Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Canine Film Festival
1: Lasse Hallstrom received an Oscar nomination for directing this 1985 film about a Swedish boy in the 1950s.My Life as a Dog.2: This 1975 Al Pacino film was based in part on an actual bank robbery.Dog Day Afternoon.3: A cocker spaniel and a mutt are the title characters of this 1955 animated classic.Lady and the Tramp.4: This 2000 film with Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest spoofed the stupid human tricks at a major dog show.Best in Show.5: Steve Buscemi complains that he doesn't want to be called Mr. Pink in this 1992 Tarantino flick.Reservoir Dogs.Round 2. Category: It Ain't Me, Babe
1: I left Minnesota around the time I changed my name from Robert Allen Zimmerman to this.(Bob) Dylan.2: It gives me the seven-year itch when you call me Norma Jean Baker.Marilyn Monroe.3: I played the simply named Jo March, but I was born with the last name Horowitz.Winona Ryder.4: Here's a "hard" one; I'm the '50s hunk who at one point went by Roy Fitzgerald.Rock Hudson.5: It makes me neurotic to tell you my real name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg.Woody Allen.Round 3. Category: The Company Line
1: This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month.Bulova.2: Edward Teller and this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women.(Paul) Bonwit.3: The Kirschner brothers, Don and Bill, named this ski company for themselves and the second-highest mountain.K2.4: This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in and was first displayed on.Crate and Barrel.5: In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger.McDonald's.Round 4. Category: Pop's Music
1: Dad refuses to see a Guy Ritchie film because he's always had a secret crush on this "Like A Virgin" singer.Madonna.2: Dad wears that dorky clock on a chain because he was into this Public Enemy before he became a VH1 reality star.Flavor Flav.3: Dad needs help downloading "In Rainbows", but he always said this Thom Yorke band was ahead of its time.Radiohead.4: Dad slow dances by himself to this band's "Stairway to Heaven" becuase he's having school dance flashbacks.Led Zeppelin.5: Dad thinks he's an O.G. because he was into these white rappers long before their album "Ill Communication".the Beastie Boys.Round 5. Category: The 1930S
1: On September 18, 1934 the Soviet Union joined this international organization.League of Nations.2: In March 1939, after Hitler made Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate, this country ceased to exist.Czechoslovakia.3: He said, "I'm a small fish here in Washington, but I'm a kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana".Huey Long.4: Charles Floyd, known by this nickname, was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in 1934."Pretty Boy" Floyd.5: On April 3, 1933 Lord Clydesdale became the first to pilot a plane over this mountain, just clearing it.Mount Everest.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!