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Episode 525 - When They Were In College - Woody Guthrie - A Day In June - Fraternal Societies - Where Is It?

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 525, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: When They Were In College

  • 1: Janet Reno was president, not attorney general of the women's student govt. at this Ithaca, N.Y. school.
  • Cornell.
  • 2: This supermodel from Somalia was discovered when she was a student at the University of Nairobi.
  • Iman.
  • 3: Martin Scorsese earned a B.S. and an M.A. from this Manhattan university's film school, and also taught there.
  • NYU (New York University).
  • 4: At Amherst this future TV dad graduated cum laude; he must have been in "7th Heaven".
  • Stephen Collins.
  • 5: At Vassar, Meryl Streep starred in this Swede's play "Miss Julie"; at Yale, she was in his play "The Father".
  • August Strindberg.

    • Round 2. Category: Woody Guthrie

    • 1: Woody was born in Okemah in this state, "Way down yonder in the Indian nation".
    • Oklahoma.
    • 2: Woody inscribed "This machine kills Fascists" on this instrument.
    • His guitar.
    • 3: A devoted fan, this rock star described himself in the early '60s as a "Woody Guthrie jukebox".
    • Bob Dylan.
    • 4: He's Woody's folk singer son, known for "Alice's Restaurant".
    • Arlo Guthrie.
    • 5: The title of this 1943 Woody autobiography is lifted from a song about a train.
    • "Bound For Glory".

      • Round 3. Category: A Day In June

      • 1: June 5, 1851:Later a novel, this serial begins a 10-month run in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
      • Uncle Tom's Cabin.
      • 2: June 11, 2004:His funeral is held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C..
      • Reagan.
      • 3: June 1, 1533:This woman, Henry VIII's new wife, is crowned queen.
      • Anne Boleyn.
      • 4: June 17, 1579:This captain claims "Nova Albion" (possibly modern-day California) for England.
      • Sir Francis Drake.
      • 5: June 28, 1969:Riots at this Greenwich Village bar mark the beginning of the gay rights movement.
      • the Stonewall Inn.

        • Round 4. Category: Fraternal Societies

        • 1: Roman Catholic laymen can be members of the Knights of this, founded by Father McGivney in 1882.
        • Columbus.
        • 2: With its motto "We Serve", it got off to a "roaring" start in 1917.
        • the Lions Club.
        • 3: To become a Shriner, you must be a 32nd-degree one of these.
        • Mason.
        • 4: Its name is an Indian term meaning "We Make Ourselves Known" and it sponsors Key Clubs for high schoolers.
        • Kiwanis.
        • 5: The name of this Jewish fraternal organization founded in NYC in 1843 means "Children of the Covenant".
        • B'nai B'rith.

          • Round 5. Category: Where Is It?

          • 1: Gondor, Rivendell(a literary world).
          • Middle-earth.
          • 2: It's the country immediately west of Kenya and immediately north of Lake Victoria.
          • Uganda.
          • 3: The Great Barrier Reef: this ocean.
          • the Pacific.
          • 4: Lenin's tomb: in this 800,000-square-foot expanse.
          • Red Square.
          • 5: The Vegas hotel:Mon Ami Gabi Bistro and Le Rendezvous Lounge.
          • Paris.

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

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