Instant Trivia

Episode 291 - Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny - The Book Biz - Famous Franks - World's Oldest Man's Résumé - World Of Islam

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 291, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny

  • 1: Walt Disney won a record 14 of these statuettes now given out in March.
  • Oscars.
  • 2: The first of these were awarded in 1901 and they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace and 3 other disciplines.
  • the Nobel Prizes.
  • 3: A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this.
  • War.
  • 4: The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend.
  • the Indy 500.
  • 5: In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher.
  • Pulitzer.

    • Round 2. Category: The Book Biz

    • 1: Unless we receive other instructions, we'll tell you the Literary Guild was among the first of these.
    • Book clubs.
    • 2: This trade magazine has been listing the nation's bestselling books since 1912.
    • Publisher's Weekly.
    • 3: Last name of Richard, who co-founded a publishing house in 1924 and fathered a singer named Carly in 1945.
    • Simon.
    • 4: In 1997 Harper Collins canceled 100 new titles but let the authors keep these up-front payments.
    • Advances.
    • 5: An unsold book left in the publisher's inventory, or a number left over in division.
    • Remainder.

      • Round 3. Category: Famous Franks

      • 1: This "Wizard of Oz" author edited a trade magazine for store window decorators.
      • L. Frank Baum.
      • 2: Frank Fitzsimmons took control of this union when Jimmy Hoffa was imprisoned in 1967.
      • Teamsters.
      • 3: This musical satirist founded the Mothers of Invention in 1964.
      • Frank Zappa.
      • 4: In Gemini 7 he and Jim Lovell set a 14-day endurance record.
      • Frank Borman.
      • 5: This Idaho Democratic senator was active in investigating abuses by the CIA.
      • Frank Church.

        • Round 4. Category: World's Oldest Man's Résumé

        • 1: Maker of racing saddles for these, like the Diplodocus and the Iguanandon.
        • dinosaurs.
        • 2: Legal aide for Judge Winthrop at these notorious trials in 1692.
        • the Salem Witch Trials.
        • 3: Ticket scalper fro Custer's 1876 "Last Stand" at the Little Bighorn in this state.
        • Montana.
        • 4: Was quite excited to proofread this ribald French author's "Justine" in the 1790s.
        • the Marquis de Sade.
        • 5: Torturer's apprentice to this Spanish Inquisitor General who lived from 1420 to 1498.
        • Torquemada.

          • Round 5. Category: World Of Islam

          • 1: Considered a prophet of Islam, this founder of another religion is known as Isa Ibn Maryam.
          • Jesus.
          • 2: Of 570, 1170 or 1570, the traditional year of the prophet Muhammad's birth.
          • 570.
          • 3: Qiblah is the term for the direction Muslims face when praying towards this city.
          • Mecca.
          • 4: Reflecting its origin in a pre-Islamic solar calendar, the name of this Muslim holy month means "great heat".
          • Ramadan.
          • 5: Referring to "The Sanctuary" of King Solomon's temple once found there, the Muslim name for this city is Al-Quds.
          • Jerusalem.

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

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