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Episode 970 - Let me be perfectly frank - 2005 fiction bestsellers - Oscars since 2000 - The tales of hoffman - Softball

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 970, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let Me Be Perfectly Frank

  • 1: This Rat Packer gained prominence in the singing group The Hoboken Four.
  • Frank Sinatra.
  • 2: Unlike his brother, he surrendered to Missouri authorities in 1882.
  • Frank James.
  • 3: He was the subject of a book subtitled "The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman".
  • Barney Frank.
  • 4: You can see the preliminary sketches for the Panama Puente de Vida Museo on this architect's website.
  • Frank Gehry.
  • 5: Among this graphic novelist's revisions to the Batman story was making Robin a teenage girl.
  • Frank Miller.

    • Round 2. Category: 2005 Fiction Bestsellers

    • 1: As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list.
    • The Da Vinci Code.
    • 2: Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer.
    • (Jimmy) Buffett.
    • 3: The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear".
    • Michael Crichton.
    • 4: This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends.
    • I Am Charlotte Simmons.
    • 5: The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover and shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale.
    • The Broker.

      • Round 3. Category: Oscars Since 2000

      • 1: In 2009 this supporting actor Oscar winner's award was accepted by his mother, father and sister.
      • Heath Ledger.
      • 2: The title of this best screenplay winner refers to the pregnant lead character, not a mythic queen of the heavens.
      • Juno.
      • 3: When Helen Mirren won in 2007 for playing "The Queen", he won best actor for "The Last King of Scotland".
      • Forest Whitaker.
      • 4: Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for playing this 4-time Oscar-winning actress in "The Aviator".
      • Katharine Hepburn.
      • 5: He followed up his 2003 Oscar for "Mystic River" with a best actor win for 2008.
      • Sean Penn.

        • Round 4. Category: The Tales Of Hoffman

        • 1: In this film Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt habitually watches "Jeopardy!".
        • Rain Man.
        • 2: Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, played himself in this Hoffman film.
        • All the President's Men.
        • 3: Posters for this 1982 film featured Hoffman in a red sequined dress.
        • Tootsie.
        • 4: "Everybody's Talkin'" served as the theme to this 1969 film in which Hoffman played street hustler Ratso Rizzo.
        • Midnight Cowboy.
        • 5: In this 1997 film a Washington spin doctor and a Hollywood producer team up to stage a phony war.
        • Wag the Dog.

          • Round 5. Category: Softball

          • 1: In 1900 the 1st softball league was organized in this largest Minnesota city.
          • Minneapolis.
          • 2: The 2 official types of softball.
          • slow pitch and fast pitch.
          • 3: In the '30s this newspaper mogul sponsored world championships and donated a gold trophy.
          • (William Randolph) Hearst.
          • 4: Any player can use a glove, but only these 2 positions can use a mitt.
          • catcher and first base.
          • 5: In men's softball, it's located 46 feet from home plate.
          • pitcher's mound.

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

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