Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 501, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Peru * 1: Peru's national drink is pisco sour, a blend of lime juice, syrup, bitters and a heady brandy made from this vine fruit. * Grapes. * 2: The Uro Archipelago in this lake consists of about 40 inhabitable islands made of woven totora reeds. * Lake Titicaca. * 3: Lima's Palacio de Gobierno was built in 1938 on the site of this Spanish conquistador's palace. * Pizarro. * 4: He served as Peru's first ambassador to the Soviet Union before moving his diplomatic skills to the U.N.. * (Javier) Perez de Cuellar. * 5: Several Indian languages are spoken in Peru, including this one that's now an official language. * Quechua.

Round 2. Category: Math And Science * 1: On the centigrade scale, it's the melting point of ice. * 0 (zero). * 2: 1 volt times 1 amp equals this unit. * watt. * 3: Forces like gravity are measured in units abbreviated N., named for this scientist. * Isaac Newton. * 4: To convert kilograms into grams, multiply by this. * 1000. * 5: Musical instruments are tuned to 440 cycles per second, this note on a piano. * A.

Round 3. Category: Book Knowledge * 1: A book's backstrip covers the part that has this anatomical name. * the spine. * 2: Shakespeare wrote, "What's past is" this introductory part of a book. * prologue. * 3: Mulvany, Nancy, 177;birth of, 28;education of, 213;as expert in creating these, 326-331. * an index. * 4: A colophon is a section at the end of a book that often names this, like 10-point Baskerville. * the font. * 5: Entomological name for a blank page at the start of a book, suitable for inscriptions. * the fly (or the fly leaf).

Round 4. Category: Proverbs By Initials * 1: "Blood is T.T.W.". * thicker than water. * 2: "Look B.Y.L.". * before you leap. * 3: "T.H.A. better than one". * two heads are (two hands are accepted). * 4: "A watched P.N.B.". * pot never boils. * 5: "T.I.S.T. fiction". * truth is stranger than.

Round 5. Category: "Sh" * 1: It's another term for stenography. * Shorthand. * 2: Resembling a large scarf, this garment, when folded in a triangle, may be worn in place of a sweater. * Shawl. * 3: Slate is commonly formed by the metamorphism of this rock. * Shale. * 4: Tecumseh was chief of this Indian tribe. * Shawnee. * 5: Found in some Indian tribes, it's a medicine man with special healing powers. * shaman.

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