Instant Trivia

Episode 93 - Jazz - Foreign National Parks - Classic Ad Campaigns - Waiter! - Born And Died

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 93, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Jazz

  • 1: In the title of the album "Diz 'N' Bird In Concert", Diz is Dizzy Gillespie and Bird is this saxophonist.
  • Charlie Parker.
  • 2: On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- nearly 27 years after her death.
  • Billie Holiday.
  • 3: Known as the "First Lady of Song", she won 13 Grammy Awards, the most by any jazz artist.
  • Ella Fitzgerald.
  • 4: Induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame in Orlando is determined by a poll conducted by this leading jazz publication.
  • Down Beat.
  • 5: In 1964 this jazz great reached the top of the pop charts with his vocal recording of "Hello, Dolly!".
  • Louis Armstrong.

    • Round 2. Category: Foreign National Parks

    • 1: Great Gobi Desert.
    • Mongolia.
    • 2: Granma Landing.
    • Cuba.
    • 3: Gran Paradiso.
    • Italy.
    • 4: Cooloola and Goongarrie.
    • Australia.
    • 5: Cali Headlands.
    • Colombia.

      • Round 3. Category: Classic Ad Campaigns

      • 1: "We try harder".
      • Avis.
      • 2: "Look, mom -- no cavities!".
      • Crest.
      • 3: "It's the real thing".
      • Coca-Cola.
      • 4: "Does she... or doesn't she?".
      • Clairol.
      • 5: "Ring around the collar".
      • Wisk.

        • Round 4. Category: Waiter!

        • 1: For dessert, bring me some of this apple-filled rolled pastry whose name is from the German for "whirlpool".
        • strudel.
        • 2: Waiter, we'd like 2 services of this chilled cream-potato-leek soup.
        • vichyssoise.
        • 3: To get us started, a serving of this dish named for an oilman: oysters topped with spinach and then baked.
        • Oysters Rockefeller.
        • 4: To heat up my chilly bones, bring out a large bottle of this warmed and fermented rice drink from Japan.
        • sake.
        • 5: I'm in the mood for a little Italian: how 'bout an order of anitra all'aranci, this fowl cooked in orange sauce.
        • duck.

          • Round 5. Category: Born And Died

          • 1: Seismologist born April 26, 1900; shook the world with his Sept. 30, 1985 death.
          • (Charles) Richter.
          • 2: He was born August 17, 1786 in Tennessee and died March 6, 1836 in San Antonio, Texas.
          • Davy Crockett.
          • 3: He was born October 2, 1869 to a merchant caste family in Porbandar, India and died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi.
          • Mohandas Gandhi.
          • 4: This seamstress born Feb. 4, 1913 took a long bus ride home out of Detroit in 2005.
          • Rosa Parks.
          • 5: Be-bopped into the world Aug. 29, 1920; found the joy of sax and flew away March 12, 1955.
          • Charlie Parker.

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

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