Episode 1149 - Coffees all around - "bottom"s up - College life - The family business - Turkey, the bird

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1149, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Coffees All Around

• 1: This "Good to the last drop" brand lets you choose among smooth, rich and bold.
• Maxwell House.
• 2: At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew.
• espresso.
• 3: The press you can use to infuse your coffee bears the name of this country that invented the infusion method.
• France (a French press accepted).
• 4: If you feel a chill in Chinchina, Colombia, you may be passing the factory where instant coffee is made this way.
• freeze-dried.
• 5: This "heavenly coffee", a New York institution, is the official coffee of Radio City Music Hall.
• Chock Full O' Nuts.

Round 2. Category: BottomS Up. With Bottom in quotation marks

• 1: This type of boat lets you view undersea life while keeping your feet dry.
• Glass-Bottomed.
• 2: It's your net profit or loss as shown on an income statement.
• Bottom Line.
• 3: This '60s TV series was set aboard the Seaview, an atomic sub built by Harriman Nelson.
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
• 4: Miners first adapted this term for a hard place to mean as low as one can get.
• rock bottom.
• 5: Contadicting its foreboding name, this feature of Mammoth Cave is only 105 feet deep.
• Bottomless Pit.

Round 3. Category: College Life

• 1: To be "official", this detailed academic record should be sent from the school in a sealed envelope.
• a transcript.
• 2: This 2-word Latin phrase means you graduated with distinction.
• cum laude.
• 3: Classes in the semester system last 15 to 18 weeks; in this other system, they run about 10 weeks.
• the quarter system.
• 4: grammarly.com has a program that can compare an essay against academic databases to detect this dishonest act.
• plagiarism.
• 5: The 2 major learning management systems for American colleges are canvas and this, another name for a slate.
• blackboard.

Round 4. Category: The Family Business

• 1: In 1990 they became the first father and son to be Major League teammates.
• Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr..
• 2: The first half of this greeting card company's name is the family that founded it in 1910.
• Hallmark.
• 3: In 1985 Bob Haas took this jeans company founded by his great- great-granduncle from public back to private.
• Levi Strauss.
• 4: In 2006 the new CEO of this beverage company was August IV, great-great-grandson of co-founder Adolphus.
• Anheuser-Busch.
• 5: Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt is in the "Saddle" at this underwear maker.
• Jockey.

Round 5. Category: Turkey, The Bird

• 1: Turkey carving step 1: Cut the band of skin holding the legs which are known as these.
• Drumsticks.
• 2: This 19th C. British author is credited with making the turkey a popular choice for Christmas dinners.
• Charles Dickens.
• 3: A male turkey's snood hangs directly over this part of its body.
• Beak/nose.
• 4: Turkey that joined Henny-Penny's "Sky is Falling" campaign.
• Turkey-Lurkey.
• 5: This top-selling U.S. turkey brand turned 45 in 1999.
• Butterball.

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