Instant Trivia

Episode 182 - "Ss" The Situation - Ohio Bio - Authors' Rhyme Time - I'm Not Wearing Any Pants - Friday The 13Th

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Ss" The Situation

  • 1: The ADA says to do this gently, once a day; it "helps keep your gums healthy".
  • floss.
  • 2: Did you know I could bench-press 250 lbs.? But I do this, a 7-letter term meaning to deviate from the main topic.
  • digress.
  • 3: From the Greek for "bottomless", it's a vast chasm.
  • abyss.
  • 4: Yuck! It can often be found before national product, ton or anatomy.
  • gross.
  • 5: Hemingway wrote anything was "better than Ezra learning to play" this low-range woodwind instrument.
  • bassoon.

    • Round 2. Category: Ohio Bio

    • 1: Born in Cambridge in 1921, he went on to be a senator and an astronaut.
    • (John) Glenn.
    • 2: Born in Darke County in 1860, she developed her amazing proficiency with firearms at an early age.
    • Annie Oakley.
    • 3: Appropriately enough, this writer of Westerns was born in Zanesville in 1872.
    • Zane Grey.
    • 4: Born in Columbus in 1890, he was a car-racing champion and a WWI flying ace.
    • Eddie Rickenbacker.
    • 5: This late jazz pianist, famous for his trio, was born blind in Toledo, Ohio in 1910.
    • Art Tatum.

      • Round 3. Category: Authors' Rhyme Time

      • 1: George Bernard's rules.
      • Shaw's laws.
      • 2: Vidal's battles.
      • Gore's wars.
      • 3: Umberto's lizards.
      • Eco's geckos.
      • 4: Ms. Ephron's soft felt hats.
      • Nora's fedoras.
      • 5: Koontz's mungs and favas.
      • Dean's beans.

        • Round 4. Category: I'm Not Wearing Any Pants

        • 1: On Sept. 8, 1504 this Michelangelo statue was completed, in all his glory.
        • David.
        • 2: Annie Leibovitz' Dec. 8, 1980 photo of this naked man lying next to his clothed wife was taken on the last day of his life.
        • John Lennon.
        • 3: Among the hundreds of paintings by this Dutch master is the nude "Bathsheba at the Bath".
        • Rembrandt.
        • 4: In 1876 "The Vanquished", a male nude, later called "The Age of Bronze", was this sculptor's first masterwork.
        • Rodin.
        • 5: Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, it's the one starring an over 100-foot guy in his birthday suit.
        • the Colossus of Rhodes.

          • Round 5. Category: Friday The 13Th

          • 1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation.
          • Germany (or the Nazis).
          • 2: Friday January 13, 1995: The first all-female crew wins a qualifying race for this contest.
          • the America's Cup.
          • 3: Friday October 13, 1967: This president signs an executive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. govt..
          • (Lyndon) Johnson.
          • 4: Friday, February 13, 1914:This 5-letter organization is set up to collect royalties when music is performed.
          • ASCAP.
          • 5: 1994: The first handover of a West Bank city from Israel to the Palestinians--this one where a battle was fit.
          • Jericho.

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

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