Instant Trivia

Episode 635 - Here Pig - Silent "P" - Fun With Dick Or Jane - Works Of Art - We're No Angels

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 635, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Here Pig

  • 1: It's not good when you "let the cat out of the bag" when you were expecting a "pig in" this.
  • a poke.
  • 2: In April 1961 a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles landed here in Cuba.
  • the Bay of Pigs.
  • 3: As these smell like male pigs, sows are used in the forests of France to root them out.
  • truffles.
  • 4: In the 2nd century Galen used pigs to show veins carried blood, not this as many believed.
  • air.
  • 5: In 1916 Clarence Saunders founded this grocery chain in Memphis.
  • Piggly Wiggly.

    • Round 2. Category: Silent "P"

    • 1: I'm somehow sensing you'll know this word for a medium, from the Greek for "of the soul".
    • psychic.
    • 2: An extinct flying reptile from the Cretaceous Period, it had a wingspan of about 25 feet.
    • a pteranodon.
    • 3: 11-letter term describing the era of Jimi Hendrix and Timothy Leary.
    • psychedelic (psychedelia accepted).
    • 4: Any of several grouses of the genus Lagopus, having feathered feet.
    • a ptarmigan.
    • 5: Also called parrot fever, it can be contracted by handling sick parrots, pigeons or poultry.
    • psittacosis.

      • Round 3. Category: Fun With Dick Or Jane

      • 1: For an astounding 3 decades, he youthfully hosted "American Bandstand".
      • Dick Clark.
      • 2: Traditionally, this name is given to a woman whose identity is unknown during legal proceedings.
      • Jane Doe.
      • 3: In 1990 Warren Beatty took on the role of this hawk-nosed, jut-jawed crime crusader.
      • Dick Tracy.
      • 4: (Former Jeopardy! college contestant, Maggie Bandur, who's now a writer on Malcolm in the Middle, delivers the clue.) On an episode of mine, Malcolm's mother, played by this actress, has to go to the funeral of an aunt she hated.
      • Jane Kaczmarek.
      • 5: In 1553 this monarch was a true "Nine Days' Wonder".
      • Lady Jane Grey.

        • Round 4. Category: Works Of Art

        • 1: An 1880 statue of a naked man with his arm on his knee and his chin resting on his hand.
        • The Thinker.
        • 2: An 1871 painting of an old woman in a long black dress, sitting in a chair.
        • Whistler's Mother.
        • 3: A statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ in her arms.
        • Pietà.
        • 4: A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse.
        • American Gothic.
        • 5: An 1889 painting of a sky of blue and yellow swirling over a small village.
        • Starry Night.

          • Round 5. Category: We're No Angels

          • 1: Before becoming a Bronco, Jake "The Snake" Plummer played for this university's Sun Devils.
          • Arizona State.
          • 2: Appropriately, this NHL team's mascot lists "Devil Inside" by INXS as one of his favorite songs.
          • the New Jersey Devils.
          • 3: New owner Stu Sternberg vowed to change this MLB nickname by '07; no word whether "Manta" is in the running.
          • the Devil Rays.
          • 4: David Beckham played for this posh British football club that features a little red devil on its logo.
          • Manchester (United).
          • 5: A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play.
          • the Demon Deacons.

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

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