Instant Trivia

Episode 633 - Triple Talk - Not A National Capital - Early America - Famous Alma Maters - Hit Albums

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 633, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Triple Talk

  • 1: Comes between "In the valley of the Jolly" and "Green Giant".
  • ho, ho, ho.
  • 2: You do it to your boat, gently down the stream.
  • row, row, row.
  • 3: In "The King and I", Yul Brynner's famous line that fits the category.
  • et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
  • 4: According to The Teddy Bears' 1958 hit "To know, know, know him is" this.
  • To love, love, love him.
  • 5: While the trolley went "clang, clang, clang" my heartstrings went this.
  • zing, zing, zing.

    • Round 2. Category: Not A National Capital

    • 1: Rio de Janeiro,Buenos Aires,Asuncion.
    • Rio de Janeiro.
    • 2: Calcutta,Thimphu,Phnom Penh.
    • Calcutta.
    • 3: Port-au-Prince,Toronto,Nassau.
    • Toronto.
    • 4: Katmandu,Kabul,Karachi.
    • Karachi.
    • 5: Amman,Mecca,Damascus.
    • Mecca.

      • Round 3. Category: Early America

      • 1: The words spook, cruller, boss and crib were introduced to America from this language.
      • Dutch.
      • 2: In 1648 Margaret Jones from Charlestown, Mass., not Salem, was one of the first executed for this in America.
      • witchcraft.
      • 3: The land granted to Sir George Calvert's son Cecilius was named this after Queen Henrietta Maria.
      • Maryland.
      • 4: For "traducing the ministers", Anne Hutchinson was among the first to be "banned in" this capital.
      • Boston.
      • 5: On his second voyage over, Jacques Cartier thought this river was the best choice for a route to Asia.
      • St. Lawrence.

        • Round 4. Category: Famous Alma Maters

        • 1: Chester W. Nimitz(Class of '05).
        • U.S. Naval Academy.
        • 2: Steve Young(B.S. '83,J.D. '94).
        • Brigham Young University.
        • 3: James Meredith and Trent Lott.
        • Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi).
        • 4: Woody Allen(did not graduate).
        • New York University.
        • 5: Stephen Hawking(Ph.D., 1966).
        • Cambridge.

          • Round 5. Category: Hit Albums

          • 1: "I Would Die 4 U" and "When Doves Cry" are songs on this 1984 soundtrack.
          • "Purple Rain".
          • 2: (Hi, I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray.) My band's album title "14:59" is a reference to this man's quote about 15 minutes of fame.
          • Andy Warhol.
          • 3: This girl group is waterskiing on the cover of 1982's "Vacation".
          • Go-Go's.
          • 4: This Trent Reznor band's album "The Downward Spiral" debuted at No. 2 on the charts in 1994.
          • Nine Inch Nails.
          • 5: "Learning to Crawl" was a hit album for this Chrissie Hynde group.
          • The Pretenders.

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

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