Episode 1191 - Go to "h" - With a sculpture on top - Traditional eastern medicine - Shocking art - And span "d_x"

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Go To H. With H in quotation marks

• 1: It's the medical term for bad breath.
• halitosis.
• 2: Buzz in when you know this one -- in ancient times, this sweet, sticky liquid was used to treat wounds.
• Honey.
• 3: At best, it's a computer enthusiast; at worst, it's one who illegally taps into your computer.
• Hacker.
• 4: Established in 1519, this capital is the largest city in the West Indies.
• Havana (Cuba).
• 5: This small nocturnal mammal covered with spines rolls into a ball when threatened.
• a hedgehog.

Round 2. Category: With A Sculpture On Top

• 1: Commissioned by brewer Carl Jacobsen, a sculpture of this fairy-tale figure sits atop a rock in Copenhagen harbor.
• the Little Mermaid.
• 2: A classical statue called "Freedom" sits atop the dome of this Washington, D.C. building.
• the U.S. Capitol.
• 3: Philly's city hall is topped by a 37-foot tall statue of this colony founder; for a time no building there was built higher than his hat.
• William Penn.
• 4: The colossal Christ the Redeemer Statue on Mount Corcovado towers over this South American city.
• Rio de Janeiro.
• 5: A column topped by a 17-foot statue of this man is the centerpiece of London's Trafalgar Square.
• Nelson.

Round 3. Category: Traditional Eastern Medicine

• 1: Most acupuncture points relate to pathways along the body called these, like the ones connecting poles on a globe.
• meridians.
• 2: Cupping stimulates acupuncture points by applying suction through a glass jar, creating a partial one of these.
• a vacuum.
• 3: Acupuncture needles, now steel and as thin as a hair, were once made of the woody stem of this giant grass.
• bamboo.
• 4: Research shows that acupuncture increases brain production of these hormones, natural painkillers.
• endorphins.
• 5: Once in weight-loss products, ma huang is the Chinese name for this herbal stimulant used to treat asthma.
• ephedra.

Round 4. Category: Shocking Art

• 1: His mural at Rockefeller Center was destroyed because it included a depiction of Lenin.
• Diego Rivera.
• 2: 1485 Florence was shocked by this artist's large nude painting of the birth of a goddess.
• Botticelli.
• 3: In 1892 Berlin authorities screamed and closed the exhibit by this Scandinavian artist.
• (Edvard) Munch.
• 4: This impressionist's Christ paintings of 1864 and 1865 were crucified for being unidealized.
• Édouard Manet.
• 5: Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" caused a stir at this 1913 show in New York City.
• the Armory Show.

Round 5. Category: And Span D_X. With D_X in quotes

• 1: This 2-word term for a spiral shape dates to 1954.
• double helix.
• 2: A house with 2 living units, or an apartment with 2 floors.
• duplex.
• 3: Type of treatment to help someone recover from drug or alcohol abuse.
• detox.
• 4: Numerical 2-word term for getting rid of something, perhaps by sending it to Davy Jones' locker.
• deep six.
• 5: U.S. patent 4194846 is for this kind of printer.
• dot-matrix.

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