Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 689, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Thump!* 1: Slump to the floor "like a bag of wet" this, a mix of clay and limestone, and you're not likely getting up soon. * cement. * 2: You "hit" these when you walk the streets; if something hits you like a ton of 'em, you're shocked. * bricks. * 3: Jimmy Page got this band name from Keith Moon's description of bad gigs going down like one. * Led Zeppelin. * 4: In 1964 a researcher wanted to count the rings of a bristlecone type of this tree, so he felled it and oops, it was 4,900. * a pine tree. * 5: The eastern gray species of this thumps the ground with its big feet to signal others of danger. * a kangaroo.
Round 2. Category: The "Class" Struggle* 1: When the CIA does this to a formerly secret document, you and I may read it. * declassify. * 2: Lawsuit type representing the common interests of a large group. * class action. * 3: On Emirates Airlines, the seats in this section between first and economy recline into beds. * business class. * 4: U.S. Army rank just below specialist. * private first class. * 5: Term for a senior or a junior compared to a freshman. * an upperclassman.
Round 3. Category: Blogs* 1: American Papist bills itself as "not your average" blog for those of this faith. * Catholic. * 2: With sections devoted to "OLTL" and "B and B", Daytime Confidential is loaded with news about this type of show. * soap opera. * 3: The popular mommy blogosphere includes Katherine Stone's site named for this new-mom sadness. * post-partum depression. * 4: Add one letter to the last name of the director of "The Last Picture Show" and you get this, his movie commentary site. * Blogdanovich. * 5: lunchinabox.net is a blog devoted to these Japanese meals. * bento.
Round 4. Category: Terms With Greek Letters 1: A and B in this multiple star system are 4.4 light years from Earth. * Alpha Centauri. * 2: Inderal is one of this class of drugs that can lower blood pressure. * a beta-blocker. * 3: It was a No. 1 hit song for Helen Reddy. * "Delta Dawn". * 4: The Mayo Clinic says these fatty acids from fish oil reduce blood triglyceride levels. * omega-3 acids. * 5: A boy crosses the Pacific in a lifeboat (oh yeah, with a tiger!) in this 2001 Yann Martel novel. * Life of Pi*.
Round 5. Category: I Can't Stop This Feeling 1: I have a craving for this unleavened bread traditionally eaten during Passover. * matza. * 2: I'm really in the mood to play this board game that features the Chocolate Swamp and Gumdrop Mountain. * Candy Land*. * 3: For a pet, I want this marsupial named for an island state, but its diet of roadkill and dead sheep ain't at Petco. * a Tasmanian devil. * 4: I have to visit this world capital, though its name is Malay for "muddy estuary". * Kuala Lumpur. * 5: I gotta wear this brand of pants--the stripes are slimming, right?. * Zubaz.
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