Instant Trivia

Episode 826 - do "tell" - "in" words - german cities - give 'em a hand - the director's chair

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 826, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: do "tell"

  • 1: Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film.
  • STELLA!.
  • 2: Bootes, Orion and Gemini, to name a few.
  • constellations.
  • 3: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977.
  • the Central Intelligence Agency.
  • 4: It's the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee.
  • the patella.
  • 5: Small rounds of meat-filled pasta that are shaped into rings and boiled.
  • tortellini.

    • Round 2. Category: "in" words

    • 1: In the pledge of allegiance, it precedes "with liberty and justice for all".
    • indivisible.
    • 2: A roof covering, or something a new lawyer might "hang out".
    • a shingle.
    • 3: Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941 "A date which will live in" this.
    • infamy.
    • 4: This woodwind instrument was invented by Johann Christoph Denner around 1700.
    • a clarinet.
    • 5: Apparatus in which you might find newborn chicks or premature babies.
    • an incubator.

      • Round 3. Category: german cities

      • 1: This capital's oldest church, older than the city itself, is the 800-year-old St. Nicholas Church.
      • Berlin.
      • 2: In 1923 Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in this capital of Bavaria.
      • Munich.
      • 3: In German, it's Koln; in English, this.
      • Cologne.
      • 4: Europe's second-busiest port, it's said to have more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam combined.
      • Hamburg.
      • 5: A British royal house that ruled from 1714 to 1901 originated in this city from which it got its name.
      • Hanover.

        • Round 4. Category: give 'em a hand

        • 1: On Feb. 1, 1964 this song replaced Bobby Vinton's "There! I've Said It Again" at No. 1 and stayed there 7 weeks.
        • "I Want To Hold Your Hand".
        • 2: Nickname of the aces and eights held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder in Deadwood, S.D..
        • dead man's hand.
        • 3: In this 1967 film Paul Newman is sent to a prison chain gang for destroying parking meters.
        • Cool Hand Luke.
        • 4: In Matthew 27:24, he "took water, and washed his hands" of the responsibility for Christ's crucifixion.
        • Pontius Pilate.
        • 5: In this book Adam Smith created the economic principle of the invisible hand.
        • The Wealth of Nations.

          • Round 5. Category: the director's chair

          • 1: "Shadows and Fog","Deconstructing Harry","Radio Days".
          • Woody Allen.
          • 2: "The Mirror Has Two Faces","Yentl","The Prince of Tides".
          • Barbra Streisand.
          • 3: "Piranha II: The Spawning","The Terminator".
          • James Cameron.
          • 4: "Eraserhead","Blue Velvet".
          • David Lynch.
          • 5: "The Thing" is... as well as directing "Halloween" and "The Fog", he also composed their scores.
          • (John) Carpenter.

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

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