Instant Trivia

Episode 953 - Fantastic tv - Weapons of local destruction - English literature - Judge not - Celeb stuff

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 953, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: fantastic tv

  • 1: This story of a leonine hero and his lady love is rerunning on the Family Channel.
  • Beauty and the Beast.
  • 2: On film David Naughton was an American werewolf; on TV Kate Hodge is a she-wolf of this city.
  • London.
  • 3: Though this FOX show based on a 1988 movie about refugees from another planet died, the comic book lives on.
  • Alien Nation.
  • 4: In 1990 these 2 totally awesome teenage time travelers were transported into a CBS cartoon series.
  • Bill and Ted.
  • 5: The voice of Duke Nukem in "Captain Planet", he plays Al on "Quantum Leap".
  • Dean Stockwell.

    • Round 2. Category: weapons of local destruction

    • 1: WWII types of these included the German Panther and Tiger, the Soviet T-34 and the U.S. Sherman.
    • tanks.
    • 2: Pineapple-shaped with a delay of about 4 seconds, the British Mills type of this was used in both World Wars.
    • a hand grenade.
    • 3: This heavy 19th century sheath knife was named for a Texas frontiersman killed at the Alamo.
    • a Bowie knife.
    • 4: If attacked, use this petrified tear gas spray, then the same-named armor-breaking weapon.
    • mace.
    • 5: It's an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur.
    • gunpowder.

      • Round 3. Category: english literature

      • 1: His works can be classified as "Hobbit" forming.
      • (John) Tolkien.
      • 2: The work that made this philosopher famous was an "Essay Concerning Human Understanding".
      • John Locke.
      • 3: Dickens novel in which Miss Havisham left everything in her house as it was the day she was jilted.
      • Great Expectations.
      • 4: The activities of a certain London club form the basis of this Dickens novel, his first.
      • The Pickwick Papers.
      • 5: This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford).
      • Brave New World.

        • Round 4. Category: judge not

        • 1: A cutting criticism, or a violent closing of a door.
        • Slam.
        • 2: Proverbially, to express contempt, you "thumb" this body part.
        • Nose.
        • 3: As a verb, it's to disparage strongly; as a noun, it's rubbish or garbage.
        • Trash.
        • 4: From the Latin for "to scatter", these calumnious expressions are "cast" on others.
        • Aspersions.
        • 5: From old Norse for "grin scornfully", you may do it over your enemy's misfortunes.
        • Gloat.

          • Round 5. Category: celeb stuff

          • 1: On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host.
          • Jay Leno.
          • 2: People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon".
          • Jon Bon Jovi.
          • 3: In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael and Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior".
          • John F. Kennedy, Jr..
          • 4: Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read".
          • Tori Amos.
          • 5: (Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks.) Tea Leoni ran into this "X-Files" star at the Golden Globes and soon they were newlyweds.
          • David Duchovny.

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

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