Instant Trivia

Episode 1253 - Coastal terminology - News of the 21st century - Historic literature - "i"s in your stars - Walter cronkite

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1253, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Coastal Terminology

  • 1: Graybeards are frothy or gray-crested these.
  • waves.
  • 2: This pair of words is used for debris from an imperiled or wrecked ship.
  • flotsam and jetsam.
  • 3: From the French for "throw", it's a structure extending from the shore, where boats can dock.
  • a jetty.
  • 4: These small pockets of seawater that remain as the ocean ebbs can abound in aquatic lifeforms.
  • tidepools.
  • 5: A tombolo is one of these that connects an island to the mainland or 2 islands together.
  • a sandbar (or isthmus).

    • Round 2. Category: News Of The 21St Century

    • 1: On June 5, 2012 Wisconsin made him the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall vote.
    • Scott Walker.
    • 2: The largest ever marine oil spill happened when a rig leased to this company sank in 2010.
    • BP.
    • 3: Firsts for this new German chancellor in 2005 included first East German in the post.
    • (Angela) Merkel.
    • 4: Ending a 100-year dispute, in 2011 this univ. returned thousands of artifacts to Peru that were taken from Machu Picchu.
    • Yale.
    • 5: (ABC News anchor David Muir gives the clue.) As the Arab Spring made its way into Egypt in January of 2011, I reported from this pivotal public gathering place where protests eventually brought down 2 Egyptian leaders.
    • Tahrir Square.

      • Round 3. Category: Historic Literature

      • 1: The Kentucky plantation she visited in 1833 gave her a model for the Shelby home in "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
      • Harriet Beecher Stowe.
      • 2: "Das Kapital" was written in this capital city.
      • London.
      • 3: Machiavelli wrote this book in 1513, but it wasn't published until 1532, 5 years after his death.
      • The Prince.
      • 4: Language in which Newton wrote his "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy".
      • Latin.
      • 5: This Thoreau work was 1st published in a magazine in 1849 as "Resistance to Civil Government".
      • Civil Disobedience.

        • Round 4. Category: IS In Your Stars. With I in quotes

        • 1: In 2016, this "Luther" star was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire.
        • Idris Elba.
        • 2: Famous among the smaller set for singing "Let It Go", she earned her first Tony nomination in "Rent".
        • Idina Menzel.
        • 3: Say "Sir" to this actor, nominated for a 2001 Oscar for his portrayal of Gandalf.
        • Ian McKellen.
        • 4: James Osterberg has been known as this since his days fronting proto-punk-rockers The Stooges.
        • Iggy Pop.
        • 5: "We'll always have Paris" and her as Ilsa in "Casablanca".
        • Ingrid Bergman.

          • Round 5. Category: Walter Cronkite

          • 1: Cronkite anchored this network's Evening News from April 16, 1962 to March 6, 1981.
          • CBS.
          • 2: Cronkite broke in on a live broadcast of "As the World Turns" to report this 1963 event.
          • JFK's death (assassination).
          • 3: After Walter called the Vietnam War unwinnable, this man said, "If I've lost Cronkite, I've lost America".
          • Johnson.
          • 4: In 1950 this legendary newsman persuaded Walter to leave radio journalism for television.
          • (Edward R.) Murrow.
          • 5: The New York Times praised "Cronkite diplomacy" after Walter helped broker the 1977 summit between these 2 men.
          • Begin and Sadat.

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