Instant Trivia

Episode 284 - "R"T - Car Parts - The Garfield Era - Readers - The Job Interview

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 284, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "R"T

  • 1: Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china.
  • Renoir.
  • 2: He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance.
  • Raphael.
  • 3: Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style.
  • Rococo.
  • 4: His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum.
  • Rembrandt.
  • 5: An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master.
  • Rubens.

    • Round 2. Category: Car Parts

    • 1: Keep the cap and hoses of this coolant-holding device in good shape, or you may face a long hot walk.
    • the radiator.
    • 2: Cars can be slowed by these parts pressing on the brake drum; don't drag your own on the pavement.
    • shoes.
    • 3: This device turns energy into current, keeping the battery charged while the motor's on.
    • the alternator.
    • 4: An automatic transmission's version of this pedal is sometimes called a torque converter.
    • the clutch.
    • 5: In one steering system, a toothed bar called the rack is engaged by this gear.
    • the pinion.

      • Round 3. Category: The Garfield Era

      • 1: 9 days after Garfield's inauguration, Alexander II of this country was assassinated.
      • Russia.
      • 2: This institute in Alabama opened July 4, 1881 as a school to train black teachers.
      • Tuskegee Institute.
      • 3: Turkey ceded Thessaly to this country.
      • Greece.
      • 4: On April 5, 1881 the Treaty of Pretoria granted independence to this country.
      • South Africa.
      • 5: This British bacteriologist born August 6, 1881 "molded" the lives of future generations.
      • (Sir Alexander) Fleming.

        • Round 4. Category: Readers

        • 1: Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star.
        • Brad Pitt.
        • 2: In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident and the struggles since.
        • Christopher Reeve.
        • 3: Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him.
        • FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
        • 4: Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer and ex-husband of Ali MacGraw.
        • Robert Evans.
        • 5: "Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone.
        • Dick Francis.

          • Round 5. Category: The Job Interview

          • 1: A weakness? I can be too much of this kind of "player" and not standup of the individual credit I deserve.
          • a team player.
          • 2: I'm not only a go-getter but also this other alliterative term that means I don't need a push.
          • self-starter.
          • 3: I noticed in my regular reading of this Time Inc. business magazine that you're on its list of America's most admired Cos..
          • Fortune.
          • 4: The pin? Industrial engineering studies at this university really prepared me to work here at Amalgamated Button.
          • Texas Tech.
          • 5: I am a people person, but still keep an appropriate distance as this, from the Latin for "over" and "see".
          • supervisor.

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

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