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Episode 651 - Peru - The Grateful Dead - They Were Expelled - Olympic Boxers - Starts With "A"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 651, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Peru

  • 1: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Iquitos was a major shipping port on this river during the rubber boom.
  • the Amazon.
  • 2: Lima's Palacio de Gobierno was built in 1938 on the site of this Spanish conquistador's palace.
  • Pizarro.
  • 3: He served as Peru's first ambassador to the Soviet Union before moving his diplomatic skills to the U.N..
  • (Javier) Perez de Cuellar.
  • 4: Several Indian languages are spoken in Peru, including this one that's now an official language.
  • Quechua.
  • 5: This lake that's 12,500 feet above sea level is on the border of Peru and Bolivia.
  • Lake Titicaca.

    • Round 2. Category: The Grateful Dead

    • 1: A childhood woodchopping mishap claimed half of this lead guitarist's right middle finger.
    • (Jerry) Garcia.
    • 2: Slotted between The Who and Hendrix, The Dead was No. 6 to play at this city's 1967 Pop Festival.
    • Monterey.
    • 3: The Dead was scheduled to play at this group's ill-fated 1969 show at Altamont Speedway but refused to go on.
    • The Rolling Stones.
    • 4: In 1978 the last of 3 Dead shows near this Wonder of the Ancient World was timed to coincide with a lunar eclipse.
    • the Pyramids.
    • 5: In 1991 The Dead played a memorial concert in Golden Gate Park for this promoter before an estimated 300,000 people.
    • Bill Graham.

      • Round 3. Category: They Were Expelled

      • 1: This star of "Casablanca" was booted out of Phillips Academy for uncontrollably high spirits.
      • Humphrey Bogart.
      • 2: Perhaps responding "nevermore", this poet was expelled from West Point in 1831 for refusing to attend drills.
      • Edgar Allan Poe.
      • 3: Once publisher of the USA's largest newspaper chain, he was expelled from Harvard in 1885 for insulting his professors.
      • William Randolph Hearst.
      • 4: Assassinated in August 1940, this Russian Communist leader was expelled in his youth for howling at his teacher.
      • Trotsky.
      • 5: The leading actress of her time, in 1860 she was expelled from a Paris convent school for making fun of a bishop.
      • (Sarah) Bernhardt.

        • Round 4. Category: Olympic Boxers

        • 1: With this name, Muhammad Ali won 1960 light-heavyweight gold.
        • Cassius Clay.
        • 2: You'd be chillin' and grillin' if you knew that he won the heavyweight gold medal in 1968.
        • (George) Foreman.
        • 3: Teofilo Stevenson of this country impressively won heavyweight gold in 1972, 1976 and 1980.
        • Cuba.
        • 4: Both the 1972 and 1976 Olympic light-welterwight gold medalists had this "sweet" nickname.
        • Sugar Ray.
        • 5: Last name of the brotherly pair who both won gold medals in Montreal.
        • Spinks.

          • Round 5. Category: Starts With "A"

          • 1: Excuse you should have if Kojak asks where you were at 11 last night.
          • an alibi.
          • 2: In names of holidays, this word precedes Saints' Day and Souls' Day.
          • All.
          • 3: Formerly the sixth month, it was originally called Sextilis.
          • August.
          • 4: Founded in NYC, this sporting goods chain is noted for its exotic assortment of equipment.
          • Abercrombie and Fitch.
          • 5: From the Latin word for "tree", it's a place where many kinds of trees and plants are exhibited.
          • arboretum.

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

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