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June 13, 2022Episode 488 - Hitchcock's Cattle - Tv Blondes - Dumb Down The Simile - Celebrity Alma Maters - Head North
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 488, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hitchcock's Cattle
1: A good guy as Perry Mason, he played the bad guy Jimmy Stewart spied on in "Rear Window".

Raymond Burr.

2: In a "monumental" death scene in "North By Northwest", Martin Landau fell off this famous landmark.

Mount Rushmore.

3: Before he played Ted Baxter, Ted Knight had a bit role as a cop guarding Norman Bates in this 1960 film.

Psycho.

4: Suzanne Pleshette is found pecked to death in this 1963 classic.

The Birds.

5: Diane Ladd knows this actor, her ex-husband, appeared as a sailor in "Marnie".

Bruce Dern.
Round 2. Category: Tv Blondes
1: On this sitcom Lara Piper plays Viki, the new blonde student in the IHP.

Head of the Class.

2: She was the third actress to play Chris Cagney, but she played the role the longest.

Sharon Gless.

3: On this show Bud might say anywhere his blonde sister Kelly sits is an easy chair.

Married... with Children.

4: As Jamie, young blonde Nicole Eggert has Scott Baio governing her life on this sitcom.

Charles In Charge.

5: "Crocodile" Dundee's favorite girl, she played a ruthless press aide in "Favorite Son".

Linda Kozlowski.
Round 3. Category: Dumb Down The Simile
1: Robust as a violin.

fit as a fiddle.

2: Weightless as a plume.

light as a feather.

3: Adorable as a blouse fastener.

cute as a button.

4: As horizontal and thin as a crepe.

flat as a pancake.

5: Abstemious as an adjudicator.

sober as a judge.
Round 4. Category: Celebrity Alma Maters
1: She dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College in 1957 and married John Lennon in 1969.

Yoko Ono.

2: This "ramblin' kind of guy" pulled straight A's in philosophy at Long Beach State.

Steve Martin.

3: His wife Jane, who he met at the U. of MD., was his 1st partner in puppetry, or shall we say muppetry.

Jim Henson.

4: Child star who appeared in her 1st film in 1972 and graduated magna cum laude from Yale in 1985.

Jodie Foster.

5: In 1903 future president F. Roosevelt was elected editor of this school paper at Harvard.

"The Crimson".
Round 5. Category: Head North
1: Nevada's northern border is shared with these 2 states.

Idaho and Oregon.

2: Nebraska is north of Kansas and directly south of this state.

South Dakota.

3: All of Connecticut's almost 100-mile northern border is with this state.

Massachusetts.

4: They're the 2 states you could be entering is you're crossing Florida's northern border.

Georgia and Alabama.

5: Part of Tennessee's northern border is with Missouri and Virginia, but the longest section is with this state.

Kentucky.
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June 12, 2022Episode 487 - Temptations - Fandemonium - Thomas Paine - Nixon's The One - Financial Planning
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 487, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Temptations
1: This potato chip brand changed its slogan from "Betcha Can't Eat Just One" to "Too Good to Eat Just One".

Lay's.

2: These Nabisco sandwich cookies are 29% creme and 71% cookie; 7.5 billion are eaten annually.

Oreos.

3: Cherry Garcia and Phish Food are 2 of this ice cream duo's most popular flavors.

Ben and Jerry's.

4: The top-selling Girl Scout cookies are these refreshing and crisp cocoa wafers.

Thin Mints.

5: "Nobody Doesn't Like" her cheesecake; her bakery is No. 1 in frozen baked goods.

Sara Lee.
Round 2. Category: Fandemonium
1: Many Deadheads' lives revolved around the live concerts performed by this band.

Grateful Dead.

2: Jack Nicholson is a courtside fixture at this NBA team's home games.

Los Angeles Lakers.

3: Fans of this high-flying sport involving lots of string may know it's Thailand's most popular.

Kite flying.

4: Male fans of this football team's "Hogs" dress as women and are called "Hogettes".

Washington Redskins.

5: The band Simply Red took their name in part from their love of this northern English soccer team.

Manchester United.
Round 3. Category: Thomas Paine
1: With letters of introduction from Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine arrived in this city on Nov. 30, 1774.

Philadelphia.

2: Paine said "Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even its best state, is but a necessary" this.

evil.

3: It was published on Jan. 10, 1776 as an anonymous 2-shilling pamphlet of 47 pages.

Common Sense.

4: This seasonal warrior "and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country".

the summer soldier.

5: The title of this 1791 pamphlet referred to liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.

The Rights of Man.
Round 4. Category: Nixon's The One
1: In this year, Nixon faced off against JFK in the first presidential debates ever.

1960.

2: Herbert Hoover and Nixon were the only 2 presidents of this religious group.

Quakers.

3: It was Richard Nixon's mother's maiden name.

Milhous.

4: These 2 men served under Nixon as vice president.

Gerald Ford and Spiro Agnew.

5: This daughter of Nixon married Edward Cox at the White House in 1971.

Tricia.
Round 5. Category: Financial Planning
1: A type of bank account, or the accumulated simoleons you've put aside.

a savings.

2: With a 529 plan, you can give up to $270,000 to a beneficiary for this purpose.

a college education.

3: These U.S. Government securities whose term is 30 years are risk free, but they also pay the least interest.

treasury bonds (savings bonds accepted).

4: Sounds like an auto mishap, but it's a type of IRA whose funds come from another retirement plan.

rollover.

5: Also called a unit trust, it's an entity that invests the money of a pool of people in various securities.

a mutual fund.
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June 11, 2022Episode 486 - "Whip"S And "Chain"S - Castles - Games - Haulin' "Oat"S - The Weasel Family
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 486, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Whip"S And "Chain"S
1: It's a series of positions in which each one has direct authority over the one immediately below.

Chain of command.

2: It's Nevada Democrat Harry Reid's position in the Senate.

Minority Whip.

3: This North American bird is named for its odd call, which it may repeat several hundred times without stopping.

Whippoorwill.

4: Tool preferred by Leatherface in a 1974 horror classic.

Chain saw.

5: "A Sandwich Just Isn't A Sandwich Without" the "tangy zip" of this Kraft salad dressing.

Miracle Whip.
Round 2. Category: Castles
1: Now a national monument, the Alhambra in this European country was begun by Moorish rulers around 1238.

Spain.

2: Do this at Blarney Castle and you'll receive a lovely parting gift -- the gift of gab.

Kiss the Blarney stone.

3: This English castle, badly damaged by fire in November 1992, reopened to the public in December 1997.

Windsor Castle.

4: You can see the royal crown of Scotland in a castle in this Scottish city, but you can't try it on.

Edinburgh.

5: Neuschwanstein Castle, often described as a magical setting, is found in this country.

Germany.
Round 3. Category: Games
1: Spelling game where player who adds a letter that completes a word becomes a fraction of this.

Ghost.

2: In some versions of this game a crowned piece becomes a "queen", not a king.

Checkers.

3: When you're playing this board game trademarked in 1948, you'll draw up to 7 letter tiles.

Scrabble.

4: In gin rummy, a hand ends when one player calls "Gin" or does this.

Knock.

5: In 1931 architect Alfred M. Butts developed this board- and -tile game, calling it Crisscrosswords.

Scrabble.
Round 4. Category: Haulin' "Oat"S
1: A German submarine.

U-boat.

2: It contains the pharynx and the larynx.

Throat.

3: To move slowly and lightly through the air.

Float.

4: To become swollen or inflated.

Bloat.

5: AKA an ermine.

Stoat.
Round 5. Category: The Weasel Family
1: This mammal, Mustela vison, has been raised on ranches at least since WWI because of its valuable pelt.

mink.

2: This critter that lives in the North Pacific Ocean often sleeps in masses of floating kelp.

sea otter.

3: Ironically, this creature had been unseen in Michigan for 200 years until one was photographed in 2004.

wolverine.

4: It's also called foul marten due to its odor, but it probably prefers this partly feline name.

polecat.

5: As a verb its name means "to drive out" or "uncover"; it's used in Europe to drive rats out of tunnels.

ferret.
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June 10, 2022Episode 485 - Comic Strips - Six Million-Dollar Men - Goin' Monaco A Monaco - Movie Title Translations - Tv Shows On Tv Shows
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 485, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Comic Strips
1: Jim Davis named this cat after his grandfather, not the 20th president.

Garfield.

2: Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean and the little red-haired girl.

Charlie Brown.

3: John Steinbeck wrote the preface of a book about this Al Capp character.

Li'l Abner.

4: Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean and the little red-haired girl.

Charlie Brown.

5: On December 8, 1980 Berkeley Breathed began his magnum opus with the debut of this strip.

Bloom County.
Round 2. Category: Six Million-Dollar Men
1: In 1939 he and Bill Hewlett started a business in his garage with $538.

(David) Packard.

2: John N., of this R.I. university-endowing family, was known as "The World's Richest Baby" when his uncle died in 1900.

the Brown family.

3: He moved into Las Vegas' Desert Inn in 1966 and bought the whole hotel a short time later.

Howard Hughes.

4: Kemmons Wilson had already made a pile with his jukebox franchise when he founded this "festive" family hotel chain.

Holiday Inn.

5: Decorated with marble brought from India, the London home of tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has this punning name.

the Taj Mittal.
Round 3. Category: Goin' Monaco A Monaco
1: A 1918 treaty said if the royal family produced no male heirs, Monaco would come under this country's rule.

France.

2: Of roughly 1, 5 or 10 square miles, it's the country's area.

1.

3: Rich foreigners like to make Monaco home as it doesn't have this, begun in the U.S. in 1913 via the 16th Amendment.

an income tax.

4: Citizens of Monaco are not admitted to the casino founded in 1856 in this district.

Monte Carlo.

5: Taking bodyguarding to a new level, 2 of this royal's protectors have fathered her 3 kids.

Princess Stephanie.
Round 4. Category: Movie Title Translations
1: In Malaysia Tom Hanks was the "Boy Wearing Man's Body" for this film.

Big.

2: In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love and Amnesia".

50 First Dates.

3: This Oscar-winning film set in Somalia became "Helicopter on Fire" in Poland.

Black Hawk Down.

4: The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens".

Hellboy.

5: Translating this title, the Czech Republic thought Eddie Murphy was in charge of a "Crazy Kindergarten".

Daddy Day Care.
Round 5. Category: Tv Shows On Tv Shows
1: (Hi. I'm Debbe Dunning.) It's the name of the home improvement show that's featured on "Home Improvement".

Tool Time.

2: Like "Meet the Press", Murphy Brown's fictional news show "F.Y.I." tapes in this city.

Washington, D.C..

3: This "Simpsons" TV clown has worked with Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Mel and Sideshow Luke Perry.

Krusty the Klown.

4: He plays talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show".

Garry Shandling.

5: The TV producer he plays on "The Tom Show" was dumped by Shannon Tweed, not Roseanne.

Tom Arnold.
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June 09, 2022Episode 484 - I Know That Name - Tournament - National Spelling Bee - What A Gem! - The Majestic Eagle
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 484, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I Know That Name
1: The term "czar" came from the family name of this Roman, stabbed by Brutus and others in 44 B.C..

Julius Caesar.

2: Charles Lindbergh made all the papers in May 1927 when he flew solo over this ocean.

Atlantic Ocean.

3: Hindu leader Mohandas Gandhi fought without the use of violence for this country's independence.

India.

4: Over 2 million blocks went into building Khufu's Great one of these, and we're not talking Lego!.

pyramid.

5: Montezuma II's reign over this civilization lasted 18 years.

the Aztecs.
Round 2. Category: Tournament
1: Tournament, as well as this 5-letter word, can be used to describe mounted combat between medieval knights.

joust.

2: Geoffroi de Purelli wrote the first knights' tournament guidelines in this Norman Invasion year.

1066.

3: Sir Lionel is killed during a tournament in this musical but is later miraculously revived.

Camelot.

4: From Old French for "to mix", this no-holds-barred medieval group combat contest was basically mob against mob.

a mÃªlÃ©e.

5: Celebrated until the 17th c., the last knights' tournaments to survive involved "running at" these to spear them.

rings.
Round 3. Category: National Spelling Bee
1: This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word.

L-U-G-E.

2: Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona".

K-N-A-C-K.

3: Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth.

I-N-C-I-S-O-R.

4: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll.

C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T.

5: A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word.

K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E.
Round 4. Category: What A Gem!
1: Chrysoberyl is also known by this name because it resembles the pupil of a feline.

cat's eye.

2: Emeralds owe their beautiful green color to tiny amounts of this element, Cr, in their crystals.

chromium.

3: The name of this ornamental stone is a combination of Latin and Persian for "azure stone".

lapis lazuli.

4: This purple gem is associated with St. Matthias, who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of Jesus' apostles.

amethyst.

5: This organic gem is a soft, dark brown to black piece of fossilized wood.

jet.
Round 5. Category: The Majestic Eagle
1: Hogamous higamous, ostrich are polygamous; higamous hogamous, eagles are this.

monogamous.

2: The bird's sharp binocular vision gave us this expression for someone with keen sight or alertness.

"eagle-eyed".

3: The Latin rapere, "to carry off", gave us this 6-letter term for birds of prey, and for a type of dinosaur.

raptor.

4: The Bald Eagle is the USA's symbol while this other North American type has been called the king of birds.

the Golden Eagle.

5: Term for an eagle's nest, often found high in a tall tree.

an aerie.
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June 08, 2022Episode 483 - Henry - "Blue" Movies - Hello, Newman - Colombia - Veggies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 483, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Henry
1: Nominated for 18 Oscars, one of his first jobs was composing music for an Abbott and Costello movie.

Mancini.

2: In 1957 he produced and starred in the landmark drama "12 Angry Men".

Henry Fonda.

3: Flowery poems by Henry Gibson were often featured on this wacky 1960s sketch-comedy show.

Laugh-In.

4: King Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's head chopped off so he could take up with this lady-in-waiting, his next wife.

Jane Seymour.

5: Henry Pu Yi's last years as the ruler of China were the basis of this 1987 film.

The Last Emperor.
Round 2. Category: "Blue" Movies
1: 1980 film in which 2 shipwrecked kids grow up to be Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins.

"The Blue Lagoon".

2: The dark side of sunny suburbia comes to the surface for Kyle MacLachlan in this kinky 1986 film.

Blue Velvet.

3: In this 1930 film Marlene Dietrich played Lola-Lola, a sultry cabaret singer.

"The Blue Angel".

4: George Gershwin's songs were featured in this 1945 biographical film.

"Rhapsody In Blue".

5: Isabella Rossellini sang the title song, an old Bobby Vinton hit, in this 1986 film.

"Blue Velvet".
Round 3. Category: Hello, Newman
1: Paul Newman's character kicks western outlaw Harvey Logan where it really hurts in this 1969 classic.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

2: Told he was sexier than this "Top Gun" star, Newman quipped, "I'm lucky to have a pulse".

Tom Cruise.

3: Newman's movie debut, "The Silver" this, also features Lorne Greene as St. Peter.

The Silver Chalice.

4: Paul won an Oscar for this 1986 film in which he reprised his role of Fast Eddie Felsen.

The Color of Money.

5: Try to spot Bruce Willis as a courtroom extra in this 1982 Newman film about an alcoholic lawyer.

The Verdict.
Round 4. Category: Colombia
1: Unable to conclude a treaty with Colombia in 1903, the U.S. helped this country secede and made one with it.

Panama.

2: Lying in a basin high in the Andes, it's Colombia's largest city.

Bogota.

3: The Putomayo, a branch of this river, forms much of Colombia's border with Peru.

the Amazon.

4: Colombia's coat of arms was adopted in 1834 and features this vulture perched on top.

the Andean Condor.

5: In 1982 this Colombian who led Latin America's literary boom of the '60s won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

GarcÃa MÃ¡rquez.
Round 5. Category: Veggies
1: The name of this dark green, elongated squash is from the Italian for "gourd".

Zucchini.

2: This red-stalked vegetable is also called a pieplant because it's often used as a pie filling.

Rhubarb.

3: Some researchers believe a half head of this cole slaw vegetable a day can prevent certain forms of cancer.

Cabbage.

4: The name of this immature onion is from Ascalon, a port in Palestine.

Scallion.

5: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish and carved into "roses".

Radish.
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June 07, 2022Episode 482 - Take A Wok On The Wild Side - Like Show Business - Gospel Truth - Bird Verbs - Giant
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 482, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Take A Wok On The Wild Side
1: A crunchy treat commonly found in a Beijing vendor's stall is this arachnid and sign of the zodiac, skewered.

the scorpion.

2: The feet are a prized delicacy from this bird that in China symbolizes the mythical phoenix.

the chicken.

3: Despite their name, these pungent Chinese eggs are preserved in lime, ash and salt underground for about 100 days.

hundred-year-old eggs (or thousand-year-old eggs).

4: After they've done their time spinning fine fiber, fry up some of these moth larvae for a Chinese midnight snack.

silkworms.

5: If you're really hungry, stir fry some vegetables and buttered meat from this high Himalayan bovine.

a yak.
Round 2. Category: Like Show Business
1: In the '70s Jon Landau wrote he saw rock and roll's future and its name was this Jersey guy; guess he was right.

(Bruce) Springsteen.

2: 1930's "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line "Garbo" does this.

talks.

3: Opening at No. 1 at the box office in 2004, a prequel to this 1973 horror flick really "turned some heads".

The Exorcist.

4: Imitation gruel and "Non-Toxic Kologne" are endorsed by this "Simpsons" "k"lown.

Krusty.

5: In 1992 Rene Echevarria wrote the classic "I, Borg" episode of this Patrick Stewart series.

Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Round 3. Category: Gospel Truth
1: Mark 10 says a man shall "cleave to" this person "...so they are no more twain, but one flesh".

his wife.

2: While eating at the Pharisee's house, Jesus had these washed, wiped with hair, then anointed with ointment.

His feet.

3: He'd been dead 4 days before Jesus raised him back to life.

Lazarus.

4: Call Greenpeace! In Matthew 4 Peter and Andrew left these in the sea when Jesus called them.

their nets.

5: In Mark 1 Jesus "healed many that were sick... and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to" do this.

speak.
Round 4. Category: Bird Verbs
1: Pass food or drink through the mouth and throat.

swallow.

2: One who peddles goods by yelling out to potential customers is said to do this.

hawk.

3: A long-necked wading bird gave us this verb meaning to stretch one's neck for a better view.

crane.

4: Figuratively, to prod someone into action.

goose.

5: Flutter, as in a candle.

flicker.
Round 5. Category: Giant
1: The giant ones of these mammals live in the bamboo forests of China.

pandas.

2: Completes Neil Armstrong's July 20,1969 statement "That's one small step for man...".

one giant leap for mankind.

3: Giant tortoises and marine iguanas were featured in an IMAX film about these islands that Darwin visited in 1835.

the Galapagos Islands.

4: The giant type of this seaweed, a form of leafy brown algae, can be 200 feet long.

kelp.

5: In Greek mythology, this group of primeval gigantic beings includes Cronus and Rhea.

the Titans.
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June 06, 2022Episode 481 - Familiar Phrases In Other Words - Last Wills And Testaments - Nfl Coaches - Battles - Latin American History
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 481, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Familiar Phrases In Other Words
1: Entomb a tomahawk.

bury the hatchet.

2: One Panthera pardus will never be able to modify the markings he has.

a leopard can't change his spots.

3: To flip within one's crypt.

to turn over in one's grave.

4: Cinch up thy mid-body drawstring.

tighten your belt.

5: Refrain from enumerating poultry until each is postnatal.

don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Round 2. Category: Last Wills And Testaments
1: This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, and to his 8 daughters... well, not as much.

(Cornelius) Vanderbilt.

2: After his 1616 death, his will stipulated that his "second best bed" go to his wife, Anne, which does beg a question....

Shakespeare.

3: Item 6 in his will:"I give... unto my wife, Zelda... in the event she regain her sanity all of my household and kitchen furniture".

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4: This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops.

Warren Burger.

5: His will called for a "secret society" to take back the U.S. for Britain (his "scholarship" gets much more press).

(Cecil) Rhodes.
Round 3. Category: Nfl Coaches
1: He won 112 games as coach of the Raiders and has since won over a dozen Emmys for his football commentating.

John Madden.

2: (Hi, I'm Joey Galloway of the NFL) Since the beginnings in 1960, the Dallas Cowboys have had only 6 coaches, including this man for 29 years.

Tom Landry.

3: In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team.

the Miami Dolphins.

4: Of current head coaches, this reigning Super Bowl champ has the longest consecutive tenure with 1 team.

Bill Cowher.

5: The Raiders rehired this man in 2006, 17 years after making him the first black head coach in the modern NFL.

Art Shell.
Round 4. Category: Battles
1: In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians.

Marathon.

2: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end and the start of Sparta's rise.

Athens.

3: This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War.

the Charge of the Light Brigade.

4: England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year.

1066.

5: "2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner and 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812.

the Battle of Lake Erie.
Round 5. Category: Latin American History
1: In 1502, on his fourth voyage, he landed at what is now Trujillo, Honduras.

Columbus.

2: In 1889 this country became a republic when Pedro II gave up his throne.

Brazil.

3: In 1970 he became the first democratically elected Marxist to head a nation in the Western Hemisphere.

Salvador Allende.

4: General Alfredo Stroessner ruled this South American country with an iron hand for 35 years, 1954-1989.

Paraguay.

5: In 1519, when Cortes entered the capital then called this, many believed he was a god.

TenochtitlÃ¡n.
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June 05, 2022Episode 480 - Who's The Man - Dead, Conscious Or In Between - An "F" In History - It Happened In '99 - Military Astrology
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 480, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Who's The Man
1: Spartacus.

Kirk Douglas.

2: Patch Adams.

Robin Williams.

3: Texas Ranger J.J. McQuade.

Chuck Norris.

4: Lieutenant Frank Drebin.

Leslie Nielsen.

5: Sergeant Tom Sharky.

Burt Reynolds.
Round 2. Category: Dead, Conscious Or In Between
1: "Braveheart":William Wallace.

dead.

2: "Casablanca":Victor Laszlo.

conscious.

3: "The Empire Strikes Back":Han Solo.

in between.

4: "The Matrix Reloaded":Neo.

in between.

5: "American Beauty":Lester Burnham.

dead.
Round 3. Category: An "F" In History
1: The Third Republic was this nation's government from 1870 to 1940.

France.

2: A group of these gold seekers reached San Francisco on the steamer California 13 months after gold was found.

the Forty-Niners.

3: John Glenn's capsule on his famous 1962 flight was called this, which an old saying called the "best ship".

Friendship.

4: In 2000 Tarja Halonen became the first female president of this nation.

Finland.

5: From 1788 to 1790 Russia and Sweden fought over this country.

Finland.
Round 4. Category: It Happened In '99
1: On July 15, 1099 this city fell to the Crusaders.

Jerusalem.

2: In 1799 he overthrew the Directory and became first consul.

Napoleon.

3: This famous theatre was built in London's Bankside in 1599.

Globe Theatre.

4: 1499's Peace of Basel helped lead to the independence of the cantons that became this modern nation.

Switzerland.

5: Construction of the world-famous Palazzo Vecchio began in 1299 in this Italian city.

Florence.
Round 5. Category: Military Astrology
1: Cancerians might feel like marching sideways because Cancer is the sign of this animal.

crab.

2: General Patton had a "stinging" slap, so you can figure out that this was his sign.

Scorpio.

3: Harsh criticism is characteristic of this "chaste" sign (Hmm...maybe your drill sergeant was born under it).

Virgo.

4: Admiral George Dewey was born under this sign, but we bet no one dared call him an "old goat".

Capricorn.

5: Purple is a harmonious color for this "centaur" sign, so a purple uniform would look great on you.

Sagittarius.
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June 04, 2022Episode 479 - Around The Horn - Singing The "Blue"S - The Crusades - Canadian Songbirds - Gopher The Gusto
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 479, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Around The Horn
1: The southernmost point in South America, Cape Horn is part of this country.

Chile.

2: SE of Cape Horn is the "South" version of this Scottish island group that shares its name with dogs and ponies.

the Shetlands.

3: This strait that separates the Pacific and Atlantic oceans is named for a Portuguese guy.

Magellan.

4: Cape Horn is the southern extremity of this fiery archipelago.

Tierra del Fuego.

5: The largest desert in the Americas is in this Argentinean region visited by Darwin on his Beagle trips.

Patagonia.
Round 2. Category: Singing The "Blue"S
1: According to Elton John, "Baby's got" these.

Blue eyes.

2: Before Elvis sang this song in a 1961 movie, Bing sang it in 1937's "Waikiki Wedding".

Blue Hawaii.

3: Back in 1984, David Bowie had just met a girl named this.

Blue Jean.

4: In 1977 Linda Ronstadt had a hit with this Roy Orbison tune.

Blue Bayou.

5: In a song from the '20s, "Just Mollie and me, and baby makes three, we're happy in" this place.

My Blue Heaven.
Round 3. Category: The Crusades
1: At the Council of Clermont in 1095 Urban II proclaimed the 1st Crusade against this group of infidels.

Saracens//Muslims.

2: The deadly rivals of the Hospitalers, these knights lent their name to a fictional "saint".

Knights Templar.

3: Leading the third Crusade, this English king captured Cyprus.

Richard the Lionhearted.

4: During the third Crusade, Saladin, sultan of Egypt and Syria, made this Syrian city his headquarters.

Damascus.

5: Walter the Penniless and this Peter led early groups of poor peasants into the fray.

Peter the Hermit.
Round 4. Category: Canadian Songbirds
1: In December 2007 this chanteuse gave her last performance of the Vegas spectacular "A New Day".

Celine Dion.

2: This singer from Halifax, Nova Scotia had hits with "Adia" and "Sweet Surrender".

Sarah McLachlan.

3: She must be a Keith Jackson fan, as she titled one of her albums "Whoa, Nelly!".

Nelly Furtado.

4: She put her initials on duets of "Crying" with Roy Orbison and "What A Wonderful World" with Tony Bennett.

k.d. lang.

5: Leslie is the first name of this "1234" singer who was a dancer at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

Feist.
Round 5. Category: Gopher The Gusto
1: Genesis 6 says it was made out of gopher wood and was 300 cubits long.

the ark.

2: Bill Murray fights troublesome golf course gophers in this comedy classic.

Caddyshack.

3: It's where the small rodent known as a pocket gopher has its pockets.

its cheeks.

4: Gopher is a document delivery system to retrieve information from this system that dates back to the 1960s.

the Internet.

5: Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" takes place in Gopher Prairie in this state.

Minnesota.
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