Episode 501 - Peru - Math And Science - Book Knowledge - Proverbs By Initials - "Sh"

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 501, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Peru

• 1: Peru's national drink is pisco sour, a blend of lime juice, syrup, bitters and a heady brandy made from this vine fruit.
• Grapes.
• 2: The Uro Archipelago in this lake consists of about 40 inhabitable islands made of woven totora reeds.
• Lake Titicaca.
• 3: Lima's Palacio de Gobierno was built in 1938 on the site of this Spanish conquistador's palace.
• Pizarro.
• 4: He served as Peru's first ambassador to the Soviet Union before moving his diplomatic skills to the U.N..
• (Javier) Perez de Cuellar.
• 5: Several Indian languages are spoken in Peru, including this one that's now an official language.
• Quechua.

Round 2. Category: Math And Science

• 1: On the centigrade scale, it's the melting point of ice.
• 0 (zero).
• 2: 1 volt times 1 amp equals this unit.
• watt.
• 3: Forces like gravity are measured in units abbreviated N., named for this scientist.
• Isaac Newton.
• 4: To convert kilograms into grams, multiply by this.
• 1000.
• 5: Musical instruments are tuned to 440 cycles per second, this note on a piano.
• A.

Round 3. Category: Book Knowledge

• 1: A book's backstrip covers the part that has this anatomical name.
• the spine.
• 2: Shakespeare wrote, "What's past is" this introductory part of a book.
• prologue.
• 3: Mulvany, Nancy, 177;birth of, 28;education of, 213;as expert in creating these, 326-331.
• an index.
• 4: A colophon is a section at the end of a book that often names this, like 10-point Baskerville.
• the font.
• 5: Entomological name for a blank page at the start of a book, suitable for inscriptions.
• the fly (or the fly leaf).

Round 4. Category: Proverbs By Initials

• 1: "Blood is T.T.W.".
• thicker than water.
• 2: "Look B.Y.L.".
• before you leap.
• 3: "T.H.A. better than one".
• two heads are (two hands are accepted).
• 4: "A watched P.N.B.".
• pot never boils.
• 5: "T.I.S.T. fiction".
• truth is stranger than.

Round 5. Category: "Sh"

• 1: It's another term for stenography.
• Shorthand.
• 2: Resembling a large scarf, this garment, when folded in a triangle, may be worn in place of a sweater.
• Shawl.
• 3: Slate is commonly formed by the metamorphism of this rock.
• Shale.
• 4: Tecumseh was chief of this Indian tribe.
• Shawnee.
• 5: Found in some Indian tribes, it's a medicine man with special healing powers.
• shaman.

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