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Episode 272 - Can't Live With 'Em - Pitches From The Crypt Episode 272 - Vilification - Antarctic Explorers - Put Me In, Coach! - All That Jazz - City Flags

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 272, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Can't Live With 'Em

  • 1: This folklore figure killed 6 wives who went against his orders and entered a room he kept locked.
  • Bluebeard.
  • 2: Ernie K-Doe sang about her, "Every time I open my mouth she steps in and tries to put me out".
  • "Mother-in-Law".

    • Round 2. Category: Pitches From The Crypt

    • 1: Known for introducing acts on his '50s variety show, he introduced the new Mercedes S.U.V. in 1997.
    • Ed Sullivan.
    • 2: The footage of Humphrey Bogart in this soda's commercial was shot decades before the soda's 1982 debut.
    • Diet Coke.

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      Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 272, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

      Round 1. Category: Vilification

      • 1: Rossini said of this "Ring" leader, "He has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour".
      • Richard Wagner.
      • 2: Mario Puzo wrote that one of these men "with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns".
      • a lawyer.
      • 3: In 1984 Barbara Bush said of this woman, "I can't say it, but it rhymes with rich"; she later apologized.
      • Geraldine Ferraro.
      • 4: Dorothy Parker's comment on this actress, "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B", was a joke.
      • Katharine Hepburn.
      • 5: Herman Mankiewicz said of this director, "There, but for the grace of God, goes God".
      • Orson Welles.

        • Round 2. Category: Antarctic Explorers

        • 1: The last entry in this Briton's diary, dated March 29, 1912, ended, "For God's sake look after our people".
        • Robert Scott.
        • 2: His 1930 book "Little America" is an account of his flight to the South Pole.
        • Richard Byrd.
        • 3: On Dec. 17, 1911 he left the South Pole, leaving behind a tent and the Norwegian flag.
        • Roald Amundsen.
        • 4: An Antarctic sea and ice shelf are named for this man who discovered the North Magnetic Pole.
        • James Ross.
        • 5: In the 1950s this New Zealand mountaineer blazed a trail for Sir Vivian Fuchs, the first to cross Antarctica.
        • Sir Edmund Hillary.

          • Round 3. Category: Put Me In, Coach!

          • 1: He had 9 very productive years coaching the Bulls, winning 6 NBA titles, before moving to the Lakers in 1999.
          • Phil Jackson.
          • 2: I can't believe the ref called one of these on our goalie for elbowing, but I'm ready to go to the box and serve it.
          • a penalty.
          • 3: Bob Kersee coached this woman, his wife, to 4 world championships, 2 in the heptathlon and 2 in the long jump.
          • Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
          • 4: Coach, we need rebounds. I can lead us to the promised land like this Hall of Fame Rockets and Sixers center.
          • Moses Malone.
          • 5: Put me in at this soccer position also called halfback--I can help on both offense and defense.
          • midfielder.

            • Round 4. Category: All That Jazz

            • 1: This current "Tonight Show" bandleader appeared in the documentary "Bring on the Night" with Sting.
            • Branford Marsalis.
            • 2: At age 6, Wynton Marsalis received his first trumpet from this New Orleans trumpeter known for "Cotton Candy".
            • Al Hirt.
            • 3: His son Mercer played trumpet and E-flat horn in his band and once served as the band's tour manager.
            • Duke Ellington.
            • 4: This producer and composer has written the TV themes for "The Bill Cosby Show" and "Roots".
            • Quincy Jones.
            • 5: In 1977 this saxophonist for the Dave Brubeck Quartet was elected to the Downbeat Magazine hall of fame.
            • Paul Desmond.

              • Round 5. Category: Cit

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