Instant Trivia

Episode 363 - Metals - The United States Of Advertising - Driving The Green - World Theatre - Books Of The '70s

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 363, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Metals

  • 1: Photography accounts for almost half the industrial use of this metal in the U.S..
  • silver.
  • 2: This liquid metal is added to paints to make them mildew proof.
  • Mercury.
  • 3: Of the current penny, nickel, and dime the one which contains the most copper.
  • nickel.
  • 4: This liquid metal is 13.6 times heavier than an equal volume of water.
  • mercury.
  • 5: This alloy metal popular for bathroom rails gets softer as it includes more copper and less zinc.
  • brass.

    • Round 2. Category: The United States Of Advertising

    • 1: This "advanced medicine for pain" was the first nonprescription brand of ibuprofen in the U.S..
    • Advil.
    • 2: Julie London sang, "Where there's a man there's" this brand of cigarette; I wonder if he was riding his horse?.
    • Marlboros.
    • 3: Caffeine and taurnine are the main ingredients in this popular energy drink that "gives you wings".
    • Red Bull.
    • 4: Bausch and Lomb introduced the "Wayfarer" style of these in 1952.
    • sunglasses.
    • 5: This product gives you "speedy" relief the morning after.
    • Alka-Seltzer.

      • Round 3. Category: Driving The Green

      • 1: "Because you've got better things to do than plug in and wait", the battery of this co.'s Civic Hybrid recharges itself.
      • Honda.
      • 2: At 55 MPG, you could get from L.A. to Vegas on a bout 5 gallons driving a Prius from this company.
      • Toyota.
      • 3: The Altra EV from this company that also makes the Altima can hit 75 MPH; what a (non) gas!.
      • Nissan.
      • 4: The Escape Hybrid from this company claims to have a "range of well over 400 miles on a single tank".
      • Ford.
      • 5: The EV1 got a fantastic 0 MPG, as it was a no-gas vehicle from this U.S. co. organized by William Durant in 1908.
      • General Motors.

        • Round 4. Category: World Theatre

        • 1: This "War and Peace" author's play "The Power of Darkness" was once banned in his native Russia.
        • Leo Tolstoy.
        • 2: Conor McPherson's haunting play "The Weir" is set in a pub in this country.
        • Ireland.
        • 3: Israeli playwright Nathan Alterman called his first play "Kineret, Kineret...", Kineret being Hebrew for the Sea of this.
        • Sea of Galilee.
        • 4: The "Chushingura", about a band of avenging Ronin, is one of the most famous plays in this form of Japanese drama.
        • Kabuki.
        • 5: Juliette Binoche starred in the 2000 Broadway revival of this British playwright's 1978 classic "Betrayal".
        • Harold Pinter.

          • Round 5. Category: Books Of The '70s

          • 1: In a 1972 book, Hunter S. Thompson sent Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo to this city to cover the Mint 400 race.
          • Las Vegas.
          • 2: This prolific British mystery writer's last published novel was 1976's "Sleeping Murder".
          • Agatha Christie.
          • 3: Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy and his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic.
          • Winds of War.
          • 4: A book by Flora Screiber says, Mary, Peggy Lou, Vicky and Vanessa were 4 of this title character's 16 personalities.
          • Sybil.
          • 5: A review said this 1979 William Styron novel "belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces".
          • Sophie's Choice.

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

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