Instant Trivia

Episode 416 - To Sir With Love - No Time To Talk - Cooking Class - "Young" People - Film And Tv Spaceships

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 416, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: To Sir With Love

  • 1: He reached the South Pole by tractor January 4, 1958, 4 1/2 years after reaching the "height" of his career.
  • Sir Edmund Hillary.
  • 2: In 1999 he became Bond, knighted Bond.
  • Sean Connery.
  • 3: Between 1675 and 1710 he designed over 50 London churches, including St. Paul's Cathedral.
  • Sir Christopher Wren.
  • 4: In 1982 he produced and directed "Gandhi" and in 1993 he acted in "Jurassic Park".
  • Sir Richard Attenborough.
  • 5: In 1669 this physicist became Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.
  • Sir Isaac Newton.

    • Round 2. Category: No Time To Talk

    • 1: "Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent" is from Act III of this Shakespeare play.
    • Julius Caesar.
    • 2: In 1962 her "Silent Spring" launched the environmentalist movement.
    • Rachel Carson.
    • 3: During WWII, this mime changed his surname to that of a French revolutionary general.
    • Marcel Marceau.
    • 4: In the 1930 Hays Code, "pointed profanity... however used" was forbidden in this medium.
    • film.
    • 5: This Scottish author of "Kidnapped" wrote, "The cruelest lies are often told in silence".
    • Robert Louis Stevenson.

      • Round 3. Category: Cooking Class

      • 1: "Joy of Cooking" suggests using these Thanksgiving berries "in any recipes calling for red currants".
      • cranberries.
      • 2: The Chicken of the Sea website suggests making enchiladas with the albacore type of this.
      • tuna.
      • 3: The "key" type of this citrus fruit can be small; you may need a dozen to yield a half cup of juice.
      • limes.
      • 4: For the silver dollar type of these breakfast treats, drop the batter onto the griddle 1 tbsp. at a time.
      • pancakes.
      • 5: "Joy of Cooking" tells how to make relish and scones with this bog fruit, so let's all give thanks.
      • a cranberry.

        • Round 4. Category: "Young" People

        • 1: Amen to this leader whose statue represents Utah in Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall.
        • Brigham Young.
        • 2: On "Father Knows Best" he played dad to Betty, Bud and Kathy.
        • Robert Young.
        • 3: Of the 906 Major League Baseball games that he pitched, he won more than half; he deserves an award.
        • Cy Young.
        • 4: In 1992 he released "Harvest Moon", a sequel to his "Harvest" album from 1972.
        • Neil Young.
        • 5: In a revealing memoir, Judy Lewis claims to be the "love child" of Clark Gable and this actress.
        • Loretta Young.

          • Round 5. Category: Film And Tv Spaceships

          • 1: The Robinson family traveled aboard the Jupiter II, trying to find a way back to Earth on this show.
          • Lost in Space.
          • 2: The Atlantia and the Pacifica were 2 of the other Battlestars on this TV show bearing another spaceship's name.
          • Battlestar Galactica.
          • 3: In "Star Trek III" Christopher Lloyd as a villain from this race commanded a spaceship called the Bird of Prey.
          • the Klingons.
          • 4: The Discovery is the spaceship sent to investigate a mysterious monolith's signal in this film.
          • 2001: A Space Odyssey.
          • 5: In this 1979 film, the mining ship Nostromo lands on a distant planet to investigate a suspected S.O.S..
          • Alien.

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