Instant Trivia

Episode 474 - Barcelona - Thriller - About "Face" - Rx Marks The Spot - Parents Are People Too

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 474, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Barcelona

  • 1: (Hello, I'm Jay Leno) In this year, Barcelona hosted the Olympics and I became the permanent host of "The Tonight Show".
  • 1992.
  • 2: On Sundays, in front of the Gothic Cathedral, people perform the Sardana, one of these.
  • Dance.
  • 3: A statue of this explorer points to the sea from atop a 167' column near Barcelona's harbor.
  • Christopher Columbus.
  • 4: The women of Barcelona's Carrer Avinyo inspired this cubist's "Les Demoiselles D'Avignon".
  • Pablo Picasso.
  • 5: Once suppressed under Franco, this native language is again widely used in Barcelona.
  • Catalan/Catalonian.

    • Round 2. Category: Thriller

    • 1: This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear and Present Danger".
    • Tom Clancy.
    • 2: This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons".
    • (John) Grisham.
    • 3: You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity".
    • (Robert) Ludlum.
    • 4: "The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt.
    • Clive Cussler.
    • 5: "The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author.
    • Steve Martini.

      • Round 3. Category: About "Face"

      • 1: Cosmetic surgery to pull the skin back and up to remove wrinkles.
      • facelift.
      • 2: The worth of a stamp or coin stated on it.
      • face value.
      • 3: Maintaining one's reputation.
      • saving/keeping face.
      • 4: To deal with a pressing problem directly, or the name of a 1980 TV game show similar to "Name That Tune".
      • Face the Music.
      • 5: Andy Griffith starred as a bumpkin turned TV star in this 1957 movie drama penned by Budd Schulberg.
      • A Face in the Crowd.

        • Round 4. Category: Rx Marks The Spot

        • 1: The stimulant methylphenidate, used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is known by this trade name.
        • Ritalin.
        • 2: "Oxy" for short, this painkiller has been widely abused in poor rural areas in the U.S..
        • Oxycontin.
        • 3: Also known as Alprazolam, you could say it is an "X" factor in anti-anxiety drugs.
        • Xanax.
        • 4: A compound of this lightest metal is used to treat bipolar disorder.
        • lithium.
        • 5: "Triazolam Days" just didn't sound quite right; maybe that's why the sleeping drug is known as this.
        • Halcion.

          • Round 5. Category: Parents Are People Too

          • 1: Also a home for hummingbirds, it becomes "empty" when the last child leaves home.
          • Nest.
          • 2: It's what a lonely dad may want to be to you, or the name of the one on the left(President Clinton's dog).
          • Buddy.
          • 3: At least this restriction dad put on you isn't a dusk-to-dawn one, as in Warri, Nigeria.
          • Curfew.
          • 4: If you get one of these in your nose or navel, parents may let out the same kind of "shriek".
          • Piercing.
          • 5: This term for a right that divorcing parents may fight over comes from Latin for "guardian".
          • Custody.

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

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