Instant Trivia

Episode 625 - Blank The Blank - The Kids' Table - The Brady Bunch - She's Canadian, Eh? - British Potpourri

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 625, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Blank The Blank

  • 1: Written the night before it was recorded in 1962, it was Ray Stevens' 1st major hit.
  • "Ahab The Arab".
  • 2: Look after a military installation while the troops are out.
  • guard the fort (hold the fort).
  • 3: Obama told this Ohio blue-collar guy spreading the wealth was good; he became part of the McCain campaign.
  • Joe the Plumber.
  • 4: This spokesbovine for Borden began extolling the virtues of milk back in the 1930s.
  • Elsie the Cow.
  • 5: In "Portrait of a Killer", Patricia Cornwell contends that this killer was actor and artist Walter Sickert.
  • Jack the Ripper.

    • Round 2. Category: The Kids' Table

    • 1: Don't have a cow, man, a baby elephant walks away with this term, too.
    • a calf.
    • 2: For young horses, a colt is a male, this is a female.
    • a filly.
    • 3: If this animal category aged a few years, we'd retitle it this.
    • the goats table.
    • 4: As the ugly duckling was really a swan, he was in truth the beautiful this.
    • cygnet.
    • 5: In its youth this "holy" fish can be a tinker or a blinker, or even a spike (if Mr. Lee doesn't sue it).
    • a mackerel.

      • Round 3. Category: The Brady Bunch

      • 1: In 2017 he released his first book, "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance".
      • Tom Brady.
      • 2: In a 1917 movie Alice Brady played this flag maker, with lines like "There can be no reward so great as the honor".
      • Betsy Ross.
      • 3: A little jealous, this middle daughter bemoaned, "All I ever hear is 'Marcia, Marcia, Marcia'!".
      • Jan.
      • 4: In 1999 Barry Williams released a CD, "The Return of" this pop star, his alter ego on the show.
      • Johnny Bravo.
      • 5: When the 1993 bill named for him became law, it instituted background checks for gun purchases.
      • (James) Jim Brady.

        • Round 4. Category: She's Canadian, Eh?

        • 1: This Windsor native's 2002 CD "Up!" offers pop and country versions of the same 19 songs.
        • Shania Twain.
        • 2: We've got a hankering for this singer from Consort, Alberta.
        • k.d. lang.
        • 3: As a kid, this angry alt-rocker from Ottawa starred on Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That on Television".
        • Alanis Morissette.
        • 4: This jazz vocalist from British Columbia lists Carmen McRae and Nat King Cole as her biggest influences.
        • Diana Krall.
        • 5: This teen from Ontario sang about a "Sk8er Boi".
        • Avril Lavigne.

          • Round 5. Category: British Potpourri

          • 1: When the British Crown Jewels aren't on the queen's head, they're on display here.
          • the Tower of London.
          • 2: The daughter of an earl uses this title in front of her name, as Diana Spencer did.
          • Lady.
          • 3: The 2 sphinxes at the base of this famous ancient obelisk were added during the Victorian Era.
          • Cleopatra's Needle.
          • 4: The ancient baths in Bath, England were built by these people soon after they invaded Britain.
          • the Romans.
          • 5: In England it is appropriate to fly the Union Jack on April 23, this saint's day.
          • Saint George.

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

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