Instant Trivia

Episode 92 - - Hey, "Good" Looking! - Beavers - If It's Tuesday - The Wga's Top 101 Screenplays

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 92, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category:

  • 1: Title of a 1985 Bruce Springsteen hit, or a book about him by Dave Marsh.
  • "Glory Days".
  • 2: They had 2 No. 1 hits in 1980: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust".
  • Queen.
  • 3: This leader of Brasil '66 resurfaced in 1983 with "Never Gonna Let You Go".
  • Sergio Mendes.
  • 4: After going "Roundabout" this group returned to the charts in 1983 with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart".
  • Yes.
  • 5: In 1984 this group of all-stars tried to make things better with "Do They Know It's Christmas?".
  • Band Aid.

    • Round 2. Category: Hey, "Good" Looking!

    • 1: The liturgy of this day includes a reading of the Passion according to St. John.
    • Good Friday.
    • 2: He's the hero of the parable in Luke 10.
    • the Good Samaritan.
    • 3: False Bay lies between Cape Hangklip and this promontory.
    • the Cape of Good Hope.
    • 4: 1994 Savannah-set John Berendt bestseller.
    • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
    • 5: Spoiler alert: The title schoolmaster of this 1934 novel dies at the end.
    • Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

      • Round 3. Category: Beavers

      • 1: The 2 countries which have the most beavers in the world.
      • USA and Canada.
      • 2: In the '50s, he told us to "Brusha, Brusha, Brusha" with Ipana toothpaste, and he should know.
      • Bucky Beaver.
      • 3: These must be used continuously as they keep growing throughout a beaver's life.
      • teeth.
      • 4: Term usually applied derisively to someone who seems overly ambitious.
      • eager beaver.
      • 5: TV's last "Beulah", the show left the air because she left the part.
      • Louise Beavers.

        • Round 4. Category: If It's Tuesday

        • 1: His bestseller "Tuesdays With Morrie" chronicled his weekly visits to his dying professor.
        • Mitch Albom.
        • 2: In England these breakfast items are traditionally eaten on Shrove Tuesday.
        • pancakes.
        • 3: Tuesday is named for the warrior god Tiu, whose father was this other god.
        • Odin.
        • 4: In the comics, this character's famous line is "I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today".
        • Wimpy.
        • 5: An act of Congress fixed this as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
        • Election Day.

          • Round 5. Category: The Wga's Top 101 Screenplays

          • 1: James Agee and John Huston wrote the script for this 1951 film with a continent in its title.
          • The African Queen.
          • 2: The highest-ranked comedy was this 1977 film co-written by Marshall Brickman.
          • Annie Hall.
          • 3: In the No. 1 spot is this 1942 movie's script.
          • Casablanca.
          • 4: 1 of the 2 scripts that got Billy Wilder into the Top 10.
          • Some Like It Hot (or Sunset Boulevard).
          • 5: Graham Greene made the list at No. 33 with this ordinal Cold War thriller.
          • The Third Man.

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

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