Instant Trivia

Episode 893 - hollywoodspeak - east on the map - art for art's sake! - jeopardy! 101 - montreal expose

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 893, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: hollywoodspeak

  • 1: The popular films of this genre can be known as "oaters" or "horse operas".
  • westerns.
  • 2: Also known as a "tenpercenter", a good one of these can open doors in Tinseltown.
  • agent.
  • 3: Erica Kane could tell you it's the dramatic form known as a "sudser" in Hollywood.
  • soap opera.
  • 4: In the lingo of Variety, a "diskery" is a company that produces these.
  • records.
  • 5: This TV network is "The Eye Web".
  • CBS.

    • Round 2. Category: east on the map

    • 1: This nation was once a province known as East Pakistan and before that, East Bengal.
    • Bangladesh.
    • 2: East Cape is the easternmost mainland point on this island, the world's second largest.
    • New Guinea.
    • 3: Walter Ulbricht had his fingers in this country's strudel for over 20 years.
    • East Germany.
    • 4: This city with a 2-word name grew around Michigan State University.
    • East Lansing.
    • 5: As a geopolitical term it was coined in 1902 by U.S. Naval Officer Alfred Mahan to describe an Asian-African area.
    • the Middle East.

      • Round 3. Category: art for art's sake!

      • 1: Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister.
      • American Gothic.
      • 2: In David's 1801 painting "Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard Pass", the general is crossing this mountain range.
      • the Alps.
      • 3: The crushing foot used in this TV show's opening is from Bronzino's 1545 painting, "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid".
      • Monty Python's Flying Circus.
      • 4: Titian portrayed Ariadne and this god of wine falling in love at first sight.
      • Dionysus (or Bacchus).
      • 5: Title of the 15th century work depicting the Virgin Mary and the angel Gabriel thought to be da Vinci's first completed work.
      • The Annunciation.

        • Round 4. Category: jeopardy! 101

        • 1: From beautiful downtown Culver City, it's the name of the studios where "Jeopardy!" is taped.
        • Sony Pictures Studios.
        • 2: He was the host of the first version of "Jeopardy!" in the '60s.
        • Art Fleming.
        • 3: Of $183,000, $283,000 or $383,000, it's closest to the highest amount you can win in one regular game.
        • $283,000.
        • 4: Including Final Jeopardy!, it's the total number of possible questions in one game.
        • 61.
        • 5: Frequent viewers know my hometown of Sudbury is in this Canadian province.
        • Ontario.

          • Round 5. Category: montreal expose

          • 1: The Basilique Notre-Dame has one of the largest ones of these in North America; it weighs 12 tons.
          • bell.
          • 2: A bagpiper at Ogilvy's Department Store plays to announce this hour.
          • noon.
          • 3: Since 1984 over 37 million people have seen performances by this circus headquartered in Montreal.
          • Cirque du Soleil.
          • 4: Each summer Montreal hosts a Juste Pour Rire Festival, called "Just for" these in English.
          • Laughs.
          • 5: A street in Mount Royal Park is named for this great American landscape artist who designed NYC's Central Park.
          • (Frederick Law) Olmsted.

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

            Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

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