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Episode 208 - Harrys And Garys - The "Cat" - Forests - The Write Stuff - Who's On First?

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 208, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Harrys And Garys

  • 1: Getting the role of Colonel Potter on "M*A*S*H" was a bit of a demotion; he'd previosuly played a general on the show.
  • Harry Morgan.
  • 2: Gary "Big Hands" Johnson played defense for 10 seasons with this NFL team, the southernmost in California.
  • the San Diego Chargers.
  • 3: Bigfoot went domestic in this 1987 comedy with John Lithgow.
  • Harry and the Hendersons.
  • 4: Here's a Harry and a Gary: in 1995 this "Forrest Gump" actor played Harry Truman.
  • Gary Sinise.
  • 5: Harry Shearer has voiced at least 36 different characters, including Jebediah Springfield, on this show.
  • The Simpsons.

    • Round 2. Category: The "Cat"

    • 1: The wormlike larva of a moth.
    • a caterpillar.
    • 2: Henny Youngman began his career as a violinist playing the "Borscht Belt" in these N.Y. mountains.
    • the Catskills.
    • 3: An audition open to everyone; it may bring a stampede of actors.
    • cattle call.
    • 4: The southern part of what's now China was called Mangi; the northern part was called this.
    • Cathay.
    • 5: For Kant, to act according to principles that you'd like to see become universal is this type of "imperative".
    • a categorical imperative.

      • Round 3. Category: Forests

      • 1: The Mbuti of Congo's Ituri Forest are the shortest of these peoples at an average height of about 4'8".
      • Pygmies.
      • 2: Britain's 4,500-acre Savernake Forest is privately owned by the Earl of this (think sweater).
      • Cardigan.
      • 3: This European country's Sonian Forest is flanked by the towns of Tervuren and Waterloo.
      • Belgium.
      • 4: New Hampshire has its White Mountain National Forest and Vermont has one named for this mountain range.
      • the Green Mountains.
      • 5: The USA's first Natl. Forest, Shoshone, was set aside in 1891 as part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve in this state.
      • Wyoming.

        • Round 4. Category: The Write Stuff

        • 1: Dumas Malone won a Pulitzer Prize for his multi-volume biography of this Monticello resident.
        • Thomas Jefferson.
        • 2: Sir John Buchan wrote the adventure thriller "The 39 Steps" before becoming governor-general of this country.
        • Canada.
        • 3: This son of J.R.R. Tolkien entered the family business, teaching at Oxford and editing "The Silmarillion".
        • Christopher Tolkien.
        • 4: This "divine" saint wrote the Book of Revelation on the Greek island of Patmos.
        • St. John.
        • 5: After penning the musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman", this man wrote "Love! Valour! Compassion!".
        • Terrence McNally.

          • Round 5. Category: Who's On First?

          • 1: In 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs but this first baseman and Yankee teammate was league MVP.
          • Lou Gehrig.
          • 2: In both 1995 and 1996, this Dodger first baseman hit over 30 home runs and had over 100 runs batted in.
          • Eric Karros.
          • 3: Yankees,1923-1939.
          • (Lou) Gehrig.
          • 4: A's,1987-1997;Cardinals,1998-2001.
          • Mark McGwire.
          • 5: Mets,1983-1989;"Seinfeld ",beginning in 1992.
          • (Keith) Hernandez.

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

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