Instant Trivia

Episode 1058 - '60s muscle cars - Top "ten" - "word" play - Hunger games - Write, patterson

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1058, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: '60s Muscle Cars

  • 1: Ronny and the Daytonas wanted to "turn it on, wind it up" and "blow it out".
  • GTO.
  • 2: This Plymouth named for a sharp-toothed fish really had some bite.
  • Barracuda.
  • 3: This Chevy was still going strong into the '90s with a Z-28 model.
  • Camaro.
  • 4: This Pontiac muscle car moves much faster than the Stravinsky ballet.
  • Firebird.
  • 5: Later maker of the Pacer, this automaker's Javelin hit the mark.
  • American Motors (AMC).

    • Round 2. Category: Top Ten. With Ten in quotes

    • 1: Squid have 8 arms and 2 of these longer limbs.
    • tentacles.
    • 2: Once a teacher is granted this, it's hard to dismiss him.
    • tenure.
    • 3: During the '90s Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carreras performed together as "The Three" these.
    • Tenors.
    • 4: Papaya contains an enzyme that breaks down connective tissue, so it is often used as one of these for meat.
    • a tenderizer.
    • 5: It's the slender part of a vine that often wraps around another plant.
    • a tendril.

      • Round 3. Category: Word Play. With Word in quotes

      • 1: Psychological "test" of verbal stimuli given to induce revelatory verbal responses.
      • word association.
      • 2: The first of these was seen in the New York World newspaper Dec. 21, 1913.
      • Crossword puzzle.
      • 3: An introductory chapter or essay.
      • Foreword.
      • 4: This game show premiered on CBS Oct. 2, 1961.
      • Password.
      • 5: At the turn of the 19th century, he penned the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us".
      • (William) Wordsworth.

        • Round 4. Category: Hunger Games

        • 1: Nona Sivley won season 8 of this devil of a cooking competition that's on Fox.
        • Hell's Kitchen.
        • 2: An "All Stars" version of this Bravo cooking show brought back 18 contestants who'd almost won in past seasons.
        • Top Chef.
        • 3: "Ryori No Tetsujin" is the original title of this Japanese import.
        • Iron Chef.
        • 4: Meals on wheels, indeed! Teams competed in a coast-to-coast culinary battle in a great race of these.
        • food trucks.
        • 5: After each course, a chef is "cut" from the competition on this show hosted by Ted Allen of "queer eye".
        • Chopped.

          • Round 5. Category: Write, Patterson

          • 1: James Patterson's first novel, "The Thomas Berryman Number", won this literary award named for Mr. Poe.
          • the Edgar Award.
          • 2: Patterson's love of this sport inspired him to write "Miracle at Augusta".
          • golf.
          • 3: Patterson came along in 1993 with "Along Came a Spider", his first book about this psychologist and detective.
          • Alex Cross.
          • 4: While working in advertising, he wrote the slogan "I don't want to grow up, I'm a" this kind of kid.
          • Toys "R" Us.
          • 5: Patterson's young adult series about siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood is titled "Witch and" this.
          • Witch and Wizard.

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

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