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Episode 393 - Andrew Johnson - Crossword Clues "D" - Silk - Major Musical Works - Elizabeth Taylor

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 393, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Andrew Johnson

  • 1: Andrew Johnson succeeded this man as president, having served as his vice president for only 6 weeks.
  • Abraham Lincoln.
  • 2: Johnson was the first president to whom the House of Representatives did this; the Senate acquitted him in May 1868.
  • impeached.
  • 3: With no formal education, Andrew didn't learn these 3 often-linked basic skills until he was a teenager.
  • reading, writing and arithmetic.
  • 4: A senator from this state, Andrew Johnson was the only Southern senator who refused to secede with his state.
  • Tennessee.
  • 5: Johnson's secretary of state, he negotiated the purchase of Alaska for a cool $7.2 million.
  • William Seward.

    • Round 2. Category: Crossword Clues "D"

    • 1: Bram Stoker novel you can "count" on(7).
    • Dracula.
    • 2: Samson's locks-smith(7).
    • Delilah.
    • 3: Greek gelt(8).
    • drachmas.
    • 4: Perry Mason's Street(5).
    • Della.
    • 5: "American Tragedian" Theodore(7).
    • Dreiser.

      • Round 3. Category: Silk

      • 1: Silkworms spin their cocoons by moving their heads in this numerical pattern figure skaters make on ice.
      • a figure eight.
      • 2: Before World War II, the biggest use for silk in the U.S. was to manufacture these for women.
      • stockings.
      • 3: During World War II, silk was used to make the canopies of these; today they're usually made of nylon.
      • parachutes.
      • 4: One silkworm is the larva of the Bombyx mori moth; "mori" comes from Morus multicalus, the scientific name of this tree.
      • the mulberry tree.
      • 5: In the 500s A.D. this Byzantine emperor known for his code sent 2 monks to China to learn the secret of silk.
      • Justinian.

        • Round 4. Category: Major Musical Works

        • 1: Opus 51 of this man portrayed in the movie "Impromptu" is an impromptu in G flat major.
        • Chopin.
        • 2: This first season of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" is in E major.
        • "Spring".
        • 3: Tchaikovsky called this work of his in E flat major "loud and noisy", and he never even heard it with fireworks.
        • "The 1812 Overture".
        • 4: "Scene by the brook" is the title of one movement of this Beethoven symphony in F major.
        • the 6th symphony.
        • 5: Bach to Bach works, Nos. 3 and 4 in this group of 6 concertos, are in G major.
        • the Brandenberg Concertos.

          • Round 5. Category: Elizabeth Taylor

          • 1: When asked what she wanted on her tombstone, she replied, "Here lies Elizabeth. She hated to be called" this.
          • Liz.
          • 2: This man married her in Montreal and then again in Botswana.
          • Richard Burton.
          • 3: Elizabeth Taylor was the first star to earn a million dollars for a film, for this 1963 title role.
          • Cleopatra.
          • 4: On January 15, 2001 this man who has been married 7 times interviewed Ms. Taylor on TV.
          • Larry King.
          • 5: On New Year's Eve 1999, Queen Elizabeth awarded her this title.
          • Dame.

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

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