Instant Trivia

Episode 135 - Ghosts - Cruisin' The Caribbean - Superman - Pop Goes The Ballet - Cookies

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 135, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ghosts

  • 1: The 999 ghosts at the mansion in this Anaheim landmark tell visitors “There's always room for 1 more”.
  • Disneyland.
  • 2: Creators of “Casper” say this film's logo plagiarized 1 of their characters.
  • Ghostbusters.
  • 3: Silver City, Idaho and Bodie, California for example.
  • ghost towns.
  • 4: In the Superman TV series, editor Perry White frequently invoked this spirit.
  • great Caesar's ghost.
  • 5: In Shakespeare's play, ghost who sat in Macbeth's place at the banquet table.
  • Banquo.

    • Round 2. Category: Cruisin' The Caribbean

    • 1: When you pull into Guadeloupe, you may have to change your dollars into this official currency.
    • euros.
    • 2: Princess Cruises shipped in tons of this to keep its private Caribbean island beach looking pristine.
    • sand.
    • 3: As you'd expect, it was the first company to launch a fleet exclusively in the Caribbean.
    • Royal Caribbean.
    • 4: Destiny and Liberty are 2 of this line's "Fun Ships".
    • Carnival.
    • 5: If you're cruising on the Royal Clipper, it will most likely be under this power.
    • wind.

      • Round 3. Category: Superman

      • 1: He played Jesse James in 1943's "The Kansan" before donning the cape of Superman on TV in the 1950s.
      • George Reeves.
      • 2: (Hi, I'm Michael McKean.)My guest appearance as Perry White made this show successful; my wife, Annette O'Toole, may also have helped.
      • Smallville.
      • 3: In "Superman III" this comedian uses the "Salami Technique" to steal tiny sums of money from many bank accounts.
      • Richard Pryor.
      • 4: Kate Bosworth was Lois Lane in this 2006 man of steel movie.
      • Superman Returns.
      • 5: 1978's "Superman" was scripted by this New York author famous for mafia tomes.
      • Mario Puzo.

        • Round 4. Category: Pop Goes The Ballet

        • 1: The rock and roll ballet "Blue Suede Shoes" celebrates the music and the spirit of this legendary star.
        • Elvis Presley.
        • 2: "Deuce Coupe" is danced to "Little Deuce Coupe", "Catch A Wave" and other songs made famous by this group.
        • The Beach Boys.
        • 3: The 1988 ballet "A Fool For You" is performed to this star's hits, including "I Got A Woman" and "Hit The Road Jack".
        • Ray Charles.
        • 4: "Sex" and "Horror" are compositions this member of the Marsalis family wrote for the ballet "Them Twos".
        • Wynton Marsalis.
        • 5: "Laura's Women" was inspired by the music of this singer-songwriter who wrote for Streisand and Three Dog Night.
        • Laura Nyro.

          • Round 5. Category: Cookies

          • 1: "Sesame Street" character whose catchphrase is "Me want cookies".
          • Cookie Monster.
          • 2: Debbi is the first name of this woman whose name is on over 700 cookie franchises.
          • Mrs. Fields.
          • 3: In 1934 this pair from the funny pages had a baby son named Alexander; daughter Cookie was born in 1941.
          • Blondie and Dagwood.
          • 4: A machine that is a funnel within a funnel fills this cake-like cookie with fig jam.
          • a Fig Newton.
          • 5: Founder Margaret Rudkin named this brand for a property her family owned in Connecticut.
          • Pepperidge Farm.

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

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