Instant Trivia

Episode 784 - 1998 - tv drama - movie series - things that happened - shopping

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 784, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1998

  • 1: In April this U.S. figure dropped to a 28-year low of 4.3%, leaving the devil without many idle hands.
  • Unemployment rate.
  • 2: This goofy comedy with Cameron Diaz in the title role was a big summertime hit.
  • There's Something About Mary.
  • 3: With over $500 million in perks, the Big Apple kept this "Big Board" from moving to Jersey.
  • New York Stock Exchange.
  • 4: In 1998 it became a landing "strip" when the Palestinians opened their first airport there.
  • Gaza Strip.
  • 5: Bill Clinton's private secretary, she testified before a grand jury January 27.
  • Betty Currie.

    • Round 2. Category: tv drama

    • 1: This is the longest-running medical drama and also the longest-running daytime drama still on television.
    • General Hospital.
    • 2: "La Reina del Sur", one of these Latin soap operas, ran 5 nights a week on Telemundo.
    • a telenovela.
    • 3: Season 1 of this HBO mystery series spans 17 years--season 3 doubles that and covers 35 years.
    • True Detective.
    • 4: Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok and Jon Voight play family members of this Showtime title character.
    • Ray Donovan.
    • 5: (Hi, I'm Ollie North, and) I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers.
    • JAG.

      • Round 3. Category: movie series

      • 1: John Gavin was signed to play him in "Diamonds Are Forever", but then Sean Connery was lured back.
      • James Bond.
      • 2: Films in this series include "Dream Warriors", "The Dream Master" and "Freddy's Revenge".
      • Nightmare on Elm Street.
      • 3: In a series of 14 films in the 1930s and 1940s Nigel Bruce was Watson to his Sherlock Holmes.
      • Sir Basil Rathbone.
      • 4: William Boyd was 40 when he began playing this hero in a series of 66 low-budget westerns.
      • Hopalong Cassidy.
      • 5: Occupation of Andy Hardy's long-suffering father.
      • Judge.

        • Round 4. Category: things that happened

        • 1: In 622 Muhammad fled this city; in 630 he came back with 10,000 followers and captured it.
        • Mecca.
        • 2: The opening of this in 1869 cut 4,000 miles and weeks of sailing off trips.
        • the Suez Canal.
        • 3: Einhard's "Life of" this Frankish ruler says he almost doubled the size of the realm his father Pepin left him.
        • Charlemagne.
        • 4: He was the junker, or landowner, whom Prussia's Wilhelm I chose to be his prime minister in 1862.
        • (Otto von) Bismarck.
        • 5: It was under this czar that Russia went on the Julian calendar used in the West; he liked Western stuff.
        • Peter the Great.

          • Round 5. Category: shopping

          • 1: The National Consumer Council warns that on a credit card, beware of a high APR, which stands for this.
          • annual percentage rate.
          • 2: Savile Row in this city is known for its fine custom tailoring shops.
          • London.
          • 3: A Pea in the Pod specializes in fashions for these people, as you might "expect".
          • expectant mothers (pregnant people accepted).
          • 4: Zorba was the original name of this retailer that started in Spain; it stuck with a "Z" name.
          • Zara.
          • 5: A follow-up to "The Devil Wears Prada" is called "When Life Gives You" these yoga clothes.
          • Lululemons.

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

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