Instant Trivia

Episode 257 - They Wrote The Songs - Dan Rather - 3-M - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Think Fast

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 257, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: They Wrote The Songs

  • 1: "Can't Buy Me Love" and Love Me Do".
  • John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
  • 2: "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Edelweiss".
  • Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
  • 3: "Honky Cat" and "Crocodile Rock".
  • Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
  • 4: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "(They Long To Be) Close To You".
  • Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
  • 5: "I Don't Know How To Love Him" and "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina".
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.

    • Round 2. Category: Dan Rather

    • 1: Dan Rather was co-editor of this TV show from 1975 to 1981.
    • 60 MInutes.
    • 2: Dan was born on October 31, 1931 in this U.S. state.
    • Texas.
    • 3: In 1981 Dan replaced this legendary longtime anchorman.
    • Walter Cronkite.
    • 4: Dan was upped to a national post by CBS after covering one of these natural disasters in September 1961.
    • Hurricane.
    • 5: The title of one of Dan's books on broadcast journalism states that "The Camera Never" does this.
    • Blinks.

      • Round 3. Category: 3-M

      • 1: The greatest quantity possible, perhaps in prison security.
      • maximum.
      • 2: About 10 feet high at the shoulder, this Pleistocene animal had complex molar teeth.
      • a mammoth.
      • 3: Porgy and Bess know this title is when "the livin' is easy".
      • "Summertime".
      • 4: On New Year's Day 1901, Philadelphia hosted the first annual this Parade.
      • Mummers.
      • 5: 11-letter term meaning to honor by some observance.
      • commemorate.

        • Round 4. Category: Go Tell It On The Mountain

        • 1: This major mountain range of the United States also runs through Canada between Montana and Alaska.
        • the Rockies.
        • 2: Africa's highest mountain, it's primarily made up of 3 extinct volcanoes.
        • Kilimanjaro.
        • 3: This 14,110-foot Colorado mountain peak discovered in 1806 inspired the song "America The Beautiful".
        • Pikes Peak.
        • 4: You don't need no stinkin' badges to treasure this main mountain system of Mexico.
        • the Sierra Madre.
        • 5: The 20,320-foot mountain then known as Densmore's Mt. was renamed for this presidential candidate in 1896.
        • McKinley.

          • Round 5. Category: Think Fast

          • 1: A person moving quickly is going by leaps and these.
          • Bounds.
          • 2: Floor it, or "put the pedal to" this.
          • The metal.
          • 3: People go like a blue one of these, or like one of lightning.
          • Streak.
          • 4: A dictionary defines it as "The instant's duration of a wink"; little stars and eyes do it.
          • Twinkle.
          • 5: The material that people are "hellbent for" when moving quickly.
          • Leather.

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

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