Instant Trivia

Episode 246 - Teens At Work - "Cool", Dude! - Abbreviated U.s. States - Old Testament Women - Collect The Whole Series

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 246, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Teens At Work

  • 1: At 14, this fairy tale author worked for a director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen.
  • Hans Christian Andersen.
  • 2: At 16, Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert to win this tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows.
  • U.S. Open.
  • 3: In the 1720s at age 16, this statesman and inventor wrote popular articles for the New England Courant newspaper.
  • Benjamin Franklin.
  • 4: At 13, this march composer became an apprentice with the U.S. Marine Band.
  • John Philip Sousa.
  • 5: At 16, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service between Staten Island and this famous 31-square-mile-island.
  • Manhattan.

    • Round 2. Category: "Cool", Dude!

    • 1: Paul Newman refuses to conform to rural prison life in this movie.
    • Cool Hand Luke.
    • 2: In the late 19-teens, he was the governor of Massachusetts.
    • Calvin Coolidge.
    • 3: In the 1980s Ernest and Julio Gallo introduced these beverages under the Bartles and Jaymes label.
    • wine coolers.
    • 4: Rapper born Artis Ivey Jr..
    • Coolio.
    • 5: Nickname of ballplayer James Bell, said to be so fast that a ball he hit struck him as he slid into second.
    • "Cool Papa".

      • Round 3. Category: Abbreviated U.s. States

      • 1: The 2 states whose abbreviations are informal words for father and mother.
      • Pennsylvania, PA and Massachusetts, MA.
      • 2: Also a preposition, the abbreviation for this Midwestern state can mean "popular" or "fashionable".
      • Indiana, IN.
      • 3: Put "17" with the abbreviation for this state and you get an MPAA movie rating.
      • North Carolina, NC.
      • 4: The abbreviation for this state is one of the 3 basic parts of the human psyche, according to Freud.
      • Idaho, ID.
      • 5: Put the abbreviation for this state with "scan" and you get a computerized diagnostic medical technique.
      • Connecticut, CT.

        • Round 4. Category: Old Testament Women

        • 1: When David first saw her, she was "washing herself, and" she "was very beautiful to look upon".
        • Bathsheba.
        • 2: Hadassah was the Hebrew name of this queen for whom an Old Testament book is named.
        • Esther.
        • 3: When told she was going to have a child by Abraham, she "laughed within herself".
        • Sarah.
        • 4: After his patience was tested, he was rewarded with a new family including 3 girls, Jemima, Kezia and Kerenhappuch.
        • Job.
        • 5: Ms. Winfrey was supposed to be called this, after a Moabite woman in the book of Ruth.
        • Orpah.

          • Round 5. Category: Collect The Whole Series

          • 1: 98 CDs, running over 100 hours, contain Arkangel Productions' versions of all 38 of these.
          • the complete plays of Shakespeare.
          • 2: In 2008 I'll get Hawaii and complete my series of these.
          • state quarters.
          • 3: Collectors of these ads added the bikini- and mustache- sporting Angelina Jolie in 2003.
          • "Milk" ads.
          • 4: A Horsemen of the Apocalypse trading card set would only have 4 cards: Pestilence, War, Famine and this.
          • Death.
          • 5: In a series of books, it precedes "Run", "Redux", "is Rich" and "at Rest".
          • Rabbit.

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

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