Episode 255: Slort

Episode 255: Slort

Update: 2023-08-22
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Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet with Captain Nick for a trivia quiz on topics including 90’s Movies, Inventions, Aviation History, Medical Terms, Botany and more!



Round One




  • VEGETABLES - Daikon and mooli are types of which vegetable?

  • 90’s MOVIES - After the Blue Brothers, what 1992 comedy became the second movie to be based on a series of sketches from Saturday Night Live?

  • INVENTIONS - What cross-country vehicle invented by Alexander Graham Bell is still used today for rescue, military applications and recreational use as well around the world?

  • U.S. HISTORY - In what decade did women in America gain the right to vote?

  • DOG BREEDS - The Australian Shepherd breed (as we know it today) was developed in the 19th century by farmers and ranchers from which country?

  • AVIATION HISTORY - In 1928, traveling between Berlin and Paris on Luftswana's 15-seat plane, passengers enjoyed what for the first time during a flight?



Round Two




  • BREWING - In brewing, what is the term for the liquid extracted during the mashing process that contains the sugars to be fermented?

  • MEDICAL TERMS - Hypokalemia is the deficiency of what element in the bloodstream?

  • MEDICAL TERMS - Polydactylism is the medical term for what growth on your body?

  • BOTANY - What kind of palm tree gets its name from a Portuguese and Spanish word for “head” or “skull”?

  • FEARS - Erythrophobia is the excessive fear of doing what (which is normally involuntary and triggered by emotional stress)?

  • MEDICAL PRACTICES - What was originally used as a prophylactic against Malaria but nowadays is used as a mixer with many popular cocktails?



Final Questions




  • SEA CREATURES - What life-saving sea creature is more closely related to arachnids than they are crabs or lobsters?

  • AFRICAN HISTORY - Held in turn by the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans, Cyrenaica is a region of which North African country?

  • BUBBLE GUM BRANDS - Known for its unique packaging, what red, white and blue brand of bubble gum was introduced by trading card company Topps in 1947?



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