Instant Trivia

Episode 368 - Tv Drama - Presidential Nicknames - Nation"Z" - Foods Of The World - Phone Numbers

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 368, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tv Drama

  • 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and)I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers.
  • "JAG".
  • 2: Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series.
  • "Touched By An Angel".
  • 3: In 1994-95 this medical series finished second in the ratings, the highest ever for a first-year drama series.
  • "ER".
  • 4: This NBC crime drama is the 1st TV drama series executive produced by film director Barry Levinson.
  • "Homicide: Life On The Street".
  • 5: Tom Hanks was the executive producer of this 1998 HBO miniseries about the Apollo space program.
  • "From The Earth To The Moon".

    • Round 2. Category: Presidential Nicknames

    • 1: "Elegant Arthur".
    • Chester A. Arthur.
    • 2: "The Little Magician", "Whiskey Van".
    • Martin van Buren.
    • 3: The "Wizard of Kinderhook".
    • (Martin) Van Buren.
    • 4: The "Kinderhook Fox".
    • Martin Van Buren.
    • 5: "Ten-Cent Jimmy", as well as "Old Buck".
    • James Buchanan.

      • Round 3. Category: Nation"Z"

      • 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman.
      • New Zealand.
      • 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin.
      • Venezuela.
      • 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps.
      • Switzerland.
      • 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa.
      • Mozambique.
      • 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation.
      • Kazakhstan.

        • Round 4. Category: Foods Of The World

        • 1: Some of this cheese named for Parma is cured for several years before it's grated over pasta.
        • Parmesan.
        • 2: The Sevruga type of this fishy treat is made of small, grayish eggs.
        • caviar.
        • 3: Cakes of this soybean curd should be stored in water, and the water should be changed daily.
        • tofu.
        • 4: Originally, this "modest" English pie was made with numbles, which are deer innards.
        • humble pie.
        • 5: Souvlaki, a Greek specialty similar to shish kebab is made with marinated chunks of this meat.
        • lamb.

          • Round 5. Category: Phone Numbers

          • 1: For tourist info on this state, call 1-800-BUCKEYE.
          • Ohio.
          • 2: On Jan.12, 1968, AT and T announced this would be the nationwide standard emergency phone number.
          • 911.
          • 3: Across the country, it's the most common 3 digit number you'd dial for phone repair service.
          • 611.
          • 4: When this Jeff Goldblum/Ed Begley Jr. horror spoof rang into theaters, nobody answered.
          • Transylvania 6-5000.
          • 5: Dialing WE 6-1212 in Baltimore, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. and Pittsburgh will get you this service.
          • weather.

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