Instant Trivia

Episode 297 - Been There... - Storytellers - Beatle Wannabes? - Projectiles - Good Doggie

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 297, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Been There...

  • 1: This country is in the east of a subcontinent.
  • Bangladesh.
  • 2: This nation sticks out like a sore thumb.
  • Denmark.
  • 3: It extends about 3,200 miles from east to west.
  • Indonesia.
  • 4: You don't hear so much about the East Bank where this country is.
  • Jordan.
  • 5: Formerly a British protectorate, it's the republic outlined here.
  • Zambia.

    • Round 2. Category: Storytellers

    • 1: "Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick".
    • Ishmael.
    • 2: Some sources say it was Carnegie Hall; others say it was the '67 Newport Festival where he first sang "Alice's Restaurant".
    • Arlo Guthrie.
    • 3: In addition to her "Fairie Tale Theatre", she now has "Tall Tales and Legends" playing on cable.
    • Shelly Duvall.
    • 4: He wrote his first 2 novels, "A Time to Kill" and "The Firm", while serving in the Mississippi legislature.
    • John Grisham.
    • 5: His "True at First Light", about an African safari, was published in 1999, 38 years after his suicide.
    • Hemingway.

      • Round 3. Category: Beatle Wannabes?

      • 1: This prosecutor struck up the band for Bill Clinton's impeachment with his report.
      • (Kenneth) Starr.
      • 2: Known as a great orator, this president sang the praises for the Sherman Antitrust Act he signed into law.
      • Benjamin Harrison.
      • 3: Bill McCartney's harmony with Jesus led him to quit as football coach of this University's Buffaloes.
      • Colorado.
      • 4: Imagine Thomas Lennon's success with this Comedy Central show he co-created in which he plays Lt. Dangle.
      • Reno 911!.
      • 5: Son of Constantine I, Paul I became a solo act after succeeding George II as king of this country.
      • Greece.

        • Round 4. Category: Projectiles

        • 1: In this sport you carry your projectiles in a quiver.
        • archery.
        • 2: At the end of "The Dating Game", Jim Lange invited couples to throw these "projectiles" to the audience.
        • kisses.
        • 3: Star-shaped projectiles were in the arsenal of these feudal Japanese mercenaries similar to samurai.
        • ninjas.
        • 4: The projectiles fly at 150 mph and can kill in this fronton-based game.
        • jai alai.
        • 5: It's the discharge of several projectiles or a return tennis shot made before the ball hits the ground.
        • a volley.

          • Round 5. Category: Good Doggie

          • 1: The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty.
          • corgis.
          • 2: Lord Tweedsmuir bred some yellow these to produce the breed we know as golden these.
          • retrievers.
          • 3: This breed was originally raised by the Romans to fight lions.
          • a Rottweiler.
          • 4: The pharaohs bred this ancient dog, also called the gazelle hound.
          • salukis.
          • 5: The name of this breed comes from a Slavic word meaning "swift".
          • a Borzoi.

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

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