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May 22, 2023Episode 831 - kangaroo words - alphabetic homophones - "up" songs - a day's calories in one meal - it just sounds questionable
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 831, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: kangaroo words
1: It's just 1 letter shorter than rotund.

round.

2: Precipitation is often just a fancy word for this.

rain.

3: Within instructor you'll find this private instructor.

tutor.

4: Cut Brobdingnagian down to size with this little 3-letter synonym.

big.

5: If you salvage something, you also do this.

save.
Round 2. Category: alphabetic homophones
1: To achieve the best flavor, this should steep for 3 to 5 minutes prior to being served.

tea.

2: A vote in the affirmative.

aye (I).

3: You can't play billiards without this stick.

cue.

4: It comes before both Greco and Alamein.

El.

5: At this social gathering people combine amusement and competition while making such things as quilts.

bee (B).
Round 3. Category: "up" songs
1: After they fell asleep at the drive-in the Everly Brothers had this to say.

"Wake Up Little Susie".

2: Where you'd be going "by the old mill run... in the noonday sun".

up the lazy river.

3: In '80, Diana Ross was "inside out" with this #1 hit.

"Upside Down".

4: Starsky and Hutch's David Soul made his recording debut with this soulful plea.

"Don't Give Up On Us".

5: Waylon Jennings' maternal admonition.

"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys".
Round 4. Category: a day's calories in one meal
1: Double Whopper with cheese, King fries, large vanilla shake, Dutch apple pie.

Burger King.

2: Zesty Chicken Border Bowl, Fiesta Taco Salad, Nachos Bellgrande, apple empanada.

Taco Bell.

3: Market Fresh Roast Beef and Swiss sandwich, large Jalapeno Bites, Jamocha shake.

Arby's.

4: 2 large orders of popcorn chicken, 2 biscuits, potato wedges, BBQ beans, Lil' Bucket lemon creme, large Pepsi.

KFC.

5: 2 Big Bacon Classics, great Biggie fries, Homestyle Chicken Strips Salad with ranch dressing, medium Frosty.

Wendy's.
Round 5. Category: it just sounds questionable
1: This 4-letter word can mean "stop"; while pouring you a drink someone might ask you to "say" it.

when.

2: "Going to the fair", Simple Simon asked the pieman, "Let me taste your" this.

ware.

3: Term for a Buddhist temple, there's a big one in Angkor.

wat.

4: In the American Revolution, last name of British admiral Richard and his brother, general William.

Howe.

5: In Spanish, this letter is "I griega".

Y.
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May 21, 2023Episode 830 - see-attle - palindroming - life of the party - flex your "ab"s - new to the inventors hall of fame
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 830, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: see-attle
1: Uh-oh! This 14,410-foot mountain that looms over Seattle is actually an active volcano.

Mount Rainier.

2: A real high point of Seattle is this 1962 landmark where you can enjoy a meal along with a 360-degree view of the city.

the Space Needle.

3: A museum on Main Street is named for this Klondike event that turned 1890s Seattle into a boom town.

Gold Rush.

4: Grab some Joe at the original one of these, open since 1971 in the Pike Place market.

Starbucks.

5: Appropriately, the building housing the EMP, short for this, looks like a smashed guitar.

Experience Music Project.
Round 2. Category: palindroming
1: The palindromic ABBA had a 1975 hit with this palindromic song of distress.

"SOS".

2: She and her siblings title a Woody Allen movie.

Hannah.

3: This tranquilizer and anxiety suppressor is a brand name for Alprazolam.

Xanax.

4: Epic Norse narratives.

Sagas.

5: It means "Having been made a god".

Deified.
Round 3. Category: life of the party
1: This party was named at a Michigan convention, 1854; still going strong.

the GOP (or Republican Party).

2: In 2000 its 97,000 Florida votes left it at a Nader of popularity with Al Gore fans.

the Green Party.

3: In 2006 this party, no longer "progressive", came back into power in Canada.

the Conservatives.

4: Led by Begin and Sharon, among others.

the Likud Party.

5: Formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson; named after the British party for limits on royal power.

the Whigs.
Round 4. Category: flex your "ab"s
1: Standing side by side and facing the front.

abreast.

2: Half of a legendary comedy duo, he was born in New Jersey in 1895.

Bud Abbott.

3: Burning strongly.

ablaze.

4: Sin is in, sweetie, on this hilarious Brit-com starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley.

Ab Fab (Absolutely Fabulous).

5: Self-denial.

abstinence.
Round 5. Category: new to the inventors hall of fame
1: Patsy Sherman and Sam Smith don't have any spots on the fabric of their record; they invented this 3M product.

Scotchgard.

2: You can hunt and peck around the hall for the invention of Christopher Sholes known as this.

typewriter.

3: Thomas Fogarty's embolectomy catheter has one of these on the tip and no, he can't make a giraffe out of it.

balloon.

4: Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer combined their talents to splice fragments of this together from different species.

DNA.

5: Elijah McCoy improved the productivity and life span of machines by automating this maintenance function.

lubrication.
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May 20, 2023Episode 829 - geographic spelling - sergeant york - name the rockers - universal studios islands of adventure - turn
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 829, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: geographic spelling
1: This island country was formerly called Ceylon.

S-R-I L-A-N-K-A.

2: Panama adjoins South America at this country's border.

C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A.

3: The capital of French Polynesia; it's also the largest city in Tahiti.

P-A-P-E-E-T-E.

4: Once a walled Inca city, these ruins near Cuzco, Peru are a favorite tourist site.

M-A-C-H-U P-I-C-C-H-U.

5: The capital of Iceland.

R-E-Y-K-J-A-V-I-K.
Round 2. Category: sergeant york
1: WWI's famous Sgt. Alvin York was born on Dec. 13, 1887 in Pall Mall in this "Volunteer State".

Tennessee.

2: Ironically, York didn't volunteer for service; he asked for a draft exemption as one of these, Latin for "peacemaking".

a pacifist.

3: Solo, York killed over 20 of the enemy and captured 132 during the Argonne-Meuse Offensive in this country.

France.

4: York's many medals included this, introduced in 1862, which he got for charging a machine gun nest.

Medal of Honor.

5: One condition York demanded in selling the movie rights to his life was that this man would play him.

Gary Cooper.
Round 3. Category: name the rockers
1: "Please Please Me","Rubber Soul","Help!".

The Beatles.

2: "Another Brick In The Wall".

Pink Floyd.

3: "Strange Days","L.A. Woman","Morrison Hotel".

The Doors.

4: "Kashmir".

Led Zeppelin.

5: "Colour by Numbers","Kissing to be Clever","From Luxury to Heartache".

Culture Club.
Round 4. Category: universal studios islands of adventure
1: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger.

Spider-Man.

2: Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast.

"Green Eggs and Ham".

3: A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-foot plunge on the ride named for this 1993 film.

Jurassic Park.

4: Seuss Landing is home to a rollicking ride named for this famous feline.

The Cat in the Hat.

5: On Marvel's Superhero Island you may turn green when you ride the roller coaster named for him.

The Incredible Hulk.
Round 5. Category: turn
1: Duke Emanuele Filberto brought it to Turin in 1578; it's now housed in the Cathedral of San Giovanni.

the Shroud of Turin.

2: While touring Turin, stop into the Biblioteca Reale, and you'll be drawn to this artist's self-portrait.

da Vinci.

3: This opera that made its debut in Turin in 1896 probably helped Puccini pay his "rent".

La Boheme.

4: Turin's Egyptian Museum has a well-known statue of this "Let my people go" pharaoh.

Ramses II (Ramses the Great).

5: For most of the time, from 1720 to 1861, Turin was capital of this fishy-sounding kingdom.

Sardinia.
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May 19, 2023Episode 828 - tv planets - etymology - sports rules - canadian born - state mottoes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 828, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: tv planets
1: On "Star Trek" one of Mr. Spock's parents was from Earth, the other from this planet.

Vulcan.

2: "Goodbye" in the native language of this planet is "nanu nanu".

Ork.

3: In this show's second season in 1989, a second wave of aliens, from Mor-Tax, invaded the earth.

War of the Worlds.

4: On "Dr. Who", the Doctor is part of a race of these from the planet Gallifrey.

Time Lords.

5: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE) Planet on which the alien in the following was born:.

Krypton.
Round 2. Category: etymology
1: This veggie's name is from the Italian for sprout, "brocco".

broccoli.

2: Possibly shortened from "godfather", it first meant an elderly man of wisdom or skill; it's now a movie head electrician.

gaffer.

3: The original definition of this 6-letter word was a criminal stripped of legal protection--anyone could kill them.

an outlaw.

4: An old word for a bed's mosquito net gives us this term for a "roof" over a 4-post bed.

a canopy.

5: This term for your setting or environment is French for "middle place".

milieu.
Round 3. Category: sports rules
1: In hockey this player can't go to the bench to replace a broken stick until a stop in play.

Goaltender.

2: If a "lost ball" is called in this British favorite, 6 runs minimum are scored.

Cricket.

3: In football you get 6 points for a touchdown and this many for a field goal.

3.

4: To get 3 strikeouts in an inning of baseball requires a minimum of this many pitches.

9.

5: In this sport, if a fault is committed by the serving team, a side-out is called.

Volleyball.
Round 4. Category: canadian born
1: At age 9, this Canadian ABC News anchor hosted a weekly CBC music and news show for children.

Peter Jennings.

2: This actress can make temperatures rise even on the coldest day of the year in Ladysmith, British Columbia, her birthplace.

Pamela Anderson Lee.

3: 3 days after her death in 1991, this ex-wife of George C. Scott won an Emmy for playing Murphy Brown's mom.

Colleen Dewhurst.

4: This pioneering pop-media theorist born in Edmonton, Alberta coined the phrase "The medium is the message".

Marshall McLuhan.

5: (Hi, I'm David James Elliott of JAG.) I was born in this city founded in the 1700s and whose name comes from the Huron term meaning "meeting place".

Toronto.
Round 5. Category: state mottoes
1: Small state, small motto:"Hope".

Rhode Island.

2: In the Midwest: "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice" ("if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you").

Michigan.

3: Heavenly body mentioned in the mottoes of Kansas and Minnesota.

star.

4: It's also "The Beehive State":"Industry".

Utah.

5: "L'etoile du nord" ("star of the north").

Minnesota.
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May 18, 2023Episode 826 - do "tell" - "in" words - german cities - give 'em a hand - the director's chair
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 826, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: do "tell"
1: Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film.

STELLA!.

2: Bootes, Orion and Gemini, to name a few.

constellations.

3: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977.

the Central Intelligence Agency.

4: It's the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee.

the patella.

5: Small rounds of meat-filled pasta that are shaped into rings and boiled.

tortellini.
Round 2. Category: "in" words
1: In the pledge of allegiance, it precedes "with liberty and justice for all".

indivisible.

2: A roof covering, or something a new lawyer might "hang out".

a shingle.

3: Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 "A date which will live in" this.

infamy.

4: This woodwind instrument was invented by Johann Christoph Denner around 1700.

a clarinet.

5: Apparatus in which you might find newborn chicks or premature babies.

an incubator.
Round 3. Category: german cities
1: This capital's oldest church, older than the city itself, is the 800-year-old St. Nicholas Church.

Berlin.

2: In 1923 Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in this capital of Bavaria.

Munich.

3: In German, it's Koln; in English, this.

Cologne.

4: Europe's second-busiest port, it's said to have more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined.

Hamburg.

5: A British royal house that ruled from 1714 to 1901 originated in this city from which it got its name.

Hanover.
Round 4. Category: give 'em a hand
1: On Feb. 1, 1964 this song replaced Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" at No. 1 and stayed there 7 weeks.

"I Want To Hold Your Hand".

2: Nickname of the aces and eights held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder in Deadwood, S.D..

dead man's hand.

3: In this 1967 film Paul Newman is sent to a prison chain gang for destroying parking meters.

Cool Hand Luke.

4: In Matthew 27:24, he "took water, and washed his hands" of the responsibility for Christ's crucifixion.

Pontius Pilate.

5: In this book Adam Smith created the economic principle of the invisible hand.

The Wealth of Nations.
Round 5. Category: the director's chair
1: "Shadows and Fog","Deconstructing Harry","Radio Days".

Woody Allen.

2: "The Mirror Has Two Faces","Yentl","The Prince of Tides".

Barbra Streisand.

3: "Piranha II: The Spawning","The Terminator".

James Cameron.

4: "Eraserhead","Blue Velvet".

David Lynch.

5: "The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" and "The Fog", he also composed their scores.

(John) Carpenter.
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9min
May 17, 2023Episode 826 - do "tell" - "in" words - german cities - give 'em a hand - the director's chair
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 826, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: do "tell"
1: Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film.

STELLA!.

2: Bootes, Orion and Gemini, to name a few.

constellations.

3: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977.

the Central Intelligence Agency.

4: It's the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee.

the patella.

5: Small rounds of meat-filled pasta that are shaped into rings and boiled.

tortellini.
Round 2. Category: "in" words
1: In the pledge of allegiance, it precedes "with liberty and justice for all".

indivisible.

2: A roof covering, or something a new lawyer might "hang out".

a shingle.

3: Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 "A date which will live in" this.

infamy.

4: This woodwind instrument was invented by Johann Christoph Denner around 1700.

a clarinet.

5: Apparatus in which you might find newborn chicks or premature babies.

an incubator.
Round 3. Category: german cities
1: This capital's oldest church, older than the city itself, is the 800-year-old St. Nicholas Church.

Berlin.

2: In 1923 Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in this capital of Bavaria.

Munich.

3: In German, it's Koln; in English, this.

Cologne.

4: Europe's second-busiest port, it's said to have more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined.

Hamburg.

5: A British royal house that ruled from 1714 to 1901 originated in this city from which it got its name.

Hanover.
Round 4. Category: give 'em a hand
1: On Feb. 1, 1964 this song replaced Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" at No. 1 and stayed there 7 weeks.

"I Want To Hold Your Hand".

2: Nickname of the aces and eights held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder in Deadwood, S.D..

dead man's hand.

3: In this 1967 film Paul Newman is sent to a prison chain gang for destroying parking meters.

Cool Hand Luke.

4: In Matthew 27:24, he "took water, and washed his hands" of the responsibility for Christ's crucifixion.

Pontius Pilate.

5: In this book Adam Smith created the economic principle of the invisible hand.

The Wealth of Nations.
Round 5. Category: the director's chair
1: "Shadows and Fog","Deconstructing Harry","Radio Days".

Woody Allen.

2: "The Mirror Has Two Faces","Yentl","The Prince of Tides".

Barbra Streisand.

3: "Piranha II: The Spawning","The Terminator".

James Cameron.

4: "Eraserhead","Blue Velvet".

David Lynch.

5: "The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" and "The Fog", he also composed their scores.

(John) Carpenter.
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May 16, 2023Episode 825 - u.s.a. - "mother"s day - baseball words - "mc" names - stuck on you
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 825, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: u.s.a.
1: =.

=.

2: The public library of this Pennsylvania town is located at 701 Cocoa Avenue.

Hershey.

3: Washington, D.C. residents did this for the 1st time in November, 1964.

vote for president.

4: Montgomery C. Meigs, who was the first to suggest it to A. Lincoln as a cemetery site, is buried there.

Arlington National Cemetery.

5: The Grand Teton Music Festival is an annual summer event in this state.

Wyoming.
Round 2. Category: "mother"s day
1: She "went to the cupboard to fetch her poor dog a bone".

Old Mother Hubbard.

2: Based on the number of commanders in chief born there, it's a nickname for the state of Virginia.

"Mother of Presidents".

3: For miners, it's the main vein of ore in a region.

Mother lode.

4: It's another name for your native language.

Mother tongue.

5: This courageous Nobel Prize-winning nun was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910.

Mother Teresa.
Round 3. Category: baseball words
1: Spiders catch them in their webs.

Flies.

2: What a catcher might eat his dinner on.

Home plate.

3: A highly prized form of carbon.

Diamond.

4: People who used peroxide on their hair.

Bleachers.

5: It's material from which flags are made, or decorations in the colors of a flag.

Bunting.
Round 4. Category: "mc" names
1: He's paid to laugh at Johnny's jokes.

Ed McMahon.

2: He "Wanted..." to get out of television and made "The Great Escape" to films.

Steve McQueen.

3: The Smithsonian is now home to Candice Bergen's "brother".

Charlie McCarthy.

4: His presidential campaign won him the electoral votes of only Mass. and Washington, D.C..

George McGovern.

5: The Roaring '20s foremost evangelist, she founded the Foursquare Gospel Church.

Aimee Semple McPherson.
Round 5. Category: stuck on you
1: Sticky substance into which medieval lords usually inserted their signet rings.

Sealing wax.

2: Also available in a "Silly" type, it's a mix of powdered chalk and linseed oil used to seal glass panes into frames.

Putty.

3: From Old English for "grit", it's used to fill the joints between the tiles in your shower.

Grout.

4: It's defined as a metal alloy melted with an iron and used to join 2 metal parts together.

Solder.

5: This dark, sticky substance distilled from coal, wood tar or petroleum is used in paving and waterproofing.

Pitch.
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May 15, 2023Episode 824 - fairy tale birds - occupation hazards - this land is their land - the "iv" league - animal quotes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 824, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: fairy tale birds
1: The Grimms said this heroine got her beautiful clothes from a little white bird, not a fairy godmother.

Cinderella.

2: He was so large and unattractive that the bird who hatched him wondered if he was a turkey.

the Ugly Duckling.

3: Hans Christian Andersen wrote about a pond where babies wait for these birds to take them to their parents.

storks.

4: The couldn't find their way home because some crummy birds ate their bread crumbs.

Hansel and Gretel.

5: This extremely small girl, born in a flower, saves the life of a kind-hearted sparrow.

Thumbelina.
Round 2. Category: occupation hazards
1: Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos and that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these.

cowboy.

2: If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected.

proofreader.

3: In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar.

dental hygienist.

4: He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day and may get a paper cut from a transfer.

bus driver.

5: If this is your job you might get brine in your eye after dropping the cucumber in the barrel.

pickler.
Round 3. Category: this land is their land
1: Many people of this country's Xinjiang region speak a language similar to Turkish.

China.

2: Punjabis are the largest group in this country just east of Afghanistan.

Pakistan.

3: 5-syllable word for a resident of a Central American isthmus.

Panamanian.

4: This tiny Swiss neighbor has about 30,000 people and a 25-person legislature.

Liechtenstein.

5: 1 of the 3 former Soviet republics where the Balts live.

Latvia (Lithuania and Estonia).
Round 4. Category: the "iv" league
1: Seemingly insignificant facts and info--but not on "Jeopardy!".

trivia.

2: As a verb, it means to live together closely, like bees.

to hive.

3: A competitor for the same object or goal.

a rival.

4: From the Latin for "from a stream", it's the historical origin of a word.

derivation.

5: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species banned this trade in 1989.

ivory.
Round 5. Category: animal quotes
1: Both Shakespeare and Clement Clarke Moore wrote about this creature not "stirring".

mouse.

2: "I never saw a purple" one of these: "I never hope to see one, but I can tell you anyhow, I'd rather see than be one".

cow.

3: "All right", said this animal: "and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail".

Cheshire Cat.

4: Groucho Marx said, "One morning I shot" this "in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know".

an elephant.

5: John Donne called it "Nature's great masterpiece ... the only harmless great thing; the giant of beasts".

an elephant.
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May 14, 2023Episode 823 - neo lingo - "fan"s - the 17th century - lawn care - the cabinet
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 823, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: neo lingo
1: A TV show that is an extended advertisement, like those used by Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996.

infomercial.

2: It's the "game" played by parties telephoning back and forth trying to reach each other.

phone tag.

3: To teach academic subjects to your children at your own house is called this.

home schooling.

4: This kind of "novel" is a fictional story for adults presented in a comic book format.

graphic novel.

5: It's the practice of visiting natural habitats on vacation in a manner that minimizes ecological impact.

Eco-tourism.
Round 2. Category: "fan"s
1: Type of "voyage" Raquel Welch took in a 1966 film.

fantastic.

2: A flourish of trumpets, or the cost of a cab for a sports enthusiast.

fanfare.

3: It's not known if this Spanish dance is of Basque, Moorish or South American Indian origin.

fandango.

4: In this "Chinese" card game, play begins when a 7 is laid on the table.

fantan.

5: Someone breeding cats to bring out desired features might be called this.

fancier.
Round 3. Category: the 17th century
1: The Durants said of this French king's reign, "It was an age of strict manners and loose morals".

Louis XIV.

2: In 1689 this czar overthrew his half sister Sophie and forced her to enter a convent.

Peter the Great.

3: 1667 saw the completion of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's great curving colonnade enclosing the piazza in front of this building.

St. Peter's Cathedral.

4: Dutch optician Hans Lippershey invented this in 1608, supposedly after seeing one lens held in front of another.

the telescope.

5: The Dutch East India Company sponsored his 1609 search for the Northwest Passage.

Henry Hudson.
Round 4. Category: lawn care
1: This tillage tool has leaf and garden types, both suitable for stepping on and bashing yourself in the nose.

Rake.

2: Fungicide may be needed when the "powdery" type of this appears in late summer.

Mildew.

3: The grass with the name of this sunny island group is well suited to the Southern U.S..

Bermuda grass.

4: Henbit and Florida Pusley are among plants controlled by Ortho's product this type of plant "B-Gon".

a weed.

5: When planting a new lawn, it's a good idea to add compost and this 4-letter combination of sand, silt and clay.

loam.
Round 5. Category: the cabinet
1: The FBI is part of this cabinet department.

the Justice Department.

2: The Comptroller of the Currency operates under the auspices of this cabinet department.

Treasury.

3: This President, a former Navy man, appointed the first Secretary of Veterans' Affairs.

George H W. Bush.

4: The "haunted" presidential room formerly used for cabinet meetings in the White House is now known as this.

the Lincoln Bedroom.

5: So far, the list of Secretaries of this includes a Heckler, a Schweiker and a Shalala.

Health and Human Services.
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May 13, 2023Episode 822 - geograph"ia" - jingles and slogans - a time to be born - poland - a short history of western union
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 822, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: geograph"ia"
1: Victoria is the capital of this Canadian province.

British Columbia.

2: In 1976 Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10s and Olympic gold for this country.

Romania.

3: Lake Titicaca is on the border of Peru and this country.

Bolivia.

4: This country is moving its capital to Dodoma from Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania.

5: George Washington helped lay out the streets of this Virginia city.

Alexandria.
Round 2. Category: jingles and slogans
1: "You Deserve a Break Today" at this chain.

McDonald's.

2: It's slogan "The Milk Chocolate Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" was introduced in 1954.

MandM's.

3: "Like a Good Neighbor", this insurer "is There".

State Farm.

4: It's "M'm! M'm! Good!".

Campbell's soup.

5: According to the old jingle, he "Gets Rid of Dirt and Grime and Grease in Just a Minute".

Mr. Clean.
Round 3. Category: a time to be born
1: Striae is the medical term for these silvery lines that sometimes appear on the skin during pregnancy.

stretch marks.

2: The umbilical cord connects the baby to this organ, which is attached to the mom's uterus.

the placenta.

3: Before this is done on a pregnant woman, she drinks a lot of water and gets a gel applied.

ultrasound.

4: A 4- to 5-inch needle is used in this procedure that tests the fluid surrounding the fetus for genetic disorders.

amniocentesis.

5: These contractions are known as "false labor".

Braxton Hicks.
Round 4. Category: poland
1: After WWII, over 80% of the buildings in this capital were uninhabitable.

Warsaw.

2: The 2 longest of these in Poland are the Oder and Vistula.

rivers.

3: Lenin's name has been stripped from the shipyards in this city where the Solidarity union began.

Gdansk.

4: Poland is among the world's largest producer of this fuel.

coal.

5: These currency units come in notes of up to 2,000,000.

zlotys.
Round 5. Category: a short history of western union
1: The 2006 New York Times headline on Western Union's last telegram used this word, telegrams' version of a period.

stop.

2: Like the railroad would in 1869, the telegraph went transcontinental by linking up in this state, in 1861.

Utah.

3: In 1866 Western Union had the "heart" to introduce the first of these stock-price reporting devices.

a ticker.

4: Western Union introduced the first of these deferred-payment instruments in 1914; it was made of metal.

a credit card (or charge card).

5: In 1964 Western Union began using these high-frequency beams transcontinentally to replace land lines.

microwaves.
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