Instant Trivia

Episode 466 - State Fish - The Bells - Get Your Literary Facts Straight - '90s Sitcoms - Crazy Talk

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 466, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: State Fish

  • 1: A Massachusetts cape is named for this state fish, a valuable food source.
  • cod.
  • 2: Though this "regal" salmon is Alaska's state fish, it doesn't wear a crown.
  • king salmon.
  • 3: Called a muskie for short, it's Wisconsin's state fish.
  • a muskellunge.
  • 4: This largest species of salmon, Oregon's state fish, shares its name with an Indian tribe and may grow to 3 feet.
  • the chinook salmon.
  • 5: South Dakota chose the walleye, while North Dakota chose the northern type of this fish.
  • a pike.

    • Round 2. Category: The Bells

    • 1: This city's second-most famous bell was cast in 1926 for Wanamaker's Department Store.
    • Philadelphia.
    • 2: The bells in this 12th century Italian tower are no longer rung; we just hope they don't fall out.
    • Leaning Tower of Pisa.
    • 3: The world's largest bell, which has never rung, is in this walled area of Moscow.
    • The Kremlin.
    • 4: Big Ben hangs over Parliament and a rival, Great Tom, hangs over Christ Church College at this university.
    • Oxford.
    • 5: One of this city's Temple Bells, which Kipling heard calling him back, weighs 90 tons.
    • Mandalay.

      • Round 3. Category: Get Your Literary Facts Straight

      • 1: "Three Junes" is a novel by Julia Glass; this Chekhov play centers on the Prozorov family.
      • Three Sisters.
      • 2: Agatha Christie: "Death On The Nile";Thomas Mann:"Death In" this city.
      • Venice.
      • 3: "Brick House" is by the Commodores; this Dickens novel tells of the interminable suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce.
      • Bleak House.
      • 4: "A Room of One's Own" is a feminist essay by Virginia Woolf; this E.M. Forster work tells of Lucy, on vacation in Italy.
      • A Room With a View.
      • 5: Ivan Turgenev wrote "A Month in the Country"; Alan Paton wrote this story of a South African pastor and his son.
      • Cry, the Beloved Country.

        • Round 4. Category: '90s Sitcoms

        • 1: The pals in this sitcom hang out and down a few brews at Cleveland's Warsaw Tavern.
        • The Drew Carey Show.
        • 2: Roz Doyle is his producer and call-screener at Seattle's KACL Radio.
        • Frasier Crane.
        • 3: Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode.
        • Home Improvement.
        • 4: MIchelangelo is the middle name of Lewis Kiniski, Ryan Stiles' character on this sitcom.
        • The Drew Carey Show.
        • 5: This sitcom was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning columns by humorist Dave Barry.
        • Dave's World.

          • Round 5. Category: Crazy Talk

          • 1: Crazy like a Christmas loaf.
          • nutty as a fruitcake.
          • 2: Nocturnal flying mammals enclosed by a church tower.
          • bats in the belfry.
          • 3: Enunciation of a Black Forest clock bird.
          • cuckoo, cuckoo.
          • 4: Hauling 999 baked and molded blocks of clay when you should have 1000.
          • not carrying a full load.
          • 5: The penthouse is unserviced by the lift.
          • the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

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

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