Episode 676 - Blank Um - Rock Group Names - Flashback Friday - Alphabet Soup - How Odd

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 676, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Blank Um

• 1: It's the course of study at a college.
• curriculum.
• 2: To feign sleep or death is "to play" this marsupial.
• possum.
• 3: This ancient Roman amphitheater was built on the grounds of Nero's Golden House.
• the Colosseum.
• 4: It's this state of balance when a chemical reaction and its reverse reaction proceed at the same rate.
• equilibrium.
• 5: Here are a variety of these Chinese dumplings.
• dim sum.

Round 2. Category: Rock Group Names

• 1: This band's name was inspired by gym teacher Leonard Skinner, who disliked long-haired students.
• Lynyrd Skynyrd.
• 2: One story says Jerry Garcia found this band's name in a dictionary.
• The Grateful Dead.
• 3: This "Up All Night" British boy band chose its name because it would sound good when announced on "The X Factor".
• One Direction.
• 4: The concept that mankind is regressing gave this new wave "Whip It" band its name.
• Devo.
• 5: This British synth rock band took its name from a French fashion magazine.
• Depeche Mode.

Round 3. Category: Flashback Friday

• 1: This man who didn't have "no quarrel with them Viet Cong" refused military induction on Friday, April 28, 1967.
• Muhammad Ali.
• 2: On Friday, Dec. 27, 1935, he issued a manifesto calling for an alliance of the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang.
• Mao (Tse-tung).
• 3: An uprising in Bogota on Friday, July 20, 1810 is celebrated as this country's independence day.
• Colombia.
• 4: On Friday, March 6, 1953 Georgy Malenkov took over for this man, who'd died on Thursday.
• Stalin.
• 5: The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 at least for a time ended Northern Ireland's period of strife known as these.
• the Troubles.

Round 4. Category: Alphabet Soup

• 1: Served with or without matzo balls, C is for this soup "for the Soul".
• chicken soup.
• 2: T is for this soup that's paired with grilled cheese on the Campbell's Kitchen website.
• tomato.
• 3: "F" is for this soup with a little cheesy goodness on top.
• French onion soup.
• 4: B is for this thick 6-letter soup, perhaps lobster or mushroom.
• bisque.
• 5: A is for this spicy Mexican soup whose name is Spanish for "meatball".
• albóndigas.

Round 5. Category: How Odd

• 1: The little known and bloodless "Pork and Beans War" was a border dispute between the U.S. and this neighbor.
• Canada.
• 2: Though it sounds like it should be the norm, it's now only in place for a third of the year, November to March.
• standard time.
• 3: All 50 states have a designated state this 4-letter word; for Kansas, it's Harney silt loam.
• soil.
• 4: This bank was originally called the Bank of Italy, as it helped immigrants who couldn't get loans elsewhere.
• Bank of America.
• 5: The classes of this kind of ship relate to their length, not height; class A is over 40 meters.
• tall ships.

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