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November 03, 2023Episode 996 - A host of tv hosts - Disney - Books of the latin vulgate bible - Tv law - Video game villains
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 996, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Host Of Tv Hosts
1: (I'm NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.) I got a crash course in working with a teleprompter in 2013, when I became the first athlete to co-host this ESPN flagship program.

SportsCenter.

2: Phil Keoghan hosts this show in which teams of 2 travel the globe to compete for cash.

The Amazing Race.

3: In 2014 she not only co-hosted the Golden Globe Awards, she also won for "Parks and Recreation".

Amy Poehler.

4: This Brit hosts "Last Week Tonight" on HBO.

John Oliver.

5: This "redneck" comic hosts "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?".

(Jeff) Foxworthy.
Round 2. Category: Disney
1: Thumper and Flower offer "comic relief" in this movie about man's disregard for nature.

Bambi.

2: In "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", the sorcerer's name, "Yen Sid", is really this.

Disney backwards.

3: In "Mickey's Christmas Carol", Mickey played Bob Cratchit and he played Cratchit's boss.

Scrooge McDuck.

4: The only one of the Seven Dwarfs with a one-syllable name.

Doc.

5: Pinocchio's boss at the puppet show.

Stromboli.
Round 3. Category: Books Of The Latin Vulgate Bible
1: "Judicum".

Judges.

2: "Canticum Canticorum".

Song of Songs.

3: An old testament guy:"Abdias".

Obadiah.

4: There's "I Regum", First Kings, "I Samuelis", First Samuel, and "I Paralipomenon", this.

Chronicles.

5: A New Testament guy:"Jacobi".

James.
Round 4. Category: Tv Law
1: Writer Erle Stanley Gardner had script approval of this series' episodes.

Perry Mason.

2: In 1987 this Stephen Bochco series was named Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmys.

L.A. Law.

3: This "Rifleman" star played attorney John Egan in the 90-minute series "Arrest and Trial".

Chuck Connors.

4: When Michael Moriarty left this NBC series in 1994, he was replaced by Sam Waterston.

Law and Order.

5: In 1961 Martin Sheen had his first major TV role on this series starring E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed.

The Defenders.
Round 5. Category: Video Game Villains
1: King Pig is the lazy overlord of this game you can play on your smartphone.

Angry Birds.

2: In "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic", the Sith lord Malak gets this 5-letter title in front of his name.

Darth.

3: In "Donkey Kong Jr.", the roles have reversed and the title simian must rescue his father from this Italian.

Mario.

4: A thief of epic proportions, she has a last name like the 8th-most populous U.S. city.

Carmen Sandiego.

5: A comical A.I. helps you make holes you can move through to beat GLaDOS' tests in this Valve game's sequel.

Portal.
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8 min
November 02, 2023Episode 995 - 4 years - Discographies - The bronze age - One of the 8 planets - In disguise
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 995, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 4 Years
1: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes.

Marathon.

2: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years.

John Adams.

3: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death.

Dr. Seuss.

4: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these.

Jamborees.

5: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years.

February.
Round 2. Category: Discographies
1: "Sonic Highways":This Dave Grohl band.

the Foo Fighters.

2: "Private Dancer":This woman who can really move in high heels.

Tina Turner.

3: "It's the Girls!":This divine singer.

Bette Midler.

4: "Houses of the Holy":These rockers.

Led Zeppelin.

5: "In the Lonely Hour":This neo-soul singer.

Sam Smith.
Round 3. Category: The Bronze Age
1: Oliver Stone has one of these medals first created by executive order on February 4, 1944.

Bronze Star.

2: Gymnast and native son Dimitrios Loundras was only 10 years old when he won a bronze in this city in 1896.

Athens.

3: Pulp hero Doc who was "The Man of Bronze".

Doc Savage.

4: In men's Olympic basketball, this Baltic team won bronze in 1992, 1996 and 2000.

Lithuania.

5: On the medal stand, 200-meter bronze medalist John Carlos raised his fist in a black power salute in this year.

1968.
Round 4. Category: One Of The 8 Planets
1: Also a chemical element.

Mercury.

2: She's a tennis superstar.

Venus.

3: Popular chocolate bar made in England since 1933.

Mars.

4: Lighthouse city near Palm Beach, Florida.

Jupiter.

5: Husband to Gaea and father of the Titans.

Uranus.
Round 5. Category: In Disguise
1: In the Perrault version, she's eaten by the wolf who's disguised as her grandmother.

Little Red Riding Hood.

2: In 1924 Alexandra David-Neel disguised herself as a beggar to sneak into this capital of Tibet.

Lhasa.

3: Some reports say this PLO head sometimes disguised himself as a woman in order to flee his enemies.

Yasser Arafat.

4: According to the myth, his beggar disguise was so good, it even fooled his wife Penelope.

Odysseus.

5: When Nathan Hale was captured in September 1776, he was disguised as one of these.

Schoolteacher.
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8 min
November 01, 2023Episode 994 - The desperate housewife who... - The hills are alive - Completes the tony-winning play title - Quebec - Take me to your liter
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 994, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Desperate Housewife Who...
1: ...got an Oscar nomination in 2006.

Felicity Huffman.

2: ...showered a little too much affection on Terrell Owens on "Monday Night Football".

Nicollette Sheridan.

3: ...appeared on the cover of the April 2006 Vanity Fair.

Teri Hatcher.

4: ...literally blew up "Melrose Place" as Dr. Kimberly Shaw.

Marcia Cross.

5: ...has a B.S. in kinesiology and was No. 1 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" list.

Eva Longoria.
Round 2. Category: The Hills Are Alive
1: In 2011 the median home value in this southern Calif. city was around $1.9 million, with or without cee-ment ponds.

Beverly Hills.

2: Encyclopedia Britannica says Wels, Austria is in these lower parts of the Eastern Alps.

the foothills.

3: This range covers 6,000 square miles in southwestern South Dakota and eastern Wyoming.

the Black Hills.

4: Wold, a Middle English geographical word, gave us the name of these hills, home to Bath and Cheltenham.

the Cotswolds.

5: The 200' Chapultepec Hill boasts the castle where this Mexican emperor lived in the 1860s.

Maximilian.
Round 3. Category: Completes The Tony-Winning Play Title
1: 1980:"blank of a Lesser God".

Children.

2: 2008:"August: blank County".

Osage.

3: 1951:Tennessee Williams'"The Rose blank".

Tattoo.

4: 1973,by Jason Miller:"That blank Season".

Championship.

5: 1995:"Love! Valour! blank!".

Compassion.
Round 4. Category: Quebec
1: Quebec is the only province whose civil law is based on the Code Civile of this European country.

France.

2: You can see Canadian soldiers in British uniforms march to French music in this city's Citadel.

Quebec City.

3: 2-week event held in February that includes costume balls, dog-sled and ice-canoe races and parades.

Winter Carnival.

4: Unlike most provinces, Quebec has a separate one of these, La Surete Provinciale Du Quebec.

Provincial/State Police.

5: This explorer landed on what is now the Gaspe Peninsula in 1534 and claimed it for the French king.

Jacques Cartier.
Round 5. Category: Take Me To Your Liter
1: Earthlust's 1-liter stainless steel bottles are part of its "mission to eliminate" single-use water bottles made of this.

plastic.

2: Feels like I've waited forever to open my 1-liter bottle of Ancient Age "Kentucky straight" this.

bourbon.

3: ezcap.net makes resealable 1-liter amber bottles specially designed to hold "micro" these.

brews.

4: The 21st century generation can get 1-liter bottles of this soda with a red, white and blue circle logo.

Pepsi.

5: Is this an IQ test? Amazon sells a 1-liter bottle of this "vapor distilled" glaceau brand for $1.90--plus $8.99 shipping.

Smartwater.
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9 min
October 31, 2023Episode 993 - 5 random things - The canary - Presidential this and that - Drop out - Social studies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 993, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 5 Random Things
1: A 2014 headline: "Florida family butt-dials" this no. "while planning their next meth cook"; a dispatcher listened for 30 min..

911.

2: Holy biloba! Here's a beautiful example of this tree at a Buddhist temple said to be planted by a Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

a ginkgo.

3: Astronauts Scott, Worden and Irwin established a U. of Michigan alumni club on the Moon during this, the 4th mission to land.

Apollo 15.

4: This book after Exodus: "All that have not fins and scales in the seas... be an abomination unto you", so eating lobster? A no-go.

Leviticus.

5: Viewable from the U.N. in the East River, one of New York City's smallest islands is named for this secretary-general from Myanmar.

U Thant.
Round 2. Category: The Canary
1: The 50-story Canary Wharf Tower on the Thames River is this capital city's tallest building.

London.

2: The world's largest canary diamond, a vivid yellow gem from South Africa, bears the name of this NYC jeweler.

Tiffany.

3: Harz Mountain and St. Andreasberg are 2 regions in this European country famous as canary breeding centers.

Germany.

4: Better-known nickname of Wild West woman Martha Jane Canary.

Calamity Jane.

5: Canaries take their name from the Canary Islands, which belong to this country.

Spain.
Round 3. Category: Presidential This And That
1: Presidential brother Edgar Eisenhower was called "Big" this; Dwight was the "Little" version.

Ike.

2: A long-shot compromise candidate in 1844, James Polk is considered the first of these "equine" winners.

a dark horse.

3: He was a brigadier general when he demanded the "Unconditional Surrender" of Fort Donelson in February 1862.

Grant.

4: 3 recent presidents--Bush I, Clinton and Obama--shared this trait common to only about 10% of Americans.

left-handedness.

5: Before becoming president, he helped his wife Lou translate "De re metallica", a 1556 text that detailed copper mining.

Hoover.
Round 4. Category: Drop Out
1: Known as "The Body", this pro wrestler-turned-governor dropped out of a Minnesota community college.

Jesse Ventura.

2: Both named Steve, these 2 now fabulously wealthy college dropouts founded Apple Computer.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

3: After dropping out of high school, he ran McDonald's and became a McMillionaire.

Kroc.

4: This fur mogul and high school dropout has been called America's first multimillionaire.

(John Jacob) Astor.

5: Arriving from Scotland in 1848 as an elementary school dropout, he sold his company in 1901 for $480 million.

Carnegie.
Round 5. Category: Social Studies
1: This group is composed of those of your same age or social position; in a courtroom, you might face a jury of them.

peers.

2: It's South America's most populous country.

Brazil.

3: Also called citizenship education, it's the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

civics.

4: One of America's early social workers, her Hull House spearheaded the U.S. settlement house movement.

Jane Addams.

5: In January 2019 this South American country's national assembly declared its president a "usurper" and named its own replacement.

Venezuela.
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9 min
October 30, 2023Episode 992 - Brand name variations - Indians - Minimum ages - What's the sport? - Rhinoceros now
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 992, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Brand Name Variations
1: Hellmann's on the east coast and Best Foods out west are different brand names for this same product, around since 1920.

mayonnaise.

2: In Australia, Hungry Jack's is home to the Whopper, found at this chain in America.

Burger King.

3: In Canada, "It's not delivery, it's Delissio", what we know better in the U.S. as this frozen pizza brand.

DiGiorno.

4: Part of the U.S. has Edy's and part has this brand name that honors Edy's ice cream-making partner.

Dreyer's.

5: Around the world, what we call Diet Coke is known as Coca-Cola this 5-letter word.

light.
Round 2. Category: Indians
1: After the Sioux began using these animals, they gave up permanent villages to follow the buffalo.

horses.

2: The ghost dance was supposed to bring back dead Indian heroes and make them disappear.

the white men.

3: These, carried over from Europe, killed more Indians than war did.

smallpox germs (diseases).

4: It was a Mohawk leader named Hiawatha who put together this 5-nation league.

Iroquois League.

5: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia called this crop "apooke".

tobacco.
Round 3. Category: Minimum Ages
1: To legally buy alcohol across the U.S..

21.

2: To see an R-rated movie unaccompanied by an adult.

17.

3: To vote in Canadian national elections.

18.

4: To play on the Senior PGA Tour.

50.

5: To serve as a Congressman.

25.
Round 4. Category: What'S The Sport?
1: Touchback,forward progress.

football.

2: Chip out,Nassau.

golf.

3: Chukker,tail shot.

polo.

4: Backcheck,delayed whistle.

hockey.

5: Memphis attack,high post.

basketball.
Round 5. Category: Rhinoceros Now
1: This object that projects from a rhino's nose is made from a protein called keratin.

horn.

2: Like many health-conscious humans, rhinos have this type of diet.

vegetarian.

3: The rhino is closely related to this animal, though we won't hear "My kingdom for a rhino" anytime soon.

horse.

4: Except for the Sumatran type, rhinos don't have much of this, except at tail tips or the fringe on the ears.

hair.

5: People turn into savage rhinos in this Romanian-born author's 1959 play.

EugÃƒÂ¨ne Ionesco.
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8 min
October 29, 2023Episode 991 - Jokers are wild - J.j. abrams, busy man - Jeopardy! drinking games - 3 for the show - Headgear
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 991, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Jokers Are Wild
1: This late funnyman, ever in search of respect: "I met the Surgeon General. He offered me a cigarette".

(Rodney) Dangerfield.

2: By George, this standup comic said, "As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is".

George Carlin.

3: Jack Handey: "Blow ye winds, like" this Miles Davis instrument "blows, but without that noise".

a trumpet.

4: For "Blazing Saddles", this legendary black standup wrote the classic line "Mongo only pawn in game of life".

Richard Pryor.

5: This extremely deadpan comic asked, "What's another word for thesaurus?".

Steven Wright.
Round 2. Category: J.J. Abrams, Busy Man
1: In 2009 J.J. Abrams went where Leonard Nimoy had gone before and directed this film.

Star Trek.

2: J.J. didn't write or direct, but produced 2011's "Mission: Impossible", subtitled this.

Ghost Protocol.

3: J.J. co-created this ABC drama that was so intriguing, a man simply opening a hatch became a major event.

Lost.

4: J.J. said he created this Jennifer Garner series by thinking, "What if Felicity was a spy?".

Alias.

5: Say you write a script about a '70s train crash; if you're J.J., you call it this, direct it and have Spielberg produce.

Super 8.
Round 3. Category: Jeopardy! Drinking Games
1: Like actress Sally, this last name of 19th century U.S. department store owner Marshall is singular; add an "S"--imbibe.

Field.

2: When naming this member of the 2nd triumvirate, don't add an "H" to his last name or you're talking about J. Lo's hubby.

Mark Antony.

3: If you add the incorrect "S" to this last book of the Bible that tells of the opening of 6 seals, down a whole cup.

Revelation.

4: If you say the WCTU is the "Women's Christian" rather than the "Woman's Christian" this, take a non-alcoholic swig.

Temperance Union.

5: Drink up if you say (incorrectly) this African-American author wrote "The Invisible Man"; he penned "Invisible Man".

Ralph Ellison.
Round 4. Category: 3 For The Show
1: Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly and Mo brings plenty landed in Montana.

Yellowstone.

2: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim and Alex Russell.

S.W.A.T..

3: Ming-na Wen, Jennifer Beals and Temuera Morrison, who opens "The Book of" this mysterious title sci-fi guy.

Boba Fett.

4: Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna and Garcelle Beauvais get "Real".

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

5: John Cena (not exactly living up to the title), Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Holland.

Peacemaker.
Round 5. Category: Headgear
1: This type of cap is part of a Brownie Girl Scout Uniform.

a beanie.

2: To show off their curls, men turned up the brim 1st on 1 side, then both, then the back, making this hat.

a tricorn hat.

3: Presidents wore silk toppers to inaugurations till Eisenhower broke tradition in '53 with this German design.

a homberg.

4: Wearing one of these protectors is usually associated with someone a little out on the fringe.

a tinfoil hat.

5: Ahoy! There's a mode of transport in the name of this straw hat with a flat crown and a ribbon band.

a boater.
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9 min
October 28, 2023Episode 990 - Moses - Top of the bill - Knots to you - Lemon squeezy - Double-letter geography
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 990, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Moses
1: Born in 1860, this farmer's wife began painting her famous landscapes in her late 70s.

Grandma Moses.

2: Before Moses died on Mount Pisgah, he scaled this mount to chat with Yahweh.

Mount Sinai.

3: In 1956's "The Ten Commandments" this man's son Fraser played the baby Moses.

Charlton Heston.

4: In 1976 and 1984 he won Olympic gold in the 400-meter hurdles.

Edwin Moses.

5: The novel "A Woman Called Moses" recants the heroic struggles of this abolitionist.

Harriet Tubman.
Round 2. Category: Top Of The Bill
1: "Saving Private Ryan", 1998: this actor, not Private Ryan.

Tom Hanks.

2: "The Godfather Part II", 1974: this actor who could have been nicknamed Fredo himself.

Alfredo James Pacino.

3: "Some Like It Hot", 1959: her.

Marilyn Monroe.

4: "The Princess Bride", 1987: this leading man whose name was not Inigo Montoya.

Cary Elwes.

5: "Enter the Dragon", 1973: this martial arts legend.

Bruce Lee.
Round 3. Category: Knots To You
1: Kind of knot that sounds like its tied by your mother's mother.

a granny knot.

2: Term for a knot used to fasten a rope to an object or "your wagon to a star".

hitch.

3: This geometric knot is one of the oldest in use.

a square knot.

4: Half a pair of pants, or the looseness in a knot.

slack.

5: Not tightness per se, but this kinetic force gives knots their holding power.

friction.
Round 4. Category: Lemon Squeezy
1: For a classic French 75, along with the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup, you have to break out a bottle of this sparkling wine.

champagne.

2: Whisk yolks in the top of a double boiler and slowly add clarified butter and lemon juice to make this, 1 of cuisine's "mother sauces".

hollandaise.

3: A classic pie is filled with tart lemon and topped with this, stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar.

meringue.

4: This outermost layer of a lemon peel--just the skin and not the white pith--has aromatic oils that add flavor to food.

zest.

5: Salt-preserved lemons can accompany this Moroccan stew made in an earthenware pot of the same name.

a tagine.
Round 5. Category: Double-Letter Geography
1: The Arabic name of this Muslim nation in northwest Africa means "The Western Kingdom".

Morocco.

2: This capital city was founded in 1840 on Lambton Harbour at the extreme south part of the North Island.

Wellington.

3: Fort Peck Dam on this river in Montana provides irrigation and hydroelectric power for much of the region.

the Missouri.

4: This Canadian provincial capital lies about halfway between Vancouver and Montreal.

Winnipeg(, Manitoba).

5: The longest river originating in this mountain range is the Garonne, which flows northward through France.

the Pyrenees.
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9 min
October 27, 2023Episode 989 - The communist manifesto - From d to d - Baltimore - Plot - Tv narrators
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 989, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Communist Manifesto
1: These 2 authors were both in their 20s when they wrote the pamphlet.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

2: The pamphlet ends, "Workers of the world," do this!.

unite.

3: The proletarians "have nothing to lose but" these.

Their chains.

4: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of" these.

class struggles.

5: "The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: abolition of" this, an alliterative phrase.

private property.
Round 2. Category: From D To D
1: Beastly cross-country transport in Arctic regions.

a dog sled.

2: Adjective meaning you are so surprised by something that you do not know what to do or say.

dumbfounded.

3: The name of these muscles comes from their triangular shape.

deltoids.

4: A car battery brand, or someone loyal to particular ideas and unwilling to change.

Diehard.

5: The plastic skin stretched tight over a snare or bass frame.

a drumhead.
Round 3. Category: Baltimore
1: Begun in 1815, America's first large-scale monument to this man towers above Mount Vernon Place.

George Washington.

2: The 1814 bombardment of this nearby site is commemorated on Defenders' Day.

Fort McHenry.

3: "Liberty Heights" and "Diner" are among the Baltimore-set movies by this Baltimore-born writer and director.

Barry Levinson.

4: Famous for its medical school, this university celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2001.

Johns Hopkins.

5: Horse racing's Preakness Stakes runs each May at this racetrack.

Pimlico.
Round 4. Category: Plot
1: Code name Valkyrie, the July plot was a 1944 attempt to assassinate this man.

Hitler.

2: The gunpowder in the 1605 gunpowder plot was found under this building.

Parliament.

3: A certain agency whose initials are C.I.A. helped plot the overthrow of this country's PM Mossadegh in 1953.

Iran.

4: Khrushchev said in 1956 that this leader had created the trumped-up "Doctors' Plot".

Stalin.

5: Yui Shosetsu failed in 1651 to oust the Tokugawa shogunate with an army of these "masterless warriors".

ronin.
Round 5. Category: Tv Narrators
1: The finale of this sitcom was not narrated by Bob Saget but by Josh Radnor, who played the title pronoun.

How I Met Your Mother.

2: Michael C. Hall played the titular serial killer and narrator of this Showtime series.

Dexter.

3: (I'm Iain Armitage.) So you don't get us mixed up, on the show "Young Sheldon", I play young Sheldon Cooper, while this actor is the voice of older Sheldon.

Jim Parsons.

4: Mary Alice Young is the omniscient dead narrator of this series about her neighbors on Wisteria Lane.

Desperate Housewives.

5: As the narrator of "Arrested Development" he said, "Tobias was a never-nude, which is exactly what it sounds like".

Ron Howard.
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8 min
October 26, 2023Episode 988 - Movie characters - Conventions - Cool news - "angel"ic songs - The 1990s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 988, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Movie Characters
1: Igor,Frau Blucher,Dr. Frederick Frankenstein.

Young Frankenstein.

2: Mother Abbess,Captain Von Trapp,Maria.

The Sound of Music.

3: John Travolta played paint salesman and disco king Tony Manero in this 1977 film.

Saturday Night Fever.

4: Dodge,Cornelius,Dr. Zira.

Planet of the Apes.

5: Max Von Mayerling,Joe Gillis,Norma Desmond.

Sunset Boulevard.
Round 2. Category: Conventions
1: On "Saturday Night Live", William Shatner told attendees at this type of convention, "Get a life!".

Star Trek.

2: New England Federalists convened in Hartford in 1814 to denounce this war.

War of 1812.

3: In the film "Chasing Amy", boy meets girl at a convention for artists and fans of these.

Comic books.

4: The Annapolis Convention of 1786 did nothing but suggest holding this convention in Philadelphia.

Constitutional Convention.

5: (Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone) I heard stories of Bob Dole in a towel at the 1996 Republican Convention in this California city.

San Diego.
Round 3. Category: Cool News
1: 17-year-old Wolf Cukier discovered a planet just 3 days into his internship with this government agency.

NASA.

2: M.I.T. researchers used a solar still, evaporation and condensation in this process to make ocean water drinkable.

desalinization.

3: In 2020 this sports league and its players association reached a deal that will pay top centers and point guards in excess of $500,000 a year.

the WNBA.

4: In 2019 Tunisia held its second straight election that was considered to meet the alliterative criterion "free and" this.

fair.

5: A sort of "EpiPen" for spinal cord injuries could thwart paralysis by using these microscopic "particles".

nanoparticles.
Round 4. Category: AngelIc Songs. With Angel in quotes
1: Marilee Rush and Juice Newton hit the Top Ten telling us about this angel.

"Angel of the Morning" (Angel in the Morning accepted).

2: In 1955, both The Crew-Cuts and The Penguins asked her, "When will you be mine?".

"Earth Angel".

3: In '62 Neil Sedaka called himself "The luckiest devil in the neighborhood" because he lived there.

"Next Door to an Angel".

4: Charley Pride advised 1st to do this, then "Love her like the devil when you get back home".

"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'".

5: Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream...".

"Undercover Angel".
Round 5. Category: The 1990s
1: In 1993 General Beg of this countrv said yes, we have nukes and we'll use them on India if we have to.

Pakistan.

2: He hinted he'd run for president in March of 1992, withdrew in July, then re-entered in October.

H. Ross Perot.

3: The world lost 2 of its greatest dancers: Margot Fonteyn in 1991 and this man, her partner, in 1993.

Rudolf Nureyev.

4: This trade pact went into effect in January 1994 and by 2008, nearly all tariffs between its 3 participating nations were gone.

NAFTA.

5: Queen Elizabeth II and Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994.

the opening of the "Chunnel" (the Channel tunnel).
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October 25, 2023Episode 987 - Tough-pourri - Nonmetals - Vice - Addresses - Eat like a horse
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 987, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tough-Pourri
1: Students are allowed to bring a toad, a cat or an owl to this fictional boarding school.

Hogwarts.

2: This last Ivy-League school to win this college football bowl game was Columbia University in 1934.

the Rose Bowl.

3: When "Face The Nation" premiered in 1954, this first guest was grilled over comments he had been making about the Army.

Senator Joe McCarthy.

4: In 1907, the first 4 groups in this org. started in England were the Bulls, the Wolves, the Curlews and the Ravens.

Boy Scouts.

5: On this date in 1999, England's Guardian newspaper announced a coup in the nation of San Seriffe.

April 1st.
Round 2. Category: Nonmetals
1: General Foods first introduced this nondairy dessert topping in 1966.

Cool Whip.

2: Fake flowers Marie Osmond sang about in 1973.

"Paper Roses".

3: Little Boy Blue slept under one.

haystack.

4: The Hebrew name for this taboo meat is basar chazir.

pork.

5: Encarta says clothes with a high content of this plastic fiber "became popular in the 1970s".

polyester.
Round 3. Category: Vice
1: If you don't care if it's Godiva or a Clark Bar, you've got to have it, you're this, a word dating back at least to the 1960s.

a chocoholic.

2: Ulysses S. Grant smoked these, including Cheroots, to the tune of 20 a day.

cigars.

3: In this movie Paul Giamatti plays Miles, whose vice is wine, especially his prized 1961 Chateau Cheval Blanc.

Sideways.

4: A 1998 study showed release of dopamine, a pleasure-bringing neurotransmitter, in subjects during a tank-driving one of these.

a video game.

5: The book "Aristocratic Vice" examines the vices of the 18th century English nobility, including these "affairs of honor".

a duel.
Round 4. Category: Addresses
1: This animated family lived at 201 Cobblestone Way in Bedrock.

the Flintstones.

2: At night you'll have no trouble spotting this stadium at 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago--it's now lighted.

Wrigley Field.

3: Whether travelling by land or sea, don't miss this attraction at 193 Salem St. in Boston.

the Old North Church.

4: President Hoover was among those dedicating this NYC building at 350 Fifth Ave. on May 1, 1931.

the Empire State Building.

5: You'd find this at 1313 S. Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim, CA.

Disneyland.
Round 5. Category: Eat Like A Horse
1: Horses love this fruit of the genus Malus; does one a day keep the vet away?.

an apple.

2: Though they're vegetarians, many male horses have 4 of these long "doglike" teeth used for tearing food.

canines.

3: Whether crushed, rolled or cooked, these are a high-energy horse food; too much can cause horsie overexuberance.

oats.

4: For joint health, some experts recommend giving horses this oil from fish of the genus Gadus--blecch!.

cod liver oil.

5: This protein-rich plant of the pea family is like steak for horses; don't give the little rascals too much of it.

alfalfa.
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