Instant Trivia

Episode 206 - True Story - Oscar-Winning Songs - Mountains - Famous Understudies - World Coins

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 206, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: True Story

  • 1: John Hersey wrote about 6 survivors of an August 6, 1945 explosion in this title city.
  • Hiroshima.
  • 2: In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school".
  • West Point.
  • 3: Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering that she had breast cancer while "ice bound" here.
  • the South Pole.
  • 4: This gonzo journalist tells the "Strange and Terrible Saga" of flying with angels--Hell's Angels.
  • Hunter Thompson.
  • 5: "Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest and the tragedy that befell others around him.
  • Jon Krakauer.

    • Round 2. Category: Oscar-Winning Songs

    • 1: 2013:"Let It Go" from this animated flick.
    • Frozen.
    • 2: Melanie Griffith had "A Bod in Sin" in this film, but it was Carly Simon's "Let the River Run" that won an Oscar.
    • Working Girl.
    • 3: ("Colors of the Wind").
    • Pocahontas.
    • 4: "Georgy Girl" and "Alfie" lost to this 1966 song that lionized a lioness named Elsa.
    • "Born Free".
    • 5: 1942:This holiday classic from "Holiday Inn".
    • White Christmas.

      • Round 3. Category: Mountains

      • 1: In modern Greek this peak is called Olimbos.
      • Olympus.
      • 2: The Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains surround this Utah capital.
      • Salt Lake City.
      • 3: Seen here is one of Hokusai's famous wood-block prints of this mountain.
      • Mount Fuji.
      • 4: This peak is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet.
      • Mount McKinley.
      • 5: Not quite 14,500 feet, this California peak is named for geologist Josiah.
      • Mount Whitney.

        • Round 4. Category: Famous Understudies

        • 1: Four years before "Laugh-In", Jo Anne Worley understudied Carol Channing in this smash hit musical.
        • Hello, Dolly!.
        • 2: Lainie Kazan not only played a showgirl in this show, she understudied Barbra Streisand.
        • Funny Girl.
        • 3: John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" understudied Richard Burton in this 1960 musical.
        • Camelot.
        • 4: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward understudied in the original 1953 production of this William Inge play.
        • Picnic.
        • 5: Richard Gere was an understudy in this musical set at Rydell High before he starred in it in London.
        • Grease.

          • Round 5. Category: World Coins

          • 1: In 2001 the Isle of Man issued 6 coins devoted to this 11-year-old wizard; the first depicted him casting a spell.
          • Harry Potter.
          • 2: In 2004 Somalia issued 6 coins in the shape of this instrument, including a fender Stratocaster.
          • guitar.
          • 3: This principality now uses the Euro and has issued Euro coins with Prince Rainier on the obverse.
          • Monaco.
          • 4: In 2007 this late pope was honored with a coin in nauru; his image pops up perpendicular to the coin.
          • Pope John Paul II.
          • 5: A hologram of this sacred temple lies in the center of Cambodia's 2001 10,000-riel coin.
          • Angkor Wat.

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

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