Episode 1073 - So it must be "tru" - Happy federal holiday! - Mountain do - Cherchez la femme - Stock and trade

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1073, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: So It Must Be Tru. With Tru in quotation marks

• 1: From the German for "whirlpool" comes this treat that's rolled and baked.
• strudel.
• 2: I don't mean to do this, thrust myself without permission or welcome... actually, I do, I totally mean to do this.
• intrude.
• 3: Absent from school without permission.
• truant.
• 4: No lie, it's the 2-word colloquial term for the drug called thiopental.
• truth serum.
• 5: Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others.
• altruistic.

Round 2. Category: Happy Federal Holiday!

• 1: In 1789 a general proclamation was issued naming November 26 a day of national this.
• thanksgiving.
• 2: This man's Jan. 15 birthday is honored each year with a holiday on the third Monday of the month.
• Martin Luther King.
• 3: In 1792 NYC honored the 300th anniv. of a famous arrival with the first major U.S. celebration of this holiday.
• Columbus Day.
• 4: I've never belted out "Here We Come A-Wassailing", traditionally sung to celebrate this, but I'm still takin' this day off!.
• Christmas.
• 5: Matthew Maguire, a machinist, played a big role in staging the first parade for this holiday in NYC in September 1882.
• Labor Day.

Round 3. Category: Mountain Do

• 1: Appropriately, the highest mountain peak in this South American country is Pico Cristobal Colon.
• Colombia.
• 2: This range has more mountains that rise at least 26,000 feet than any other.
• the Himalayas.
• 3: It's sometimes referred to as Mount Tacoma.
• Mount Rainier.
• 4: Belize has a mountain range named for these pre-Columbian people who retreated there from the Spaniards.
• the Mayans.
• 5: Frederick Cook, who claimed to have beaten Peary to the pole, also claimed to have scaled this highest Alaskan peak.
• Denali (or Mount McKinley).

Round 4. Category: Cherchez La Femme

• 1: Gene Tunney,Gene Tierney,Gene Rayburn.
• Gene Tierney.
• 2: Sean Bean,Sean Young,Sean O'Casey.
• Sean Young.
• 3: Joey Heatherton, Joey Lawrence, Joey Fatone.
• Joey Heatherton.
• 4: Ashley Montagu,Ashleigh Banfield,Ashley Wilkes.
• Ashleigh Banfield.
• 5: Parker Stevenson, Parker Posey, Parker Pyne.
• Parker Posey.

Round 5. Category: Stock And Trade

• 1: This company, TM, is a hybrid, as it also runs a financial services division.
• Toyota.
• 2: For everything else, there's MA, this company.
• MasterCard.
• 3: If you want to snowboard or ski, go freestyle with KTO, this sporty company.
• K2.
• 4: You can really clean up with this company, WHR.
• Whirlpool.
• 5: This company, RTN, believes in a strong defense.
• Raytheon.

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