Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 210, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Women In Sports
1: Like fathers, like daughters: in June 2001 it was Joe Frazier's daughter Jacqui against this boxer's daughter Laila.Muhammad Ali.2: This runner, who married Richard Slaney in 1985, holds 6 U.S. records, from 800 meters to 10,000 meters.Mary Decker.3: In 1988 Golf Magazine named this Mexican-American "Woman Golfer of the Decade".Nancy Lopez.4: On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female.(Babe Didrikson) Zaharias.5: In 1996, on an injured ankle, she did a final vault that helped the U.S. gymnastics team win the Olympic gold.Kerri Strug.Round 2. Category: Clues Past Their Freshness Date
1: Time's 1980 Man of the Year cover showed him in a western shirt, jeans and a tooled belt with silver buckle.Ronald Reagan.2: To get into this event at the White House March 31, 1997 you had to have a 3-to-6-year-old kid with you.the Easter Egg Hunt.3: In 1992 United began flying the Latin American routes purchased from this airline that folded in 1991.Pan American.4: This brand's jingle called it "That Heavenly Coffee".Chock full o'Nuts.5: In 1996 Chevy reintroduced this model first seen in 1964, also the name of a version of Barbie.Malibu.Round 3. Category: Internal Rhymes
1: It can be a meeting among business colleagues, or a Native American ceremonial feast.a powwow.2: It's a sturdy carryall worn by hikers as well as students.a backpack.3: A homeless traveler riding on freight trains.a hobo.4: A natl. assoc. of wanderers says you can still be this 4-letter term even if you never rode a freight train.a hobo.5: This adjective meaning unkempt and varied is often applied to disorganized armies or militias.ragtag.Round 4. Category: Our Avian Friends
1: Only the extinct 10-foot-tall moas of New Zealand were taller than this 8-foot African bird.Ostrich.2: The deepest diver among birds is the emperor species of this bird which may reach depths of 900 feet.Penguin.3: This tiny bird drinks nectar at the rate of about 13 licks per second.Hummingbird.4: The sapsucker, a group of birds in this family, drills holes in trees to stimulate the flow of sap.Woodpeckers.5: The name of this black bird of Asia, a superb mimic of human speech, is from the Sanskrit for "passion".Mynah bird.Round 5. Category: Tv Friends
1: (Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) I used to play D.J. Connor's boring friend George on this sitcom.Roseanne.2: Grant Show appeared as Dylan's friend Jake on this series before he was spun off to "Melrose Place".Beverly Hills, 90210.3: In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name: it's Cosmo.Kramer.4: He's the friend Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends".Joey Tribbiani.5: Claire Danes and A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela and Rayanne on this acclaimed series.My So-Called Life.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!