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June 01, 2023Episode 841 - club me - jeopardy! place - phonies - 20th century people - ends with "ist"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 841, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: club me
1: To join England's venerable Carlton Club, Margaret Thatcher had to be made an honorary one of these.

a man.

2: For many years, Henny Youngman received much of his fan mail at this comedy "club" found on NYC's East 55th Street.

the Friar's Club.

3: It's the "happy" name for a group of college singers who perform short pieces of choral music.

a glee club.

4: The Baum Bugle is the newsletter of the international club for fans of this tale.

The Wizard of Oz.

5: Founded in 1795, this Harvard club is famed for its theatricals.

the Hasty Pudding Club.
Round 2. Category: jeopardy! place
1: Teri, still on the run with Emily's baby, crossed the border into this country which elected Vicente Fox in 2000.

Mexico.

2: Trent tells Drake he came to find his father and that he has a twin he never met (of this type, not identical).

Fraternal.

3: Drake, walking through a field to Emily's, jumps to avoid a sidewinder, one of these, falls and cuts his head.

a rattlesnake.

4: Teri, in Mexico with Emily's baby, hears on a gossip report Trent was at this TV "Friend"'s wedding July 29, 2000.

Jennifer Aniston.

5: Spotting Misou, Teri grabbed the baby and hit the road in her Lincoln LS, this magazine's 2000 Car of the Year.

Motor Trend.
Round 3. Category: phonies
1: This reclusive "2001" director has been successfully impersonated by a man who looks nothing like him.

Stanley Kubrick.

2: "Girl You Know It's True" was the ironic title of a hit by this fraudulent duo.

Milli Vanilli.

3: "The Education of" this Cherokee, billed as autobiography, was written by a white segregationist.

Little Tree.

4: A medical syndrome is named for this baron famous for tall tales about his exploits.

Baron von Munchausen.

5: Forger Hans Van Meegeren tried to increase the small number of works by this Dutch master, who died in 1675.

Jan Vermeer.
Round 4. Category: 20th century people
1: He was born in Germany, worked in a shaving brush factory, was U.S. Secretary of State and got an hon. knighthood in 1995.

Henry Kissinger.

2: This humorist and vaudevillian was fond of saying, "All I know is just what I read in the papers".

Will Rogers.

3: In 1991 this founder of the Bolshevik Party had his name stripped from a city.

V.I. Lenin.

4: This lover of Lillian Hellman is credited with creating the hard-boiled type of detective fiction.

Dashiell Hammett.

5: This sister who inspired Eunice Shriver to found the Special Olympics died in 2005 at the age of 86.

Rosemary Kennedy.
Round 5. Category: ends with "ist"
1: At the grocery store, one of these can help you remember what to buy.

(shopping) List.

2: It connects the hand and the forearm.

Wrist.

3: It's like fog but doesn't reduce visibility as much.

Mist.

4: It's a person who travels for fun.

Tourist.

5: Performer who can put you in a trancelike state that leaves you open to suggestion.

Hypnotist.
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May 31, 2023Episode 840 - i shot the sharif - movie debuts - geographic phrases - famous napoleons - weather
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 840, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: i shot the sharif
1: David Lean gave Omar Sharif a big-screen break when he shot this epic starring Peter O'Toole.

Lawrence of Arabia.

2: Omar made a Russian house call in this classic shot by David Lean.

Doctor Zhivago.

3: Director Richard Fleischer shot Omar getting shot as "Che!", with Jack Palance as this Cuban leader.

Fidel Castro.

4: Sharif played Fanny Brice's husband Nicky Arnstein in this William Wyler-directed film.

Funny Girl.

5: Omar makes a cameo in "The Pink Panther Strikes Again", shot by this man, Julie Andrews' husband.

Blake Edwards.
Round 2. Category: movie debuts
1: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" introduced him on film before he jumped to "21 Jump Street" on TV.

Johnny Depp.

2: She danced in the chorus of the film "Li'l Abner" long before she starred as TV's "Rhoda".

Valerie Harper.

3: This Belgian first flexed his movie muscles in "Missing in Action" with Chuck Norris.

Jean-Claude Van Damme.

4: At 13 this actress with a weekday in her name starred in the 1956 classic "Rock, Rock, Rock!".

Tuesday Weld.

5: This young director made his feature film debut as an actor in his own movie "Reservoir Dogs".

Quentin Tarantino.
Round 3. Category: geographic phrases
1: Its board is a 6-pointed star, on which each player starts with 10 marbles.

Chinese checkers.

2: This breed is a popular hunting and show dog.

Irish setter.

3: Beatles song that includes the line "And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown".

Norwegian Wood.

4: In Chrysler ads, Ricardo Montalban extolled this rich upholstery material.

"Rich Corinthian Leather".

5: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Janet Leigh) I romanced Frank Sinatra in this 1962 film about brainwashing, Communism and assassination".

The Manchurian Candidate.
Round 4. Category: famous napoleons
1: Though he set it in 1901, Napoleon Lajoie still holds a Major League record in this sport.

baseball.

2: A villain killed in Ian Fleming's "Goldfinger" shared this name with U.N.C.L.E.'s heroic Agent 11.

Napoleon Solo.

3: The Napoleon who ended up taking power on Orwell's "Animal Farm" was this.

a pig.

4: Napoleon gradually seizes power in this George Orwell story.

Animal Farm.

5: In 1804, this man crowned Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of the French.

Napoleon Bonaparte.
Round 5. Category: weather
1: If you walk on grass in early morning, you might step on these tiny waterdrops condensed from the air.

Dew.

2: A listless depression, such as sailors feel in tropical areas of little or no wind.

the doldrums.

3: This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting.

Leonardo da Vinci.

4: Trade winds blow from both the northeast and southeast toward this line.

the equator.

5: North Central China has a climate like Kansas and also gets these choking "storms" in spring.

dust storms.
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May 30, 2023Episode 839 - blue jeans - for good measure - gone tomorrow? - spot the kitty - pies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 839, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: blue jeans
1: His first "jeans" made in 1853, were neither blue nor denim, but brown and canvas.

Levi Strauss.

2: On the back of his 1984 album cover, he's wearing blue jeans with a red baseball cap in the right rear pocket.

Bruce Springsteen.

3: A huge billboard in Italy parodied this artist's work with God offering a naked Adam a pair of jeans.

Michelangelo.

4: Take a stab at the name of these blue jeans whose label is punctuated with a question mark.

Guess.

5: Like 501s, this 1979 Top 20 hit is considered a classic: "Money talks / But it don't sing and dance and it don't walk / And long as I can have you here with me / I much rather be..."[The song was not played going into the break.].

"Forever In Blue Jeans".
Round 2. Category: for good measure
1: 640 acres equal a square this.

a mile.

2: This metric unit of liquid measure is equal to approximately 1.057 quarts.

a liter.

3: 1,728 cubic inches is equal to one of these.

a cubic foot.

4: 33.8 fluid ounces equal one of these.

a liter.

5: One of these "porcine" measures is equal to 63 gallons of liquid.

a hogshead.
Round 3. Category: gone tomorrow?
1: The Oahu tree one of these gastropods is quickly, not slowly, disappearing.

a snail.

2: The Hine's emerald species of this insect has a wingspan that can reach about 3.5 inches.

a dragonfly.

3: The endangerment of the New Mexico ridge-nosed species of this snake was caused in part by collectors.

a rattlesnake.

4: Picoides borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004.

the woodpecker.

5: Among the colorful mammals on the endangered list are the gray and the red ones of these predators.

a wolf.
Round 4. Category: spot the kitty
1: The Wight,the Jersey,the Manx.

the Manx.

2: The Iranian,the Persian,the Zoroastrian.

Persian.

3: The Tonkinese,the Tajikistani,the Texarkanese.

the Tonkinese.

4: The Delhi,the Bombay,the Madras.

the Bombay.

5: The Himalayan,the Caucasian,the Uralian.

Himalayan.
Round 5. Category: pies
1: Though a pie is served from its baking dish, this tiny cousin is removed from its dish.

tart.

2: Shepherd's pie is actually an entree originally made with this meat.

lamb.

3: If you want your pie crust to be flaky, choose this ingredient carefully.

shortening.

4: This type of pie, like chocolate, can simply be pudding in a pie shell.

custard (cream pie).

5: The earliest recipe for this pie filling of finely chopped apples, spices and suet dates from 1486.

mincemeat.
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8min
May 29, 2023Episode 838 - all business - when they were in college - reckless phrases - the village smithy - not our constitution
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 838, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: all business
1: Since going public in 2000, this Winston-Salem-based doughnut chain has made a lot of dough for investors.

Krispy Kreme.

2: We predict you'll know that this computer software company has the stock symbol ORCL.

Oracle.

3: It's true! This leader in wireless and local phone services was formed by a merger of GTE and Bell Atlantic.

Verizon.

4: Well shiver me timbers! This is the nation's largest fast food seafood chain.

Long John Silver's.

5: In October 2001 this company beat out Boeing for the largest defense contract in history, worth over $200 billion.

Lockheed.
Round 2. Category: when they were in college
1: He made the dean's list at Queens College -- what would his TV neighbor Kramer think of that?.

Jerry Seinfeld.

2: Jon Stewart got a "kick" out of this sport at William and Mary, and an award there is named in his honor.

soccer.

3: This handsome hunk played basketball at USC long before Ã¢Â€ÂœMagnum, P.I.Ã¢Â€Â made him a star.

Tom Selleck.

4: Katie Couric was an associate editor of The Cavalier Daily while at this Charlottesville school.

University of Virginia.

5: Meryl Streep starred in a campus production of Ã¢Â€ÂœMiss JulieÃ¢Â€Â as an undergrad at this Poughkeepsie college.

Vassar.
Round 3. Category: reckless phrases
1: You can put your head in its mouth or beard it in its den.

lion.

2: "Stick" this body part "out" and you make it easy for the executioner.

your neck.

3: You can "hover on the brink", "teeter on the edge" or "hang by" one of these sewing items.

a thread.

4: Bag in which you're not supposed to "buy a pig".

poke.

5: Don't "sail too near the wind" or "skate on" this.

thin ice.
Round 4. Category: the village smithy
1: Our president likes to toss these blacksmith products.

horseshoes.

2: It's where Longfellow's "village smithy stands".

under the spreading chestnut tree.

3: It's the hand-operated, wind-making device the smithy uses to heat up his fire.

the bellows.

4: Blacksmith equipment used for musical effects since 1528, it's most famous in Verdi's 1853 "Chorus".

the anvil.

5: He was the patron god of ancient Roman smithys.

Vulcan.
Round 5. Category: not our constitution
1: Denmark's constitution establishes a state one of these; our First Amendment forbids it.

a religion.

2: Its constitution bans foreign ownership of beach land, so Americans have bought in Baja through trusts.

Mexico.

3: The minimum age for Italy's president, it's 15 years older than our minimum.

50.

4: The Americas' only communist state, it doesn't have ;-) next to its guarantee of liberty and rights.

Cuba.

5: Its 1947 constitution makes the emperor the symbol of the state and forever renounces war.

Japan.
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8min
May 28, 2023Episode 837 - virginia woolf - sauce - capital - the wearin' of the green - "ace" in the hole
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 837, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: virginia woolf
1: Woolf was active in this cause which she wrote "roused in man an extraordinary desire for self-assertion".

women's suffrage.

2: This gathering of artsy types that flourished between 1907 and 1930 sometimes met at Virginia's house.

the Bloomsbury Group.

3: A 1931 novel ends with the line: these, also the novel's title, "Broke on the Shore".

Waves.

4: This event claims the life of the title character of "Jacob's Room", as it did of millions of real-life young men.

World War I.

5: First name of Virginia's husband; he survived her by 28 years.

Leonard.
Round 2. Category: sauce
1: Whether it's a fruit or vegetable, it's the basis of pomodoro and marinara sauces for pasta.

Tomato.

2: The McIlhenny Company has been making this brand of hot sauce since 1868.

Tabasco.

3: This Greek sauce is made with yogurt, cucumber and dill or mint.

tzatziki.

4: Avery Island, Louisiana has shipped little bottles of this hot sauce to the world since 1868.

Tabasco sauce.

5: Also called rooster sauce, this hot sauce is named for a town on the Gulf of Thailand.

sriracha.
Round 3. Category: capital
1: Rainfall is rare in this capital of Peru.

Lima.

2: Yokusuka and Yokohama lie on the same harbor as this capital.

Tokyo.

3: When Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world chess title, they were in this world capital.

Reykjavik.

4: This city's highest hill at almost 400 feet was built out of rubble collected after WWII.

Berlin.

5: Now capital, Gaborone was the administrative seat of Bechuanaland, which became this country in 1966.

Botswana.
Round 4. Category: the wearin' of the green
1: Another name for a scallion.

a green onion.

2: He was the good-natured and innovative farmer on Captain Kangaroo.

Mr. Green Jeans.

3: Led by Ethan Allen, they helped capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.

The Green Mountain Boys.

4: 6'5" ex-bodyguard Michael Clarke Duncan received an Oscar nomination for his role in this 1999 film.

The Green Mile.

5: The album "Dookie", this band's 1994 major-label debut, has sold more than 10 million copies.

Green Day.
Round 5. Category: "ace" in the hole
1: Indiana's NBA team.

Indiana Pacers.

2: A rhytidectomy; it's a nip and tuck done on the mug.

Facelift.

3: Keyboard button that may have the following symbol: (arrow pointing toward left).

Backspace.

4: One goes between the dinner plate and the dinner table.

Placemat.

5: Whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Cetaceans.
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9min
May 27, 2023Episode 836 - don knotts - film directors - twain tracts - 1990s television - anthropologists
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 836, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: don knotts
1: Don won 5 Emmys in the '60s for playing this jittery comic sidekick.

Barney Fife.

2: Jack and Chrissy could tell you Don slayed 'em as new landlord Ralph Furley on this sitcom.

Three's Company.

3: Don played a magical TV repairman in this 1998 fantasy in black and white -- and color.

Pleasantville.

4: In the classic "The Ghost And Mr. Chicken", Don sought a news scoop by spending the night in one of these.

Haunted house.

5: Don remarked "I am cursed with an abnormal sexual magnetism" as bird watcher Abner Peacock in this epic.

The Love God?.
Round 2. Category: film directors
1: Tim Burton based this sharp title character on a sketch he'd drawn in school.

Edward Scissorhands.

2: Perhaps tired of his old office job, in 2018 he branched out as the director of "A Quiet Place".

(John) Krasinski.

3: Vittorio De Sica directed a classic 1948 film about Antonio, who steals one of these vehicles.

a bicycle.

4: This actress/filmmaker got an Oscar nomination for her direction of the 2017 film "Lady Bird".

(Greta) Gerwig.

5: This alliterative Italian won Best Director for his work on "The Last Emperor".

(Bernardo) Bertolucci.
Round 3. Category: twain tracts
1: In a 1904 essay Twain's subject was this French saint about whom he had written a book.

Joan of Arc.

2: The Sacramento Union published Twain's running account of his visit to these islands.

Hawaiian Islands.

3: Twain set down the "Personal Recollections of" this female French saint and warrior.

Joan of Arc.

4: "I resk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog".

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

5: A miner bets on his amphibian's leaping ability in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of" this county.

Calaveras County.
Round 4. Category: 1990s television
1: This FOX drama follows the plight of the Salinger children, who were orphaned by a car wreck.

Party of Five.

2: Roslyn, Washington represented Cicely, Alaska, the setting of this Rob Morrow series.

Northern Exposure.

3: The quirky drama "Picket Fences" was set in this town in Wisconsin, not in Italy.

Rome.

4: "Twin Peaks" was the first TV venture for this avant-garde filmmaker.

David Lynch.

5: (Hi, I'm Arianna Huffington) Al Franken and I did a "Point-Counterpoint" segment called "Strange Bedfellows" for this Bill Maher show.

Politically Incorrect.
Round 5. Category: anthropologists
1: Hortense Powdermaker did fieldwork in this California place and wrote a book calling it "The Dream Factory".

Hollywood.

2: Ruth Benedict's study of this country began at the behest of the U.S. Office of War Information in the 1940s.

Japan.

3: Among the Ndembu, Victor Turner studied these transitional "rites", like isolation for young boys.

rites of passage.

4: A debate raged between Sahlins and Obeyesekere over whether the Hawaiians really thought this man was a god.

(Capt.) Cook.

5: Franz Boas organized the Jesup Expedition of 1902, exploring the relationship of people of these 2 continents.

Asia and North America.
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May 26, 2023Episode 835 - sporting words - advice from dr. joyce brothers - let's fool around! - tv catchphrases - "ck"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 835, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: sporting words
1: In golf, it denotes a tournament which can be entered by both amateur and professional players.

open.

2: For a football team, it's being sent back 5 yards, for a hockey player, being put in a box.

penalty.

3: A 40-40 tie in tennis.

deuce.

4: Unless he's up 1st in an inning a baseball player is usually here just before he's "at bat".

on deck.

5: Goalposts and bedposts are different nicknames for this in bowling.

7-10 split.
Round 2. Category: advice from dr. joyce brothers
1: (Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Your daughter who's exhibiting this type of kleptomania at Wal-Mart may be trying to get attention.

shoplifting.

2: (Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Many have overcome their fear of this; you can always start with the cliche, "unaccustomed as I am" to it.

speaking in public.

3: (Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Make sure your kids know that this euphoria-inducing drug, also called MDMA, can do serious damage.

ecstasy.

4: (Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) Don't fear non-traditional gender roles, like a man keeping house as in this Michael Keaton film.

Mr. Mom.

5: (Dr. Joyce Brothers reads the clue.) There's no need to be ashamed of this common mental illness, even if it's alternating with mania.

depression.
Round 3. Category: let's fool around!
1: "Fool to Cry" was a Top 10 hit for this group in '76, which must have given them "Satisfaction".

The Rolling Stones.

2: This swivel-hipped legend released "A Fool Such as I" in 1959 and just plain "Fool" in '73.

Elvis Presley.

3: "Foolish Pride" gave him a Top 40 hit in 1986, without any help from John Oates.

Daryl Hall.

4: In 1991 this sexy Welshman sang "Fool For Rock 'N' Roll" on his "Carrying a Torch" album.

Tom Jones.

5: "A Fool in Love" was the first big hit for this couple known for their stormy marriage and their "Revue".

Ike and Tina Turner.
Round 4. Category: tv catchphrases
1: "Yabba Dabba Do!".

The Flintstones.

2: "This tape will self-destruct in five seconds".

Mission: Impossible.

3: "You bet your sweet bippy!".

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

4: "This is the big one, Elizabeth! I'm coming to join you, honey!".

Sanford and Son.

5: "Say Kids, what time is it?".

Howdy Doody.
Round 5. Category: "ck"
1: The "culture" type is emotional disruption caused by living in a society not one's own.

Shock.

2: Edmund Bergler, credited with inventing the term "writer's" this, must not have felt it -- he wrote several books.

Block.

3: A metal measuring rod that's poked into a car's crankcase.

Dipstick.

4: They're barrel's 2 partners in an expression meaning "the whole thing".

Lock and stock.

5: Athletic position in which the thighs are against the chest and the arms wrap around the shins.

Tuck.
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9min
May 25, 2023Episode 834 - blank of blank - insurance - famous understudies - beans - size matters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 834, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: blank of blank
1: Insurers may not compensate you for damages from these, like hurricanes or floods.

Acts of God.

2: At your bank a CD isn't a compact disc, it's this.

Certificate of deposit.

3: It was the "Holy Grail" for Ponce De Leon.

Fountain of Youth.

4: A severe test, it's also a soldier's first time in battle.

Baptism of fire.

5: In parliamentary procedure, it's a question raised to see if things are proceeding properly.

Point of Order.
Round 2. Category: insurance
1: Actuaries compute rates for various risks and these decide if the company will take the risk and insure you.

underwriters.

2: Basic types of life insurance are whole life, endowment and this.

term life.

3: Insurers deal with this, the probability of loss; it's also the name of a Parker Brothers game.

Risk.

4: The main job of this "act"ion hero is to assess risk that's used to calculate premiums.

an actuary.

5: A life insurance clause paying twice the face value of the policy for an accidental death is called this, also a film title.

double indemnity.
Round 3. Category: famous understudies
1: Four years before "Laugh-In", Jo Anne Worley understudied Carol Channing in this smash hit musical.

Hello, Dolly!.

2: Lainie Kazan not only played a showgirl in this show, she understudied Barbra Streisand.

Funny Girl.

3: John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" understudied Richard Burton in this 1960 musical.

Camelot.

4: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward understudied in the original 1953 production of this William Inge play.

Picnic.

5: Richard Gere was an understudy in this musical set at Rydell High before he starred in it in London.

Grease.
Round 4. Category: beans
1: A certain military branch has served this bean as a staple since the mid-1800s, hence its name.

navy bean.

2: It's the enumerative slang for an accountant or other financial exec.

beancounter.

3: The name of this bean is Spanish for "painted".

pinto bean.

4: These crisp edible shoots of germinated beans like mung are popular in Chinese cooking.

bean sprouts.

5: Products made from this legume include tofu and miso.

soybeans.
Round 5. Category: size matters
1: As a rule, the length of this item should be 3 times the thickness of the board being fastened with it.

Nail.

2: For many airlines your luggage can be no larger than 22 x 14 x 9 inches to fit up here.

the overhead bins.

3: To keep the ratios, for a 1:12 scale dollhouse buy a smaller dollhouse in this scale to put inside it.

1:144.

4: At 9 feet long and fit for Carnegie Hall, this is the largest musical instrument made by Baldwin.

a concert grand.

5: The USDA recognizes egg sizes from peewee to this.

jumbo.
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May 24, 2023Episode 832 - beasts - the united states of advertising - premiere - that's so '90s - movie composers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 832, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: beasts
1: Battling stags can get in big trouble when these become hopelessly interlocked.

Antlers.

2: The over 900 species of these mammals range from bumblebee size to others with a 5-foot wingspan.

Bats.

3: This turtle named for its method of biting is more aggressive on land than in water.

Snapping turtle.

4: Crocidura xantippe is a type of this mouselike animal; Xanthippe was Socrates' bad-tempered wife.

a shrew.

5: It weighs up to 4 tons, over half as much as the beast it's named for.

an elephant seal.
Round 2. Category: the united states of advertising
1: This "advanced medicine for pain" was the first nonprescription brand of ibuprofen in the U.S..

Advil.

2: Julie London sang, "Where there's a man there's" this brand of cigarette; I wonder if he was riding his horse?.

Marlboros.

3: Caffeine and taurine are the main ingredients in this popular energy drink that "gives you wings".

Red Bull.

4: Bausch and Lomb introduced the "Wayfarer" style of these in 1952.

sunglasses.

5: This product gives you "speedy" relief the morning after.

Alka-Seltzer.
Round 3. Category: premiere
1: It was sporty of a posh fellow like Prince Charles to turn out for this singing group's first movie in 1997.

The Spice Girls.

2: Disney didn't take this film's 1996 premiere to Paris, but to the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

3: This Bruce Willis movie about a menacing asteroid had its premiere at the Kennedy Space Center.

Armageddon.

4: Madonna said, "I feel like Cinderella" at the long-awaited premiere of this musical film.

Evita.

5: Later to win multiple Oscars, this film premiered in November 1982 in New Delhi.

Gandhi.
Round 4. Category: that's so '90s
1: Joe Brown, Greg Mathis and Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV.

TV judges.

2: In 1994 a flaw found in this company's new Pentium processor cost it $475 million in a recall.

Intel.

3: His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. and an IRA leader in 76 years.

Tony Blair.

4: Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging.

Dolly.

5: Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995.

Louis Farrakhan.
Round 5. Category: movie composers
1: This Beatle gave his music and regards to Broad Street.

Paul McCartney.

2: There's something fishy about John Williams' score for this 1975 film.

Jaws.

3: Bernard Hermann scored 1st with "Citizen Kane" and last with this '76 De Niro film about a cabbie.

Taxi Driver.

4: Appropriately, this diminutive singer wrote the score for "Bugsy Malone", an all-kids musical.

Paul Williams.

5: His uncle Alfred won an Oscar for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" while he was nominated for "Ragtime".

Randy Newman.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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9min
May 23, 2023Episode 832 - beasts - the united states of advertising - premiere - that's so '90s - movie composers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 832, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: beasts
1: Battling stags can get in big trouble when these become hopelessly interlocked.

Antlers.

2: The over 900 species of these mammals range from bumblebee size to others with a 5-foot wingspan.

Bats.

3: This turtle named for its method of biting is more aggressive on land than in water.

Snapping turtle.

4: Crocidura xantippe is a type of this mouselike animal; Xanthippe was Socrates' bad-tempered wife.

a shrew.

5: It weighs up to 4 tons, over half as much as the beast it's named for.

an elephant seal.
Round 2. Category: the united states of advertising
1: This "advanced medicine for pain" was the first nonprescription brand of ibuprofen in the U.S..

Advil.

2: Julie London sang, "Where there's a man there's" this brand of cigarette; I wonder if he was riding his horse?.

Marlboros.

3: Caffeine and taurine are the main ingredients in this popular energy drink that "gives you wings".

Red Bull.

4: Bausch and Lomb introduced the "Wayfarer" style of these in 1952.

sunglasses.

5: This product gives you "speedy" relief the morning after.

Alka-Seltzer.
Round 3. Category: premiere
1: It was sporty of a posh fellow like Prince Charles to turn out for this singing group's first movie in 1997.

The Spice Girls.

2: Disney didn't take this film's 1996 premiere to Paris, but to the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

3: This Bruce Willis movie about a menacing asteroid had its premiere at the Kennedy Space Center.

Armageddon.

4: Madonna said, "I feel like Cinderella" at the long-awaited premiere of this musical film.

Evita.

5: Later to win multiple Oscars, this film premiered in November 1982 in New Delhi.

Gandhi.
Round 4. Category: that's so '90s
1: Joe Brown, Greg Mathis and Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV.

TV judges.

2: In 1994 a flaw found in this company's new Pentium processor cost it $475 million in a recall.

Intel.

3: His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. and an IRA leader in 76 years.

Tony Blair.

4: Hello! In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging.

Dolly.

5: Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995.

Louis Farrakhan.
Round 5. Category: movie composers
1: This Beatle gave his music and regards to Broad Street.

Paul McCartney.

2: There's something fishy about John Williams' score for this 1975 film.

Jaws.

3: Bernard Hermann scored 1st with "Citizen Kane" and last with this '76 De Niro film about a cabbie.

Taxi Driver.

4: Appropriately, this diminutive singer wrote the score for "Bugsy Malone", an all-kids musical.

Paul Williams.

5: His uncle Alfred won an Oscar for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" while he was nominated for "Ragtime".

Randy Newman.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
...more
9min

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