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!