Instant Trivia

Episode 1142 - Dead precedents - Hot films, cool films - Take the kids! - I learned it online - 2 types of china

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1142, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Dead Precedents

  • 1: In 1943 the Supreme Court overruled a 1940 decision and said students couldn't be required to salute this.
  • the flag.
  • 2: In 1987 the Supreme Court overruled an 1861 decision that courts couldn't do this, order a suspect handed over to another state.
  • extradite.
  • 3: Agostini v. Felton reversed a 1985 ruling that prohibited public school teachers from teaching in these schools.
  • parochial.
  • 4: 1961's Mapp v. Ohio overturned a 1949 ruling and said this amendment bars illegally seized evidence from state courts.
  • the 4th Amendment.
  • 5: This controversial 2010 decision overruled a precedent that had barred certain political contributions.
  • Citizens United.

    • Round 2. Category: Hot Films, Cool Films

    • 1: George Kennedy won an Oscar in part for beating the heck out of Paul Newman in this movie.
    • Cool Hand Luke.
    • 2: A brutal murder is solved in this 1967 Oscar winner.
    • In the Heat of the Night.
    • 3: Judith Anderson played Big Mama Pollitt, the matriarch of a greedy Southern family, in this film.
    • Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
    • 4: After "Body Heat" steamed up the screen, Lawrence Kasdan cooled down and directed this movie next.
    • The Big Chill.
    • 5: As Rev. Clayton Brooks, Dick Van Dyke led a townwide effort to quit smoking in this 1971 film.
    • Cold Turkey.

      • Round 3. Category: Take The Kids!

      • 1: Toon Lagoon at Universal Studios Florida boasts a white-knuckle raft ride named for Bluto and this sailor.
      • Popeye.
      • 2: In part of Disney's Animal Kingdom, no glass separates you from the giant fruit type of this flying mammal.
      • Bat.
      • 3: The kids love "Pecos Goofy's Frontier Revue" at this Asian city's Disneyland.
      • Tokyo.
      • 4: At Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park, watch out for the marsh-mugger type of this gator relative.
      • Crocodile.
      • 5: This West Coast city boasts museums devoted to Asian art, cartoon art and cable cars.
      • San Francisco.

        • Round 4. Category: I Learned It Online

        • 1: freetranslation.com taught me "Your eyes shine like oysters" in this language--"I suoi occhi brillano come le ostriche".
        • Italian.
        • 2: wendys.com informed me that the "3/4 lb. triple with" this has 980 calories, but plenty of calcium.
        • cheese.
        • 3: americanheart.org tells us that a "hands-only" version of this procedure is fine --no need for rescue breaths.
        • CPR.
        • 4: howstuffworks.com told me each Apache one of these can carry 16 Hellfire missiles--cool.
        • a helicopter.
        • 5: The "This Day in History" feature on history.com taught me Dec. 25 is the day in 1991 when he quit as Soviet leader.
        • Mikhail Gorbachev.

          • Round 5. Category: 2 Types Of China

          • 1: Shallow 7-letter dish used to serve food; maybe we should have served you the clue on one.
          • a platter.
          • 2: It's the animal of the Chinese year beginning in 2008.
          • the rat.
          • 3: In the Chinese Civil War, 1945 to 1949, it was the Communists versus these.
          • the Nationalists.
          • 4: In 1998 this Chinese org. abbreviated PLA was ordered to sell off all its non-defense assets.
          • the People's Liberation Army.
          • 5: Henry James compared his character Miss Pansy Osmond to a China figurine from this German city.
          • Dresden.

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

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