Episode 1223 - A disaster of biblical proportions - River damage - The royal they - Let's put on a play - 1951

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1223, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions

• 1: There's a lot of smiting and destroying after this group steals the Ark of God; things don't end well for Goliath, either.
• the Philistines.
• 2: After this man makes burnt offerings, "The Lord said... neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done".
• Noah.
• 3: These insects "did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left".
• locusts.
• 4: The Lord says, "Your children shall wander in the wilderness" for this length of time, "until your carcases be wasted".
• 40 years.
• 5: In 2 Kings this king of Babylon "cut in pieces all the vessels of gold... in the Temple of the Lord".
• Nebuchadnezzar.

Round 2. Category: River Damage

• 1: A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is mainly caused by an excess of this element, much of it carried by the Mississippi.
• nitrogen.
• 2: Sediment from erosion hurts rivers because this can't penetrate the water, hindering the ecosystem.
• sunlight.
• 3: Surface runoff from farms or your lawn can add these chemicals, like chlordane, to your local river.
• pesticides.
• 4: This country's Sarno river is the most polluted in Europe.
• Italy.
• 5: You may not love the time of this disease that's been called the "archetype of waterborne illnesses".
• cholera.

Round 3. Category: The Royal They

• 1: 1894 to 1918: blank II and blank.
• Nicholas and Alexandra.
• 2: 1660 to 1683: this radiant royal and Marie-Therese.
• Louis XIV.
• 3: 1956 to 1982:he and Grace.
• Rainier.
• 4: 1924 to 1989: he and Nagako.
• Hirohito.
• 5: 1677 to 1694:they.
• William and Mary.

Round 4. Category: Let'S Put On A Play

• 1: Your cousin might know a friend of the roommate of a nephew of the lawyer of John Guare, who wrote this 1990 play.
• Six Degrees of Separation.
• 2: A book is the example of the "hand" type of these; a bookcase is an example of the "set" type.
• Props.
• 3: "Edible" name for a common type of water-soluble stage makeup.
• Pancake.
• 4: From Greek for "entrance to a tent", it's the arch that separates the stage from the auditorium.
• the proscenium.
• 5: Founded in 1913, this stage actors' union represents about 40,000 members in the U.S..
• Equity.

Round 5. Category: 1951

• 1: In 1951 it celebrated its 175th anniversary and was sealed in a helium-filled case.
• the Declaration of Independence.
• 2: On February 26 a constitutional amendment became law, limiting the holder of this office to 2 terms.
• President of the United States.
• 3: In May, this utility co. became the 1st corporation in the world to have over 1,000,000 stockholders.
• ATandT.
• 4: On Oct. 24,1951, Truman declared our state of war with this country had finally ended.
• Germany.
• 5: 90 cadets at this academy were ousted in a cheating scandal.
• West Point.

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