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Episode 728 - Let's Put On An Opera! - Oscar Night 2005 - The Farmer In The Dell - Haiti - Put "It"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 728, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let's Put On An Opera!

  • 1: We hope our tardy cellists show up for this instrumental prelude to the opera.
  • Overture.
  • 2: We'll let Uncle Charlie be a "carrier" of one of these in the battle scene.
  • Spear carrier.
  • 3: Let's move the duel upstage so no one falls onto the musicians in this area.
  • Orchestra pit.
  • 4: We've got basses, we've got tenors, but we can't find one of these like the guy on the CD[audio clip].
  • Baritone.
  • 5: From dealing with Betsy, I know why this 2-word Italian term can mean a diva or a real pain.
  • Prima donna.

    • Round 2. Category: Oscar Night 2005

    • 1: Pulling no punches, it won awards for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor and Director.
    • Million Dollar Baby.
    • 2: On accepting his award for Best Actor, Jamie Foxx thanked this man "for living".
    • Ray Charles.
    • 3: Sandy Powell must have been flying high after winning the Oscar for Costume Design for this film.
    • The Aviator.
    • 4: Original Screenplay honors went to... I can't remember... ah, yes, the writers of this Jim Carrey-Kate Winslet film.
    • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
    • 5: Acknowledged for making such great movies as "Equus", "The Verdict" and "12 Angry Men", he received an honorary award.
    • Sidney Lumet.

      • Round 3. Category: The Farmer In The Dell

      • 1: This bovine that's mentioned could star in "Farmer in the Dell: The Moovie".
      • Cow.
      • 2: At the end of the song, it "stands alone".
      • The cheese.
      • 3: The smallest creature in the rhyme; I'm beginning to smell one....
      • Rat.
      • 4: Hi-ho the derry-o, it takes the cat.
      • Dog.
      • 5: Of a flat plain, a small valley or the morning, what "the dell" is.
      • A small valley.

        • Round 4. Category: Haiti

        • 1: This Haitian religion combines elements of Roman Catholicism and West African tribal religions.
        • Voodoo.
        • 2: The 1st European structure on Haiti was a fort built from timbers of his wrecked flagship.
        • Columbus.
        • 3: This South American liberator spent time as an exile in Haiti.
        • Simon Bolivar.
        • 4: Haiti's "royal" capital city.
        • Port-au-Prince.
        • 5: Made governor-general for life in January 1804, he declared himself emperor in September.
        • Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Jean Jacques I).

          • Round 5. Category: Put "It"

          • 1: This command tells your dog it's confined to hindquarters.
          • Sit.
          • 2: A homer, a murder or a visit to a World Wide Web site.
          • Hit.
          • 3: Look a gift horse in the mouth and you'll see this part of its bridle.
          • Bit.
          • 4: To move swiftly, like a butterfly, or a brand of insecticide.
          • Flit.
          • 5: A Monty Python sketch honored the "Upper-Class" one "Of The Year".
          • Twit.

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

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