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Episode 521 - In A Musical Mood - Tea Party - December 1969 - Story Problems - Tribes

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 521, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: In A Musical Mood

  • 1: What have you been doing all day? This song.
  • "I've Been Working On The Railroad".
  • 2: Written for the movie "Chasing Rainbows", this hit became a campaign song in 1932.
  • "Happy Days Are Here Again".
  • 3: 1970 unearthed this no. 1 hit song for Kentucky native Loretta Lynn.
  • Coal Miner's Daughter.
  • 4: La. gov. Jimmie Davis bought the copyright to this song, then claimed authorship--it made him happy when skies were gray.
  • "You Are My Sunshine".
  • 5: This British band gave us "Creep", "High and Dry" and "Lotus Flower", one of Rolling Stone's Top 10 2011 singles.
  • Radiohead.

    • Round 2. Category: Tea Party

    • 1: Type of tea named for the titled Englishman who became prime minister in 1830.
    • Earl Grey.
    • 2: It's a silly, out-dated affectation to crook this when picking up a teacup.
    • Pinky finger.
    • 3: It's a "comfy" term for a teapot cover.
    • Cozy.
    • 4: From middle English for "curled-up" cake, it's a tea bread that resembles an English muffin.
    • Crumpet.
    • 5: N.Y. merchant Thomas Sullivan gets the credit for originating these in 1904; his were made of silk.
    • Tea bags.

      • Round 3. Category: December 1969

      • 1: The Nobel prize in this category was awarded for the first time and was won by a Norwegian and a Dutchman.
      • economics.
      • 2: On December 15, 1969, this Israeli prime minister presented her new cabinet to the Knesset.
      • Golda Meir.
      • 3: Gen. Torrijos was removed as this country's strongman on Dec. 15th and was restored on the 16th.
      • Panama.
      • 4: On December 1, 1969 the U.S. held the first one of these since 1942; September 14 was drawn first.
      • a selective service lottery (or draft lottery).
      • 5: This rich Texan took 2 planes to N. Vietnam loaded with gifts for U.S. P.O.W.s but wasn't let in.
      • Ross Perot.

        • Round 4. Category: Story Problems

        • 1: If string licorice is 20 cents a foot, a yard costs this much.
        • 60 cents.
        • 2: The problem in this 1902 story is for Sherlock to find the beast (or man) that's been killing folks on the Devonshire moors.
        • The Hound of the Baskervilles.
        • 3: If 25% of the total U. S. Senate voted yea on a law, this many Senators voted nay.
        • 75.
        • 4: Number of kids you need to form 16 3-legged race teams.
        • 32.
        • 5: Porfiry's problem in this story is to get Raskolnikov to confess.
        • Crime and Punishment.

          • Round 5. Category: Tribes

          • 1: The Havasupai have been living in a branch of this canyon for over 600 years.
          • Grand Canyon.
          • 2: The Blackfeet lived in these structures and decorated them with paintings of real and mythical creatures.
          • Tepees.
          • 3: The Chinook religion was based around this fish's annual run.
          • Salmon.
          • 4: Their name, from a Sioux term for "People of Alien Speech", is shared by the largest city in Wyoming.
          • Cheyenne.
          • 5: As the Cherokee history includes the "Trail of Tears", this Southwest tribe has the "Long Walk".
          • Navajo.

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

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