Instant Trivia

Episode 429 - I Quit! - Skyscrapers By City - Mag-Nificent - Pour Me A Stiff One - Verb First Names

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 429, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: I Quit!

  • 1: When he left NASA to be a Univ. of Cincinnati prof., he took one giant leap into retirement from the public eye.
  • Neil Armstrong.
  • 2: His sudden retirement from the NBA on Nov. 7, 1991 shocked the sports world.
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson.
  • 3: In 1974, frustrated with GM's management, he quit and with British funding, built a stainless steel luxury sports car.
  • John DeLorean.
  • 4: On Nov. 25, 1980 Roberto Duran said, "No mas" and quit in the eighth round against this fighter.
  • Sugar Ray Leonard.
  • 5: In March 1987 Bettino Craxi quit after a 3 1/2-year term in this post, a post-WWII record.
  • prime minister of Italy.

    • Round 2. Category: Skyscrapers By City

    • 1: New York-New York Hotel and Casino.
    • Las Vegas.
    • 2: Cadillac Tower.
    • Detroit.
    • 3: Transamerica Pyramid.
    • San Francisco.
    • 4: Pillsbury Building.
    • Minneapolis.
    • 5: James K. Polk State Office Building.
    • Nashville.

      • Round 3. Category: Mag-Nificent

      • 1: This illustrated mag had a shake start in 1954 with unpopular coverage of snooty events like yacht races.
      • Sports Illustrated.
      • 2: This news magazine was started in 1923 so that "busy men" could stay informed.
      • Time.
      • 3: Articles in the first edition of this magazine, in 1936, featured ratings of cereal, soap and stockings.
      • Consumer Reports.
      • 4: Bell, Edison and Pasteur wrote for this mag, founded in 1872, that also devoted early attention to evolution theory.
      • Popular Science.
      • 5: This urbane magazine wrote in its 1925 start that "it is not edited for the old lady in Dubuque".
      • The New Yorker.

        • Round 4. Category: Pour Me A Stiff One

        • 1: Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel and a screwdriver.
        • orange juice.
        • 2: Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this.
        • vodka.
        • 3: Invented in Cuba, a mojito is made with lime juice, club soda, sugar, ice, mint leaves and this kind of alcohol.
        • rum.
        • 4: This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974.
        • Bailey's (Irish Cream).
        • 5: Mon Dieu! This French liqueur was originally made at the Abbey of Fecamp by the monks for which it is named.
        • Benedictine.

          • Round 5. Category: Verb First Names

          • 1: To cut oneself slightly while shaving.
          • Nick.
          • 2: To send a statement for money owed for goods or services.
          • Bill.
          • 3: To suffer or tolerate.
          • Brook.
          • 4: To pry open a door, as with a crowbar.
          • Jimmy.
          • 5: When followed by "down", to frisk someone, as for concealed weapons.
          • Pat.

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