Instant Trivia

Episode 550 - Reagan 101 - Metallic Stars - Silly Similes - Medicinal Plants - "Light"S

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 550, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Reagan 101

  • 1: The state where Ronald Reagan was born in 1911.
  • Illinois.
  • 2: The year he took up residence in the White House.
  • 1981.
  • 3: Nickname he gained from his role in "Knute Rockne--All American".
  • "The Gipper".
  • 4: His term as president of this began in 1947.
  • the Screen Actors Guild.
  • 5: The California city that's home to his presidential library and burial site.
  • Simi Valley.

    • Round 2. Category: Metallic Stars

    • 1: The year after her movie debut in "The Color Purple", she won a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording.
    • Whoopi Goldberg.
    • 2: At age 12 he was performing magic under the name "Davino, The Boy Magician".
    • David Copperfield.
    • 3: He wrote "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" for his group Queen.
    • Freddie Mercury.
    • 4: He played defendant Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune".
    • Jeremy Irons.
    • 5: He played lawyer Alan Dershowitz in "Reversal of Fortune".
    • Ron Silver.

      • Round 3. Category: Silly Similes

      • 1: Being as blind as this animal isn't so bad; it isn't really blind.
      • Bat.
      • 2: With exercise, you can become as fit as this musical instrument.
      • Fiddle.
      • 3: You could wind up in this condition, the same as a dodo or a doornail.
      • Dead.
      • 4: You might be busy as a bee, a beaver or a one-armed one of these.
      • Paper hanger.
      • 5: Rich Mullins sings that faith without works is as useless as one of these on a submarine.
      • Screen door.

        • Round 4. Category: Medicinal Plants

        • 1: During the Civil War blockade, Southerners used dogwood bark tea instead of quinine in treating this.
        • Malaria.
        • 2: For a time parsley and sage were used as remedies for this; now Minoxidil is giving it a try.
        • baldness.
        • 3: Oil from this pickle "weed" is a folk remedy for infant colic.
        • Dill.
        • 4: Span. missionaries in Peru found a substance in the bark of the Cinchona tree that treats this disease.
        • malaria.
        • 5: Many keep a pot of this succulent member of the lily family in the kitchen to treat minor burns.
        • Aloe.

          • Round 5. Category: "Light"S

          • 1: Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini and Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran.
          • lightweights.
          • 2: To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away.
          • make light of it.
          • 3: Ben Franklin invented this device and would have been shocked if it hadn't worked.
          • the lightning rod.
          • 4: A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this.
          • screw in a light bulb.
          • 5: "I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine".
          • this little light of mine.

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

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