Instant Trivia

Episode 307 - Movie Reviews - Auto Focus - Bodily Fluids - Volcanoes - Rock Singers

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 307, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Movie Reviews

  • 1: (Hi, I'm Garry Marshall.) I directed this 1990 movie that the New York Times said "Borrows a thing or two from Pygmalion....but has its own....wit".
  • Pretty Woman.
  • 2: Variety said expand the scene in "Annie Hall" where Woody visits Diane Keaton's family and you've got this Ben Stiller comedy.
  • Meet The Parents.
  • 3: The Buffalo News called this Tom Hanks drama "the celebrity Survivor" and "a one man Gilligan's Island".
  • Cast Away.
  • 4: The Sacramento Bee said this film, Cameron Crowe's saga of '70s rock, is "Almost Fabulous".
  • Almost Famous.
  • 5: Entertainment Weekly called this John Travolta-Lisa Kudrow flick "A Lotto Malarkey".
  • Lucky Numbers.

    • Round 2. Category: Auto Focus

    • 1: The Town Car from this car line was originally built as a car for Henry Ford.
    • Lincoln.
    • 2: Incorporated in 1915, it designed its cars to withstand Sweden's rough roads and cold temperatures.
    • Volvo.
    • 3: An ad agency gave this car company a name standing for feline qualities like grace, elegance, power and agility.
    • Jaguar.
    • 4: Datsun, which became this company, was changed from Datson because son meant "loss" in Japanese.
    • Nissan.
    • 5: This new division of Toyota aims for Generation XA and XB.
    • the Scion.

      • Round 3. Category: Bodily Fluids

      • 1: The condition kerato conjunctivitis sicca is associated with reduction in the flow of these.
      • teardrops.
      • 2: Literally meaning "a breathing through", it's the polite word for fluid produced to keep the body cool.
      • perspiration.
      • 3: Ptyalin is an enzyme in this bodily fluid that helps break down starches.
      • saliva.
      • 4: The pale liquid portion of your blood, it's about 90% water.
      • plasma.
      • 5: When a woman's "water breaks", the sac that contains this fluid has ruptured.
      • amniotic fluid.

        • Round 4. Category: Volcanoes

        • 1: Its May 18, 1980 eruption was the first in the lower 48 states since California's Lassen Peak in 1921.
        • Mount Saint Helens.
        • 2: About its eruption in 79 A.D., an observer wrote that "broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points".
        • Vesuvius.
        • 3: Mount Erebus in this continent's Victoria Land region was discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841.
        • Antarctica.
        • 4: This island nation has more than 100 active volcanoes including Krakatoa.
        • Indonesia.
        • 5: A specific eruption style is named for this Caribbean volcano that erupted in 1902, killing thousands.
        • Mt. Pelée.

          • Round 5. Category: Rock Singers

          • 1: His "Men In Black" single topped the U.K. charts but wasn't available as a commercial U.S. release.
          • Will Smith.
          • 2: This group's Brian Wilson adapted Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" as "Surfin' USA".
          • The Beach Boys.
          • 3: 11 years after his last Top 20 solo hit, this "Sweet Caroline" singer had the third top-grossing tour of 1993.
          • Neil Diamond.
          • 4: In 1990 her "Justify My Love" became the first video by a major star to be banned by MTV.
          • Madonna.
          • 5: In 1989 he re-recorded 8 of his classic hits for the film biography "Great Balls Of Fire!".
          • Jerry Lee Lewis.

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

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