June 11, 2023

Episode 851 - also a bar drink - they all played hamlet - tv bars and restaurants - classic movies - what a year!

8 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 851, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: also a bar drink

1: Flathead or Phillips head.

a screwdriver.

2: With so much brainpower on stage today, this "Living Dead" movie monster wouldn't know where to start.

a zombie.

3: It was last call for this Scottish outlaw on Dec. 28, 1734.

Rob Roy.

4: Take a flying leap and name this type of reconnaissance plane or insect of the family Acrididae.

a grasshopper.

5: G'day! This wooden weapon can also be a scheme that does injury to its originator.

a boomerang.

Round 2. Category: they all played hamlet

1: Fans from around the world sped to Winnipeg to see this "Speed" star play Hamlet there in 1995.

Keanu Reeves.

2: He's only 9 years younger than Glenn Close, but he called her Mom in Zeffirelli's 1990 version.

Mel Gibson.

3: The role of Obi-Wan Kenobi was light-years away when he played Hamlet at the Old Vic in 1938.

Sir Alec Guinness.

4: This star of "A Fish Called Wanda" not only starred in but directed a 1990 production of "Hamlet".

Kevin Kline.

5: He played Hamlet at the New York Shakespeare Festival before he hammed it up as Mike Hammer:.

Stacy Keach.

Round 3. Category: tv bars and restaurants

1: On this sitcom Duff Beer is on tap at Moe's Tavern where the clientele is always "animated".

"The Simpsons".

2: Head north, far north, to visit The Brick, this show's restaurant.

"Northern Exposure".

3: On this sitcom you could have seen Jay Thomas take a few "Potts" shots in the Blue Shamrock.

"Love And War".

4: On this sitcom you may find the Crane brothers having coffee at Cafe Nervosa.

"Frasier".

5: The Lunch Box in Lanford, Ill. is one of this sitcom's settings.

"Roseanne".

Round 4. Category: classic movies

1: It's the first rule of Fight Club.

you do not talk about Fight Club.

2: Crime film that features Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow.

Bonnie and Clyde.

3: Charlie Chaplin befriends a millionaire and falls in love with a blind girl in this 1931 film.

City Lights.

4: Film in which De Niro as Travis Bickle asks, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?".

Taxi Driver.

5: In it, reporter Rosalind Russell tells Cary Grant, "I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you if they were just lighting it up".

His Girl Friday.

Round 5. Category: what a year!

1: Dewaele won the Tour de France, Coco Chanel was the toast of Paris and Sacre Bleu!, the market crashed in this year.

1929.

2: The Titanic set off on maiden voyage.

1912.

3: In this year, Teddy became president, Eddie became king and Nicky became father of Anastasia.

1901.

4: Rosa Parks sat down for freedom.

1955.

5: (Hi, I'm Tyler Christopher of General Hospital.) In this year, ABC gave "G.H." a shot on TV, "He's So Fine" shot up to No. 1 and JFK visited the Berlin Wall.

1963.

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

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