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Episode 483 - Henry - "Blue" Movies - Hello, Newman - Colombia - Veggies

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 483, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Henry

  • 1: Nominated for 18 Oscars, one of his first jobs was composing music for an Abbott and Costello movie.
  • Mancini.
  • 2: In 1957 he produced and starred in the landmark drama "12 Angry Men".
  • Henry Fonda.
  • 3: Flowery poems by Henry Gibson were often featured on this wacky 1960s sketch-comedy show.
  • Laugh-In.
  • 4: King Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's head chopped off so he could take up with this lady-in-waiting, his next wife.
  • Jane Seymour.
  • 5: Henry Pu Yi's last years as the ruler of China were the basis of this 1987 film.
  • The Last Emperor.

    • Round 2. Category: "Blue" Movies

    • 1: 1980 film in which 2 shipwrecked kids grow up to be Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins.
    • "The Blue Lagoon".
    • 2: The dark side of sunny suburbia comes to the surface for Kyle MacLachlan in this kinky 1986 film.
    • Blue Velvet.
    • 3: In this 1930 film Marlene Dietrich played Lola-Lola, a sultry cabaret singer.
    • "The Blue Angel".
    • 4: George Gershwin's songs were featured in this 1945 biographical film.
    • "Rhapsody In Blue".
    • 5: Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film.
    • "Blue Velvet".

      • Round 3. Category: Hello, Newman

      • 1: Paul Newman's character kicks western outlaw Harvey Logan where it really hurts in this 1969 classic.
      • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
      • 2: Told he was sexier than this "Top Gun" star, Newman quipped, "I'm lucky to have a pulse".
      • Tom Cruise.
      • 3: Newman's movie debut, "The Silver" this, also features Lorne Greene as St. Peter.
      • The Silver Chalice.
      • 4: Paul won an Oscar for this 1986 film in which he reprised his role of Fast Eddie Felsen.
      • The Color of Money.
      • 5: Try to spot Bruce Willis as a courtroom extra in this 1982 Newman film about an alcoholic lawyer.
      • The Verdict.

        • Round 4. Category: Colombia

        • 1: Unable to conclude a treaty with Colombia in 1903, the U.S. helped this country secede and made one with it.
        • Panama.
        • 2: Lying in a basin high in the Andes, it's Colombia's largest city.
        • Bogota.
        • 3: The Putomayo, a branch of this river, forms much of Colombia's border with Peru.
        • the Amazon.
        • 4: Colombia's coat of arms was adopted in 1834 and features this vulture perched on top.
        • the Andean Condor.
        • 5: In 1982 this Colombian who led Latin America's literary boom of the '60s won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
        • García Márquez.

          • Round 5. Category: Veggies

          • 1: The name of this dark green, elongated squash is from the Italian for "gourd".
          • Zucchini.
          • 2: This red-stalked vegetable is also called a pieplant because it's often used as a pie filling.
          • Rhubarb.
          • 3: Some researchers believe a half head of this cole slaw vegetable a day can prevent certain forms of cancer.
          • Cabbage.
          • 4: The name of this immature onion is from Ascalon, a port in Palestine.
          • Scallion.
          • 5: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish and carved into "roses".
          • Radish.

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

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