Instant Trivia

Episode 770 - Location, Location, Location - Have Fun - Hoop-La - This Land Is Your Land - Adventure Movies. With Adventure in quotation marks

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 770, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Location, Location, Location

  • 1: Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country.
  • Switzerland.
  • 2: Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807.
  • Gotham.
  • 3: There are only 31 states and 1 federal district in this North American country.
  • Mexico.
  • 4: The Tasman Sea separates Australia and this nation.
  • New Zealand.
  • 5: Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district.
  • Nottingham.

    • Round 2. Category: Have Fun

    • 1: It's what you're doing when you're "cutting a rug".
    • dancing.
    • 2: Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this.
    • merry.
    • 3: You've let loose when this animal precedes "around" or "play".
    • horse.
    • 4: Spelled one way, it's to have casino fun; spelled another, it's delightful skipping.
    • gamble/gambol.
    • 5: Fancy, as in what's tickled when you are amused, is a shortened form of this word.
    • fantasy.

      • Round 3. Category: Hoop-La

      • 1: In 1981 Houston's Calvin Murphy sank 95.8 % of these shots, an all-time NBA record.
      • free throws.
      • 2: (Hi, I'm Julius Erving) During its final season in 1975-76 I led this league in scoring and won its slam dunk competition.
      • the ABA.
      • 3: In 1990 this Nevada school's team became the first in history to score over 100 points in the NCAA championship game.
      • UNLV.
      • 4: ( Hi, I'm Malik Rose of the NBA.) I attended the same Philadelphia high school as this late, great 7 foot 1 center.
      • Wilt Chamberlain.
      • 5: In 1979 the NBA's New Orleans Jazz moved to this state less well known for its jazz.
      • Utah.

        • Round 4. Category: This Land Is Your Land

        • 1: The Golden Gate Bridge is found in this state.
        • California.
        • 2: You'll find this "Great" 1,700-square-mile body of water in northwest Utah.
        • the Great Salt Lake.
        • 3: Of the 4 presidents pictured here [rest of clue unavailable].
        • -----------------------------------.
        • 4: Of Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit, the city that's farthest east.
        • Pittsburgh.
        • 5: This U.S. island of the north Pacific with a 4-letter name is only about 30 miles long and 8 miles wide.
        • Guam.

          • Round 5. Category: Adventure Movies. With Adventure in quotation marks

          • 1: Elementary, my dear Watson! It's a 1939 movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
          • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
          • 2: In the 1960 version, Jim the runaway slave was played by boxer Archie Moore.
          • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
          • 3: Yup, in this film Gary Cooper played the explorer whose name gets shouted out in pools worldwide.
          • The Adventures of Marco Polo.
          • 4: 1948 film about a legendary lover played by legendary lover Errol Flynn.
          • The Adventures of Don Juan.
          • 5: The title character of this 1984 movie was a rock star, brain surgeon, and nuclear physicist.
          • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

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

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