Instant Trivia

Episode 1115 - Almost assassinated - Who directed it? - The 2011 fortune 500 - Channel surfing - All in

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Almost Assassinated

  • 1: August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris.
  • Charles de Gaulle.
  • 2: February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami.
  • FDR.
  • 3: May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal.
  • Pope John Paul II.
  • 4: September 5, 1975 while greeting a crowd in Sacramento, California.
  • Gerald Ford.
  • 5: August 22, 1962 when his luxury Citroen was attacked near Paris.
  • Charles de Gaulle.

    • Round 2. Category: Who Directed It?

    • 1: "Riding in Cars with Boys","Awakenings".
    • (Penny) Marshall.
    • 2: "When They See Us", "A Wrinkle in Time", "Selma".
    • Ava DuVernay.
    • 3: 1991's "Point Break", "Zero Dark Thirty".
    • Kathryn Bigelow.
    • 4: "Wonder Woman", episodes of "Entourage" and "Arrested Development".
    • Patty Jenkins.
    • 5: "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dark Necessities", "Booksmart".
    • Olivia Wilde.

      • Round 3. Category: The 2011 Fortune 500

      • 1: "And like a good neighbor", this co. is there at No. 37, "taking an active stance against texting while driving".
      • State Farm.
      • 2: Fannie Mae, No. 5, was delisted by the NYSE; this company, No. 20, got "$64 billion in... bailout money".
      • Freddie Mac.
      • 3: "Bailed out and buffed up", this car co., No. 8, "emerged from bankruptcy with a $20 billion public offering".
      • GM.
      • 4: No. 36, this co. got "a $30 billion contract to supply refueling aircraft to the Air Force, beating European rival Airbus".
      • Boeing.
      • 5: Checking out at No. 28, "88% of" this wholesaler's "customers renew their annual memberships".
      • Costco.

        • Round 4. Category: Channel Surfing

        • 1: It's the largest of the islands separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel.
        • Madagascar.
        • 2: The Corsica Channel separates Corsica from this other island where Napoleon lived.
        • Elba.
        • 3: Dusky dolphins surf this South American channel, named for a 19th century science ship.
        • the Beagle.
        • 4: Click on this channel and you might find yourself in the middle of "Shark Week".
        • Discovery Channel.
        • 5: Its western entrance lies between Land's End, U.K. and Ushant, France.
        • the English Channel.

          • Round 5. Category: All In

          • 1: Brick red, hot magenta, sea green and 117 more options are in a 120-count box of these.
          • crayons.
          • 2: Nevis, the Windward Passage and the Spanish Main are all in this sea.
          • the Caribbean Sea.
          • 3: At its core, this boozy clan was Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr..
          • the Rat Pack.
          • 4: The "Discobolus" statue, a Viking antler comb and a Henry I halfpenny are all in this London site.
          • the British Museum.
          • 5: If you had raided this object, you might have found a pot of manna, Aaron's rod and the 2 stone tablets of Moses.
          • the Ark of the Covenant.

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

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