April 18, 2022

Episode 432 - Art And Artists - Washington State - Double D Words - Celebrities' Favorite Books - The Starting Infield

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 432, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Art And Artists

1: This term for a painting of inanimate objects is from the Dutch "stilleven".

Still life.

2: In 1956 Time magazine dubbed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper".

Pollock.

3: Masterpieces in this Manhattan museum include "Starry Night" and "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon".

Museum of Modern Art.

4: Known for his religious art, Sebastien Bourdon served as court painter to this queen of Sweden in the 1650s.

Christina.

5: This Romanian known for his "Endless Column" also sculpted the scandalous "Princess X".

(Constantin) Brancusi.

Round 2. Category: Washington State

1: This dam on the Columbia River has a generating capacity of nearly 6.5 million kilowatts.

Grand Coulee Dam.

2: Whidbey Island is the largest of the many islands in this inlet.

Puget Sound.

3: The portrait of Washington on the state seal is from a portrait by this artist.

(Gilbert) Stuart.

4: In 1962 Seattle got one of the first elevated ones of these in a U.S. city; it carried people to the World's Fair.

a monorail.

5: An 1846 treaty set Washington's northern boundary at the 49th parallel; but Britain got to keep this island.

Vancouver.

Round 3. Category: Double D Words

1: Colby is a mild variety of this cheese.

cheddar.

2: It follows step-, corporate and Jacob's.

ladder.

3: Siddhartha Gautama's title.

Buddha.

4: It can mean the mean, or the waist.

the middle.

5: This little bear of children's lit was named for the London locale in which he was found.

Paddington.

Round 4. Category: Celebrities' Favorite Books

1: (I'm Jack Ford.) I couldn't choose just one; my favorite books are "Trinity", Leon Uris' novel of Ireland, and this Margaret Mitchell novel with an Irish-American heroine.

Gone with the Wind.

2: (Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) John Kennedy Toole committed suicide, unable to find a publisher for this satiric novel that later won a Pulitzer Prize.

A Confederacy of Dunces.

3: Lauren Bacall said his "All The Pretty Horses" was "the most beautiful writing I have read in years".

Cormac McCarthy.

4: A fan of history books and bios, Lucille Ball said one of her favorites was James Boswell's "Life of" this man.

(Samuel) Johnson.

5: (Former President Clinton presents the clue.) My favorite work of nonfiction is the "Meditations" of this Roman emperor who used his stoic philosophy to face the troubles of his reign in his own life.

Marcus Aurelius.

Round 5. Category: The Starting Infield

1: In 1977 Chambliss, Randolph, Dent and Nettles took the field for this team.

the Yankees.

2: From 1974 through 1981 the Dodgers fielded Garvey, Lopes, Russell and this third baseman, "The Penguin".

Ron Cey.

3: The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt and these 3 guys of yore.

Tinker, Evers and Chance.

4: The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers sent out Hodges, Gilliam, Reese and this groundbreaking infielder.

Jackie Robinson.

5: The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez and this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster.

Joe Morgan.

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

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