Episode 1212 - Allusions of grandeur - Live cams - Psychological problems - Anything goes - World of religion

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1212, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Allusions Of Grandeur

• 1: An ancient city on the Euphrates River known for its magnificence, today it can also mean a place of vice and corruption.
• Babylon.
• 2: You're living in grand style if you have the "white" type of this strong-smelling underground fungus on your table.
• truffle.
• 3: The 19th century railroad sleeping car named for this man was a symbol of splendor equal to the finest hotel.
• Pullman.
• 4: In 1909 this French jeweler opened a store on Fifth Ave. in New York City and briefly became owner of the Hope Diamond.
• Pierre Cartier.
• 5: From the name of a Greek city home to fabulously wealthy inhabitants, this adjective means devoted to luxury.
• sybaritic.

Round 2. Category: Live Cams

• 1: Through a conservation center in New York, you can observe critically endangered red and Mexican gray ones of these.
• wolves.
• 2: Opened in 1919, this iconic golf course on the Monterey Peninsula offers stunning views of the 17th and 18th holes.
• Pebble Beach.
• 3: A webcam on Sicily allows you to monitor the activity of this highest active volcano in Europe.
• Etna.
• 4: From a webcam in Finland, you can see this nighttime phenomenon that's dependent on a strong solar wind.
• aurora borealis.
• 5: You can see people praying day and night at this holy site that was a part of a structure surrounding the Temple of Jerusalem.
• the Western Wall (Wailing Wall).

Round 3. Category: Psychological Problems

• 1: Just because you have this pervasive suspicion of others, doesn't mean they're not out to get you.
• Paranoia.
• 2: Maybe Alfred Adler didn't think he was good enough when he identified and named this complex.
• Inferiority complex.
• 3: This self-absorbed personality disorder is named for a mythical youth who loved his reflection.
• Narcissism.
• 4: Logorrhea, also called verbomania, is doing this excessively or uncontrollably.
• Speaking/talking.
• 5: Washers and hoarders are types of people with OCD, which stands for this.
• Obsessive compulsive disorder.

Round 4. Category: Anything Goes

• 1: Naval engineer Richard James invented this classic toy after watching a spring fall from a table.
• Slinky.
• 2: Appropriately, Bacchus is often depicted in art holding this fruit.
• grapes.
• 3: Young Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" was inspired by this author of "In Cold Blood".
• Truman Capote.
• 4: In 1962 he became the first Australian to win the Grand Slam of tennis; he won it again in 1969.
• Rod Laver.
• 5: In 2002 this South American country's Varig Airlines celebrated its 75th anniversary.
• Brazil.

Round 5. Category: World Of Religion

• 1: From the Arabic for "struggle", this word can mean a personal effort against sin, or a holy war in defense of Islam.
• jihad.
• 2: In February 1988, after confessing on live TV to be a sinner, this preacher stepped down from the pulpit.
• Jimmy Swaggart.
• 3: The Mahayana branch of this religion is more recent than the Theravada and includes the concept of adherents becoming Bodhisattvas.
• Buddhism.
• 4: The sacred shrine of Fushimi-Inari Tasha is dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of this foodstuff.
• rice.
• 5: Asgard was home to the Norse gods and this most famous palace.
• Valhalla.

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