Episode 1139 - Hard wood - Literary characters' ads - Let's go camping! - We have a new state capital - Squid

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1139, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hard Wood

• 1: Ted Turner said these have no future because there aren't enough trees left to keep making wood pulp.
• newspapers.
• 2: This eating utensil's name is from Old English for a "chip of wood".
• spoon.
• 3: Only National Hockey League with a type of tree mentioned in their name.
• (Toronto) Maple Leafs.
• 4: The power ring of the 1940s version of this super hero was useless against wood.
• Green Lantern.
• 5: If God had taken this day off in creating the world we wouldn't have wood today.
• 3rd day.

Round 2. Category: Literary Characters' Ads

• 1: Paralyzed British landowner seeks gamekeeper for Wragby estate.
• Sir Chatterley (Lady Chatterley's husband).
• 2: Swiss student seeks companion for scavenger hunts in graveyards and dissecting rooms.
• Victor Frankenstein.
• 3: Young Russian count wanted for affair with married woman; open to pregnancy and train travel.
• Anna Karenina.
• 4: Seeking nymphet to be light of my life, fire of my loins. Must answer to "Lolita".
• Humbert Humbert.
• 5: Seeking governess for ward Adele at Thornfield; must not snoop in the attic.
• Rochester.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Go Camping!

• 1: This type of small, 2-man tent sounds like it's designed for your young dog.
• pup tent.
• 2: These soft feathers from geese or ducks are a lightweight insulating material for camping clothes.
• down.
• 3: Be careful hiking through the woods and avoid brushing up against this itchy 3-leafed plant, Rhus radicans.
• poison ivy.
• 4: The mummy variety of this camping equipment is perfect for cold weather.
• sleeping bag.
• 5: Small cans of this trademarked flammable hydrocarbon jelly are used as a heat source for camp cooking.
• Sterno.

Round 4. Category: We Have A New State Capital

• 1: Replacing Wheeling.
• Charleston.
• 2: Replacing Tuscaloosa.
• Montgomery.
• 3: Replacing Williamsburg.
• Richmond.
• 4: Replacing New Castle.
• Dover.
• 5: Replacing Portland, in 1832.
• Augusta.

Round 5. Category: Squid

• 1: The squid is better at hugging than the octopus, as it has this many appendages.
• ten.
• 2: A squid has teeth on its tongue, but its main weapon is this, which it uses to dismember prey.
• its beak.
• 3: Squids have sacs full of this used for distraction and yum! It's edible.
• ink.
• 4: Loligo opalescens is this 6-letter squid, a word that also follows "stock" or "farmers".
• market.
• 5: Though boneless, squids have a rudimentary type of this substance that serves as a sort of backbone.
• cartilage.

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