Instant Trivia

Episode 779 - cruisin' the caribbean - readings from homer simpson - ultra-lounge - 19th century business leaders - classic literature

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 779, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: cruisin' the caribbean

  • 1: Princess Cruises shipped in tons of this to keep its private Caribbean island beach looking pristine.
  • sand.
  • 2: As you'd expect, it was the first company to launch a fleet exclusively in the Caribbean.
  • Royal Caribbean.
  • 3: Destiny and Liberty are 2 of this line's "Fun Ships".
  • Carnival.
  • 4: If you're cruising on the Royal Clipper, it will most likely be under this power.
  • wind.
  • 5: When you pull into Guadeloupe, you may have to change your dollars into this official currency.
  • euros.

    • Round 2. Category: readings from homer simpson

    • 1: Hero speaking here:"Nine days I drifted on the teeming sea... upon the tenth we came to the coastline of the lotus eaters... mmmm, lotus!".
    • Odysseus.
    • 2: He's the god hitting the hay here:"Going up to the bed he slept and Hera of the gold throne beside him".
    • Zeus.
    • 3: She's the subject of the following:"Surely there is no blame on Trojans... if for long time they suffer hardship for a woman like this one--va va va voom!".
    • Helen.
    • 4: Sorceress working her magic here:"Scarce had they drunk when she flew after them with her long stick, and shut them in a pigsty.".
    • Circe.
    • 5: Monster speaking here:"Can you be grieving over your master's eye? That carrion rogue and his accurst companions burnt it out.".
    • Cyclops.

      • Round 3. Category: ultra-lounge

      • 1: The CD "On The Rocks Part One" includes Peggy Lee singing this title song of the first Beatles movie.
      • "A Hard Day's Night".
      • 2: The "Cha-Cha de Amor" album features Yma Sumac singing the "Gopher Mambo" and this Rat Pack hunk crooning "Sway".
      • Dean Martin.
      • 3: I'd return my "TV Town" CD if it didn't include the tune from this Mike Connors TV series.
      • Mannix.
      • 4: This late, great singer's classic rendition of "Jump, Jive An' Wail" is on the "Fuzzy Sampler" CD.
      • Louis Prima.
      • 5: Sip a cocktail and listen to this co-star of TV's "Emergency!" on the "Bottoms Up!" CD.
      • Julie London.

        • Round 4. Category: 19th century business leaders

        • 1: On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit.
        • Henry Ford.
        • 2: In 1863 he, Maurice Clark and Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil.
        • John D. Rockefeller.
        • 3: In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket.
        • George Eastman.
        • 4: In 1872 this 25-year-old Prussian bought a Denver bottling company and founded a brewery.
        • (Adolph) Coors.
        • 5: This man's name is on the can, but it was John Dorrance who developed condensed soup for his company.
        • (Joseph) Campbell.

          • Round 5. Category: classic literature

          • 1: "The horror! The horror!" are Mr. Kurtz' dying words in this novella.
          • Heart of Darkness.
          • 2: He wrote such classics as "The Bostonians", "The Portrait of a Lady" and "The Wings of the Dove".
          • Henry James.
          • 3: Some early reviewers objected to the realistic depiction of Archdeacon Frollo's death in this classic.
          • The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
          • 4: This character's squire was Sancho Panza.
          • Don Quixote.
          • 5: Part one of "Les Miserables" is "Fantine"; part two is named for this daughter of hers.
          • Cosette.

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