Instant Trivia

Episode 83 - Resort Cities - Intelligent Films - Irs Stuff - Four! - Dropouts

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 83, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Resort Cities

  • 1: This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944.
  • Vichy.
  • 2: This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies and railroad cars.
  • Atlantic City.
  • 3: This Crimean health and vacation resort was the site of an important World War II conference.
  • Yalta.
  • 4: This fashionable Colorado ski getaway was named by prospectors for the trees in the area.
  • Aspen.
  • 5: In 1986 voters of this California resort made Clint Eastwood's day by electing him mayor.
  • Carmel.

    • Round 2. Category: Intelligent Films

    • 1: Chemistry whiz Julius Kelp devises a formula that transforms him into the suave Buddy Love in this 1963 comedy.
    • The Nutty Professor.
    • 2: Even the janitor at M.I.T. is a math genius in this 1997 Oscar-winning film.
    • Good Will Hunting.
    • 3: A 7-year-old chess prodigy is at the center of this 1993 film that mentions an American chess prodigy in its title.
    • Searching for Bobby Fischer.
    • 4: A blinding light suddenly turns this actor into a genius in 1996's "Phenomenon".
    • John Travolta.
    • 5: Woody Allen finds media guru Marshall McLuhan in a theater lobby in this 1977 film.
    • Annie Hall.

      • Round 3. Category: Irs Stuff

      • 1: Filing jointly, families with 2 or more kids and making under $34,178 a year may receive the EITC, this credit.
      • Earned Income Tax Credit.
      • 2: If you've been selected for one of these, the IRS cheerfully informs you that many of them result in refunds.
      • Audit.
      • 3: The IRS now allows some deductions for treatments, not including the over-the-counter patch, to quit this.
      • Smoking.
      • 4: About 9% of the individual returns for 2000 checked the box to donate this much to the Presidential Election Fund.
      • $3.
      • 5: To deduct these, your new job must be over 50 miles farther from your former home than your old job was.
      • Moving expenses.

        • Round 4. Category: Four!

        • 1: Published in 1943, "Four Quartets" is considered by many to be this American-born poet's finest work.
        • T.S. Eliot.
        • 2: Isaiah said that the Lord shall gather the dispersed "from" these "of the Earth".
        • the four corners.
        • 3: In the English alphabet, it's the fourth consonant.
        • F.
        • 4: The only athlete to win 4 straight Olympic gold medals in the long jump.
        • (Carl) Lewis.
        • 5: In four-color process printing, the 4 colors used are cyan, magenta, yellow and this "basic" one.
        • black.

          • Round 5. Category: Dropouts

          • 1: He abandoned his studies at Harvard after his junior year to co-found Microsoft and got filthy rich.
          • Bill Gates.
          • 2: Ben Affleck left college for Hollywood; this co-screenwriter left Harvard just shy of graduation.
          • Matt Damon.
          • 3: Left Temple University in the '60s to be a comic, was in one of the biggest '80s sitcoms and sold Jell-O.
          • Bill Cosby.
          • 4: In 1996, after winning his third U.S. Amateur title, he left Stanford to turn pro.
          • Tiger Woods.
          • 5: He went to UCLA to study film but dropped out; he ended up directing and co-starring in "Reality Bites" and "The Cable Guy".
          • Ben Stiller.

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

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