Episode 1137 - B.c. vips - Christmas stories - Arnold - Bottom feeders - Sting like a "be"

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: B.C. Vips

• 1: In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation".
• Socrates.
• 2: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life.
• Hannibal.
• 3: Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten and this beautiful queen, married King Tut.
• Nefertiti.
• 4: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt..
• the republic.
• 5: One of the 7 wise men of Greece, his code of laws formed the foundation of Athens' democracy.
• Solon.

Round 2. Category: Christmas Stories

• 1: Dickens wrote it for the money but said he laughed and cried over it more than any other story.
• A Christmas Carol.
• 2: In Luke's version of Christ's birth, the angel brings them "tidings of great joy".
• the shepherds.
• 3: Recounting his early years in Wales, this author said, "One Christmas was so like another".
• Dylan Thomas.
• 4: In his short story "The Gift of the Magi", a young husband and wife sacrifice to give each other gifts.
• O. Henry.
• 5: Truman Capote's story of his childhood holidays, he narrated the TV movie version.
• A Christmas Memory.

Round 3. Category: Arnold

• 1: Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players.
• the Black Sox Scandal.
• 2: Natl. hero Arnold von Winkelried of this mountainous country helped it achieve a victory over the Austrians in 1386.
• Switzerland.
• 3: Inspired by his years in India, Sir Edwin Arnold's blank-verse epic "The Light of Asia" told of this religion founder.
• Buddha.
• 4: English educator Thomas Arnold was the longtime headmaster of this boys school that shares its name with a sport.
• Rugby.
• 5: This poet's feelings of spiritual isolation are reflected in works like "Dover Beach".
• Matthew Arnold.

Round 4. Category: Bottom Feeders

• 1: This animal has no head, arms or internal organs and belongs to the phylum Porifera, meaning "pore-bearer".
• sponge.
• 2: The long-necked species of this bivalve is also known as the steamer.
• a clam.
• 3: In the Pacific and Atlantic halibuts, both of these organs are usually on the right side.
• eyes.
• 4: Although this echinoderm usually has 5 arms, some may have more than 40.
• a starfish.
• 5: The tube type of these live near deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and can reach 6' in length.
• worms.

Round 5. Category: Sting Like A Be. With Be in quotes

• 1: Your garden variety this veggie is often eaten pickled; the sugar type, not.
• a beet.
• 2: Meaning small, round and glittering, this adjective is usually applied to the eyes of the untrustworthy.
• beady.
• 3: A warning signal or radar device that helps you determine your position.
• a beacon.
• 4: Not Paul or Ringo, but a synagogue caretaker or a minor church official.
• a beadle.
• 5: This name is combined with Hawker in a Wichita-based airplane company.
• Beechcraft.

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