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!