Instant Trivia

Episode 211 - Reunited - Bride Of The Yankees - Mr. President - Unusual Books - Colleges And Universities

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 211, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Reunited

  • 1: Don Henley said this group would reunite when Hell froze over, which turned out to be in 1994.
  • The Eagles.
  • 2: On Sept. 19, 1981 this duo built a "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and reunited for a free concert in Central Park.
  • Simon and Garfunkel.
  • 3: The reunion of this group performing their hit "Roxanne" kicked off the 2007 Grammys.
  • The Police.
  • 4: This band reunited to play "Don't Stop" at Clinton's 1993 inaugural gala.
  • Fleetwood Mac.
  • 5: The answer was blowin' in the wind when this folk trio reunited for a 1972 George McGovern fundraiser.
  • Peter, Paul and Mary.

    • Round 2. Category: Bride Of The Yankees

    • 1: Married in 1954, this "Yankee Clipper" has roses delivered to his ex-wife's grave for 20 years after her death.
    • Joe DiMaggio.
    • 2: In the HBO movie "61*", Claire, this man's widow, is none too happy when his home-run record of 60 is tied.
    • Babe Ruth.
    • 3: In a 2001 "SNL" skit this Yankees shortstop appeared in drag as his double-play partner's wife Candy Soriano.
    • Derek Jeter.
    • 4: In 1994 Don's wife Kim Mattingly finished the 25th annual one of these in 5 hours, 40 minutes, 46 seconds.
    • the New York Marathon.
    • 5: In 1999 Diana, the widow of this 1970s catcher and team captain, threw out the first pitch at a Yankee game.
    • Thurman Munson.

      • Round 3. Category: Mr. President

      • 1: His grandfather had been VP, but Adlai Stevenson lost 2 presidential elections to this man.
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower.
      • 2: This former U.S. president led a scientific expedition into the Amazon jungle in 1914.
      • Theodore Roosevelt.
      • 3: In the presidential election of 1800, Alexander Hamilton supported Charles Pinckney over this incumbent.
      • John Adams.
      • 4: The economic panic of 1893 hit shortly after he returned as the nation's 24th president.
      • Grover Cleveland.
      • 5: In 1824 Sarah Childress married this future president.
      • James K. Polk.

        • Round 4. Category: Unusual Books

        • 1: "Bred any Good Rooks Lately?" is a humorous collection of these groaners.
        • puns.
        • 2: Jewel Shepard's "Invasion of the B-Girls" is a collection of interviews with girls who appear in these.
        • B-movies.
        • 3: "PL8 SPK" is a collection of stories written using only these.
        • (vanity) license plates.
        • 4: This most common letter in English isn't used in Ernest Vincent Wright's 50,000-word novel "Gadsby".
        • E.
        • 5: N.E. Thing Enterprises has produced 3 "Magic Eye" books where you stare at patterns that do this.
        • form 3D pictures (come out in 3D accepted).

          • Round 5. Category: Colleges And Universities

          • 1: The George Washington Carver Museum is on this Alabama school's campus.
          • the Tuskegee Institute.
          • 2: Opened around 1257, it's now a part of the universities of Paris.
          • The Sorbonne.
          • 3: According to a U.S. News and World Report survey, university presidents rate this western school best.
          • Stanford.
          • 4: James K. Polk went to this "tarheel university".
          • University of North Carolina.
          • 5: Several of its football songs were written by alumnus Cole Porter.
          • Yale.

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

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