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Episode 1054 - Abolitionism - Historical transports - Divinity - Driving alexis - Genius: picasso

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1054, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Abolitionism

  • 1: Between 1830 and 1860, this system transported many runaway slaves to southern Ontario.
  • the Underground Railroad.
  • 2: Before the Harpers Ferry attack, he and his men killed 5 proslavers in Pottawatomie, Kansas.
  • John Brown.
  • 3: This 1787 ordinance included a fugitive slave clause.
  • the Northwest Ordinance.
  • 4: The first issue of this William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist paper was published January 1, 1831.
  • The Liberator.
  • 5: By means of the Missouri Compromise, this New England state was admitted as a free state.
  • Maine.

    • Round 2. Category: Historical Transports

    • 1: The V-8 Ford in which this criminal couple were gunned down in 1934 became an instant attraction.
    • Bonnie and Clyde.
    • 2: Good grief! The Command Module and Lunar Module for Apollo 10 were named for these 2 characters.
    • Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
    • 3: It made its final flight in April 1928 when Charles Lindbergh presented it to the Smithsonian.
    • the Spirit of St. Louis.
    • 4: James Lawrence was referring to his frigate the Chesapeake when he gave this famous command in 1813.
    • "Don't give up the ship".
    • 5: When this "Express" train crashed in 1900, Casey Jones died with his hand still on the brake lever.
    • the Cannonball Express.

      • Round 3. Category: Divinity

      • 1: Born from a golden egg, this multifaced god of creation in Hinduism mediates between Vishnu and Shiva.
      • Brahma.
      • 2: Shinto deities are called kami; Inari is the kami of this grain.
      • rice.
      • 3: The Mahdi is an anticipated messianic spiritual figure who will restore this faith to its rightful purity.
      • Islam (or Muslim).
      • 4: 1 John 4 says "God is" this and "perfect" this "casteth out fear".
      • love.
      • 5: When Christian Science refers to the supreme being, it uses the term "divine" this 4-letter word.
      • mind.

        • Round 4. Category: Driving Alexis

        • 1: In 1912 someone must have driven Alexis Carrel to give his Nobel lecture on suturing these, arteries and veins.
        • blood vessels.
        • 2: If you're driving company founder Alexis Ohanian to Reddit's offices, head for the Tenderloin area of this city.
        • San Francisco.
        • 3: If you're driving this actress, it may be to the set of "The Handmaid's Tale".
        • Alexis Bledel.
        • 4: You'd want to drive the czarevich Alexis (born 1904) very carefully as he suffered from this condition.
        • hemophilia.
        • 5: Driving this author of "Democracy in America" may have been rough as he complained, "Trail infernal, carriage without springs".
        • (Alexis) de Tocqueville.

          • Round 5. Category: Genius: Picasso

          • 1: Living in Barcelona in 1899, Picasso befriended fellow artists and dodged police looking for these radicals against all government.
          • anarchists.
          • 2: Young Picasso was influenced by bullfighting and the pageantry of this southern region that includes Malaga.
          • Andalusia.
          • 3: Many of Picasso's motivations are dramatized, like how the horrors of the Spanish Civil War inspired this masterpiece.
          • Guernica.
          • 4: As a young man, Picasso lived in Catalonia with a friend, painting and avoiding service in this 1898 conflict.
          • the Spanish-American War.
          • 5: The suicide of a close friend in 1901 stimulated the emotional expressiveness of this period of Picasso's work.
          • the Blue Period.

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