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Episode 616 - 1995 - Gene Wilder - Proverbial Anatomy - The Ming Dynasty - Desserts

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 616, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1995

  • 1: France drew worldwide protests in September by doing this at the Mururoa Atoll.
  • detonating an atomic bomb.
  • 2: This city's subway was hit by a nerve gas attack March 20, 1995.
  • Tokyo.
  • 3: In January, Camilla Parker Bowles announced that she was getting a divorce, and this prince claimed that he wasn't.
  • Prince Charles.
  • 4: Imelda Marcos' son "Bong Bong" lost his bid for a seat in this country's senate-- and was convicted of tax evasion.
  • the Philippines.
  • 5: The Nobel prize went to 3 men for their studies on the depletion of this layer of the atmosphere.
  • the ozone.

    • Round 2. Category: Gene Wilder

    • 1: In 1984 Gene married this woman with whom he later had a "Haunted Honeymoon".
    • Gilda Radner.
    • 2: In his first movie, Gene played a mortician kidnapped by Warren Beatty in this 1967 film.
    • Bonnie and Clyde.
    • 3: This man directed Gene in "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles".
    • Mel Brooks.
    • 4: Gene was nominated for a Screenwriting Oscar for this film that also starred Marty Feldman as Igor.
    • Young Frankenstein.
    • 5: Gene's first movie pairing with Richard Pryor came in this 1976 comedy thriller about a murder plot on a train.
    • Silver Streak.

      • Round 3. Category: Proverbial Anatomy

      • 1: Cervantes wrote in "Don Quixote", "A bird" here "is worth two in the bush".
      • a hand.
      • 2: Ovid said, "Ugly is a field without grass, a plant without leaves, or" this without hair.
      • the head.
      • 3: This is the mirror of the soul.
      • eyes.
      • 4: Livy claimed, "Let a fool hold this and he will pass for a sage".
      • tongue.
      • 5: A gluttonous man may dig his grave with these.
      • teeth.

        • Round 4. Category: The Ming Dynasty

        • 1: The folding type of this cooling device became accepted in China during the Ming dynasty.
        • Fan.
        • 2: Its use as a defensive barrier fell with the fall of the Ming dynasty, and it fell into disrepair.
        • Great Wall of China.
        • 3: In 1421, the emperor Yung-Lo got gung-ho and moved the capital to this city where he built an imperial palace.
        • Peking/Beijing.
        • 4: A housepet during the Ming dynasty was this Lhasa Apso relative, whose name is Chinese for "lion".
        • Shih Tzu.
        • 5: In 1368 the Ming dynasty replaced this one founded by Kublai Khan.
        • Yuan (Mongol).

          • Round 5. Category: Desserts

          • 1: This "frozen" fermented dairy product resembles soft-serve ice cream in texture.
          • Frozen yogurt.
          • 2: It's said the Prince of Wales asked the chef to name this crepe dessert after a little girl.
          • Cr and ecirc;pe Suzette.
          • 3: This old-fashioned cake made in a tube pan is made by alternating light and dark batter.
          • marble cake.
          • 4: This cream named for a German region is a mix of eggs, whipped cream, flavorings and gelatin.
          • bavarois (Bavarian).
          • 5: The earl never had this dessert of which a 1900 newspaper article said, "thin wafers...modify the coolness".
          • ice cream sandwich.

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

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