Instant Trivia

Episode 344 - Let's Grab Some Seafood - News Of 2005 - Boston Legal - Tango - I'm Not Dead Yet

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 344, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let's Grab Some Seafood

  • 1: The rock type of this is easily distinguishable from the Maine; all 10 of its legs are about the same size.
  • a lobster.
  • 2: There are over 4,000 varieties of this crustacean; tonight we recommend the stone, blue or Jonah types.
  • a crab.
  • 3: You'll be as rich as Rockefeller if you know Swift once penned, "He was a bold man that first ate" this bivalve.
  • an oyster.
  • 4: The quahog type of this is usually served on the half shell or minced in hot chowders.
  • a clam.
  • 5: This bivalve mollusk has 2 fan-shaped shells that can be used to serve dishes like coquilles St. Jacques.
  • scallops.

    • Round 2. Category: News Of 2005

    • 1: Congratulations were in order on May 4 when this man was elected to a third term as British PM.
    • (Tony) Blair.
    • 2: To the relief of many, on August 8 this Space Shuttle returned safely to Earth following launch problems.
    • Discovery.
    • 3: In Sept. 2005 the Post Office assigned the ZIP code 77230 to this Texas arena so that people could again receive mail.
    • the Astrodome.
    • 4: One of the 2 major airlines that declared bankruptcy on September 14.
    • Delta (or Northwest).
    • 5: On Sept. 30 he was appointed U.N. Ambassador, bypassing Senate approval.
    • (John) Bolton.

      • Round 3. Category: Boston Legal

      • 1: British Army Captain Thomas Preston was tried and acquitted for his part in this 1770 slaughter.
      • the Boston Massacre.
      • 2: Alan Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at this Cambridge, Mass. university.
      • Harvard.
      • 3: The 1950 robbery of this armored car co. came to grief when "Specs" O'Keefe ratted out the rest of the gang.
      • Brink's.
      • 4: In 2005 this association chose a Boston lawyer as president--Michael S. Greco, not Denny Crane.
      • the American Bar Association.
      • 5: In 1927 Nicola Sacco and this alleged anarchist accomplice were executed at a Charlestown prison.
      • (Bartolomeo) Vanzetti.

        • Round 4. Category: Tango

        • 1: Bernardo Bertolucci directed the controversial film "Last Tango In Paris", starring this American.
        • Marlon Brando.
        • 2: Drew Lachey and his partner Cheryl scored a perfect 30 doing the tango on this TV show.
        • Dancing with The Stars.
        • 3: The tango is the national dance of this South American country and its 40 million citizens.
        • Argentina.
        • 4: The tango is danced in either 2/4 time or this time.
        • 4/4.
        • 5: Last name of American dance instructors Vernon and Irene, who brought the tango to the U.S. around 1912.
        • Castle.

          • Round 5. Category: I'm Not Dead Yet

          • 1: In 1897 the illness of a relative with this last name led to Mark Twain's "The report of my death was an exaggeration".
          • Clemens.
          • 2: Contrary to reports, this actor didn't die in Vietnam; the Beaver's still around.
          • Jerry Mathers.
          • 3: Oops! A baseball announcer mourned the death of this actor when James Earl Ray died in 1998.
          • James Earl Jones.
          • 4: In 1998 the death of this 95-year-old comedian was announced in Congress; he actually lived to be 100.
          • Bob Hope.
          • 5: To a magazine that ran his obit, this "If" poet said, "Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers".
          • Rudyard Kipling.

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

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