Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 519, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Around The Bible
1: The first word in I Chronicles is this man first mentioned in Genesis 2:19.Adam.2: The first word in I Chronicles is this man first mentioned in Genesis 2:19.Adam.3: Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither".Job.4: Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither".Job.5: I Kings uses "slept with his fathers" as a euphemism for this.death (or died).Round 2. Category: "Two""Thousand" And "Eight"
1: Be grateful for what you have, because "a bird in the hand is worth" this.two in the bush.2: This book by Eliot Asinof is subtitled "The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series".Eight Men Out.3: In effect from 1922 to 1944, it was the part of the army code that allowed them to kick you out for undesirable traits.Section 8.4: Completes the 1940 song title "Beat Me Daddy...".8 To The Bar.5: This Jane Smiley farmland novel was adapted into a movie starring Jessica Lange and Michelle Pfeiffer.A Thousand Acres.Round 3. Category: Name That Autocrat
1: Spain1939-1975.Franco.2: Argentina1946-1955.(Juan) Perón.3: Norway1942-1945.Vidkun Quisling.4: Nicaragua1967-1972 and 1974-1979.Somoza.5: The Soviet Union1964-1982.Brezhnev.Round 4. Category: A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose
1: This World War II radio propagandist was born on the Fourth of July, 1916.Tokyo Rose.2: Alliterative woman described in song here by Nat King Cole"Wild and wind-blown /That's how you've grown"."Ramblin' Rose".3: In 1956 Aussie Murray Rose became the 1st male swimmer to win 2 solo Olympic golds since this man in 1924.(Johnny) Weissmuller.4: In this Umberto Eco novel, William of Baskerville solves a murder like a medieval Sherlock Holmes.The Name of the Rose.5: The 2 British royal houses of the Wars of the Roses.York and Lancaster.Round 5. Category: Says You
1: He told Frank Gorshin, "I never said...'mmm you dirty rat!'".James Cagney.2: Bartlett's list "Stop da music!" and "Dese are de conditions dat prevail" under this man's name.Jimmy Durante.3: Abraham Lincoln said, "The ballot is stronger than" this.The bullet.4: The most famous line from this author's "Sacred Emily" is "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose".Gertrude Stein.5: Heraclitus noticed, "You cannot step twice into the same" one of these.River.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!