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Episode 745 - Porgy-Pourri - "Un" Words - I'm Having Contractions - Hitchcock Movie Quotes - Film Facts

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 745, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Porgy-Pourri

  • 1: Sadly, "Porgy and Bess" was the only full-length opera this composer wrote; he passed away in 1937, at age 38.
  • George Gershwin.
  • 2: Now a famous poet, she played Ruby in the acclaimed European tour of "Porgy and Bess" in the mid-'50s.
  • Maya Angelou.
  • 3: In 1936 this city's National Theatre was briefly desegregated so African-Americans could see "Porgy and Bess" there.
  • Washington, D.C..
  • 4: Bobby McFerrin's father dubbed the singing voice of Porgy when this leading man played him on film in 1959.
  • Sidney Poitier.
  • 5: The opera is based on a novel inspired by a real crime of passion committed in this Southern city.
  • Charleston, South Carolina.

    • Round 2. Category: "Un" Words

    • 1: Tom, Miltie, or $crooge.
    • uncles.
    • 2: If you ask the Miami operator for Don Johnson's phone number, she'll probably tell you it's this.
    • unlisted.
    • 3: An "unspeakable" euphemism for underwear.
    • unmentionables.
    • 4: Hades is also known as this, sure as hell.
    • the underworld.
    • 5: Ointment.
    • unguent (or unction).

      • Round 3. Category: I'm Having Contractions

      • 1: The Gadsden flag of the American Revolution featured a rattlesnake and this contraction.
      • Don't (Tread on Me).
      • 2: It's who the "Beverly Hillbillies" invited each week to "come back now".
      • y'all.
      • 3: The first contraction in the first verse of "Jingle Bells".
      • o'er (the hills we go).
      • 4: An American idler is a one of these-do-well.
      • ne'er-do-well.
      • 5: Contraction in the title of Marquis' popular book of biographies.
      • Who's (Who).

        • Round 4. Category: Hitchcock Movie Quotes

        • 1: "Mother! O God, Mother! Blood! Blood!".
        • Psycho.
        • 2: "A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window".
        • Rear Window.
        • 3: "That's funny, that plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops".
        • North by Northwest.
        • 4: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".
        • Rebecca.
        • 5: "Two fellows meet accidentally... each one has somebody they'd like to get rid of, so they swap murders".
        • Strangers on a Train.

          • Round 5. Category: Film Facts

          • 1: Jim Hanks doubled for brother Tom in some of the running scenes in this 1994 movie.
          • Forrest Gump.
          • 2: Paul Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty and Elaine May all wrote songs for this 1987 comedy.
          • Ishtar.
          • 3: This author appears briefly in "The Cider House Rules" as a train stationmaster, but he didn't give himself any lines.
          • John Irving.
          • 4: In "Casablanca", after Ingrid Bergman's plane takes off, he and Bogey walk into the misty night.
          • Claude Rains.
          • 5: Robert De Niro put on more than 50 pounds to play this boxer.
          • Jake La Motta (in "Raging Bull").

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

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