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Episode 1039 - Wait watchers - 1850s hits - Black america - Dumb answers - Plastics

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1039, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Wait Watchers

  • 1: On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams "Star Wars" flick, 12 days before it opened.
  • The Force Awakens.
  • 2: U.K. fans braved frigid climes in 2015, hoping this E.L. James film adaptation would raise their temperature.
  • Fifty Shades of Grey.
  • 3: Tom Felton, AKA Draco Malfoy, brought pizza to some campers who came to see this final film in the Potter franchise.
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
  • 4: Fans queued in L.A. in 2008 not to see a movie but rather to catch a glimpse of stars R-Patz and K-Stew from this soon-to-be hit.
  • Twilight.
  • 5: Churches around America bought out entire screenings of this 2004 epic that opened on Ash Wednesday.
  • Passion of the Christ.

    • Round 2. Category: 1850s Hits

    • 1: 1854 song Stephen Foster wrote for his wife Jane before their marriage became a nightmare.
    • "I Dream of Jeanie".
    • 2: "I gave my love a cherry that had no stone, I gave my love" one of these "that had no bone".
    • chicken.
    • 3: Wagner wrote it as part of Lohengrin which premiered in 1850, and brides have been walking to it ever since.
    • "The Wedding March".
    • 4: According to the song "Good Night Ladies", "Merrily we" do this "o'er the deep blue sea".
    • roll along.
    • 5: This gondolier favorite, written in 1850, glorifies Saint Lucy.
    • "Santa Lucia".

      • Round 3. Category: Black America

      • 1: In 1996 People Magazine named this "Courage Under Fire" star "The Sexiest Man Alive".
      • Denzel Washington.
      • 2: When he retired from the Supreme Court in 1991, Clarence Thomas was appointed to his seat.
      • Thurgood Marshall.
      • 3: Duke Ellington first gained national attention while appearing at this famous Harlem nightclub.
      • the Cotton Club.
      • 4: His ragtime opera "Treemonisha" didn't have its first full performance until 1972.
      • Scott Joplin.
      • 5: This "Beloved" author was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931.
      • Toni Morrison.

        • Round 4. Category: Dumb Answers

        • 1: As the saying goes, do this to "me once, shame on you"; do this to "me twice, shame on me".
        • fool me.
        • 2: Opposite of keen, it's often found compared to "dishwater".
        • dull.
        • 3: This compound avian term says you don't have one single idea in your tiny mind.
        • birdbrain.
        • 4: It rhymes with a synonym for "fast", but describes a person empty of interest or originality.
        • vapid.
        • 5: Also a Jethro Tull album title, this 4-word rhyming phrase includes a building material.
        • thick as a brick.

          • Round 5. Category: Plastics

          • 1: In July 1988 Soviet Olympic Committee head Yuri Titov was issued the 1st "Sovcard", one of these.
          • credit card (Visa Card).
          • 2: In 1868 John W. Hyatt created the 1st "celluloid" to replace ivory balls used in this sport.
          • billiards.
          • 3: In 1988 this Danish "city" made out of little plastic bricks celebrated its 20th anniversary.
          • Legoland.
          • 4: Groucho Marx once quipped that a woman "got her good looks from her father--he's" this kind of physician.
          • a plastic surgeon.
          • 5: The word plastic comes from the Greek "plastikos", meaning it has this quality.
          • shapeable.

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