Instant Trivia

Episode 572 - The Silver Screen - Notorious Women - It's A Breeze - Veggies' Scientific Names - I Know What You Did Last Summer

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 572, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Silver Screen

  • 1: You should know that she played Batgirl in "Batman and Robin" -- unless you're "Clueless".
  • Alicia Silverstone.
  • 2: 1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it".
  • Psycho.
  • 3: Rent the 1978 film "Silver Bears" and you'll see this "Tonight Show" host playing a mafioso's son.
  • Jay Leno.
  • 4: Her 6-minute role as Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" was the shortest Oscar-winning role.
  • Judi Dench.
  • 5: Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie.
  • Red Heat.

    • Round 2. Category: Notorious Women

    • 1: An FBI press release said that she also went by the names Mrs. Roy Thornton and Mrs. Clyde Barrow.
    • Bonnie Parker.
    • 2: In 1954, Lolita Lebron and other nationalists from this island wounded 5 congressmen on the house floor.
    • Puerto Rico.
    • 3: It was ambitious Kathryn Kelly who bought and forced her husband George to use this weapon.
    • machine gun.
    • 4: In 19th c. London, Mrs. Mary Pearcey disposed of victims' bodies by wheeling them off in this vehicle.
    • baby carriage.
    • 5: She served 7 years for the attempted murder of Mary Jo Buttafuoco and then became a columnist for the Long Island Press.
    • Amy Fisher.

      • Round 3. Category: It's A Breeze

      • 1: These steady winds of the tropics are so named because they aid commerce.
      • Trade winds.
      • 2: From the Arabic for "50", the Khamsin can blow for 50 days across the north of this continent.
      • Africa.
      • 3: Kona winds from the southwest can bring bad weather to this state.
      • Hawaii.
      • 4: Also called the snow eater, this strong Rocky Mountain wind shares its name with a type of salmon.
      • Chinook.
      • 5: Dry and cold, the Mistral blows through this river valley in southern France.
      • Rhone.

        • Round 4. Category: Veggies' Scientific Names

        • 1: Allium cepa, and stop that crying right now!.
        • onion.
        • 2: Solanum tuberosum, we dig 'em!.
        • potato.
        • 3: Lactuca sativa, it's also a slang term for paper money.
        • lettuce.
        • 4: Brassica oleracea italica, it was once "banished" from the White House kitchen.
        • broccoli.
        • 5: Raphanus sativa, its giant white variety is known as a daikon in Japan.
        • radish.

          • Round 5. Category: I Know What You Did Last Summer

          • 1: A rocket scientist in training, you interned at this lab, JPL for short.
          • the Jet Propulsion Lab.
          • 2: You worked with this group founded by Millard Fuller to help build homes for low-income families.
          • Habitat for Humanity.
          • 3: You worked as a "blended beverage technician" at this chain that started as The Juice Club in 1990.
          • Jamba Juice.
          • 4: You went to summer school to take this branch of science that deals specifically with compounds of carbon.
          • organic chemistry.
          • 5: You slept til noon every day and read novels like "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Bergdorf" these.
          • Blondes.

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

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