Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1135, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues M. With M in quotation marks
- 1: Bede was one; so was Mendel (4).
- monk.
- 2: "La boheme" femme(4).
- Mimi.
- 3: Thoroughly modern girl(6).
- Millie.
- 4: Mickey and Minnie (4).
- mice.
- 5: Merry month (3).
- May.
Round 2. Category: Snacks On A Plane
- 1: Bon appetit! On long flights, this airline serves baguettes, cheese and champagne in the "affaires" cabin.
- Air France.
- 2: Allergy concerns have caused most carriers to discontinue these snacks, but Northwest still serves 'em.
- peanuts.
- 3: USA! USA! This red-white-and-blue carrier will sell you a 4-ounce chocolate chip cookie for just 3 bucks.
- American Airlines.
- 4: United's "classic snackbox" includes this brand of gourmet jelly beans.
- Jelly Belly.
- 5: This Atlanta-based airline's "flight delights" includes hummus, pita chips and a deck of miniature playing cards.
- Delta.
Round 3. Category: Let'S Rock!
- 1: Her father is Fred; her mother, Wilma.
- Pebbles Flintstone.
- 2: Keith, Brian, Mick, Bill and Charlie on drums.
- The Rolling Stones.
- 3: The Rolling Stones were inducted into it in 1989; meanwhile, The Comateens remain unjustly excluded.
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 4: In 1969 CCR had 3 No. 2 hits: "Bad Moon Rising", "Green River" and this one that kept on "rollin', rollin', rollin'".
- "Proud Mary".
- 5: "Large rock" city northwest of Denver.
- Boulder, Colorado.
Round 4. Category: What'S The DealIo?. With Io in quotes
- 1: A Brit might bid farewell to an "old chap" using this word.
- cheerio.
- 2: It's a large-scale musical work for voices and orchestra usually based on a religious theme.
- an oratorio.
- 3: It adds some spicy bitterness to a salad.
- radicchio.
- 4: Type of cabinet in which to display your knickknacks, bizarre or otherwise.
- a curio.
- 5: From the Latin for "messenger", it's a papal ambassador to a foreign government.
- nuncio.
Round 5. Category: Specs And The City
- 1: Its airport, named for 2 of its past mayors, is the world's busiest passenger airport.
- Atlanta.
- 2: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, this Michigan city has the highest percentage of African-Americans.
- Detroit.
- 3: With 126,000 daily copies, this city's La Opinion is the USA's top-selling non-English newspaper.
- Los Angeles.
- 4: About 600 miles from the mouth of the river, this Tennessee city of 650,000 is the largest on the Mississippi.
- Memphis.
- 5: Home to the Air Force Academy, this city has the highest elevation of any city that's home to a U.S. service academy.
- Colorado Springs.
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