Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 780, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: serving suggestions* 1: Baked oysters are sometimes served on a bed of the "rock" type of this seasoning. * salt. * 2: Spring-operated tongs are often used to hold the shells of these garden gastropods. * snails. * 3: Cocktail sausages wrapped in dough and baked are called "pigs in" these. * blankets. * 4: Chimichangas are often topped with this avocado mixture. * guacamole. * 5: Some people serve the Liptauer type of this with beer, other prefer it with white wine. * cheese.

Round 2. Category: secret service code names* 1: A rock and roll president:Eagle (not Elvis, as rumored). * Bill Clinton. * 2: Fittingly, Fraction is the Secret Service code name for this cabinet post. * Secretary of Education. * 3: A Baptist president:Deacon. * Carter. * 4: Eisenhower was Providence; oddly, this president was General. * President Harry Truman. * 5: A religious visitor:Halo. * Pope John Paul II.

Round 3. Category: 4-letter birds* 1: An elated person is sometimes said to be "as happy as" this songbird. * lark. * 2: This bird isn't biologically distinct from the pigeon, it's just smaller. * dove. * 3: The rook is the most common member of this bird family found in Europe. * crow. * 4: Ancient Egyptians believed this bird to be a representative of the god Thoth. * ibis. * 5: Species of this bird include the Caspian, South and Arctic. * tern.

Round 4. Category: let's take a little trip* 1: In 1995 one of these craft that began passenger service in 1976 flew around the world in less than 32 hours. * Concorde. * 2: In May 1932 she made a little flight from Newfoundland across the north Atlantic. * Amelia Earhart. * 3: On May 9, 1926 Byrd and Bennett left Norway with a plan to fly over this and they claimed they did. * North Pole. * 4: In 1889 she left New York and went around the world in less than 80 days. * Nellie Bly. * 5: In 1938 this rich aviator took 4 assistants on a little round-the-world flight. * Howard Hughes.

Round 5. Category: lights* 1: The hollowed, carved fruit of the "Cucurbita pepo" plant with a light inside. * jack-o'-lantern. * 2: It's a very slender candle or the wax-coated wick used to light it. * a taper. * 3: Color of the bulb in all theatrical spotlights. * white. * 4: Fairy tale that includes the line "Who will change old lamps for new?". * "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp". * 5: Originally an explosion of gunpowder in a flintlock rifle that failed to set off the charge. * a flash in the pan.

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