Instant Trivia

Episode 751 - Lakes And Rivers - Music In "Black" And "White" - Autumn Leaves - '90s Oscar Winners - Dude, Where's My Czar?

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 751, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Lakes And Rivers

  • 1: 1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River.
  • Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City.
  • 2: Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal.
  • Loch Ness.
  • 3: It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon.
  • the Colorado River.
  • 4: This lake in Manitoba, Ontario and Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake.
  • Lake of the Woods.
  • 5: This river rises in the Black Forest and empties into the Black Sea.
  • the Danube.

    • Round 2. Category: Music In "Black" And "White"

    • 1: Marty Robbins wore it with "a pink carnation".
    • a white sport coat.
    • 2: In a 1942 hit, this "has me in its spell".
    • that old black magic.
    • 3: In 1965, pianist Horst Jankowski took a walk up the charts with "A Walk In" this German location.
    • the Black Forest.
    • 4: Completes "The moon was all aglow and heaven was in your eyes, the night that you told me those...".
    • little white lies.
    • 5: 1966 order from the Rolling Stones to an artist.
    • paint it black.

      • Round 3. Category: Autumn Leaves

      • 1: Autumn 1893:This composer's death in St. Petersburg leaves rumors of suicide.
      • Tchaikovsky.
      • 2: Though he died near Louisville in Autumn 1980, this honorary colonel still leaves a good taste in our mouths.
      • Colonel Sanders.
      • 3: October 1972:This ballplayer leaves the epitaph "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives".
      • Jackie Robinson.
      • 4: October 1964:His death at age 90 leaves Eisenhower and Truman as the only living ex-presidents.
      • Herbert Hoover.
      • 5: November 2001:This musician leaves a son, Dhani.
      • George Harrison.

        • Round 4. Category: '90s Oscar Winners

        • 1: His 12 nominations for movies of the decade produced 1 win, Best Original Score for “Schindler's List”.
        • John Williams.
        • 2: He won his first Oscar for directing “Unforgiven”.
        • Clint Eastwood.
        • 3: She won for not saying much as Ada McGrath in “The Piano”.
        • Holly Hunter.
        • 4: Susan Sarandon won for “Dead Man Walking” and he won for “Leaving Las Vegas”, which could have had the same title.
        • Nicolas Cage.
        • 5: Some didn't applaud the honorary Oscar to this “Streetcar” director and HUAC witness.
        • (Elia) Kazan.

          • Round 5. Category: Dude, Where's My Czar?

          • 1: Czar means "emperor", and is derived from this Latin word, the formal title of several Roman rulers.
          • Caesar.
          • 2: One of those who killed this "mad monk" was a cousin of Nicholas II, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich.
          • Rasputin.
          • 3: The first Russian to hold the title Czar, he was proclaimed Grand Prince of Moscow in 1533.
          • Ivan the Terrible.
          • 4: Maximilian Schell starred in an Emmy-winning 1986 mini-series about this reformist czar.
          • Peter the Great.
          • 5: Michael was the czar who ruled Russia from 1613 to 1645 and founded this dynasty.
          • the Romanov.

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

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