Instant Trivia

Episode 7 - Hail, Hail Rock 'N' Roll - A Question About Television - Pop's Music - Swedish Actresses - Around The Commonwealth

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 7, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hail, Hail Rock 'N' Roll

  • 1: In this 1971 hit, Don McLean wrote that "Something touched me deep inside the day the music died".
  • "American Pie".
  • 2: In 1978 the Bee Gees spent a total of 13 weeks at No. 1 and this youngest brother took the top spot for 9 weeks.
  • Andy Gibb.
  • 3: "Roll Over Beethoven and tell" this Russian composer "the news".
  • Tchaikovsky.
  • 4: Hoyt Axton wrote 2 of this group's Top 5 hits: "Joy To The World" and "Never Been To Spain".
  • Three Dog Night.
  • 5: This Stevie Wonder hit is subtitled "Everything's Alright".
  • "Uptight".

    • Round 2. Category: A Question About Television

    • 1: This question is the first line of the theme song from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
    • Who can turn the world on with her smile?.
    • 2: After this hero left the scene, someone inevitably asked, "Who was that masked man?".
    • The Lone Ranger.
    • 3: This 5-word question became a catchphrase for Gary Coleman on "Different Strokes".
    • What ya talkin about Willis?.
    • 4: Watching "Twin Peaks", the lynch mob wondered, "Who killed" this teenager.
    • Laura Palmer.
    • 5: This popular game show featured the question "Will our mystery guest enter and sign in, please?".
    • What's My Line?.

      • Round 3. Category: Pop's Music

      • 1: Dad refuses to see a Guy Ritchie film because he's always had a secret crush on this "Like A Virgin" singer.
      • Madonna.
      • 2: Dad slow dances by himself to this band's "Stairway to Heaven" becuase he's having school dance flashbacks.
      • Led Zeppelin.
      • 3: Dad wears that dorky clock on a chain because he was into this Public Enemy before he became a VH1 reality star.
      • Flavor Flav.
      • 4: Dad thinks he's an O.G. because he was into these white rappers long before their album "Ill Communication".
      • the Beastie Boys.
      • 5: Dad needs help downloading "In Rainbows", but he always said this Thom Yorke band was ahead of its time.
      • Radiohead.

        • Round 4. Category: Swedish Actresses

        • 1: Born September 18, 1905, this glamorous Swede's real last name was Gustafsson.
        • Greta Garbo.
        • 2: She's the only Swedish actress to win 3 Oscars.
        • Ingrid Bergman.
        • 3: This multi-talented lovely from Valsjobyn received an Oscar nomination for her role in "Tommy".
        • Ann-Margret.
        • 4: Birgitta Andersson used this first name when acting in classics like "Wild Strawberries".
        • Bibi.
        • 5: This daughter of Swedish actor Stig Olin starred in "Havana" and "Enemies, A Love Story".
        • Lena Olin.

          • Round 5. Category: Around The Commonwealth

          • 1: The first people to settle this country migrated there 40,000 years ago; Europeans settled Botany Bay in 1788.
          • Australia.
          • 2: The world's seventh-largest country in size, this Commonwealth country is second by population.
          • India.
          • 3: This westrn hemisphere Commonwealth nation has more lakes and inland rivers than any other country.
          • Canada.
          • 4: English is the official language of this oil-rich country that borders Chad, NIger and Cameroon.
          • Nigeria.
          • 5: Constitutional changes in 2000 for this Asian country may help end its civil war between Tamils and Sinhalese.
          • Sri Lanka.

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


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