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March 05, 2024Episode 1120 - Bruce willis movie quotes - Female world leaders - Midway - Politics talk - Where ya been?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1120, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bruce Willis Movie Quotes
1: "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?".
Die Hard.
2: "Dead people, like, in graves... in coffins?".
The Sixth Sense.
3: "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead".
Pulp Fiction.
4: "If you pull that trigger, that bullet is just gonna bounce off me and I'm not going to be hurt".
Unbreakable.
5: "Scientists. I'm supposed to report in to them. They'll want to know they sent me to the wrong time".
12 Monkeys.
Round 2. Category: Female World Leaders
1: Her husband's assassination and a People Power Revolution made her president in 1986.
(Corazon) Aquino.
2: PM Johanna Sigurdardottir of this Atlantic island country is the world's first openly gay head of govt..
Iceland.
3: The daughter of a president who was assassinated, Park Geun-Hye is the president of this country.
South Korea.
4: Dame Louise Lake-Tack is governor general of Antigua and this geographic partner.
Barbuda.
5: Vigdis Finnbogadottir was president of this country for almost the entire 1980s.
Iceland.
Round 3. Category: Midway
1: The nearly extinct Hawaiian species of this mammal uses Midway's beaches to breed.
a seal.
2: An order signed on Oct. 31, 1996 transferred Midway from the Navy to this cabinet dept..
Interior.
3: In 1935 this airline built a prefab hotel on Midway as a rest stop for passengers flying on its China Clippers.
Pan Am.
4: Midway is home to the world's largest colony of the Laysan species of this "wandering" sea bird.
the albatross.
5: In the 1950's and '60s Midway was home to crews who flew radar aircraft in this Cold War detection line.
the DEW line.
Round 4. Category: Politics Talk
1: Sen. Robert Byrd said the survival of our constitutional system is based on "the delicate mechanism of" this pair.
checks and balances.
2: It's the group from one state at a convention; at the 2020 DNC, California's was 494 strong.
a delegation.
3: Type of post-election election that involved the two men here in December 2022.
a runoff.
4: The first time Congress did this to a president was to lame duck John Tyler on March 3, 1845.
the first time a veto was overridden.
5: From the name of a D.C. location where many lobbying firms are concentrated, this "Street" is shorthand for lobbyists.
K Street.
Round 5. Category: Where Ya Been?
1: Strolling through the National Gallery of Australia in this capital.
Canberra.
2: Climbing Mount Aconcagua in this Western Hemisphere mountain range.
the Andes.
3: Tracking my stocks on the Hang Seng index of this former Crown colony's stock exchange.
Hong Kong.
4: Chopping down trees in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon in this province.
Saskatchewan.
5: Carefully paddling down this Congolese river that lends its name to a deadly virus.
Ebola.
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March 04, 2024Episode 1119 - National narratives - "rebel"s - Foreign words and phrases - Silent-letter vocabulary - Directed but didn't star in
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1119, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: National Narratives
1: "And Quiet Flows The Don" and "The Gulag Archipelago".
Russia.
2: "The Man Who Planted Trees" and "The Man In The Iron Mask".
France.
3: "The Tale Of Genji" and "The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion".
Japan.
4: "The Settlers" and "Exodus".
Israel.
5: "Snow Flower And The Secret Fan" and "The Sand Pebbles".
China.
Round 2. Category: RebelS. With Rebel in quotation marks
1: Called rock and roll's No. 1 instrumentalist, Duane Eddy had his 1st big hit with this:.
"Rebel-'Rouser".
2: James Dean was considered the embodiment of the title of this film in which he starred.
Rebel Without a Cause.
3: A prolonged high-pitched scream associated with Confederate soldiers.
rebel yell.
4: Tho The Crystals were a real group, this, their biggest hit, was actually sung by Darlene Love and The Blossoms.
"He's a Rebel".
5: This 1970 ABC series set in 1777 showed exploits of Pennsylvania's Yankee Doodle Society.
The Young Rebels.
Round 3. Category: Foreign Words And Phrases
1: It's the Italian word for "You're welcome", not "You're with child".
prego.
2: A criminal who is caught red-handed is caught this way, "while the crime is blazing".
in flagrante delicto.
3: It's the name the Greeks gave to the primordial disorganization of the universe.
chaos.
4: "Negus, from the Amharic for "king", was once used as a title for the emperors of this African nation.
Ethiopia.
5: Meaning "10,000 years", this Japanese cry of triumph was often used in battle.
"Banzai!".
Round 4. Category: Silent-Letter Vocabulary
1: The song entitled "Great Is Thy Faithfulness", for example.
a hymn.
2: The Latin "Agnus Dei" means this baby animal "of God".
lamb.
3: To twist violently, like a neck.
wrench (or wring).
4: O. kisutch, or these, return upstream to deposit their eggs.
salmon.
5: A silent "K" begins this British slang word meaning very tired.
knackered.
Round 5. Category: Directed But Didn'T Star In
1: "Ordinary People"(1980).
Robert Redford.
2: "Apollo 13"(1995).
Ron Howard.
3: 2014's "Lost River", featuring girlfriend Eva Mendes.
Ryan Gosling.
4: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"(1997).
Clint Eastwood.
5: "Unbroken".
Angelina Jolie.
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March 03, 2024Episode 1118 - Action figures - The vietnam era - All-american food - Puerto rican holidays - North american languages
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Action Figures
1: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan".
John Krasinski.
2: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round.
punches.
3: In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 steps of this NYC building in 9 minutes 33 seconds.
the Empire State Building.
4: In a tune by the Flaming Lips, Yoshimi battles some pink these; "she's a black belt in karate".
robots.
5: In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds.
Caltech.
Round 2. Category: The Vietnam Era
1: Senator J. William Fulbright said his sponsorship of this resolution was one of his biggest political mistakes.
the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
2: This "Where Are You Now, My Son" singer was noted for her anti-income tax and anti-war protests.
(Joan) Baez.
3: David Dellinger and other activists figured this event in Chicago in 1968 would make a good site for a protest.
the Democratic National Convention.
4: This former New York Times journalist's Vietnam books include "The Best and the Brightest" and "Ho".
David Halberstam.
5: This man who often faced Kissinger across the bargaining table died in Hanoi in October 1990.
Lê Đức Thọ.
Round 3. Category: All-American Food
1: On Fridays many people like to chow down on this thick, creamy style of clam chowder.
New England clam chowder.
2: This spicy poultry appetizer is popularly served with blue-cheese dressing and celery sticks.
Buffalo wings.
3: You'll cover several food groups dining on this city's lettuce, baked beans and cream pie.
Boston.
4: Some credit a Delmonico's chef with cooking up this dessert of ice cream covered in meringue and browned.
Baked Alaska.
5: The Anchor Bar says it's the home of the original this deep-fried chicken dish with hot sauce and bleu-cheese dressing.
buffalo wings.
Round 4. Category: Puerto Rican Holidays
1: Jose Barbosa, who is honored on July 27, founded Puerto Rico's Republican Party on this patriotic American holiday.
the 4th of July (Independence Day).
2: As elsewhere, it works out that this is the first Monday in September.
Labor Day.
3: January 11 is the birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, founder of the 1st "Normal" one of these in Santo Domingo.
school.
4: A royal-sounding January 6 holiday, or a 1999 George Clooney film.
Three Kings Day.
5: Luis Munoz Rivera, who fought for Puerto Rico's autonomy from these 2 countries, has his own holiday.
Spain and the United States.
Round 5. Category: North American Languages
1: When traveling to a certain part of the U.S., you might be called a "malihini", meaning tourist in this language.
Hawaiian.
2: About 4 million Canadians are unilingual speakers of this language.
French.
3: As you might expect, Yucatec is a Mayan language spoken in Belize and Mexico on this peninsula.
the Yucatan.
4: Nunavut means "our land" in the language of these people.
the Inuit.
5: Nahuatl, Mexico's second-most widely spoken language, is also known by the name of this pre-Columbian people.
Aztecs.
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March 03, 2024Episode 1117 - Forget u - Country - Other christmas songs - Write foot - The age of the robber barons
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1117, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Forget U
1: Forget the "U" in this synonym for "abode" and you get this stocking.
house and hose.
2: Drop the "U" from this float used to mark a navigational channel to get this male word.
buoy and boy.
3: Dropping the "U" from this synonym for "leap" gives you this uniting force.
bound and bond.
4: This verb meaning "to recommend" becomes this word for a small child when it loses its "U".
tout and tot.
5: This, the worth or merit of something, loses its "U" to become this mortal life, like the one "of tears".
value and vale.
Round 2. Category: Country
1: This country's coat of arms has 3 stars for its 3 main island groups, an eagle for the U.S. and and a lion representing Spain.
the Philippines.
2: In October 2002 this late rocker's "30 #1 Hits" CD debuted at the top of the country charts.
Elvis Presley.
3: It's where you'll find Kerry's lovely lakes of Killarney.
Ireland.
4: He won a 1967 Grammy for "Gentle on My Mind", which later became the theme song to his TV series.
Glen Campbell.
5: In 2005 Lech Kaczynski became the president of this country.
Poland.
Round 3. Category: Other Christmas Songs
1: In 1942 this crooner had a No. 1 hit with "White Christmas".
Bing Crosby.
2: This title line is followed by "underneath the mistletoe last night".
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus".
3: His "Christmas Album" of 1957 includes the now classic "Blue Christmas".
Elvis Presley.
4: It's the alternate title and first line of "The Christmas Song", definitively sung by Nat King Cole.
"Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire".
5: In 2014 Bob Geldof re-recorded this 30-year-old song as a fundraiser to fight Ebola.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?".
Round 4. Category: Write Foot
1: Beginning readers may learn about trick feet and sick feet in "The Foot Book" by this author whose real name was Theodor Geisel.
Dr. Seuss.
2: In this Grimm tale, one sister cuts off a toe to fit into a golden shoe; the other, part of her heel; the title girl, a perfect fit!.
Cinderella.
3: After landing in Oz, Dorothy is dismayed to see this woman's lifeless feet "shod in silver shoes with pointed toes".
the Wicked Witch of the East.
4: In Fulgentius' "Mythologies", the goddess Thetis douses this babe in the River Styx, "his heel alone she did not dip".
Achilles.
5: Artist Christy Brown wrote in this autobiography that he was "living in chains" battling cerebral palsy.
My Left Foot.
Round 5. Category: The Age Of The Robber Barons
1: In 1890 he became president of the American Tobacco Company in Durham, North Carolina.
(James Buchanan) Duke.
2: Henry Frick made a fortune supplying the Pittsburgh steel industry with this product made from heating pulverized coal.
coke.
3: The "P." in the name of this preeminent banker of the Gilded Age stood for Pierpont, his mother's family.
(J.P.) Morgan.
4: 5 years after this act was passed, the Supreme Court gutted it in 1895's United States v. E.C. Knight.
the Sherman Antitrust Act.
5: Montana's Marcus Daly owned this, the USA's richest copper mine, as well as the town named for it.
Anaconda.
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March 02, 2024Episode 1116 - Taking the driving test - Phi beta kappa - Water sports - Medal of honor winners - Mr. mike
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Taking The Driving Test
1: This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test.
the Department of Motor Vehicles.
2: This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test.
parallel parking.
3: To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong.
insurance.
4: Mirrors aren't enough--look over your shoulder to check these areas before changing lanes.
blind spots.
5: Failing to give this 3-word clearance to pedestrians can be an automatic failure.
right of way.
Round 2. Category: Phi Beta Kappa
1: 1904: deaf, blind and a Radcliffe Phi Beta Kappa.
Helen Keller.
2: 1997: Tennessee it to believe it! a Colts and now Broncos quarterback.
Peyton Manning.
3: 1941: what a Betty, 22 years before "The Feminine Mystique".
(Betty) Friedan.
4: 1916: at Bowdoin, a 1948 researcher on sex (but not drugs and rock and roll).
Kinsey.
5: 1842: at Bowdoin, a novelist from Salem, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Round 3. Category: Water Sports
1: Cypress Gardens show done on water, not on snow.
water skiing.
2: Fishing from a moving boat.
trolling.
3: What an unlucky surfer has just experienced in this song.
wipeout.
4: Competitor in this sport was the model for nude male torso atop L.A.'s Olympic gate.
water polo.
5: Synchronized swimming used to be called "water" this, though it's hard to be "en pointe" in the pool.
ballet.
Round 4. Category: Medal Of Honor Winners
1: Francis Flaherty saved shipmates and lost his own life aboard the Oklahoma during this infamous 1941 attack.
Pearl Harbor.
2: During WWI Eddie Rickenbacker shot down 22 planes and 4 of these used for observation.
balloons.
3: Back in 1932 Donald Truesdale earned his medal during the Marines' campaign against Sandinistas in this country.
Nicaragua.
4: Veteran James Stockdale was the running mate of this wealthy third-party presidential candidate in 1992.
H. Ross Perot.
5: Jacob Parrott, the first winner, was among the men who stole this "high-ranking" Confederate locomotive.
the General.
Round 5. Category: Mr. Mike
1: On November 22, 1986 at age 20, he became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion ever.
Mike Tyson.
2: He's been Lothar, Dieter, Wayne and Austin Powers.
Mike Myers.
3: He became the lead vocalist of the Beach Boys in 1961.
Mike Love.
4: One of the senior journalists on U.S. television, he's been the leading host of "60 Minutes" since 1968.
Mike Wallace.
5: A 3 time league MVP, this former Phillie hit a career total 548 home runs.
Mike Schmidt.
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March 01, 2024Episode 1115 - Almost assassinated - Who directed it? - The 2011 fortune 500 - Channel surfing - All in
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Almost Assassinated
1: August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris.
Charles de Gaulle.
2: February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami.
FDR.
3: May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal.
Pope John Paul II.
4: September 5, 1975 while greeting a crowd in Sacramento, California.
Gerald Ford.
5: August 22, 1962 when his luxury Citroen was attacked near Paris.
Charles de Gaulle.
Round 2. Category: Who Directed It?
1: "Riding in Cars with Boys","Awakenings".
(Penny) Marshall.
2: "When They See Us", "A Wrinkle in Time", "Selma".
Ava DuVernay.
3: 1991's "Point Break", "Zero Dark Thirty".
Kathryn Bigelow.
4: "Wonder Woman", episodes of "Entourage" and "Arrested Development".
Patty Jenkins.
5: "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dark Necessities", "Booksmart".
Olivia Wilde.
Round 3. Category: The 2011 Fortune 500
1: "And like a good neighbor", this co. is there at No. 37, "taking an active stance against texting while driving".
State Farm.
2: Fannie Mae, No. 5, was delisted by the NYSE; this company, No. 20, got "$64 billion in... bailout money".
Freddie Mac.
3: "Bailed out and buffed up", this car co., No. 8, "emerged from bankruptcy with a $20 billion public offering".
GM.
4: No. 36, this co. got "a $30 billion contract to supply refueling aircraft to the Air Force, beating European rival Airbus".
Boeing.
5: Checking out at No. 28, "88% of" this wholesaler's "customers renew their annual memberships".
Costco.
Round 4. Category: Channel Surfing
1: It's the largest of the islands separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel.
Madagascar.
2: The Corsica Channel separates Corsica from this other island where Napoleon lived.
Elba.
3: Dusky dolphins surf this South American channel, named for a 19th century science ship.
the Beagle.
4: Click on this channel and you might find yourself in the middle of "Shark Week".
Discovery Channel.
5: Its western entrance lies between Land's End, U.K. and Ushant, France.
the English Channel.
Round 5. Category: All In
1: Brick red, hot magenta, sea green and 117 more options are in a 120-count box of these.
crayons.
2: Nevis, the Windward Passage and the Spanish Main are all in this sea.
the Caribbean Sea.
3: At its core, this boozy clan was Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr..
the Rat Pack.
4: The "Discobolus" statue, a Viking antler comb and a Henry I halfpenny are all in this London site.
the British Museum.
5: If you had raided this object, you might have found a pot of manna, Aaron's rod and the 2 stone tablets of Moses.
the Ark of the Covenant.
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February 29, 2024Episode 1114 - What do you mean? - Tv medical shows by hospital - Tv's middle child - Authors' names - The political life
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1114, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What Do You Mean?
1: In the E.R., doctors ask for things to be done immediately by using this 4-letter Latin abbreviation.
Stat.
2: In restaurants this number means "all gone".
86.
3: When used with "up", this type of little house is slang for living together without being married.
Shack.
4: From the Latin for "chest", it's a pen used for small animals such as rabbits.
a hutch.
5: Manic depression is another term for this "disorder" marked by mood disturbances.
Bipolar disorder.
Round 2. Category: Tv Medical Shows By Hospital
1: Seattle Grace.
Grey's Anatomy.
2: St. Eligius.
St. Elsewhere.
3: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
House (M.D.).
4: Sacred Heart.
Scrubs.
5: In the 1980s:San Francisco Memorial Hospital.
Trapper John, M.D..
Round 3. Category: Tv'S Middle Child
1: Francis and Dewey were the brothers of this kid "in the Middle".
Malcolm.
2: Chris Griffin is this animated show's awkward and clueless middle child.
the Family Guy.
3: Oh, my god! He's the middle child in the McCormick family on "South Park".
Kenny.
4: Brother to Erica and Adam and occasionally trying to rap, Barry is the middle kid on this 1980s-set sitcom.
The Goldbergs.
5: Mallory Keaton was older sister to Jennifer and younger sister to Alex on this 1980s sitcom.
Family Ties.
Round 4. Category: Authors' Names
1: Born Jozef Korzeniowski, he went to the "heart of darkness" as a writer in English.
(Joseph) Conrad.
2: Before this author of western novels dropped the first name Pearl, he made a lovely shade for tile flooring.
(Zane) Grey.
3: Born Marguerite Johnson, the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" adopted this name as an exotic dancer.
Maya Angelou.
4: Her uncle's life was saved by doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital, so her mother added it to this poet's name.
(Edna St. Vincent) Millay.
5: All things were bright and beautiful for veterinarian Alfred Wight when he wrote under this name.
James Herriot.
Round 5. Category: The Political Life
1: Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here.
In the ring.
2: An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds.
Lame duck.
3: From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is a vote cast by mail, not at a polling place.
Absentee.
4: Term for the speech at a convention that sets the tone and outlines the main issues.
Keynote speech.
5: From the Latin for "grow together", it's an alliance of different groups for a specific cause.
a coalition.
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February 28, 2024Episode 1113 - State capital nicknames - Actors in political films - One-word film titles - -mancy pants - Letters in sequence
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: State Capital Nicknames
1: "The Bluegrass Capital".
Frankfort.
2: "The Charter Oak City".
Hartford.
3: "Arkopolis".
Little Rock.
4: "The Gateway to Glacier Bay National Park".
Juneau (Alaska).
5: "The Cradle of the Confederacy" and "The Birthplace of Civil Rights".
Montgomery, Alabama.
Round 2. Category: Actors In Political Films
1: In 1993 he was "In the Line of Fire" as Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan.
Clint Eastwood.
2: This star of "Grumpy Old Men" played a grumpy Supreme Court justice in "First Monday in October".
Walter Matthau.
3: Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra starred in this 1962 political thriller based on a novel by Richard Condon.
The Manchurian Candidate.
4: In "All the President's Men", Hal Holbrook played this informer whose true identity is still a mystery.
"Deep Throat".
5: This British actor, JFK's brother-in-law, played a U.S. senator in "Advise and Consent".
Peter Lawford.
Round 3. Category: One-Word Film Titles
1: Ice Cube gave rise to a catchphrase with the dismissive "Bye, Felicia" in this 1995 comedy.
Friday.
2: If Keanu Reeves' bus went under 50 mph in this flick, it'd like, totally explode.
Speed.
3: This 2009 film is the all-time top-grossing movie in the U.S. and the world.
Avatar.
4: Sly Stallone knocks the stuffing out of a slab of beef and Apollo Creed in this movie.
Rocky.
5: (I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I played a Ford Fairlane who was at the racetrack in this Pixar film.
Cars.
Round 4. Category: -Mancy Pants
1: What's that giant talking octopus smoking a cigar mean? Use oneiromancy, the practice of interpreting these.
dreams.
2: A necromancy can mean this 5-letter magical word that is "cast" by wizards.
a spell.
3: Tasseomancy, the reading of these, must be popular in England in the late afternoon.
tea leaves.
4: A state of temporary inactivity like hibernation.
dormancy.
5: Chiromancy is this method of telling someone's fortune.
palm reading.
Round 5. Category: Letters In Sequence
1: 18-19-20:Explode, in air, perhaps.
burst.
2: 7-8-9:A type of hyena.
laughing.
3: 4-5-6:Transfer one's allegiance to another nation.
defect.
4: 8-9-10:Forcibly seize control of a moving vehicle.
hijacking.
5: 19-20-21:Dampness.
moisture.
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February 27, 2024Episode 1112 - Moving journalism - "seed"s - Rubies - Remembering the alamo - Colombian connections
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Moving Journalism
1: British Airways' in-flight magazine has this name, like a Miller beer brand.
High Life.
2: Different regions get different magazines from this club, AAA for short; Via and Westways are 2 of its publications.
the American Automobile Association.
3: Passengers in the Northeast Corridor of this train service can arrive at their stations reading its Arrive magazine.
Amtrak.
4: Latitudes is the magazine of this cruise line, NCL for short.
Norwegian Cruise Lines.
5: United Airlines has both the Eastern and Western halves of the globe covered with this on-board magazine that has a plural title.
Hemispheres.
Round 2. Category: SeedS. With Seed in quotes
1: This phrase means funds given to start a business.
seed money.
2: This wandering planter of the early U.S. is said to have dressed in a coffee sack, with a cooking-pot hat.
Johnny Appleseed.
3: A classic McDonald's jingle ends, "on" this type of bun.
a sesame seed bun.
4: Nick Cave's band.
The Bad Seeds.
5: To marry Elvis in 1967, Priscilla wore a gown trimmed in these little gems.
seed pearls.
Round 3. Category: Rubies
1: "The people...who put me in the position I'm in will never let the...facts come...to the world" said this assassin.
Jack Ruby.
2: Saying "Her price is far above rubies", the Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous" one.
woman.
3: Avoiding "Let's Spend the Night Together", many radio stations played this flip side which made #1:.
"Ruby Tuesday".
4: She was 1st black actress to star in major roles at the American Shakespeare Festival.
Ruby Dee.
5: Only variety of this bird found east of the Mississippi and north of Florida is the ruby-throated.
hummingbird.
Round 4. Category: Remembering The Alamo
1: Before fighting at the Alamo, he served 3 terms as a House representative from Tennessee.
Davy Crockett.
2: Like the city where it's located, the mission was originally named in part for this man of Padua.
San Antonio.
3: Accounts differ but it's believed this knifesman died on his cot where he had been confined due to illness.
(Jim) Bowie.
4: A month after the siege, this commander of the Mexican army was captured at San Jacinto.
Santa Anna.
5: A plea for help, this commander's "victory or death" letter was returned to the Alamo in 2013 for the 177th anniv..
William Barret Travis.
Round 5. Category: Colombian Connections
1: In area, it's the largest country that borders Colombia.
Brazil.
2: One can sail out of the port of Cartagena into this sea.
the Caribbean.
3: With the help of the U.S., this country gained its independence from Colombia in 1903.
Panama.
4: Its name means "peaceful" and it's home to El Nino.
the Pacific Ocean.
5: In 2000 the pres. of this country wanted to replace its sucre with our dollar--he got deposed, but it happened.
Ecuador.
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February 26, 2024Episode 1111 - Ask the nearest hippie - Quoting the shakespeare character - Pulitzer prize categories - Good sportsmanship - "land"s of the world
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1111, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ask The Nearest Hippie
1: Have you and your teenagers Mao and Cosmos resolved this, a phrase from the '60s meaning a distance between parents and kids?.
the generation gap.
2: I'm late for work; do you mind moving this large Volkswagen model first sold in 1950 out of my driveway?.
the VW Bus.
3: Do you vote Green Party or write in this comedy duo who went "Up in Smoke" in the '70s?.
Cheech and Chong.
4: Moving to Oregon? Does that have anything to do with the passage of measure 91 on the legalization of this?.
marijuana.
5: Did you really witness the birth of this rhyming movement at an anti-war rally at UC Berkeley in 1965?.
flower power.
Round 2. Category: Quoting The Shakespeare Character
1: "I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me".
Bottom.
2: "Tell me, my daughters... which of you shall we say doth love us most".
King Lear.
3: "For Brutus is an honourable man; so are they all, all honourable men".
Marc Antony.
4: "Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'".
Henry V.
5: "Come unto these yellow sands, and then take hands".
Ariel.
Round 3. Category: Pulitzer Prize Categories
1: Bill Mauldin in 1945 and 1959.
Cartooning.
2: Joe Rosenthal in 1945 for work done on Iwo Jima.
Photography.
3: Robert Lowell in 1947 and 1974.
Poetry.
4: Samuel Barber in 1958 and 1963.
Music.
5: David McCullough, twice.
Biography.
Round 4. Category: Good Sportsmanship
1: J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball.
the PGA tour.
2: In 2008 Central Wash. players of this sport carried injured Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon around the bases.
softball.
3: Mike Bossy and Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport.
hockey.
4: The chronicles of this hard-serving American include, in 2005, calling an opponent's shot in, costing himself the match.
Andy Roddick.
5: This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award.
Joe Dumars.
Round 5. Category: LandS Of The World. With Land in quotes
1: This 840,000-square mile area belonging to Denmark lies within 15 miles of Canada.
Greenland.
2: The crusade of Father Theobald Mathew reduced this island's whiskey intake by half in the early 1840s.
Ireland.
3: From 1900 to 1982 Sobhuza II was king of this country surrounded on 3 sides by South Africa.
Swaziland.
4: It's the only U.S. state that fits the category.
Maryland (or Rhode Island).
5: Poet John Donne compared his mistress' body to this Canadian province.
Newfoundland.
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