Instant Trivia

Episode 998 - Vegas films - Just a "sec"! - The billboard music awards - Ice cream parlor words - What women in film want

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 998, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Vegas Films

  • 1: In "Casino" he played Ace Rothstein, the mobster who ran The Tangiers.
  • (Robert) De Niro.
  • 2: He directed the 2001 Vegas caper film "Ocean's Eleven".
  • (Steven) Soderbergh.
  • 3: The title of this 2008 Cameron Diaz-Ashton Kutcher film was inspired by a Sin City slogan.
  • What Happens in Vegas.
  • 4: One review said this 1995 Elizabeth Berkley film was "'42nd Street' meets 'All About Eve' meets soft-core porn".
  • Showgirls.
  • 5: In a 2003 film he played "The Cooler", a Vegas casino's gambling jinx.
  • William H. Macy.

    • Round 2. Category: Just A Sec!. With Sec in quotation marks

    • 1: To cut into 2 equal parts.
    • to bisect.
    • 2: A sacrilegious act; it may be done to a shrine.
    • a desecration.
    • 3: To cut apart a dead animal's body to examine the structure and relation of parts.
    • dissection.
    • 4: In a row, like Presidents Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan.
    • consecutive.
    • 5: To pursue with harassing treatment because of race or religious beliefs.
    • to persecute.

      • Round 3. Category: The Billboard Music Awards

      • 1: Performing in 2020 just after their family suffered a miscarriage, this piano maestro dedicated "Never Break" to his wife.
      • John Legend.
      • 2: "Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley.
      • (Paula) Abdul.
      • 3: We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud and lived up to the chorus of a hit tune.
      • Panic! at the Disco.
      • 4: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021.
      • Glass Animals.
      • 5: At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin' performance of "Bang!".
      • AJR.

        • Round 4. Category: Ice Cream Parlor Words

        • 1: A news story first revealed in a specific paper before others get it.
        • a scoop.
        • 2: Along with the rods, they're the other light-sensitive retinal cells.
        • cones.
        • 3: Light rains that may precede larger showers.
        • sprinkles.
        • 4: Large Mardi Gras craft.
        • a float.
        • 5: 3 of the 6 for quarks are up, down and strange.
        • flavors.

          • Round 5. Category: What Women In Film Want

          • 1: In "Grand Hotel", Greta Garbo had this 5-word desire, No. 30 on AFI's list of top 100 movie quotes.
          • "I want to be alone".
          • 2: In this '50s film, Natalie Wood tells James Dean that a girl wants a man who is gentle and sweet and who doesn't run away.
          • Rebel Without a Cause.
          • 3: Rob Reiner's mom, Estelle, uttered this memorable line in "When Harry Met Sally...".
          • "I'll have what she's having".
          • 4: Ilsa Laszlo had a request: "Play it, Sam. Play" this song.
          • "As Time Goes By".
          • 5: "I want the fairy tale", Julia Roberts says as Vivian in this movie.
          • Pretty Woman.

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

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