Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 709, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let's Go To Florida* 1: You can see a miniature replica of this city's Forbidden City at Splendid China, a park in Kissimmee. * Peking/Beijing. * 2: The "Terrors of the Deep" attraction at this park might even scare Shamu. * Sea World. * 3: The Cypress Roots Museum traces the history of this famous floral site. * Cypress Gardens. * 4: For years Gomek the giant crocodile was the big attraction at this oldest Florida city's alligator farm. * St. Augustine. * 5: The Wallendas' poles, rigging and costumes are on view at the Circus Museum in this Florida city. * Sarasota.
Round 2. Category: Army, Navy Or Marines* 1: Chester Nimitz. * the Navy. * 2: World War I flying ace Frank Luke. * the Army. * 3: John Glenn. * the Marines. * 4: Roger Staubach. * the Navy. * 5: Comedian Drew Carey. * the Marines.
Round 3. Category: Bahrain* 1: This Iberian power occupied Bahrain from 1521 until the locals asked for Persian help in 1602. * Portugal. * 2: Bahrain is known as this "of the Arabian Gulf", although cultured ones are banned in the market of the same name. * the Pearl. * 3: The 5 triangular shapes on the Bahraini flag represent these "foundations" of Islam. * pillars. * 4: Bahrain's capital, it shares most of its letters with a Central American country. * Manama. * 5: In 1971 Bahrain joined this regional organization that was formed in Cairo in 1945. * the Arab League.
Round 4. Category: Approbation* 1: In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river. * Potomac. * 2: Fittingly, CNN broke the news in 1997 when this man decided to give $1 billion to the U.N.. * Ted Turner. * 3: Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons. * land mines. * 4: In 1997, 5 decades late, 7 black soldiers received this highest award for bravery during WWII. * the Congressional Medal of Honor. * 5: Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved hundreds of Jews in WWII, bears the title "Righteous" this. * Gentile.
Round 5. Category: Handy Technology* 1: The Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is a device which plays music in this alphanumeric format. * MP3. * 2: "N-Gage" with this company's cell phone, wihch is also a portable game. * Nokia. * 3: You can feel your way around a game using the Dualshock controller for this video game console. * PlayStation. * 4: This company that sells Dimension computers now sells a GPS system for the Axim PDAs. * Dell. * 5: With its Ofoto online service and Easyshare cameras, you'll never have to develop this company's film. * Kodak.
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