Instant Trivia

Episode 424 - Journalism - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Mob Hits - It's Jason's Bar Mitzvah - Dirigibles, Blimps And Zeppelins

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 424, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Journalism

  • 1: This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz.
  • Edward R. Murrow.
  • 2: "The Journalist's Bible" is the AP stylebook; AP is short for this oldest news-gathering agency in the United States.
  • Associated Press.
  • 3: UPI journalist who's the senior member of the White House press corps.
  • Helen Thomas.
  • 4: It's the area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage; policemen walk them, too.
  • a beat.
  • 5: (New York Times reporterAndrea Elliott delivers the clue.) Just 8 years after getting my degree from this university's graduate school of journalism, I won one of the Pulitzer Prizes that the school administers.
  • Columbia.

    • Round 2. Category: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

    • 1: Fort Dix is in this state's 4th District, repped by Chris Smith, who was elected to Congress at age 27.
    • New Jersey.
    • 2: William French Smith, who held this post, 1981-1985, had a key role in putting the 1st woman on the Supreme Court.
    • Attorney General.
    • 3: In 1996 Gordon Smith lost to Ron Wyden to replace Bob Packwood as a Sen. from this state; now they serve together.
    • Oregon.
    • 4: Washington's 9th District is represented by this man, who has the same name as a certain economist.
    • Adam Smith.
    • 5: Parts of Comal, Hays and Travis Counties make up the 21st District of this state's Rep. Lamar Smith.
    • Texas.

      • Round 3. Category: Mob Hits

      • 1: Adriana La Cerva, Jimmy Altieri and Ralph Cifaretto all got whacked on this TV drama.
      • The Sopranos.
      • 2: Rotund name of "The Simpsons" head mobster who hangs out at "The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club".
      • Fat Tony.
      • 3: In the video game based on this film, players use violence and negotiation to become the next don.
      • The Godfather.
      • 4: "When I got into family therapy, this was not the 'family' I had in mind", says Billy Crystal in this '99 comedy.
      • Analyze This.
      • 5: "But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" says Tommy de Vito in this 1990 film.
      • Goodfellas.

        • Round 4. Category: It's Jason's Bar Mitzvah

        • 1: Like most of his peers, Jason has his bar mitzvah on this day of the week.
        • Saturday.
        • 2: Jason was jealous when twin sister Jennifer had this equivalent ceremony at age 12.
        • Bat Mitzvah.
        • 3: This synagogue employee, also called a hazan, taught Jason how to chant his Torah portion.
        • Cantor.
        • 4: Jason's guests may dance to this type of Jewish folk music, from Hebrew for "musical instruments".
        • Klezmer music.
        • 5: Jason settled for his parents' temple but wanted to celebrate at this site on the Temple Mount.
        • Wailing/Western Wall.

          • Round 5. Category: Dirigibles, Blimps And Zeppelins

          • 1: L.A. and this N.J. city were the only U.S. stops the Graf Zeppelin made during its round-the-world trip in 1929.
          • Lakehurst.
          • 2: In 1925 this Ohio company unveiled its first blimp, the Pilgrim.
          • Goodyear.
          • 3: In 1925 Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile made news when they flew over this point in a blimp.
          • North Pole.
          • 4: The U.S. Navy's ZR1, Shenandoah, was its first filled with this gas.
          • helium.
          • 5: Of the Bucs, Broncos or Bills, the one whose NFL stadium you'll never see the Fujifilm blimp fly over.
          • Broncos (that blimp has an altitude limit of 5000 feet).

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

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