Instant Trivia

Episode 362 - 30 Years' War Call-In - George And Ringo - Steven Spielberg - Our Government - Steam

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 362, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 30 Years' War Call-In

  • 1: (Alex: To start us off in this category, here's a "caller" from Saxony) If Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II keeps trying to impose this religion on everyone, there'll be hell to pay.
  • Catholicism.
  • 2: (Alex: Ah, some strange news from Turin now) It's crazy -- the Citadel is under this, similar to a blockade, from an army that's also under this from another army.
  • siege.
  • 3: (Alex: Well, on the line right now is General Albrecht von Wallenstein) Hey, King Christian IV of this Scandinavian country give me your best shot, pal. You got nothing!.
  • Denmark.
  • 4: (Alex: Ah, a prediction from Antwerp.) I say the Dutch are going to stick it to this country's fleet just like England did back in 1588.
  • Spain.
  • 5: (Alex: For our last clue, we have a caller from Italy.) If you think this French cardinal really cares for Mantua's welfare, I have some land in Picardy to sell you.
  • Cardinal Richelieu.

    • Round 2. Category: George And Ringo

    • 1: Ringo and this Beatle joined George on the single "All Those Years Ago".
    • Paul McCartney.
    • 2: Ringo Starr was born with this name on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool.
    • Richard Starkey.
    • 3: George said this song was inspired by "O Happy Day", but others suggest "He's So Fine".
    • My Sweet Lord.
    • 4: For Ringo, it was Ring-O; for George, Dark Horse.
    • Names of their respective record labels.
    • 5: George and Ringo co-wrote this song that Ringo took to No. 1 in 1973.
    • Photograph.

      • Round 3. Category: Steven Spielberg

      • 1: As a child, the first film Steven ever saw was this Cecil B. DeMille circus extravaganza.
      • The Greatest Show on Earth.
      • 2: Vilmos Zsigmond won an Oscar as Steven's cinematographer on this 1977 sci-fi hit.
      • Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
      • 3: A critic once compared the panic on the beach scene in "Jaws" to this film's "Odessa Steps" sequence.
      • Battleship Potemkin.
      • 4: Steven directed Joan Crawford in the pilot for this innovative Rod Serling anthology.
      • Night Gallery.
      • 5: This 22-minute Spielberg film about 2 people who hitchhike west lends its name to one of his companies.
      • Amblin'.

        • Round 4. Category: Our Government

        • 1: This group that meets in the Capitol started in 1789 with 22 members and now has 100.
        • Senate.
        • 2: Instead of a president, each of the states has this chief executive.
        • Governor.
        • 3: The U.S. Constitution has 7 articles and 27 of these additions.
        • Amendments.
        • 4: NASA, which was created in 1958, stands for National Aeronautics and this Administration.
        • Space.
        • 5: Justice Department head Janet Reno isn't called the Secretary of Justice, but this.
        • Attorney General.

          • Round 5. Category: Steam

          • 1: They're the two chemical elements that make up steam.
          • hydrogen and oxygen.
          • 2: In central heating systems using steam, this is the equivalent of a furnace.
          • boiler.
          • 3: Steam well above the temperature where it condenses into liquid isn't just heated, it's this.
          • superheated.
          • 4: Most of the world's electriic power comes from steam turning the wheels of this type of machine.
          • turbine.
          • 5: One of this Scotsman's big ideas was using the expansion of steam to complete a piston stroke.
          • James Watt.

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

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