Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 326, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Musical Styles
1: "Western" used to be a part of this musical style's name"I've been running from the law /Living in flashing lights /I've been...".country.2: Encyclopedia Britannica calls it a "cultural movement" as well as "backing music"sample.hip-hop.3: In the mid-1950s, this style got its name, combining a type of music and a rural fellow"Riding down Sunset /Santa Monica, too /Over to the Valley /To pick up Peggy Sue".rockabilly.4: A Jamaican musical genre is part of the name of this Latin style"We got you jammin', /Eh /Oh, oh /Mamacita say /Oh, oh /Me amigos say /Oh, oh" .reggaeton.5: The name of this style of music may come from an alteration of the French word for "beans""Shot below /Dig a hole".zydeco.Round 2. Category: Movie Songs
1: "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" (1986).The Little Shop of Horrors.2: Cher sings “The Shoop Shoop Song” over this 1990 film’s closing credits.Mermaids.3: She only made it to No. 4 with "Fame", but topped the charts with "Flashdance...What a Feeling".Irene Cara.4: Pat Boone sang that this “is for the very young, Ev’ry star’s a wishing star that shines for you”."April Love".5: The Oscar for Best Song of 2007 went to a tune from this film about 2 Dublin musicians.Once.Round 3. Category: Months
1: Even in a leap year, it's still the shortest month.February.2: The 2 months that fit in a 4-letter word category.June and July.3: In English this month has a "p", in French it has a "v".April (Avril).4: The next year this month will have five Sundays is 2004.February.5: Leo and Virgo are both Zodiac signs for this month.August.Round 4. Category: A Pain In The "R"S
1: The separation of the membrane from the choroids at the back of the eye is known as a detached one of these.the retina.2: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children.rickets.3: It's what the R in the MMR vaccine stands for.rubella.4: Parents are advised not to give children aspirin because of its link to this potentially fatal syndrome.Reye's syndrome.5: These viruses responsible for many respiratory infections share part of their name with a pachyderm.a rhinovirus.Round 5. Category: Of Your "Love"
1: With Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Derek and the Dominos released the hit album "Layla and Other Assorted" these.Love Songs.2: A small sofa for 2 people.a loveseat.3: Small green African avian of the genus agapornis.a lovebird.4: This N.Y. region was declared a disaster area due to toxic waste.Love Canal.5: His literary output includes "The Thing on the Doorstep" and "The Dunwich Horror".H.P. Lovecraft.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!