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January 29, 2024Episode 1084 - Don't be afraid of the dark - Lights! camera! action movie! - Frequently asked questions - "don't" songs - "sub" category
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1084, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Don'T Be Afraid Of The Dark
1: Umbra is the Latin word for this dark area that can follow you around.
shadow.
2: Crepuscule is another word for this 8-letter moment just before darkness falls.
twilight.
3: In the first line of Poe's "The Raven", this dark adjective describes midnight.
dreary.
4: Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world".
candle.
5: Preserved in Jerusalem, "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" is one of the 7 original these.
Dead Sea Scrolls.
Round 2. Category: Lights! Camera! Action Movie!
1: This actor was "Missing in Action" and feeling "Silent Rage" before he became TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger".
Chuck Norris.
2: As Annie, the reluctant bus driver, Sandra Bullock ground through the gears in this 1994 action hit.
Speed.
3: Like Scotland in 1995, the American colonies are defended by Mel Gibson in this jingoistic 2000 epic.
The Patriot.
4: Randy Quaid and Will Smith help save the Earth in this 1996 action thriller.
Independence Day.
5: Arnold Schwarzenegger has come back several times as one of these deadly title movie robots.
The Terminator.
Round 3. Category: Frequently Asked Questions
1: This question that traditionally follows "Halt!" might also be asked about an unlikely destination.
Who goes there?.
2: Abbreviated WWJD, this question was popularized by the book "In His Steps".
What would Jesus do?.
3: "Medical" catchphrase used when a performer takes ill on stage.
Is there a doctor in the house?.
4: In 2001 Jared Martin of TV's "Dallas" was featured under this heading in People magazine.
Where are they now?.
5: You can put a male friend's courage in doubt with this rodent-related query.
Are you a man or a mouse?.
Round 4. Category: Don'T Songs. With Don'T in quotes
1: Bobby Brown's first solo hit, it's also the title of an Elvis hit.
"Don't Be Cruel".
2: Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand recorded this song individually before performing it as a duet.
"You Don't Bring Me Flowers".
3: In the Broadway musical, Evita asks for the support of her country in this song.
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina".
4: This Andrews Sisters request precedes "with anyone else but me".
"Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree".
5: This Cole Porter song in the style of a cowboy ballad was based on a poem.
"Don't Fence Me In".
Round 5. Category: Sub Category. With Sub in quotation marks
1: A smaller residential community, like Scarsdale, New York or Greenwich, Connecticut.
Suburb.
2: The one associated with "Oliver Twist" is "The Parish Boy's Progress".
Subtitle.
3: The voices of John, Paul, George and Ringo were dubbed by actors for most of this film.
Yellow Submarine.
4: Examples of these are protons and neutrons.
Subatomic particles.
5: Bob Dylan was no longer "underground" with this song, his first Top 40 hit.
"Subterranean Homesick Blues".
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January 28, 2024Episode 1083 - Greek letter homophones - Pup fiction - The fabric of life - Aussie slang - Literary literary characters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1083, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Greek Letter Homophones
1: One way to propel a boat.
row.
2: Feline vocalization.
mew.
3: More advanced, or recently created.
new.
4: A trademark brand of format for VCR tape.
Beta.
5: Lao-Tzu's ultimate principle of the universe.
Tao.
Round 2. Category: Pup Fiction
1: Dodie Smith wrote this "numerical" story, the basis for 3 Disney feature films.
101 Dalmatians.
2: This iconic canine made her bow wow in a 1938 Saturday Evening Post story.
Lassie.
3: This Yiddish author wrote "Rabchik, a Jewish Dog", or as we like to call it, "Piddler on the Rug".
Sholom Aleichem.
4: "Savage Sam" is the sequel to this Newbery medal-winning sob story, later a Disney film (Sam's his son).
Old Yeller.
5: Argos is the faithful dog who recognizes his long-lost master in this ancient Greek work.
the Odyssey.
Round 3. Category: The Fabric Of Life
1: If someone intends to tan your hide, he's going to turn it into this fabric.
leather.
2: This fabric that's on the tips of markers is also used in blackboard erasers.
felt.
3: Cobweb is a type of this fabric known for its open, networked quality.
lace.
4: Used with other fibers like nylon, this 5-letter fiber makes swimwear fabric stretchy.
Lycra.
5: Harris is a trademarked type of this rough fabric used in sport coats.
(Harris) tweed.
Round 4. Category: Aussie Slang
1: Jumbuck is an Aussie term for this animal, of which there are a lot Down Under.
sheep.
2: When you throw a shrimp here, make sure it's not the doll.
a barbie.
3: To earn a living is to "make a" this (minus the pro quo).
a quid.
4: A stubby is a small bottle of this; cheers!.
beer.
5: Tommy Roe might know that this "Sweet Little" name is Aussie slang for a girl or woman.
Sheila.
Round 5. Category: Literary Literary Characters
1: Stephen Daedalus is the writer hero of this Joycean "Portrait".
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
2: Philip Jose Farmer wrote a novel under the name of this sci-fi writer invented by Kurt Vonnegut.
Kilgore Trout.
3: In this Russian-American's "Pale Fire", John Shade is the late author of a 999-line poem.
Vladimir Nabokov.
4: He's Philip Roth's novelist alter ego in books like him "Unbound".
Zuckerman.
5: Writer Philip Quarles in "Point Counter Point" is a self-portrait by this author.
Aldous Huxley.
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January 27, 2024Episode 1082 - French first names - The golden age of radio - Born in the '60s - Russian to judgment - Boys town
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1082, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: French First Names
1: Magritte andDescartes.
René.
2: Monet andDebussy.
Claude.
3: Cocteau andLafitte.
Jean.
4: Cardin andBoulle.
Pierre.
5: Escoffier andRodin.
Auguste.
Round 2. Category: The Golden Age Of Radio
1: All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions".
Wheaties.
2: He's the answer to the question posed in the following:"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?".
the Shadow.
3: "Lux Radio Theatre" was brought to you by Lever Brothers, makers of the Lux brand of this product.
Soap.
4: "Sorry Wrong Number", a popular episode of "Suspense", starred this "Bewitched" actress.
Agnes Moorehead.
5: Robert Ripley hosted the 1930s radio adaptation of this newspaper feature.
"Ripley's Believe It or Not!".
Round 3. Category: Born In The '60s
1: NYC minister Joseph Simmons is better known as "Run" of this rap group.
Run-D.M.C..
2: After the 1996 election, this 35-year-old Clinton adviser moved to ABC News.
George Stephanopoulos.
3: In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned.
Garry Kasparov.
4: 1 of the 2 30-something female leads of "The English Patient".
(1 of) Juliette Binoche and Kristin Scott Thomas.
5: 29-year-old Melinda French, a manager at this company, married its chairman January 1, 1994.
Microsoft.
Round 4. Category: Russian To Judgment
1: Exiled in Siberia in 1899, this man wrote (ironically) "The Development of Capitalism in Russia".
Vladimir Lenin.
2: In 2005 he quit pro chess and later founded the Other Russia, a coalition desiring a more open and democratic country.
Garry Kasparov.
3: This first Russian port to trade with England was named for the heavenly title of Michael.
Archangel.
4: Nicholas wooed Alexandra with these, Russian for "pancakes".
blinis.
5: The 2013 vote in this parliamentary house for a bill that banned telling minors about gay life was 436-0.
the Duma.
Round 5. Category: Boys Town
1: In 1976 this Calcutta woman was awarded the Father Flanagan Award for service to youth.
Mother Teresa.
2: Completes the line on the town's famous statue of one boy carrying another, "He ain't heavy Father...".
he's my brother.
3: When this movie comedy team visited in 1943, they bought the boys baseball uniforms.
Abbott and Costello.
4: Father Flanagan opened his first home for boys in 1917 in this Nebraska city.
Omaha.
5: In 1988 Bobs Watson and this actor visited Boys Town to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film.
Mickey Rooney.
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January 26, 2024Episode 1081 - Nyc - The killers - Tricky numbers - Stories of the saints - Tv animal roundup
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1081, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nyc
1: Trendy adjective applied to people who have homes in both NYC and L.A..
bicoastal.
2: Before she ran for VP, Geraldine Ferraro was a Congresswoman from this NYC borough.
Queens.
3: Daily and Sunday, it has the largest circulation of any NYC newspaper.
the Daily News.
4: The Cloisters, a replica of a medieval monastery, is part of this world-famous museum.
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
5: Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton are buried in this churchyard near Wall Street.
Trinity Church.
Round 2. Category: The Killers
1: Murderers are figuratively said to have the "mark" of this biblical man.
Cain.
2: In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy.
Cain.
3: In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865.
Wild Bill Hickok.
4: A tip following the publication of the manifesto of this long-distance killer led to his 1996 capture in Montana.
the Unabomber.
5: Months after his wife Laci's disappearance, this man was caught with $15,000 in cash and his brother's I.D..
(Scott) Peterson.
Round 3. Category: Tricky Numbers
1: Number of months with 28 days.
12.
2: The highest single-digit number that reads the same upside down and right side up.
8.
3: The number of stars on the U.S. flag divided by the number of U.S. states not in North America.
50 (50÷1 (Hawaii)).
4: Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit equal to -40 degrees Celsius.
-40° Fahrenheit.
5: If you were to spell out the numbers, it's how far you'd have to go before using the letter A.
one thousand.
Round 4. Category: Stories Of The Saints
1: In a vision on the wall of her room, St. Clare witnessed a mass and so today is the patron saint of this modern invention.
television.
2: This apostle and letter writer was a tent maker by trade, so he moved easily around the ancient world with tools and cloth.
Paul.
3: The story of Martin de Porres, the 1st Black saint in the Americas, includes this skill, letting him hover before the altar.
levitation.
4: Story goes the patron saint of Wales, St. David, lived on nothing but water and these onion relatives.
leeks.
5: St. Francisco Marto, one of 3 children who saw the Virgin Mary in this Portuguese town in 1917, died in the flu pandemic in 1919.
Fátima.
Round 5. Category: Tv Animal Roundup
1: Itchy and Scratchy on "The Simpsons".
a mouse and a cat.
2: Patrick on "SpongeBob SquarePants".
a starfish.
3: Chestnut on "2 Broke Girls".
a horse.
4: Stella on "Modern Family".
a French bulldog.
5: Marcel on "Friends".
a monkey.
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January 25, 2024Episode 1080 - Patrons of the arts - Collegiate movie titles - Tv series episodes - The "b.g."'s - Taekwondo
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1080, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Patrons Of The Arts
1: 7 National Medals of Arts have gone to corporate patrons of the arts, like Exxon, Sara Lee and this card company.
Hallmark.
2: In 1603 Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, switched to royal patronage and to this name.
the King's Men.
3: Gustave Caillebotte was the main backer of several of these exhibitions, and his own work is kind of in that style.
Impressionist.
4: Luciano of this colors-ful Italian clothing company is a noted arts patron through a center called Fabrica.
Benetton.
5: As well as the Sistine Chapel, named for Sixtus, Pope Paul III got Michelangelo to fresco this chapel, named for himself.
the Pauline Chapel.
Round 2. Category: Collegiate Movie Titles
1: Demi Moore was Esmeralda's voice in this epic from Disney.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
2: Coach K knows all about this 2005 Johnny Knoxville film, based on a TV series.
The Dukes of Hazzard.
3: We found Matthew Fox; he was in this 2006 movie with Matthew McConnaughey.
We Are Marshall.
4: The title of this Homeric film is also a Sun Belt Conference school located in Alabama.
Troy.
5: This 1984 Spielberg sequel had nothing to do with a Philadelphia university.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Round 3. Category: Tv Series Episodes
1: "McGarrett is Missing".
Hawaii Five-O.
2: "A Bionic Christmas Carol".
The Six Million Dollar Man.
3: "The Ghost of General Lee".
The Dukes of Hazzard.
4: "The Gamesters of Triskelion".
Star Trek.
5: "Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man".
The X-Files.
Round 4. Category: The B.G.'S. With B.G. in quotation marks
1: In 2013 this Bee Gee launched his Mythology tour in tribute to his late brothers.
Barry Gibb.
2: Classic ones include Parcheesi and Sorry!.
board games.
3: In 2013 one of these worn by Jackie Robinson, possibly in the 1955 and '57 World Series, sold for $373,002 at auction.
a baseball glove.
4: It's how to say good morning or good day in Italian.
buon giorno.
5: This colorful Kentucky city made Forbes' list of the 25 best places to retire in 2014.
Bowling Green.
Round 5. Category: Taekwondo
1: (Zee James presents the clue.) Taekwondo means the art of kicking and punching, and it's renowned for powerful kicks like this turning one with the circular structure in its name.
roundhouse.
2: (Zee James presents the clue.) A punch delivered on the front foot side of a stance is called an obverse punch; one delivered from the back foot side is called this.
reverse.
3: (Zee James presents the clue.) Blue represents the negative, red the positive in the Taegeuk, the symbol of this country that in 2018 named taekwondo its official sport.
South Korea.
4: (Zee James presents the clue.) Kung fu master Bruce Lee advised students to be like this natural substance; taekwondo students learn to emulate it in the flowing movements of the form called Taegeuk Yook Jang.
water.
5: (Zee James presents the clue.) Used for both offense and defense, the 1-legged stance, named for this wading bird, can be used to unleash a powerful side kick.
crane.
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January 24, 2024Episode 1079 - Elemental latin - The real adams family - Beantown tv - Consciousness of stream writing - Call me "cat"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1079, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Elemental Latin
1: Aurum.
gold.
2: Ferrum.
iron.
3: Plumbum.
lead.
4: Argentum.
silver.
5: Kalium.
potassium.
Round 2. Category: The Real Adams Family
1: Let's drink a beer to the memory of this man who died in Boston Oct. 2, 1803, aged 81.
Sam Adams.
2: In 1900 Brooks Adams predicted that in 50 years these countries would be the world's 2 main powers.
the United States and Russia.
3: On becoming president, he said he was "less possessed of your confidence... than any of my predecessors".
John Quincy Adams.
4: Henry Adams lived in this city, and there's a memorial to his wife Clover in Rock Creek Cemetery there.
Washington, D.C..
5: In 1848 Charles Francis Adams was on the ticket of this 2-word party formed to oppose the extension of slavery.
the Free Soil Party.
Round 3. Category: Beantown Tv
1: We learned of 3 people who'd never been in Cliff Clavin's kitchen when he played "Jeopardy!" on this sitcom.
Cheers.
2: Julie Bowen, Candice Bergen and Rene Auberjonois get lawyered up on this David E. Kelley drama.
Boston Legal.
3: Bruce Greenwood, Ed Begley Jr. and Denzel Washington played doctors at St. Eligius on this drama.
St. Elsewhere.
4: In the '70s he played Banacek, a suave Beacon Hill P.I.; in the '80s he led "The A-Team" and blew up a lot of stuff.
(George) Peppard.
5: Sharon Leal, Jeri Ryan and Chi McBride educated us on this David E. Kelly drama.
Boston Public.
Round 4. Category: Consciousness Of Stream Writing
1: Mark Twain's memoir "Life on" it tells tales of one of America's great rivers.
the Mississippi.
2: Jonathan Schneer's history of this river includes an account of the 1215 negotiation of the Magna Carta on its banks.
the Thames.
3: Whistle a happy tune and name this Pierre Boulle World War II P.O.W. novel that was made into an Oscar-winning film.
Bridge on the River Kwai.
4: Alan Moorehead published histories of these 2 main branches of the world's longest river.
the Blue Nile and the White Nile.
5: 4 men on a canoe trip in this James Dickey novel fight to survive the wild Cahulawassee River and scary locals.
Deliverance.
Round 5. Category: Call Me Cat. With Cat in quotation marks
1: Something very appealing to people is likened to this "feline" herb of the mint family.
catnip.
2: 19th c. consumers liked buying from folks they knew, so Mr. Montgomery Ward might send a personal note if you ordered from this.
the catalog.
3: This No. 1 hit has haunted fathers since 1974 as they watch time pass all too quickly as their sons grow up.
"Cat's In The Cradle".
4: Someone full of big talk without being able to back it up is said to be "all hat, no" this.
cattle.
5: You're sitting in this idiomatic "seat" when you have a position of great advantage.
the catbird seat.
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January 23, 2024Episode 1078 - Tom, dick or harry - Finn fun - Honorary oscars - Friends 'til the ends - Head "turner"s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1078, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tom, Dick Or Harry
1: Slang for a private detective.
a dick.
2: To raid or ravage.
to harry.
3: "Long" swiveling navy cannon.
a tom.
4: A deep-sided drum.
a tom (tom-tom accepted).
5: A British "spotted" pudding.
spotted dick.
Round 2. Category: Finn Fun
1: Yeow! The heat in this traditional Finnish room may reach the boiling point of water.
Sauna.
2: This ethnic minority in Finland consists of about 4,000 former nomads living north of the Arctic Circle.
Lapps/Laplanders.
3: A famous Finnish tone poem, or a famous Finnish vodka.
Finlandia.
4: This "Flying Finn" flies no more, but he has a statue near Helsinki's Olympic Stadium.
Paavo Nurmi.
5: This architect, Eero's father, gained fame for designing Helsinki's railroad station.
Eliel Saarinen.
Round 3. Category: Honorary Oscars
1: He didn't get nominated for Best Actor for "Gigi" but did get an honorary Oscar for that year.
Maurice Chevalier.
2: Chuck Jones received one for his over 50 years of work in this field.
animation.
3: This 1973 honoree joined the Oscar club even though it would have him as a member.
Groucho Marx.
4: They should have made this director's 1992 honorary Oscar "8 1/2" inches tall.
Federico Fellini.
5: Our gang on the board of governors voted this little rascal of a producer a 1983 honorary award.
Hal Roach.
Round 4. Category: Friends 'Til The Ends
1: "C" is for this word, once one of the divisions of a Roman legion; it now can mean a colleague or a person born in the same year.
a cohort.
2: It's paired with "Axis" in the name of a digital Hasbro game set in 1942.
Allies.
3: As the song says, "Life is a cabaret, old" this synonym for friend.
chum.
4: French for "good friend", this 2-word phrase can refer to a buddy or to a girlfriend.
bon ami(e).
5: This type of friend comes after "Food Lover's" and "Pokemon Visual", 2 books that offer guidance.
Companion.
Round 5. Category: Head TurnerS. With Turner in quotation marks
1: He recorded "A Fool In Love" with Tina in 1960; it was their first Top 40 hit.
Ike Turner.
2: The Goodwill Games were his idea.
Ted Turner.
3: After her father was murdered she moved to L.A. with her mother and became a "Sweater Girl".
Lana Turner.
4: Movie comedy in which fastidious Tom Hanks got stuck with a big, slobbering pooch.
Turner and Hooch.
5: According to the title of a play by August Wilson, he's "Come and Gone".
Joe Turner.
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January 22, 2024Episode 1077 - French off the boat - Shakespeare rewrites the beatles - Human body of knowledge - 20th century monarchs - Sci.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1077, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: French Off The Boat
1: In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer and family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay.
Jacques Cousteau.
2: By 1809 this man and his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans and set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so....
(Jean) Lafitte.
3: A few years after sailing here on the American Eagle, Irenee Du Pont opened a gunpowder mill in this state.
Delaware.
4: This future city planner was only 22 when he arrived on the Amphitrite to serve as an engineer in the revolution.
L'Enfant.
5: The wreck of Capt. Ribaut's flagship Trinité is still off Florida, a relic of France's first New World outpost at this fort.
Fort Caroline.
Round 2. Category: Shakespeare Rewrites The Beatles
1: "I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence".
"Ticket To Ride".
2: "The lady is enamored of thee, verily, verily, verily".
"She Loves You".
3: "Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?".
"When I'm Sixty-Four".
4: "Aid me if thou canst, I feel sorrow... and my gratitude is large for thy presence here".
"Help!".
5: "Dear gentleman or lady, wouldst thou peruse my volume? It hath taken me long to pen, wouldst thou peer at it?".
"Paperback Writer".
Round 3. Category: Human Body Of Knowledge
1: This tendon enables muscles at the back of the lower leg to lift the heel when walking or running.
Achilles tendon.
2: Also called the master gland, it's the most important of the endocrine glands.
pituitary gland.
3: If you've "mapped" out the body, you know it's the topmost cervical vertebra of the neck.
atlas vertebra.
4: The metatarsal bones are in the foot; these 5 bones lie between the wrist and the fingers.
metacarpals.
5: The lowest part of the brain stem, it sits above the spinal cord.
medulla oblongata.
Round 4. Category: 20Th Century Monarchs
1: After his cousin, Empress Zauditu, died in 1930, he became emperor of Ethiopia.
Haile Selassie.
2: This king of Jordan was only 21 when he divorced his first wife, Queen Dina, in 1957.
King Hussein.
3: Queen Ena of Spain, the last surviving granddaughter of this queen of England, died in 1969.
Queen Victoria.
4: Olaf V, this country's king from 1957-1991, married his first cousin, Princess Martha, in 1929.
Norway.
5: This country's current king was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, at the Haga Palace in 1946.
Sweden.
Round 5. Category: Sci.
1: In a chemical process, monomers, small molecules, link in chains to form these large molecules.
Polymers.
2: This object in a spectrometer spreads a beam of light into separate colors.
Prism.
3: The part of a tree from which quinine and aspirin's salicyclic acid are extracted.
Bark.
4: Crowbars, nutcrackers and ice tongs are different types of this simple machine.
Lever.
5: This order of mammals is divided into prosimians and anthropoids.
Primates.
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January 21, 2024Episode 1076 - Chicago tv - That book gave me a nightmare - What a dive! - Sharp - Anagrammed shakespearean characters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1076, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Chicago Tv
1: Stacy Edwards as Lisa Catera is a doctor with commercial appeal on this series.
Chicago Hope.
2: He played Chicago-based psychologist Bob Hartley.
Bob Newhart.
3: Of surgeon, chef or hit man, it's the profession of Carmy, who returns to his home city to ply his trade in "The Bear".
chef.
4: On "Early Edition", it's the pet that delivers the Chicago Sun-Times to Gary Hobson, a day earlier than to everyone else.
Cat.
5: In 2015 this drama about Windy City doctors joined the "Chicago P.D." and "Chicago Fire" franchise.
Chicago Med.
Round 2. Category: That Book Gave Me A Nightmare
1: Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" is an account of the crimes of this man and his followers.
(Charles) Manson.
2: These monsters du jour are the villains of "The Remaining", about a plague survivor waiting in a bunker.
zombies.
3: This children's author is not so innocent--a kitten is almost baked in a pie in her "Tale of Samuel Whiskers".
Beatrix Potter.
4: In "The Hungry Moon", horror stalks a town in England that practices the faith of these pre-Christian priests.
the druids.
5: Bearing the name of a Catholic rite, it's Whitley Strieber's supposedly true account of his abduction by aliens.
Communion: A True Story.
Round 3. Category: What A Dive!
1: Someone who profits, or a backwards somersault that lands feet first into the water.
a gainer (full gainer).
2: You are the projectile in the name of this dive, with your knees pulled to the chest for maximum splash.
a cannonball.
3: This dive named for a pocket blade involves touching your feet in the air.
a jackknife.
4: This Mexican city is famous for its clavadistas, or cliff divers.
Acapulco.
5: Your arms stick out to either side when you start this dive named for a waterfowl.
a swan dive.
Round 4. Category: Sharp
1: Cardsharp is an old term for a gambler who is notorious for doing this.
cheating.
2: This synonym for a sniper has the same first and last letters as "sniper".
a sharpshooter.
3: Be a sharp dresser by ironing your pants to keep these sharp.
the creases.
4: Patricia Clarkson won a Golden Globe for playing Amy Adams' mom on this HBO miniseries.
Sharp Objects.
5: This Chikara line of knives from this company is made of "premium Japanese stainless steel".
Ginsu.
Round 5. Category: Anagrammed Shakespearean Characters
1: She's a foreign queen:ALERT A COP.
Cleopatra.
2: A fairy:NO ROBE.
Oberon.
3: He's magical:ROSE PROP.
Prospero.
4: He domesticates his wife:RIPE TOUCH.
Petruchio.
5: He's a title prince:CRISP EEL.
Pericles.
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January 20, 2024Episode 1075 - International get-togethers - Drug store - It's a girl! - Action movie stars - Let me entertain you
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1075, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: International Get-Togethers
1: In spring, head out from this largest Dutch city to the regional trade event focusing on tulips.
Amsterdam.
2: Toronto's Collision Conference has a program for these tech companies named for their fledgling nature.
start-ups.
3: This Austin-based meet-up was focused on music when it launched in 1987, but now includes other media.
South by Southwest.
4: In 2018 the India Mobile Congress event focused on telecom issues, especially this new alphanumeric mobile network.
5G.
5: Billed as the "most influential tech event in the world", this event featuring gizmos and gadgets has been held in Las Vegas since 1978.
the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Round 2. Category: Drug Store
1: For most of its 100 plus years, it's been the world's best-selling mouthwash.
Listerine.
2: The best-selling brand of children's vitamins in the U.S. is named for these cartoon characters.
the Flintstones.
3: It completed the '50s jingle, "You'll wonder where the yellow went...".
"when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent".
4: People spray Chloraseptic to relieve this pain.
a sore throat.
5: Generic name of the pain reliever in Bufferin.
acetylsalicylic acid.
Round 3. Category: It'S A Girl!
1: This 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in a small Alabama town and narrated by a young girl.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
2: Short story shorter: "Grimm" girl, loves power colors and older relatives, has problems with wolf.
(Little) Red Riding Hood.
3: In this 1900 book a farm girl encounters some rough weather and ends up, well, not in Kansas anymore.
The Wizard of Oz.
4: Proving once again that pig's blood and proms just don't mix, this Stephen King title girl puts mind over matter.
Carrie.
5: This 9-year-old novel heroine has superhuman strength and lives in Sweden in her house, Villa Villekulla.
Pippi Longstocking.
Round 4. Category: Action Movie Stars
1: In this film, gunfighter Steve McQueen joins up with 6 others to defend a Mexican village from bandits.
The Magnificent Seven.
2: As Snake Plissken, this actor had to "Escape from" New York and Los Angeles.
(Kurt) Russell.
3: This actor returns as Peter Parker in "Spider-Man: Far From Home", trying to enjoy a vacation while battling new foes in Europe.
Tom Holland.
4: It was Riggs, Murtaugh and Chris rock as Detective Lee Butters in film number 4 in this series.
Lethal Weapon.
5: This actress' role in "Salt" as an accused spy for Russia was originally written for Tom Cruise.
Angelina Jolie.
Round 5. Category: Let Me Entertain You
1: You're having a party? Let me do this job and my 4-deck mixing skills will fill the dance floor.
DJ (or disc jockey).
2: Drake and Eminem were featured artists on "Loud", an album from this single-named singer.
Rihanna.
3: I'll do this, tap dance without the metal taps.
soft-shoe.
4: Steve Carell voiced "superbad superdad" Gru, a criminal mastermind-turned-family man in this animated pic.
Despicable Me.
5: How about my impression of this actor; I'll be sure to say "Pilgrim", like he does in "McLintock!".
John Wayne.
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10 min