Episode 1151 - Back to the hotel - Significant old books - The "last" category - It's a flat-out fact - China patterns

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel

• 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets.
• dogs.
• 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital.
• Dublin.
• 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction.
• Queen Mary.
• 4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site.
• the Venetian.
• 5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony.
• the Roosevelt.

Round 2. Category: Significant Old Books

• 1: Dating from the 5th century B.C., this Asian philosopher's "Analects".
• Confucius.
• 2: This ancient Greek playwright's comedies, which include "The Frogs".
• Aristophanes.
• 3: This German's 18th century coming of age classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther".
• Goethe.
• 4: Greek historian and soldier Thucydides' firsthand account "The History of" this peninsular war.
• the Peloponnesian War.
• 5: This Swiss-French writer's 18th century political covenant "The Social Contract".
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Round 3. Category: The Last Category. With Last in quotes

• 1: Something about to tumble down is standing on these.
• its last legs.
• 2: Type of final effort that might be required to finish a trench.
• last-ditch.
• 3: It breaks a camel's back.
• the last straw.
• 4: It's what you have when your joke succeeds when all told you it would fail.
• the last laugh.
• 5: A desperate attempt, such as defending the endmost trench.
• a last ditch effort.

Round 4. Category: It'S A Flat-Out Fact

• 1: All babies have flat feet, but if you develop the condition later in life, it's called fallen these.
• arches.
• 2: Please pass over this bread in unleavened form or now that I think of it, as a ball in some delicious soup.
• matzah.
• 3: "Tortilla Flat", a 1935 novel set in Monterey, established him as a successful author.
• Steinbeck.
• 4: In 2021 a vehicle aptly named Speed Demon hit 466 mph at these salt flats in Utah.
• Bonneville.
• 5: Some Native Americans practiced skull binding for a rounded look; Lewis and Clark called the Salish this because they didn't.
• the Flathead.

Round 5. Category: China Patterns

• 1: Ruins of this run from Bo Hai, a gulf of the Yellow Sea, to the Gansu province in the west.
• The Great Wall.
• 2: This former crown colony is partly on the southeast coast of China and partly on over 200 islands.
• Hong Kong.
• 3: The Hainan province has this type of climate, hence the coconut trees and pineapple plants.
• Tropical.
• 4: The 3 Gorges Dam, over 1 mile long, is being built to control the flooding of this river.
• Yangtze.
• 5: Immensely popular in China, this paddle sport is known as the "national game".
• ping pong.

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