Instant Trivia

Episode 936 - halls of fame - money superstitions - stringed instruments - rock bands - high intelligence

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 936, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: halls of fame

  • 1: It opened in Cooperstown, New York in 1939.
  • Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 2: Wade Boggs, Satchel Paige.
  • baseball.
  • 3: This prodigy who won the U.S. Open at age 14 in 1957 was a charter member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.
  • Bobby Fischer.
  • 4: "King Me" if you know that Petal, Mississippi is home to the international hall of fame for this game.
  • checkers.
  • 5: Instead of just "standing on a corner in" this Arizona city, drop by an Astronaut Hall of Fame.
  • Winslow.

    • Round 2. Category: money superstitions

    • 1: When you give one of these to a man, a coin or bill should be in it so he'll never be out of money.
    • a wallet.
    • 2: If your left hand does this, money is coming.
    • itches.
    • 3: A groom may give a bride a penny to wear in this for good luck.
    • a shoe.
    • 4: Turn over a silver coin in your pocket when you see this heavenly body and your wish will come true.
    • the Moon.
    • 5: Carrying a coin with this year stamped on it is supposed to bring you good luck.
    • the year of your birth.

      • Round 3. Category: stringed instruments

      • 1: The OED says this word for a violin is "only in familiar or contemptuous use".
      • fiddle.
      • 2: The best classical guitars are this type named for a country, like the ones made by Alhambra.
      • Spanish guitars.
      • 3: Its name may come from the African "mbanza", which is a similar instrument.
      • Banjo.
      • 4: This instrument played by Manolis Hiotis is Greek to me (and everyone else, too).
      • Bouzouki.
      • 5: Jacqueline du Pre made an acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut May 14, 1965 playing Elgar's concerto for this instrument.
      • cello.

        • Round 4. Category: rock bands

        • 1: Steven Tyler of this group said the Grateful Dead "were worried about us, so that gives you some idea of how (messed) up and crazy we were".
        • Aerosmith.
        • 2: ("Heart of Glass").
        • Blondie.
        • 3: ("Fight for Your Right").
        • The Beastie Boys.
        • 4: The classic "Free Bird" by this southern rock group was a tribute to Duane Allman.
        • Lynyrd Skynyrd.
        • 5: Fans of this current band are known as Firebreathers.
        • Imagine Dragons.

          • Round 5. Category: high intelligence

          • 1: In 2004 he replaced George Tenet as the permanent head of the CIA.
          • Porter Goss.
          • 2: The name of this intelligence service established in 1951 is from the Hebrew for "institution".
          • Mossad.
          • 3: John Thurloe was this English leader's intelligence chief in the 1650s, gathering info on royalist plots.
          • (Oliver) Cromwell.
          • 4: During World War II Gen. Bill Donovan ran this forerunner of the CIA.
          • the OSS (Office of Strategic Services).
          • 5: Sanskrit for "learned man", this term was used for natives recruited into intelligence gathering in British India.
          • pundit.

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

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