Instant Trivia

Episode 163 - I Need My "Space" - Say "Jack" - A Capital Idea - Toys And Games - Throw It Here

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 163, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: I Need My "Space"

  • 1: Ittowers605 feetoverSeattle.
  • the Space Needle.
  • 2: It's been making people scream at Disney World since the '70s.
  • Space Mountain.
  • 3: It's between the 2 "Alt" keys on a standard keyboard.
  • the spacebar.
  • 4: The Chandra or the Hubble, for example.
  • a space telescope.
  • 5: The Oscar-winning actress and actor who fit the category.
  • Kevin Spacey and Sissy Spacek.

    • Round 2. Category: Say "Jack"

    • 1: This man's Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH action network is a merger of 2 earlier political groups.
    • Jesse Jackson.
    • 2: On TV he played Steve McGarrett, head of Five-O, a special Hawaiian police unit.
    • Jack Lord.
    • 3: He played for the Kansas City Monarchs before he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
    • Jackie Robinson.
    • 4: This actress who now plays Lisa Landry on "Sister, Sister" won an Emmy for "227".
    • Jackee Harry.
    • 5: Formerly a special advisor to LBJ, he's presided over the MPAA since 1966.
    • Jack Valenti.

      • Round 3. Category: A Capital Idea

      • 1: Abuja, this country's first planned city, was built in the Chukuku Hills to replace Lagos as the capital.
      • Nigeria.
      • 2: Empress Taitu chose the name of this Ethiopian capital; it means "new flower".
      • Addis Ababa.
      • 3: Someone had the bright idea to name this city for a duke even before it became New Zealand's capital.
      • Wellington.
      • 4: Someone had the bright idea to build a Disneysea theme park in this Asian city; it opened in 2001.
      • Tokyo.
      • 5: Hey, mon, Bob Marley's home in this Caribbean capital was turned into a Bob Marley museum.
      • Kingston, Jamaica.

        • Round 4. Category: Toys And Games

        • 1: Parker Bros, has made balls, boomerangs and ping pong paddles out of this soft material.
        • Nerf (or foam rubber).
        • 2: Another name for a firefly, or Hasbro's toy that lights up when you hug it.
        • glow worm.
        • 3: Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie.
        • G.I. Joe.
        • 4: The Toys R Us 2011 holiday hot toys list included the LeapPad Explorer from this company.
        • LeapFrog.
        • 5: If you roll 5 of a kind you've gotten this, the name of a dice game by Milton Bradley.
        • Yahtzee.

          • Round 5. Category: Throw It Here

          • 1: Completes the proverb "People who live in glass houses shouldn't...".
          • throw stones.
          • 2: To issue a challenge is to "throw down" this, like a medieval knight.
          • the gauntlet.
          • 3: Too bad when Hart Crane jumped ship his father couldn't throw him this, like the same-named candy he invented.
          • a lifesaver.
          • 4: From the Latin for "to speak from the belly", it's the art of throwing one's voice.
          • ventriloquism (to ventriloquize accepted).
          • 5: In 1915 he became the first president to attend the World Series and to throw out the first pitch during a Series game.
          • (Woodrow) Wilson.

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

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