Instant Trivia

Episode 479 - Around The Horn - Singing The "Blue"S - The Crusades - Canadian Songbirds - Gopher The Gusto

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 479, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Around The Horn

  • 1: The southernmost point in South America, Cape Horn is part of this country.
  • Chile.
  • 2: SE of Cape Horn is the "South" version of this Scottish island group that shares its name with dogs and ponies.
  • the Shetlands.
  • 3: This strait that separates the Pacific and Atlantic oceans is named for a Portuguese guy.
  • Magellan.
  • 4: Cape Horn is the southern extremity of this fiery archipelago.
  • Tierra del Fuego.
  • 5: The largest desert in the Americas is in this Argentinean region visited by Darwin on his Beagle trips.
  • Patagonia.

    • Round 2. Category: Singing The "Blue"S

    • 1: According to Elton John, "Baby's got" these.
    • Blue eyes.
    • 2: Before Elvis sang this song in a 1961 movie, Bing sang it in 1937's "Waikiki Wedding".
    • Blue Hawaii.
    • 3: Back in 1984, David Bowie had just met a girl named this.
    • Blue Jean.
    • 4: In 1977 Linda Ronstadt had a hit with this Roy Orbison tune.
    • Blue Bayou.
    • 5: In a song from the '20s, "Just Mollie and me, and baby makes three, we're happy in" this place.
    • My Blue Heaven.

      • Round 3. Category: The Crusades

      • 1: At the Council of Clermont in 1095 Urban II proclaimed the 1st Crusade against this group of infidels.
      • Saracens//Muslims.
      • 2: The deadly rivals of the Hospitalers, these knights lent their name to a fictional "saint".
      • Knights Templar.
      • 3: Leading the third Crusade, this English king captured Cyprus.
      • Richard the Lionhearted.
      • 4: During the third Crusade, Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, made this Syrian city his headquarters.
      • Damascus.
      • 5: Walter the Penniless and this Peter led early groups of poor peasants into the fray.
      • Peter the Hermit.

        • Round 4. Category: Canadian Songbirds

        • 1: In December 2007 this chanteuse gave her last performance of the Vegas spectacular "A New Day".
        • Celine Dion.
        • 2: This singer from Halifax, Nova Scotia had hits with "Adia" and "Sweet Surrender".
        • Sarah McLachlan.
        • 3: She must be a Keith Jackson fan, as she titled one of her albums "Whoa, Nelly!".
        • Nelly Furtado.
        • 4: She put her initials on duets of "Crying" with Roy Orbison and "What A Wonderful World" with Tony Bennett.
        • k.d. lang.
        • 5: Leslie is the first name of this "1234" singer who was a dancer at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
        • Feist.

          • Round 5. Category: Gopher The Gusto

          • 1: Genesis 6 says it was made out of gopher wood and was 300 cubits long.
          • the ark.
          • 2: Bill Murray fights troublesome golf course gophers in this comedy classic.
          • Caddyshack.
          • 3: It's where the small rodent known as a pocket gopher has its pockets.
          • its cheeks.
          • 4: Gopher is a document delivery system to retrieve information from this system that dates back to the 1960s.
          • the Internet.
          • 5: Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" takes place in Gopher Prairie in this state.
          • Minnesota.

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

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