November 07, 2023

Episode 1000 - Bills and teds - "g"eography - Valentine's day cuisine - Aerosmith - The comedy stylings of...

6 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1000, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Bills And Teds

1: He's Massachusetts' senior senator.

Ted Kennedy.

2: In 2005, after 25 years as its anchor, he said goodnight to "Nightline".

Ted Koppel.

3: A decade after "Politically Incorrect", he launched "Real Time" on HBO.

Bill Maher.

4: With some 2 million acres, much of it for his bison, he's America's largest private landowner.

Ted Turner.

5: Sadly, in 1991 this concert promoter died when his helicopter crashed en route from a Huey Lewis concert.

Bill Graham.

Round 2. Category: GEography. With G in quotes

1: The 42,000 square miles of this country are dotted with Mayan ruins.

Guatemala.

2: Holmgren Way and Reggie White Way are streets in this city.

Green Bay.

3: You'll find the Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum in this Scottish city.

Glasgow.

4: Most of the Indians in this Central American country speak one of the Maya languages.

Guatemala.

5: A country on the west coast of Africa used to be known as Spanish this; now it's Equatorial this.

Guinea.

Round 3. Category: Valentine'S Day Cuisine

1: (Bam! Emeril Lagasse from the Food Network delivers the first clue.) Asparagus has long been thought to help in the romance department; for variety, try the European white type, grown in darkness so they lack this pigment.

chlorophyll.

2: The two of you can nibble on this Spanish array of appetizers that may include mussels and artichokes.

tapas.

3: (Emeril Lagasse reads.) Make the evening really special with a luxurious parfait prepared with champagne cream and caviar from this fish, historically associated with the Caspian Sea.

sturgeon.

4: Top a steak with this eggy sauce named for an old province of southwestern France.

bearnaise.

5: These seductive chocolate treats got their name because they looked like a certain fungus.

truffles.

Round 4. Category: Aerosmith

1: In an interview, this Aerosmith frontman said, "Your kids never think of you as a rock god".

Steven Tyler.

2: In 1986 rappers Run-D.M.C. remade this 1976 Aerosmith song.

"Walk This Way".

3: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", Aerosmith's first No. 1 hit, was from this movie.

Armageddon.

4: Aerosmith covered "Come Together" in this 1978 movie that starred Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

5: This 1987 hit says, "She had the body of a Venus, Lord imagine my surprise".

"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)".

Round 5. Category: The Comedy Stylings Of...

1: His "Top Ten Rejected Batman Villains" included "The Ticketmaster", "Lactose Intolerant Man" and "Incontinento".

David Letterman.

2: A listing for a '95 Pontiac "loaded with feathers" was among this late night host's "Headlines".

Jay Leno.

3: "In the Year 2000", according to this host, Kathie Lee will convert and "annoy the world with her annual Ramadan special".

Conan O'Brien.

4: This deadpan comic asked, "If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?".

Steven Wright.

5: "If a bouncer gets drunk, who throws him out?" he wrote in his book "Brain Droppings".

George Carlin.

Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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November 07, 2023

Episode 1000 - Bills and teds - "g"eography - Valentine's day cuisine - Aerosmith - The comedy stylings of...

6 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1000, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Bills And Teds

1: He's Massachusetts' senior senator.

Ted Kennedy.

2: In 2005, after 25 years as its anchor, he said goodnight to "Nightline".

Ted Koppel.

3: A decade after "Politically Incorrect", he launched "Real Time" on HBO.

Bill Maher.

4: With some 2 million acres, much of it for his bison, he's America's largest private landowner.

Ted Turner.

5: Sadly, in 1991 this concert promoter died when his helicopter crashed en route from a Huey Lewis concert.

Bill Graham.

Round 2. Category: GEography. With G in quotes

1: The 42,000 square miles of this country are dotted with Mayan ruins.

Guatemala.

2: Holmgren Way and Reggie White Way are streets in this city.

Green Bay.

3: You'll find the Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum in this Scottish city.

Glasgow.

4: Most of the Indians in this Central American country speak one of the Maya languages.

Guatemala.

5: A country on the west coast of Africa used to be known as Spanish this; now it's Equatorial this.

Guinea.

Round 3. Category: Valentine'S Day Cuisine

chlorophyll.

2: The two of you can nibble on this Spanish array of appetizers that may include mussels and artichokes.

tapas.

3: (Emeril Lagasse reads.) Make the evening really special with a luxurious parfait prepared with champagne cream and caviar from this fish, historically associated with the Caspian Sea.

sturgeon.

4: Top a steak with this eggy sauce named for an old province of southwestern France.

bearnaise.

5: These seductive chocolate treats got their name because they looked like a certain fungus.

truffles.

Round 4. Category: Aerosmith

1: In an interview, this Aerosmith frontman said, "Your kids never think of you as a rock god".

Steven Tyler.

2: In 1986 rappers Run-D.M.C. remade this 1976 Aerosmith song.

"Walk This Way".

3: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", Aerosmith's first No. 1 hit, was from this movie.

Armageddon.