Instant Trivia

Episode 613 - Pavlovian Jeopardy! - Saucey! - Paintings - Write On, Girl! - Oscar-Losing Songs

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 613, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Pavlovian Jeopardy!

  • 1: "Bell Jar".Dead..
  • (Sylvia) Plath.
  • 2: Apple.First law guy..
  • Newton.
  • 3: Nobel Prize.Wrote Okie story..
  • Steinbeck.
  • 4: Speech.32 days. Dead..
  • William Henry Harrison.
  • 5: Scottish.Steel guy..
  • (Andrew) Carnegie.

    • Round 2. Category: Saucey!

    • 1: The name of this seasoned tomato sauce comes from the Italian word for "seafaring".
    • marinara.
    • 2: Basil and pine nuts go into this classic sauce from Genoa.
    • pesto sauce.
    • 3: Restaurateur Signore di Lello is credited with creating this sauce named for him and served over fettucine.
    • Alfredo.
    • 4: This chicken topper whose name is from the Aztec for "chili sauce" has a bit of chocolate in it.
    • mole.
    • 5: This hot creamy sauce made with tarragon and vinegar is traditionally served with chateaubriand.
    • bearnaise.

      • Round 3. Category: Paintings

      • 1: "Deer's Horns, Near Cameron" was the original title of her 1937 painting "From the Faraway, Nearby".
      • Georgia O'Keeffe.
      • 2: His Wheatfield with Crows was painted in 1890, the last year of his life.
      • Van Gogh.
      • 3: In this 1942 painting Edward Hopper modeled the face of the redhead at the counter after his wife.
      • the Nighthawks.
      • 4: This monochrome portrait of a woman is actually titled "Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1".
      • Whistler's Mother.
      • 5: A portrait of fellow artist Francis Bacon is one of the best-known works by this grandson of Sigmund Freud.
      • Lucian Freud.

        • Round 4. Category: Write On, Girl!

        • 1: Under the name of A.M. Barnard, this "Little Women" author published Gothic tales like "The Abbot's Ghost".
        • Louisa May Alcott.
        • 2: She wrote "American Star" and "Rock Star"; her actress-sister Joan wrote "Star Quality".
        • Jackie Collins.
        • 3: Mine eyes have seen the glory of her being the first woman in the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
        • Julia Ward Howe.
        • 4: Kit Carson turns up in her 1927 novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop".
        • Willa Cather.
        • 5: Writing the 1927 opera "The King's Henchmen" and also her poetry, she was burning her candle at both ends.
        • Edna St. Vincent Millay.

          • Round 5. Category: Oscar-Losing Songs

          • 1: Celestial songs losing '36 Oscars included "A Melody from the Sky", "When Did You Leave Heaven" and this: [Piano instrumental plays].
          • "Pennies from Heaven".
          • 2: After she sang "True Love" in "High Society", the song lost an Oscar but then she won a crown.
          • Grace Kelly.
          • 3: Though it lost the 1963 Oscar, this "Theme from Mondo Cane" became BMI's all-time 2nd most played song.
          • "More".
          • 4: 1934 nominees "Love in Bloom" and "The Carioca" are the only 2 songs which share this distinction.
          • first 2 nominees and did not win.
          • 5: 1954 holiday film which produced the Oscar-losing "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep".
          • White Christmas.

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

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