Instant Trivia

Episode 965 - Movies' main cities - Superlatives - Not quite oscar-nominated films - Geek holidays - Stocks, symbolically

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 965, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Movies' Main Cities

  • 1: "The Cooler" and"Ocean's Eleven".
  • Las Vegas.
  • 2: "Pretty Baby" and"A Streetcar Named Desire".
  • New Orleans.
  • 3: "Chinatown" and"Crash".
  • Los Angeles.
  • 4: "The Maltese Falcon" and"Dirty Harry".
  • San Francisco.
  • 5: "Avalon" and"Diner".
  • Baltimore.

    • Round 2. Category: Superlatives

    • 1: A traditional yearbook senior superlative is this alliterative "couple".
    • cutest.
    • 2: "I'm losin' you, I'm losin' you", sang U2, "ain't love the" this "thing".
    • sweetest.
    • 3: Nobody wants to be called this 5-letter superlative; change its only vowel to a "U" and it becomes a sausage.
    • the worst.
    • 4: A book of records came about after a Guinness executive wondered if among game birds, the one he had just missed shooting was this.
    • the fastest.
    • 5: In TV ads the Maytag repairman was the this "guy in town".
    • loneliest.

      • Round 3. Category: Not Quite Oscar-Nominated Films

      • 1: Keanu Reeves hopped off the bus and didn't board the ship for this "2: Cruise Control".
      • Speed.
      • 2: Calling it an "infamous failure", even one of the writers admitted this Halle Berry pic was not purr-fect.
      • Catwoman.
      • 3: His work as Casey Ryback in "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" was overlooked by the Academy, as was the film itself.
      • Steven Seagal.
      • 4: Though The Rock gave his all as Mitch Buchannon, this film was not up for an Oscar; a Razzie or 4? Ohhh, yes.
      • Baywatch.
      • 5: Leonard Maltin, on No. 5 in this series about cops: "What can you say about a sequel... Steve Guttenberg won't even appear in?".
      • Police Academy.

        • Round 4. Category: Geek Holidays

        • 1: If you missed March 14, you can always wait until July 22 or 7/22, this number's approximation Day.
        • pi.
        • 2: There is much cosplay on FCBD, "Free" this kind of publication "Day" each May.
        • Free Comic Book Day.
        • 3: 2015 has come and gone, but you can still celebrate every October 21, the date from a sequel to this 1985 film.
        • Back to the Future.
        • 4: Leslie Knope of this show created the girls-only Galentine's Day (Feb. 13) and it's taken off in the real world.
        • Parks and Recreation.
        • 5: If it's October 23 between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, it's Mole Day, on which chemists celebrate this man's number.
        • Avogadro.

          • Round 5. Category: Stocks, Symbolically

          • 1: MMM: that kind of says it all.
          • 3M.
          • 2: AFL: if it walks like a duck....
          • Aflac.
          • 3: SCHW: we're invested in your response.
          • Charles Schwab.
          • 4: CMCSA: your technician will arrive between 7 A.M. and 11 P.M. (We kid, there's a 2-hour window).
          • Comcast.
          • 5: GIS: Cheerios and Yoplait are on us!.
          • General Mills.

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

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