Instant Trivia

Episode 69 - Cities Of New York - In Memoriam 2006 - Sculpture - Load The Magazine - "Winter" Wonderland

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 69, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Cities Of New York

  • 1: "The Honeymoon City".
  • Niagara Falls.
  • 2: It's "The Bison City".
  • Buffalo.
  • 3: It's "The Kodak City" and "The Photo Capital of the World".
  • Rochester.
  • 4: It's "The Capital of the Empire State" and "The Edinburgh of America".
  • Albany.
  • 5: "The Birthplace of Baseball".
  • Cooperstown.

    • Round 2. Category: In Memoriam 2006

    • 1: "The Midnight Hour" came calling for this R and B legend in January 2006.
    • Wilson Pickett.
    • 2: A host of "Hee Haw" for 17 years, he pioneered the Bakersfield sound of country music.
    • Buck Owens.
    • 3: Grandpa on "The Munsters", he once ran for governor of New York as a Green Party candidate.
    • Al Lewis.
    • 4: Long before "The X-Files", he stalked the night as Carl Kolchak, a savvy reporter of the weird and the horrific.
    • Darren McGavin.
    • 5: The winner of 13 Emmy Awards, this low-key TV sportscaster was a true "American Sportsman".
    • Curt Gowdy.

      • Round 3. Category: Sculpture

      • 1: Both Rodin and Brancusi (who once worked for Rodin) did sculptures of an embracing couple titled this.
      • "The Kiss".
      • 2: His suspended abstract sculptures were given the name "mobiles" by Marcel Duchamp.
      • Alexander Calder.
      • 3: The 2 slaves Michelangelo sculpted for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II are in this Parisian museum.
      • the Louvre.
      • 4: In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic.
      • the Mayo Clinic.
      • 5: His work "Balzac" was refused by the society that commissioned it; they didn't think it looked like Balzac.
      • Auguste Rodin.

        • Round 4. Category: Load The Magazine

        • 1: In Oct. 2004 this "Institution"al mag pondered what the U.S. would be like had Breckenridge won the 1860 election.
        • Smithsonian.
        • 2: With 11 appearances, this former "Baywatch" beauty has been on the cover of Playboy more than any other person.
        • Pamela Anderson.
        • 3: In 1953 the baby son of Lucille Ball and this man was on the first national cover of TV Guide.
        • Desi Arnaz.
        • 4: Begun in 1884, this magazine's name is synonymous with the New York City theater scene.
        • Playbill.
        • 5: Elle Macpherson, Kathy Ireland and Rachel Hunter all adorned this magazine's Feb. 14, 1994 cover.
        • Sports Illustrated.

          • Round 5. Category: "Winter" Wonderland

          • 1: Varieties of this cereal crop include Kawvale and Blackhull.
          • winter wheat.
          • 2: This 1935 Maxwell Anderson play was based in part on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.
          • Winterset.
          • 3: Russian revolutionaries stormed it in November 1917.
          • the Winter Palace.
          • 4: It happens on or about December 21.
          • the winter solstice.
          • 5: This plant, Gaultheria procumbens, produces an oil used in medicine and as a flavoring.
          • wintergreen.

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

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