Episode 1047 - Stay away from meat - Dairy products - U.s. mayors - Before and after: singers and writers - Latin lovers

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1047, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Stay Away From Meat

• 1: AKA soybean curd, it can be frozen up to 3 months--but that will change its texture, making it slightly chewier.
• tofu.
• 2: This 5-letter term coined in 1944 is the beginning and end of "vegetarian".
• vegan.
• 3: Not "Yesterday" but in 2009, this musician and longtime vegetarian launched a "meat free Monday" campaign.
• Paul McCartney.
• 4: Kashi makes this type of crunchy grain-fruit-honey-nut breakfast cereal and bars of it, too.
• granola.
• 5: The Food Network says kosher salt is optional for a 1 lb. serving of this, Japanese for green soybeans.
• edamame.

Round 2. Category: Dairy Products

• 1: A separator divides milk into light and heavy parts; this substance is light, so as they say, it rises to the top.
• cream.
• 2: Yogurt is made by curdling milk with purified cultures of these, like Streptococcus thermophilus.
• bacteria.
• 3: This process uses moderately high temperatures for a short time to kill microorganisms in milk.
• pasteurization.
• 4: Milk is tested for these, such as penicillin, which may have been used to treat cows that fell ill.
• antibiotics.
• 5: Greek-style this, like oikos, has become popular with its lush texture.
• yogurt.

Round 3. Category: U.S. Mayors

• 1: In 1999 Oscar Goodman, once a lawyer for Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, was elected mayor of this Nevada city.
• Las Vegas.
• 2: In 1993 Thomas Menino became the 1st non-Irish American since 1929 elected mayor of this city.
• Boston.
• 3: It was a historic event when this man was sworn in in 1990.
• David Dinkins (first black mayor of NYC).
• 4: Ed Rendell was elected mayor of this city when Frank Rizzo died after the primary.
• Philadelphia.
• 5: In 1999 Mayor Wellington Webb of this state capital asked the NRA to cancel its convention there.
• Denver.

Round 4. Category: Before And After: Singers And Writers

• 1: "The Heart Of Rock and Roll" lead singer who also wrote "Alice in Wonderland".
• Huey Lewis Carroll.
• 2: Folk trio that was "Blowin' In The Wind" with the writer of "Frankenstein".
• Peter, Paul and Mary Shelley.
• 3: "Super Freak" singer who also told "Tales of the South Pacific".
• Rick James Michener.
• 4: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" singer who takes up a pen and creates "The Mayor of Casterbridge".
• B.J. Thomas Hardy.
• 5: "Hit The Road Jack" with the singer and pianist who also came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.
• Ray Charles Darwin.

Round 5. Category: Latin Lovers

• 1: It's Latin for "O Come, All Ye Faithful".
• "Adeste Fideles".
• 2: "Dictum sapient sat est" translates as "A word to" these people.
• The wise.
• 3: We've probably asked "Nil novi sub sole" before, as there's "Nothing new under" this.
• The sun.
• 4: It's what's no excuse in "Ignorantia legis neminem excusat".
• Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
• 5: Ancient Romans put great stock in "Ars moriendi", "The art" of doing this.
• Dying.

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