Instant Trivia

Episode 954 - Good dog! - Sitcom characters - Food and drink retronyms - "little" songs - Kids' books

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 954, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Good Dog!

  • 1: In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps.
  • Saint Bernard.
  • 2: Dogs in B.A.R.K. (Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) fetch homers hit from this team's park into San Francisco Bay.
  • San Francisco Giants.
  • 3: Wounded while flushing out a machine gun nest during WWII, Chips received the Silver Star for valor and this medal.
  • Purple Heart.
  • 4: In May 1805 Scannon, a black Newfoundland, saved several men from a charging buffalo on this pair's expedition.
  • Lewis and Clark.
  • 5: When he first sighted the Pacific in 1513, his only companion was his dog, Leoncico.
  • Vasco de Balboa.

    • Round 2. Category: Sitcom Characters

    • 1: This mailman on "Cheers" gleaned some of his knowledge from reading the magazines he delivered.
    • Cliff (Clavin).
    • 2: "The Days and Nights of" this divorcee moved from NBC to the Lifetime Network in 1989.
    • Molly Dodd.
    • 3: This character was a "lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls".
    • Carol Brady.
    • 4: He plays assistant football coach Luther Van Dam on "Coach".
    • Jerry Van Dyke.
    • 5: Name of the writer played by Rose Marie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
    • Sally Rogers.

      • Round 3. Category: Food And Drink Retronyms

      • 1: The first vegetables called potatoes were actually what we now call these "potatoes".
      • sweet potatoes.
      • 2: When the kernels are not removed, corn is described with this 3-word prepositional phrase.
      • on the cob.
      • 3: Before "polishing" began, most of the rice people ate was this color variety; now the term is used for a "whole grain" type.
      • brown.
      • 4: Due to the emergence of the vodka type, the original martini now has this liquor in front.
      • gin.
      • 5: The black type of this is the original type made from a plant; the "black" part was added when candy like Twizzlers came along.
      • licorice.

        • Round 4. Category: Little Songs. With Little in quotes

        • 1: In 1978, Olivia Newton-John thought this would "make it right".
        • "A Little More Love".
        • 2: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs told her, "You're everything a big bad wolf could want, owww".
        • "Little Red Riding Hood".
        • 3: It was Jan and Dean, not the Beach Boys, who made it a hit in 1964.
        • "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".
        • 4: In 1958, the Elegants climbed high by asking it, "Where are you".
        • "Little Star".
        • 5: According to Burl Ives in 1962, this "got him down and spoiled his act like a clown".
        • "A Little Bitty Tear".

          • Round 5. Category: Kids' Books

          • 1: Huckleberry Finn first shows up in this novel.
          • Tom Sawyer.
          • 2: The title character of this classic by Eric Carle literally eats through the pages of the book.
          • The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
          • 3: This stuffed bear with a fabric name goes searching for a missing button.
          • Corduroy.
          • 4: The title page of the first edition of this 1877 novel claims it was "translated from the original equine".
          • Black Beauty.
          • 5: This "harebrained" English author also wrote about a rat in "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers".
          • Beatrix Potter.

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

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