Episode 658 - Thomas Aquinas, Advice Columnist - I Won - It's Always About "U" - Location, Location, Location - Cooking Terms

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 658, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Thomas Aquinas, Advice Columnist

• 1: Dear Uncertain:Christ didn't break the laws against working on this day; they apply to human, not divine work.
• the sabbath.
• 2: Dear Worried:It's a slippery slope -- a venial one of these disposes you to a mortal one.
• sin.
• 3: Dear Struggling:Sorry, but the poor must pay these, whether the traditional tenth of income or more.
• tithes.
• 4: Dear Confused:Baptism is the sacrament of faith; the sacrament of charity is this, the Lord's supper.
• the eucharist.
• 5: Dear Baffled:As St. Augustine says, the image of this in man is in the 3 parts mind, knowledge and love.
• the trinity.

Round 2. Category: I Won

• 1: Pitted against Clarence Darrow, this man won his case on July 21, 1925 and then died 5 days later.
• William Jennings Bryan.
• 2: One of the few victories the Romans ever won against this Carthaginian general was at Zuma in 202 B.C..
• Hannibal.
• 3: As the Dixiecrat nominee, this South Carolina senator, then governor, won 39 electoral votes in 1948.
• Strom Thurmond.
• 4: The author of "A Beggar In Jerusalem", this concentration camp survivor won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.
• Elie Wiesel.
• 5: This "hazardous" naval officer won the decisive 1813 Battle of Lake Erie over the British.
• Oliver Hazard Perry.

Round 3. Category: It's Always About "U"

• 1: In 1949 Harry Truman traveled to New York to help lay a cornerstone for this body.
• the United Nations.
• 2: Seats are reserved in the Indian parliament for this group that falls outside of the caste system.
• the Untouchables.
• 3: Now a democratic republic of central Asia, in 1992 it ratified its first post-Soviet constitution.
• Uzbekistan.
• 4: Its atomic weight is 238.
• uranium.
• 5: The language known as Hindi is very close to this official language of Pakistan.
• Urdu.

Round 4. Category: Location, Location, Location

• 1: Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country.
• Switzerland.
• 2: Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807.
• Gotham.
• 3: There are only 31 states and 1 federal district in this North American country.
• Mexico.
• 4: The Tasman Sea separates Australia and this nation.
• New Zealand.
• 5: Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district.
• Nottingham.

Round 5. Category: Cooking Terms

• 1: To brush melted butter on the Thanksgiving turkey at regular intervals.
• baste.
• 2: Adding hot or tangy seasonings to food, it's Satan's favorite method of cooking ham or eggs.
• deviled.
• 3: This term refers to making sugar brown by heating in a skillet over low heat until melted and golden.
• caramelizing.
• 4: This term for vegetables cut into long, thin strips to accompany a salad comes from a French first name.
• julienne.
• 5: To do this to herring or salmon, you must split, salt and smoke it.
• kipper.

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