March 16, 2021

Episode 33 - Take A Shot - Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile - Unitas Against All Enemies - Radcliffe Grads - Eyes On The Prize

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 33, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Take A Shot

1: Sport covered in the film "Slap Shot"

hockey.

2: In volleyball, it's a hard smash close to the net almost straight down into the opponent's court

spike.

3: A piece of random criticism that's easily made, or firing at game for food, not for sport

potshot.

4: Animal term for the shot seen here: [photo of dart in middle of board]

bullseye.

5: In pool this type of shot involves the cushions on the table

bank.

Round 2. Category: Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile

1: The gecko

reptile.

2: The wallaby

marsupial.

3: The hamster

rodent.

4: The beaver

rodent.

5: The caiman

reptile.

Round 3. Category: Unitas Against All Enemies

1: Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team

the (Baltimore) Colts.

2: Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak

a touchdown pass.

3: Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford and this "mammoth" team

the (New York) Giants.

4: Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts

the San Diego Chargers.

5: Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie

"the Golden Arm".

Round 4. Category: Radcliffe Grads

1: This poet and author of "The Handmaid's Tale" received a Master's from Radcliffe

(Margaret) Atwood.

2: Before moving to Paris and meeting Alice, she studied psychology at Radcliffe under William James

Gertrude Stein.

3: A 1973 degree in political science was just the beginning for this first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto.

4: Anne Sullivan spelled out lectures in this woman's hand, helping her to graduate with honors in 1904

Helen Keller.

5: Graduating cum laude with a degree in American history, she'd later become First Lady--on "The West Wing"

Stockard Channing.

Round 5. Category: Eyes On The Prize

1: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize

the Nobel Peace Prize.

2: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke

Religion.

3: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art

the Tate Gallery.

4: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music

the Pulitzer Prize.

5: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin

Alzheimer's disease.

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

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March 16, 2021

Episode 33 - Take A Shot - Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile - Unitas Against All Enemies - Radcliffe Grads - Eyes On The Prize

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 33, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Take A Shot

1: Sport covered in the film "Slap Shot"

hockey.

2: In volleyball, it's a hard smash close to the net almost straight down into the opponent's court

spike.

3: A piece of random criticism that's easily made, or firing at game for food, not for sport

potshot.

4: Animal term for the shot seen here: [photo of dart in middle of board]

bullseye.

5: In pool this type of shot involves the cushions on the table

bank.

Round 2. Category: Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile

1: The gecko

reptile.

2: The wallaby

marsupial.

3: The hamster

rodent.

4: The beaver

rodent.

5: The caiman

reptile.

Round 3. Category: Unitas Against All Enemies

1: Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team

the (Baltimore) Colts.

2: Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak

a touchdown pass.

3: Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford and this "mammoth" team

the (New York) Giants.

4: Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts

the San Diego Chargers.

5: Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie

"the Golden Arm".

Round 4. Category: Radcliffe Grads

1: This poet and author of "The Handmaid's Tale" received a Master's from Radcliffe

(Margaret) Atwood.

2: Before moving to Paris and meeting Alice, she studied psychology at Radcliffe under William James

Gertrude Stein.

3: A 1973 degree in political science was just the beginning for this first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto.

4: Anne Sullivan spelled out lectures in this woman's hand, helping her to graduate with honors in 1904

Helen Keller.

5: Graduating cum laude with a degree in American history, she'd later become First Lady--on "The West Wing"

Stockard Channing.

Round 5. Category: Eyes On The Prize

1: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize

the Nobel Peace Prize.

2: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke

Religion.

3: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art

the Tate Gallery.

4: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music

the Pulitzer Prize.

5: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin

Alzheimer's disease.

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

...more