Instant Trivia

Episode 467 - Wet And Wild - Yale Drama School Alumni - I Am A Crook - Stuff - Taking The Fifth

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 467, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Wet And Wild

  • 1: Of a bird, a fish or an insect, what a water boatman is.
  • Insect.
  • 2: The American Water and Irish Water breeds of this dog are both noted for retrieving waterfowl.
  • Spaniel.
  • 3: Bubalus babalis is the scientific name of this animal also known as the water ox.
  • Water buffalo.
  • 4: Water hog is another name for this, the largest living rodent, that looks like a giant guinea pig.
  • Capybara.
  • 5: The water opossum is also called the yapok, in honor of this continent's Oyapok River.
  • South America.

    • Round 2. Category: Yale Drama School Alumni

    • 1: Going to school at Yale got her into films like "Sophie's Choice".
    • Meryl Streep.
    • 2: He had some "Happy Days" at Yale long before starring in "The Dinner Party" on Broadway in 2000.
    • Henry Winkler.
    • 3: That her acceptance to Yale was addressed to a "Mr." was a bit "Alien".
    • Sigourney Weaver.
    • 4: This "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" star attended Yale on a scholarship.
    • Angela Bassett.
    • 5: In 2000 this Yale grad was TV's "DAG".
    • David Alan Grier.

      • Round 3. Category: I Am A Crook

      • 1: Ralph, nicknamed "Bottles", was the brother of this gangster, nicknamed "Scarface".
      • Al Capone.
      • 2: Sheriff Pat Garrett said this crook's "face always wore a smile".
      • Billy the Kid.
      • 3: In 1868 the Reno Brothers robbed one of these in Indiana, years before the James Gang did it out west.
      • train.
      • 4: The Queen Anne's Revenge was a ship of this pirate, whose whole known career lasted from 1716 to 1718.
      • Blackbeard.
      • 5: 2 months after Bonnie and Clyde were shot down in Louisiana, he got it outside the Biograph in Chicago.
      • John Dillinger.

        • Round 4. Category: Stuff

        • 1: The lawyer who made famous the line "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit".
        • Johnnie Cochran.
        • 2: The car part called an aerial across the pond is known as this here in the States.
        • an antenna.
        • 3: The two projectiles in Olympic track and field that weigh 16 pounds.
        • the shotput and the hammer.
        • 4: It's official state vegetables are the frijole pinto bean and the chile pepper.
        • New Mexico.
        • 5: Since 2002 this Lower Manhattan area has had its own film festival.
        • Tribeca.

          • Round 5. Category: Taking The Fifth

          • 1: Before he was president, Gerald Ford was a congressman from this state's Fifth District.
          • Michigan.
          • 2: Who, what, when, where and this are the 5 Ws that reporters should be concerned with.
          • why.
          • 3: This DJ on New York's WINS was nicknamed "The Fifth Beatle".
          • Murray "The K".
          • 4: AKA the "Father of the Military Academy", Col. Sylvanus Thayer was the fifth superintendent at this school.
          • West Point.
          • 5: On January 8, 1959 Charles de Gaulle took office as the first president of what was termed this French government.
          • the Fifth Republic.

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

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