Instant Trivia

Episode 418 - The Stars - Social Types - 1950s Song Lyrics - This 'N' That - Also A Bar Drink

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 418, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Stars

  • 1: These spinning neutron stars were named for the bursts, or "pulses", of radio waves they emit.
  • pulsars.
  • 2: The star Spica marks a stalk of wheat in this maiden's hand.
  • Virgo.
  • 3: Although now fainter than Pollux, this star is designated the alpha star in Gemini.
  • Castor.
  • 4: The 3 stars of the Alpha Centauri system are Alpha, Beta and this, whose name means "the nearest".
  • Proxima.
  • 5: This star whose name sounds like a Michael Keaton character became the first whose surface was directly imaged.
  • Betelgeuse.

    • Round 2. Category: Social Types

    • 1: A fictional mutant monster gave us this term for a woman who's unbearable while planning her wedding.
    • Bridezilla.
    • 2: This 7-letter neologism describes someone who desires to emulate Madonna's or Britney's success.
    • wannabe.
    • 3: One who wields his power unofficially is this color eminence.
    • gray.
    • 4: After literati, men of letters become famous and wealthy, they get a couple letters more and become part of this group.
    • glitterati.
    • 5: Ms. Poole from accounting who's tough on expense accounts, is known by this leguminous 2-word term.
    • bean counter.

      • Round 3. Category: 1950s Song Lyrics

      • 1: It begins "Fee Fee Fi Fi Fo Fo Fum, I smell smoke in the au-di-tori-um!".
      • "Charlie Brown".
      • 2: This Paul Anka tune contains the lines "Put your lips next to mine, dear; won't you kiss me once, baby?".
      • "Put Your Head on My Shoulder".
      • 3: Fats Domino sang, "The moon stood still on" this, "and lingered until my dreams came true".
      • "Blueberry Hill".
      • 4: "When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, what will I be?", and got this answer.
      • "Que Sera, Sera".
      • 5: "All day, all night", this woman, "down by the seashore, sifting sand".
      • "Mary Ann".

        • Round 4. Category: This 'N' That

        • 1: Although born in Florida, Missouri, Mark Twain grew up in this city on the Mississippi River.
        • Hannibal.
        • 2: This reddish spice can be sold in both ground and stick form.
        • Cinnamon.
        • 3: In England the unit of volume roughly equivalent to a quart is spelled this way.
        • Litre.
        • 4: Legend says the Dannebrog, now this country's flag, dropped from heaven during a 1219 battle.
        • Denmark.
        • 5: "It Pays To Enrich Your Word Power" is a feature in this monthly magazine.
        • Reader's Digest.

          • Round 5. Category: Also A Bar Drink

          • 1: Flathead or Phillips head.
          • a screwdriver.
          • 2: With so much brainpower on stage today, this "Living Dead" movie monster wouldn't know where to start.
          • a zombie.
          • 3: It was last call for this Scottish outlaw on Dec. 28, 1734.
          • Rob Roy.
          • 4: Take a flying leap and name this type of reconnaissance plane or insect of the family Acrididae.
          • a grasshopper.
          • 5: G'day! This wooden weapon can also be a scheme that does injury to its originator.
          • a boomerang.

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

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