Episode 1201 - Decade of discovery - To grind - The edgars - Refugees - Sports franchises' previous homes

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Decade Of Discovery

• 1: DNA's double helix.
• the 1950s.
• 2: Frank Sinatra by Harry James.
• the 1930s.
• 3: Quasars by astronomer and Faye Dunaway by Hollywood.
• the 1960s.
• 4: Hispaniola by Europeans.
• the 1490s.
• 5: Americium (atomic number 95).
• the 1940s.

Round 2. Category: To Grind

• 1: Keeping this body part "to the grindstone" means applying yourself.
• nose.
• 2: Most waiters consider this tool a real grind when using it to add seasoning to salads.
• a pepper grinder (or pepper mill).
• 3: Grinding guides can help you efficiently get to level 10 in this Blizzard game set in Azeroth.
• World of Warcraft.
• 4: To grind their food, birds use this organ that also starts with "G".
• gizzard.
• 5: Mt. Suribachi was the site of a famed flag raising on this WWII island; Meat Grinder Hill was also a tough battle there.
• Iwo Jima.

Round 3. Category: The Edgars

• 1: Part of "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", "Obits" won the 2016 Short Story Edgar Award for my Maine man, this horror master.
• Stephen King.
• 2: "G" is for grand master as well as this woman who received the 2009 Grand Master Award.
• Sue Grafton.
• 3: 2018's best episode in a TV series was "Somebody to Love" by Noah Hawley for this Midwestern-set show spun off from a film, you betcha.
• Fargo.
• 4: This pseudonym of 2 authors got a special Edgar in 1950 for a "Mystery Magazine".
• Ellery Queen.
• 5: The Scotch was good. Too good. I tried to remember. It was 1955, and this writer had won for "The Long Goodbye". and now he had my gun.
• (Raymond) Chandler.

Round 4. Category: Refugees

• 1: Turkey has more than 3 million refugees from this country racked by Civil War since 2011.
• Syria.
• 2: In 2021 the area called "Little" this city in Fremont, California prepared for a new wave of Afghan refugees.
• Little Kabul.
• 3: Many refugees from Africa dwell in Kara Tepe II, a refugee camp on this Greek island also known for its poetic heritage.
• Lesbos.
• 4: Political instability and other causes have sent thousands of refugees from this country into its neighbors.
• Burundi.
• 5: Term for the largest Muslim group of mainly Buddhist Myanmar; many of them have become refugees.
• the Rohingya.

Round 5. Category: Sports Franchises' Previous Homes

• 1: The Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Brooklyn.
• 2: The Indianapolis Colts.
• Baltimore.
• 3: The Los Angeles Rams.
• St. Louis.
• 4: The Colorado Avalanche, oui, oui!.
• Quebec City.
• 5: The Atlanta Braves.
• Milwaukee.

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