Instant Trivia

Episode 862 - historic historians - who was the prez when... - trail mix - films of the '50s - the desperate housewife who...

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 862, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: historic historians

  • 1: 2nd century B.C. historian Ssu-Ma Ch'ien put together the first comprehensive history of this country.
  • China.
  • 2: Christian Lange edited "Diplomatarium Norvegicum", a valuable source on this, his native land.
  • Norway.
  • 3: William Prescott's 2 big tales of the Conquistadors were about "The Conquest of Peru" and "The Conquest of" this country.
  • Mexico.
  • 4: This venerable saint's eccesiastical history of England goes up to 731; he died in 735.
  • the Venerable Bede.
  • 5: 6th century Roman historian Flavius Cassiodorus did a history of this group that split into Visi- and Ostro- halves.
  • the Goths.

    • Round 2. Category: who was the prez when...

    • 1: ...the Berlin airlift resupplied a Soviet-blocked West Berlin.
    • Harry Truman.
    • 2: ...the Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
    • Lyndon Johnson.
    • 3: ...Three Mile Island's nuclear reactor No. 2 went kerflooey.
    • Jimmy Carter.
    • 4: ...Neil and Buzz strolled across the Sea of Tranquility.
    • Richard Nixon.
    • 5: ...the War of 1812 was fought in the U.S..
    • James Madison.

      • Round 3. Category: trail mix

      • 1: Popular with cyclists, the 18.5-mile Mount Vernon trail follows this river's shoreline.
      • the Potomac.
      • 2: Pompeys Pillar, a famous rock formation in Montana, lies along the trail named for this pair.
      • Lewis and Clark.
      • 3: Popular with backpackers, the Mantario Trail is located mostly in this Canadian province that borders Ontario.
      • Manitoba.
      • 4: You can still see wheel ruts along this 2,000-mile-long route used by pioneers heading west to the Willamette Valley.
      • the Oregon Trail.
      • 5: The complex of roads known as this Communist leader's trail was a major supply route for North Vietnam.
      • the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

        • Round 4. Category: films of the '50s

        • 1: In 1958 he starred as a middle-aged Andy Hardy in "Andy Hardy Comes Home".
        • Mickey Rooney.
        • 2: "Cattle Queen of Montana" in 1954, she went on to run a ranch on "The Big Valley".
        • Barbara Stanwyck.
        • 3: He played Brick to ELizabeth Taylor's Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
        • Paul Newman.
        • 4: Clare Boothe Luce protested the 1955 Venice showing of this Glenn Ford-Sidney Poitier high school film.
        • Blackboard Jungle.
        • 5: In this 1956 sci-fi classic, Leslie Nielsen found himself on Altair-4 with Anne Francis and Robby the Robot.
        • Forbidden Planet.

          • Round 5. Category: the desperate housewife who...

          • 1: ...got an Oscar nomination in 2006.
          • Felicity Huffman.
          • 2: ...showered a little too much affection on Terrell Owens on "Monday Night Football".
          • Nicollette Sheridan.
          • 3: ...appeared on the cover of the April 2006 Vanity Fair.
          • Teri Hatcher.
          • 4: ...literally blew up "Melrose Place" as Dr. Kimberly Shaw.
          • Marcia Cross.
          • 5: ...has a B.S. in kinesiology and was No. 1 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" list.
          • Eva Longoria.

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

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