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Episode 679 - Professors - Anagrandma - Not Exactly Human - People Of Faith - Second Book In The Series

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 679, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Professors

  • 1: In 2010 the U. of Idaho celebrated the 100th birthday of chemist Malcolm Renfrew, holder of this type of professorship.
  • emeritus.
  • 2: Professor Asaph Hall, who discovered Deimos and Phobos, taught math and this at Harvard.
  • astronomy.
  • 3: This "Do the Right Thing" filmmaker teaches directing at NYU.
  • Spike Lee.
  • 4: As Bill Ayers was in a '60s radical group called this, maybe he forecast later being an Illinois education professor.
  • the Weathermen.
  • 5: This radical professor and "People's" historian died aged 87 in 2010.
  • Howard Zinn.

    • Round 2. Category: Anagrandma

    • 1: When grandma's looking for these, sometimes they're on top of her head: sag less.
    • glasses.
    • 2: If the lumbago comes back, grandma's grateful for this program: ice dream.
    • Medicare.
    • 3: Grandma had a mania for this singer in the '60s: my nuclear pact.
    • Paul McCartney.
    • 4: Hoping to meet her friend Juan from college, grandma's taking a cruise to this city: canal robe.
    • Barcelona.
    • 5: Once a Democrat, and once a Republican, grandma leans this way now: retail brain.
    • libertarian.

      • Round 3. Category: Not Exactly Human

      • 1: Per Bram Stoker, they cast no shadow; it's not that big a help in recognizing them, as they don't come out in daylight.
      • vampires.
      • 2: Amazingly lifelike, Repliee Q2 is this type of robot that shares its name with a popular mobile platform.
      • android.
      • 3: You could think a Roman satyr is human if he's wearing pants to hide the part that's this animal.
      • a goat.
      • 4: A Haitian named Clairvius Narcisse said he was turned into a real-life one of these resuscitated terrors.
      • a zombie.
      • 5: Stephenie Meyer says this werewolf "was my first experience with a character taking over".
      • Jacob Black.

        • Round 4. Category: People Of Faith

        • 1: In their youth Rick Santorum and Antonin Scalia each served as this, helping a priest celebrate mass.
        • an altar boy.
        • 2: In this major branch of Islam, an Ayatollah is an important teacher or leader.
        • Shiite.
        • 3: The Gideons say these last an average of 6 years.
        • Bibles.
        • 4: In a synagogue this person also called a hazzan leads the congregation in chanting and singing.
        • the cantor.
        • 5: Another term for a heathen, originally it meant a follower of ancient religions.
        • a pagan.

          • Round 5. Category: Second Book In The Series

          • 1: "The Two Towers".
          • The Fellowship of the Ring.
          • 2: "Force 10 from Navarone".
          • The Guns of Navarone.
          • 3: "Insurgent".
          • Divergent.
          • 4: "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe".
          • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
          • 5: "Prince Caspian".
          • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

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

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