Instant Trivia

Episode 288 - Fools And Follies - Religion In Corporations - Beach Boys - Play Your Cards Right - Spelling Bee

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 288, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Fools And Follies

  • 1: This country sold what's known as Seward's Folly.
  • Russia.
  • 2: A gowk is a person who is tricked on the Scottish equivalent of this U.S. observance.
  • April Fool's Day.
  • 3: Iron pyrite.
  • Fool's gold.
  • 4: Proper name of what's been called Fulton's Folly.
  • The Clermont.
  • 5: He wrote the songs for the 1971 musical "Follies".
  • Steven Sondheim.

    • Round 2. Category: Religion In Corporations

    • 1: This car company that promoted "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie" sponsored the "Come Together and Worship Tour".
    • Chevrolet.
    • 2: Clothing chain Forever 21 puts this biblical book and the chapter and verse 3:16 on the bottom of bags.
    • John.
    • 3: This Seattle-based airline puts prayer cards on the food trays.
    • Alaska Airlines.
    • 4: Starbucks began putting quotes on its cups by this author of "The Purpose-Driven Life".
    • Rick Warren.
    • 5: This national chicken sandwich restaurant stays closed on Sundays so employees can focus on faith and family.
    • Chick-fil-A.

      • Round 3. Category: Beach Boys

      • 1: Crockett and Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series.
      • Miami Vice.
      • 2: For awhile in "Beach Blanket Bingo" this actor romances Linda Evans, not Annette.
      • Frankie Avalon.
      • 3: A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective.
      • Magnum, P.I..
      • 4: This actor rolls on the sand and in the surf with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity".
      • Burt Lancaster.
      • 5: Fred Astaire's first dramatic role was in this 1959 post-nuclear war Nevil Shute drama set partly in Australia.
      • On the Beach.

        • Round 4. Category: Play Your Cards Right

        • 1: A hole in one, or a skilled fighter pilot.
        • an ace.
        • 2: It's the lowest total that makes you go bust in blackjack.
        • 22.
        • 3: A hole in one, or a skilled fighter pilot.
        • an ace.
        • 4: Back in the 1850s this card was added to the deck to be the highest trump in the game of euchre.
        • Joker.
        • 5: Phish musician Ernest Joseph Anastasio III, like many guys with III in their names, goes by this.
        • Trey.

          • Round 5. Category: Spelling Bee

          • 1: This long river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
          • M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.
          • 2: Last name of the only California Governor to become U.S. President.
          • R-E-A-G-A-N.
          • 3: It's the country formerly known as Rhodesia.
          • Z-I-M-B-A-B-W-E.
          • 4: The name of this Philistine warrior to the Bible is now applied to any large object or person.
          • G-O-L-I-A-T-H.
          • 5: The name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, it now means an opponent or rival who can't be overcome.
          • N-E-M-E-S-I-S.

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

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