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Episode 655 - Presidential Demises - Henry - The "Lightning" Round - The Beatles - Actresses' Middle Names

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 655, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Presidential Demises

  • 1: He preferred to be buried at West Point, but thought his wife couldn't be buried there, so NYC became his final resting place.
  • Ulysses S. Grant.
  • 2: At 46 years, 177 days, he died at the youngest age of any president.
  • John F. Kennedy.
  • 3: At his death on October 20, 1964, he had survived his presidency longer than any other president: 31 years, 231 days.
  • Herbert Hoover.
  • 4: In March 1930, a month after he retired from the Supreme Court, his funeral was one of the first heard on radio.
  • William Howard Taft.
  • 5: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during Act 3, Scene 2 of this stage comedy starring Laura Keene.
  • "Our American Cousin".

    • Round 2. Category: Henry

    • 1: Nominated for 18 Oscars, one of his first jobs was composing music for an Abbott and Costello movie.
    • Mancini.
    • 2: In 1957 he produced and starred in the landmark drama "12 Angry Men".
    • Henry Fonda.
    • 3: Flowery poems by Henry Gibson were often featured on this wacky 1960s sketch-comedy show.
    • Laugh-In.
    • 4: King Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's head chopped off so he could take up with this lady-in-waiting, his next wife.
    • Jane Seymour.
    • 5: Henry Pu Yi's last years as the ruler of China were the basis of this 1987 film.
    • The Last Emperor.

      • Round 3. Category: The "Lightning" Round

      • 1: It's another name for moonshine, cousin.
      • White lightning.
      • 2: A substance called Luciferin helps these creatures light up for their mates.
      • Lightning bugs.
      • 3: Blitzkrieg!.
      • "Lightning war".
      • 4: It's the full name of the only NHL team that fits the category.
      • Tampa Bay Lightning.
      • 5: Richard Pryor played race car driver Wendell Scott in this "fast" 1977 biopic.
      • "Greased Lightning".

        • Round 4. Category: The Beatles

        • 1: Tommy Smothers, Timothy Leary and others joined this Beatle and his new wife in the following 1969 hit:Ev'rybody's talking aboutBagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, TagismThis-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ismAll we are saying is give peace a chance.
        • John Lennon.
        • 2: This 1964 film is a fictional account of 2 days in the life of The Beatles.
        • A Hard Day's Night.
        • 3: It's "waiting...", "hoping...", "coming...", and "dying to take you away".
        • "The Magical Mystery Tour".
        • 4: Since "Sgt. Pepper" was released in 1967, this was the year Pepper taught the band to play.
        • 1947.
        • 5: The girl of his dreams "called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy".
        • Rocky Raccoon.

          • Round 5. Category: Actresses' Middle Names

          • 1: Mary Moore.
          • Tyler.
          • 2: Mary Place.
          • Kay.
          • 3: Mary Mobley.
          • Ann.
          • 4: Mary Hurt.
          • Beth.
          • 5: Mary Mastrantonio.
          • Elizabeth.

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

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