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Episode 1215 - The shirley booth - Sleepy - Major generals - A marriage in ruins - To "l" with science

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1215, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Shirley Booth

  • 1: Before the closing of the theaters in 1642, James Shirley wrote about 30 plays during the reign of this king.
  • Charles I.
  • 2: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a Gothic novel by this author also known for her short stories.
  • Shirley Jackson.
  • 3: This Welsh singer sang the theme songs for 3 James Bond movies.
  • Bassey.
  • 4: In the miniseries "Mrs. America" about 1970s feminist wars, Uzo Aduba played this pioneering Black presidential candidate.
  • Shirley Chisholm.
  • 5: Post-Hollywood, Shirley Temple served as a U.S. ambassador and head of the office of this, diplomatic procedure.
  • the office of protocol.

    • Round 2. Category: Sleepy

    • 1: This sleepy Pennsylvania town is often called "The Most Famous Small Town in America".
    • Gettysburg.
    • 2: In 2010 the sleepy Hudson River town of Rhinebeck, N.Y. hosted the nuptials of this first kid.
    • Chelsea Clinton.
    • 3: Big Arm, Bigfork, and Big Sky are all little towns in this state.
    • Montana.
    • 4: A 1920s query asked, "Will it play in" this Illinois town that experts considered a bellwether?.
    • Peoria.
    • 5: Tim McGraw called this Colorado ski resort city southwest of Aspen and Vail a "sleepy little town".
    • Telluride.

      • Round 3. Category: Major Generals

      • 1: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, he's now a member of Bush's cabinet.
      • Colin Powell.
      • 2: For sure he was a major general at Fort Sumter; that bit about inventing baseball....
      • Abner Doubleday.
      • 3: Eisenhower, MacArthur and Marshall all got big promotions in December of this year.
      • 1944.
      • 4: Some generals got better nicknames than others -- Joseph Hooker was "Fighting Joe" and he was "Mad Anthony".
      • Anthony Wayne.
      • 5: Lincoln took the command of the Army of the Potomac away from this man -- twice.
      • George McClellan.

        • Round 4. Category: A Marriage In Ruins

        • 1: Board the Hiram Bingham train in Cuzco and have your ceremony near these ruins with a shaman as your officiant.
        • Machu Picchu.
        • 2: There's an idea to turn the ruins of this old metropolis S. of Baghdad into a wedding venue, but you may want to wait for calm.
        • Babylon.
        • 3: Chichen Itza may be a good site for your nuptials; it's located in this Mexican state with the same name as a peninsula.
        • the Yucatán.
        • 4: Come clean with your bride at a wedding in Rome's baths of this emperor, opened in 216 A.D..
        • Caracalla.
        • 5: Wed at the Talisay Ruins, once a sugar plantation on Negros Island, part of this Southeast Asian archipelago.
        • the Philippines.

          • Round 5. Category: To L With Science. With L in quotes

          • 1: On average, this organ produces up to 2.5 pints of bile every day.
          • liver.
          • 2: A tree branch, or a solar flare seen at the edge of the Sun.
          • a limb.
          • 3: Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats and oils.
          • lipids.
          • 4: When you activate a light stick, the chemicals within react to produce this type of cold light.
          • luminescence.
          • 5: 5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome.
          • a locus.

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

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