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August 20, 2022Episode 556 - Automobile Trivia - What's "Nu" - Classic Tv Catchphrases - Celebrities' Original Names - Even-Toed Ungulates
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 556, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Automobile Trivia
1: =.

=.

2: The roofs of London taxicabs have extra height so gentlemen won't knock these off.

tophats.

3: Most automobile horns beep on this note, 4th of the C scale.

F.

4: According to 1980 census, within 5%, the % of all cars in the world that are in the U.S..

37.9%.

5: At $500,000, most expensive custom car was this make and model, made in 1968 for Secret Service.

Lincoln Continental.
Round 2. Category: What's "Nu"
1: In law, when you're doing something that's offensive to the community, you're a public this.

nuisance.

2: NBA team that makes its home at 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, Colorado.

Denver Nuggets.

3: Referring to the things going on at a marriage ceremony, they may be impending.

nuptials.

4: Meaning "stupid", it's how Moe referred to Larry or Curly.

numbskull.

5: It's a family group of a father, mother and children (not necessarily radioactive).

nuclear family.
Round 3. Category: Classic Tv Catchphrases
1: "Good night, John-Boy".

The Waltons.

2: "Your mission, Jim, should you choose to accept it...".

Mission: Impossible.

3: "The tribe has spoken" are words familiarly spoken by him.

Jeff Probst.

4: In the early 60s, Maynard G. Krebs would say, "You rang?"; later this "Addams Family" character used it too.

Lurch.

5: No one could say, "Jane, you ignorant slut" like this man who made it famous.

Dan Aykroyd.
Round 4. Category: Celebrities' Original Names
1: Actor Nicholas Coppola.

Nicolas Cage.

2: West Winger Ramon Estevez.

Martin Sheen.

3: "Seinfeld" co-star Jay Greenspan.

Jason Alexander.

4: Wrestler turned politician James Janos.

Jesse Ventura.

5: Wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson.

The Rock.
Round 5. Category: Even-Toed Ungulates
1: Its hump or humps, composed mainly of fat, may weigh 80 pounds or more.

camels.

2: At birth this mammal is over 6 feet tall, about 30% of its full adult height.

a giraffe.

3: The pygmy species of this "river horse" spends less time in the water and more time in the forest.

hippopotamus.

4: Between 1850 and 1889, their number on the American plains decreased from 20,000,000 to 541.

buffalo (or bison).

5: Sometimes called the ugliest animal in the world, this African pig has bumps below each eye.

a warthog.
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August 19, 2022Episode 555 - The Jackie Auction - In The News 2005 - Africana - The Rise Of The Machines - Washingtonians
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 555, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Flower Power
1: You can get a low-cal treat by sniffing Cosmos astrosanguineus, with the aroma of this sweet treat.

Chocolate.

2: This popular Christmas flower comes in several different colors, but the red variety is in greatest demand.

the poinsettia.

3: This "bruised" Maryland state flower is also called a yellow daisy.

Black-Eyed Susan.

4: A species of this beautiful tropical flower is classified as vanilla planifolia.

the orchid.

5: The term "perfect" refers to a flower that has both of these male and female reproductive organs.

Stamens and pistils.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 555, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Jackie Auction
1: Can we talk? This comedienne snapped up a French painting, saying it was for her daughter Melissa.

Joan Rivers.

2: A triple strand of these went for $211,500, even though they were fake.

pearls.

3: Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager paid $453,500 for this piece of furniture JFK used in the White House.

a rocking chair.

4: This husband of JFK's niece "terminated" the bidding for a set of Kennedy's golf clubs with $772,500.

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

5: The decorator who bought this item for $48,875 said the first thing he measured with it was his sanity.

a tape measure.
Round 2. Category: In The News 2005
1: This country's new president Ahmadinejad may have minored in embassy hostage taking in the 1970s.

Iran.

2: 12 years after approving NAFTA, Congress barely passed this trade deal opening southern markets.

CAFTA.

3: On Sept. 28, 2005 he stepped down as House Majority Leader (at least temporarily) upon being indicted.

Tom DeLay.

4: Napster's gone legit, but the Supreme Court ruled against this file-sharing company in MGM Studios v. it.

Grokster.

5: (Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.) On a busy March 16, 2005, I reported on Scott Peterson's death sentence and this actor's murder acquittal.

Robert Blake.
Round 3. Category: Africana
1: The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area.

Sahara.

2: The country's name is properly pronounced "Luh-Soo-Too", but is spelled this way.

L-E-S-O-T-H-O.

3: In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference and the first held on the continent.

South Africa.

4: A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania and Kenya.

Masai.

5: Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon.

The Mahdi.
Round 4. Category: The Rise Of The Machines
1: This refrigerator introduced in 1918 was named for a scientist who created a temperature scale.

Kelvinator.

2: Milestone machines using this type of energy include Clarence Kemp's 1891 water heater.

solar energy.

3: The 880-ton Hulett ore unloaders were built for ports like Cleveland and Ashtabula along this lake.

Lake Erie.

4: Barthelemy Thimmonier, an early maker of these machines, saw them smashed by a mob of angry tailors.

sewing machines.

5: In computers, the ILLIAC IV pioneered the simultaneous processing of many operations, known by this geometric term.

parallel processing.
Round 5. Category: Washingtonians
1: Since his death in 1970, some 100 albums of this guitarist's wo
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August 18, 2022Episode 554 - It's A Leap - Rock Trivia - On Colonial Maps - The 1955 Emmys - Peace
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 554, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: It's A Leap
1: It's the next year that will be a leap year.

2000.

2: Some of these largest marsupials can travel up to 16 feet in one leap.

Kangaroos.

3: In 1958 this country predicted its Great Leap Forward would establish a Communist utopia.

China.

4: In song Kenny Loggins and Bruce Springsteen are among artists who've taken a "leap of" this.

Faith.

5: This "Leviathan" philosopher's last words concerned his "leap in the dark".

Thomas Hobbes.
Round 2. Category: Rock Trivia
1: John Lennon insisted "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was inspired by a painting by this boy, his son.

Julian.

2: The original title of this Buddy Holly hit was "Cindy Lou".

"Peggy Sue".

3: The Stone Poneys' hit "Different Drum" was written by Mike Nesmith before he joined this group.

The Monkees.

4: In 1956, Elvis' initial 2-week run at this famous resort city was shortened due to poor audience response.

Las Vegas.

5: Their 1977 hit "We Are the Champions" was once the theme song of the N.Y. Cosmos soccer team.

Queen.
Round 3. Category: On Colonial Maps
1: Lubumbashi in the Congo was founded as Elisabethville, after a queen of this country.

Belgium.

2: Da Nang was called Tourane when the French controlled what's now this country.

Vietnam.

3: Occupied by Morocco, the area now called "Western" this was formerly "Spanish" this.

Sahara.

4: This independent state off the Malay Peninsula was once part of Britain's colony of the Straits Settlements.

Singapore.

5: What was once Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies, is today this capital.

Jakarta.
Round 4. Category: The 1955 Emmys
1: =.

=.

2: =.

=.

3: Set in a Kansas army camp, this show won 4 Emmys: Writing, Comedy Series, Director and Comedian.

You'll Never Get Rich or the Sergeant Bilko show (The Phil Silvers Show).

4: His current act could include mime of his picking up a "Best Specialty Act" Emmy.

Marcel Marceau.

5: Choreographer Tony Charmoli waltzed away with an Emmy for this Lucky Strike music countdown show.

Your Hit Parade.
Round 5. Category: Peace
1: In Dec. 1985, 2 drs. helped save a reporter's life at an Oslo news briefing about their winning this award.

Nobel Peace Prize.

2: To join this group founded in 1961, you must commit to work in the host country for 2 years and learn its language.

the Peace Corps.

3: Formed in the turbulent '60s, it nominated Eldridge Cleaver as its 1st presidential candidate.

Peace and Freedom Party.

4: Long a prisoner, he said, "To make peace with an enemy one must work with that enemy", who then becomes a partner.

Mandela.

5: 1648's peace of Westphalia ended this long conflict.

the Thirty Years' War.
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August 17, 2022Episode 553 - Texans - Hey, That's "Great"! - But Fear Itself - We "Love" Literature - Stars In Music Videos
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 553, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Texans
1: The younger sister of Phylicia Rashad, this dancer won 2 Emmys for her choreography on "Fame".

Debbie Allen.

2: Anchorman who wrote a memoir titled "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures in TV Journalism".

Dan Rather.

3: When orphaned at age 17, he took control of his father's Houston-based tool company.

(Howard) Hughes.

4: This first black heavyweight boxing champ claimed he lost deliberately to Jess Willard in 1915.

Jack Johnson.

5: This "outlaw" singer topped the country charts in 1977 with "Luckenbach, Texas".

Waylon Jennings.
Round 2. Category: Hey, That's "Great"!
1: Stretching over 4,000 miles, it's been called the largest engineering and building project ever made by man.

the Great Wall of China.

2: Much of this 1925 novel takes place in the West Egg area of Long Island.

The Great Gatsby.

3: This city in North-Central Montana is the seat of Cascade County.

Great Falls.

4: In this classic movie, Charlie Chaplin played dual roles including that of Adenoid Hynkel of Tomania.

The Great Dictator.

5: In 1417 Martin V was elected the sole pope, ending this division within the Catholic Church.

the Great Schism.
Round 3. Category: But Fear Itself
1: Your only option may be to lie down if you have stasiphobia, a fear of standing, and thaasophobia, a fear of this.

sitting.

2: Cryophobics won't add this to their glasses of whiskey.

ice.

3: Fearing this, a linonophobe could never work a yo-yo.

string.

4: Scared of these, a chromophobe probably liked NBC better before the peacock.

colors.

5: A man suffering from gynophobia and gymnophobia would be doubly afraid of women who are this.

naked.
Round 4. Category: We "Love" Literature
1: Despite war and outbreaks of disease, the love of Florentino for Fermina endures in this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel.

Love in the Time of Cholera.

2: What can you say about a 33-year-old novel by Erich Segal? Perhaps just this, the book's title.

Love Story.

3: (Video of Cheryl in Providence, RI.) This is the original 1920 manuscript of a horror story by this author, whose initials stood for Howard Phillips.

H.P. Lovecraft.

4: Modern lit just wouldn't be the same without such seminal works as this 1969 Jacqueline Susann novel.

The Love Machine.

5: It's the only Evelyn Waugh novel we know that became a film starring Jonathan Winters and Liberace.

The Loved One.
Round 5. Category: Stars In Music Videos
1: Rebecca Gayheart plays one of these in Train's "Meet Virginia", but turns in her order pad at the end of the song.

Waitress.

2: LFO's "Girl on TV" is this girl who has the time of her life in Neutrogena ads.

Jennifer Love Hewitt.

3: Appearing in "Real Love" by Slaughter, she's been leading a "Charmed" life since "90210".

Shannen Doherty.

4: "Halo" by Depeche Mode has good karma with this TV Dharma.

Jenna Elfman.

5: You can see this actress, film's Wednesday Addams, any day in Moby's "Natural Blues".

Christina Ricci.
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August 16, 2022Episode 552 - Film Noir Lingo - It's A Drag (Movie) - Good Thinking - Back To The Hotel - Film Comedies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 552, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Film Noir Lingo
1: When Dana Andrews used this term for women in "Laura", he didn't mean they'd been knighted.

dame.

2: Change one letter in "champ" to get this word for a fool or patsy.

a chump.

3: Slang name of Philip Marlowe's job in "Murder, My Sweet", or first name of actor Powell, who played him.

dick.

4: You might "case" one of these to see if it's the "clip" type.

joint.

5: Meaning small time con men, it's the title of a neo-noir film with Anjelica Huston and John Cusack.

Grifters.
Round 2. Category: It's A Drag (Movie)
1: 1993, starring Robin Williams.

Mrs. Doubtfire.

2: 1960, starring Anthony Perkins.

Psycho.

3: 1959, starring Lemmon and Curtis.

Some Like It Hot.

4: 1982, starring Dustin Hoffman.

Tootsie.

5: 1992, starring Jaye Davidson.

The Crying Game.
Round 3. Category: Good Thinking
1: With little wind resistance, these domes housed the radar equipment along the DEW line.

Geodesic Domes.

2: Sales were slow for cellophane Scotch Tape until John Borden invented one of these for the roll.

a dispenser.

3: After his 3-year-old was impatient to see the photo he'd taken, he set out to invent an "instant" camera.

Edwin Land.

4: In 1892 Henry Perky invented a machine to shred this grain and form it into little pillow-shaped biscuits.

wheat.

5: In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris and spread fresh water.

Frank Zamboni.
Round 4. Category: Back To The Hotel
1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets.

dogs.

2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital.

Dublin.

3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction.

Queen Mary.

4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site.

the Venetian.

5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony.

the Roosevelt.
Round 5. Category: Film Comedies
1: This comic goes medieval as Jamal, who awakens to find himself in 14th century England in "Black Knight".

Martin Lawrence.

2: Sandra Bullock got in touch with her feminine side in this 2000 comedy.

Miss Congeniality.

3: (Hi, I'm Rob Schneider.) I played a fish tank cleaner who takes up a much older profession in this 1999 comedy.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.

4: In "A Day at the Races", he tells the eager Esther Muir, "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you".

Groucho Marx.

5: Mel Brooks played Moses and Torquemada in this 1981 film.

History of the World, Part I.
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August 15, 2022Episode 551 - True Story - California Cities - 4-Letter Verbs - Padres - Adventure Heroes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 551, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: True Story
1: Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering that she had breast cancer while "ice bound" here.

the South Pole.

2: "Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest and the tragedy that befell others around him.

Jon Krakauer.

3: Wonder what it's like to be a girl from Seattle accused of murder in Italy? Read her "Waiting to be Heard".

Amanda Knox.

4: John Steinbeck chronicled his journey across America with his pet poodle in "Travels with" him.

Charley.

5: Peter Matthiessen's memoir of hiking in the Himalayas has this title, also a rare feline of that region.

The Snow Leopard.
Round 2. Category: California Cities
1: The world's largest known almond processing center as well as the governor's mansion are in this city.

Sacramento.

2: This city's Moscone Center has over 500,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space.

San Francisco.

3: This city's zoo, located in Balboa Park, is one of the largest in the world.

San Diego.

4: Its name comes from the Santa Ana River and the German word for home.

Anaheim.

5: This upscale community was founded in 1906 by the Rodeo Land and Water Company.

Beverly Hills.
Round 3. Category: 4-Letter Verbs
1: According to the title of a 1992 film "White Men Can't" do this.

Jump.

2: TV game show host Martindale.

Wink.

3: As a noun, it's the rear portion of an aircraft; as a verb, it means to follow and keep under surveillance.

tail.

4: As a noun, it's the ridge on the fingerboard of a guitar; as a verb, it means to worry.

fret.

5: A housewife might do it to the mantle; a forensic expert would do it to look for fingerprints.

Dust.
Round 4. Category: Padres
1: Set in Australia, this 1983 miniseries centered on the doomed love of Meggie and Father de Bricassart.

The Thorn Birds.

2: He received Best Actor Oscar nominations for 1944 and 1945 for playing the same role: Father Chuck O'Malley.

Bing Crosby.

3: This "Happy Days" father later played a crime-solving priest in the "Father Dowling Mysteries".

Tom Bosley.

4: On film, Henry II muses, "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?", referring to him.

Thomas Becket.

5: Gene Hackman's Rev. Frank Scott leads a band of survivors to safety aboard a capsized ship in this 1972 film.

The Poseidon Adventure.
Round 5. Category: Adventure Heroes
1: In March 1997 he got a new costume: hot white and blue, no cape and an S like a lightning bolt.

Superman.

2: Simon Templar's initials give you an abbreviation for this, his nickname.

The Saint.

3: This Dumas hero who left home at age 16 to be a Musketeer was based on a real person.

d'Artagnan.

4: Trapped by a cave-in after World War I, gases preserved him and he awoke in the 25th century.

Buck Rogers.

5: First names of detective Fenton Hardy's adventurous sons.

Frank and Joe.
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August 14, 2022Episode 550 - Reagan 101 - Metallic Stars - Silly Similes - Medicinal Plants - "Light"S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 550, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Reagan 101
1: The state where Ronald Reagan was born in 1911.

Illinois.

2: The year he took up residence in the White House.

1981.

3: Nickname he gained from his role in "Knute Rockne--All American".

"The Gipper".

4: His term as president of this began in 1947.

the Screen Actors Guild.

5: The California city that's home to his presidential library and burial site.

Simi Valley.
Round 2. Category: Metallic Stars
1: The year after her movie debut in "The Color Purple", she won a Grammy for Best Comedy Recording.

Whoopi Goldberg.

2: At age 12 he was performing magic under the name "Davino, The Boy Magician".

David Copperfield.

3: He wrote "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" for his group Queen.

Freddie Mercury.

4: He played defendant Claus von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune".

Jeremy Irons.

5: He played lawyer Alan Dershowitz in "Reversal of Fortune".

Ron Silver.
Round 3. Category: Silly Similes
1: Being as blind as this animal isn't so bad; it isn't really blind.

Bat.

2: With exercise, you can become as fit as this musical instrument.

Fiddle.

3: You could wind up in this condition, the same as a dodo or a doornail.

Dead.

4: You might be busy as a bee, a beaver or a one-armed one of these.

Paper hanger.

5: Rich Mullins sings that faith without works is as useless as one of these on a submarine.

Screen door.
Round 4. Category: Medicinal Plants
1: During the Civil War blockade, Southerners used dogwood bark tea instead of quinine in treating this.

Malaria.

2: For a time parsley and sage were used as remedies for this; now Minoxidil is giving it a try.

baldness.

3: Oil from this pickle "weed" is a folk remedy for infant colic.

Dill.

4: Span. missionaries in Peru found a substance in the bark of the Cinchona tree that treats this disease.

malaria.

5: Many keep a pot of this succulent member of the lily family in the kitchen to treat minor burns.

Aloe.
Round 5. Category: "Light"S
1: Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini and Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran.

lightweights.

2: To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away.

make light of it.

3: Ben Franklin invented this device and would have been shocked if it hadn't worked.

the lightning rod.

4: A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this.

screw in a light bulb.

5: "I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine".

this little light of mine.
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August 13, 2022Episode 549 - All Fall Down - Also A Candy - "B" Plus - Pox, Plague And Pestilence - Sports Superstitions
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 549, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All Fall Down
1: "Saturday Night Live" comic known for pratfalls he took imitating Gerald Ford.

Chevy Chase.

2: The World Book calls them "generally more clumsy" than frogs.

toads.

3: Popular comic strip with a character known as Clumsy Carp.

B.C..

4: Familiar nursery rhyme from which this category's title is taken.

"Ring Around the Roses (Rosies)".

5: Kim Zimmer fell down on her way to pick up one of these awards in 1986, Kathleen Noone in 1987.

Daytime Emmy.
Round 2. Category: Also A Candy
1: A buoyant jacket used to keep a person afloat.

a life saver.

2: "Cabaret" club.

Kit Kat.

3: Giant lies.

whoppers.

4: A tract of land covered in scrubby evergreen plants.

a heath bar.

5: Ninepins.

skittles.
Round 3. Category: "B" Plus
1: The alpha factor measures a stock's own volatility; this Greek letter compares it to the entire market.

beta.

2: In this sport, the ball has 3 holes in which you put your fingers.

bowling.

3: It speaks to Moses in Exodus 3.

the burning bush.

4: Beginning in the 1970s, more than 1 million of these Indochinese refugees fled the Communist regmes where they lived.

boat people.

5: This national variety of python can grow to 30 feet long.

the Burmese python.
Round 4. Category: Pox, Plague And Pestilence
1: This man who found Livingstone also helped spread Congolese sleeping sickness while establishing trading stations.

Stanley.

2: The first recorded epidemic of this salivary gland-swelling disease was described around 410 B.C. in Greece.

mumps.

3: Causing thousands of deaths, abnormally high temperatures in 1803 led to Spanish outbreaks of this colorful fever.

yellow fever.

4: Deadly outbreaks of cholera and typhus struck British, French and Russian soldiers equally in this 1853-56 war.

the Crimean War.

5: A devastating 17th c. plague epidemic on this island 58 miles south of Sicily killed 1 in 7 people.

Malta.
Round 5. Category: Sports Superstitions
1: For boxers, it's unlucky to be the first to enter this area.

The ring.

2: It's bad luck in this sport for a dog to cross the diamond before the first pitch.

Baseball.

3: Avoid faults by never holding more than 2 balls when serving in this sport.

Tennis.

4: Hey hockey puck! Don't stack this piece of equipment crossing another player's; it's bad luck.

Hockey.

5: Gone fishing? Don't reveal this until you are done for the day.

Your catch/number of fish you caught.
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August 12, 2022Episode 548 - Welcome To Denver - Way Back In 1999 - Talk Nonsense - "De" Arts - The Youngest
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 548, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Welcome To Denver
1: Located at 1340 Pennsylvania Street, the house of this storied Titanic survivor is preserved as it was in 1910.

Molly Brown.

2: The Denver Zoo has the world's largest indoor habitat for this giant Indonesian lizard.

the Komodo dragon.

3: The Kirkland Museum has examples of many decorative styles including this one, named for two types of handiwork.

arts and crafts.

4: Denver supports two major morning papers: The Denver Post and this "News"paper founded in 1859.

the Rocky Mountain News.

5: Lookout Mountain has a shrine dedicated to this first U.S. saint who founded a camp there for orphan kids.

(Mother) Cabrini.
Round 2. Category: Way Back In 1999
1: A 20-year-long restoration of this chapel, home to Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment", was wrapped up.

the Sistine Chapel.

2: In August one of these, the size of Rhode Island, threatened ships between South America and Antarctica.

an iceberg.

3: As part of a 10-year research project, the Atlanta Zoo got Lun-Lun and Yang-Yang, a pair of these.

pandas.

4: The 100 jurors William Rehnquist swore in on January 7, 1999 were all members of this.

the Senate.

5: This province's capital of Pristina wasn't so pristine; it was bombed by NATO.

Kosovo.
Round 3. Category: Talk Nonsense
1: This partner of "goo goo" in baby talk also means "foolishly enthusiastic".

ga ga.

2: Completes the immortal words of Little Richard, "A wop bop a loo bop a lop...".

bam boom.

3: In the dictionary this triple-talk phrase meaning "and so on" comes after bladder and before blanch.

blah blah blah.

4: Children's taunt once used by fugitive Deborah Ulrich in a letter to police.

nya, nya, nya.

5: On '70s TV this was Charo's version of making whoopee.

cuchi cuchi.
Round 4. Category: "De" Arts
1: The son of a surgeon, this director brought some gore to the screen in "Carrie" and "Scarface".

(Brian) De Palma.

2: Seen here, the work of Tamara de Lempicka typifies this art style.

art deco.

3: Now in his 70s, he designed Laura Bush's 2005 Inauguration Day wear.

Oscar de la Renta.

4: His "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" is referred to as a tone poem.

Debussy.

5: In 1964 LBJ gave this abstract expressionist the Medal of Freedom.

Willem de Kooning.
Round 5. Category: The Youngest
1: Entering at age 10 and taking 1 month to graduate, William Thompson was youngest student in this type of school.

university.

2: Tho he was not even in his teens, Italians called Benedict IX "Papa" when he assumed this office.

Pope.

3: In 1979, Marcus Hooper of England, a 12-years-old, became youngest person to swim this body of water.

English Channel.

4: Though youngest of Jesse's 8 sons, he was the only 1 to become King of Israel.

David.

5: Though under the constitutionally-required age of 30, in 1806 Henry Clay took this office.

Senator.
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August 11, 2022Episode 547 - See The Usa - "Roll" Call - Finnish Lines - Historic Greeting Cards - Go With The Flow
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 547, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: See The Usa
1: The Hall of Fame devoted to these Texas lawmen in Waco has memorabilia belonging to Bonnie and Clyde.

Texas Rangers.

2: Each year kids can compete in the National Fence Painting Contest in this Missouri town.

Hannibal.

3: You can "Go Home Again" to see this author's boyhood home in Asheville, North Carolina.

Thomas Wolfe.

4: The Appalachian National Scenic Trail runs all the way from Maine to this state.

Georgia.

5: Highlights of New Orleans' Jackson Square include the cast iron balconies of the Pontalba Apts. and this cathedral.

Saint Louis Cathedral.
Round 2. Category: "Roll" Call
1: This kitchen item with a short handle at each end could easily be the seventh clue murder weapon.

a rolling pin.

2: You'll flip for this heavy steel transverse item in the form of an inverted U on a vehicle.

a roll bar.

3: Random House defines it as "a small gravity railroad".

a roller coaster.

4: A return to a lower level in prices.

a rollback.

5: Appropriate 7-letter term for the first public showing of an aircraft.

rollout.
Round 3. Category: Finnish Lines
1: It's what you should have in your hand when you say "Kippis!" or "Skal!".

Glass of alcohol.

2: If your Finnish isn't up to snuff, you may ask "Puhutteko Englantia?", meaning this.

Do you speak English?.

3: It's where Finns traditionally go to feel the loyly, "steam heat", and get hikinen, "sweaty".

Sauna.

4: If you pull into the full service lane, you'll need to know "tankki tayteen", this phrase.

Fill it up!.

5: Voileipapoyta, literally "buttered bread table", is the Finnish equivalent of this Swedish spread.

Smorgasbord.
Round 4. Category: Historic Greeting Cards
1: It's the residence referred to here:Nov. 1800John and Abby -Best of luck in your new home! Can't wait to visit you there..

the White House.

2: This mobster got a card from wife Mae:Sweetheart,I'm glad your mind is on love instead of business.Happy Valentine's Day '29!.

Al Capone.

3: Sailor who in 1500 got the Father's Day card:To a Great Dad,Someday you'll get your own day!Love,Diego.

Christopher Columbus.

4: Author of the 1541 anniversary card:Catherine,I can't believe it's been a year. Wishing us many more happy months together....

Henry VIII.

5: 1840 graduate whose card came with a horse in a red bow:Cump,West Point made a fine young man. We're so proud..

William Tecumseh Sherman.
Round 5. Category: Go With The Flow
1: The Tigris flows into this gulf.

the Persian Gulf.

2: The Brahmaputra River and the Krishna River both flow into this bay.

the Bay of Bengal.

3: The Tagus flows into this ocean.

the Atlantic.

4: The Seine reaches its end in this, also called La Manche.

the English Channel.

5: The Purus and the Putumayo both pour into this river.

the Amazon.
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