Episode 1252 - I love horses - On ice - The candy counter - Money best places to live - Character references

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1252, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: I Love Horses

• 1: This term for the person who cares for horses at a stable sounds like someone who's getting married.
• the groom.
• 2: This gait is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop.
• a canter.
• 3: These draft horses make appearances all over; they take the trip from St. Louis to appear in the Rose Parade.
• the Clydesdales.
• 4: One of the USA's largest labor unions, it was originally organized for drivers of horse-drawn vehicles.
• the Teamsters.
• 5: This horse breed traces its origins to a stallion named for its owner, Justin.
• a Morgan.

Round 2. Category: On Ice

• 1: Put this letter on "ice" and you get what Mickey and Minnie are.
• M (mice).
• 2: Put this letter on "ice" and you get gaming material that may be loaded.
• D (dice).
• 3: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the kind of "guys" who "finish last".
• N (nice).
• 4: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the type of crime Crockett and Tubbs fought.
• V (vice).
• 5: Put this letter on "ice" and you get a grain grown in paddies.
• R (rice).

Round 3. Category: The Candy Counter

• 1: While the Mounds bar was introduced in 1920, this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946.
• Almond Joy.
• 2: These malted milk balls were first sold unwrapped, 2 for a penny; today they come in milk carton packaging.
• Whoppers.
• 3: Goelitz is famous for 2 candies--Jelly Belly and this, a Halloween perennial.
• candy corn.
• 4: Fire Stix was the first flavor of this candy to be introduced.
• Jolly Rancher.
• 5: The Chocolate Manufacturer's Association claims 40% of the world's supply of these nuts goes into chocolate candy.
• almonds.

Round 4. Category: Money Best Places To Live

• 1: Tops on the list is Louisville in Boulder County in this state, not Kentucky--low crime, good jobs and Rockies skiing.
• Colorado.
• 2: Cozy Sharon in this northeast state's Norfolk County is teeming with history: a church there has a Paul Revere bell.
• Massachusetts.
• 3: Mukilteo in this state is in good economic shape and has location, location, location--right on Puget Sound.
• Washington.
• 4: The Cuyahoga County city of Solon in this state boasts its own orchestra, a large tax base and great schools.
• Ohio.
• 5: Victorian homes line the New Hampshire hamlet of Hanover that benefits from its proximity to this Ivy League school.
• Dartmouth.

Round 5. Category: Character References

• 1: Thomas Harris revealed that this character was inspired by a murderous Mexican surgeon, elegant and insane.
• Hannibal Lecter.
• 2: This character created by P.G. Wodehouse has been called the "most gentlemanly of gentlemen's gentlemen".
• Jeeves.
• 3: Among his siblings are Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ginny.
• Ron Weasley.
• 4: In 1972 disfigured Justin McLeod was "The Man Without a Face"; in 1863 exiled Philip Nolan was "The Man Without" this.
• a Country.
• 5: This Virginia Woolf title character has the first name Clarissa.
• Mrs. Dalloway.

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