Instant Trivia

Episode 209 - History 101 - Women's Liberation - Gene Wilder - 2001: A Sports Odyssey - Kitty Literature

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 209, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: History 101

  • 1: This future president graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1940.
  • John F. Kennedy.
  • 2: The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C..
  • Egypt.
  • 3: When asked how she'd survived the Titanic, she replied, "I'm unsinkable" -- hence, her famous nickname.
  • Molly Brown.
  • 4: John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him.
  • Pocahontas.
  • 5: In 1862 Jefferson Davis named this Confederate general his chief military advisor.
  • Robert E. Lee.

    • Round 2. Category: Women's Liberation

    • 1: In 1910 Alice Wells got special badge No. 1 as the first female one of these in Los Angeles.
    • Police officer.
    • 2: The term suffragette came from suffrage, the right to do this.
    • Vote.
    • 3: In her 1963 book she used the term "Feminine Mystique" to describe the image of women.
    • Betty Friedan.
    • 4: Introduced in 1959, she got in trouble in 1992 for saying "Math class is tough".
    • Barbie.
    • 5: In 1972 this magazine appeared on American newsstands for the first time.
    • Ms..

      • Round 3. Category: Gene Wilder

      • 1: In 1984 Gene married this woman with whom he later had a "Haunted Honeymoon".
      • Gilda Radner.
      • 2: In his first movie, Gene played a mortician kidnapped by Warren Beatty in this 1967 film.
      • Bonnie and Clyde.
      • 3: This man directed Gene in "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles".
      • Mel Brooks.
      • 4: Gene was nominated for a Screenwriting Oscar for this film that also starred Marty Feldman as Igor.
      • Young Frankenstein.
      • 5: Gene's first movie pairing with Richard Pryor came in this 1976 comedy thriller about a murder plot on a train.
      • Silver Streak.

        • Round 4. Category: 2001: A Sports Odyssey

        • 1: Number of home runs Barry Bonds hit in 2001, setting a Major League record.
        • 73.
        • 2: As GM of this team, Michael Jordan made history by picking high schooler Kwame Brown No. 1 in the NBA draft.
        • the Washington Wizards.
        • 3: Point Given won this Triple Crown race and got daisies because Maryland's state flower hadn't bloomed yet.
        • the Preakness.
        • 4: This "Iron Man" played his last game for the Orioles in 2001 after 21 seasons.
        • Cal Ripken.
        • 5: With the help of defensemen Ray Bourque and Rob Blake, this hockey team cascaded to the Stanley Cup.
        • the Colorado Avalanche.

          • Round 5. Category: Kitty Literature

          • 1: The feline in footwear popularized in Charles Perrault's tale.
          • Puss in Boots.
          • 2: "It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin".
          • the Cheshire Cat.
          • 3: Brick Pollitt's wife, who is the "cat" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
          • Maggie.
          • 4: In this play, when the 1st witch cries, "I come, Graymalkin!", she's calling to her cat.
          • Macbeth.
          • 5: He wrote "The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat".
          • Ogden Nash.

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

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