Instant Trivia

Episode 450 - Musical Duos - Animal Similes - Books By Tv Newspeople - Self-Titled Albums - Geographic Cocktails

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 450, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Musical Duos

  • 1: In 1990 this "Bridge Over Troubled Water" duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • Simon and Garfunkel.
  • 2: Dan Seals was part of England Dan and John Ford Coley and his brother Jim Seals was part of this duo.
  • Seals and Crofts.
  • 3: It seems like "Only Yesterday" that they were on "Top of the World" with hits like "For All We Know".
  • The Carpenters.
  • 4: In the early '90s, these twins, Matthew and Gunnar, had a string of hits, including "After the Rain".
  • Nelson.
  • 5: "My Maria" could tell you Kix and Ronnie are the first names of this top country duo.
  • Brooks and Dunn.

    • Round 2. Category: Animal Similes

    • 1: Hot dam! You're "as busy as" this flat-tailed rodent.
    • a beaver.
    • 2: "Quiet as" this animal of the family Muridae.
    • a mouse (a church mouse accepted).
    • 3: Plastered, blotto, "drunk as" this mammal, Mephitis mephitis.
    • a skunk.
    • 4: Alice knows you're "mad as a March" this.
    • a hare.
    • 5: "Happy as" this Old World oscine bird of the family Alaudidae.
    • a lark.

      • Round 3. Category: Books By Tv Newspeople

      • 1: In 1997's "A Reporter's Life" he covered his 31 years at CBS News.
      • Walter Cronkite.
      • 2: This NBC anchor's "The Greatest Generation" pays tribute to those who came of age during World War II.
      • Tom Brokaw.
      • 3: In 1998 this ABC anchor, along with Todd Brewster, took on "The Century".
      • Peter Jennings.
      • 4: He and Kyle Gibson wrote "Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television".
      • Ted Koppel.
      • 5: "Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion" collects his commentaries from "This Week".
      • David Brinkley.

        • Round 4. Category: Self-Titled Albums

        • 1: This 1999 album contains "Livin' La Vida Loca" and "Shake Your Bon-Bon".
        • "Ricky Martin".
        • 2: No. 1 songs from this 1990 album included "Vision Of Love" and "Someday".
        • Mariah Carey.
        • 3: "Sailing" sailed off this 1980 album.
        • "Christopher Cross".
        • 4: "That's The Way Love Goes" is on this album, period.
        • "Janet".
        • 5: "Dimelo (I Need To Know)" the title of this album that includes that song.
        • "Marc Anthony".

          • Round 5. Category: Geographic Cocktails

          • 1: Title of the following, it's also a cocktail made of Scotch whisky, sugar, and bitters:"Well you take the high road, and I'll take the low road""But I'll be in be in Scotland before ya /For me and my true love may never meet again...".
          • Loch Lomond.
          • 2: The juice of this fruit makes up to â…“ of a Valencia cocktail.
          • an orange.
          • 3: It's not "a long way to" this drink, if you've got Irish whiskey, chartreuse and vermouth.
          • Tipperary.
          • 4: If you order this cold drink on "Long Island", you're apt to get 5 distilled spirits, not brewed leaves.
          • (a Long Island) iced tea.
          • 5: You're off to the races in Upstate N.Y. with this drink of ginger ale, sugar, bitters and lemon juice.
          • a Saratoga.

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