Instant Trivia

Episode 1100 - Home, sweet home - Horton hears a hoosier - Big screen bloodsuckers - They named a mountain for me - 3-letter words ending in x

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1100, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Home, Sweet Home

  • 1: From 1903 to 1957, Beauvoir, his former home in Biloxi, was a home for Confederate veterans and their widows.
  • Jefferson Davis.
  • 2: Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a Concord home nicknamed this; Hawthorne rented it and wrote some "Mosses from" it.
  • the Old Manse.
  • 3: The site of this author's birth in Sauk Centre, Minnesota is now on an avenue named for him.
  • Sinclair Lewis.
  • 4: The Independence, Mo. house he lived in from 1919 belonged to his wife Bess' family.
  • Harry Truman.
  • 5: Michael Jackson, who identified with Peter Pan, lived on a sprawling California ranch he called this.
  • Neverland.

    • Round 2. Category: Horton Hears A Hoosier

    • 1: This aviator first flew into the world near Millville on April 16, 1867; Orville landed in Ohio in 1871.
    • Wilbur Wright.
    • 2: From this Hoosier's "Top Ten New Words of 2010": Lohab and baconfetti.
    • (David) Letterman.
    • 3: This 1960s Teamsters president was born on Valentine's Day 1913 in Brazil, Indiana.
    • Jimmy Hoffa.
    • 4: His website says he "dedicated his life to perfecting a lighter, fluffier popcorn", a life that began in Brazil, Ind. in 1907.
    • Redenbacher.
    • 5: In 1965 this Indianapolis-born novelist published "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater".
    • Vonnegut.

      • Round 3. Category: Big Screen Bloodsuckers

      • 1: The hypnotic eyes of this actor created a shiver of fear in his audiences as well as his victims.
      • Bela Lugosi.
      • 2: It was "Love At First Bite" for this actor when he played Count Dracula in 1979.
      • George Hamilton.
      • 3: The consumate vampire, this tall, dark and gruesome actor played a bloodsucker in 7 Hammer Studio films.
      • Christopher Lee.
      • 4: "Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck" was the subtitle of this Roman Polanski horror spoof.
      • The Fearless Vampire Killers.
      • 5: Before taking a bite out of Susan Sarandon, this French actress put David Bowie in a box in 1983's "The Hunger".
      • Catherine Deneuve.

        • Round 4. Category: They Named A Mountain For Me

        • 1: Mount Walsh in the Yukon is named for an officer in the North West Mounted Police, today known as this force.
        • the Mounties.
        • 2: Mount Clarence King in this range is named for the man who discovered Mount Whitney.
        • the Sierra Nevadas.
        • 3: The USA's 14,264-foot Mount Evans was named for the second governor of this then-territory.
        • Colorado.
        • 4: The Agassizhorn in the Bernese section of these mountains is named for a 19th century scientist.
        • the Alps.
        • 5: Imeni Ismail Samani Peak, the highest in Tajikistan, used to be named after this man (like some other places).
        • Stalin.

          • Round 5. Category: 3-Letter Words Ending In X

          • 1: Suit for a formal.
          • a tux.
          • 2: To dishonestly influence something to reach a predetermined outcome.
          • fix.
          • 3: To bewitch someone or cast a spell upon them is to do this.
          • hex.
          • 4: To disturb with minor irritations.
          • vex.
          • 5: No war, for a Roman.
          • pax.

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

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