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Episode 611 - The Boris Yeltsin File - I Read The Articles, Too - Name The Musical - Countries - Smooching In Shakespeare

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 611, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Boris Yeltsin File

  • 1: 1931:Boris Yeltsin is born in Sverdlovsk, an industrial region in these mountains.
  • the Ural Mountains.
  • 2: 1985:This new General Secretary of the Communist Party brings Yeltsin to Moscow.
  • Gorbachev.
  • 3: 1986:Yeltsin is inducted into this national executive and policymaking committee.
  • the Politburo.
  • 4: 1994:Yeltsin orders Russian troops into this rebellious republic.
  • Chechnya.
  • 5: 1999:Yeltsin names this 15-year KGB veteran his successor.
  • Putin.

    • Round 2. Category: I Read The Articles, Too

    • 1: "When they eat your dog, they're not so cute" was the headline on a USA Today article on these from Miami.
    • alligators.
    • 2: Scottish-born John Muir wrote the 1902 Ency. Britannica article on this valley in the Sierra Nevada of California.
    • Yosemite.
    • 3: In the 1945 magazine article "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", Arthur C. Clarke suggested these devices be used.
    • satellites.
    • 4: You can't escape the fact that the 1926 Encyclopedia Britannica article on conjuring was done by him.
    • Houdini.
    • 5: In an 1850 article, Dickens described his visit to this "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street".
    • the Bank of England.

      • Round 3. Category: Name The Musical

      • 1: "Let the Sunshine in".
      • Hair.
      • 2: King Arthur,Merlin,Morgan Le Fey.
      • Camelot.
      • 3: Magaldi,Peron's mistress,People of Argentina.
      • Evita.
      • 4: "The Music of the Night".
      • Phantom of the Opera.
      • 5: "Luck Be a Lady".
      • Guys and Dolls.

        • Round 4. Category: Countries

        • 1: North American mainland country which straddles the Tropic of Cancer.
        • Mexico.
        • 2: In the famous play, "Charlie's Aunt" was from this country "where the nuts come from".
        • Brazil.
        • 3: This food crop, Burma's most important, is pictured on its flag.
        • rice.
        • 4: You can say just Bosnia or Bosnia and this, the southern part of the country.
        • Herzegovina.
        • 5: Ras Dashen, this African country's highest peak, has been translated as "General Who Fights in Front of the Emperor".
        • Ethiopia.

          • Round 5. Category: Smooching In Shakespeare

          • 1: He claims that the sleeping Michael Cassio kissed him hard while dreaming of Desdemona.
          • Iago.
          • 2: He says, "Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft" while holding Yorick's skull.
          • Hamlet.
          • 3: "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Henry VI, Part III" both mention the kiss of this Biblical traitor.
          • Judas Iscariot.
          • 4: In this comedy Petruchio says, "Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday".
          • Taming of the Shrew.
          • 5: "We have kiss'd away kingdoms and provinces" says Scarus in the play about this title couple.
          • Antony and Cleopatra.

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

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