March 02, 2022

Episode 384 - English Lit - Ancient Vip's - Beatles Songs - Play This - Mtv Movie Awards: Best Kiss

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 384, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: English Lit

1: During his "Travels" , he visited the flying island of Laputa.

Gulliver.

2: This Bronte sister died 1 year after the publication of her second novel, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

Anne Bronte.

3: She introduced Mr. and Mrs. Dalloway in her first novel, "The Voyage Out".

Virginia Woolf.

4: On this fictional Sir Thomas More island, the interests of the individual are subordinate to those of society.

Utopia.

5: This author of "The Forsyte Saga" published his first novel, "Jocelyn", under the pen name John Sinjohn.

John Galsworthy.

Round 2. Category: Ancient Vip's

1: Books about him were written by Plato and Xenophon, both students of his.

Socrates.

2: This Hebrew king taxed his people into rebellion, which may not have been too wise.

Solomon.

3: The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens".

Pericles.

4: Uncle of Caligula and stepfather of Nero, this Roman emperor was poisoned by his wife, Nero's mother.

Claudius.

5: In the 6th century B.C., he conquered Babylon and made Persia the greatest empire in the world.

Cyrus the Great.

Round 3. Category: Beatles Songs

1: Originally, this title woman was called Miss Daisy Hawkins, but that didn't sound lonely enough.

Eleanor Rigby.

2: For Paul McCartney, this Beatles song title will become true on June 18, 2006.

"When I'm Sixty-Four".

3: (Alex: Alright, let's go to Cheryl at the Santa Monica Pier for this) Today, we're all living in a yellow submarine; the Beatles found this colorful body of water in the song.

Sea of Green.

4: "Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, come and keep your comrade warm" here, the title of a '68 song.

"Back in the U.S.S.R.".

5: He's "As blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see".

"Nowhere Man".

Round 4. Category: Play This

1: This "avian" skateboarding legend has produced several high-flying video games for Activision.

Tony Hawk.

2: It's off to Skull Island for Peter Jackson's official video game adaptation of this ape movie.

King Kong.

3: In New Super Mario Bros., Mario can go head-to-head against this brother of his.

Luigi.

4: Advent Children and Chains of Promethia are just 2 of the many episodes in this popular role-playing game.

Final Fantasy.

5: DDR for short, this groovy game can help keep you in shape.

Dance Dance Revolution.

Round 5. Category: Mtv Movie Awards: Best Kiss

1: Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes won for this movie in 1999.

Shakespeare in Love.

2: For a 2003 win, she locked lips with an upside-down Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man".

Kirsten Dunst.

3: (Hi, I'm Vivica Fox) In 1997 this actor and I won the MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" for the kiss we shared in "Independence Day".

Will Smith.

4: 1998's winner's were Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore for this film.

The Wedding Singer.

5: Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore won for this 1994 film.

Indecent Proposal.

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

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