Episode 237 - The 21St Century - A Walk In The Park - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - European Languages - Ice Cream

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 237, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The 21St Century

• 1: In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud and tax evasion.
• Russia.
• 2: In May 2001 Gerald Ford stopped into this president's library to pick up its Profiles in Courage Award.
• John F. Kennedy.
• 3: This 125-year-old women's magazine was briefly recast as "Rosie".
• McCall's.
• 4: A 2003 judgment said keeping 2 women from marrying each other violated this state's constitution.
• Massachusetts.
• 5: In July 2001 a cargo plane brought the salvaged parts of a U.S. spy plane back to the U.S. from this country.
• China.

Round 2. Category: A Walk In The Park

• 1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV.
• Regent's Park.
• 2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV.
• The White House.
• 3: The Bridge of Perfect Wisdom is a landmark of Beihai Park in this world capital.
• Beijing.
• 4: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city.
• Jerusalem.
• 5: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766.
• Vienna.

Round 3. Category: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

• 1: Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms.
• six.
• 2: The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours.
• a blizzard.
• 3: Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water.
• a lake effect.
• 4: When air becomes "super" this adjective, relative humidity is above 100% and snow can form.
• supersaturated.
• 5: Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow, lives on this highest Hawaiian mountain.
• Mauna Kea.

Round 4. Category: European Languages

• 1: Dialects in the High form of this European language include Thuringian, Silesian and Franconian.
• German.
• 2: Modern dialects of this language include Gronings, West-Vlaams and Brabants.
• Dutch.
• 3: Although Spanish is widely spoken in Gibraltar, this language is used for schools and for official purposes.
• English.
• 4: Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century.
• Norway.
• 5: It's also called Ruthenian, and you'll hear it spoken in Odessa and Sevastopol.
• Ukrainian.

Round 5. Category: Ice Cream

• 1: When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly.
• rock salt.
• 2: French for "in the fashion", it's the way to get ice cream with your dessert.
• Ã la mode.
• 3: In January of 2011, pecans fruit and chocolaty bits in vanilla soft serve was this brand's "Blizzard of the Month".
• Dairy Queen.
• 4: Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled.
• Good Humor.
• 5: Reuben Mattus created this ice cream brand, whose name was meant to invoke an Old World aura.
• Häagen-Dazs.

Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!