July 13, 2021

Episode 153 - Those Wacky Germans - Expensive Hollywood Divorces - U.s. Universities - Worms - 1979

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 153, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Those Wacky Germans

1: Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this.

Sneeze.

2: The food many Germans like best is wurst, which are these hot-dog-shaped meat treats.

Sausages.

3: Germans decorate Christmas trees with silvery strings and call it the "hair" of these heavenly beings.

Angels.

4: From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this.

East and West Germany.

5: A rathaus isn't as bad as it sounds: it's this "hall" where the mayor might work.

City hall.

Round 2. Category: Expensive Hollywood Divorces

1: He split amicably with wife Amy Irving in 1989, but it cost him $100 million.

Steven Spielberg.

2: This ex-husband of comedienne Roseanne Barr had the last laugh after walking away with $50 million.

Tom Arnold.

3: Ex-wife Casey might have said "Cheers" to this TV star after he paid a divorce tab of $30 million.

Ted Danson.

4: The cost for turning off this singer's "Heartlight" when he divorced his wife in 1996 was $150 million.

Neil Diamond.

5: In 1994 it was "Dances with Alimony Payments" for this actor when he coughed up $80 million to Cindy.

Kevin Costner.

Round 3. Category: U.s. Universities

1: High school buddies might want to apply to Friends University, based in Wichita in this state.

Kansas.

2: Western Michigan is in Kalamazoo; Nothern Michigan is in Marquette; this university is in Ypsilanti.

Eastern Michigan University.

3: Famous alumni of this Baltimore school include Rachels Carsons and Michaels Bloombergs.

Johns Hopkins.

4: (Hi. I'm Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks.) I dreamed up broadcast.com when I wanted to watch this Bloomington school's basketball team.

the University of Indiana.

5: Methodists founded this Connecticut University and named it for Methodism's founder.

Wesleyan.

Round 4. Category: Worms

1: This mythological bird was reborn from a worm which emerged from its funeral ashes.

phoenix.

2: He told the Diet of Worms, "I do not accept the authority of popes and councils".

Martin Luther.

3: In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on".

turn.

4: The name of this red shade is from the Latin for "worm"; the dye was first made from cochineal insects.

vermillion.

5: In this 1965 sci-fi novel, giant sandworms on the planet Arrakis create a much-desired spice called melange.

"Dune".

Round 5. Category: 1979

1: 1,000 Chinese protested the privileges of high officials in this square, more famous 10 years later.

Tiananmen Square.

2: Noted falls in 1979 included the Shah of Iran's after 37 years and this space station's after 34,980 orbits.

Skylab.

3: Amity Island was the setting for this 1975 film that topped 1979's TV ratings.

Jaws.

4: No longer a Sex Pistol, he was facing murder charges when he died in February.

Sid Vicious.

5: This general resigned as Supreme Commander of NATO and also retired from the U.S. Army.

Alexander Haig.

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

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