Instant Trivia

Episode 144 - Middle Earth - Bands Of The '80S - "V"Ariety - You, Me And Due Process - At The Building Site

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 144, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Middle Earth

  • 1: They're the 3 South American countries through which the equator passes.
  • Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil.
  • 2: The equator passes through this nation's islands of Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Sumatra.
  • Indonesia.
  • 3: The largest lake on the equator is this African one.
  • Lake Victoria.
  • 4: Though this highest African mountain lies near the equator, it usually remains snowcapped year-round.
  • Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • 5: This "Equatorial" nation consists of a mainland territory and 5 offshore islands including Bioko.
  • Equatorial Guinea.

    • Round 2. Category: Bands Of The '80S

    • 1: Icicle Works formed in this city more than 20 years after the Beatles.
    • Liverpool.
    • 2: This group got its name by combining the names of 2 bands: Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns.
    • Guns N' Roses.
    • 3: This Wham! singer's original name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.
    • George Michael.
    • 4: The Proclaimers hit the U.S. charts when "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured in this Johnny Depp film.
    • Benny and Joon.
    • 5: Bobby Brown left this group in 1986 and was replaced by Johnny Gill.
    • New Edition.

      • Round 3. Category: "V"Ariety

      • 1: In Chaucer's "Parliament of Fowls", the fowls gather to choose their mates on this day.
      • Valentine's Day.
      • 2: The first laws against alcohol in the Americas were passed in 1623 with the help of Gov. Francis Wyatt of this colony.
      • Virginia.
      • 3: This great writer of the Enlightenment was known as "The Plato of the 18th Centuty".
      • Voltaire.
      • 4: In the 1860's this industrial "commodore" lost the fight for control of the Erie Railroad.
      • Cornelius Vanderbilt.
      • 5: From the Latin for "wide vessel", this type of drug does just that; it widens blood vessels.
      • vasodilator.

        • Round 4. Category: You, Me And Due Process

        • 1: The idea of due process of law dates from this 1215 document.
        • the Magna Carta.
        • 2: The 2000 Supreme Court decision in this case, him v. him, involved vote-counting guidelines and due process of law.
        • Bush v. Gore.
        • 3: In 1970 the Supreme Court held for the first time that due process required proof of guilt "beyond" this.
        • reasonable doubt.
        • 4: "Due Process of Law" appears first in this amendment; go ahead, "take" it, you won't get in trouble.
        • the Fifth Amendment.
        • 5: This man vs. Arizona said confessions obtained without telling suspects of their right to counsel couldn't be used in court.
        • Miranda.

          • Round 5. Category: At The Building Site

          • 1: He's got the building wired for "current" affairs.
          • an electrician.
          • 2: The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H and C.
          • the plumber.
          • 3: A Fats Waller is a pianist and this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard.
          • a drywaller.
          • 4: He'll get you stoned or brickworked, and maybe even teach you a secret handshake.
          • a mason.
          • 5: A teacher could handle this, the moving of earth to form a smooth surface for a roadway.
          • a grader.

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