Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 30, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Yesterday
1: Zulu Prince Shaka conquered much of southern Africa when he adapted this throwing weapon for stabbing
Spear.
2: He first led his red-shirted Italian legion in the 1840s, fighting for Uruguay against Argentina
Giuseppe Garibaldi.
3: In 1915 this Michigan industrialist chartered a "peace ship" and sailed off to stop WWI
Henry Ford.
4: An April 1971 visit by a team of players of...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 30, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Yesterday
- 1: Zulu Prince Shaka conquered much of southern Africa when he adapted this throwing weapon for stabbing
- Spear.
- 2: He first led his red-shirted Italian legion in the 1840s, fighting for Uruguay against Argentina
- Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- 3: In 1915 this Michigan industrialist chartered a "peace ship" and sailed off to stop WWI
- Henry Ford.
- 4: An April 1971 visit by a team of players of this game was part of a thaw in U.S.-China relations
- Ping-pong (table tennis).
- 5: This British naval hero lost an eye during the capture of Corsica in 1794
- Lord Nelson.
Round 2. Category: Doesn't Rhyme With Squat
- 1: In "Camelot", he has a romance with Guenevere
- King Arthur.
- 2: It makes up half of the Morse Code letter "N"
- Dash.
- 3: In Genesis, he split with his kinsman because Canaan wasn't big enough for both of them
- Abram.
- 4: It's one of the words that form the contraction "won't"
- Will.
- 5: One of your choices when your sink has 2 knobs to turn on the water
- Cold.
Round 3. Category: Musical Venues
- 1: Chicago's area for this genre moved from the south side to north side clubs like Kingston Mines
- Blues.
- 2: In 1925 this famed piano company opened a concert hall on 57th Street in New York City
- Steinway.
- 3: Saint-Saens and Faure were organists at Paris' La Madeleine, the church of this Biblical woman
- Mary Magdalene.
- 4: This crowd-pleasing group has performed on the Charles River Esplanade since July 4, 1929
- The Boston Pops.
- 5: When Bruce Springsteen opened this L.A. arena, he said he thought he was playing an office supplies store
- Staples Center.
Round 4. Category: "Field" Of Dreams
- 1: England's Wars of the Roses ended there
- Bosworth Field.
- 2: It's gray or brown and 2-5 inches long not counting the tail
- fieldmouse.
- 3: The highest rank in the British army
- field marshal.
- 4: Binoculars
- field glasses.
- 5: Sport in which 2 teams use curved sticks to hit a ball into their opponents' goal
- field hockey.
Round 5. Category: Rated Pg
- 1: In 2002 Freddie Prinze Jr. went to the dogs in this film
- Scooby-Doo.
- 2: The 4 main food groups where Will Ferrell comes from in this film are candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup
- Elf.
- 3: "Save the world. Get the girl. Pass math" was a tagline for this 2003 Frankie Muniz pic
- Agent Cody Banks.
- 4: Lindsay Curtis and Jamie Lee Lohan--wait, switch those last names--starred in this 2003 remake
- Freaky Friday.
- 5: Kingdom of Far Far AwayÂ… Hello! Larry King voices an ugly stepsister in this sequel
- Shrek 2.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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