Instant Trivia

Episode 775 - in the "pink" - game shows - clowning around - americans in paris - meat and potatoes

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 775, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: in the "pink"

  • 1: The little finger.
  • pinky.
  • 2: One who is dismissed from a job is said to have received this.
  • pink slip.
  • 3: Since 1980 Owens-Corning Fiberglass has used this cartoon character in its advertising.
  • the Pink Panther.
  • 4: In sewing this tool is used to give a zigzag edge to cloth.
  • pinking shears.
  • 5: "Another Brick in the Wall" in 1980 was this group's only No. 1 single.
  • Pink Floyd.

    • Round 2. Category: game shows

    • 1: 1 of the 2 games you could watch in 1965 whose name began with "Let's".
    • Let's Make a Deal (or Let's Play Post Office).
    • 2: The theme to this game that premiered on TV October 5, 1950 was "Hooray for Captain Spaulding".
    • You Bet Your Life.
    • 3: Rounds on this show included "Melody Roulette" and "Bid-A-Note".
    • Name That Tune.
    • 4: Last names of the Burt and Bert who created "Win, Lose or Draw".
    • Burt Reynolds and Bert Convy.
    • 5: The pop group Kabah sang the theme for the Mexican version of this 106-day long game that put 12 people in a house.
    • Big Brother.

      • Round 3. Category: clowning around

      • 1: Weatherman Willard Scott was the first actor to don the clown makeup of this fast food funnyman.
      • Ronald McDonald.
      • 2: Tonio, a misshapen clown, delivers the prologue in this Leoncavallo opera.
      • "I Pagliacci".
      • 3: In "It", he wrote about a monster disguised as a demonic clown named Pennywise.
      • Stephen King.
      • 4: Judy Collins hit the pop charts with this song in 1975 and again in 1977.
      • "Send In The Clowns".
      • 5: On TV Damon Wayans played this irascible clown who "don't play that".
      • Homey.

        • Round 4. Category: americans in paris

        • 1: While in Paris, poet and critic Ezra Pound helped little-known talent T.S. Eliot edit this 1922 poem.
        • "The Waste Land".
        • 2: Familiar with France from experimenting there, in 1779 he became our first ambassador to France.
        • Benjamin Franklin.
        • 3: Sadly, this dancer's 2 children drowned in the Seine years before that scarf cut her own life short.
        • Isadora Duncan.
        • 4: During his self-exile, he voiced the strife of black Americans in books like 1961's "Nobody Knows My Name".
        • James Baldwin.
        • 5: Alexander Calder made one of his first wire sculptures in the image of this expatriate singer/dancer.
        • Josephine Baker.

          • Round 5. Category: meat and potatoes

          • 1: The original version of this toy included facial pieces to attach to a real spud.
          • Mr. Potato Head.
          • 2: Your standard potato is 80 percent this common compound.
          • water.
          • 3: The fungus phytophthora infesting caused this historic Irish tragedy.
          • Irish potato famine.
          • 4: In 1853 chef George Crum invented this snack as a joke when a customer said his fries were too thick.
          • potato chips.
          • 5: This traditional cured meat is often served with cabbage on St. Patrick's Day.
          • corned beef.

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

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