Instant Trivia

Episode 840 - i shot the sharif - movie debuts - geographic phrases - famous napoleons - weather

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 840, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: i shot the sharif

  • 1: David Lean gave Omar Sharif a big-screen break when he shot this epic starring Peter O'Toole.
  • Lawrence of Arabia.
  • 2: Omar made a Russian house call in this classic shot by David Lean.
  • Doctor Zhivago.
  • 3: Director Richard Fleischer shot Omar getting shot as "Che!", with Jack Palance as this Cuban leader.
  • Fidel Castro.
  • 4: Sharif played Fanny Brice's husband Nicky Arnstein in this William Wyler-directed film.
  • Funny Girl.
  • 5: Omar makes a cameo in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", shot by this man, Julie Andrews' husband.
  • Blake Edwards.

    • Round 2. Category: movie debuts

    • 1: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" introduced him on film before he jumped to "21 Jump Street" on TV.
    • Johnny Depp.
    • 2: She danced in the chorus of the film "Li'l Abner" long before she starred as TV's "Rhoda".
    • Valerie Harper.
    • 3: This Belgian first flexed his movie muscles in "Missing in Action" with Chuck Norris.
    • Jean-Claude Van Damme.
    • 4: At 13 this actress with a weekday in her name starred in the 1956 classic "Rock, Rock, Rock!".
    • Tuesday Weld.
    • 5: This young director made his feature film debut as an actor in his own movie "Reservoir Dogs".
    • Quentin Tarantino.

      • Round 3. Category: geographic phrases

      • 1: Its board is a 6-pointed star, on which each player starts with 10 marbles.
      • Chinese checkers.
      • 2: This breed is a popular hunting and show dog.
      • Irish setter.
      • 3: Beatles song that includes the line "And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown".
      • Norwegian Wood.
      • 4: In Chrysler ads, Ricardo Montalban extolled this rich upholstery material.
      • "Rich Corinthian Leather".
      • 5: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Janet Leigh) I romanced Frank Sinatra in this 1962 film about brainwashing, Communism and assassination".
      • The Manchurian Candidate.

        • Round 4. Category: famous napoleons

        • 1: Though he set it in 1901, Napoleon Lajoie still holds a Major League record in this sport.
        • baseball.
        • 2: A villain killed in Ian Fleming's "Goldfinger" shared this name with U.N.C.L.E.'s heroic Agent 11.
        • Napoleon Solo.
        • 3: The Napoleon who ended up taking power on Orwell's "Animal Farm" was this.
        • a pig.
        • 4: Napoleon gradually seizes power in this George Orwell story.
        • Animal Farm.
        • 5: In 1804, this man crowned Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French.
        • Napoleon Bonaparte.

          • Round 5. Category: weather

          • 1: If you walk on grass in early morning, you might step on these tiny waterdrops condensed from the air.
          • Dew.
          • 2: A listless depression, such as sailors feel in tropical areas of little or no wind.
          • the doldrums.
          • 3: This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting.
          • Leonardo da Vinci.
          • 4: Trade winds blow from both the northeast and southeast toward this line.
          • the equator.
          • 5: North Central China has a climate like Kansas and also gets these choking "storms" in spring.
          • dust storms.

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

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