Episode 1184 - Washington today - Alexander the great - New testament - "blue" plate special - The impassable dream

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1184, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Washington Today

• 1: She's the mother of 5, grandmother of 9 and minority leader in the House of Representatives.
• Nancy Pelosi.
• 2: "Pork barrel spending" is among the "issues" at the website of this Arizona senator and 2008 candidate for president.
• John McCain.
• 3: This congressman finished 2nd in the 2012 New Hampshire primary with 23% of the vote.
• Ron Paul.
• 4: This Connecticut man who ran for vice president in 2000 announced that 2012 would be his last year in the Senate.
• (Joseph) Lieberman.
• 5: GOP house members who don't follow the party program can feel the lash of Kevin McCarthy, house majority this.
• whip.

Round 2. Category: Alexander The Great

• 1: Alexander tried to look to the future by consulting the this "of Zeus-Ammon" in the Sahara but never revealed what he had learned.
• the Oracle.
• 2: William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Jane Alexander.
• 3: In "Parallel Lives", this Greek paired Alexander's biography with Julius Caesar's.
• Plutarch.
• 4: He's pictured on the $10 bill.
• Alexander Hamilton.
• 5: In 332 B.C. Alexander founded a city called Alexandria on the delta of this river.
• the Nile.

Round 3. Category: New Testament

• 1: "Blessed are" these "for they shall be called the children of God".
• the peacemakers.
• 2: 1 of the 3 Roman emperors specifically mentioned by name in the New Testament.
• Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius.
• 3: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called" this.
• the children of God.
• 4: In Mark 6 and 8 a total of about 9000 people are fed these 2 foods.
• loaves and fishes.
• 5: Though born in Bethlehem, Jesus was raised about 70 miles north from there in this city.
• Nazareth.

Round 4. Category: Blue Plate Special. With Blue in quotes

• 1: Come on in for our Monday special: flapjacks topped with this official state fruit of New Jersey.
• the blueberry.
• 2: Ma found the recipe for Tuesday's special, a tasty garden scramble, on this margarine's website.
• Blue Bonnet.
• 3: Yum, yum! Wednesday's special is this crustacean that has its own festival in Panacea, Florida.
• a blue crab.
• 4: Ma looked for the Maytag type of this in appliances instead of the grocery aisle before she put it in Thurs.'s salad.
• blue cheese.
• 5: For Friday, we're frying up some of these oysters named for a place on Long Island.
• Blue Point oysters.

Round 5. Category: The Impassable Dream

• 1: Dams and other barriers to migration have reduced the Atlantic species of this food fish to a fraction of historic numbers.
• salmon.
• 2: In October 1962 the U.S. put a naval this, an 8-letter word meaning obstruction, around Cuba.
• blockade.
• 3: In 1611 this English navigator sought the Northwest Passage but ended up trapped in the bay that would bear his name.
• (Henry) Hudson.
• 4: When you swallow, this flap covers the larynx to keep food out of the respiratory tract.
• epiglottis.
• 5: This 90-mile stretch of California south of Monterey is known for its scenic highway that sometimes does become impassble.
• Big Sur.

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