Episode 294 - Words For Two - Fdr - Colors En Espanol - Temple - Don't Bug Me!

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 294, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Words For Two

• 1: It's a musical composition for 2 voices or 2 instruments.
• Duet.
• 2: Word for 2 cards of the same value in a poker game.
• Pair.
• 3: They can be fraternal or identical.
• Twins.
• 4: In other words, "Similar as 2 legume fruits in a seed holder".
• "Like two peas in a pod".
• 5: On a riverboat, it's how you would "Mark" water that's 2 fathoms deep.
• Twain.

Round 2. Category: Fdr

• 1: Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this.
• "Live in Infamy".
• 2: FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room.
• Fireside Chats.
• 3: While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson.
• Harvard.
• 4: FDR was born and is now buried in this town on the Hudson River.
• Hyde Park.
• 5: During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart.
• Brain Trust.

Round 3. Category: Colors En Espanol

• 1: To be "en numeros rojos" means to be in this color.
• red.
• 2: In kids' drawings el sol is amarillo, this color.
• yellow.
• 3: As its name says, salsa verde is made with chiles and tomatillos that are this color.
• green.
• 4: Azul, this color, can be marino or celeste.
• blue.
• 5: Spanish painter Juan Gris has a last name that means this color.
• gray.

Round 4. Category: Temple

• 1: From the Greek for "assembly", it's a temple for Jewish religious worship.
• Synagogue.
• 2: Her last starring film performance was in 1949's "The Story of Seabiscuit".
• Shirley Temple.
• 3: Jachin and Boaz were the names of the 2 pillars at the entrance to this king's temple.
• Solomon.
• 4: The Reverend Jim Jones led this sect to its ultimate doom.
• The People's Temple.
• 5: In Amritsar, India Sikhs seek out this temple, the center of their faith.
• Golden Temple.

Round 5. Category: Don't Bug Me!

• 1: The spider species Argyroneta aquatica lives mostly in this environment.
• water.
• 2: In Africa, some nests of these wood-eating insects can reach a height of 20 feet.
• termites.
• 3: This large, hairy bee is one of the few insects that can control its body temperature.
• bumblebee.
• 4: Some scientists use the term hexapod in referring to insects; hexapod is Greek for this many legs.
• 6.
• 5: Also called loopers, spanworms and measuring worms, they are actually the caterpillars of moths.
• inchworms.

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