Episode 1250 - Run for the border - Larry king's public figures - Blunt bios of brand mascots - World of christmas - I need a hero

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1250, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Run For The Border

• 1: From Peshawar,Pakistan.
• Afghanistan.
• 2: From Santiago,Chile.
• Argentina.
• 3: Why not from Minot, U.S.A., population 35,000.
• Canada.
• 4: From Baghdad,Iraq.
• Iran.
• 5: From Mombasa,Kenya.
• Tanzania.

Round 2. Category: Larry King'S Public Figures

• 1: Tonight, the wooden teeth--fact or fiction? Also, his 1754 Fort Necessity battle loss...Mt. Vernon, hello.
• George Washington.
• 2: I'm all shook up about my next guest and the caller is from his hometown...Tupelo, MS., hello?.
• Elvis Presley.
• 3: At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello?.
• Pete Rose.
• 4: A special Larry King tonight this "wubbulous" children's author and his thoughts on Rosie starring in his big Broadway show.
• Dr. Seuss.
• 5: He was 77 when he returned to space in '98; he talks to us now via satellite from Ohio.
• John Glenn.

Round 3. Category: Blunt Bios Of Brand Mascots

• 1: A bald housekeeper with a hoop earring and the biceps of a Greek god.
• Mr. Clean.
• 2: A bird, once plagued by anger management issues, who never stops quacking about insurance.
• the AFLAC duck.
• 3: A giant beverage pitcher with legs who often causes property damage.
• the Kool-Aid Man.
• 4: A mustachioed cartoon man, currently lacking a mouth to eat the potato crisps he sells.
• (the) Pringles (guy) (Julius Pringle).
• 5: A puffy French creature made of tires who bears an unsettling resemblance to a mummy.
• the Michelin Man.

Round 4. Category: World Of Christmas

• 1: For 9 days before Christmas, Latin American children try to break open these colorful paper figures containing candy.
• Pinatas.
• 2: In the Low Countries, St. Nicholas arrives to deliver presents on a boat from this Iberian country.
• Spain.
• 3: In Great Britain, this woman gives a special Christmas Day message on TV.
• The Queen.
• 4: Rather than stockings, French children put these in front of the fireplace so "Pere Noel" can fill them with gifts.
• Shoes.
• 5: In Sweden the Christmas season begins on December 13, this saint's day.
• St. Lucia.

Round 5. Category: I Need A Hero

• 1: "Show me a hero", wrote Fitzgerald, "and I will write you" one of these dramas.
• a tragedy.
• 2: This mythic Wild West hero invented the lasso, rode a cyclone and married a girl named Slue-Foot Sue.
• Pecos Bill.
• 3: Dickens work where you'll find "whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life…these pages must show".
• David Copperfield.
• 4: Preparing for one more Antarctic journey, this heroic explorer died on the isl. of S. Georgia in 1922 and is buried there.
• Ernest Shackleton.
• 5: Raised by animals, Enkidu was a companion of this Sumerian hero.
• Gilgamesh.

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