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November 19, 2023Episode 1011 - "v" is for... - Our office fantasy football team names - College recommendations - Now that's comedy - Hollywood quotes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1011, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: V Is For.... With V in quotes
1: ...This male servant, or for an attendant who parks cars.

a valet.

2: This large open porch popular in the south.

veranda.

3: ...This mentholated product from Vicks that's used on the chest and throat to relieve coughing.

VapoRub.

4: ...This cocktail ingredient, "sweet" or "dry", that's found in a Manhattan.

vermouth.

5: ...These Scandinavian sea rovers who ravaged the coasts of Europe for about 300 years.

the Vikings.
Round 2. Category: Our Office Fantasy Football Team Names
1: "Every Little Wheeze Seems to Whisper" this Saints QB who threw for 5,069 yards in 2008.

Drew Brees.

2: Let's be "Fiddling While" this Cowboy QB "Burns"; he was hot when he won the D-1AA version of the Heisman.

Tony Romo.

3: Darn, somebody beat us to this Hall of Fame 1970s Dolphin fullback "and the Chocolate Factory".

Larry Csonka.

4: "I'm Just A" him, the Patriots head coach who won at least 10 games a season from 2003 to 2015.

Bill Belichick.

5: We'll have this 2-time Super Bowl-winning starting QB for the Steelers "To Go"; enjoy the 240-pounder!.

Roethlisberger.
Round 3. Category: College Recommendations
1: Don't walk on the brass "M" on the diag before your first test at this Ann Arbor school; legend says you'll flunk it if you do.

Michigan.

2: Volunteer as a test subject at this Cornhusker school that created the first undergraduate psychology lab.

Nebraska.

3: No bull! head to this Durham U. to see Cameron Indoor Stadium, conceived in 1935 on the back of a matchbook cover.

Duke (University).

4: Know that this college in Boston was named for founding president Charles W., not writer Ralph W..

Emerson College.

5: Be impressed that the $1 million given in 1873 to endow this U. was the Commodores only major philanthropy.

Vanderbilt.
Round 4. Category: Now That'S Comedy
1: In "Take the Money and Run", this comedian bungles a bank robbery because no one can read his note.

Woody Allen.

2: One of these David Letterman bits is "Least Popular Candy Bars"; No. 4 is "Good 'N' Linty".

the Top Ten List.

3: Buxom women losing their clothes was a staple of this comic's show, on British TV until 1989.

Benny Hill.

4: Danny Thomas was a master of this "Take" in which he'd get startling news while eating or drinking.

a spit take.

5: (Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone.) In an early stand-up routine, Bob Newhart instructs drivers of these on pulling away just as drivers reach the doors.

buses.
Round 5. Category: Hollywood Quotes
1: Vivien Leigh said of this role, "I knew it was a marvelous part, but I never cared for her".

Scarlett O'Hara.

2: Otto Preminger claimed directing Marilyn Monroe "was like directing" this famous collie.

Lassie.

3: Groucho said the only sure way to test a gag was to try it out on Zeppo, and if he liked it they did this.

threw it out.

4: Star of "She Done Him Wrong" who said, "I'm a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.".

Mae West.

5: This mustachioed comic quipped, "I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin".

Groucho Marx.
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November 18, 2023Episode 1010 - Asian places - Mnow your mnemonics - "sag" - Lesser-known superheroes - Saints' days
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1010, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Asian Places
1: Bandipur and Sanjay Gandhi are national parks in this nation.

India.

2: It was a small town until the opening of foreign trade made it China's largest city.

Shanghai.

3: We wonder if there's a village idiot in Moron, 350 miles west of Ulan Bator in this country.

Mongolia.

4: The smallest nation on the Bay of Bengal, most of it is less than 50 feet above sea level.

Bangladesh.

5: Not to be confused with Yakutsk, this region found on the Risk board lies just west of Lake Baikal.

Irkutsk.
Round 2. Category: Mnow Your Mnemonics
1: "Roy G. Biv" is a mnemonic for the 7 colors of this.

the rainbow (or spectrum).

2: "India's big, but Africa's bigger, the same as their" these animals, "easy to figure".

elephants.

3: "R'n'B" will help you remember how to set up these pieces from left to right on a chessboard.

rooks, bishops and knights.

4: "MMVENUSJ" is a mnemonic for the size of these, from smallest to largest (it recently lost its "P").

the planets.

5: "The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the other 2 sides" is for this guy's theorem.

Pythagoras.
Round 3. Category: Sag. With Sag in quotes
1: Michigan bay that's part of Lake Huron.

Saginaw Bay.

2: It's the ninth astrological sign.

Sagittarius.

3: It's purple in a popular Zane Grey title.

sage (Riders of the Purple Sage).

4: Giant succulent of the American Southwest.

the saguaro cactus.

5: Teddy Roosevelt's New York mansion.

Sagamore Hill.
Round 4. Category: Lesser-Known Superheroes
1: He tried to wash away the bad guys' sins by immersing them in water.

Baptizer.

2: He could put the bad guys in a trance with a swing of his pocket watch, which actually sounds pretty nifty.

Hypnotizer.

3: This guy has a way of making any situation seem unimportant and trifling.

Minimizer (or Trivializer).

4: When it comes to cutting expenses and finding deals to stay under budget, this superhero saves the day.

Economizer.

5: He has a unique power--everything he touches turns to rust.

Oxidizer.
Round 5. Category: Saints' Days
1: On April 23 dragons tend to tell him, "You slay me, you really slay me".

Saint George.

2: Joseph of Arimathea shares this day with Patrick.

March 17.

3: It's no mystery Christie and Sayers celebrated these 2 saints on February 5 and 6.

Agatha and Dorothy.

4: She waltzes in with a March 14 date, mate.

Saint Matilda.

5: December 1 is the day for this saint who was "Elsewhere" on TV.

Saint Eligius.
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November 17, 2023Episode 1009 - Decades of no. 1-rated tv shows - Toast - Long-running tv shows - Complete the opera title - Software that bytes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1009, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Decades Of No. 1-Rated Tv Shows
1: So what's the deal with this stand-up comic having the No. 1 show in 1998? Guess he won the contest after all!.

Jerry Seinfeld.

2: Wah! Ricky, I wanna be in the show!--Well, honey, this show of ours got a 67.3 rating in the 1952-53 season, so okay! You're in!.

I Love Lucy.

3: In 2016 "Sunday Night Football" blitzed the competition as Cris Collinsworth and this play-by-play man led the league.

Al Michaels.

4: Come and listen to my story 'bout a sitcom named this, No. 1 in 1963.

The Beverly Hillbillies.

5: This actor and his "All in the Family" character Archie Bunker ruled from 1972 to '76.

Carroll O'Connor.

Round 2. Category: Toast
1: StarKist's recipe for this grilled sandwich includes toast, onion, celery, mayo and cheese.

a tuna melt.

2: "Everything's better with" this margarine brand on my toast.

Blue Bonnet.

3: Cole's quality foods claims the 1970s introduction of this Italian restaurant bread in frozen form.

garlic bread.

4: If you're ailing, your diet might be reduced to toast and this, such as Lady Grey.

tea.

5: I like to spread the jelly of this tropical fruit on my muffin.

a guava.

Round 3. Category: Long-Running Tv Shows
1: Decades of choices and wacky costumes on "Let's Make a Deal" began with Monty Hall as host; this guy got the job in 2009.

Wayne Brady.

2: As a boy, this current host of "Meet the Press" watched the show with his father.

Tim Russert.

3: When this talk show premiered nationally 67 years ago, it was hosted by Steve Allen and Willie Mays was one of the first guests.

The Tonight Show.

4: The current theme music for this show around since 1947 was composed by John Williams and is titled "The Pulse Of Events".

Meet the Press.

5: (Backstage at the Emmys: Hi, I'm Jay Leno, and the answer is:) My "Tonight Show" predecessor, Johnny Carson, became the full-time host after this man quit in March of 1962.

Jack Paar.

Round 4. Category: Complete The Opera Title
1: Mozart: "The blank Flute".

Magic.

2: Wagner: "blank und Isolde".

Tristan.

3: Gluck: "Orfeo ed blank".

Euridice.

4: Offenbach: "The Tales of blank".

Hoffmann.

5: Donizetti: "Lucia di blank".

Lammermoor.

Round 5. Category: Software That Bytes
1: A dangerous new virus is actually 2 files which share their names with these 2 Shakespearean lovers.

Romeo and Juliet.

2: A virus was sent as a picture of this 20-year-old tennis star; needless to say it was a popular virus.

Anna Kournikova.

3: Every March 6 your computer can be infected by this virus named for a Renaissance artist.

Michelangelo.

4: This "pest" virus that originated in the Philippines was sent via an amorous attachment.

Love Bug Virus.

5: A type of virus is named after this surreptitious instrument of war used by ancient Greeks.

Trojan Horse.

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November 15, 2023Episode 1008 - Theme songs - Official state symbols - The twin cities - Let's learn some semaphore - Olympic city attractions
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1008, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Theme Songs
1: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?".

Mister Rogers.

2: "Everybody Loves Somebody".

Dean Martin.

3: "Love in Bloom".

Jack Benny.

4: "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain".

Kate Smith.

5: "The Fishin' Hole".

The Andy Griffith Show.

Round 2. Category: Official State Symbols
1: Oregon picked the Chinook type of this as its state fish.

salmon.

2: These, discovered in Arkansas in 1906, are the state gem; a state park is a Crater of them.

diamonds.

3: South Dakota's nickname mentions this landmark.

Mount Rushmore.

4: California's state motto is this Greek word that means "I have found it!".

eureka.

5: This state rock of Iowa has a name derived from Greek for "earthlike".

geode.

Round 3. Category: The Twin Cities
1: One of St. Paul's architectural highlights is this 1905 building with a marble dome.

Capitol Building.

2: Ya sure, go to Minneapolis' Park Avenue to visit the institute devoted to this ethnic group.

Swedes.

3: The Twins and Vikings play in the Metrodome, named for this politician.

Hubert H. Humphrey.

4: Word for the pedestrian shopping area of Nicollet Avenue, less imposing than this nearby one "of America".

Mall.

5: In Minneapolis' name, polis is Greek for "city" and minne is an Indian word meaning this substance.

Water.

Round 4. Category: Let'S Learn Some Semaphore
1: At least one of us on stage has this name.

Alex.

2: If you need to semaphore for help, these 3 letters here will do just fine.

SOS.

3: This in the clue is much worse than its bite.

bark.

4: Listen up, it's the body part semaphored here.

ear.

5: Stop, yield, then go one way to this 4-letter term.

sign.

Round 5. Category: Olympic City Attractions
1: The Theatre of Dionysus.

Athens.

2: The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum.

Atlanta.

3: The Anheuser-Busch Consumer Hospitality Center.

St. Louis.

4: The House of Culture, designed by Alvar Aalto.

Helsinki.

5: The Museu Picasso.

Barcelona.

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November 14, 2023Episode 1007 - Shake, rattle and roll with science - Today's horoscope - Muhammad ali at 70 - Louisianians - Iron man
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1007, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Shake, Rattle And Roll With Science
1: In these events Love waves shake the ground rather than rolling it.

earthquakes.

2: Each time a rattlesnake does this, a new segment is added to its rattle.

sheds skin.

3: Also meaning to upset someone, it's a fancy chemistry word for "shake", as in "Stopper the tube and blank the solution".

agitate.

4: When you roll through a loop-de-loop on roller coasters, this 7-letter property keeps you in your seat.

inertia.

5: Once the mace cover is removed, the seed is dried and this spice can be heard rattling inside and is now ready for harvest.

nutmeg.

Round 2. Category: Today'S Horoscope
1: This "chaste" sixth sign of the Zodiac gets bold today! You're feminine, but you can play with the big boys!.

Virgo.

2: This sign has carried the water for "ages"! You're positive! Make things happen today!.

Aquarius.

3: (June 21 - July 22)Why so crabby?.

Cancer.

4: This masculine, mutable air sign is ruled by Mercury and knows there are 2 sides to everything, so think twice today!.

Gemini.

5: This December-January sign is negative and can be stubborn, but not today; relax and you'll respond.

Capricorn.

Round 3. Category: Muhammad Ali At 70
1: Future heavyweight Muhammad Ali was born in Louisville Jan, 17, 1942 and named this.

Cassius (Marcellus) Clay.

2: Ali won a light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in this European capital.

Rome.

3: Ali first took the heavyweight title with a 1964 upset win over this man.

Sonny Liston.

4: In 2011 Ali said of this man, "the world has lost a great champion"; he had less kind things to say in the '70s.

(Joe) Frazier.

5: For 8 years this actor insisted he wasn't up to playing Ali, but in the end Ali said, "I even thought he was me".

Will Smith.

Round 4. Category: Louisianians
1: This fitness guru who grew up big in Louisiana now urges, "One should eat to live; not live to eat".

Richard Simmons.

2: "My Favorite Martian" on TV, he's really from New Orleans.

Ray Walston.

3: Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire! He hails from Ferriday.

Jerry Lee Lewis.

4: This sportscaster and former QB from Shreveport led the Steelers to Super Bowl titles in '75, '76, '79 and '80.

Terry Bradshaw.

5: This Texas doctor famous for his advances in heart surgery is a transplant from Lake Charles, LA.

Michael DeBakey.

Round 5. Category: Iron Man
1: On Sept. 20, 1998 Ryan Minor replaced Cal Ripken Jr. of this team, ending Cal's incredible consecutive game streak.

the Orioles.

2: From 1955 to 1962 Glenn Hall started an NHL record 502 consecutive games at this position, playing some of it on his knees.

goalkeeper.

3: In 2018 bowler Alastair Cook broke a record by playing in his 154th straight test match in this sport.

cricket.

4: Averaging 41.6 yards for each time he took the field, Jeff Feagles played in 352 straight NFL games at this position.

punter.

5: Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games and also collected 3 championship rings with this team.

the L.A. Lakers.

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November 13, 2023Episode 1006 - Obvious answers - All you need is "ove" - Dancing stars - In trouble with the fcc - The carolinas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1006, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Obvious Answers
1: This machine that produces printed letters on paper can be spelled using just letters on a typewriter's top row.

Typewriter.

2: William Tyler Page, who wrote "The American's Creed" that the House adopted in 1918, had this job there in 1881.

Page.

3: In an April 17, 1965 speech in Johnson City, Texas, this president rejected appeals to halt the bombing in Vietnam.

Lyndon B. Johnson.

4: Millenios, a new cereal for the year 2000, contained 2 types of bits, little zeros and little these.

Twos.

5: Milestones in this director's career include "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "A Walk in the Sun".

Lewis Milestone.

Round 2. Category: All You Need Is Ove. With Ove in quotation marks
1: Bird of the Columbidae family.

a dove.

2: A hitter wears them on his hands.

batting glove.

3: To desire something that belongs to someone else.

covet.

4: To linger around a particular place.

hover.

5: To aim a gun directly at someone.

cover.

Round 3. Category: Dancing Stars
1: He cut a rug with Cameron Diaz in "The Mask".

Jim Carrey.

2: Tina Fey said acting with Alec Baldwin is like this man dancing with a hatrack--he makes the hatrack look good.

Fred Astaire.

3: He danced with cartoon mouse Jerry (as in Tom and) in "Anchors Aweigh", the film that established him as a superstar.

Gene Kelly.

4: She danced with the animated MC Skat Kat in the video to her 1990 no. 1 hit "Opposites Attract".

Paula Abdul.

5: A lowlight of this Brat Packer's career: singing and dancing with Snow White at the Academy Awards in 1989.

Rob Lowe.

Round 4. Category: In Trouble With The Fcc
1: A $550,000 fine on CBS for her revealing 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was later overturned.

Janet Jackson.

2: A $500,000 hit for a discussion about Richard Gere was one of many fines for this shock jock; no wonder he went to satellite!.

Howard Stern.

3: The FCC rebuked NBC for a 1937 radio skit about Adam and Eve by this suggestive "I'm No Angel" blonde.

Mae West.

4: On May 17, 1972 this comedian recorded his "7 Dirty Words" bit and the FCC started dealing with that a year later.

George Carlin.

5: In 1989 a station was fined $2,000 for playing "Erotic City" by this funky musician.

Prince.

Round 5. Category: The Carolinas
1: North Carolina supplied 1/4 of the casualties to the losing side in this war.

Civil War.

2: A 1971 Supreme Court case brought this mobile method of racial integration to Charlotte, N,C..

Busing.

3: In 1902 "In The Good Old Summertime" was a hit and this current senator was born in Edgefield, S.C..

Strom Thurmond.

4: During WWII the Army trained its first 2 airborne divisions at this N.C. fort.

Fort Bragg.

5: It's about 200 miles between these 2 capital cities of the Carolinas.

Columbia and Raleigh.

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November 12, 2023Episode 1005 - Brazilian geography - They still make that? - Geo, dude - Give us "z" answer!!! - Beatles songs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1005, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Brazilian Geography
1: 2 of this Brazilian city's most popular beaches are Flamengo and Ipanema.

Rio de Janeiro.

2: The selva is this vast, ecologically important area where it sounds like you'll need your umbrella.

the rainforest.

3: Brazil's tourism industry depends in part on these spectacular falls on the border with Argentina.

Iguazu Falls.

4: Add two letters to the name of a river to get this state, so big it borders three countries.

Amazonas.

5: This planned city in Brazil's vast interior has grown from being a construction project in 1956 to 2.6 million people today.

Brasilia.

Round 2. Category: They Still Make That?
1: KTS Productions still makes these tapes perfect for your custom van--What? No Frampton?.

an 8-track.

2: Put your hands together for this gizmo seen on TV since 1985--but don't turn me off while you're at it.

The Clapper.

3: American Safety Razor /Still makes this stuff, dear /Give us your response /It goes here.

Burma-Shave.

4: You can still get these CO2 candies introduced in 1975 (don't worry, that kid from the Life ad didn't really O.D. on 'em).

Pop Rocks.

5: This "exclusive" fashion brand for which Anthony Geary did ads relaunched in 2008.

Members Only.

Round 3. Category: Geo, Dude
1: We're gonna par-tay at this beach, 60 miles northeast of Orlando, and watch 500 miles of left turns at its intl. speedway!.

Daytona.

2: Yo Broseph! We'll show respect in this capital as we visit the Peace Tower's Memorial Chamber honoring Canada's war dead.

Ottawa.

3: Your period drama won Grand Prix at the film festival in this resort city in Alpes-Maritimes DÃ©partement?! Way to go, bruh!.

Cannes.

4: Lafitte's blacksmith shop...isn't one? It says it is "the oldest structure used as a bar in the U.S.", on this N.O. St.? We're so there!.

Bourbon Street.

5: Come for some bro time and catch walleye on this Great Lake; my buddy in Sandusky, Ohio says we can crash at his place.

Lake Erie.

Round 4. Category: Give Us Z Answer!!!. With Z in quotation marks
1: Castor and Pollux are the twin sons of this god.

Zeus.

2: This Hungarian enjoyed a single day of wedded bliss with Felipe de Alba in 1982.

Zsa Zsa Gabor.

3: Leader of the musical Mothers of Invention.

Frank Zappa.

4: A compound of this element, atomic number 30, is used in lotions as a sunscreen.

zinc.

5: It's home to the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Zagreb.

Round 5. Category: Beatles Songs
1: "Father McKenzie, writing the words/Of a sermon that no one will hear".

"Eleanor Rigby".

2: "Well she was just seventeen/You know what I mean".

"I Saw Her Standing There".

3: For Paul McCartney, this Beatles song title will become true on June 18, 2006.

"When I'm Sixty-Four".

4: "Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, come and keep your comrade warm" here, the title of a '68 song.

"Back in the U.S.S.R.".

5: He's "as blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see".

"Nowhere Man".

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November 11, 2023Episode 1004 - Cold words - The voice of god - Drive my car - Which document came first? - Name that critter
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1004, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cold Words
1: This cool admonition to calm down has been paired with Netflix.

chill.

2: It's the geographic area above the circle of latitude at 66 1/2 degrees north.

the Arctic Circle.

3: Meaning briskly cold, it's also a frozen dessert from Wendy's.

a Frosty.

4: A poem by William Carlos Williams begins, "I have eaten the plums that were in" this, not the refrigerator--it was 1934.

the icebox.

5: Originally a nautical term meaning closer to the wind, it means to be unfriendly or reserved, distant and uninvolved.

aloof.

Round 2. Category: The Voice Of God
1: God promised Noah, "Neither shall there any more be" one of these "to destroy the Earth".

Flood.

2: "The Lord said unto Moses, go in unto" this ruler: "for I have hardened his heart".

Pharaoh.

3: Before setting a mark on him, the Lord promised, "Whoever slayeth" him, "vengeance shall be taken" sevenfold.

Cain.

4: The Lord asked Satan if he had considered this servant, "A perfect and an upright man".

Job.

5: At the start of this man's book, God tells him, "Moses my servant is dead: now therefore arise...".

Joshua.

Round 3. Category: Drive My Car
1: Its Wrangler wrangled an award--2019 MotorTrend SUV of the Year.

Jeep.

2: This brand dropped its famous second name to combine with Maybach for the $200,000 S 650.

Mercedes.

3: Take a ride in this Asian automaker's Telluride, or in its sportier K5.

Kia.

4: It's letter perfect with the i8, surprisingly not made by Apple.

BMW.

5: Its 488 Pista Spider has 710 horses under your foot and no roof over your head.

Ferrari.

Round 4. Category: Which Document Came First?
1: Hammurabi's Code,the Edict of Milan,the Koran.

Hammurabi's Code.

2: The Treaties of Utrecht,the Magna Carta,the 95 Theses.

the Magna Carta.

3: The Federalist Papers,the Articles of Confederation,the Declaration of Independence.

the Declaration of Independence.

4: The Fourteen Points,the U.N. Charter,"Mein Kampf".

the Fourteen Points.

5: NAFTA,the German Reunification Treaty,the Good Friday Agreement.

the German Reunification Treaty.

Round 5. Category: Name That Critter
1: Panthera tigris.

a tiger.

2: Ursus arctos horribilis.

a grizzly bear.

3: Mus musculus.

a mouse.

4: Gymnogyps californianus.

California condor.

5: Loxodonta africana.

African elephant.

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November 11, 2023Episode 1003 - The toast of... - It bears my name - Airborne - A century of food - Breakfast time
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1003, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Toast Of...
1: The toast of this city is the piled-high honey toast that originated around its Shibuya Station.

Tokyo.

2: The toast of Sydney was spread with this in the '90s by restaurateur Bill Granger and the dish became trendy in America.

avocado.

3: The toast of Barcelona is often pan con tomate, one of the infinite variety of these Spanish small plates.

tapas.

4: The toast of London may be topped with these, especially from a Heinz can, in a favorite British dish.

beans.

5: The toast of Rome is often mozzarella on these, Italian for "little toasts".

crostini.
Round 2. Category: It Bears My Name
1: This one of the 13 colonies.

Pennsylvania.

2: This landlocked South American country.

Bolivia.

3: This home of the main campus of the University of Arkansas.

Fayetteville.

4: This kingdom.

Saudi Arabia.

5: These 2 states of Australia.

Victoria and Queensland.
Round 3. Category: Airborne
1: It figures that Otto was the name of the autopilot in this 1980 movie comedy in the clouds.

Airplane!.

2: Tom Hanks and several FedEx packages survive a particularly bumpy flight in this film.

Cast Away.

3: Nicolas Cage plays Cameron Poe, a prisoner with a heart of gold, in this flighty film.

Con Air.

4: One of the President's own men is a terrorist when the title plane gets hijacked in this 1997 actioner.

Air Force One.

5: Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick were both nominated for Oscars for this 2009 film.

Up in the Air.
Round 4. Category: A Century Of Food
1: A San Pedro, California packer first put this fish into cans in 1903; its casserole wasn't introduced until the '30s.

Tuna.

2: George Bush vetoed this veggie 62 years after it was brought to the U.S. from Italy.

Broccoli.

3: In 1949 Charles Lubin introduced a cheesecake with this name, his daughter's.

Sara Lee.

4: Mr. Cardini's 1924 invention, it was called "The greatest recipe to originate from the Americas in 50 years".

Caesar salad.

5: Reuben Mattus created this ice cream (and its Danish-sounding name) in the Bronx in 1961.

Haagen-Dazs.
Round 5. Category: Breakfast Time
1: Enjoy that muesli--I'll be having this Quaker Oats cereal that debuted in 1963 along with its sailing man mascot.

Cap'n Crunch.

2: Nothing better than one of these classic donuts that shares its name with a venerable whiskey cocktail.

an old-fashioned.

3: A traditional Japanese breakfast might include this soup made with the same-named soybean paste as well as tofu and scallions.

miso.

4: How about a spot of this? Espresso with a thin foam of steamed milk, from Italian for "spotted".

a macchiato.

5: This Hawaiian dish with a rhyming name is white rice topped with hamburger, a fried egg and gravy.

loco moco.
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November 09, 2023Episode 1002 - Quick moby-dick - Souvenirs - Bible book shorthand - College vocabulary - Movie by song lyrics
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1002, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Quick Moby-Dick
1: Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end.

the Rachel.

2: Melville's subtitle for the first American edition.

The Whale.

3: The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad tats.

Queequeg.

4: Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated.

Nathaniel Hawthorne.

5: The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83.

Jonah.

Round 2. Category: Souvenirs
1: This curved throwing club of the Aborigines is an excellent souvenir--it'll always come back to you.

a boomerang.

2: A green foam crown with 7 points is a popular souvenir of this national monument.

the Statue of Liberty.

3: Many snow globes feature this clock tower of London's Houses of Parliament.

Big Ben.

4: Many souvenirs from Gibraltar feature these "apes" that call the peninsula home.

the Barbary apes.

5: When you visit the country just south of Kenya, you can bring home some of this mineral named for it.

tanzanite.

Round 3. Category: Bible Book Shorthand
1: Salacious serpent dispenses bad dietary advice.

Genesis.

2: Big fish puts the bite on a reluctant prophet.

Jonah.

3: Brother's bovine effigy bothers big boy.

Exodus.

4: Writing on the wall breaks up party.

Daniel.

5: Loyal daughter-in-law is betrothed in Bethlehem.

Ruth.

Round 4. Category: College Vocabulary
1: Russet and tan are shades of this Ivy Leaguer.

Brown.

2: A botanist might call this Houston school Oryza sativa.

Rice.

3: In Britain this Southern school would have a peerage and rank just below prince.

Duke.

4: In Wisconsin, it's a yellow cheese; in Maine, it's a 2,000-student college.

Colby.

5: A Portland liberal arts college, or part of an oboe's mouthpiece.

a reed.

Round 5. Category: Movie By Song Lyrics
1: "Springtime for Hitler, and Germany, Deutschland is happy and gay".

The Producers.

2: "Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how could I leave this behind?".

This Is Spinal Tap.

3: "I gave my love a chicken, that had no bones, I gave my love a story, that had no end, I gave..." (Bluto smashes guitar).

Animal House.

4: 1979:"Always look on the bright side of life... for life is quite absurd, and death's the final word".

Monty Python's Life of Brian.

5: "Blame Canada, blame Canada, it seems that everything's gone wrong since Canada came along".

South Park.

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