Episode 1093 - Be my "pal" - Edison: the light and the dark - Pick up your clothes - An inventive category - Landing zones of normandy

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1093, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Be My Pal. With Pal in quotation marks

• 1: Under a League of Nations mandate, the British oversaw the affairs of this region from 1920 to 1948.
• Palestine.
• 2: It can mean the roof of the mouth, or more generally the sense of taste.
• Palate.
• 3: A board on which a painter mixes colors, or the range of colors he uses.
• Palette.
• 4: A fence of stakes forming a defensive barrier or fortification.
• Palisade.
• 5: These heroic champions of chivalry share their name with a 1950s Richard Boone TV character.
• Paladins.

Round 2. Category: Edison: The Light And The Dark

• 1: In 1892 Edison's Light Company became this entity that is still a big deal today.
• General Electric.
• 2: Attempts to profit off this man's X-rays led to the tragic death of Edison's assistant Clarence Dally.
• Röntgen.
• 3: Edison stiffed this man to the tune of $50,000 and told him, "When you become...American, you will appreciate an American joke".
• Tesla.
• 4: Edison on this: "What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that".
• the sun.
• 5: To discredit the A.C. power system, Edison tried to make this tycoon's name synonymous with electrocution.
• Westinghouse.

Round 3. Category: Pick Up Your Clothes

• 1: One runs between the hydrant and the fireman.
• hose.
• 2: It's a case in court brought by one party against another.
• suit.
• 3: Perspires.
• sweats.
• 4: For 2001 "For the Birds" and "The Accountant" are 2 of these that won Oscars.
• shorts.
• 5: The hours of the day you work; hopefully you're not on the night one.
• shift.

Round 4. Category: An Inventive Category

• 1: Need to replace the fender on your Corvette? Thank Dale Kleist, who pioneered this material in the 1930s.
• fiberglass.
• 2: In 1855 the Lundstrom brothers used red phosphorus in these hot items to make them "safe".
• matches.
• 3: In 1853 David Smith patented one of these to keep your undies hanging on a line by using a spring clamp and 2 wooden levers.
• a clothespin.
• 4: He left Morse in his dust with his 1876 patent titled "Improvement in Telegraphy".
• Alexander Graham Bell.
• 5: This navigating instrument that helps find latitude and longitude was first developed in the 1750s.
• a sextant.

Round 5. Category: Landing Zones Of Normandy

• 1: A branch of the Sioux Indian tribe.
• Omaha.
• 2: The Bear River runs through this state into a lake.
• Utah.
• 3: Bug, Glove or Coast.
• Gold.
• 4: Hellenically, Hera.
• Juno.
• 5: This weapon is aflame in Genesis 3:24.
• Sword.

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