Episode 440 - Tough Nursery Rhymes - Hold It - Architecture - Flinchius The Gladiator - Executive Perks

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 440, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tough Nursery Rhymes

• 1: An early version had 4 and 20 naughty boys in a pie; it was changed to these feathered friends.
• Blackbirds.
• 2: According to the rhyme, she had a little crook.
• Little Bo Peep.
• 3: Webster's defines this 6-letter word as a low seat; Chambers' defines it as a mound.
• Tuffet.
• 4: "These two fruits, say the bells of St. Clemon's".
• Oranges and Lemons.
• 5: Completes "As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, though I know not what you are".
• "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star".

Round 2. Category: Hold It

• 1: Gunny comes from the Sanskrit for this container, so it's redundant when followed by it.
• Sack.
• 2: A small box to hold tea leaves, or a person who carries another container, a golf bag.
• Caddy.
• 3: A silo--but for this, only since the mid-20th century.
• nuclear missiles.
• 4: A metal scuttle.
• coal.
• 5: A jerrycan in WWII Britain (danger: flammable).
• gasoline (or petrol).

Round 3. Category: Architecture

• 1: Italian high-tech architect Renzo Piano co-designed this city's celebrated Pompidou Center.
• Paris.
• 2: A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing.
• stairs.
• 3: At each end, a pitched roof has one of these triangles, from an Old English word meaning "fork".
• a gable.
• 4: Some living rooms feature these high ceilings named for a type of church.
• cathedral.
• 5: This Swiss man who used a pseudonym was known for houses on stilts like the Savoye house in Poissy.
• Le Corbusier.

Round 4. Category: Flinchius The Gladiator

• 1: Because he speaks Latin, Flinchius knows that "gladiator" means a "man of" this weapon.
• sword.
• 2: Flinchius covers his eyes when the crowd determines his fate by displaying this digit.
• a thumb.
• 3: Flinchius calls it his office, but it's the better known name for the Flavian amphitheater where he fights.
• the Colosseum.
• 4: Flinchius never quite got a handle on this 3-pronged weapon that was a favorite of the god Neptune.
• the trident.
• 5: With his chariot payments, Flinchius is glad this first Christian emperor failed to ban gladiator bouts.
• Constantine.

Round 5. Category: Executive Perks

• 1: From 1997 to 2001 Tyson Foods paid 84,000 of green to care for this area at the homes of its chairman.
• the lawn.
• 2: In "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?", Tony Randall's goal is to get the key to this executive sanctum.
• the executive washroom.
• 3: An exec might be kept happy with a membership in one of these, like Winged Foot.
• a country club (or a golf club).
• 4: A book helping women get ahead is called "Nice Girls Don't Get" this desirably positioned workspace.
• the corner office.
• 5: The right to buy a certain number of shares of the company you work for for a certain price at a certain time.
• a stock option.

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