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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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February 25, 2024Episode 1110 - That's a "rap" - I played her in the movie - Reconstruction - Birth, art, death - Musical prime numbers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1110, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: That'S A Rap. With Rap in quotation marks
1: Go ahead, let your hair down reading the story of this princess locked in a tower.
Rapunzel.
2: To descend a steep slope by rope.
rappel.
3: Any bird of prey.
raptor.
4: This 212-mile river flows into Chesapeake Bay.
the Rappahannock.
5: Greedy and grasping, especially for money.
rapacious.
Round 2. Category: I Played Her In The Movie
1: Bad singer Florence Foster Jenkins.
Meryl Streep.
2: Good singer Beca, a member of the Barden Bellas who is pitch perfect.
Anna Kendrick.
3: Andy Sachs, assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine.
(Anne) Hathaway.
4: Jenny Curran, Forrest Gump's beloved.
Robin Wright.
5: Rachel Watson, the girl on the train.
Emily Blunt.
Round 3. Category: Reconstruction
1: Founded at the end of Reconstruction, Nicodemus in this "Sunflower State" was the 1st Black settlement west of the Mississippi.
Kansas.
2: By the end of Reconstruction, production of this "king" crop in the South was nearly equal to pre-war levels.
cotton.
3: This largest Tennessee city needed its own reconstruction after 1866 race riots there.
Memphis.
4: Ironically, President Johnson opposed the 14th Amendment but this state was the first former Confederate state to pass it.
Tennessee.
5: In 1872 the Union general this D.C. HBCU was named for wrote about "the cosmopolitan character of the university".
Howard.
Round 4. Category: Birth, Art, Death
1: Born Aug. 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh,"Mao",died Feb. 22, 1987.
Andy Warhol.
2: Born 1606 in the Netherlands,"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp",died 1669.
Rembrandt.
3: Born 1834 in Massachusetts,"Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Thomas Carlyle", died 1903.
Whistler.
4: Born 1912 in Wyoming,"Lavender Mist", died 1956 in East Hampton, New York.
Pollock.
5: Born 1859 in Paris, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"died 1891.
(Georges) Seurat.
Round 5. Category: Musical Prime Numbers
1: Prince:"2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's blank".
1999.
2: ABBA:"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only blank".
17.
3: Counting Crows:"In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in blank he came home across the deep blue sea".
1493.
4: Foreigner:"Well I'm hot blooded, check it and see, got a fever of blank".
103.
5: Blink-182:"That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're blank".
23.
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February 24, 2024Episode 1109 - 3-name the author - "et" al. - Butler - Classic tv drama episodes - The 5 families
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1109, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 3-Name The Author
1: "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out".
Louisa May Alcott.
2: "Kidnapped".
Robert Louis Stevenson.
3: "The Deerslayer".
James Fenimore Cooper.
4: "The Maine Woods", published posthumously in 1864.
Henry David Thoreau.
5: "The Magician of Lublin".
Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Round 2. Category: Et Al.. With Et in quotation marks
1: Stones do it to tools and smells do it to appetites.
whet.
2: In proofreading it means "don't delete".
a stet.
3: It can mean a temporary bed or a movers' platform.
a pallet.
4: It used to mean to hinder, as in a serve that grazes the net.
let.
5: Owners of these pets usually remove the animals' scent glands.
ferrets.
Round 3. Category: Butler
1: Carson, the butler on this TV show, said, "Keeping up standards is the only way to show the Germans... they will not beat us".
Downton Abbey.
2: On TV 6'9" Ted Cassidy played this "Addams Family" butler.
Lurch.
3: "Some men just want to watch the world burn", says this butler in a 2008 film.
Alfred.
4: The name of this butler to Frank-N-Furter in "Rocky Horror" sounds like he's one of the lowest class of people.
Riff-Raff.
5: "The Third" incarnation of this "colorful snake" finds Rowan Atkinson playing butler to Prince George.
Blackadder.
Round 4. Category: Classic Tv Drama Episodes
1: "Jessica Behind Bars".
Murder, She Wrote.
2: 1964:"Ponderosa Matador".
Bonanza.
3: 1963:"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
The Twilight Zone.
4: "Ewing vs. Ewing".
Dallas.
5: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
Star Trek.
Round 5. Category: The 5 Families
1: Original surname of the first and third prime ministers of India.
Nehru.
2: Beginning with Henry VII, this family ruled England from 1485 to 1603.
the Tudors.
3: Every year from 1947 to 2011, a member of this family served in Congress; in 2013 the family began a new streak.
the Kennedys.
4: The Newhouse publishing family started with the Bayonne Times and now owns this "Glamour" -ous magazine concern.
Condé Nast.
5: Holy Roman Empire! This ruling family sat in the emperor's chair almost uninterrupted from 1438 to 1806.
the Hapsburgs.
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February 23, 2024Episode 1108 - Sing that song - Stay cool - The jeopardy! school of enlightenment - Complete the hugo award-winning title - Villainous movie schemes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1108, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Sing That Song
1: "I Will Wait" is by this singer and sons (though they aren't really his sons).
Mumford and Sons.
2: In 1970 "I'll Be There" was the fourth consecutive No. 1 hit for these siblings.
The Jackson 5.
3: Bono sang, "The real battle just begun / to claim the victory Jesus won / on" this U2 song title.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday".
4: This movie song begins, "Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you".
"My Heart Will Go On".
5: "I remember when we broke up the first time", begins this Taylor Swift song with a 7-word title.
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".
Round 2. Category: Stay Cool
1: Miles Davis was central to the musical movement known as "cool" this.
jazz.
2: With flavors like Cool Ranch, it's no surprise this chip brand has a cool stylized triangle on its bags.
Doritos.
3: In the Holocene Epoch, we've had a "medieval cool period" from 1250 to 1500 and a "little" one of these just after.
an ice age.
4: Riff in this Broadway musical suggests that despite the rocket you may have in your pocket, "Keep coolly cool, boy".
West Side Story.
5: Who knew gangsters could thrive in Hollywood? "Be Cool" was this novelist's follow-up to "Get Shorty".
Elmore Leonard.
Round 3. Category: The Jeopardy! School Of Enlightenment
1: Boundless capacity, or a number greater than any countable quantity.
infinity.
2: Another word for compassion; Jesus said those who practice it will have it shown to them.
mercy.
3: A learned, venerable person; it sounds like an aromatic herb of the mint family used to season food.
sage.
4: As taught by Lao Tzu, this is "the way", the religion of living a virtuous life of humility and piety.
Taoism.
5: It can mean the lighting used to decorate a building, or someone's spiritual or intellectual understanding.
illumination.
Round 4. Category: Complete The Hugo Award-Winning Title
1: 1960:"blank Troopers" by Robert Heinlein.
Starship.
2: 1970:'The Left Hand of blank" by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Darkness.
3: 1974:"blank With Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke.
Rendezvous.
4: 1968:"I Have No Mouth, and I Must blank " by Harlan Ellison.
Scream.
5: 1961:"A blank for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr..
Canticle.
Round 5. Category: Villainous Movie Schemes
1: In a 1973 film Edward Fox, as an assassin with the code name of this other canine, tried to kill de Gaulle.
The Jackal.
2: In "Space Jam" the alien Nerdlucks kidnap Looney Tunes stars, who turn to this man for help.
Michael Jordan.
3: Rebecca de Mornay, not Fran Drescher, uses this job to get revenge in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".
Nanny.
4: 1988 film in which Alan Rickman takes over a high-rise building to steal bonds.
Die Hard.
5: 1996 film in which John Travolta takes time out from his job as an Air Force pilot to steal bombs.
Broken Arrow.
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February 22, 2024Episode 1107 - "da" or "ba" or "dee" - Sports films - Home states - 7, 8 or 9 - As a young man
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1107, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Da Or Ba Or Dee. With Da" Or "Ba" Or "Dee in quotes
1: When Santa gives these creatures P.T.O. in the summer, some travel up to 800 miles for grazing grounds.
reindeer.
2: It's the last name of a film character played by both Gary Cooper and Adam Sandler.
Deeds.
3: Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America.
marimba.
4: It's a word describing motorcyclist Bud Ekins, or the name of a Marvel hero.
daredevil.
5: Herb Caen referred to San Francisco as this place "by-the-Bay".
Baghdad.
Round 2. Category: Sports Films
1: Sylvester Stallone was inspired to write this film after seeing underdog Chuck Wepner take on Muhammad Ali.
Rocky.
2: In "Knute Rockne: All American", this actor delivered the famous deathbed line "Win one for the Gipper".
Ronald Reagan.
3: This 1981 film about 2 participants in the 1924 Olympics ran off with 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
Chariots of Fire.
4: Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins struck up a romance after meeting on the set of this baseball flick.
Bull Durham.
5: This 1977 film featured Paul Newman as aging hockey coach Reggie Dunlop.
Slap Shot.
Round 3. Category: Home States
1: Butch Cassidy,Roseanne,Donny Osmond.
Utah.
2: Robert Motherwell,Kurt Cobain,Bill Gates.
Washington.
3: Thomas Dewey,Henry Ford,Madonna.
Michigan.
4: Dana Carvey,Evel Knievel,Jeannette Rankin.
Montana.
5: Amelia Earhart,Edgar Lee Masters,Dennis Hopper.
Kansas.
Round 4. Category: 7, 8 Or 9
1: Number of Snow White's height-challenged housemates.
7.
2: The one that starts with 2 vowels.
8.
3: In the famous Christmas poem, Santa's sleigh is pulled by this many tiny reindeer.
8.
4: Number of classic "Ancient Wonders" that included the Colossus of Rhodes.
7.
5: Some people compare happiness to being on this number cloud.
9.
Round 5. Category: As A Young Man
1: …He covered the Boer War for the Morning Post, got captured, escaped and became a national hero.
Winston Churchill.
2: …as a pre-teen this "Le Nozze di Figaro" composer wrote a one-act German singspiel.
Mozart.
3: …he was tutored by Aristotle and then beat Darius III at Issus.
Alexander the Great.
4: …in the 1300s B.C. he made Thebes Egypt's capital and changed his name to honor Amon.
Tutankhamon.
5: …he ran his brother's senatorial campaign, then investigated Hoffa and the Teamsters.
Bobby Kennedy.
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February 21, 2024Episode 1106 - European lit - First 3 letters of states - Word up! - Health and fitness - Singing solo
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1106, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: European Lit
1: Yannis Ritsos' poetry collection "O Epitafios" was symbolically burned at the foot of this hill.
the Acropolis.
2: This 1759 Voltaire work attacks optimism by putting the title trusting young man through misery.
Candide.
3: Her diary was originally published in Dutch in 1947 as "Het Achterhuis".
Anne Frank.
4: When he lashed Norwegian society in "A Doll's House", he had been in his homeland only once in 15 years.
Ibsen.
5: "Outpouring Of The Heart Of An Art-Loving Lay Brother" from 1797 is called the first German work in this movement.
romanticism.
Round 2. Category: First 3 Letters Of States
1: It's a number.
Tennessee.
2: Past tense of "is".
Washington.
3: Rock containing a sought-after metal.
Oregon.
4: Grifters are this kind of "men".
Connecticut.
5: Jeremy Piven's agent role.
Arizona.
Round 3. Category: Word Up!
1: Wet, sticky substance campaigners "sling".
mud.
2: A thesaurus lists among this 2-letter word's synonyms: "Over one's dead body" and "Not for all the tea in China".
no.
3: Insult a Finn and he may just turn his other poski, this.
cheek.
4: Change your attitude, or rather one letter in attitude, to get this word meaning "height".
altitude.
5: As a noun, it's a short whip; as a verb, to trim a photo.
Crop.
Round 4. Category: Health And Fitness
1: On the BMI, this index, 25.0 to 29.9 is overweight; 30.0 and above is obese.
the Body Mass Index.
2: The 4 basic food groups identified by U.S. nutritionists as necessary to maintain good health.
dairy products, grains, fruits and vegetables, and meat and fish.
3: You should visit your dentist right away if you notice these are swollen or bleed easily.
gums.
4: Researchers claim that between 7 and 7.9 hours of this activity nightly correlates best with longevity.
sleep.
5: In October 1986, she had 3 different fitness tapes on the top ten videocassette sales list.
Jane Fonda.
Round 5. Category: Singing Solo
1: "Kodachrome" and"Slip Slidin' Away".
Paul Simon.
2: "Irreplaceable" and"If I Were A Boy".
Beyoncé.
3: "Fortress Around Your Heart" and"We'll Be Together".
Sting.
4: "Mad About You" and"Heaven Is A Place On Earth".
Belinda Carlisle.
5: "Centerfield" and"The Old Man Down The Road".
John Fogerty.
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February 20, 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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February 20, 2024Episode 1105 - They don't live on sesame street - Yes, i've eton - Consumer products - Composers all around - How inspirational
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1105, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: They Don'T Live On Sesame Street
1: South African-born Ernie Els is a longtime standout performer in this pro sport.
golf.
2: Bert wasn't a doctor, but Dr. Paul Bert made important studies of divers with decompression sickness, also known as this.
the bends.
3: Accompanying him on his post-White House trek to the Amazon, Kermit was the second son of this U.S. president.
Theodore Roosevelt.
4: Big birds of the world include the 6-foot, 30-pound Dalmatian variety of this avian with a large bill and an elastic throat pouch.
a pelican.
5: The grandfather of this Broadway lyricist was a major impresario of Vaudeville and opera.
Oscar Hammerstein.
Round 2. Category: Yes, I'Ve Eton
1: He hopefully had a ball at Eton before going on to write "Thunderball".
Fleming.
2: We know he revisited his "Brave New World" in 1958, but we don't know if he attended any Eton reunions.
(Aldous) Huxley.
3: Marshall Field III, who had fun times at Eton, merged his Sun and Times papers in this city in 1948.
Chicago.
4: James Oglethorpe went to Eton, did other stuff, then founded this colony in America.
Georgia.
5: As a student at Eton, he did not have his own laptop computer, despite being second in line to the British throne.
Prince William.
Round 3. Category: Consumer Products
1: Released in 1956 as a "house and garden bug killer", it uses the ad line "Kills Bugs Dead".
Raid.
2: In 1989 this shoemaker introduced The Pump, a hot-selling inflatable sports shoe.
Reebok.
3: During WWII this 100% whole wheat breakfast cereal contained "12 Large Biscuits" in every box.
Shredded Wheat.
4: Originally just an apple, this firm's trademark became one of the first used for textiles in 1871.
Fruit of the Loom.
5: This all-purpose "Formula" for cleaning is named after the number of tries it took to get it right.
Formula 409.
Round 4. Category: Composers All Around
1: Music Tim Carleton wrote at age 16 was used by phone maker Cisco and has been heard by millions as this--your call is important to us.
hold music.
2: A 1974 march for tuba by Luciano Michelini became the circusy-sounding theme to this HBO comedy.
Curb Your Enthusiasm.
3: Known as "The Bong", the 5-note theme for this chip maker "Inside" a lot of computers was composed in 1994 by Walter Werzowa.
Intel.
4: BJ Leiderman wrote themes for NPR programs like "Morning Edition" and this Saturday and Sunday counterpart.
Weekend Edition.
5: Adam Schlesinger of this "Stacy's Mom" band also composed 157 songs for TV's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend".
Fountains of Wayne.
Round 5. Category: How Inspirational
1: When your prom date leaves the dance without you, recall the proverb, this "heals all wounds".
time.
2: This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope".
Francis.
3: Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business".
forgive.
4: In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin.
peace.
5: This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good".
Voltaire.
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February 19, 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.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min
February 19, 2024Episode 1104 - Confirmation code is rlktd - The "mother" of all words - Chamber music - Buff actors - Nfl rules
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1104, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Confirmation Code Is Rlktd
1: R as in this unusual way 1950s football lineman Bob St. Clair liked his meat.
raw.
2: L as in this island event where you literally pig out.
a luau.
3: K as in this brown seaweed that can be used as soup stock or turned into a powder for use as a seasoning.
kelp.
4: T as in this old word, a promise to marry that you might plight.
troth.
5: D as in this word for a quilt that in French means a bird's plumage.
duvet.
Round 2. Category: The Mother Of All Words. With Mother in quotation marks
1: A female sponsor for a child at baptism.
a godmother.
2: Title for a female adult leader of a small group of Cub Scouts.
a den mother.
3: Nacre.
mother-of-pearl.
4: It's what Emma Lazarus called the Statue of Liberty in her poem for it.
the Mother of Exiles.
5: The H110MX-S is this product from Foxconn.
a motherboard.
Round 3. Category: Chamber Music
1: A 1996 sonata by Lowell Lieberman is for flute and this, also a popular pairing at weddings.
a harp.
2: Though pianists like Rubinstein might protest, Brahms' 2-player opus 78 is known as this instrument's sonata.
violin.
3: A violinist, cellist and pianist from Denmark rhymingly call themselves this "con Brio".
a Trio.
4: Bela Bartok wrote a trio called "Rhapsody" for this woodwind whose sound opens "Rhapsody In Blue".
clarinet.
5: This composer's "Musical Offering" is based on a theme given him by Frederick the Great in 1747.
Bach.
Round 4. Category: Buff Actors
1: 45 seconds of Sharon Stone and this naked actor were cut from "Basic Instinct" to get an R rating.
Michael Douglas.
2: In his 1995 film "Braveheart", this actor-director showed us what Scotsmen wear under their kilts.
Mel Gibson.
3: Holly Hunter was speechless when Harvey Keitel exposed himself in this 1993 film.
The Piano.
4: Killer Schwarzenegger cyborg whose time travel device can't send his clothes with him.
the Terminator.
5: Jaye Davidson surprised movie audiences when he slipped out of his clothes in this 1992 film.
The Crying Game.
Round 5. Category: Nfl Rules
1: (Hi, I'm Brian Mitchell.) A punt returner who waves his hand over his head isn't swatting for flies, he's signaling for this.
a fair catch.
2: (I'm Dan Fouts, Hall of Famer.) As it should be, there's an automatic 15-yard penalty for roughing the kicker or this person.
the quarterback.
3: (Hi, I'm Keyshawn Johnson.) This infraction includes but is not limited to hooking the receiver, grabbing my arm, etc..
pass interference.
4: (Hi, I'm Hall of Famer Dan Hampton.) Also a hockey penalty, it's called for using the hands illegally -- hey, it was the only way to stop me.
holding.
5: (Hi, I'm Joey Galloway.) Only one player at a time may do this, run parallel to the line to confuse the defense.
go in motion.
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