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Episode 552 - Film Noir Lingo - It's A Drag (Movie) - Good Thinking - Back To The Hotel - Film Comedies

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 552, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Film Noir Lingo

  • 1: When Dana Andrews used this term for women in "Laura", he didn't mean they'd been knighted.
  • dame.
  • 2: Change one letter in "champ" to get this word for a fool or patsy.
  • a chump.
  • 3: Slang name of Philip Marlowe's job in "Murder, My Sweet", or first name of actor Powell, who played him.
  • dick.
  • 4: You might "case" one of these to see if it's the "clip" type.
  • joint.
  • 5: Meaning small time con men, it's the title of a neo-noir film with Anjelica Huston and John Cusack.
  • Grifters.

    • Round 2. Category: It's A Drag (Movie)

    • 1: 1993, starring Robin Williams.
    • Mrs. Doubtfire.
    • 2: 1960, starring Anthony Perkins.
    • Psycho.
    • 3: 1959, starring Lemmon and Curtis.
    • Some Like It Hot.
    • 4: 1982, starring Dustin Hoffman.
    • Tootsie.
    • 5: 1992, starring Jaye Davidson.
    • The Crying Game.

      • Round 3. Category: Good Thinking

      • 1: With little wind resistance, these domes housed the radar equipment along the DEW line.
      • Geodesic Domes.
      • 2: Sales were slow for cellophane Scotch Tape until John Borden invented one of these for the roll.
      • a dispenser.
      • 3: After his 3-year-old was impatient to see the photo he'd taken, he set out to invent an "instant" camera.
      • Edwin Land.
      • 4: In 1892 Henry Perky invented a machine to shred this grain and form it into little pillow-shaped biscuits.
      • wheat.
      • 5: In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris and spread fresh water.
      • Frank Zamboni.

        • Round 4. Category: Back To The Hotel

        • 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets.
        • dogs.
        • 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital.
        • Dublin.
        • 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction.
        • Queen Mary.
        • 4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site.
        • the Venetian.
        • 5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony.
        • the Roosevelt.

          • Round 5. Category: Film Comedies

          • 1: This comic goes medieval as Jamal, who awakens to find himself in 14th century England in "Black Knight".
          • Martin Lawrence.
          • 2: Sandra Bullock got in touch with her feminine side in this 2000 comedy.
          • Miss Congeniality.
          • 3: (Hi, I'm Rob Schneider.) I played a fish tank cleaner who takes up a much older profession in this 1999 comedy.
          • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.
          • 4: In "A Day at the Races", he tells the eager Esther Muir, "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you".
          • Groucho Marx.
          • 5: Mel Brooks played Moses and Torquemada in this 1981 film.
          • History of the World, Part I.

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

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