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Episode 185 - Union Labels - Illegalities - Name The Olympic Sport - Shopping U.s.a. - The President Who Said...

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Union Labels

  • 1: The DGA, this guild, gives awards for achievement in commercials as well as feature films.
  • Directors Guild of America.
  • 2: Arturo Rodriguez heads the UFW, this union once led by Cesar Chavez.
  • United Farm Workers.
  • 3: The NALC, National Association of these, says its members each deliver 41.5 tons of mail a year.
  • Letter Carriers.
  • 4: 1.3 million strong, the AFSCME is the American Federation of State, County and these employees.
  • Municipal.
  • 5: The ILA, the union of these "men", is headquartered near the Hudson on NYC's Battery Place.
  • Longshoremen.

    • Round 2. Category: Illegalities

    • 1: On Jan. 12, 1998 NYC mayor Giuliani announced he'd crack down on these pedestrian miscreants.
    • Jaywalkers.
    • 2: Anti-gang laws target this, defined as hanging around or moving too slowly.
    • Loitering.
    • 3: This adjective often found before "exposure" means the exposer knows others can see.
    • Indecent.
    • 4: From the same root as consecration, this opposite term is sometimes done to flags.
    • Desecration.
    • 5: In 1931 Al Capone got 11 years not for murder or bootlegging but for this.
    • Tax evasion.

      • Round 3. Category: Name The Olympic Sport

      • 1: Shorts,10 or 12-ounce gloves,protective headgear.
      • boxing.
      • 2: Landing area,crossbar,long flexible staff.
      • pole vault.
      • 3: A sled weighing no more than 50 pounds,a steep hill,nerves of steel.
      • luge.
      • 4: 2 teams of 6,an over 7-foot-high net.
      • volleyball.
      • 5: Floor area,bodysuit,a ball, a hoop or a ribbon.
      • rhythmic gymnastics.

        • Round 4. Category: Shopping U.s.a.

        • 1: Elvis Presley Enterprises owns several gift shops in this city; they're all close to Graceland.
        • Memphis.
        • 2: Rumors on Royal Street in this city specializes in hand-crafted Mardi Gras masks.
        • New Orleans.
        • 3: This Las Vegas hotel-casino is known for its Appian Way plaza shops as well as its Forum shops.
        • Caesars Palace.
        • 4: J. Crew picked this city's South Street Seaport as the site for its first retail store, opened in 1989.
        • New York City.
        • 5: Now a trendy shopping area, this marketplace near Boston's Faneuil Hall dates from 1826.
        • Quincy Market.

          • Round 5. Category: The President Who Said...

          • 1: "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate".
          • John F. Kennedy.
          • 2: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet".
          • Lincoln.
          • 3: In his first address to Congress: "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today".
          • Lyndon Johnson.
          • 4: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe".
          • Gerald Ford.
          • 5: "It must be a peace without victory... Only a peace between equals can last".
          • Wilson.

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

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