Instant Trivia

Episode 984 - The "heart" of rock and roll - Questionable dates of birth - Feathered friends - Tech company names - That's just nuts!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 984, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Heart Of Rock And Roll. With Heart in quotes

  • 1: Blondie topped the charts with this song.
  • "Heart Of Glass".
  • 2: "Don't you mess around" with this, Pat Benatar's first hit.
  • "Heartbreaker".
  • 3: Adam Levine and Gym Class Heroes duetted on this 2011 No. 1; they must've sung into separate microphones.
  • "Stereo Hearts".
  • 4: In the title of a No. 1 hit, Bonnie Tyler suffered from this astronomical problem.
  • "Total Eclipse Of The Heart".
  • 5: "Hey! Wait! I got a new complaint" about this Nirvana song--there's no candy inside!.
  • "Heart-Shaped Box".

    • Round 2. Category: Questionable Dates Of Birth

    • 1: Born in 1927, late congressman Joe Moakley was among many who lied about their ages to do this.
    • enlist in the military.
    • 2: At one point this actress and future first lady took 2 years off her age.
    • Nancy Reagan.
    • 3: In 2001 a Bronx team was stripped of its third-place finish in this event for using an overage pitcher.
    • Little League World Series.
    • 4: A 32-year-old actress pretending to be 19 got a job writing for this WB TV show about a college girl.
    • Felicity.
    • 5: Research found Aug. 4, 2001 to be Louis Armstrong's centennial, though he said he was born on this big day in 1900.
    • Independence Day/Fourth of July.

      • Round 3. Category: Feathered Friends

      • 1: Almost 30% of the world's endangered bird species are on this island state.
      • Hawaii.
      • 2: The males of these largest flightless birds have black and white plumage; the females are brownish.
      • an ostrich.
      • 3: The pelican is distinguished by a long bill with a deep one of these hanging from the underside.
      • a pouch.
      • 4: This popular cage bird whose name starts with "bull" can learn simple tunes.
      • a finch (bullfinch).
      • 5: Some think this proud bird's feathers are unlucky because the spots on them resemble an evil eye.
      • a peacock.

        • Round 4. Category: Tech Company Names

        • 1: Groupon cofounder Andrew Mason explained, "It's short for" these 2 words.
        • group and coupon.
        • 2: This web-based e-mail service got its name by adding some vowels to "HTML".
        • Hotmail.
        • 3: A vendor for this Neil Clark Warren website suggested its name, reflecting its users' search online for compatibility.
        • eHarmony.
        • 4: The "PE" at the end of this service around since 2003 stands for peer-to-peer.
        • Skype.
        • 5: It got its name by removing the first 3 letters from the name of the horse that Bellerophon tried to fly to heaven.
        • Asus.

          • Round 5. Category: That'S Just Nuts!

          • 1: Mount Olympus was said to have many trees bearing this nut; no word if the gods had them "roasting on an open fire".
          • chestnuts.
          • 2: When shaken, the kernel of this 5-letter nut of the walnut family should not rattle but should go into a delicious pie.
          • pecan.
          • 3: Hawaii is the USA's largest exporter of these nuts native to Australia and crazy high in fat content.
          • macadamias.
          • 4: This kidney-shaped nut grows out from the bottom of the same-named apple...gesundheit!.
          • cashew.
          • 5: Cultivated in California and Iran, it has a hard, tan shell, enclosing a pale, green nut.
          • pistachios.

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

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