Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 913, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: rudolph
1: This grandson of Italian immigrants was elected the 107th mayor of New York City on November 2, 1993.Rudolph Giuliani.2: You'll find this body of water in the eastern part of Kenya's Rift Valley.Lake Rudolph.3: Bravo! This man was the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972.Sir Rudolph Bing.4: This president took his stepdad's name while still an infant, including the middle name Rudolph.Ford.5: Minnie Riperton's song "Lovin' You" began as a lullaby to her daughter, this future "SNL" comic actress.Maya Rudolph.Round 2. Category: bays and gulfs
1: This country's Peter the Great Bay is an inlet of the Sea of Japan.Russia.2: Tampa Bay is an arm of this gulf.the Gulf of Mexico.3: It was the center of naval action in the 1991 Gulf War.the Persian Gulf.4: Sugar Loaf Mountain in this country rises above Guanabara Bay.Brazil.5: In 1994 the U.S. reopened a refugee processing center at the naval base on this Cuban bay.Guantanamo Bay.Round 3. Category: 4-letter clothes
1: One may be wedding, prom or dressing.Gown.2: Piece that turns a man's 2-piece suit into a 3-piece suit.Vest.3: Ballet wear, perhaps for Desmond.Tutu.4: After it comes back pink from the wash, you might use something similar to fire your laundress.Slip.5: Piece of clothing in the title of the first feature film in Cinemascope.The Robe.Round 4. Category: shakespearean synopses
1: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark", and then things really get bad.Hamlet.2: Fairies fight and frolic in the forest.A Midsummer Night's Dream.3: Boy meets girl. Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy takes poison. Girl stabs herself and dies..Romeo and Juliet.4: Moorish hanky-panky, with a real hanky.Othello.5: Much ado about a pound of flesh.The Merchant of Venice.Round 5. Category: streets
1: On Jan. 15, 1983 Santa Barbara Ave. in L.A. was renamed for this slain civil rights leader.Martin Luther King, Jr..2: In 2000 Tony Blair lived there.Downing Street.3: This main street running through downtown San Francisco once featured 4 sets of streetcar tracks.Market Street.4: It's said Saint Paul lived on a street called Straight in this present-day Syrian capital.Damascus.5: Hurray for this boulevard with Veronica Lake's star.Hollywood Boulevard.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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