Instant Trivia

Episode 600 - Musical Genres - Lesser-Known Names - The Arts - Hurricane Names - Initialed Authors

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 600, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Musical Genres

  • 1: Pantera's "Vulgar Display of Power" and Motörhead's "No Remorse" made Rolling Stone's Top 100 Albums of this genre.
  • (heavy) metal.
  • 2: The book of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.
  • Gospel.
  • 3: In 2020 "Contigo" by Alejandro Sanz won Record of the Year at these Grammys.
  • the Latin Grammys.
  • 4: Electronic style that can precede -logical, -babble or -crat.
  • techno.
  • 5: This subgenre of metal can also mean "to beat savagely".
  • thrash.

    • Round 2. Category: Lesser-Known Names

    • 1: Most famous son of the man born Alois Schicklgruber in 1837.
    • Adolf Hitler.
    • 2: Sadly, Army nurse Clara Maass died in 1901 after she volunteered to be bitten by a mosquito carrying this.
    • yellow fever.
    • 3: Jonathan Ive, Apple's design chief, is credited with the look of this music player introduced in 2001.
    • an iPod.
    • 4: Rock and roller Ernest Evans, his stage name is a "twisted" version of Fats Domino's.
    • Chubby Checker.
    • 5: George Archer joined this man's company in 1903; the "Midland" comes from a linseed products company.
    • John Daniels.

      • Round 3. Category: The Arts

      • 1: In August 1988 the Getty Museum announced one of its prized pieces, the head of Achilles, was this.
      • fake.
      • 2: Nearly 10 feet long, "Lavender Mist" from 1950 is one of his drip paintings.
      • Jackson Pollock.
      • 3: "The Lady with the Unicorn" is a medieval example of this textile art form.
      • tapestry.
      • 4: A Michael Smuin work was the first full-length ballet shown on "Dance in America", part of this "great" PBS series.
      • Performances.
      • 5: Perhaps the greatest composer of German songs, he died the year after his hero Beethoven.
      • (Franz) Schubert.

        • Round 4. Category: Hurricane Names

        • 1: 1985:Same as Steinem and Estefan.
        • Gloria.
        • 2: 1991:Same as Fosse and Barker.
        • Bob.
        • 3: 1955:Same as Reno and Jackson.
        • Janet.
        • 4: 1983:Same as Witt and Silverstone.
        • Alicia.
        • 5: 1979:Same as Remington and Chopin.
        • Frederic.

          • Round 5. Category: Initialed Authors

          • 1: In 2001 she wrote 2 of Harry Potter's school books under 2 different pseudonyms.
          • J.K. Rowling.
          • 2: "Women in Love" was the sequel to "The Rainbow" by this British author.
          • D.H. Lawrence.
          • 3: The struggle between good and evil forces over a magic ring is at the cnter of his epic trilogy.
          • J.R.R. Tolkien.
          • 4: His published work: one novel and about 15 short stories, including "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters".
          • J.D. Salinger.
          • 5: He wrote the "Chronicles of Narnia" for his goddaughter Lucy, who shares her name with a character in them.
          • C.S. Lewis.

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