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Instant Trivia
By Mark DonovanEducation
Instant Trivia episodes
- Episode 1026 - Good grooming - Movies in minivans - The animal in the logo - European travel - Culinary quotes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1026, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Good Grooming- 1: Revlon's slant tip type of this implement is shaped to fit bushy brows.
- tweezers.
- 2: Try coconut oil on these pads of skin at the base of nails if they get ragged.
- cuticles.
- 3: The ASPCA says you can make this for your dog from baking soda and water.
- toothpaste.
- 4: The Army has style rules, like max 1/8" of skin between these, defined as "hair rolled or braided closely to the scalp".
- cornrows.
- 5: Rough elbows can benefit from this type of product that hydrates and softens, from the Latin for "soft".
- emollient.
Round 2. Category: Movies In Minivans- 1: The minivan in front of me is playing this 2001 movie where Fiona turns into a somewhat attractive ogre.
- Shrek.
- 2: Hey, Minivan! Turn up this 2006 feature--I want to hear Larry the Cable Guy as a tow truck.
- Cars.
- 3: Through the tinted glass, I see Sulley and Mike in Monstropolis; it's this 2001 Pixar flick.
- Monsters, Inc..
- 4: Aw man, I love this movie's ending where the family fights Syndrome's robot; I'm gonna miss my exit.
- The Incredibles.
- 5: I'd love to watch more of this 1998 flick with Flik the Ant, but I'm in the guy's blind spot.
- A Bug's Life.
Round 3. Category: The Animal In The Logo- 1: Twitter.
- a bird.
- 2: The WWF(the World Wildlife Fund).
- a panda.
- 3: MSN(the Microsoft Network).
- a butterfly.
- 4: Pocket Books,a division of Simon and Schuster.
- a kangaroo.
- 5: Swarovski,maker of crystals.
- a swan.
Round 4. Category: European Travel- 1: This city's zoo, the largest in Finland, celebrates its 105th birthday in 1993.
- Helsinki.
- 2: Anchoiade, a specialty of Marseilles, is a paste made from olive oil and these little fish.
- anchovies.
- 3: The Dansk Statsbaner, this country's state railway, honors the Eurailpass.
- Denmark.
- 4: Birnbaum's says Albturist is the official tourist authority of this Balkan country.
- Albania.
- 5: Don't take your unused zlotys out of the country; you have to leave them at the border.
- Poland.
Round 5. Category: Culinary Quotes- 1: Fran Lebowitz jokingly said, "My favorite animal is" this, but she didn't specify Porterhouse or T-bone.
- steak.
- 2: This breakfast goody has been described as "an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis".
- a bagel.
- 3: Mark Twain said that cauliflower "is nothing but" this vegetable "with a college education".
- cabbage.
- 4: Woody Allen says he won't eat this shellfish because "I want my food dead, not sick, not wounded, dead".
- oysters.
- 5: Thackeray's "Ballad of" this dish calls it "A sort of soup or broth... or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes".
- bouillabaisse.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1025 - Salt - When you were young - Sexy stuff - Antropology - Clocks
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1025, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Salt- 1: In 1930 this Indian pacifist marched 200 miles to the sea to protest Britain's salt tax.
- Gandhi.
- 2: In 1914 the little girl with the umbrella began appearing on this company's salt packages.
- Morton's.
- 3: Throwing salt into the center of the ring to purify it is part of the ritual of this sport.
- sumo wrestling.
- 4: Opened in 1825, it was known as the "ditch that salt built" because its main cargo was salt from Syracuse, N.Y..
- the Erie Canal.
- 5: In Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper", an overturned salt cellar lies in front of him.
- Judas.
Round 2. Category: When You Were Young- 1: Floods ravaged the Midwest in 1993 as the confluence of the Missouri and this river moved 19 miles upstream.
- the Mississippi.
- 2: Chechnya, a breakaway republic, was overrun by the army of this country in 1994.
- Russia.
- 3: In 1995 an ultranationalist assassinated Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of this country.
- Israel.
- 4: In 1996 British scientists successfully cloned this type of animal and named her Dolly.
- a sheep.
- 5: In 2000 Clinton became the first sitting president to visit this country since Nixon visited the troops in 1969.
- Vietnam.
Round 3. Category: Sexy Stuff- 1: A queen ant of one species coats these with a pheromone that stops other ants from destroying them.
- the eggs.
- 2: "Warm" 4-letter word for a period of sexual receptiveness.
- heat.
- 3: In 1873 this U.S. president signed a bill banning anything obscene, lewd or lascivious from the mails.
- Grant.
- 4: Muskrat love includes the formation of these monogamous "bonds" for the duration of breeding season.
- pair bonds.
- 5: Vajrayana is another name for this type of Buddhism that's associated with sexuality.
- Tantric.
Round 4. Category: Antropology- 1: The Spinifex people of Australia are among the few remaining societies of foragers, also called "hunter"- these.
- gatherers.
- 2: The light skin of northern peoples prevents rickets by turning limited sunlight into the maximum amount of this vitamin.
- vitamin D.
- 3: Rotund Venus figures made of this substance are common artworks of the age named for this substance.
- stone.
- 4: In some societies this type of "feud" is settled by paying this type of "money".
- blood.
- 5: This study of one society, from the Greek for "people", began with Bronislaw Malinowski's work in Melanesia.
- ethnography.
Round 5. Category: Clocks- 1: The face of a watch or the soap you might use if you had time for a shower.
- dial.
- 2: Around 1400 B.C., Egyptians used this kind of clock that was supposed to leak.
- a water clock.
- 3: Oregon won the first NCAA men's basketball title by the anemic score of 46-33 in 1939, long before this 1985 innovation.
- shot clock.
- 4: It's a clock ⅔ the size of a grandfather clock.
- a grandmother's clock.
- 5: 1 of the 2 components powering a clock that can be replaced by electricity.
- springs or weights.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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7 min - Episode 1024 - And in other news... - Fast food choices - Colorful albums - True grime - I'd rather have
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1024, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: And In Other News...- 1: The Chicago Tribune reported this host country donated 230,000 Mars bars to our troops for Thanksgiving.
- Saudi Arabia.
- 2: Englishman Kim Philby was 1 of 5 top spies this country honored on stamps in 1990.
- the Soviet Union.
- 3: In November 1990 Bill Irwin became the first blind man to hike this entire 2,167-mile long trail.
- the Appalachian Trail.
- 4: Reuters reports China's Communist newspaper wants people to stop calling women "miss" and use this "friendly" title.
- comrade.
- 5: This author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" died in November 1990.
- Roald Dahl.
Round 2. Category: Fast Food Choices- 1: Filet-O-Fish or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese.
- McDonald's.
- 2: Original Recipe or Extra Tasty Crispy.
- KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).
- 3: A Butterfinger Blizzard or a Peanut Buster Parfait.
- Dairy Queen.
- 4: Biggie Fries or a Frosty.
- Wendy's.
- 5: Beef 'N Cheddar or a Jamocha Shake.
- Arby's.
Round 3. Category: Colorful Albums- 1: The bestselling Beatles album in the U.S. is "The Beatles", better known by this colorful name.
- the White Album.
- 2: "99 Problems" is on this 2003 album that Jay-Z said would be his last (it wasn't).
- The Black Album.
- 3: This Elton John double album is full of great songs, including the original "Candle In The Wind".
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
- 4: The 2018 Grammy for Album of the Year went to Kacey Musgraves for this "Hour".
- Golden Hour.
- 5: Kelly Clarkson's holiday album "Wrapped in Red" includes this colorful Elvis song about a sad noel.
- "Blue Christmas".
Round 4. Category: True Grime- 1: As a noun, it's earth for growing plants; as a verb, it means to stain.
- soil.
- 2: It can precede "of the earth", but a "Men in Black" tagline was "protecting the Earth from the" this "of the universe".
- scum.
- 3: It means boggy or swampy ground; as a verb it's what happened to the wagon that got stuck there.
- a mire (mired).
- 4: Stinking this is a type of disease caused by parasitic fungi on plants; an indecent magazine is said to contain it, too.
- smut.
- 5: A scandal may do this to your reputation; it's also a word for a discoloration caused by oxidation on some metals.
- tarnish.
Round 5. Category: I'D Rather Have- 1: Instead of any current politician, I'd have lunch with this 16th president and hear about frontier life.
- Lincoln.
- 2: Instead of a fancy restaurant meal, I'd rather have a backyard cookout serving up grilled these, like brats and chorizos.
- sausages.
- 3: For a good guard dog, I'd pick from the AKC's list of them that includes the Doberman one of these, but not the miniature one.
- A Pinscher.
- 4: I'd rather see this epic 1962 movie biography set in the desert in a theater at 70mm projection than on a cell phone.
- Lawrence of Arabia.
- 5: Instead of a beer, I'd rather have this French wine that Food and Wine Mag calls "the world's most popular white".
- chardonnay.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1023 - What happened when? - State capital events - I read it in a book once - Festivals - Hail, caesar!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1023, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What Happened When?- 1: On December 17, 1992, this agreement was signed by the leaders of three countries.
- NAFTA.
- 2: On Halloween 2012 the New York Stock Exchange reopened after being closed for 2 days due to this weather event.
- Hurricane Sandy.
- 3: On February 8, 1587 it was off with her head at Fotheringhay Castle after 19 years of imprisonment.
- Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 4: In 1810 Napoleon, divorced from Josephine, married this archduchess with whom he would have a son.
- Marie-Louise.
- 5: Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, it got a big demotion in 2006.
- Pluto.
Round 2. Category: State Capital Events- 1: On Jan. 29, 2016 in Baton Rouge, the Mystic Krewe of Artemis was the first parade in this annual event.
- Mardi Gras.
- 2: In March 2016 you could catch an Easter concert by this group live in Salt Lake City or on closed-circuit simulcast.
- the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
- 3: The 1850s are back as tons of dirt cover the streets of Old this state capital in its annual Gold Rush Days.
- Sacramento.
- 4: Cactus League spring training is held throughout the area of this capital.
- Phoenix.
- 5: Go to both the film and music parts of the SXSW festival in this capital and by all means, enjoy some BBQ.
- Austin.
Round 3. Category: I Read It In A Book Once- 1: "'Some pig!' whispered Mr. Zuckerman. They stared and stared for a long time at Wilbur".
- Charlotte's Web.
- 2: "I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it".
- The Silence of the Lambs.
- 3: "His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears. 'Hey, Boo,' I said".
- To Kill a Mockingbird.
- 4: "'Is it safe to get my diamonds?'… Szell opened the black leather case. And took out a portable hand drill".
- Marathon Man.
- 5: "For him evidently Mr. Kurtz was not in his grave; I suspect that for him Mr. Kurtz was one of the immortals".
- Heart of Darkness.
Round 4. Category: Festivals- 1: A Swine Festival in Georgia includes a greased pig chase and the eating of these, the cooked small intestines of pigs.
- chitlins.
- 2: This pop music festival is named for a town in southwestern England also said to be the burial site of King Arthur.
- Glastonbury.
- 3: Holi is a spring festival of colors in this religion.
- Hindu.
- 4: Each May this New Mexico city has a festival honoring Ralph Edwards, who brought the city much fame.
- Truth or Consequences.
- 5: A 5-day horseback ride named for this Tombstone lawman will take you to a ghost town and the gravesite of Johnny Ringo.
- Wyatt Earp.
Round 5. Category: Hail, Caesar!- 1: This Canadian singer had huge successes with her multi-year residencies at Caesars Palace starting in 2003 and 2011.
- Celine Dion.
- 2: The character King Kaiser is based on Sid Caesar in this 1982 Peter O'Toole film set in the world of 1950s TV.
- My Favorite Year.
- 3: Built by Herod the Great and dedicated to Augustus, Caesarea is a coastal town in this country.
- Israel.
- 4: Scholars believe St. Paul made his appeal to Caesar of Acts 25 in 59 A.D., so the Caesar would have been him.
- Nero.
- 5: It's where fancy restaurants once served Caesar salad, tossed as you watch; Ken's makes a bottled version of the dressing.
- tableside.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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8 min - Episode 1022 - Am i your type? - S, u or v - Old words - Sport ability - Math-free word problems
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1022, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Am I Your Type?- 1: Type 1 of this disease, in which the beta cells of the pancreas aren't doing their job, was formerly called "juvenile".
- diabetes.
- 2: You can get the 2007 S-Type of this cat starting at $49,000.
- Jaguar.
- 3: Meyer Friedman coined this term for an angry, driven personality type who Friedman thought had high heart attack risk.
- Type A.
- 4: Among blood types, this one has neither of the main letter antigens.
- Type O.
- 5: If you're only ever offered one kind of role, like a priest or a Nazi, you're being this.
- typecast.
Round 2. Category: S, U Or V- 1: Compass direction.
- S (for south).
- 2: Roman numeral.
- V.
- 3: '80s sci-fi blockbuster miniseries concerning man-eating reptilian aliens.
- V.
- 4: Feel enriched if you know this symbol for the 92nd element of the periodic table.
- U (for uranium).
- 5: Also known as a transverse wave, this type of wave is found in an earthquake.
- S (for shear wave).
Round 3. Category: Old Words- 1: Elflock was tangled this, perhaps mussed by mischievous sprites.
- hair.
- 2: A cordwainer made these paired leather items.
- shoes.
- 3: An expergefactor was someone or something that did this to you, like a rooster.
- woke you up.
- 4: A gossip was one of these, a sponsor at a child's baptism.
- a godparent.
- 5: To be pot valiant was to be brave when in this condition.
- drunk.
Round 4. Category: Sport Ability- 1: Shooting 18 under at the 2015 Masters, Jordan Spieth tied this man for the tourney's all-time scoring record.
- Tiger Woods.
- 2: This team won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907 and 1908... things haven't gone that well since.
- the Cubs.
- 3: This swimmer's 8-for-8 Olympic performance in '08 included 4 individual world records.
- (Michael) Phelps.
- 4: In Super Bowl 50 the Broncos' Von Miller became the second man in 3 years to win MVP playing this defensive position.
- a linebacker.
- 5: In world team tennis in the 1970s, this 6-time Wimbledon singles champ was one of the first women to coach pro men.
- Billie Jean King.
Round 5. Category: Math-Free Word Problems- 1: If Mo can eat 25 Twinkies in 30 minutes, how concerned was Mo when this maker of Twinkies went bankrupt in 2012?.
- Hostess.
- 2: If Becky has 13 half-dollars and 46 pennies, she's way short of the 2018-19 tuition of $49,330 at this N.J. Ivy League school.
- Princeton.
- 3: Sal hits .382 and Mal hits .392, so both lose the 1994 batting title to Tony Gwynn, who hit .394 for this western team.
- the (San Diego) Padres.
- 4: George II died at 76 in 1760, so maybe medicine improved by the time this great-great-granddaughter lived to be 81.
- Victoria.
- 5: If Carl's car exits Carlsbad Caverns at 60 MPH and Lou's leaves Louisville at 80, the 2 can meet in this Wyoming capital.
- Cheyenne.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1034 - Bogey men - Money talk - Spelling casts - Before finals - Russellmania
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1034, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bogey Men- 1: 1942:Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart.
- Casablanca.
- 2: 1941:Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette.
- The Maltese Falcon.
- 3: 1948:Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits and greed.
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
- 4: 1954:Crazy Captain Queeg faces rebellious sailors aboard ship.
- The Caine Mutiny.
- 5: 1954:Linus Larrabee becomes interested in the chauffeur's daughter.
- Sabrina.
Round 2. Category: Money Talk- 1: It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse.
- Alimony.
- 2: It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim.
- Ransom.
- 3: Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money.
- Greed (Avarice).
- 4: It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a government to a scientist to "cary" on with research.
- Grant.
- 5: From a Latin word for "booty", it's the payment you make to keep your booty insured.
- Premium.
Round 3. Category: Spelling Casts- 1: Tori Spelling,Shannen Doherty,Jason Priestley.
- Beverly Hills, 90210.
- 2: Andrew Shue,Thomas Calabro,Heather Locklear.
- Melrose Place.
- 3: Catherine Hicks,Jessica Biel,Stephen Collins.
- 7th Heaven.
- 4: John Forsythe,Heather Locklear,Joan Collins.
- Dynasty.
- 5: John Forsythe,David Doyle,Kate Jackson.
- Charlie's Angels.
Round 4. Category: Before Finals- 1: The final event in the Olympic decathlon is the 1,500 meters; right before that is throwing this spear.
- the javelin.
- 2: It was the next-to-last state to join the Union.
- Alaska.
- 3: It was the next-to-last Harry Potter novel.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- 4: Alexander III, who reigned from 1881 to 1894, was the next-to-last man to hold this post.
- the Czar of Russia.
- 5: In the calendar year, it's the penultimate federal holiday.
- Thanksgiving.
Round 5. Category: Russellmania- 1: In 1966 this All-Star player became the first African-American head coach in the NBA.
- Bill Russell.
- 2: Astronomers Henry Russell and Ejnar Hertzsprung devised a diagram displaying the luminosity of these.
- stars.
- 3: "The Analysis of Mind" and "Marriage and Morals" are books by this thinker, grandson of a British prime minister.
- Bertrand Russell.
- 4: Until 1931 members of this religious movement founded by Charles Russell were known as Russellites.
- Jehovah's Witnesses.
- 5: A collection of this New York Times columnist's work was titled "Poor Russell's Almanac".
- Russell Baker.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1021 - Music "c"lass - The roman god or goddess of... - Facts and numbers - You make my heart sing - A little food and drink
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1021, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Music CLass. With C in quotation marks- 1: It has 4 strings, 5 letters and 6 Bach solo suites written just for it.
- cello.
- 2: The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these.
- chants.
- 3: Italian for "tail", this 4-letter word is a concluding part of a piece of music.
- coda.
- 4: A male alto voice is also known as this 12-letter word.
- a countertenor.
- 5: Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a "rainbow" of musical hues.
- a coloratura.
Round 2. Category: The Roman God Or Goddess Of...- 1: The sea, earthquakes and horses, 3 things that obviously go together.
- Neptune.
- 2: Wine (women and song apparently went to other departments).
- Bacchus.
- 3: Wisdom, spinning and weaving; this goddess could do it all.
- Minerva.
- 4: Roads and travel, for that nifty messenger service of his.
- Mercury.
- 5: Fire and metalworking, but not logic.
- Vulcan.
Round 3. Category: Facts And Numbers- 1: 3 is a common number for par in mini-this.
- golf.
- 2: There are 31,536,000 seconds in one of these time periods; and 52 weeks too.
- a year.
- 3: A typical adult has about 22 square feet and 8 pounds of this, the body's largest organ.
- skin.
- 4: In the open ocean, one of these catastrophic waves can sometimes travel as fast as a jet plane.
- a tsunami.
- 5: Sometimes called the world's driest place, the Atacama Desert on this continent gets less than 1 inch of rain a year.
- South America.
Round 4. Category: You Make My Heart Sing- 1: Billy Ray Cyrus found disfavor with country purists for this song, a No. 4 crossover pop hit.
- "Achy Breaky Heart".
- 2: Celine Dion had to be convinced by her husband/manager to do a demo for this 1997 movie song; it worked out okay.
- "My Heart Will Go On".
- 3: In 2020 Dua Lipa sang "Break My Heart"; in 1996 she gave the impossible demand "Un-Break My Heart".
- Toni Braxton.
- 4: A 2015 song by her begins, "This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it".
- Kelly Clarkson.
- 5: Heart, a group formed by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, had a hit in 1977 with this song named for a predatory fish.
- "Barracuda".
Round 5. Category: A Little Food And Drink- 1: Though it triggered an E. coli scare in 2006, this leafy vegetable is generally safe to eat; ask Popeye.
- spinach.
- 2: This "city" sandwich consists of thin slices of beef, slices of American, and often sauteed onions on a roll.
- a Philadelphia cheesesteak.
- 3: Though often referred to as a wine, this Japanese alcohol is actually brewed more like a beer.
- sake.
- 4: This candy bar of chocolate, nougat, peanuts and caramel was named for a horse.
- Snickers.
- 5: This cereal once had a longer name; "oats" became "os".
- Cheerios.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1020 - I'm serving "t" - Ballpark cuisine - Here comes the song title! - My dad - I'm posting that on telegram
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1020, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'M Serving T. With T in quotation marks- 1: Hope you like fish:I'm serving the spotted, silver and speckled types of this--and I expect you to eat all of them.
- trout.
- 2: You fool! This hot drink was named for 2 characters in the novel "Life in London", not for a cartoon cat-and-mouse duo.
- Tom and Jerry.
- 3: Boring? You think this bean curd is boring? Try my Szechuan spiced version and you'll change your tune!.
- tofu.
- 4: Try some of this clear liqueur flavored with orange peel; its name makes me want to drink it 3 times.
- triple sec.
- 5: You look queasy; like most of my dinner guests, you need the Ultra 1000 version of this heartburn relief.
- Tums.
Round 2. Category: Ballpark Cuisine- 1: Sheffield Corner at this stadium offers the Chick-ago sandwich.
- Wrigley Field.
- 2: For the 2018 season, Comerica Park in Detroit offered egg rolls filled with this hazelnut spread.
- Nutella.
- 3: Minute Maid Park has the meats: pulled pork, chopped beef and smoked sausage, all atop this deep-fried spiral cake.
- a funnel cake.
- 4: Head to ATandT Park for ahi tuna over rice, tortilla chips or fresh greens--this dish with a Hawaiian name that means "to slice".
- poke.
- 5: Some of the best things to eat at Chase Field, home of this team, are green tamales and the Sonoran dog.
- the Diamondbacks.
Round 3. Category: Here Comes The Song Title!- 1: "You made me feel, yeah, you made me feel shiny and new... hoo!" this way.
- "Like a Virgin".
- 2: "Now we got problems, and I don't think we can solve 'em, you made a really deep cut, and baby, now we got" this.
- "Bad Blood".
- 3: "How does it feel to be on your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown...".
- "Like A Rolling Stone".
- 4: "Baby, I've been, I've been praying hard, said no more counting dollars, we'll be" this.
- "Counting Stars".
- 5: "And just when it hit me, somebody turned around and shouted" this.
- "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)".
Round 4. Category: My Dad- 1: Anna, founder of child psychoanalysis, was the youngest daughter of this man, founder of a similar field.
- Sigmund Freud.
- 2: Mehli Mehta, conductor and founder of the American Youth Symphony, is the father of this famed conductor.
- Zubin Mehta.
- 3: This leader of the Argonauts was raised by Chiron, a Centaur.
- Jason.
- 4: (Hi, I'm Holly Robinson-Peete) My dad, Matt Robinson, played Gordon on this PBS series.
- Sesame Street.
- 5: This author's dad was a missionary in China; she was a teacher there in the 1920s.
- Pearl S. Buck.
Round 5. Category: I'M Posting That On Telegram- 1: The death of this inventor of course brought telegrams, like Brigham Young's "My affections follow him to the spirit world".
- Morse.
- 2: In 1964 he wired MLK offering to "dispatch some of our brothers" to give the KKK "a taste of its own medicine".
- Malcolm X.
- 3: In April 1861 Robert Anderson cabled that, down to 4 barrels of powder and only pork to eat, he had surrendered this fort.
- Sumter.
- 4: A panicky telegram about Native Americans dancing in the snow brought an influx of troops and led to this 1890 massacre.
- Wounded Knee.
- 5: As World War II began, the Royal Navy was cheered up by a telegram saying this politician "is back".
- Winston Churchill.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1019 - Literary tourism - Prawnography - "left", "right" or "center" - Character mashups - Stupid answers at the movies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1019, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Literary Tourism- 1: This poet's birthplace in Alloway, Scotland is adjacent to a museum devoted to him.
- Robert Burns.
- 2: The home of this "Ivanhoe" author is a tourist attraction in Abbotsford, Scotland.
- Sir Walter Scott.
- 3: George Bernard Shaw's recently restored birthplace is a tourist attraction in this capital city.
- Dublin.
- 4: A St. Helena, California museum displays the toy soldiers he wrote about in "A Child's Garden of Verses".
- Robert Louis Stevenson.
- 5: The museum devoted to this playwright is a short walk from the National Theatre in Oslo.
- Henrik Ibsen.
Round 2. Category: Prawnography- 1: The word "prawn" is used loosely for a large one of these shellfish.
- a shrimp.
- 2: The Muppet known as Pepe the Prawn did commercials for a restaurant chain named for this "Long" character.
- Long John Silver.
- 3: Like many insects, prawns also feature pairs of these long, thin sensory organs on their heads.
- antennae.
- 4: Prawns go through as many as 11 different metamorphoses during this stage of immaturity.
- the larval stage.
- 5: From the Latin for "having a shell", it's the subphylum to which all prawns belong.
- crustacean.
Round 3. Category: Left, Right Or Center. With Left", "Right" Or "Center in quotes- 1: Current name of the branch of the U.S. Public Health Service charged with investigating and mitigating contagions.
- the Centers for Disease Control.
- 2: Traffic precedence of one vehicle over another.
- right of way.
- 3: Related to the sports world, it's a source for unexpected or strange insight.
- left field.
- 4: The point within an object where its entire weight is evenly balanced.
- the center of gravity.
- 5: Paris' Latin Quarter is found there.
- the Left Bank.
Round 4. Category: Character Mashups- 1: Huckleberry Finch (1884 and 1960).
- Huckleberry Finn and Scout Finch.
- 2: Fredo Baggins(1969 and 1954).
- Fredo Corleone and Bilbo Baggins.
- 3: Holden Copperfield (1951 and 1850).
- Holden Caulfield and David Copperfield.
- 4: Rhett Smiley (1936 and 1961, '62, etc.).
- Rhett Butler and George Smiley.
- 5: Sansa Panza(1996 and 1605).
- Sansa Stark and Sancho Panza.
Round 5. Category: Stupid Answers At The Movies- 1: This feel-good film starred Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris, a major league rookie at age 35.
- The Rookie.
- 2: Dustin Hoffman is the graduate who's seduced by a middle aged woman in this 1967 classic.
- The Graduate.
- 3: Kevin Costner was the bodyguard assigned to Whitney Houston in this 1992 romance.
- The Bodyguard.
- 4: John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale meet serendiptously and dine at NYC's Serendipity Cafe in this 2001 romance.
- Serendipity.
- 5: Dudley Moore thought Bo Derek was a perfect "10" in this 1979 romp.
- 10.
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7 min - Episode 1018 - How to marry a millionaire - British children's authors - Hittite hodgepodge - Executive privilege - Presidential lifetimes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1018, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: How To Marry A Millionaire- 1: Like Manilow's "Lola", Evelyn Nesbitt was one of these theater females; in 1906, her rich, crazy husband shot her ex-lover.
- showgirl.
- 2: In 2005, 1,000 champagne corks popped as a Brazilian equestrian married Athina of this clan.
- Onassis.
- 3: This "Sea of Love" actress had access to the finest of make-up when she married billionaire Ron Perelman.
- Ellen Barkin.
- 4: This singer didn't keep shipping magnate Arne Naess hanging on; she met him in May 1985 and married him in October.
- Diana Ross.
- 5: In 1895 this crusader married Robert Seaman, but after he died she had to return to reporting to make money.
- Nellie Bly.
Round 2. Category: British Children'S Authors- 1: He first wrote about Christopher Robin in the verse book "When We Were Very Young".
- A.A. Milne.
- 2: He began his "Jabberwocky" poem, " 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves...".
- Lewis Carroll.
- 3: Richard Adams originally told this rabbit tale to amuse his young daughters.
- Watership Down.
- 4: This author famous for her Mary Poppins books passed away in 1996.
- P.L. Travers.
- 5: Though written in 1906, her story of "The Sly Old Cat" wasn't published until 1971.
- Beatrix Potter.
Round 3. Category: Hittite Hodgepodge- 1: In Hittite myth, one of these insects is sent to find a missing god; sort of a game of "hive and seek".
- a bee.
- 2: After a 16-year war, a treaty was signed with this country and its king, Ramses II, married a Hittite princess.
- Egypt.
- 3: The army had 3-man crews and an elaborate system of horse training for these vehicles.
- chariots.
- 4: Following the Bronze Age, the Hittites helped initiate this metal's age.
- the Iron Age.
- 5: The Hittite language was written in this wedge-shaped system.
- cuneiform.
Round 4. Category: Executive Privilege- 1: If you are forced out of the company, a golden this clause will make sure you are well taken care of.
- parachute.
- 2: For a good military "retreat", book an executive one at this service academy's Thayer Hotel in the Hudson Valley.
- West Point.
- 3: It's the anatomical nickname for executive search consultants.
- headhunters.
- 4: The Toyota Century is the limousine of choice for the person with this title (a new one took over in 2019).
- emperor of Japan.
- 5: This brand became synonymous with a private jet after it debuted in 1963--Bombardier makes them now.
- Learjets.
Round 5. Category: Presidential Lifetimes- 1: 1732-1799.
- George Washington.
- 2: 1882-1945.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 3: 1913-1994.
- Richard M. Nixon.
- 4: 1843-1901.
- William McKinley.
- 5: 1856-1924.
- Woodrow Wilson.
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