Instant Trivia

Episode 561 - Wood Lives! - Multi-Million Selling Albums - Tell It To The Marines - George Bush - Noble Nicknames

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 561, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Wood Lives!

  • 1: In song, it's asked to "weep for me".
  • a willow.
  • 2: Film with line "A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood".
  • Pinocchio.
  • 3: Completes John Heywood's line from 1546: "You can't see the wood...".
  • for the trees.
  • 4: Shade tree with heart-shaped leaves of the genus Tilia, TV actor Hal might be found under one.
  • linden.
  • 5: The annual Berkshire Summer Music Festival is held on this estate in Lenox, Mass..
  • Tanglewood.

    • Round 2. Category: Multi-Million Selling Albums

    • 1: With over 25 million sold, 1 in every 11 Americans has this 1982 Michael Jackson album.
    • "Thriller".
    • 2: This group's "1962-1966" album has sold 13 million copies, its "1967-1970" album, 14 million.
    • The Beatles.
    • 3: At 10 million, the top-selling "Unplugged" album is this guitarist's.
    • Eric Clapton.
    • 4: His 1993 "Doggystyle" has been scooped up by 4 million buyers.
    • Snoop Doggy Dogg.
    • 5: She's the only woman in country music to have 2 albums sell over 10 million copies each.
    • Shania Twain.

      • Round 3. Category: Tell It To The Marines

      • 1: In the Mexican War the Marines raised the flag over the National Palace, known by this phrase in their hymn.
      • "From The Halls of Montezuma".
      • 2: The Marine Corps motto, it means "Always Faithful".
      • Semper Fidelis.
      • 3: Ground troops are based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and this camp near San Diego.
      • Camp Pendleton.
      • 4: During the Spanish-American War, the Marines were the first Americans to land in Cuba, seizing this bay.
      • Guantanamo Bay.
      • 5: The conquest of this Pacific island in February and March 1945 was the largest all-Marine battle in U.S. history.
      • Iwo Jima.

        • Round 4. Category: George Bush

        • 1: George met her at a 1941 Christmas dance, became engaged to her in 1943 and married her in 1945.
        • Barbara Pierce.
        • 2: He chose Bush as his running mate though they disagreed on cutting taxes, abortion and the E.R.A..
        • Ronald Reagan.
        • 3: As U.S. ambassador to this organization in 1971, Bush worked to keep Nationalist China from expulsion.
        • United Nations.
        • 4: As president, Bush sent troops into Panama to overthrow this dictator.
        • Manuel Noriega.
        • 5: Bush's father, Prescott, represented this state in the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1963.
        • Connecticut.

          • Round 5. Category: Noble Nicknames

          • 1: The Red,the Great,the Terrible.
          • Ivan.
          • 2: Rufus,the Silent,the Conqueror,of Orange.
          • William.
          • 3: The Mad,the Cruel,the Great.
          • Peter.
          • 4: The Fowler,the Wrangler,the Navigator.
          • Henry.
          • 5: The Simple,the Bald,the Fat,the Bold.
          • Charles.

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

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