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Episode 330 - Radio Cities - Groovy Times - Hey Hey We're The Manchus - The Ladies Of Rock - A Walk In The Clouds

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 330, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1980s Rock

  • 1: His 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret" was his first on his own label, Paisley Park.
  • Prince.
  • 2: The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name.
  • Jefferson Airplane.
  • 3: "Brass Monkey" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album.
  • the Beastie Boys.
  • 4: In 1988 the Beach Boys had a No. 1 hit with this song from the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail".
  • "Kokomo".
  • 5: This Aussie group brought a "New Sensation" to radio in 1988.
  • INXS.

    • Round 2. Category: We Have A Problem

    • 1: Michael's minute hand on his watch travels this many degrees if he waits for his date from noon until 12:30 PM.
    • 180.
    • 2: If Eric, Robert and Matt are 3 of the 12 men on a jury, they total this percentage of the jurors.
    • 25 percent.
    • 3: John has 30 Playboy magazines under his desk and this many National Geographics, 30% as many, on top.
    • 9.
    • 4: If the bathroom is 12 feet away and Ryan skips there and back each comm. break, he skips this many feet on a 5-break show.
    • 120.
    • 5: If Billy can swallow 4 goldfish in 2 1/2 minutes, he can swallow this many in 20 minutes.
    • 32.

      • Round 3. Category: Lesser-Known Musicals

      • 1: Elementary, my dear Watson: "Baker Street" was a musical about this detective.
      • Sherlock Holmes.
      • 2: "Comin' Uptown" moved this classic tale to Harlem; it starred Gregory Hines as a slumlord named Scrooge.
      • A Christmas Carol.
      • 3: Danny Kaye's career "ark" included this Biblical role in "Two By Two".
      • Noah.
      • 4: Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice".
      • Theodore Roosevelt.
      • 5: Shaun Cassidy was 10 years old when these actors, his parents, starred in the 1968 musical "Maggie Flynn".
      • Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones.

        • Round 4. Category: African Cooking

        • 1: Made of beans and eggs, ful medames has been eaten in this country perhaps since the time of the pharaohs.
        • Egypt.
        • 2: In Ghana a dumpling called fufu is served with a soup made of the groundnut known here as this.
        • Peanut.
        • 3: Mtori, a Tanzanian plantain soup, can also be made with this similar fruit.
        • Banana.
        • 4: Almond milk is enjoyed in this country, where it is sold on the streets of Marrakesh.
        • Morocco.
        • 5: In Zimbabwe, bowara refers to the leaves of this large gourd that is carved in the U.S..
        • Pumpkin.

          • Round 5. Category: Danger, Curves Ahead

          • 1: This Midwestern college town was named for its location on a curved part of the Saint Joseph River.
          • South Bend.
          • 2: To a batter, a curveball appears to do most of its curving in this ¼ of its trip to the plate.
          • its last quarter.
          • 3: In grammar, they're a pair of curved lines used to indicate interjected explanatory material.
          • parentheses.
          • 4: The 1978 movie "Deadman's Curve" told the story of this musical duo, one of whom passed away in 2004.
          • Jan and Dean.
          • 5: These caused a blurring of the image, so Newton replaced one of them with a curved mirror.
          • a telescope lens.

            • Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 330, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

            Round 1. Category: Radio Cities

            • 1: On a TV sitcom, Jennifer, played by Loni Anderson, brightened up radio station WKRP in this city.
            • Cincinnati.
            • 2: WABC and WCBS-880 are radio stations based in this metropolis.
            • New York City.
            • 3
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