Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 355, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Aussie Odds And Ends
1: In 1993 Sydney beat out Beijing by 2 votes to get to host this, 7 years later.Summer Olympic Games.2: Australia became a commonwealth in 1901, but this group didn't become citizens until 1967.Aborigines.3: Nevil Shute's novel "A Town Like Alice" is set during this war.World War II.4: Lindy Chamberlain, who claimed one of these carried off and killed her baby, was wrongly convicted of murder.Dingo (wild dog).5: Group that had a 1982 No. 1 hit in the U.S. singing "I Come From A Land Down Under".Men At Work.Round 2. Category: Biblical Names
1: When the following song went gold, so did the chains across this composer's chest:.Isaac Hayes.2: According to the nursery rhyme, he was born on a Monday and buried on Sunday.Solomon Grundy.3: At this man's inaugural, Mathew Brady took the first photo of a president being sworn in.Abraham Lincoln.4: In 1818, she "gave birth" to the world's most famous monster.Mary Shelley.5: Pro basketball's MVP in 1979, '82, + '83.Moses Malone.Round 3. Category: Bruce Willis
1: This Bruce Willis film premiered in 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center.Armageddon.2: Little Richard performed the ceremony when Bruce married this woman.Demi Moore.3: The title of the third film in this series starring Bruce Willis as cop John McClane added "With A Vengeance".Die Hard.4: Bruce thanked Al Pacino and The Three Stooges when he picked up an Emmy in 1987 for his work on this TV show.Moonlighting.5: The first feature film Bruce starred in was this dating comedy that also starred Kim Basinger.Blind Date.Round 4. Category: Famous Last Words
1: An unemployed soldier, 1821:"Josephine!".Napoleon Bonaparte.2: A pilot, 1937:"Gas is running low...we are flying at 1,000 feet...".Amelia Earhart.3: A social leader, 1965:"Let's cool it, brothers!".Malcolm X.4: A monarch, 1603:"All my possessions for a moment of time".Queen Elizabeth I.5: A poet, 1953:"I've had 18 straight whiskies, I think that's the record".Dylan Thomas.Round 5. Category: I Write The Songs
1: He's the answer, my friend to who wrote Peter, Paul and Mary's "Blowin' In The Wind".Bob Dylan.2: He wrote "Blinded By The Light" and "Fire", which were hits for Manfred Mann and the Pointer Sisters, respectively.Bruce Springsteen.3: He co-wrote the songs "Copacabana" and "Could It Be Magic", but not "I Write the Songs".Barry Manilow.4: We've got nothing but this for Otis Redding, who wrote the song, Aretha Franklin's first No. 1 hit.Respect.5: This singer-songwriter of "Doctor My Eyes" had a highly publicized breakup with Daryl Hannah in the early '90s.Jackson Browne.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!