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February 01, 2023Episode 720 - Movie Objects - Memorials - '90s Movies - In The Cards - Colorful Idioms
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 720, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Movie Objects
1: In this holiday classic, Ralphie's dad's "leg lamp" causes quite a stir.

A Christmas Story.

2: In "A Very Brady Sequel", Tim Matheson struggles to steal the Bradys' statue of one of these animals.

Horse.

3: In "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman is put on a chain gang for vandalizing these mechanical devices.

Parking meters.

4: At the beginning of "Close Encounters", a bunch of these, missing since 1945, are found in the Sonoran Desert.

airplanes.

5: This shiny title object from a 2007 fantasy film is actually an alethiometer, which cryptically answers questions.

The Golden Compass.
Round 2. Category: Memorials
1: The national memorial that commemorates this 1889 disaster preserves what's left of the South Fork Dam.

the Johnstown flood.

2: At its headquarters you can find Barbara Hepworth's Dag Hammarskjold Memorial.

United Nations.

3: This memorial consists of 4 sculpted heads, each 60 feet tall.

Mount Rushmore.

4: The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial stands near the north gate of this Virginia site.

Arlington National Cemetery.

5: On April 15, 1962 memorials were held in remembrance of this tragic event's 50th anniversary.

sinking of the Titanic.
Round 3. Category: '90s Movies
1: This term for total nudity is the title of a 1997 film about male strippers.

The Full Monty.

2: Matt Damon stars as a genius janitor from South Boston in this 1997 movie.

Good Will Hunting.

3: Rob Lowe played the leader of a conservative religious group in this 1997 sci-fi film starring Jodie Foster.

Contact.

4: Ethan Hawke and Robert De Niro starred in this film based on a Dickens novel.

Great Expectations.

5: Whitney Houston played the spouse of a New York pastor in this 1996 film.

The Preacher's Wife.
Round 4. Category: In The Cards
1: It's the number of playing cards in a standard deck (not counting the jokers).

52.

2: These fortune telling cards include "The Lovers", "The Magician" and "The Wheel of Fortune".

tarot cards.

3: The Donald knows one of these is a "key resource to be used at an opportune moment".

a trump card.

4: If you're "carded" while buying cigarettes in Calif. it's because you don't look old enough to be this age.

18.

5: The most valuable of these is the T206 Honus Wagner.

a baseball card.
Round 5. Category: Colorful Idioms
1: Elephant or lie.

white.

2: Elephants or slip.

pink.

3: Humor or market.

black.

4: Blood or streak.

blue.

5: Light or thumb.

green.
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January 31, 2023Episode 719 - Ole "Miss" - 2-Letter Spelling - Then We Can Dig It - Movie Costumes - Happy Birthday!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 719, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ole "Miss"
1: Someone who does church work abroad.

missionary.

2: It's bordered by Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Missouri.

3: Theoretical transitional evolutionary stage between apes and humans.

the Missing Link.

4: This musical takes place in part during the last days of the Vietnam War.

Miss Saigon.

5: City that's home to the University of Montana.

Missoula.
Round 2. Category: 2-Letter Spelling
1: To work this tool, you just have to take a whack, not at it, but with it.

A-X.

2: Freud had the gaul to divide the mind into three parts: the ego, the superego and this.

I-D.

3: It's how to agree in German.

J-A.

4: A-M is the present, first person singular form of this.

B-E.

5: In the funnies, he's Lois Flagston's hubby.

H-I.
Round 3. Category: Then We Can Dig It
1: Finds at Whitehall Villa in Britain reveal that this ancient people ate dormice and really loved oysters.

the Romans.

2: The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds.

their bones.

3: Ironically, an "aquatic civilization" has been unearthed in this area that covers much of North Africa.

the Sahara Desert.

4: Some skulls from colonial America show wear on a tooth from sucking on the stem of this artifact.

a pipe.

5: Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad".

the Bronze Age.
Round 4. Category: Movie Costumes
1: He got all dolled up in Chanel and Dior in "To Wong Foo...", a far cry from his "Dirty Dancing" duds.

Patrick Swayze.

2: She slunk across a piano in a slinky red dress in "The Fabulous Baker Boys".

Michelle Pfeiffer.

3: She wore dozens of trendy costumes in "Clueless" but says she looks goofy offscreen -- as if!.

Alicia Silverstone.

4: Theodor Pistek won a Costume Design Oscar for this Tom Hulce film; Mozart was so well-dressed.

Amadeus.

5: Theadora Van Runkle designed the gun moll getups Faye Dunaway wore in this 1967 film.

Bonnie and Clyde.
Round 5. Category: Happy Birthday!
1: Michael Douglas never forgets the birthday of this woman, his wife; it's September 25, the same as his.

Catherine Zeta-Jones.

2: You're 21, so enjoy a $429 1996 bottle of this from Dom Perignon.

Champagne.

3: The Girl Scouts celebrate Founders Day on October 31 because it was this woman's birthday.

Juliette Low.

4: You're 100 and celebrating your 75th wedding anniversary, so here's this pricey stone that marks 75 years.

diamond.

5: You're 16 and thrilled with your new Accent, from this car company that uses the voice of Jeff Bridges.

Hyundai.
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January 30, 2023Episode 718 - Tv Facts - February Datebook - A Proverbial Mess - Can We Talk? - Waxes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 718, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Facts
1: Star of 1984's "The Duck Factory", you can't "Mask" the fact he went on to a "Dumb" film career.

Jim Carrey.

2: Beginning in 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" captured "The thrill of victory" and this.

the agony of defeat.

3: This former Cosby kid is the Malcolm in "Malcolm and Eddie".

Malcolm-Jamal Warner.

4: Adrian Paul stars as Duncan MacLeod, an immortal in the series based on this movie.

Highlander.

5: More than 20 years before Fran Drescher, she played a nanny in "Nanny and the Professor".

Juliet Mills.
Round 2. Category: February Datebook
1: Feb. 4, 1929:Carrying mail from Miami to Belize, this famed aviator inaugurates air mail service to Central America.

Charles Lindbergh.

2: Feb. 10, 1846:This religious group begins its exodus to the American west.

Mormons.

3: Feb. 26, 1980:For the first time these 2 Mideast countries exchange ambassadors.

Egypt and Israel.

4: Feb. 1, 1790:John Jay presides over the first meeting of this body.

U.S. Supreme Court.

5: Feb. 23, 1633:This future English diarist and secretary to the admiralty makes his first "entry".

Samuel Pepys.
Round 3. Category: A Proverbial Mess
1: What preach you practice.

Practice what you preach.

2: At try don't you if again first try succeed.

At first if you don't succeed, try, try again.

3: A is words picture a poem without.

A picture is a poem without words.

4: The tune piper pays the he who calls.

he who pays the piper calls the tune.

5: Never better than late.

Better late than never.
Round 4. Category: Can We Talk?
1: When having a casual conversation, you do this to "the rag" or "the fat".

chew.

2: Speak slowly with -- pauses; -- "He who" -- does it "is -- lost".

hesitates.

3: Change one letter in yabber, Australian for "to talk foolishly", and you get this, "to talk rapidly".

jabber.

4: Add this letter to "utter" to get a word meaning "to utter in low, unclear tones".

m (for "mutter").

5: It means "to speak pompously and dogmatically" or, a little better, "to speak like a pope".

pontificate.
Round 5. Category: Waxes
1: It's thought that the ancient Egyptians used this insect wax as a cosmetic base.

honey bees.

2: Spermaceti wax, an excellent lubricant, comes from a cavity in this animal's head.

a sperm whale.

3: This white wax was once used to waterproof milk cartons.

paraffin.

4: Derived from a Brazilian palm, this wax is an important ingredient in many auto waxes.

carnauba.

5: Wool wax, which serves as a dressing for leather goods, is more commonly known by this name.

lanolin.
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January 29, 2023Episode 717 - The Titanic - In The Spirit - Isn't It Romantic? - 4-Letter Verbs - It's Australia, Mate
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 717, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Titanic
1: Unlike the Titanic, when sister ship the Britannic sank in 1916, it had enough of these for all aboard.

lifeboats.

2: Frederick Fleet was here when he was first to spot the iceberg; he had a bird's eye view.

the crow's nest.

3: The Titanic had 4 of these; 3 were functional, the fourth was mostly there for aesthetics.

smokestacks.

4: The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck.

the crow's nest.

5: The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room.

the bridge.
Round 2. Category: In The Spirit
1: French for "a sitting", it's a meeting at which a medium tries to communicate with the dead.

Seance.

2: This Sherlock Holmes creator became an advocate of spiritualism after his son died in WWI.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

3: Constance Bennett and Cary Grant appeared and disappeared in this 1937 film classic.

Topper.

4: Roseanne and Madonna are among the stars who've studied this Jewish mystical tradition.

Kabbalah.

5: Possibly inhabited by a piano-playing ghost, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired this Stephen King tale.

"The Shining".
Round 3. Category: Isn't It Romantic?
1: In 1993 Hershey's introduced these "snuggly" candies that go well with Kisses.

Hugs.

2: www.princesspies.com specializes in cheesecakes in this romantic shape.

a heart.

3: Young ladies once pinned bay leaves to these on the eve of Valentine's Day to see their future husbands in their dreams.

their pillows.

4: By shooting arrows that made folks fall in love, this son of Venus made some people very, very happy.

Cupid.

5: In a poem, this "Canterbury Tales" author wrote about birds choosing their mates on Valentine's Day.

Chaucer.
Round 4. Category: 4-Letter Verbs
1: As a noun, it's the rear portion of an aircraft; as a verb, it means to follow and keep under surveillance.

tail.

2: To heat and sweeten a beverage with spice.

mull.

3: To plow the soil.

till.

4: To rain in a fine shower, or moisturize with a fine spray of water.

mist.

5: Itemize, or what a ship does when it tilts to one side.

list.
Round 5. Category: It's Australia, Mate
1: For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation.

Christmas.

2: This Australian state reports it has lost the 1859 decree Victoria signed authorizing its name.

Queensland.

3: The loud Australian bird known as a kookaburra is also known as this "laughing" equine.

jackass.

4: The "Ground" for this sport in Melbourne, Australia has a capacity of about 100,000 spectators.

cricket.

5: The Brisbane, the Murray and the Murrumbidgee are all famous ones of these in Australia.

rivers.
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January 28, 2023Episode 716 - The Comics - It's Our Turn To Sack Rome!!! - Stupid Geography - Wide World Of Trivia - Yum Yum!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 716, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Comics
1: From 1913-45 Arthur "Pop" Momand drew a comic strip called "Keeping Up with" them.

the Joneses.

2: For years Herb and Tootsie Woodley have been neighbors to this couple.

Dagwood and Blondie.

3: A 1960 No. 1 hit song was based on this V.T. Hamlin cave man strip.

Alley Oop.

4: A 1930s comic strip starring a woman named Fritzi Ritz introduced this 8-year-old girl.

Nancy.

5: Patrick McDonnell's comic strip has this canine name even though Mooch the cat is often seen with Earl the dog.

Mutts.
Round 2. Category: It's Our Turn To Sack Rome!!!
1: 455 A.D.: These people, whose name is now synonymous with pillage and destruction, sack Rome.

the Vandals.

2: 390 B.C.: These people usually associated with ancient France sack Rome.

the Gauls.

3: 410 A.D.: Under Alaric, these "Westerners" sack Rome.

the Visigoths.

4: 1084 A.D.: Having successfully invaded England 18 years before, they then sack Rome.

the Normans.

5: 1527 A.D.: French and German troops working for this "Empire" end the High Renaissance by sacking Rome.

the Holy Roman Empire.
Round 3. Category: Stupid Geography
1: This city on the Kankakee River is the seat of Kankakee County, Illinois.

Kankakee.

2: The capital of Kuwait.

Kuwait City.

3: When Quebec was called "Lower Canada", Ontario was called this.

Upper Canada.

4: The main campus of the University of Mississippi is in this Mississippi town.

University, Mississippi.

5: This nation used to be called Sukothai, meaning "dawn of happiness".

Thailand.
Round 4. Category: Wide World Of Trivia
1: The first victim of this excavated mummy's curse may have been Lord Carnavon, a sponsor of the expedition.

King Tut.

2: Also known as the "Bush", it's the Aussie term for the remote, rural areas of Australia.

the Outback.

3: The lowest surface road in the world is more than 1,290 feet below sea level in this country.

Israel.

4: When top Crayola Crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after 37 years, he revealed he suffered from this affliction.

colorblind.

5: Home to the Temple of Buddha's Tooth, this Sri Lankan city's name sounds like it might cause a cavity in it.

Kandy.
Round 5. Category: Yum Yum!
1: Inspired by the Harry Potter books, these beans come in odd flavors like grass, sardine and earwax.

Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.

2: Introduced in 2002, Slimy Ghoul is a glow-in-the-dark dispenser for this 3-letter candy.

Pez.

3: York introduced these yummy "patties" in 1940, but they weren't distributed nationally until 1975.

peppermint patties.

4: H.B. Reese made Johnny Bars and Lizzie Bars before coming up with these famous "Cups" in the 1930s.

Peanut Butter Cups.

5: Pop Rocks pop in your mouth because they contain bubbles of this gas.

carbon dioxide.
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January 27, 2023Episode 715 - Talking Heads - Publish - The Earth - On St. Paddy's Day - 2000
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 715, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Talking Heads
1: (Hi, I'm Jodi Applegate) I was an anchor of the launch of this cable news network backed in part by a software company.

MSNBC.

2: In an April 19, 1951 speech, he gave new life to the well-worn phrase "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away".

MacArthur.

3: Dan Rather and Bob Simon are correspondents for the new Wednesday night version of this newsmagazine.

60 Minutes.

4: This former lead singer for the Talking Heads is now the host of "Sessions at West 54th" on PBS.

David Byrne.

5: This American Red Cross founder said she'd sometimes teach for free but if paid, "Never do a man's work for less than a man's pay".

Clara Barton.
Round 2. Category: Publish
1: Hurd and Houghton became Houghton, Osgood and finally Houghton him.

Mifflin.

2: These "books" named for 2 magazines include "Chickamauga" and "Chicken Breasts" as well as the Fix It Yourself series.

Time-Life Books.

3: Charles Little's publishing partner, he's not the same man who sang "Licking Stick" and "Soul Power".

James Brown.

4: In 1953 Henri Filipacchi launched the paperback series "Livre de Poche", literally this type of "book".

Pocket book.

5: Name shared by the publisher of the Harry Potter books and a type of medieval philosopher.

Scholastic.
Round 3. Category: The Earth
1: =.

=.

2: =.

=.

3: At this location, a freely suspended compass needle will point straight down.

the magnetic north pole.

4: Triggered by earthquakes, these destructive sea waves have been known to travel at nearly 500 mph.

tsunami.

5: Spanish for "beach", it's a dry desert lake bed.

playa.
Round 4. Category: On St. Paddy's Day
1: Israel's fourth premier, she was sworn in March 17, 1969.

Golda Meir.

2: A March 17, 1906 speech by this president popularized the term, "Muckrake".

Theodore Roosevelt.

3: Good Grief! This comic strip star graced the cover of "Life" magazine on March 17, 1967.

Charlie Brown.

4: No beans about it, the British made news when they evacuated this city March 17, 1776.

Boston.

5: The first of these office machines by A.B. Dick went on sale March 17, 1887 March 17, 1887.

a mimeograph.
Round 5. Category: 2000
1: Members of this family won women's singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon.

Williams.

2: In June 2000 the top 3 finishers in this Scripps Howard-sponsored competition were home-schooled kids.

the (National) Spelling Bee.

3: Following Ecuador's lead, El Salvador also decided to make this currency legal tender.

the (U.S.) dollar.

4: This city opened Enron Field for its baseball team, broke ground on a new football stadium and OK'd a basketball arena.

Houston.

5: Found under an old palace, the body of this last emperor of Ethiopia was moved to a tomb with a view.

Haile Selassie.
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January 26, 2023Episode 714 - Musical Anagrams - A Young Actor's Life - The Wok Of Fame - 3-Letter Anatomy - "Jacks" Of All Trades
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 714, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Musical Anagrams
1: The king is dead, long "lives" the king.

Elvis.

2: From 9-5, she's "no party doll".

Dolly Parton.

3: His last name anagrams to "spent singer", though his 4-hour concerts prove otherwise.

Bruce Springsteen.

4: The last name of this Canadian singer is an anagram of "tight fool".

Gordon Lightfoot.

5: She can deliver a song as well as "Mormon ideas".

Marie Osmond.
Round 2. Category: A Young Actor's Life
1: Mackenzie Mauzy is a younger star on "Guiding Light", this type of show.

soap opera.

2: 1 of the 3 names of the young star of "A.I." and "The Sixth Sense".

Haley Joel Osment.

3: Seen here, he's the young starof "Stuart Little".

Jonathan Lipnicki.

4: Laws limit babies' camera time, so producers love twin babies and these are even better, 50% better than twins.

triplets.

5: Mackenzie Rosman has spent about half her life playing Ruthie Camden on this TV series.

7th Heaven.
Round 3. Category: The Wok Of Fame
1: To eat Chinese food like a native, use 2 of these 10 1/2-inch wooden implements.

Chopsticks.

2: The 4 main Chinese types of these strips of dried dough are soup, sauce, stir-fried and shallow-fried.

Noodles.

3: Predigested seaweed formed into these avian homes is a treasured Chinese soup ingredient.

bird nests.

4: Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese food flavor enhancer that's also called "Mei-Jing".

MSG (Monosodium glutamate).

5: Meaning "heart's delight", it's a variety of snacks like fried dumplings and steamed buns.

Dim sum.
Round 4. Category: 3-Letter Anatomy
1: Don't give the principal any of this mouth part that's used to form words.

lip.

2: In a toast to your best bud it's where you say to put the mud.

eye.

3: God took this body part from Adam to make woman.

a rib.

4: Anyone cool knows this is a person's haunch.

hip.

5: Listen to Mark Antony, who might borrow one from a friend, Roman, or countryman.

an ear.
Round 5. Category: "Jacks" Of All Trades
1: He celebrated his 39th birthday 41 times.

Jack Benny.

2: Between him and his wife, they licked the platter clean.

Jack Sprat.

3: He didn't find gold in the Klondike, so he wrote "The Call of the Wild".

Jack London.

4: His nickname was the "Manassa Mauler".

Jack Dempsey.

5: 2nd generation pop singer, he's sung on every "Love Boat" voyage.

Jack Jones.
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January 25, 2023Episode 713 - Initially Yours - Illinois - In The Dictionary - New Video Games - "Great" Geography
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 713, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Initially Yours
1: Fashion designer:YSL.

Yves Saint Laurent.

2: Eccentric punctuator and typographer Edward Estlin.

E.E. Cummings.

3: American artist and illustrator Newell Convers.

N.C. Wyeth.

4: In 1972 this Texan became the first race car driver to win the Indy 500 for the fourth time.

A.J. Foyt.

5: Via the White Star Line, the Titanic was owned by this U.S. banking tycoon, who had a private suite he never got to use.

J.P. Morgan.
Round 2. Category: Illinois
1: This Illinois airport is the busiest commercial airfield in the world.

O'Hare.

2: Chicago mayor who said, "They have vilified me...crucified me, yes...even criticized me".

Richard Daley.

3: This Democratic nominee was Illinois governor 1st time he ran for President.

Adlai Stevenson.

4: This Illinoisan was the Democratic candidate for president in 1952 and 1956.

Adlai Stevenson.

5: Illinois' lowest point is 279 feet above sea level at the confluence of these 2 rivers.

the Mississippi and the Ohio.
Round 3. Category: In The Dictionary
1: A Portuguese word for "silly" or "stupid" inspired the name of this extinct flightless bird.

the dodo.

2: Laymen rarely use this word that means abnormally swollen unless they're referring to veins.

Varicose.

3: As ursine refers to bears, taurine refers to these animals.

bulls.

4: "To douse with a liquor (such as brandy, rum or cognac) and ignite".

flambÃƒÂ©.

5: The name of this corn and lima bean side dish is derived from an American Indian word for "boiled corn".

succotash.
Round 4. Category: New Video Games
1: You can download "Wheel of Fortune" onto the Nokia 3650, one of these devices.

a cell phone.

2: Rolling Stone magazine's choice for Console Game of the Year 2002 is the third installment of this carjack game.

Grand Theft Auto.

3: This 1982 cult film set in a computer was updated in 2003 with gameplay that includes the following.

Tron.

4: A bright red Ford Torino and voice-overs by Antonio Fargas (aka Huggy Bear) are in the game of this '70s cop show.

Starsky and Hutch.

5: In battles in the game based on this Oscar-winning film, you probably have to use the "Far East" button on your control.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Round 5. Category: "Great" Geography
1: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

the Greater Antilles.

2: At over 84,000 square miles, it's Europe's largest island.

Great Britain.

3: Lewis and Clark National Forest is headquartered in this west central Montana city.

Great Falls.

4: This depression in Africa and the Middle East is the largest fault system on earth.

the Great Rift (Valley).

5: 1 of 2 Australian deserts that fit the category.

the Great Sandy Desert (or the Great Victoria Desert).
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January 24, 2023Episode 712 - The World Of Lounge - South American Cities - Army, Navy Or Marines - File Under "O" - India
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 712, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Brit Speak
1: It's what a Brit calls his raincoat (or his Apple computer).

a Mac.

2: It's the 4-letter term Londoners use for the subway.

the Tube.

3: Pedestrian crossings like one on Abbey Road are named for this animal.

a zebra.

4: The OED's definitions for this 10-letter slang word include "flabbergasted" and "speechless".

gobsmacked.

5: For sports and working out, you need a good pair of trainers, which are these.

(running) shoes.
Round 2. Category: The Garfield Era
1: 9 days after Garfield's inauguration, Alexander II of this country was assassinated.

Russia.

2: This institute in Alabama opened July 4, 1881 as a school to train black teachers.

Tuskegee Institute.

3: Turkey ceded Thessaly to this country.

Greece.

4: On April 5, 1881 the Treaty of Pretoria granted independence to this country.

South Africa.

5: This British bacteriologist born August 6, 1881 "molded" the lives of future generations.

(Sir Alexander) Fleming.
Round 3. Category: Lightning
1: In the 1931 film, he used lightning to bring his monster to life.

Dr. Frankenstein.

2: Of 25, 50, or 100 miles, the longest length lightning strokes can reach.

100 miles.

3: Florida is a good place to find a fulgurite, most commonly formed when lightning hits this substance.

sand.

4: Aided by lightning each year, 100 million tons of this gas washes into the soil and becomes fertilizer.

nitrogen.

5: The saying that lightning doesn't do this is not strictly accurate; the Empire State Building gets at least 25 hits a year.

strike twice.
Round 4. Category: Holy Blank
1: Bovine.

cow.

2: City in Ohio.

Toledo.

3: Fish of the genus Scomber.

mackerel.

4: Son of Amram and Jochebed.

Moses.

5: Last Supper chalice.

grail.
Round 5. Category: Famous Lasts
1: In 1936 Kentuckian Rainey Bethea was the condemned man in the USA's last public one of these.

Hanging/execution.

2: Mary Kelly, whose body was found in London in November 1888, was his last victim.

Jack the Ripper.

3: Last episode of this TV series was called "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" and ran 2 1/2 hours.

M*A*S*H.

4: On May 26, 1927 the last Ford of this model rolled off the Highland Park, Michigan assembly line.

Model T.

5: He married his 11th and last wife January 11, 1960.

Tommy Manville.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 712, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The World Of Lounge
1: Much lounging is done on this vinyl-covered fabric named for Naugatuck, Connecticut.

Naugahyde.

2: The primo cocktail of the cocktail nation is this one favored by James Bond.

a martini.

3: You can't go wrong if you make this man your model of style and demeanour:"The last thing I need is a dame around me who says she's my wife. You know how I operate.".

Dean Martin.

4: 1996 film that popularized lines like "You're money, baby".

Swingers.

5: With hits like "Somewhere My Love", this bandleader brought a "Ray" of light to '60s lounge.

Ray Conniff.
Round 2. Category: South American Cities
1: In this city's Plaza de Armas, you're walking in the footsteps of Francisco Pizarro.

Lima, Peru.

2: Sou
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January 23, 2023Episode 711 - June 1969 - Wed To The Idea - Name The Playwright - Red, White Or Blue - What The "H" Is It?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 711, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: June 1969
1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras.

soccer/football.

3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months.

Cyprus.

4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in.

Warren Burger.

5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket".

John L. Lewis.
Round 2. Category: Wed To The Idea
1: The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy".

matrimony.

2: "Marry in" this color "and you will always be true", hence the requirement for "something" of it.

blue.

3: Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage.

(baby) shoes.

4: Once, a groom paid a sum to the bride's family and she came with a collection of money and property known as this.

a dowry.

5: A married couple may start off as a DINK couple, an acronym for this.

double income, no kids.
Round 3. Category: Name The Playwright
1: "A Doll's House".

Henrik Ibsen.

2: "Summer And Smoke".

Tennessee Williams.

3: "The Sisters Rosensweig".

Wendy Wasserstein.

4: "Rhinoceros".

Eugene Ionesco.

5: "Murder In The Cathedral".

T.S. Eliot.
Round 4. Category: Red, White Or Blue
1: It's a synonym for Bolshevik.

Red.

2: The largest living animal on earth has this color in its name.

a blue whale.

3: The one that's not a label of Johnnie Walker.

White.

4: It's the color of the flag that stops an auto race before the finish.

red.

5: Jack London's follow-up doggie tale to "The Call of the Wild".

White Fang.
Round 5. Category: What The "H" Is It?
1: These phenomena are also known as tropical cyclones.

hurricanes.

2: Hawaii favorite flowering here.

Hibiscus.

3: Das kapital of das Keystone State.

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania).

4: The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance.

Halloween.

5: The government departments, jurisdiction and authority associated with the Vatican.

the Holy See.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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