Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 443, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Singers And Their Roles
1: When Sonny gets blue, he can think of "Good Times", the film in which he and this partner played themselves.Cher.2: On stage, he was Ziggy Stardust, the king of space rock, and on film, an alien in "The Man Who Fell to Earth".David Bowie.3: She earned an Oscar nomination for starring in "The Rose" and an Emmy nomination for playing Mama Rose in "Gypsy".Bette Midler.4: She was the Acid Queen in "Tommy" and Auntie Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome".Tina Turner.5: He made 2 films, "Come September" and "That Funny Feeling", with his wife, Sandra Dee.Bobby Darin.Round 2. Category: Right On The Money
1: The current $2 bill features Thomas Jefferson on the front and the signing of this document on the back.the Declaration of Independence.2: The 2004 silver dollar honoring Thomas Edison was inscribed on the reverse side, "125th anniversary of" this invention.the light bulb.3: This cabinet department's seal appears on all U.S. paper currency.Treasury.4: Federal Reserve notes bear the statement "This note is legal tender for all" these, "public and private".debts.5: Bills printed in 2008 bear the signatures of Anna Cabral, U.S. Treasurer, and Henry Paulson, this official.Secretary of the Treasury.Round 3. Category: Group Therapy
1: A group of students at the same grade level.Class.2: A group that meets for a common purpose; Groucho wouldn't join one that would have him as a member.Club.3: The Mistick Krewe of Comus has been participating in parades in this city since 1857.New Orleans.4: alt.tv.game-shows is one of these "groups" in which you may find comments on this clue tomorrow.Newsgroup.5: Wolfe and over 999 others are part of this group in the St. Lawrence.Thousand Islands.Round 4. Category: Musical Matters
1: At age 14 Wynton Marsalis performed Haydn's concerto for this instrument.trumpet.2: The Dixie Chicks' first CD had the rhyming title "Thank Heavens for" this TV cowgirl.Dale Evans.3: It sounds like a small trench around a castle, but it was the major type of late medieval composition.motet.4: The 19th century composer of the following, he basically wrote for only one instrument.Frederic Chopin.5: James Blake, who wrote the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry", was better known by this nickname.Eubie.Round 5. Category: Kenya Feel The Love
1: Kenya's official languages are English and this one, whose name means "people of the coast".Swahili.2: Traditionally, the nomadic Masai of Kenya live almost entirely on their herds of these.cattle.3: At over 17,000 feet, Mount Kenya is eclipsed by only this other peak as the highest in Africa.Kilimanjaro.4: To the southwest, Kenya borders this 27,000-square-mile body of water.Lake Victoria.5: Now the chief port of Kenya, Mombasa was visited by this Portuguese explorer in 1498.(Vasco) da Gama.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!