Instant Trivia

Episode 535 - Questionable Songs - Just Desserts - Name That Roman Emperor - Eagle Hodgepodge - Tough Potpourri

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 535, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Questionable Songs

  • 1: Million seller in which Elvis Presley asks, "Are you sorry we drifted apart?".
  • "Are You Lonesome Tonight?".
  • 2: It's what Patti Page asked about "the one with the waggly tail".
  • "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?".
  • 3: It followed Linda Ronstadt's lament "I've been cheated, been mistreated".
  • "When Will I Be Loved?".
  • 4: The Shirelles said, "Tonight you're mine completely" but weren't sure about this.
  • "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?".
  • 5: In her first top ten hit, Connie Francis asked this title question.
  • "Who's Sorry Now?".

    • Round 2. Category: Just Desserts

    • 1: In England, a biscuit can be a cracker or one of these sweet treats.
    • cookie.
    • 2: The original Toll House cookies were this type.
    • chocolate chip.
    • 3: Sharing its name with a French novel, this candy bar was originally 3 nougat bars.
    • Three Musketeers.
    • 4: Shhh! A chocolate one of these is just out of the oven.
    • soufflé.
    • 5: It's the 2-word French name for a custard dessert with a hard, caramelized sugar topping.
    • crème brûlée.

      • Round 3. Category: Name That Roman Emperor

      • 1: 54-68 A.D.:Presided during a big barbecue.
      • Nero.
      • 2: 117-138 A.D.:Had his own "wall" of fame.
      • Hadrian.
      • 3: 37-41 A.D.:Nutty guy who once "declared war" against the ocean.
      • Caligula.
      • 4: 306-337 A.D.:Converted to a non-Roman religion and moved the capital city.
      • Constantine.
      • 5: 27 B.C.-14 A.D.:His sister married Mark Antony and he defeated Mark Antony.
      • Augustus.

        • Round 4. Category: Eagle Hodgepodge

        • 1: In 1782 the U.S. chose this eagle as its national bird.
        • Bald eagle.
        • 2: Young eagles are called eyases or these.
        • Eaglets.
        • 3: It's a synonym for sprawl.
        • Spreadeagle.
        • 4: The chapters of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are called these after the nests of eagles.
        • Aeries.
        • 5: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards won the hearts of Englanders in 1988 competing in this Olympic event.
        • Ski jumping.

          • Round 5. Category: Tough Potpourri

          • 1: Wow! This man bought Manhattan with trinkets worth about 60 guilders, usually quoted as $24.
          • (Peter) Minuit.
          • 2: It's the specific word for a person between 90 and 100 years old.
          • nonagenarian.
          • 3: If you've read "The Flame Trees of Thika" (or if you saw the miniseries) you know that Thika is in this country.
          • Kenya.
          • 4: She was the first African-American author to win a Pulitzer Prize; she won in 1950 for her poetry.
          • Gwendolyn Brooks.
          • 5: This explorer was the governor of the Louisiana territory when he died mysteriously at a Tennessee inn in 1809.
          • Meriwether Lewis.

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

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