June 13, 2023

Episode 853 - let's mess with texas - breaking up - blue and the gray - maltin on the movies - in the bible

8 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 853, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: let's mess with texas

1: Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale and Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946.

George W. Bush.

2: Since 1935 this agency that originated in the 1820s has operated as a branch of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety.

the Texas Rangers.

3: This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae.

the mockingbird.

4: From 1846 to 1859 this ex-Tennessee governor was a U.S. senator from Texas.

Sam Houston.

5: Born in 1921, this Mission, Tex.-born senator served with Jack Kennedy, knew Jack Kennedy and hey! you're not Jack Kennedy!.

Lloyd Bentsen.

Round 2. Category: breaking up

1: The Doors recorded for 2 years after the death of this lead singer before calling it quits.

Jim Morrison.

2: This duo fell apart after Annie Lennox went on sabbatical.

Eurythmics.

3: This "Heart of Glass" group fronted by Debbie Harry shattered in 1982.

Blondie.

4: The death of lead singer Kurt Cobain put an end to this band in 1994.

Nirvana.

5: This "amphibious" Santa Barbara band that sang "All I Want" and "Walk On The Ocean" croaked in 1998.

Toad the Wet Sprocket.

Round 3. Category: blue and the gray

1: Daniel Hough, the Civil War's first fatality, died not in battle but in an accident at this fort.

Fort Sumter.

2: The siege of Vicksburg in 1863 gave the Union control of this river.

Mississippi River.

3: Less than a month after graduating last in his class from West Point, he made his first stand at Bull Run.

George Custer.

4: Though relieved as Union Army chief in March 1862, he continued to lead the Army of the Potomac until November.

George McClellan.

5: Robert E. Lee lost nearly a quarter of his troops in this bloody Maryland battle of 1862.

Antietam (or Sharpsburg).

Round 4. Category: maltin on the movies

1: (Leonard Maltin starts things off.) I once wrote that only a real-life Grumpy could fail to love this 1937 animated feature.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

2: Steve Martin's first starring feature, Maltin describes it as "The misadventures of a terminally stupid man".

The Jerk.

3: (Leonard Maltin continues.) I've called this 1941 classic "A stunning film in every way" and Orson Welles was only 25 years old when he made it!.

Citizen Kane.

4: Maltin tells us this 1951 classic was "gorgeously filmed on location in the Belgian Congo".

The African Queen.

5: (Leonard Maltin wraps up the category for us.) What Hitchcock did with this 1960 film was brilliant. Imagine, killing off your major star in the first portion of the film.

Psycho.

Round 5. Category: in the bible

1: Jesus cleansed the temple by casting out all that was sold within and said, "Ye have made it a den of" these.

thieves.

2: "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?" he asks in chapter 7 of his book.

Job.

3: In the Book of Judges, his Nazirite vows brought him great power but his passions brought his downfall.

Samson.

4: According to Deuteronomy 7:25, neither the silver nor gold of these shall be desired, for they are an abomination.

idols (or graven images).

5: In I Kings 2, this man sat "upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly".

Solomon.

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

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