Instant Trivia

Episode 412 - Parts Of The Whole - Experiments - College Sports Films - Rock Music - 1970s Tv

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 412, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Parts Of The Whole

  • 1: End zones,50-yard line,goalposts.
  • a football field.
  • 2: Cap,gills,stem.
  • a mushroom.
  • 3: Handrails,belt and flywheel,display console.
  • a treadmill.
  • 4: F holes,scroll,12-inch endpin.
  • a cello.
  • 5: F holes,scroll,12-inch endpin.
  • a cello.

    • Round 2. Category: Experiments

    • 1: NASA's passive seismic experiment detected thousands of lunar seismic events, called these.
    • moonquakes.
    • 2: Galen's neighbors heard the squeals of stuck pigs when he proved that veins carry this, not air.
    • blood.
    • 3: In 1952 Hershey and Chase used a Waring model of this machine to study bacteria-eating viruses.
    • blender.
    • 4: Josef Stefan heated up physics by showing that radiation from a glowing wire was proportional to this.
    • temperature.
    • 5: 1887's Michelson-Morley experiment demolished the idea of this medium that supposedly conducted light.
    • aether.

      • Round 3. Category: College Sports Films

      • 1: "Rudy" featured Jason Miller as this university's coach Ara Parseghian.
      • Notre Dame.
      • 2: Bear Bryant puts this speedy title character of a 1994 movie on the Crimson Tide.
      • Forrest Gump.
      • 3: Shot at University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Back to School" features Rodney Dangerfield competing in this aquatic sport.
      • high-diving.
      • 4: The premiere for this 2006 film featured a green carpet, to honor the Thundering Herd.
      • We Are Marshall.
      • 5: In "Glory Road", Jon Voight played this school's legendary coach Adolph Rupp.
      • University of Kentucky.

        • Round 4. Category: Rock Music

        • 1: In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the U.S. Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly on concert sales.
        • Ticketmaster.
        • 2: In her first top 10 hit, this singer-guitarist gave them "Something to Talk About".
        • Bonnie Raitt.
        • 3: 5 years after the release of his first album, he had his first top 10 hit with "Just The Way You Are".
        • Billy Joel.
        • 4: "Are we not men? We are" this New Wave group that gave us "Whip It".
        • Devo.
        • 5: He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home.
        • Bruce Springsteen.

          • Round 5. Category: 1970s Tv

          • 1: The "M.E." in "Quincy, M.E." stood for this.
          • medical examiner.
          • 2: In 1973 Richard Thomas, M. Learned and Ellen Corby won Emmys for their performances in this CBS drama.
          • The Waltons.
          • 3: Esther Rolle played Florida Evans in "Maude" and then in this spin-off series.
          • Good Times.
          • 4: In the last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" he was the only character at WJM who wasn't fired.
          • Ted Baxter.
          • 5: "Barney Miller"s 12th precinct police station was located in this part of New York City.
          • Greenwich Village.

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

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