Instant Trivia

Episode 591 - "Hall"S - Feminism - "B" In Rock - Inventors And Inventions - Lose A Turn

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 591, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Hall"S

  • 1: What you do with your "boughs of holly".
  • deck the halls.
  • 2: Oklahoma City, OK., Canton, OH., and Cooperstown, N.Y. are each known for 1 of these.
  • hall of fame.
  • 3: During Mexican War, U.S. Marines raised the Amer. flag over Nat'l Palace in Mexico City, later called this.
  • Halls of Montezuma.
  • 4: Where you go in the Palace of Versailles to get a good look at yourself, 483 in fact.
  • Hall of Mirrors.
  • 5: Model who's produced 2 "model" children for Mick Jagger.
  • Jerry Hall.

    • Round 2. Category: Feminism

    • 1: The profession of Mary Prance in Henry James' 1886 "The Bostonians", it was about 1/5 female in Boston at the time.
    • a physician (or medicine or a doctor).
    • 2: Reformer Lucy Stone is perhaps best remembered for refusing to do this when she got married in 1855.
    • changing her last name to her husband's.
    • 3: Giving her 1989 book its title, Arlie Hochschild noted, "Most women work one shift at" their jobs and a "second shift" here.
    • at home.
    • 4: A heralded 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" ended 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in her favor.
    • Billie Jean King.
    • 5: Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst were a mother-daughter team of these activists for the vote.
    • suffragettes.

      • Round 3. Category: "B" In Rock

      • 1: On a "Manic Monday", this group taught us to "Walk Like An Egyptian".
      • The Bangles.
      • 2: Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang was in many of this group's music videos, as the modern "California Girl".
      • The Beach Boys.
      • 3: Elvis' last Top 10 hit, it says, "I feel my temperature rising, help me I'm flaming I must be a hundred and nine".
      • "Burning Love".
      • 4: Adam Yauch and Michael Diamond are 2 of the 3 "Boys" in this group.
      • The Beastie Boys.
      • 5: Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, Michael McCary and Wanya Morris are this "Boy" group.
      • Boyz II Men.

        • Round 4. Category: Inventors And Inventions

        • 1: Dr. Rene Laennec invented this medical instrument, then just a hollow wooden tube.
        • the stethoscope.
        • 2: During World War I he directed the wireless service of Italy's army.
        • Marconi.
        • 3: During his lifetime this instant camera inventor received 533 U.S. patents.
        • (Edwin) Land.
        • 4: In 1947 Ed Lowe gave a neighbor absorbent clay for her feline's box; he soon packaged the clay under this name.
        • Kitty Litter.
        • 5: The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' and was named for its inventor.
        • the Ferris Wheel.

          • Round 5. Category: Lose A Turn

          • 1: In 1991, after 8 years as the AKC's top dog, the cocker spaniel lost the No. 1 ranking to this dog called a lab.
          • a Labrador retriever.
          • 2: Chillicothe was this state's capital twice, losing out to Zanesville once and finally to Columbus.
          • Ohio.
          • 3: Only twice between 1949 and 1964 did this team fail to win the American League pennant.
          • the New York Yankees.
          • 4: After a 3-year ride at the top in U.S. sales, this Honda model lost its No. 1 position to the Taurus in 1992.
          • the Honda Accord.
          • 5: This orator was the Democrats' presidential nominee twice, lost a turn and was nominated again in 1908.
          • William Jennings Bryan.

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

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