April 22, 2022

Episode 436 - Cinema - While John Paul I Was Pope - Ends In An F Sound - There's No Business - Tv Guide

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 436, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Cinema

1: A clause in Orson Welles' RKO contract prevents Ted Turner from colorizing this 1941 film.

"Citizen Kane".

2: It was the 2nd film in the "Star Wars" trilogy.

"The Empire Strikes Back".

3: Vangelis' theme from this 1981 British film took a record 21 weeks on the charts to reach No. 1.

"Chariots of Fire".

4: Herbert Marshall played this author in "The Moon and Sixpence" and "The Razor's Edge".

Somerset Maugham.

5: It completes the title of the 1973 film "No Sex Please,...".

"We're British".

Round 2. Category: While John Paul I Was Pope

1: Sadat sat down to begin talks with Begin and Carter at this U.S. site September 6, 1978.

Camp David.

2: He regained the heavyweight title from the man he had lost it to in February -- Leon Spinks.

Muhammad Ali.

3: In an Aug. 30, 1978 press conference he said the Chevy Vega's gas tanks were just as dangerous as the Ford Pinto's.

Ralph Nader.

4: For 1978 tennis' U.S. Open moved from Forest Hills to a new home at this "meadow".

Flushing Meadow.

5: Olafur Johannesson became this island's P.M. and promptly devalued its currency.

Iceland.

Round 3. Category: Ends In An F Sound

1: Walter Reed's is "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever".

Epitaph.

2: Golfers who hit the ball outside of the fairway land in this area of higher grass.

Rough.

3: In "The Merchant of Venice", Shylock asks, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not" do this.

Laugh.

4: A naiad was one of these mythological creatures who prophesied and watched over rivers and streams.

Nymph.

5: Home to the Welsh Folk Museum, it was once known as the "Coal Metropolis of the World".

Cardiff.

Round 4. Category: There's No Business

1: The power went out on this Houston company when it declared bankruptcy in December 2001.

Enron.

2: This airline's "Friendly Skies" were darkened by its Dec. 2002 bankruptcy.

United Airlines.

3: In Jan. 2002 this undersea fiber optic telecom co. founded by Gary Winnick sank beneath the bankruptcy waves.

Global Crossing.

4: $11 billion in alleged fraud might've played a tiny part in this long-distance co.'s July 2002 bankruptcy.

WorldCom.

5: Conspiracy and fraud led to a June 2002 "reorganization" of this cable co. led by the Rigas family.

Adelphia.

Round 5. Category: Tv Guide

1: (Hi, I'm Renee Jones from "Days of our Lives") I made my acting debut on this TV series about a white basketball coach at a tough inner-city school.

The White Shadow.

2: Nancy Cartwright is over 30 years older than this animated son of Marge she voices.

Bart Simpson.

3: This animated series based on a Scott Adams comic strip premiered on UPN in 1999.

Dilbert.

4: The February 27, 1965 issue featured the womenfolk of this series.

The Beverly Hillbillies.

5: In the 1970s, a lot of viewers were suckers for this crime series whose stars are pictured here.

Kojak.

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

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