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Episode 1207 - 1990--25 years ago - Middle "g" - Gibson girls and guys - Potent history - The 5th beatle

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1207, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1990--25 Years Ago

  • 1: This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces.
  • Kuwait.
  • 2: After 11 years in the job, this U.K. prime minister resigned.
  • (Margaret) Thatcher.
  • 3: For the first time Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo performed together as this supergroup.
  • the Three Tenors.
  • 4: Winnie (Churchill) got a ticker-tape parade on March 15, 1946; this Winnie was in one with her husband on June 20, 1990.
  • (Winnie) Mandela.
  • 5: This Brit created the first prototype web pages.
  • (Tim) Berners-Lee.

    • Round 2. Category: Middle G. With G in quotes

    • 1: Hear the howls and clanking chains from this dark underground chamber used to hold prisoners.
    • a dungeon.
    • 2: Merv Griffin used to play this word game with his sister and "Wheel of Fortune" is the result.
    • hangman.
    • 3: Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made.
    • a filmography.
    • 4: The largest tree-dwelling mammal in the world, this ape from Sumatra and Borneo can weigh 220 pounds.
    • an orangutan.
    • 5: When vaulting, gymnasts use this flexible device.
    • the springboard.

      • Round 3. Category: Gibson Girls And Guys

      • 1: Cowboy star Edmund Gibson got this nickname as a boy either because he hunted owls or delivered for the Owl Drug Company.
      • Hoot.
      • 2: Tyrese Gibson has appeared as Roman Pearce, known for his banter and his driving, in this action film franchise.
      • The Fast and the Furious.
      • 3: "I need your love like a flame needs a fire", sang this '80s teen queen who also gave us "Only In My Dreams".
      • Debbie Gibson.
      • 4: He pitched for the Cardinals for 17 seasons and even briefly played with the Harlem Globetrotters.
      • Bob Gibson.
      • 5: In 1985 his "Neuromancer" won a Nebula and a Hugo.
      • William Gibson.

        • Round 4. Category: Potent History

        • 1: Sugar cane molasses was distilled into this liquor, a significant part of the "triangular trade" that promoted slavery.
        • rum.
        • 2: In 1729 and 1751 Britain passed acts aimed at curbing the consumption of this alcohol that originated in the Netherlands.
        • gin.
        • 3: Vodka was involved in 1994 as this white-haired Russian leader was found on a D.C. street in his underwear hailing cabs to go get pizza.
        • Yeltsin.
        • 4: The Whiskey Rebellion culminated in 1794 among farmers of the Monongahela Valley in this state.
        • Pennsylvania.
        • 5: In 1923 a beer hall called the Burgerbraukeller in this German city was the starting point of a failed putsch.
        • Munich.

          • Round 5. Category: The 5Th Beatle

          • 1: This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers.
          • (Sir) George Martin.
          • 2: After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, this man got a job in a bakery and then became a civil servant.
          • Pete Best.
          • 3: In "Backbeat" Stephen Dorff played this alliterative bassist who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962.
          • (Stuart) Sutcliffe.
          • 4: This manager who died in 1967 was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
          • Brian Epstein.
          • 5: This keyboardist, who died in 2006, sat in with the Beatles often and also wrote Joe Cocker's hit "You Are So Beautiful".
          • Billy Preston.

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

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