Big Words Trivia | Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast #393

We’re broadening our vocabularies this week with a fun-filled episode full of big words trivia. Here we go.

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I’ve got: Words with one or more set of double letters, five-syllable words, and12-letter words for you this week. Good luck.

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Episode Intro

Stretch those vocabularies kids, because it’s time for big word trivia. I’ve got three rounds of word trivia: Words with Two (or more) double letters, 12-letter words, and five-syllable words.

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Enough exposition let’s get going. I’m your lecturer, Brian Rollins and this is episode 393 of the Dorky Geeky Nerdy Trivia Podcast.

Pencils ready and let’s begin.

The Dorky Round

Words with two (or more) double letters.

What’s a name for that ill-advised ink you got in Cabo during spring break?
a. Tattoo
What you’re probably drinking right now to wake yourself up and get these right?
a. Coffee
Pennywise used a red what to lure kids into a trap?
a. Balloon
What’s the proper name for a ‘trash panda’?
a. Raccoon
Fill in the missing word for the 1961 musical: “How to BLANK in Business Without Really Trying”
a. Succeed
The US House of Representatives has 21 of these ranging from Agriculture to Ways & Means
a. Committee
How you might measure the sharpness of a knife or a person
a. Keenness
An adjective for describing a mammoth
a. Woolly
What’s a woodwind instrument that’s like an oboe but much bigger?
a. Bassoon
What’s something an angler probably pokes themselves with regularly
a. Fishhook

The Geeky Round

Twelve-Letter words

July 4th is celebrated in the US as what day?
a. Independence
The order in which you expect to find words in a dictionary
a. Alphabetical
Which is the only one of the 13 colonies to not touch the Atlantic Ocean?
a. Pennsylvania
When dealing with copyright, what does the I in IP stand for?
a. Intellectual
The US one was ratified in 1787
a. Constitution
The art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
a. Architecture
Another term for salary and benefits
a. Compensation
A slip of paper that lets you get your medications
a. Prescription
We learned all about the one Mr. Rogers lived in.
a. Neighborhood
Someone you hope got good pictures at your wedding
a. Photographer

The Nerdy Round

Five-Syllable Words

Ken Burns like to make what kind of movie?
a. Documentary
Ancestry helps you track what?
a. Genealogy
The real James Bond was an expert in what science?
a. Ornithology
What kind of spider bit Peter Parker?
a. Radioactive
We shorten what disease as TB?
a. Tuberculosis
A TV show starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles
a. Supernatural
What the O in OSHA stands for
a. Occupational
A doctor of the skin
a. Dermatologist
What the US celebrated in 1976 and what Canada celebrated in 2017
a. Bicentennial
A treatment for cancer that “poisons” the bad cells
a. Chemotherapy

Episode Conclusion

Pencils down! We’re done for the week. How did you score? Let me know on social media or our Discord channel. If you can’t tell, I do love word trivia. Hopefully, you do too.

Next week, we’re breaking out of the classroom for some world geography trivia.

By population, what are the 1st, 2nd, and 4th largest countries in Africa?

It’s weird because we covered #3 a few years back. See you back here on Wednesday, my friends.

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