?.

Japan.

3: Nicaragua was the first country to ratify this charter in 1945; the U.S. took another 3 weeks.

U.N. Charter.

4: This U.S. state is no. 1 in the number of marriages and Girl Scouts.

California.

5: Donovan Bailey is considered the fastest man on Earth for running this distance in 9.84 seconds.

the 100 meters.
Round 3. Category: City Foods
1: A marinated flank steak: blank broil.

London.

2: An apple: blank beauty.

Rome.

3: Veggie that's really a sunflower variety: blank artichoke.

Jerusalem.

4: A moist 3-layer cake:Lord or Lady blank .

Baltimore.

5: A member of the Butterhead family: blank lettuce.

Boston.
Round 4. Category: All About Animals
1: This large predator's name is from the Spanish "el lagarto", or the lizard.

alligator.

2: You might find this horned mammal of the genus Capra on a farm.

a goat.

3: To keep things quiet around the house, get a Goliath frog (it doesn't croak) and a Basenji, one of these.

(barkless) dog.

4: Humans and this "armored" mammal are among the only known animals that carry the bacterium that causes leprosy.

armadillos.

5: These on the water buffalo may be 5 feet long and are the longest on any cattle breed.

horns.
Round 5. Category: Military Astrology
1: Cancerians might feel like marching sideways because Cancer is the sign of this animal.

crab.

2: General Patton had a "stinging" slap, so you can figure out that this was his sign.

Scorpio.

3: Harsh criticism is characteristic of this "chaste" sign (Hmm...maybe your drill sergeant was born under it).

Virgo.

4: Admiral George Dewey was born under this sign, but we bet no one dared call him an "old goat".

Capricorn.

5: Purple is a harmonious color for this "centaur" sign, so a purple uniform would look great on you.

Sagittarius.
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October 02, 2021Episode 234 - The Urban Scene - Andrew Jackson - Deserts - Crossword Clues "H" - Lost "Cos"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 234, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Urban Scene
1: Often, a route along a waterway isn't called a street or ave., but this, like Boston's Memorial and Storrow.

a drive.

2: Sodium vapor is a common type of these, which help prevent crime and traffic accidents.

streetlights.

3: A defining characteristic of a high rise is having this item perfected in the 19th century by Otis.

the elevator.

4: It opened in 1900, its first line running from Paris' Porte de Vincennes to Porte Maillot.

the MÃ©tro.

5: She became a symbol of urban indifference when she was killed in 1964 in earshot of her Queens neighbors.

(Kitty) Genovese.
Round 2. Category: Andrew Jackson
1: It's what Jackson had in common with Lewis Robards from Aug. 1791 to Sept. 1793.

Same Wife (they both thought they were married to the same woman).

2: In the presidential election of 1824, Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes but lost to this man in the House.

John Quincy Adams.

3: This Jackson pick for minister to Great Britain was rejected by the Senate but later became Jackson's second veep.

Van Buren.

4: On June 6, 1833 Jackson became the first president to ride a train, the B and O, which stands for this.

the Baltimore and Ohio.

5: On June 6, 1833 Jackson became the first president to ride a train, the B and O, which stands for this.

the Baltimore and Ohio.
Round 3. Category: Deserts
1: These 2 countries share the Gobi Desert.

China and Mongolia.

2: We'll gamble on your knowing that almost all of this state is in the Great Basin Desert.

Nevada.

3: Roald Dahl's Augustus Gloop gets his just des(s)erts when he falls into a river of this trying to drink it.

chocolate.

4: The name of this desert in the south of Israel is from the Hebrew for "south".

Negev.

5: The Thar is the largest desert on this sub-continent.

India.
Round 4. Category: Crossword Clues "H"
1: He who does it is lost(9).

Hesitates.

2: A Japanese-style grill(7).

hibachi.

3: Sleep like a bear(9).

Hibernate.

4: Tall baby sitter(9).

highchair.

5: A plant eater(9).

herbivore.
Round 5. Category: Lost "Cos"
1: Clothing worn in a play.

costume.

2: It's another name for a beautician.

a cosmetologist.

3: It's what a Russian calls a space traveler.

a cosmonaut.

4: San Jose is its capital city.

Costa Rica.

5: This actor directed a 1990 movie that won 7 Oscars.

Kevin Costner.
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October 01, 2021Episode 233 - The "Real" World - Music Facts - Really Long Rivers - Ike Speaks - "Horse" Sense
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 233, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The "Real" World
1: A simulated 3-D environment that a user can experience and manipulate as if it were physical.

Virtual reality.

2: Land, including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it.

Real estate.

3: It finishes the 1942 advertising slogan: "The Only Thing Like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola Itself. It's...".

the Real Thing.

4: A process viewed while it actually happens is viewed in this mode.

Real time.

5: In mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as a finite or infinite decimal expression.

Real number.
Round 2. Category: Music Facts
1: Most authorities say a chord has at least this many notes.

three.

2: Traditionally an orchestra's concertmaster sits on this side of a conductor.

the left side.

3: On a musical staff pitch is indicated by this symbol.

note.

4: Of lento, adagio, or andante, the slowest tempo.

lento.

5: Using "the circle of fifths", this key signature follows C major.

G major.
Round 3. Category: Really Long Rivers
1: While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name.

Amazon.

2: Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found.

Nile.

3: This Chinese river is really "long" since its alternate name, Chang Jiang, means "long river".

Yangtze.

4: During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis.

Missouri.

5: At Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border, this river is 6 1/2 miles wide.

Mekong.
Round 4. Category: Ike Speaks
1: Of this man's contributions to major White House decisions, Ike said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one".

Nixon.

2: Eisenhower said, "No treaty or international agreement can contravene" this document.

the Constitution.

3: Ike telegrammed that the mission of "Allied force was fulfilled at 0241 hours local time" in this month, 1945.

May.

4: In 1957 Ike used "the full power of the United States" to enforce integration at Central High in this city.

Little Rock.

5: Eisenhower said appointing him to the Supreme Court was "the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made".

Earl Warren.
Round 5. Category: "Horse" Sense
1: He pursues Ichabod Crane through Sleepy Hollow.

the Headless Horseman.

2: Pungent ground up armoracia rusticana roots used as a condiment.

Horseradish.

3: He's the Native American leader emerging here.

Crazy Horse.

4: A little-known, unexpectedly successful political candidate.

Dark horse.

5: Unit equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute.

Horsepower.
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