Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 932, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the quotable nixon
1: 1973:"People have got to know whether or not their president is" one of these; "well I'm not" one of these.
a crook.
2: 1970:This Asian nation is "A great and vital people who should not remain isolated...".
China.
3: 1977:"When the president does it, that means that it is not" this.
illegal.
4: 1969:"It's time for the great" this "of Americans to stand up and be...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 932, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the quotable nixon
- 1: 1973:"People have got to know whether or not their president is" one of these; "well I'm not" one of these.
- a crook.
- 2: 1970:This Asian nation is "A great and vital people who should not remain isolated...".
- China.
- 3: 1977:"When the president does it, that means that it is not" this.
- illegal.
- 4: 1969:"It's time for the great" this "of Americans to stand up and be counted".
- the silent majority.
- 5: 1962:"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last" of these.
- press conference.
Round 2. Category: charmed, i'm sure
- 1: The more important a person you meet in Japan, the lower and longer you do this.
- bow.
- 2: He may be addressed in conversation as "Most Holy Father".
- the pope.
- 3: Dr. Leo Buscaglia aside, Miss Manners says a gentleman shouldn't kiss or do this to a lady when first meeting.
- hug her.
- 4: It's the French equivalent of the English "charmed" or the Spanish "encantado".
- enchante.
- 5: Since Robert Rubin took over the Treasury Department, he's been addressed as Mr. this.
- Mr. Secretary.
Round 3. Category: seasonal stuff
- 1: Autumn is also called fall because it's when these fall.
- leaves.
- 2: Seasonal term for a week when college kids don't have class, like at Bakersfield College April 9-13, 2001.
- spring break.
- 3: In ancient times this spooky autumn holiday of ours marked the beginning of winter.
- Halloween.
- 4: In the U.S. winter ends on or about the 21st of this month.
- March.
- 5: Some animals estivate in summer; others practice this sleepy winter equivalent.
- hibernating.
Round 4. Category: u.s. territories
- 1: Visited by Columbus on his second voyage west in 1493, this commonwealth became part of the U.S. in 1898.
- Puerto Rico.
- 2: A Pacific island group is divided into the independent nation called this and a U.S. territory called "American" this.
- Samoa.
- 3: Their capital, Charlotte Amalie, was founded in 1672 and named for the Danish queen.
- the Virgin Islands.
- 4: U.S. ownership of Navassa Island in the Caribbean is disputed by this nation that traces its claims back to France.
- Haiti.
- 5: In 1927 the U.S.granted citizenship to residents of this territory in the West Indies whose 3 main islands all bear saintly names.
- the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Round 5. Category: national historic parks
- 1: Cumberland Gap Park contains parts of Tennessee, Virginia and this state.
- Kentucky.
- 2: Of Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill or Fraunces Tavern, the one not part of Boston Park.
- Fraunces Tavern.
- 3: Hawthorne's home is in the Massachusetts park named for one of these ready-in-a-moment soldiers.
- a Minuteman.
- 4: Established in 1978, the War in the Pacific Park is on this island in the Marianas.
- Guam.
- 5: This park where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers join was once home to an Army arsenal.
- Harpers Ferry.
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