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Episode 522 - Hi Ya, Maya! - Faulkner Titles - A "D" In History - The Waltz - English Lit

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 522, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hi Ya, Maya!

  • 1: Maya Angelou's "The Heart of a Woman" was the first nonfiction work selected for this woman's book club.
  • Oprah.
  • 2: For this president's inauguration, Maya wrote and recited the poem "On the Pulse of Morning".
  • Bill Clinton.
  • 3: In 1977 Maya played Nyo Boto on this acclaimed miniseries.
  • Roots.
  • 4: It's the avian title of the first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiographical works.
  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
  • 5: Maya wrote all the original poems performed by this actress in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice".
  • Janet Jackson.

    • Round 2. Category: Faulkner Titles

    • 1: "Go Down...".
    • Moses.
    • 2: "Intruder in the...".
    • Dust.
    • 3: "Absalom...".
    • Absalom.
    • 4: "As I Lay...".
    • Dying.
    • 5: "Light in...".
    • August.

      • Round 3. Category: A "D" In History

      • 1: To keep Delaware's capital away from the invading British, it was moved to this city in 1777.
      • Dover.
      • 2: James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733 as a haven for people in trouble for this back in Britain.
      • debt.
      • 3: In 1868 and again in 1880, he was succeeded as British Prime Minister by William Gladstone.
      • Disraeli.
      • 4: In 1952 the U.N. started a commission on this to make the world a less lethal place.
      • disarmament.
      • 5: In the 16th century these assemblies of German potentates took place at Speyer, Augsburg and (yummy!) Worms.
      • a diet.

        • Round 4. Category: The Waltz

        • 1: Waltzes are characterized by swift, gliding turns and music that has this many quarter notes to a measure.
        • 3.
        • 2: A dance in the 1786 opera "Una Cosa Rara" popularized this waltz style named for a city.
        • Viennese.
        • 3: Act III of this 1893 Engelbert Humerpdinck opera features the "Gingerbread Waltz".
        • Hansel and Gretel.
        • 4: Although known as the "Waltz King", he also composed many marches and well-known polkas.
        • (Johann) Strauss.
        • 5: Pee Wee King co-wrote this waltz and had a country hit with it in 1948; later it became a state song.
        • "The Tennessee Waltz".

          • Round 5. Category: English Lit

          • 1: The "Book of the Duchesse" is an elegy for the Duchess of Lancaster by this author of "The Canterbury Tales".
          • Geoffrey Chaucer.
          • 2: Chapters in this novel include "Wickfield and Heep" and "Mr. Micawber's Gauntlet".
          • David Copperfield.
          • 3: Published in 1590, "The Legend of the Red Cross Knight" is the first of 6 books in this poetic epic.
          • The Faerie Queene.
          • 4: Her title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" referred to her husband's nickname for her.
          • Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
          • 5: She's the heroine of the long-banned 18th century novel "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure".
          • Fanny Hill.

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