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Episode 451 - Dynasty - Play Your Cards Right - George Orwell - Action! - Thanks, Guys

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 451, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Dynasty

  • 1: Drink up! This family ruled France off and on until 1848.
  • Bourbon.
  • 2: Drink up! This family ruled France off and on until 1848.
  • Bourbon.
  • 3: In the 13th century the Marinids, a Berber dynasty, ruled what is now this country with Fez as their capital.
  • Morocco.
  • 4: The Sabah dynasty rules this kingdom bordering Iraq.
  • Kuwait.
  • 5: The Sabah dynasty rules this kingdom bordering Iraq.
  • Kuwait.

    • Round 2. Category: Play Your Cards Right

    • 1: In bridge, if east is the dummy that means the declarer is this position.
    • West (opposites).
    • 2: In the "Black Lady" version of this game, the queen of spades is to be dreaded also.
    • Hearts.
    • 3: It's a connecting device in an electrical circuit designed for the insertion of a plug.
    • a jack.
    • 4: In the poker variation Spit in the Ocean, each player is initially dealt this many cards.
    • 4.
    • 5: Phish musician Ernest Joseph Anastasio III, like many guys with III in their names, goes by this.
    • Trey.

      • Round 3. Category: George Orwell

      • 1: Orwell's classic 1945 satire on the Stalinist dictatorship; 4 publishers turned it down.
      • Animal Farm.
      • 2: Orwell was born Eric Blair in this country in 1903; Kipling, whom Orwell later wrote about, was born there in 1865.
      • India.
      • 3: In this book England is known as Airstrip One and is part of Oceania.
      • 1984.
      • 4: According to the title of a 1933 work, 1 of the 2 cities in which Orwell was "Down and Out".
      • London or Paris.
      • 5: In 1936 Orwell headed south to fight in and write about this war; he got shot in the throat and wrote a book.
      • the Spanish Civil War.

        • Round 4. Category: Action!

        • 1: This hero made his comic book debut in and on the cover of Action Comics No. 1.
        • Superman.
        • 2: In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors.
        • Johnson.
        • 3: You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action.
        • an equal and opposite reaction.
        • 4: The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, and the action of these can ring a buoy's bell.
        • a wave.
        • 5: Dutch-American artist about whose work the term "action painting" was coined.
        • Willem de Kooning.

          • Round 5. Category: Thanks, Guys

          • 1: Jim Cole, who keeps us posted on fruit imports and exports, works for this cabinet dept..
          • Dept. of Agriculture.
          • 2: When we have a question about this, the "Breakfast of Champions", we call Kathryn Newton.
          • Wheaties.
          • 3: Richard Arnold, researcher for this Paramount "Enterprise", told us about Vulcan mating customs.
          • "Star Trek".
          • 4: When we need to know about this, the King of Beers, we call Mary McHugh.
          • Budweiser.
          • 5: Mr. Otha Day of this bandleader's archive told about the 1st performance of "Rhapsody In Blue".
          • Paul Whiteman.

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

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