Instant Trivia

Episode 894 - singers and their roles - "pole"s - "the" movies - '90s kids' names - reptiles

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 894, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: singers and their roles

  • 1: When Sonny gets blue, he can think of "Good Times", the film in which he and this partner played themselves.
  • Cher.
  • 2: She earned an Oscar nomination for starring in "The Rose" and an Emmy nomination for playing Mama Rose in "Gypsy".
  • Bette Midler.
  • 3: Reba McEntire hit her marks as this markswoman in the 1995 TV miniseries "Buffalo Girls".
  • Annie Oakley.
  • 4: He made 2 films, "Come September" and "That Funny Feeling", with his wife, Sandra Dee.
  • Bobby Darin.
  • 5: She acted and sang in "Pete Kelly's Blues" and provided the voices of the Siamese cats in "Lady and the Tramp".
  • Peggy Lee.

    • Round 2. Category: "pole"s

    • 1: Santa's ho-ho-home.
    • North Pole.
    • 2: Northwest Indians used to ridicule someone by carving that person's face upside-down on one of these.
    • totem pole.
    • 3: 2 scientists having completely opposite views about magnets may be described as this.
    • at opposite poles (poles apart).
    • 4: Each spring, women at Bryn Mawr College participate in a ritual dance around 5 of these.
    • maypoles.
    • 5: One of these might indicate the establishment operated by Sweeney Todd.
    • barber pole.

      • Round 3. Category: "the" movies

      • 1: Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for this film, but his co-star Kate Hepburn lost.
      • The African Queen.
      • 2: This 1963 Disney film got its title from the object Arthur removed to become king.
      • The Sword in the Stone.
      • 3: 1980 film in which Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were "on a mission from God".
      • The Blues Brothers.
      • 4: This western was about Billy the Kid, but publicity centered on Jane Russell's cleavage.
      • The Outlaw.
      • 5: Tyrone Power and Billy Murray starred in films based on this Somerset Maugham novel.
      • The Razor's Edge.

        • Round 4. Category: '90s kids' names

        • 1: Proper etiquette says we "post" this girl's name, one of the most popular of the '90s.
        • Emily.
        • 2: Ms. Parker of "Sex and the City" sports both of these top names for girls.
        • Sarah and Jessica.
        • 3: One letter different from an Eric Clapton Top 40 hit, it's in the Top 20 among girls' names.
        • Kayla.
        • 4: Brian has morphed into this feminine name, one of the 10 most popular.
        • Brianna.
        • 5: Wat? This 10th president's last name was a top boy's name? I don't believe it.
        • Tyler.

          • Round 5. Category: reptiles

          • 1: The eastern diamondback species of this snake is the heaviest of all poisonous snakes.
          • Rattlesnake.
          • 2: The rhinoceros iguana of Haiti is so named because it has 3 of these on its face.
          • Horns.
          • 3: It's reported Capt. Cook gave one of these to the King of Tonga in the 1770s and it lived into the 1960s.
          • a tortoise.
          • 4: It's the only U.S. state where you'll find both alligators and crocodiles in their native habitats.
          • Florida.
          • 5: Though called a "toad", this North American desert creature is actually a lizard and subsists mainly on ants.
          • horned toad.

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

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