Episode 812 - from the french - south american cities - breakfast cereals - soccer - female flyers

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 812, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: from the french

• 1: This word for a type of business like Quizno's comes from the French for "free".
• a franchise.
• 2: The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green".
• Vermont.
• 3: This 5-letter type of sticker refers to a French process of transferring an image from paper to wood or glass.
• a decal.
• 4: This elaborate sumptuous meal takes its name from the French for "little bench".
• a banquet.
• 5: French for "song for dancing" gives us this word for a type of sentimental or romantic song.
• ballad.

Round 2. Category: south american cities

• 1: This Uruguayan capital's name is Portuguese for "I see a hill".
• Montevideo.
• 2: This section of Rio is known as the birthplace of the bossa nova; there was a "Girl From" there in song.
• Ipanema.
• 3: Punta Arenas, the southernmost large city in the world, lies at the tip of Chile on this strait.
• the Strait of Magellan.
• 4: Cali, this country's 2nd-most populous city, is a center of paper production and the sugarcane industry.
• Colombia.
• 5: La Plata and Mar del Plata are cities in this country.
• Argentina.

Round 3. Category: breakfast cereals

• 1: 1994 marked the 40th birthday of this fruity cereal for kids and not silly rabbits.
• Trix.
• 2: Of Singles, Doubles or Triples, the one that's a cereal by General Mills.
• Triples.
• 3: Disney Buzz Blasts was inspired by this movie.
• Toy Story.
• 4: A third Olympic gold put Misty May-Treanor on boxes of this in 2012.
• Wheaties.
• 5: Items on drop-down menus at the website of this cereal include "Our honey", "Our oats" and "Healthy hearts".
• Cheerios.

Round 4. Category: soccer

• 1: =.
• =.
• 2: First held in Uruguay in 1930, it's the largest single-sport tournament in the world.
• the World Cup.
• 3: International competition for this trophy began in 1930.
• World Cup.
• 4: He led Brazil to 3 World Cup soccer titles and won an NASL title with the Cosmos.
• Pelé.
• 5: Also a term used in baseball, it's what the Brits call a soccer field.
• a pitch.

Round 5. Category: female flyers

• 1: On August 1, 1911 Harriet Quimby became the first American woman to get one of these.
• Pilot's license.
• 2: "Charlie", now in the Smithsonian, was the plane in which Flying Angel Geraldine Mock did this in 29 days in 1964.
• Circumnavigate the globe.
• 3: Anne Spencer Morrow's first date with this man, her future husband, was a flying lesson.
• Charles Lindbergh.
• 4: Some say Ruth Law was the first woman to perform this big circle trick, others say it was Katharine Stinson.
• Loop-the-loop.
• 5: Geraldyn Cobb began testing to get into this program in 1960; after besting many of the men, she wasn't allowed in.
• Space/astronaut program.

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