Episode 765 - Warthogs - Oh, Witty Woman - Iraq - "Lock"S - They Named It For Me

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 765, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Warthogs

• 1: A young warthog's canine teeth eventually grow into a pair of these formidable defensive weapons.
• tusks.
• 2: Warthogs stick this long, thin, tufted body part straight up in the air when they run.
• their tails.
• 3: A warthog's enemies include these 2 predators that begin with the same "L"etter.
• lions and leopards.
• 4: In a movie he's the warthog who befriends young Simba.
• Pumbaa.
• 5: For warthogs, home is often an adopted den of one of these insectivores AKA an ant bear.
• an aardvark.

Round 2. Category: Oh, Witty Woman

• 1: 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue".
• Dorothy Parker.
• 2: Lucille Ball once quipped, "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about" this.
• your age.
• 3: Funny lady Roseanne used to joke that she wouldn't do this chore "'til Sears makes one you can ride on".
• Vacuum.
• 4: This country singer said, "I was the first woman to burn my bra--it took the fire department 4 days to put it out".
• Dolly Parton.
• 5: Erma Bombeck advised, "Before you try to keep up with" them, "be sure they're not trying to keep up with you".
• the Joneses.

Round 3. Category: Iraq

• 1: It's the country Iraqi nationalists call Iraq's 19th province.
• Kuwait.
• 2: Iraq's old name, Mesopotamia, was derived from its location between these 2 rivers.
• the Tigris and Euphrates.
• 3: Roughly 75 percent of Iraq's people are Arabs and 20 percent are of this ethnic group.
• Kurds.
• 4: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan and Iraq invaded.
• Israel.
• 5: Initially set up as a monarchy, Iraq became this type of political order in 1958 as its ensuing "Guard" could attest.
• a republic.

Round 4. Category: "Lock"S

• 1: Tetanus.
• lockjaw.
• 2: This small ornamental case for a keepsake is often worn as a pendant.
• a locket.
• 3: Hairstyle popular among Rastafarians.
• dreadlocks.
• 4: This phrase meaning the grave of all who perish at sea dates back about 200 years.
• Davy Jones's locker.
• 5: In 1690 this founder of empericism outlined his philosophical doctrine in "An Essay on Human Understanding".
• John Locke.

Round 5. Category: They Named It For Me

• 1: They named a poll after this man born in Iowa in 1901.
• George Gallup.
• 2: They named a knot for this Duke who was briefly king of England.
• Duke of Windsor.
• 3: She left her mark on Louis XV and her name on a big hair style.
• Madame de Pompadour.
• 4: They named a smear after a Greek-American doctor and shortened the name to this.
• Pap.
• 5: A territory in Africa and a scholarship in Oxford have borne this businessman's name.
• Cecil Rhodes.

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