Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 88, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Clown Songs
1: Judy Collins recorded a version of this song from "A Little Night Music"."Send in the Clowns".2: His hit "I'm Still Standing" says, "If our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now".Elton John.3: This title of a Stealers Wheel song completes the line "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am..."."Stuck in the Middle With You".4: In 1960 the Everly Brothers reached the top of the charts with this tune."Cathy's Clown".5: "Fe Fe Fi Fi Fo Fo Fum" this title character of a Coasters song is "a clown"."Charlie Brown".Round 2. Category: A Question About Television
1: Watching "Twin Peaks", the lynch mob wondered, "Who killed" this teenager.Laura Palmer.2: After this hero left the scene, someone inevitably asked, "Who was that masked man?".The Lone Ranger.3: This popular game show featured the question "Will our mystery guest enter and sign in, please?".What's My Line?.4: This question is the first line of the theme song from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".Who can turn the world on with her smile?.5: This 5-word question became a catchphrase for Gary Coleman on "Different Strokes".What ya talkin about Willis?.Round 3. Category: Title Film Folk
1: "Emma"(1996).Gwyneth Paltrow.2: 1956: Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr, etc., etc., etc..The King and I.3: 2001: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson and Gwyneth Paltrow--The "fun" in dysfunctional.The Royal Tenenbaums.4: 2001: Will Smith pulled no punches.Ali.5: Robin Williams cures with comedy.Patch Adams.Round 4. Category: That's Just "Sad"
1: His rule of Syria included the 1982 killing of perhaps 20,000 in the city of Hamah.Hafez al-Assad.2: 10-letter term for feeling stiff from horseback riding.saddlesore.3: It's a folded and grilled flour tortilla filled with cheese and often chicken; es muy buena!.a quesadilla.4: We see this Southern California ctiy, originally named Indiana Colony, through rose-colored glasses.Pasadena.5: Any war carried out under papal sanction.a crusade.Round 5. Category: Old Radio
1: While in the Orient, this character learned "the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds".The Shadow.2: His show began, "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea".Walter Winchell.3: This CBS newsman began his World War II broadcasts with "This is London".(Edward R.) Murrow.4: This cowboy star's "Melody Ranch" program features Pat Buttram and the Cass County Boys.Gene Autry.5: This TV game show producer hosted "This is Your Life" and "Truth or Consequences".Ralph Edwards.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!