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Episode 355 - Aussie Odds And Ends - Biblical Names - Bruce Willis - Famous Last Words - I Write The Songs

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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!

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