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Episode 1226 - To the mountaintop! - February - Track - Cover me - Hope you're well read...
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: To The Mountaintop!
- 1: The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe".
- Mont Blanc.
- 2: Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this.
- Mount Rainier.
- 3: It takes about 6 hours to hike up this via the Yoshida Trail from the Subaru Line 5th Station.
- Mount Fuji.
- 4: The West Buttress Route is the standard way up this North American one of the 7 Summits.
- Denali.
- 5: The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak.
- Ararat.
Round 2. Category: February
- 1: As of Feb. 7, 1943, these were rationed to a limit of 3 leather pairs per civilian per year.
- shoes.
- 2: His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines.
- (Nelson) Mandela.
- 3: Date of the next leap year day.
- February 29, 1992.
- 4: On February 23, 1863, Captains Speke and Grant announced they had found the source of this river.
- the Nile.
- 5: Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919.
- the Grand Canyon.
Round 3. Category: Track
- 1: On August 16, 1995 this country's Haile Gebrselassie set the world record in the 5,000-meter run at 12:44:39.
- Ethiopia.
- 2: The "anchor" for this type of event is no dead weight; he's usually the team's fastest runner.
- Relay race.
- 3: This track star's authorized hats and T-shirts sold in Europe and Asia proclaim him to be "King Carl".
- Carl Lewis.
- 4: This 3,000-meter event consists of 28 3-foot-high hurdles and 7 12-foot-long water jumps.
- steeplechase.
- 5: On June 1, 1997 Donovan Bailey defeated this sprinter in a special 150-meter match race to win $1.5 million.
- Michael Johnson.
Round 4. Category: Cover Me
- 1: A bandage covering a wound, or a preparation covering a salad.
- dressing.
- 2: Used to prevent soil erosion, rye and buckwheat are alliteratively planted as "cover" these.
- crops.
- 3: "Easy, breezy, beautiful..." is a pitch of this makeup brand.
- Cover Girl.
- 4: An independent record label of yore, or a pupal covering for butterflies.
- a chrysalis.
- 5: In military slang, your "cover" refers to this article of clothing.
- a helmet (or hat).
Round 5. Category: Hope You'Re Well Read...
- 1: In this 1903 book, Buck, a dog in California, is stolen and taken to the Klondike.
- The Call of the Wild.
- 2: In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
- Coleridge.
- 3: Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place".
- Brewster Place.
- 4: A 1980 Mordecai Richler novel told about this character "Then and Now".
- Joshua.
- 5: With his Mommy Dearest, this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character moves to England and inherits a title.
- Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1333 episoder
Manage episode 424462299 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: To The Mountaintop!
- 1: The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe".
- Mont Blanc.
- 2: Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this.
- Mount Rainier.
- 3: It takes about 6 hours to hike up this via the Yoshida Trail from the Subaru Line 5th Station.
- Mount Fuji.
- 4: The West Buttress Route is the standard way up this North American one of the 7 Summits.
- Denali.
- 5: The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak.
- Ararat.
Round 2. Category: February
- 1: As of Feb. 7, 1943, these were rationed to a limit of 3 leather pairs per civilian per year.
- shoes.
- 2: His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines.
- (Nelson) Mandela.
- 3: Date of the next leap year day.
- February 29, 1992.
- 4: On February 23, 1863, Captains Speke and Grant announced they had found the source of this river.
- the Nile.
- 5: Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919.
- the Grand Canyon.
Round 3. Category: Track
- 1: On August 16, 1995 this country's Haile Gebrselassie set the world record in the 5,000-meter run at 12:44:39.
- Ethiopia.
- 2: The "anchor" for this type of event is no dead weight; he's usually the team's fastest runner.
- Relay race.
- 3: This track star's authorized hats and T-shirts sold in Europe and Asia proclaim him to be "King Carl".
- Carl Lewis.
- 4: This 3,000-meter event consists of 28 3-foot-high hurdles and 7 12-foot-long water jumps.
- steeplechase.
- 5: On June 1, 1997 Donovan Bailey defeated this sprinter in a special 150-meter match race to win $1.5 million.
- Michael Johnson.
Round 4. Category: Cover Me
- 1: A bandage covering a wound, or a preparation covering a salad.
- dressing.
- 2: Used to prevent soil erosion, rye and buckwheat are alliteratively planted as "cover" these.
- crops.
- 3: "Easy, breezy, beautiful..." is a pitch of this makeup brand.
- Cover Girl.
- 4: An independent record label of yore, or a pupal covering for butterflies.
- a chrysalis.
- 5: In military slang, your "cover" refers to this article of clothing.
- a helmet (or hat).
Round 5. Category: Hope You'Re Well Read...
- 1: In this 1903 book, Buck, a dog in California, is stolen and taken to the Klondike.
- The Call of the Wild.
- 2: In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
- Coleridge.
- 3: Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place".
- Brewster Place.
- 4: A 1980 Mordecai Richler novel told about this character "Then and Now".
- Joshua.
- 5: With his Mommy Dearest, this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character moves to England and inherits a title.
- Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
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