Instant Trivia

Episode 325 - Celebrity Alma Maters - The "Right" Stuff - Nfl Rules - Merriam-Webster's New Words For 2007 - Quotable Women

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 325, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Celebrity Alma Maters

  • 1: She dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College in 1957 and married John Lennon in 1969.
  • Yoko Ono.
  • 2: This "ramblin' kind of guy" pulled straight A's in philosophy at Long Beach State.
  • Steve Martin.
  • 3: His wife Jane, who he met at the U. of MD., was his 1st partner in puppetry, or shall we say muppetry.
  • Jim Henson.
  • 4: Child star who appeared in her 1st film in 1972 and graduated magna cum laude from Yale in 1985.
  • Jodie Foster.
  • 5: In 1903 future president F. Roosevelt was elected editor of this school paper at Harvard.
  • "The Crimson".

    • Round 2. Category: The "Right" Stuff

    • 1: Cartoon mountie who could "do no wrong".
    • Dudley Do-Right.
    • 2: Opposing the "pro-choice" group, they're anti-abortion activists.
    • right to lifers.
    • 3: A 90° bend, or an appropriate sales technique.
    • right angle.
    • 4: It has only 10 amendments, since 2 on representatives' apportionment and compensation weren't ratified.
    • Bill of Rights.
    • 5: Position shared by Jesse Helms in the political spectrum and Tim Kerr at the Philadelphia Spectrum.
    • right wing.

      • Round 3. Category: Nfl Rules

      • 1: (Hi, I'm Brian Mitchell) A punt returner who waves his hand over his head isn't swatting for flies, he's signaling for this.
      • a fair catch.
      • 2: (I'm Dan Fouts, Hall of Famer) As it should be, there's an automatic 15-yard penalty for roughing the kicker or this person.
      • the quarterback.
      • 3: (Hi, I'm Keyshawn Johnson) This infraction includes but is not limited to hooking the receiver, grabbing my arm, etcetera.
      • pass interference.
      • 4: (Hi, I'm Hall of Famer Dan Hampton) Also a hockey penalty, it's called for using the hands illegally -- hey, it was the only way to stop me.
      • holding.
      • 5: (Hi, I'm Joey Galloway) Only one player at a time may do this, run parallel to the line to confuse the defense.
      • go in motion.

        • Round 4. Category: Merriam-Webster's New Words For 2007

        • 1: This huge new entry is a blending of "gigantic" and "enormous".
        • ginormous.
        • 2: This packing material that's fun to pop is another new addition.
        • Bubble Wrap.
        • 3: Ready, set... It's an event where participants converse briefly with one another to find partners to go out with.
        • speed dating.
        • 4: Hooray for this popular term for India's motion picture industry.
        • Bollywood.
        • 5: Definitions for this compound word include a decisive defeat and a contest in entertainment wrestling.
        • smackdown.

          • Round 5. Category: Quotable Women

          • 1: In "You Learn By Living", this First Lady of the 1940s challenged, "You must do the thing you think you cannot do".
          • Eleanor Roosevelt.
          • 2: This Bronte sister revealed in an 1840s letter, "I am neither a man nor a woman but an author".
          • Charlotte Bronte.
          • 3: This country star said she's not offended by dumb blonde jokes: "I know...I'm not dumb...I also know I'm not blonde".
          • Dolly Parton.
          • 4: While San Francisco mayor, this Calif. senator remarked, "Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit".
          • Dianne Feinstein.
          • 5: In "The Second Sex", this French author declared, "One is not born a woman, one becomes one".
          • Simone de Beauvoir.

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

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