Episode 923 - you know what they say... - begins and ends in "c" - name that board game - the french connection - caving

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 923, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: you know what they say...

• 1: Guess correctly you've "hit" this "on the head".
• nail.
• 2: "He who laughs last, laughs best" and "He who" does this "is lost".
• hesitates.
• 3: They "come in threes", "must come to an end" and "come to those who wait".
• good things.
• 4: For centuries fraidy-cats have insisted that this "is the better part of valor".
• discretion.
• 5: It's an Oreo enthusiast's version of "That's the way the ball bounces".
• That's the way the cookie crumbles.

Round 2. Category: begins and ends in "c"

• 1: It's another name for a comedian.
• comic.
• 2: In names of golf tournaments, this word follows GTE Byron Nelson, Bob Hope Chrysler and Quad City.
• Classic.
• 3: A Greek philosopher who believed life is best when freed of possessions; Diogenes of Sinope was one.
• cynic.
• 4: This brandy is named for the town in western France where it is produced.
• cognac.
• 5: Cancer-causing.
• carcinogenic.

Round 3. Category: name that board game

• 1: "Go directly to jail".
• Monopoly.
• 2: "King me!".
• Checkers.
• 3: "Miss Scarlet in the library with the wrench".
• Clue.
• 4: "You sank my aircraft carrier!".
• Battleship.
• 5: "My wink is nearest the pot. I've won the squidge-off!".
• tiddlywinks.

Round 4. Category: the french connection

• 1: This relative is une tante.
• Aunt.
• 2: "Acceptez-vous les cartes de credit?" means "Do you accept" these.
• credit cards.
• 3: To figure out what "tete" means, use your tete.
• Head.
• 4: The French call this religious day La Toussaint.
• All Saints Day.
• 5: Cagney showed disdain for Mae Clarke with this, un pamplemousse.
• Grapefruit.

Round 5. Category: caving

• 1: Scientists who study these mammals in caves wear respirators to protect themselves from ammonia fumes.
• Bats.
• 2: Cavers use special dyes to track the flow of these.
• (Underground) Rivers.
• 3: Explorers enjoy cave systems inside these ice masses because they constantly change.
• Glaciers.
• 4: Cave diving combines spelunking with this other sport.
• Scuba diving.
• 5: In 1879 Marcelino de Sautuola discovered the Stone Age paintings in this country's Altamira Cave.
• Spain.

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