Instant Trivia

Episode 668 - Oz - Classic Pop Groups - God Save The British King Or Queen - A River Runs Through Them - Bumps On The Globe

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 668, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Oz

  • 1: This character gets a ride (likely to his home in Omaha) in the balloon meant to take Dorothy to Kansas.
  • the Wizard.
  • 2: The Wicked Witch's golden cap allows her to summon these to do her bidding 3 times.
  • the flying monkeys.
  • 3: Dorothy followed the Yellow Brick Road to this place, the capital of Oz.
  • the Emerald City.
  • 4: One chapter is called "The Magic Art of the Great" this 6-letter word meaning a hoax or fraud.
  • humbug.
  • 5: In L. Frank Baum's original book, this, not ruby, is the color of Dorothy's slippers.
  • silver.

    • Round 2. Category: Classic Pop Groups

    • 1: When this group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mike Love gave the acceptance speech.
    • The Beach Boys.
    • 2: In 1963, with "Walk Like a Man", this group became the first to score 3 straight No. 1 singles in the U.S..
    • The Four Seasons.
    • 3: After Smokey Robinson left this group, they had a No. 1 hit in 1975 with "Love Machine (Part 1)".
    • The Miracles.
    • 4: This girl group followed up their No. 1 hit "Please Mr. Postman" with "Twistin' Postman".
    • The Marvelettes.
    • 5: "Nights In White Satin" appeared on their 1968 LP "Days of Future Passed" 4 years before the reissue hit the Top 10.
    • The Moody Blues.

      • Round 3. Category: God Save The British King Or Queen

      • 1: All 3 of the kings with this name died violently.
      • Richard.
      • 2: At her death, aged 81, she was the oldest British monarch ever.
      • Queen Victoria.
      • 3: It has been reported that he was once seen having a conversation with an oak tree.
      • George III.
      • 4: John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649.
      • Charles I.
      • 5: In 1603 he became the first British monarch of the House of Stuart.
      • James I.

        • Round 4. Category: A River Runs Through Them

        • 1: Georgetown and Alexandria.
        • the Potomac.
        • 2: Montreal and Quebec.
        • the St. Lawrence.
        • 3: Vientiane and Phnom Penh.
        • the Mekong River.
        • 4: Knoxville and Chattanooga.
        • the Tennessee River.
        • 5: Hyderabad and Sukkur.
        • the Indus River.

          • Round 5. Category: Bumps On The Globe

          • 1: If Montana invaded Idaho, its forces would cross the Bitterroot range of these mountains.
          • Rockies.
          • 2: This country's Cordillera Cantabrica is even tougher to get across than the nearby Pyrenees.
          • Spain.
          • 3: The Kjolen Mountains, on the Norway-Sweden border, extend north into this people's "land".
          • Lapps.
          • 4: Eastern Russia's Stanovoy Mountains form a watershed between the Pacific Ocean and this one.
          • Arctic Ocean.
          • 5: The Elburz Mountains, on the Caspian Sea's south shore in this country, rise to over 18,000 feet at Mt. Damavand.
          • Iran.

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

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