Episode 1188 - Single t, double t - Where are you ”at”? - Let’s be secure - Scrambled u.s. history - The body in question

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1188, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Single T, Double T

• 1: The winner of the battle for survival per Darwin.
• the fittest.
• 2: A short, half-suppressed laugh or giggle.
• titter.
• 3: Miss Manners is an expert on this standard of appropriate behavior in social settings.
• etiquette.
• 4: This women's underskirt has been worn since the Middle Ages.
• a petticoat.
• 5: Crenels are the empty parts and merlons are the solid parts in this structure, a type of parapet.
• a battlement.

Round 2. Category: Where Are You At?. With At in quotation marks

• 1: You ran the light and are liable for causing the accident, so you're said to be this.
• at fault.
• 2: You're no longer at attention, and are now permitted to scratch yourself.
• at ease.
• 3: You're out of patience, or in the position of a lassoed steer.
• at the end of your rope/at your rope's end.
• 4: You're being sold below cost, or you're perplexed.
• at a loss.
• 5: You're helpless before someone; in his power.
• at his/her mercy.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Be Secure

• 1: (Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.) I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat".
• yellow.
• 2: DHS is charged with protecting "critical" this--from subways to satellites, the systems we rely on every day.
• infrastructure.
• 3: (Tom Ridge reads.) I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, and this whole military service into the DHS.
• the Coast Guard.
• 4: Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001.
• the TSA.
• 5: (Tom Ridge reads one last time.) Our front line of defense against a terrorist attack is local police and firefighters, known as "first" these.
• responders.

Round 4. Category: Scrambled U.S. History

• 1: 1820s announcement:NO CREDO ON MERIT.
• the Monroe Doctrine.
• 2: 1930s calamity: O DESPERATE GRINS.
• the Great Depression.
• 3: Big deal in 1803: A USUAL HIP SCENARIO.
• the Louisiana Purchase.
• 4: 1794 uprising: SOBER WHINE LIKELY.
• the Whiskey Rebellion.
• 5: One was on the radio April 28, 1935: CHIEFS TIRADE.
• a fireside chat.

Round 5. Category: The Body In Question

• 1: Marilyn Monroe's breathiness and John Wayne's slow speech were, says 1 expert, ways to correct this.
• stuttering.
• 2: Part of the body on which you might get enamel bonding.
• your teeth.
• 3: The 2 main gases exchanged in the alveoli of the lungs.
• oxygen and carbon dioxide.
• 4: PBS series from which this category takes its name was hosted by this actor/director/satirist/M.D..
• Jonathan Miller.
• 5: The technical term for it is "alopecia", and one of the remedies is a "rug".
• baldness.

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