Instant Trivia

Episode 116 - The English Channel - You Got Style, Homes - Scrambled Veeps - You Could Hurt Someone - Bride Of The Yankees

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The English Channel

  • 1: Francois Pilatre de Rozier tried to cross the Channel in one of these in 1785, but was killed in the attempt.
  • a (hydrogen) balloon.
  • 2: The Channel meets the North Sea at this strait.
  • the Strait of Dover.
  • 3: A song and a dance were named for this lady who swam the channel in 1926 and passed away at age 98 in 2003.
  • Gertrude Ederle.
  • 4: La Manche, the French name for the channel, means this part of a shirt.
  • the sleeve.
  • 5: The "Isle of" this has been inhabited since prehistoric times; it was once called Vectis.
  • Wight.

    • Round 2. Category: You Got Style, Homes

    • 1: Imitating British architecture in the 1600s, this style became popular in the 1920s.
    • Tudor.
    • 2: Hey, cowboy! Corral this one-story home with a low-pitched roof that's also known as a rambler.
    • a ranch.
    • 3: This style designed to keep heavy snow from weighing down the roof could fit in a Letter Perfect category.
    • A-frame.
    • 4: This style home seen by anyone who plays Monopoly was named by a Yale president travelling through the area.
    • a Cape Cod house.
    • 5: Seen here is an example of this early American style, typically 3 storeys with a symmetrical facade.
    • Federal.

      • Round 3. Category: Scrambled Veeps

      • 1: OGRE.
      • (Al) Gore.
      • 2: WE NAG.
      • (Spiro) Agnew.
      • 3: LEMON AD.
      • (Walter) Mondale.
      • 4: FLOCK REELER.
      • (Nelson) Rockefeller.
      • 5: CLAW ALE.
      • (Henry A.) Wallace.

        • Round 4. Category: You Could Hurt Someone

        • 1: Roy Blunt of Missouri is the majority one in the House of Representatives.
        • a whip.
        • 2: Playing Lieutenant Howard Hunter, James B. Sikking led this team on "Hill Street Blues".
        • a SWAT team.
        • 3: A cord used on laundry day in sunny weather.
        • a clothesline.
        • 4: On a standard computer keyboard it shares a key with the question mark.
        • a slash.
        • 5: It precedes "Monaco" in this name of a brand owned by Ralph Lauren.
        • club.

          • Round 5. Category: Bride Of The Yankees

          • 1: Married in 1954, this "Yankee Clipper" has roses delivered to his ex-wife's grave for 20 years after her death.
          • Joe DiMaggio.
          • 2: In the HBO movie "61*", Claire, this man's widow, is none too happy when his home-run record of 60 is tied.
          • Babe Ruth.
          • 3: In a 2001 "SNL" skit this Yankees shortstop appeared in drag as his double-play partner's wife Candy Soriano.
          • Derek Jeter.
          • 4: In 1994 Don's wife Kim Mattingly finished the 25th annual one of these in 5 hours, 40 minutes, 46 seconds.
          • the New York Marathon.
          • 5: In 1999 Diana, the widow of this 1970s catcher and team captain, threw out the first pitch at a Yankee game.
          • Thurman Munson.

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

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