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Episode 175 - Put Me In, Coach! - Bands Of The '80s - Yasir - 4 - Gamers Unite!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 175, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Put Me In, Coach!

  • 1: I can't believe the ref called one of these on our goalie for elbowing, but I'm ready to go to the box and serve it.
  • a penalty.
  • 2: Notre Dame's football coach from 1918 to 1930, he had a winning percentage of .881, the highest in NCAA history.
  • Rockne.
  • 3: Put me in as this substitute on the basepaths! I'll steal second before you know it.
  • a pinch runner.
  • 4: Bob Kersee coached this woman, his wife, to 4 world championships, 2 in the heptathlon and 2 in the long jump.
  • Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
  • 5: Coach, we need rebounds. I can lead us to the promised land like this Hall of Fame Rockets and Sixers center.
  • Moses Malone.

    • 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: Yasir

      • 1: Arafat and this Likud leader signed a 1997 accord on Israeli troop withdrawal from most of the city of Hebron.
      • Benjamin Netanyahu.
      • 2: Some say Arafat was born in Jerusalem in 1929; others, in Gaza; still others, in this capital of Egypt.
      • Cairo.
      • 3: It's "The Loneliest Number" of nights Arafat will reportedly sleep in a house before moving on.
      • 1.
      • 4: In 1969 Arafat was named chairman of the PLO, which stands for this.
      • Palestine Liberation Organization.
      • 5: In the '50s Arafat worked in an engineering firm in this country, the invasion of which triggered the Gulf War.
      • Kuwait.

        • Round 4. Category: 4

        • 1: =.
        • =.
        • 2: "Seasonal" quartet in the lyrics of "You've Got A Friend".
        • winter, spring, summer and fall.
        • 3: =.
        • =.
        • 4: =.
        • =.
        • 5: To complete a foursome, mathematician Herman Minkowski added this to length, width and height.
        • time.

          • Round 5. Category: Gamers Unite!

          • 1: In this 2007 sequel Master Chief has new vehicles like the Mongoose to help him stop the Flood and the Covenant.
          • Halo 3.
          • 2: "The Burning Crusade", an expansion to this popular Blizzard game, offers 2 new races: Draenei and Blood Elves.
          • World of Warcraft.
          • 3: This musical instrument simulation game has a working whammy bar.
          • Guitar Hero.
          • 4: In "Shadows of Angmar", a video game based on these books, Sauron sends the Nazgul in search of some jewelry.
          • The Lord of the Rings.
          • 5: This Japanese video game involves a sticky little ball that players roll to grow it larger by picking up things.
          • Katamari.

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

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