Instant Trivia

Episode 915 - also a gun manufacturer - 20th century art - playbill - born in the '60s - getting possessive

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 915, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: also a gun manufacturer

  • 1: One might run in the Preakness.
  • a colt.
  • 2: This 19th century American artist and sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West".
  • Remington.
  • 3: He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".
  • Rick Derringer.
  • 4: Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.
  • Winchester.
  • 5: Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street".
  • (Robert) Browning.

    • Round 2. Category: 20th century art

    • 1: Grandma Moses ordered her first set of paints from this Chicago mail order company.
    • Sears, Roebuck.
    • 2: Primarily a movement in painting, this "square" trend also influenced sculpture.
    • cubism.
    • 3: Manhattan's MoMA stands on land once occupied by 2 mansions of this noted N.Y. family.
    • the Rockefellers.
    • 4: Famous for his Olympic and sports action paintings, he's appeared in 2 "Rocky" movies.
    • LeRoy Neiman.
    • 5: 1920 painting by George Grosz shows one of these machines Karel Capek named the next year.
    • a robot.

      • Round 3. Category: playbill

      • 1: It's been reigning over Broadway since 1997--long may it roar.
      • The Lion King.
      • 2: Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the "haunting" music for this show.
      • "Phantom of the Opera".
      • 3: "Madame Butterfly" is the basis for this musical.
      • Miss Saigon.
      • 4: Calling all swingers, you'll go ape over this musical.
      • Tarzan.
      • 5: This 2000 musical wasn't written in the stars, but by Linda Wolverton, Elton John and Tim Rice.
      • "Aida" (new version).

        • Round 4. Category: born in the '60s

        • 1: NYC minister Joseph Simmons is better known as "Run" of this rap group.
        • Run-D.M.C..
        • 2: After the 1996 election, this 35-year-old Clinton adviser moved to ABC News.
        • George Stephanopoulos.
        • 3: In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned.
        • Garry Kasparov.
        • 4: 1 of the 2 30-something female leads of "The English Patient".
        • Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas.
        • 5: 29-year-old Melinda French, a manager at this company, married its chairman January 1, 1994.
        • Microsoft.

          • Round 5. Category: getting possessive

          • 1: Have a "grape" timeat this resort island about four miles off the coast.
          • Martha's Vineyard.
          • 2: They are painful contractions of hand muscles while utilizing your penmanship.
          • writer's cramp.
          • 3: This NYC church is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York; let's have a parade!.
          • St. Patrick.
          • 4: Part of a constellation, it's the keeper-upper indicated here.
          • Orion's belt.
          • 5: This song was written to tease a Civil War sergeant who had the same name as the abolitionist.
          • John Brown's Body.

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

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