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Episode 1151 - Back to the hotel - Significant old books - The "last" category - It's a flat-out fact - China patterns
Manage episode 410849495 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel
- 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets.
- dogs.
- 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital.
- Dublin.
- 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction.
- Queen Mary.
- 4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site.
- the Venetian.
- 5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony.
- the Roosevelt.
Round 2. Category: Significant Old Books
- 1: Dating from the 5th century B.C., this Asian philosopher's "Analects".
- Confucius.
- 2: This ancient Greek playwright's comedies, which include "The Frogs".
- Aristophanes.
- 3: This German's 18th century coming of age classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther".
- Goethe.
- 4: Greek historian and soldier Thucydides' firsthand account "The History of" this peninsular war.
- the Peloponnesian War.
- 5: This Swiss-French writer's 18th century political covenant "The Social Contract".
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Round 3. Category: The Last Category. With Last in quotes
- 1: Something about to tumble down is standing on these.
- its last legs.
- 2: Type of final effort that might be required to finish a trench.
- last-ditch.
- 3: It breaks a camel's back.
- the last straw.
- 4: It's what you have when your joke succeeds when all told you it would fail.
- the last laugh.
- 5: A desperate attempt, such as defending the endmost trench.
- a last ditch effort.
Round 4. Category: It'S A Flat-Out Fact
- 1: All babies have flat feet, but if you develop the condition later in life, it's called fallen these.
- arches.
- 2: Please pass over this bread in unleavened form or now that I think of it, as a ball in some delicious soup.
- matzah.
- 3: "Tortilla Flat", a 1935 novel set in Monterey, established him as a successful author.
- Steinbeck.
- 4: In 2021 a vehicle aptly named Speed Demon hit 466 mph at these salt flats in Utah.
- Bonneville.
- 5: Some Native Americans practiced skull binding for a rounded look; Lewis and Clark called the Salish this because they didn't.
- the Flathead.
Round 5. Category: China Patterns
- 1: Ruins of this run from Bo Hai, a gulf of the Yellow Sea, to the Gansu province in the west.
- The Great Wall.
- 2: This former crown colony is partly on the southeast coast of China and partly on over 200 islands.
- Hong Kong.
- 3: The Hainan province has this type of climate, hence the coconut trees and pineapple plants.
- Tropical.
- 4: The 3 Gorges Dam, over 1 mile long, is being built to control the flooding of this river.
- Yangtze.
- 5: Immensely popular in China, this paddle sport is known as the "national game".
- ping pong.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1180 episodes
Manage episode 410849495 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel
- 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets.
- dogs.
- 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital.
- Dublin.
- 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction.
- Queen Mary.
- 4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site.
- the Venetian.
- 5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony.
- the Roosevelt.
Round 2. Category: Significant Old Books
- 1: Dating from the 5th century B.C., this Asian philosopher's "Analects".
- Confucius.
- 2: This ancient Greek playwright's comedies, which include "The Frogs".
- Aristophanes.
- 3: This German's 18th century coming of age classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther".
- Goethe.
- 4: Greek historian and soldier Thucydides' firsthand account "The History of" this peninsular war.
- the Peloponnesian War.
- 5: This Swiss-French writer's 18th century political covenant "The Social Contract".
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Round 3. Category: The Last Category. With Last in quotes
- 1: Something about to tumble down is standing on these.
- its last legs.
- 2: Type of final effort that might be required to finish a trench.
- last-ditch.
- 3: It breaks a camel's back.
- the last straw.
- 4: It's what you have when your joke succeeds when all told you it would fail.
- the last laugh.
- 5: A desperate attempt, such as defending the endmost trench.
- a last ditch effort.
Round 4. Category: It'S A Flat-Out Fact
- 1: All babies have flat feet, but if you develop the condition later in life, it's called fallen these.
- arches.
- 2: Please pass over this bread in unleavened form or now that I think of it, as a ball in some delicious soup.
- matzah.
- 3: "Tortilla Flat", a 1935 novel set in Monterey, established him as a successful author.
- Steinbeck.
- 4: In 2021 a vehicle aptly named Speed Demon hit 466 mph at these salt flats in Utah.
- Bonneville.
- 5: Some Native Americans practiced skull binding for a rounded look; Lewis and Clark called the Salish this because they didn't.
- the Flathead.
Round 5. Category: China Patterns
- 1: Ruins of this run from Bo Hai, a gulf of the Yellow Sea, to the Gansu province in the west.
- The Great Wall.
- 2: This former crown colony is partly on the southeast coast of China and partly on over 200 islands.
- Hong Kong.
- 3: The Hainan province has this type of climate, hence the coconut trees and pineapple plants.
- Tropical.
- 4: The 3 Gorges Dam, over 1 mile long, is being built to control the flooding of this river.
- Yangtze.
- 5: Immensely popular in China, this paddle sport is known as the "national game".
- ping pong.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1180 episodes
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