Instant Trivia

Episode 938 - new york, new york - "court" briefs - psycho babble - "pomp" it up! - american organizations

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 938, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: new york, new york

  • 1: Completed in 1931, this structure required 10 million bricks; a true stairmaster would climb its 1,860 steps.
  • the Empire State Building.
  • 2: (Here's my good buddy Regis.) This man who died in Tucson in 1960 was largely responsible for this area(which includes a skating rink).
  • John D. Rockefeller.
  • 3: Fuhgedaboudit! Now a borough, it was incorporated as a village in 1816 with roughly 4,000 residents.
  • Brooklyn.
  • 4: This publication's classic headlines include "Headless Body in Topless Bar".
  • New York Post.
  • 5: In 1754 King's College was founded in New York City; today it's known as this Ivy League university.
  • Columbia.

    • Round 2. Category: "court" briefs

    • 1: A stenographer employed to transcribe an official verbatim record of legal proceedings.
    • a court reporter.
    • 2: Marsupial term for a self-appointed tribunal that parodies existing principles of law.
    • a kangaroo court.
    • 3: It's a special judicial assembly with power over the administration of estates and wills of deceased people.
    • probate court.
    • 4: AKA amicus curiae, it's someone not party to the litigation but who offers information pertinent to the case.
    • a friend of the court.
    • 5: Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court.
    • moot court.

      • Round 3. Category: psycho babble

      • 1: Norman Bates says that this person -- "What is the phrase? -- she isn't quite herself today".
      • His mother.
      • 2: At the end of the film, Norman thinks "They'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm'" this insect.
      • Fly.
      • 3: Norman tells Marion Crane that the Bates Motel has "12 cabins, 12" these.
      • Vacancies.
      • 4: Though Norman wears women's clothing at times, Dr. Richard explains that he isn't one of these cross-dressers.
      • Transvestite.
      • 5: Norman says his hobby is this art, "Stuffing things" -- birds, mostly.
      • Taxidermy.

        • Round 4. Category: "pomp" it up!

        • 1: At a high school or college graduation, you might hear this popular Elgar composition.
        • "Pomp and Circumstance".
        • 2: An 18th century marquise popularized this hairstyle.
        • Pompadour.
        • 3: This ocean fish can also be known as a butterfish.
        • Pompano.
        • 4: He was premier of France from 1962 to 1968.
        • Georges Pompidou.
        • 5: In 45 B.C. at Munda in Spain, Julius Caesar defeated this man's sons.
        • Pompey the Great.

          • Round 5. Category: american organizations

          • 1: Millions of motorists belong to this travel organization founded in 1902.
          • Triple A (the American Automobile Association).
          • 2: It was founded in 1866 in N.Y., where its agents can carry guns and arrest an owner for mistreatment.
          • the American SPCA.
          • 3: It was founded in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in 1878 to promote the study of jurisprudence.
          • the American Bar Association.
          • 4: Abbreviated AIM, it was founded in 1968 to promote the rights of Native Americans.
          • the American Indian Movement.
          • 5: It created controversy in 1978 when it supported the Am. Nazi Party's right to march in Skokie, Ill..
          • the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union).

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

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