Instant Trivia

Episode 659 - Are You Addressing Me? - Florida - Bear Facts - Cinematic Title Pairs - Striking

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 659, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Are You Addressing Me?

  • 1: The personal pronoun of the second person in the nominative case; people often act holier than it.
  • thou.
  • 2: A surgeon in England is simply addressed as this, not Dr..
  • Mr..
  • 3: Miss came from the first syllable of this word and mrs. is a shortened form of it.
  • mistress.
  • 4: From the Arabic for "old man", it's the head of a family, tribe or village.
  • sheik.
  • 5: As tovarishch means this, we guess you could be a tovarishch-in-arms.
  • comrade.

    • Round 2. Category: Florida

    • 1: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's this teen of steel, the 1st TV series made at the Disney-MGM Florida Studios.
    • Superboy.
    • 2: Interstate 10 enters Florida at the west end of the Panhandle from this adjacent state.
    • Alabama.
    • 3: In the movie "Where the Boys Are", it's the city where the boys are.
    • Fort Lauderdale.
    • 4: A revolving platform called Kodak's Island in the Sky provides panoramic views of these gardens near Winter Haven.
    • Cypress Gardens.
    • 5: The Sunshine Skyway crosses this bay to connect St. Petersburg to the Tamiami Trail.
    • Tampa Bay.

      • Round 3. Category: Bear Facts

      • 1: In song, Davy Crockett was said to have "Kil't him a bar when he was only" this age.
      • three.
      • 2: The original Smokey the Bear became a popular attraction at this city's zoo.
      • Washington, D.C..
      • 3: The constellation Ursa Major, meaning the "great bear", is better known by this name.
      • Big Dipper.
      • 4: In their structure and tooth formation, bears are most closely related to this family of animals.
      • dogs.
      • 5: Few Americans got to see this mascot at the 1980 Olympics.
      • Misha.

        • Round 4. Category: Cinematic Title Pairs

        • 1: 1958:"...and the Dead".
        • The Naked.
        • 2: 1971:"...and Maude".
        • Harold.
        • 3: 1989:"...and Hooch".
        • Turner.
        • 4: 1945:"...and the Amazons".
        • Tarzan.
        • 5: 1976:"...and the Dirtwater Fox".
        • The Duchess.

          • Round 5. Category: Striking

          • 1: Abbreviated the WGA, this entertainment union went on strike in 1981, 1985 and 1988.
          • Writers Guild of America.
          • 2: A major 1970 strike by federal employees in this "service" helped change it to an independent gov't agency.
          • U.S. Postal Service.
          • 3: International Women's Day on March 8 honors a famous 1857 strike began by textile workers in this city.
          • New York City.
          • 4: In 1892 a workers' strike at this steel magnate's Homestead, Penn. plant led to several injuries and deaths.
          • Andrew Carnegie.
          • 5: In May of 1926, unions in this nation banded together and quit work in support of striking coal miners.
          • Great Britain.

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

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