Instant Trivia

Episode 920 - certificates - what's the alternative? - "love" songs - slavery - ding dong

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 920, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: certificates

  • 1: From 1950 to 1999 the most popular name on these certificates for newborn boys in the U.S. was Michael.
  • birth certificates.
  • 2: When Billie Jean King won her first Wimbledon singles title in 1966, the prize was one of these for tennis wear.
  • gift certificate.
  • 3: It is often signed by the last physician who attended the deceased.
  • death certificate.
  • 4: The ones Playboy Enterprises issued in 1971 included a nude image of Miss February Willi Rey.
  • stock certificates.
  • 5: As part of a 1930s act it was illegal for individuals to hold these from the Treasury; the restrictions were lifted in 1964.
  • gold certificates.

    • Round 2. Category: what's the alternative?

    • 1: You can get your chi balanced by either of these 2 ancient Chinese methods whose name both begin "acu".
    • acupuncture and acupressure.
    • 2: This "therapy" uses concentrated plant oils like rosemary or bergamot to relieve stress.
    • aroma therapy.
    • 3: Meaning "the science of prolonging life", it's a dietary regime of whole grains, vegetables and beans.
    • macrobiotic.
    • 4: By this alternative medicine's methods a quartz-powered watch should aid in carpal-tunnel syndrome relief; well, maybe.
    • crystal healing.
    • 5: Autosuggestion ("I am great, great") is classified as a form of "self" this ("I am getting sleepy, sleepy").
    • self-hypnosis.

      • Round 3. Category: "love" songs

      • 1: In a Sinatra classic, these 2 things "go together like a horse and carriage".
      • love and marriage.
      • 2: In this title song from Elvis' first movie, The King declares "You have made my life complete, and I love you so".
      • "Love Me Tender".
      • 3: "When I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine, he broke my little bottle of" this.
      • "Love Potion No. 9".
      • 4: In a 1964 Beatles hit, "She says" this, "and you know that can't be bad".
      • "She Loves You".
      • 5: Jack Jones sang that this vehicle "soon will be making another run".
      • the "Love Boat".

        • Round 4. Category: slavery

        • 1: In 1861 by imperial decree, Alexander II liberated 40 million serfs in this country.
        • Russia.
        • 2: This large Middle Eastern country did not abolish slavery until 1962.
        • Saudi Arabia.
        • 3: In 1865 this amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the U.S..
        • 13th Amendment.
        • 4: The Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. and admitted this state as a free state.
        • California.
        • 5: 11-letter word meaning the formal emancipation of a slave by his owner.
        • Manumission.

          • Round 5. Category: ding dong

          • 1: In 1967 this company introduced its chocolate-covered Ding Dong snack cakes.
          • Hostess.
          • 2: The Fifth Estate had a 1967 Top 20 hit with this song from a 1939 movie.
          • "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead".
          • 3: 4-word title of the Barry Mann song that asks, "Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?".
          • "Who Put The Bomp".
          • 4: In a song from this musical, "We go together like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong".
          • Grease.
          • 5: Ding Dongs are individually wrapped chocolate cakes from this company.
          • Hostess.

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

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