Instant Trivia

Episode 1194 - And the award goes to... - The old testament - 20th c. quotes - Let's go for a "spin" - Tools of the kitchen

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1194, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: And The Award Goes To...

  • 1: This nutty comic won a 1996 National Society of Film Critics award for his role as "The Nutty Professor".
  • Eddie Murphy.
  • 2: Barbara Walters' "20/20" co-host, in 1998 he was awarded the Children's Champion Award from UNICEF.
  • Hugh Downs.
  • 3: While president of the Philippines, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize.
  • Corazon Aquino.
  • 4: Category for which James Tobin, Gary Becker and Milton Friedman all won Nobel Prizes.
  • Economics.
  • 5: This Spanish cellist was among the first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • Pablo Casals.

    • Round 2. Category: The Old Testament

    • 1: Potiphar's wife tries to seduce this dream translator, who resists and ends up being sent to jail.
    • Joseph.
    • 2: Recipient of God's bad news "Thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither".
    • Moses.
    • 3: One lie he told was "If they bind me with 7 green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak".
    • Samson.
    • 4: He interpreted the "handwriting on the wall" for Belshazzar.
    • Daniel.
    • 5: In Exodus 21, 2 of the 4 body parts that follow "Thou shalt give life for life...".
    • (2 of) an eye, a tooth, a hand and a foot.

      • Round 3. Category: 20Th C. Quotes

      • 1: A remark attributed to Eldridge Cleaver states, "You're either part of the solution or part of" this.
      • the problem.
      • 2: In a 1969 speech, he was 1st to refer to "The Great Silent Majority".
      • Richard Nixon.
      • 3: This clergyman wrote from a Birmingham jail, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
      • Martin Luther King, Jr..
      • 4: Establishing scholarships in his will he said, "Educational relations make the strongest tie".
      • Cecil Rhodes.
      • 5: This famed WWII correspondent stated, "I write from the worm's-eye point of view".
      • Ernie Pyle.

        • Round 4. Category: Let'S Go For A Spin. With Spin in quotes

        • 1: "Melrose Place" was one for "Beverly Hills 90210".
        • a spin-off.
        • 2: Here are the rules: if the soda container stops rotating and faces you, it's time to pucker up.
        • spin the bottle.
        • 3: It can be a yarn maker, or a woman who never married.
        • a spinster.
        • 4: It's the rotating skid of a car losing control.
        • a spinout.
        • 5: The bowman on a yacht is there to set this sail.
        • a spinnaker.

          • Round 5. Category: Tools Of The Kitchen

          • 1: Different types of these can remove hot stuff from the oven or catch baseballs.
          • a mitt.
          • 2: A pair of hinged metal griddles with a honeycombed interior make up one of these.
          • a waffle iron.
          • 3: Both a product such as Adolph's and a kitchen tool have this name, referring to what they do to meat.
          • a tenderizer.
          • 4: You'll be draining without straining using a Williams-Sonoma one of these holey items.
          • a colander.
          • 5: The name of this perforated pasta prep bowl is from the Latin for "strain".
          • a colander.

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

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