Episode 399 - Your Days Are Numbered - A Spot Of "T" - "In" Places - Wham-O - "Ez" Does It

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 399, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Your Days Are Numbered

• 1: Dies Martis is the Latin name for this day of the week.
• Tuesday.
• 2: Number of months with only 30 days.
• four.
• 3: Years that read the same upside down and right side up include 1881, 6009 and this year of the 1960s.
• 1961.
• 4: Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hit song that is a calendrical impossiblity.
• "Eight Days A Week".
• 5: In the DD/MM/YYYY format, it was the most recent date in which all 3 were even numbers.
• December 30, 2006.

Round 2. Category: A Spot Of "T"

• 1: It's what was showered down upon Charles Lindbergh at a parade in NYC in June 1927.
• ticker tape.
• 2: To write down words, especially from audio to written form.
• transcribe.
• 3: In 1998 a $15 million production of this opera was staged in its actual setting, the Forbidden City.
• Turandot.
• 4: Middle Caicos is the largest island in this British dependency in the West Indies.
• the Turks and Caicos.
• 5: This general came to power in Panama in 1968 and led the drive to end U.S. control of the canal.
• Omar Torrijos.

Round 3. Category: "In" Places

• 1: In February 1994 an earthquake struck the island of Sumatra in this nation, killing 215 people.
• Indonesia.
• 2: Civilization in the valley of this Pakistani river dates back about 4500 years.
• the Indus River.
• 3: Technically, it comprises the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.
• the West Indies.
• 4: This capital of Tyrol has hosted 2 Winter Olympic games.
• Innsbruck.
• 5: This Missouri city is headquarters to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
• Independence.

Round 4. Category: Wham-O

• 1: In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther and was easy to catch.
• the Frisbee.
• 2: Wham-O owners heard about Australian kids using a bamboo ring for exercise; it became this 1958 fad.
• a Hula hoop.
• 3: Wham-O received its name from this first product; when a projectile hit its target, it made a "Wham-O" sound.
• a slingshot.
• 4: This 1962 Wham-O game named for a dance craze came with a moveable cross bar and 2 support stands.
• limbo.
• 5: Versions of this lawn toy to keep you cool in the summer include "Wave Rider" and "Bounce 'N Splash".
• a Slip 'N Slide.

Round 5. Category: "Ez" Does It

• 1: It's the crime of stealing money that has been entrusted to one's care.
• embezzlement.
• 2: In its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel was guaranteed unrestricted use of this waterway.
• the Suez Canal.
• 3: "And a Voice to Sing With" and "Daybreak" are autobiographies by this famous folk singer.
• Joan Baez.
• 4: He was ruler of the Aztecs at the time Cortes came a-calling.
• Montezuma.
• 5: The name of this Indian tribe that lives in Idaho is French for "pierced nose".
• Nez Perce.

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