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Episode 265 - Subway Stops - My Own Private Idaho - Motown - Lotto Fever - Irs Stuff

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 265, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Subway Stops

  • 1: Stops on this city's Line 1 include Carioca, Flamengo and Botafogo.
  • Rio de Janeiro.
  • 2: Kyobashi and Toranomon are stops on the Ginza Line cutting through this city.
  • Tokyo.
  • 3: You'll have to switch lines in this city to go from Chapultepec to Politecnico.
  • Mexico City.
  • 4: You can ride one line in this world capital from Kifissia to Pireas.
  • Athens.
  • 5: Going from Govan to Cowcaddens on this city's subway, you'll cross the Clyde and Kelvin Rivers.
  • Glasgow.

    • Round 2. Category: My Own Private Idaho

    • 1: Calling itself the birthplace of television, Rigby, Idaho was the boyhood home of this technology pioneer.
    • Philo Farnsworth.
    • 2: Idaho's license plates logically carry the slogan "Famous" these.
    • Potatoes.
    • 3: In the 1860s this precious metal was discovered at Owyhee, and today Idaho leads the U.S. in its production.
    • silver.
    • 4: The Idaho section of U.S. Highway 12 bears the name of these 2 men who passed through the area in the early 1800s.
    • Lewis and Clark.
    • 5: Idaho's Kamiah Valley is rich in the heritage and legends of this "nosy" Native American tribe.
    • Nez Perce.

      • Round 3. Category: Motown

      • 1: Beginning with "Where Did Our Love Go", this group has 12 No. 1 hits, more than any act on the Motown label.
      • the Supremes.
      • 2: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" was the first of his 19 Grammys, a record for rock performers.
      • Stevie Wonder.
      • 3: This lead singer of the Miracles wrote "My Guy" for Mary Wells and "My Girl" for the Temptations.
      • Smokey Robinson.
      • 4: Renaldo Benson, Abdul Fakir, Levi Stubbs and Lawrence Payton performed under this name, starting in 1956.
      • the Four Tops.
      • 5: The Supremes had the most No. 1 hits of any U.S. group, beginning with this song in 1964: "Baby, baby...".
      • "Where Did Our Love Go".

        • Round 4. Category: Lotto Fever

        • 1: An illegal lottery, or the fourth book of the Old Testament.
        • Numbers.
        • 2: One of the USA's 500 largest businesses by revenue is this state's lottery, based in Schenectady.
        • New York.
        • 3: In 1980 Congress forbade the use of this for distribution of lottery materials.
        • the mails.
        • 4: 13 workers at one of this coffee chain's stores in California became stars when they won big bucks in 2000...$87 million.
        • Starbucks.
        • 5: 2000 saw a fight in England over running the lottery, with this Virgin king at the forefeont.
        • Richard Branson.

          • Round 5. Category: Irs Stuff

          • 1: The IRS now allows some deductions for treatments, not including the over-the-counter patch, to quit this.
          • Smoking.
          • 2: To deduct these, your new job must be over 50 miles farther from your former home than your old job was.
          • Moving expenses.
          • 3: If you've been selected for one of these, the IRS cheerfully informs you that many of them result in refunds.
          • Audit.
          • 4: Filing jointly, families with 2 or more kids and making under $34,178 a year may receive the EITC, this credit.
          • Earned Income Tax Credit.
          • 5: About 9% of the individual returns for 2000 checked the box to donate this much to the Presidential Election Fund.
          • $3.

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

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