Instant Trivia

Episode 921 - "mm" bop - shrew-ed - hurricane names - playwrights - states by senators

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 921, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "mm" bop

  • 1: If I can never die, I'm this.
  • Immortal.
  • 2: On the football field, this line separates the Lions from the Bears.
  • Line of scrimmage.
  • 3: IDG books "For" these people include ones on "Bird Watching", "Opera" and "Windows 98".
  • Dummies.
  • 4: "Tell me more" about this song from "Grease".
  • "Summer Nights".
  • 5: For 1/3 and 1/4, it's 12.
  • Lowest common denominator.

    • Round 2. Category: shrew-ed

    • 1: Continent where you'd find the shrews Crocidura nigeriae and Crocidura tansaniana.
    • Africa.
    • 2: Canadian province where you'll most likely spot Trowbridge's shrew, which enjoys Douglas fir seeds.
    • British Columbia.
    • 3: The Southeastern shrew inhabits the marshy U.S. region that got this uninviting name from Col. William Byrd.
    • the Great Dismal Swamp.
    • 4: The Mt. Malindang shrew and the Palawan tree shrew are native to this country.
    • the Philippines.
    • 5: It would be "serendip"itous to see a Kelaart's long-clawed shrew, as it lives only on this island.
    • Sri Lanka.

      • Round 3. Category: hurricane names

      • 1: 1985:Same as Steinem and Estefan.
      • Gloria.
      • 2: 1991:Same as Fosse and Barker.
      • Bob.
      • 3: 1955:Same as Reno and Jackson.
      • Janet.
      • 4: 1983:Same as Witt and Silverstone.
      • Alicia.
      • 5: 1979:Same as Remington and Chopin.
      • Frederic.

        • Round 4. Category: playwrights

        • 1: Known for his comedies, his "Chapter Two" told of his remarriage after his wife's death.
        • Neil Simon.
        • 2: This "Odd Couple" writer said, "if he did not take a big chance, Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor".
        • Neil Simon.
        • 3: His "The Crucible" was produced in 1953; in 1956 he was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
        • Arthur Miller.
        • 4: Okay, you bleepin' bleepity bleep contestants! "Boston Marriage" is a 1999 comedy by this bleepin' playwright! Bleep!.
        • David Mamet.
        • 5: "You Never Can Tell", the initial literary work of this "Pygmalion" author, earned him less than 10 shillings a year.
        • George Bernard Shaw.

          • Round 5. Category: states by senators

          • 1: Akaka and Inouye.
          • Hawaii.
          • 2: Thurmond and Hollings.
          • South Carolina.
          • 3: Cochran and Lott.
          • Mississippi.
          • 4: Specter and Santorum.
          • Pennsylvania.
          • 5: Grassley and Harkin.
          • Iowa.

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

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