Instant Trivia

Episode 278 - She's Canadian, Eh? - Next In Line, Please - King James Bible Beasts - Novels' First Lines - Major League Baseball

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 278, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: She's Canadian, Eh?

  • 1: This Windsor native's 2002 CD "Up!" offers pop and country versions of the same 19 songs.
  • Shania Twain.
  • 2: We've got a hankering for this singer from Consort, Alberta.
  • k.d. lang.
  • 3: As a kid, this angry alt-rocker from Ottawa starred on Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That on Television".
  • Alanis Morissette.
  • 4: This jazz vocalist from British Columbia lists Carmen McRae and Nat King Cole as her biggest influences.
  • Diana Krall.
  • 5: This teen from Ontario sang about a "Sk8er Boi".
  • Avril Lavigne.

    • Round 2. Category: Next In Line, Please

    • 1: In the Catholic Church:bishop,archbishop,cardinal....
    • Pope.
    • 2: In the history of France:Henry III,Henry IV,Louis XIII....
    • Louis XIV.
    • 3: Beef:USDA standard,USDA select,USDA choice,USDA....
    • Prime.
    • 4: In Roman numerals:I, V, X, L....
    • C (100).
    • 5: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn....
    • Uranus.

      • Round 3. Category: King James Bible Beasts

      • 1: You'll "spot" this feline variety in Jeremiah 13:23.
      • a leopard.
      • 2: I Kings 10 tells us that these were imported from Egypt at 150 shekels each; the chariots were extra.
      • horses.
      • 3: In Exodus 29 God demands a rump roast from a male one of these as tribute.
      • a sheep.
      • 4: The Song of Solomon 2:15 tells of these "little" critters "that spoil the vines".
      • foxes.
      • 5: Since Leviticus 19:19 expressly forbids this, mules are not allowed.
      • crossbreeding.

        • Round 4. Category: Novels' First Lines

        • 1: Orwell: "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night...".
        • Animal Farm.
        • 2: Fitzgerald: "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind...".
        • The Great Gatsby.
        • 3: Tolstoy: "'Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes'".
        • War and Peace.
        • 4: Golding: "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down...and began to pick his way toward the lagoon".
        • Lord of the Flies.
        • 5: Bronte: "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day".
        • Jane Eyre.

          • Round 5. Category: Major League Baseball

          • 1: On Feb. 28, 2000 this Yankee received a one-year suspension for violating MLB's drug policy.
          • Darryl Strawberry.
          • 2: Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux won the NL's Cy Young Award in 1992; he won it the next 3 years with this new team.
          • Atlanta Braves.
          • 3: Alex Rodriguez has won 2 American League MVP Awards, with Texas in 2003 and this team in 2005.
          • the Yankees.
          • 4: After 36 seasons in Montreal, the Expos moved to this city in 2005 and were renamed the Nationals.
          • Washington, D.C..
          • 5: This reliever with an intimidating fastball and mustache entered Cooperstown in 2008.
          • (Rich "Goose") Gossage.

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

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