Instant Trivia

Episode 227 - States' Former Governors - All "Set" - Team Sports - The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Here's Waldo

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: States' Former Governors

  • 1: Lurleen Wallace, 1967-1968.
  • Alabama.
  • 2: George W. P. Hunt and Bruce Babbit.
  • Arizona.
  • 3: Tom Ridge, 1995-2001.
  • Pennsylvania.
  • 4: Thomas Dewey, 1943-1954.
  • New York.
  • 5: Henry Lee and Fitzhugh Lee.
  • Virginia.

    • Round 2. Category: All "Set"

    • 1: In summer, when this happens just after 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, it happens after 11:30 p.m. in Anchorage.
    • sunset.
    • 2: Species of this small monkey include the common, buffy tufted-ear and pygmy.
    • a marmoset.
    • 3: It can be a useful quality, or any item of value that is owned.
    • an asset.
    • 4: Hebrew for "assembly", it's the parliament of Israel.
    • the Knesset.
    • 5: An element that balances another, or a type of printing that takes ink from plate to blanket to paper.
    • offset.

      • Round 3. Category: Team Sports

      • 1: In football's shotgun formation, this player stands several yards behind the center to take the snap.
      • Quarterback.
      • 2: In this sport it may be a foul to hold either the ball or an opponent's head underwater.
      • Water polo.
      • 3: It's said this game using little padding originated when a schoolboy grabbed a soccer ball and ran.
      • Rugby.
      • 4: Hockey's Colorado Avalanche once played for this city, birthplace of their star Patrick Roy.
      • Quebec City.
      • 5: Using a frisbee and combining football and other games, it's the "last" word in team sports.
      • Ultimate frisbee.

        • Round 4. Category: The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

        • 1: That's right, guv, the first Holmes story was this "scarlet" one.
        • A Study in Scarlet.
        • 2: Holmes goes to see a man about a dog in this 1902 novel about a deadly legend.
        • The Hound of the Baskervilles.
        • 3: If you ever needed his services, all the mates knew this was Sherlock's London address.
        • 221B Baker Street.
        • 4: Conan Doyle did this to Holmes in "The Final Problem", but the public outcry caused him to change his mind.
        • Killed him off.
        • 5: If events would come a cropper, this Scotland Yard inspector would seek out Holmes for help.
        • Inspector Lestrade.

          • Round 5. Category: Here's Waldo

          • 1: Waldo was the nephew of this nearsighted cartoon character and helped keep him out of trouble.
          • Mr. Magoo.
          • 2: Named after the screenwriter of "Midnight Cowboy", the Waldo Salt award is given by this Park City, Utah film fest.
          • Sundance.
          • 3: On the quirky TV series "Twin Peaks", a pet bird named Waldo of this talkative species ends up mysteriously dead.
          • a myna bird.
          • 4: In a 1975 film this actor was just great as "The Great Waldo Pepper".
          • Robert Redford.
          • 5: This tough-guy actor's last film role was as Police Commissioner Waldo in 1981's "Ragtime".
          • (James) Cagney.

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

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