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Episode 980 - Business biggies - The spin-off source - Meet my exes - Get a "cl"ue! - Mao, mao, mao, mao

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 980, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Business Biggies

  • 1: Elliot Handler, the "el" in this toymaker, died at age 95 in 2011.
  • Mattel.
  • 2: (Alex gives the clue from an industry shop-floor in Dearborn, MI.) This is the only one of America's Big Three automakers that did not get a federal bailout in 2009.
  • Ford.
  • 3: This soap co. sponsors nationwide fireworks shows that include a "ring around the sky" display.
  • Lever Brothers.
  • 4: This cell phone company made the radio that relayed the first words from the moon.
  • Motorola.
  • 5: A statue of the god Mercury inspired the logo of this tire company.
  • Goodyear.

    • Round 2. Category: The Spin-Off Source

    • 1: of "Frasier".
    • Cheers.
    • 2: of "Better Call Saul".
    • Breaking Bad.
    • 3: of "Go, Diego, Go!".
    • Dora the Explorer.
    • 4: of "The Lone Gunmen".
    • The X-Files.
    • 5: of "Melrose Place".
    • Beverly Hills, 90210.

      • Round 3. Category: Meet My Exes

      • 1: Mimi Rogers andNicole Kidman.
      • Tom Cruise.
      • 2: Andre Previn andFrank Sinatra(she and Woody Allen never married).
      • Mia Farrow.
      • 3: Don Johnson,Steven Bauer,Don Johnson.
      • Melanie Griffith.
      • 4: Peter Allen,Jack Haley Jr.,Mark Gero,David Gest.
      • Liza Minnelli.
      • 5: John Lloyd andGreg Norman.
      • Chris Evert.

        • Round 4. Category: Get A ClUe!. With Cl in quotation marks

        • 1: This 4-letter word can precede steak, soda and sandwich.
        • club.
        • 2: A brood of chickens, or a strapless purse that a woman might keep a good grip on.
        • a clutch.
        • 3: This process of replication is routinely done to human cells, but not yet to whole human beings.
        • cloning.
        • 4: Scones are traditionally served with this thick cream, a specialty of Devonshire, England.
        • clotted cream.
        • 5: He became emperor of Rome after Caligula was murdered.
        • Claudius.

          • Round 5. Category: Mao, Mao, Mao, Mao

          • 1: The 1st U.S. president Mao received on an official state visit was this man in the 1970s.
          • Richard Nixon.
          • 2: In 1918 Mao worked briefly as a library assistant at the state university in this city.
          • Peking/Beijing.
          • 3: Mao's international status as a communist leader rose after the death of this Georgian in 1953.
          • Josef Stalin.
          • 4: Many of Mao's sayings and beliefs were collected in this diminutive book for easy dissemination.
          • The Little Red Book.
          • 5: In 1930 Mao married He Zizhen, who accompanied him on this famous trek.
          • The Long March.

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

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