Episode 883 - the cold war - the virgin mary - medical tests - kings and queens - of madison

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 883, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: the cold war

• 1: In the 1970s Linus Pauling advocated huge doses of this to battle the common cold.
• vitamin C.
• 2: By the end of the Cold War the population of this "sleeping giant" was over 1 billion.
• China.
• 3: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this father of the atomic bomb.
• Robert Oppenheimer.
• 4: "Dr. Mom" recommends this brand's cold and cough syrups.
• Robitussin.
• 5: Tool nickname for the Soviet flag, lowered for the last time over the Kremlin on December 25, 1991.
• hammer and sickle.

Round 2. Category: the virgin mary

• 1: This man was her husband.
• Joseph.
• 2: It's the crowded town Mary traveled to in order to record her name during the census.
• Bethlehem.
• 3: The angel who "announced" Mary's pregnancy to her.
• Gabriel.
• 4: Jesus entrusted Mary to the "Beloved Disciple", traditionally this author of the gospel that tells the story.
• John.
• 5: It's the town where Mary lived when Luke first mentions her.
• Nazareth.

Round 3. Category: medical tests

• 1: A finger stick is done to draw this.
• blood.
• 2: Patch and scratch tests can determine if you have one or more of these.
• allergies.
• 3: Not a soldier, the G.I. in an upper G.I. is this tract.
• gastrointestinal.
• 4: From the Latin for "life appearance", this procedure takes a sample of tissue, fluid or cells for study.
• a biopsy.
• 5: CTs and MRIs have largely replaced this procedure, also the name of a Nigel Tufnel group.
• a spinal tap.

Round 4. Category: kings and queens

• 1: The Old Testament says she visited King Solomon in order to test him by asking him to solve several riddles.
• the Queen of Sheba.
• 2: In 1992 this queen of England agreed to pay income tax.
• Queen Elizabeth II.
• 3: This 11th daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I was guillotined in 1793.
• Marie Antoinette.
• 4: King Bhumibol reigned for 70 years in this Asian nation once known as Siam.
• Thailand.
• 5: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia claimed descent from the Queen of Sheba and this Biblical king.
• Solomon.

Round 5. Category: of madison

• 1: James Madison was known as the "Father of" this document and was also it's last surviving signer.
• the Constitution.
• 2: The James Madison Building is the largest of the 3 Capitol Hill buildings that make up this library.
• the Library of Congress.
• 3: This family estate of James Madison shares its name with a Vermont city.
• Montpelier.
• 4: Madison made a lousy cabinet choice in John Armstrong, who didn't think D.C. needed defending in thi war.
• the War of 1812.
• 5: James Madison succeeded Thomas Jefferson as President of the U.S. and as rector of this university.
• the University of Virginia.

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