Instant Trivia

Episode 76 - It's Unreal - May Day - British Fashion - Libros En Espanol - World Leaders

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 76, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: It's Unreal

  • 1: Lee makes them in active length in such colors as Joyful and Fascinating.
  • artificial nails.
  • 2: This company is putting the kibosh on sellers of those Jelly Kelly knock-offs of its Kelly bags.
  • Hermes.
  • 3: In 1966 Clark and Gollan performed experiments that led to artificial this, probably exciting news to artificial vampires.
  • artificial blood.
  • 4: On April 8, 1966 the L.A. Dodgers played on this surface for the first time (it was during an away game).
  • astroturf.
  • 5: Pam Anderson is a supporter of pleather, which is short for this.
  • plastic leather.

    • Round 2. Category: May Day

    • 1: On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary.
    • Amtrak.
    • 2: This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him.
    • Yasser Arafat.
    • 3: He was ready and he fired May 1, 1898.
    • Captain Charles Gridley.
    • 4: The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired.
    • Jimmy Carter.
    • 5: On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica".
    • Pablo Picasso.

      • Round 3. Category: British Fashion

      • 1: Sharp suits and skinny ties typified the '60s look of the "squad" of these young Britishers.
      • the mod squad.
      • 2: David and Elizabeth Emanuel got the assignment to design this for Princess Diana to wear on July 29, 1981.
      • her wedding dress.
      • 3: This "Superwaif" model made news in 1993 when she went topless at a Vivienne Westwood show.
      • Kate Moss.
      • 4: 19th century Englishmen Thomas and William Bowler got their names in the dictionary by making these.
      • hats.
      • 5: With grenade loops added, the coat designed by Thomas Burberry got this new name during World War I.
      • trenchcoat.

        • Round 4. Category: Libros En Espanol

        • 1: Wells:"La Maquina del Tiempo".
        • "The Time Machine".
        • 2: Hemingway: "El Viejo y el Mar".
        • "The Old Man and the Sea".
        • 3: Alcott:"Hombrecitos".
        • "Little Men".
        • 4: Dickens:"Historia de Dos Ciudades".
        • "A Tale of Two Cities".
        • 5: Vonnegut:"Matadero Cinco".
        • "Slaughterhouse Five".

          • Round 5. Category: World Leaders

          • 1: This general took power in Pakistan in a 1999 coup.
          • Musharraf.
          • 2: On May 25, 1946 this grandfather of Hussein was crowned the first king of Jordan.
          • King Abdullah.
          • 3: She gave birth to her 1st child, a son, during her successful 1988 campaign to become P.M. of Pakistan.
          • Benazir Bhutto.
          • 4: The U.S. wishes this trained ophthalmologist could see his way to support our Mideast policy.
          • Bashar al-Assad.
          • 5: On November 22, 2001 he personally sent his first e-mail, a message to Roman Catholics in Oceania.
          • Pope John Paul II.

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

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