Instant Trivia

Episode 1220 - Olde music - Anagrammed food and drink - Overcoming obstacles - Not making it to the end of the movie - We invented stuff

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1220, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Olde Music

  • 1: Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" and 17 Polish songs.
  • (Frédéric) Chopin.
  • 2: "Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death.
  • The Magic Flute.
  • 3: Compositions by Bach include "Toccata and" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this.
  • Fugue.
  • 4: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 and naturally preceded a display.
  • Fireworks.
  • 5: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city.
  • Padua.

    • Round 2. Category: Anagrammed Food And Drink

    • 1: If you're watching your carbs, eat these plain, not in cakes.
    • crabs (from carbs).
    • 2: Let's shop for this beer ingredient.
    • hops.
    • 3: We all scream for it:MICE CARE.
    • ice cream.
    • 4: When I'm in a slump, these purple fruits perk me up.
    • plums (from slump).
    • 5: I'll dine on this English custard and cake dessert, then let it filter through my body.
    • trifle.

      • Round 3. Category: Overcoming Obstacles

      • 1: Diagnosed with ALS in the '60s and given a few years to live, he lived another 50+ to become one of the greatest scientific minds of all time.
      • Hawking.
      • 2: Joe Biden used to read poetry for hours in front of a mirror to help overcome this speech disorder.
      • a stutter.
      • 3: This Swedish teen activist says of her Asperger's, "I'm sometimes a bit different... and... being different is a superpower".
      • (Greta) Thunberg.
      • 4: Legally deaf, this Oscar-winning actress was instrumental in getting closed captioning on TV and streaming.
      • (Marlee) Matlin.
      • 5: Born without a right hand, he pitched with his left, playing 10 seasons for 4 different MLB teams.
      • Jim Abbott.

        • Round 4. Category: Not Making It To The End Of The Movie

        • 1: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away and die in space than spend time with a woman his own age.
        • George Clooney.
        • 2: Bad puddy tat! This evil uncle admits fratricide when he whispers, "I killed Mufasa" to Simba.
        • Scar.
        • 3: Gwyneth Paltrow returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong, sickens and dies and this 2011 pandemic thriller is off and running.
        • Contagion.
        • 4: Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film.
        • The Godfather.
        • 5: Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you and a clone of your younger self up and kills you, like this 2017 guy.
        • Logan.

          • Round 5. Category: We Invented Stuff

          • 1: By 1881 his Menlo Park home had been set up with a complete electric lighting system.
          • Edison.
          • 2: In 1814 Robert Fulton developed "Fulton the First", the first warship powered by this force.
          • steam.
          • 3: On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray attempted to file a patent for this invention; however, Bell beat him by hours.
          • the telephone.
          • 4: In 1868 Carlos Glidden and Partners patented this 1st machine that wrote faster than one could write by hand.
          • a typewriter.
          • 5: During WWII, this rocketry pioneer served as director of research for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics.
          • Goddard.

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