Instant Trivia

Episode 1145 - Wacky math - Who sang it first? - Let's go for a swim - Beastly movies - Surprise!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Wacky Math

  • 1: Strings on a standard guitar times the Oscars won by Pauly Shore.
  • 0.
  • 2: Number of "golden rings" in a Christmas song plus the number of rings in Ringling's circus.
  • 8 (5 3).
  • 3: Days in a leap year minus the title "route" number of a TV show starring Martin Milner.
  • 300 (366 - 66).
  • 4: Joe Namath's Jet uniform No. divided by the title number of a TV police car driven by Martin Milner.
  • 1 (12/Adam-12).
  • 5: No. of "islands" in a mayo-based salad dressing plus a "baker's dozen" of cookies made by Martin Milner.
  • 1,013.

    • Round 2. Category: Who Sang It First?

    • 1: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that before Marvin Gaye's version hit, this singer and her Pips took the song to No. 2.
    • Gladys Knight.
    • 2: This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 and for Ben again in 1986.
    • "Stand By Me".
    • 3: Manfred Mann made "Blinded By The Light" a hit after it was introduced on a 1973 album by this rocker who wrote it.
    • (Bruce) Springsteen.
    • 4: On their "Mother's Milk" album, the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered this Motown great's "Higher Ground".
    • Stevie Wonder.
    • 5: In 2004 the White Stripes had a U.K. hit with a live version of her "Jolene".
    • Dolly Parton.

      • Round 3. Category: Let'S Go For A Swim

      • 1: A swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm in the "Australian" this.
      • crawl.
      • 2: Simultaneously bring both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions to do this stroke.
      • the butterfly.
      • 3: World Book says it's "a restful stroke because your face is always out of the water and breathing is easy".
      • the backstroke.
      • 4: This stroke is made in the prone position using both hands simultaneously and doing a frog kick.
      • the breaststroke.
      • 5: Your head rests on your lower arm, extended with the palm turned downward in this stroke.
      • the sidestroke.

        • Round 4. Category: Beastly Movies

        • 1: 1988:Sigourney Weaver battles primate poachers.
        • Gorillas in the Mist.
        • 2: 2000:"blank Ugly".
        • Coyote.
        • 3: 1980:Robert De Niro battles his way to the top of the middleweight boxing world.
        • Raging Bull.
        • 4: 1978:Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress.
        • The Deer Hunter.
        • 5: 1986:Paul Hogan faces the jungle of New York City.
        • Crocodile Dundee.

          • Round 5. Category: Surprise!

          • 1: A striking disclosure, or the final book of the New Testament; it should come as a....
          • revelation.
          • 2: We've found it! It being this exclamation of finding something, perhaps its namesake California city.
          • Eureka.
          • 3: Proverbially, this type of pitch mastered by Bert Blyleven is a deceptive trick.
          • a curveball.
          • 4: It can mean a sudden burst of electricity and it rhymes with an electrical unit of measure.
          • a jolt.
          • 5: It can be an experience resulting in a sudden realization and also an early A.M. drink of liquor.
          • an eye-opener.

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

            Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

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