Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 283, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Duke
1: In 1960's "The Alamo", John Wayne played this king of the wild frontier.Davy Crockett.2: It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film.Stagecoach.3: This 1969 film earned John Wayne an Oscar; must have been the eye patch.True Grit.4: John Wayne introduced the first episode of this long-running TV western in 1955.Gunsmoke.5: A sort of western "Mutiny on the Bounty", this "colorful" 1948 film starred John Wayne and Monty Clift.Red River.Round 2. Category: Space
1: This is the largest of the terrestrial planets; it has one of the largest satellites as well.Earth.2: The Ariane launch vehicle is used prominently by this organization, abbreviated the ESA.European Space Agency.3: A bolide is a bright one of these that explodes during its descent through the atmosphere.a meteor.4: Your "flare" for astronomy will help you name this solar feature that lasts longer than a solar flare.Solar prominence.5: This planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun.Mercury.Round 3. Category: "Oo" 7-Letter Words
1: Head and ShouldersorPrell.shampoo.2: Frank Sinatra was often described as this type of smooth-singing balladeer.a crooner.3: In this billiards game, players have 15 red balls to shoot as well as 6 balls of other colors.snooker.4: It's the scientific study of animals.zoology.5: This slang word meaning "scat!" or "leave quickly" comes from the Spanish for "let us go".vamoose.Round 4. Category: Minimum Ages
1: To serve as a Congressman.25.2: To legally buy alcohol across the U.S..21.3: To see an R-rated movie unaccompanied by an adult.17.4: To vote in Canadian national elections.18.5: To play on the Senior PGA Tour.50.Round 5. Category: Action Stars
1: He's starred in one series of action-adventure movies as Han Solo and in another as Indiana Jones.Harrison Ford.2: "I'll be back!" was one of this Austrian-American's few lines in 1984's "The Terminator".Arnold Schwarzenegger.3: He earned Oscar nominations for writing and acting in "Rocky".Sylvester Stallone.4: Believe it or not, she's appeared as Ripley in 3 "Alien" films.Sigourney Weaver.5: Star of films like "Kickboxer" and "Bloodsport", this karate champ is nicknamed "The Muscles from Brussels".Jean Claude Van Damme.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!