Instant Trivia

Episode 127 - Ben Franklin - A Billion Reasons - Get Your Sith Together - Quotable Recent Movies - The 5Th Beatle

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 127, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ben Franklin

  • 1: Ben appropriately described his youthful mistakes as "errata", a term from this profession.
  • printing.
  • 2: On Ben's 1st walk though this city, he carried "three great puffy rolls" making a "most ridiculous appearance".
  • Philadelphia.
  • 3: At 16 Ben read a book by Thomas Tryon and accordingly adopted this type of diet.
  • vegetarian.
  • 4: "A house without a woman and firelight is like a body without soul or sprite" is from this Ben Franklin annual.
  • Poor Richard's Almanack.
  • 5: This job Ben got in 1753 helped his business, as described here.
  • Postmaster.

    • Round 2. Category: A Billion Reasons

    • 1: Since 1909 his head has appeared on billions and billions of pennies.
    • Lincoln.
    • 2: According to its website, this chain serves more than a billion "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners annually.
    • Kentucky Fried Chicken.
    • 3: Forbes magazine has estimated that this comic book boy is "worth" $24.7 billion.
    • Richie Rich.
    • 4: The only event the Time Almanac has listed under 4.5 billion B.C. is this "formed".
    • Earth.
    • 5: This eccentric billionaire formed an aircraft company in 1934 to design racers.
    • Howard Hughes.

      • Round 3. Category: Get Your Sith Together

      • 1: He's 7 feet tall and the Millennium Falcon's first mate, but he's not much of a conversationalist.
      • Chewbacca.
      • 2: This syntactically challenged Jedi called Dagobah home.
      • Yoda.
      • 3: Slate said this Gungan's "weirdly offensive personality make(s) him the focus of fan disillusionment".
      • Jar Jar Binks.
      • 4: He played Senator Bail Organa, Princess Leia's adoptive father.
      • Jimmy Smits.
      • 5: 3 of the 4 "Star Wars" movie characters with Darth in their names.
      • (3 of) Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, and Darth Tyranus.

        • Round 4. Category: Quotable Recent Movies

        • 1: 2002:"Nice Greek girls who don't find a husband work in the family restaurant".
        • My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
        • 2: 2003:"I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonny lass".
        • Pirates of the Caribbean.
        • 3: 2001:"Keep an eye on the staircases. They like to change".
        • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
        • 4: 2003:"God doesn't take vacations... does He?... Do Ye?".
        • Bruce Almighty.
        • 5: 2002:"There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?".
        • Signs.

          • Round 5. Category: The 5Th Beatle

          • 1: This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers.
          • 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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