Instant Trivia

Episode 138 - 4-Letter Magazines - State Your Name - The Cold War - Guns N' Roses - No. 1 Country Hits

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 138, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 4-Letter Magazines

  • 1: Henry Luce helped create these 2 magazines, one in 1923, the other in 1936.
  • Time and Life.
  • 2: It's how you say "She" in France and Korea and Romania and 29 other international editions.
  • Elle.
  • 3: People sure are saying things about this new magazine from Tina Brown.
  • Talk.
  • 4: Mary J. Blige got personal in the Sept. 1999 issue of this hip-hop music magazine founded by Quincy Jones.
  • Vibe.
  • 5: Carey Lowell wrote about Deepak Chopra for this Conde Nast magazine of personal well-being.
  • Self.

    • Round 2. Category: State Your Name

    • 1: Maine's name came from this longer English word used to distinguish it from the nearby isles.
    • the mainland.
    • 2: The names Colorado and Tennessee were applied to these physical features before they were applied to states.
    • rivers.
    • 3: The sylvania in Pennsylvania refers to these.
    • woods.
    • 4: Its name may be from a Dutch name or a Greek colossus site.
    • Rhode Island.
    • 5: Montana was named for its mountains and this state was named for some "snow-covered" mountains.
    • Nevada.

      • Round 3. Category: The Cold War

      • 1: In the 1970s Linus Pauling advocated huge doses of this to battle the common cold.
      • vitamin C.
      • 2: Over 100 kinds of viruses cause colds, infections of the upper part of this tract.
      • respiratory tract.
      • 3: Quigley and this Chicago company have come up with a bubble gum cold treatment for kids.
      • Wrigley.
      • 4: At the 20th party congress in February 1956, Nikita Khrushchev savagely denounced this late leader.
      • Josef Stalin.
      • 5: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this father of the atomic bomb.
      • Robert Oppenheimer.

        • Round 4. Category: Guns N' Roses

        • 1: On Jan. 1, 2005, a 207-foot train spouting fireworks and a 50-foot robot were highlights of this event.
        • the Rose Parade.
        • 2: He was the first MLB player to have 200 hits in 10 different years.
        • Pete Rose.
        • 3: He invented an electrically controlled naval mine as well as the 6-shooter.
        • (Samuel) Colt.
        • 4: Though patented in 1862, this crank-operated machine gun didn't become official U.S. Army weaponry until 1866.
        • the Gatling Gun.
        • 5: Her Oct. 7, 1914 wedding day would prove to be a focal point of American politics.
        • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.

          • Round 5. Category: No. 1 Country Hits

          • 1: In the title of a 1990 single of the year, Garth Brooks had "friends" here.
          • In low places.
          • 2: In 1996 this Canadian-born woman sang, "If you're not in it for love, I'm out of here".
          • Shania Twain.
          • 3: This 1992 George Strait film spawned 2 No. 1 hits: "I Cross My Heart" and "Heartland".
          • Pure Country.
          • 4: Brooks and Dunn song about about a honky-tonk "Where all the cowboy folk go to" do this dance.
          • "Boot Scootin' Boogie".
          • 5: Her 1991 release "She's in Love with the Boy" was the first debut single by a country female to reach No. 1.
          • Trisha Yearwood.

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

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