January 23, 2023

Episode 711 - June 1969 - Wed To The Idea - Name The Playwright - Red, White Or Blue - What The "H" Is It?

6 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 711, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: June 1969

1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras.

soccer/football.

3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months.

Cyprus.

4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in.

Warren Burger.

5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket".

John L. Lewis.

Round 2. Category: Wed To The Idea

1: The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy".

matrimony.

2: "Marry in" this color "and you will always be true", hence the requirement for "something" of it.

blue.

3: Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage.

(baby) shoes.

4: Once, a groom paid a sum to the bride's family and she came with a collection of money and property known as this.

a dowry.

5: A married couple may start off as a DINK couple, an acronym for this.

double income, no kids.

Round 3. Category: Name The Playwright

1: "A Doll's House".

Henrik Ibsen.

2: "Summer And Smoke".

Tennessee Williams.

3: "The Sisters Rosensweig".

Wendy Wasserstein.

4: "Rhinoceros".

Eugene Ionesco.

5: "Murder In The Cathedral".

T.S. Eliot.

Round 4. Category: Red, White Or Blue

1: It's a synonym for Bolshevik.

Red.

2: The largest living animal on earth has this color in its name.

a blue whale.

3: The one that's not a label of Johnnie Walker.

White.

4: It's the color of the flag that stops an auto race before the finish.

red.

5: Jack London's follow-up doggie tale to "The Call of the Wild".

White Fang.

Round 5. Category: What The "H" Is It?

1: These phenomena are also known as tropical cyclones.

hurricanes.

2: Hawaii favorite flowering here.

Hibiscus.

3: Das kapital of das Keystone State.

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania).

4: The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance.

Halloween.

5: The government departments, jurisdiction and authority associated with the Vatican.

the Holy See.

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

Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

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January 23, 2023

Episode 711 - June 1969 - Wed To The Idea - Name The Playwright - Red, White Or Blue - What The "H" Is It?

6 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 711, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: June 1969

1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras.

soccer/football.

3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months.

Cyprus.

4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in.

Warren Burger.

5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket".

John L. Lewis.

Round 2. Category: Wed To The Idea

1: The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy".

matrimony.

2: "Marry in" this color "and you will always be true", hence the requirement for "something" of it.

blue.

3: Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage.

(baby) shoes.

4: Once, a groom paid a sum to the bride's family and she came with a collection of money and property known as this.

a dowry.

5: A married couple may start off as a DINK couple, an acronym for this.

double income, no kids.

Round 3. Category: Name The Playwright

1: "A Doll's House".

Henrik Ibsen.

2: "Summer And Smoke".

Tennessee Williams.

3: "The Sisters Rosensweig".

Wendy Wasserstein.

4: "Rhinoceros".

Eugene Ionesco.

5: "Murder In The Cathedral".

T.S. Eliot.

Round 4. Category: Red, White Or Blue

1: It's a synonym for Bolshevik.

Red.

2: The largest living animal on earth has this color in its name.

a blue whale.

3: The one that's not a label of Johnnie Walker.

White.

4: It's the color of the flag that stops an auto race before the finish.

red.

5: Jack London's follow-up doggie tale to "The Call of the Wild".

White Fang.

Round 5. Category: What The "H" Is It?

1: These phenomena are also known as tropical cyclones.

hurricanes.

2: Hawaii favorite flowering here.

Hibiscus.

3: Das kapital of das Keystone State.

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania).

4: The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance.

Halloween.

5: The government departments, jurisdiction and authority associated with the Vatican.

the Holy See.

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

Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

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