Instant Trivia

Episode 814 - 1980s fads - well equipped - i've got supernatural powers - italian cinema - the letter g

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 814, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1980s fads

  • 1: Torn sweatshirts and legwarmers were all the rage after this 1983 Jennifer Beals movie.
  • Flashdance.
  • 2: Sensitive men of the '70s were out; "Real Men" didn't eat this.
  • quiche.
  • 3: Androgeny was exemplified by Eurythmics' Annie Lennox, and by this lead singer of Culture Club.
  • Boy George.
  • 4: Based on Xavier Roberts' sculptures, these dolls were a popular item for adoption in 1983.
  • Cabbage Patch (Kids).
  • 5: Greed was good: Trump taught "The Art of the Deal", and she said, "Only the little people pay taxes".
  • (Leona) Helmsley.

    • Round 2. Category: well equipped

    • 1: Cars come with standard equipment, but you can add on these, from the Latin for "choice".
    • options.
    • 2: This piece of equipment was first worn by a future admiral playing in the 1893 Army-Navy Game.
    • football helmet.
    • 3: Corers, ballers, griddles and mousse rings are equipment used by these professionals.
    • chefs.
    • 4: Among the equipment in a well-stocked lab is this piece you grow your mold in.
    • petri dish.
    • 5: Hidden cameras, bugs and PC taps are classified as this type of equipment, from the French for "to watch over".
    • surveillance.

      • Round 3. Category: i've got supernatural powers

      • 1: Hanuman, a monkey god of this religion, sometimes has 5 heads.
      • Hinduism.
      • 2: A Scottish breed of cow shares its name with this Celtic god of love whose kisses become birds.
      • Angus.
      • 3: This Semitic mother goddess can make the heavens and earth tremble (and film critics wince).
      • Ishtar.
      • 4: The Greek goddess of justice, she can turn herself into animals and also be your worst enemy.
      • Nemesis.
      • 5: The Greek goddess of magic and Shakespeare's queen of the witches, she can make cows fat or skinny.
      • Hecate.

        • Round 4. Category: italian cinema

        • 1: His film "Life is Beautiful" was widely compared to Jerry Lewis' "The Day the Clown Cried".
        • Roberto Benigni.
        • 2: Literary classics Pasolini adapted for the screen include this one, as "I Racconti di Canterbury".
        • "The Canterbury Tales".
        • 3: "Miss Italia" was an early film by this beauty known as "La Lollo".
        • Gina Lollobrigida.
        • 4: It's the "Open City" in the title of Rossellini's film about the German occupation.
        • Rome.
        • 5: In "La Dolce Vita", Walter Santesso played the photographer who gave his name to this profession.
        • Paparazzi (named for Paparazzo).

          • Round 5. Category: the letter g

          • 1: A G-note is slang for this amount of money.
          • a $1,000.
          • 2: Item in common to a stripper and the guitarist in her band.
          • a G-string.
          • 3: The logo of this Cheerios maker is a big letter G.
          • General Mills.
          • 4: Of the U.S. presidents, the one whose middle name is usually shown as G..
          • Harding.
          • 5: This fusion saxophonist's real last name is Gorelick.
          • Kenny G.

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

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