Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 673, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Prefixes* 1: This thoroughly modern prefix means "one thousandth". * milli-. * 2: Meaning "between", it comes before "section" and "galactic". * inter-. * 3: A prefix meaning "after" is found in this word meaning an after-death examination. * postmortem. * 4: "Pharyngo" and "laryngo" both refer to this part of the body. * the throat. * 5: Meaning "height", it comes before "phobia" and "polis". * acro-.
Round 2. Category: Comedic Tv Partners* 1: Conan O'Brien. * Andy Richter. * 2: Carrie Brownstein. * Fred Armisen. * 3: (Keegan-Michael) Key. * Peele. * 4: (Dan) Rowan. * (Dick) Martin. * 5: Cindy Williams, from 1976 to 1982. * Penny Marshall.
Round 3. Category: Cold World Out There* 1: In July 1968 Plateau Station on this continent averaged -99.8 degrees; bottom of the world, Ma!. * Antarctica. * 2: You can freeze your Aspen off in Fraser in this state, with a year-round average of 32.5 degrees. * Colorado. * 3: You've been sent to Oymyakon in this 7-letter region of Russia, where it was a brisk -96 in January 1926. * Siberia. * 4: Snag, in this Canadian territory, had a population of about 10 on a -81 day in February 1947. * the Yukon. * 5: Located in Lewis and Clark County, Rogers Pass in this large western state chilled out at -70 on Jan. 20, 1954. * Montana.
Round 4. Category: The Old Sod* 1: There once was a king named Richard I, who granted a charter to this Irish port city in 1197. * Limerick. * 2: Ireland is divided into 32 of these political and geographic units; 6 of them belong to the U.K.. * counties. * 3: The uachtaran is the Irish president; the taoiseach is this head of government. * the prime minister. * 4: Ireland has no local police; the island is patrolled by An Garda Siochana, the Guardians of this. * peace. * 5: Ireland's hospitals were largely funded by this horse-racing lottery that ran from 1930 to 1987. * the Irish Sweepstakes.
Round 5. Category: Cry* 1: Aesop knows that one who raises a false alarm is said to "cry" this creature. * wolf. * 2: In a text message, "FCOL" is short for this exasperated phrase. * "for crying out loud". * 3: If you've given up, "cry" this generic relative. * uncle. * 4: Justin Timerlake sang "cry me" one of these, perhaps the Irrawaddy. * a river. * 5: "Cry" this "and let slip the dogs of war". * havoc.
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