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October 14, 2023Episode 976 - Starts with feb, trebek - Teen people - Your teeth - World facts - Females, women and ladies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 976, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Starts With Feb, Trebek
1: Tell your sweetie--this is St. Valentine's feast day.

February 14th.

2: This date brings Punxsutawney Phil's big moment.

February 2nd.

3: It's the latest date in February on which the first Sunday of the month can fall.

the 7th.

4: Computer displays in some 2004 Pontiacs showed the wrong day of the week because engineers forgot about this date.

February 29th.

5: Before a correction to the calendar in 1752, Washington's birthday was February 11; today it's this.

February 22nd.
Round 2. Category: Teen People
1: Having jumped in a lake during their Orlando photo shoot, these "Boys" sported the wet look on a 1998 cover.

Backstreet Boys.

2: These cover girls of the issue turned 18 on June 13, 2004.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

3: This Yankees shortstop reveals he's "a big movie person"; "Seven" is his favorite.

Derek Jeter.

4: 4 stars of this Fox drama shared a spot (we think the one who plays Seth is funny-looking, but whatever).

The O.C..

5: Following Nelly, Chingy is the latest big star out of this city's rap scene.

St. Louis.
Round 3. Category: Your Teeth
1: In the dentist's office, Procaine and Lidocaine are types of this.

anesthetics.

2: Number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw.

16.

3: It's no fiction, it's the sensitive tissue at the center of a tooth consisting of nerves and blood vessels.

the pulp.

4: These canines are so-named for their position under a body part.

eye teeth.

5: If you wear this type of metal bling, remove it before eating and brush and floss so bacteria don't build up.

a grill.
Round 4. Category: World Facts
1: The name of Wagga Wagga, a city in this country, is an Aboriginal word meaning "many crows".

Australia.

2: A statue of the young Queen Victoria graces the Library of Parliament in this capital of Canada.

Ottawa.

3: If you're driving in Mexico and see the word "alto" on a sign, don't sing; do this.

stop.

4: This Belgian city is famous for its bridges and its name is Dutch for bridges.

Bruges.

5: Over half the population of this Malaysian capital is of Chinese ethnicity.

Kuala Lumpur.
Round 5. Category: Females, Women And Ladies
1: Though not a continuation of the series, 2001's "Quidditch Through the Ages" was a short book by this woman.

J.K. Rowling.

2: She was the mother of Princesses Stephanie and Caroline.

Princess Grace.

3: Check out this empress' 190-carat Orlov Diamond at Russia's Armory Museum.

Catherine the Great.

4: This primatologist and author was murdered in 1985, probably by a vengeful poacher.

Dian Fossey.

5: By the time this 1877 title woman realizes she's been looking at life and love wrong, she catches a train, literally.

Anna Karenina.
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9 min
October 13, 2023Episode 975 - Solve for "ex" - Taking a position - The flintstones - Words from "jeopardy!" - "f"-stops
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 975, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Solve For Ex. With Ex in quotation marks
1: Pregnant.

expecting.

2: The IRS is pleased to say that the value of each personal one of these has risen to $3,700.

an exemption.

3: Fair market value for the owners of the little store of the route of our highway;2-4-6-8!Who do we this?.

expropriate.

4: As well as meaning "lovely", this adjective can mean "perceptive and discriminating" and precede "taste".

exquisite.

5: If the murderer had blood type A, finding that a suspect has type O is this kind of evidence.

exculpatory (exclusionary also accepted).
Round 2. Category: Taking A Position
1: You can search far and wide or high and this.

low.

2: If you're leeward, you're facing away from the source of this.

the wind.

3: From the Latin citra, "on this side", it's nearby as opposed to yon.

hither.

4: It's the compass position to the right of a person facing the rising sun.

south.

5: 5-letter word for the place at which something is about to start, or the upper edge of a steep cliff.

the brink.
Round 3. Category: The Flintstones
1: Apollo 7 commander Wally Schirra exclaimed this happy Fred Flintstone line from space in 1968.

yabba-dabba-doo.

2: It's where Fred took the family in the opening of every show.

drive-in theater.

3: Fred first met this purple creature while on a hunting trip and took him home as a pet.

Dino.

4: The Flintstones celebrated this anniversary October 14, 1985.

25th.

5: Fred and Barney were lodge members of this "Loyal Order".

Water Buffaloes.
Round 4. Category: Words From Jeopardy!. With Jeopardy! in quotes
1: Give someone enough of this and he'll hang himself with it.

rope.

2: This term for a minute opening in the skin doesn't sound very rich.

pore.

3: Whenever it precedes "vu" I feel like I've seen this word before.

deja.

4: When talking about your kids, it pairs with "pride".

joy.

5: Odd that this is the only one of Disney's 7 Dwarfs whose name is contained in "Jeopardy!".

Dopey.
Round 5. Category: F-Stops. With F in quotation marks
1: Italian word for the last piece of an opera or concert.

finale.

2: The outer limit of a field of science; the opening of "Star Trek" mentioned one.

frontier.

3: Involving liquor and a match, this French verb is the last step in preparing Steak Diane.

flambÃƒÂ©.

4: The outer edge of something, or a spooky Fox TV show.

Fringe.

5: Major League Baseball games that end this way are all scored 9-0.

forfeit.
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9 min
October 12, 2023Episode 974 - That 1870s show - Send me a letter - "water" you saying? - French class - Oh, witty woman
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 974, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: That 1870s Show
1: This Norwegian's "Pillars of Society" debuted in Denmark in 1877.

Ibsen.

2: "Yn Wyneb Y Nef" is one of the songs from 1878's "Blodwen", thought to be the first opera in this language.

Welsh.

3: "Thespis", the first collaboration by this pair, opened in London in Dec. 1871 and ran for 2 months; they'd do better later.

Gilbert and Sullivan.

4: This city just northeast of Nuremberg got on the opera map with the 1876 premiere of the full "Ring" cycle.

Bayreuth.

5: Jacques Offenbach's 1875 operetta "Le Voyage Dans la Lune" was based on a novel by this man.

(Jules) Verne.
Round 2. Category: Send Me A Letter
1: At Harvard, this letter grade indicates "satisfactory comprehension of the course material".

a C.

2: Curl your little finger under your thumb and spread your other 3 fingers to make this letter in ASL.

a W.

3: In Morse code it's 3 dots.

S.

4: A 6-string guitar's low and high strings are typically tuned to this note.

E.

5: It denotes the horizontal axis in a Cartesian coordinate system.

X.
Round 3. Category: Water You Saying?. With Water in quotes
1: Scorpio or Pisces, for example.

a water sign.

2: This was one of the sports Henry Winkler could do, so it's how Fonzie jumped the shark.

water skiing.

3: Peppery salad vegetable.

watercress.

4: Irish city famous for its crystal.

Waterford.

5: Type of plain in Spain from which the rain mainly drains to one main vein.

a watershed.
Round 4. Category: French Class
1: French for "evening", it now refers to a party held in the evening.

soirÃƒÂ©e.

2: When the French cook with champignons, they're adding these to the dish.

mushrooms.

3: From "chanter", to sing, it's a female singer.

chanteuse.

4: When you ask someone to "Fermez la bouche", you want him to do this.

shut his mouth.

5: The 2-word phrase meaning "by airplane" often found on int'l air mail envelopes.

par avion.
Round 5. Category: Oh, Witty Woman
1: Lucille Ball once quipped, "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about" this.

your age.

2: Funny lady Roseanne used to joke that she wouldn't do this chore "'til Sears makes one you can ride on".

Vacuum.

3: This country singer said, "I was the first woman to burn my bra--it took the fire department 4 days to put it out".

Dolly Parton.

4: Erma Bombeck advised, "Before you try to keep up with" them, "be sure they're not trying to keep up with you".

the Joneses.

5: 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue".

Dorothy Parker.
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8 min
October 11, 2023Episode 973 - For "me" - Chump change - Mr. dwayne johnson - Novel plots - "i" didn't expect
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 973, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: For Me. With Me in quotes
1: Usually occurring in children, this disease is caused by a morbillivirus.

measles.

2: In the Sermon on the Mount, they are called blessed.

the meek.

3: This reservoir was formed by Hoover Dam.

Lake Mead.

4: From the Latin for "lean", it means deficient or barely adequate.

meager.

5: A value below which 50% of subjects fall, or a strip down the middle of the road.

the median.
Round 2. Category: Chump Change
1: Change a letter to get this big winner.

a champ.

2: Drop a letter to get this dromedary dome.

a hump.

3: Change 2 letters to get this bell sound.

a chime.

4: Drop 2 letters to get this sports authority.

an ump.

5: Change 2 letters to get this metal fastener.

a clamp.
Round 3. Category: Mr. Dwayne Johnson
1: Channeling his Pacific island heritage, Dwayne was the voice of Maui in this animated movie.

Moana.

2: In the last 4 films in this speedy franchise, Dwayne has played Luke Hobbs.

Fast and Furious.

3: D.J. flew a rescue chopper and saved lives in this "fault"-y disaster film.

San Andreas.

4: In "Central Intelligence", Dwayne teamed up to catch a spy with this actor of smaller stature.

Kevin Hart.

5: Still billed as "The Rock" in his film debut "The Mummy Returns", Dwayne played this ruler restored to life by ancient magic.

the Scorpion King.
Round 4. Category: Novel Plots
1: Life on the Mississippi with an orphan and a runaway slave.

Huckleberry Finn.

2: After a shipwreck, an 18th c. adventurer gets tied down in Lilliput before he can return home.

Gulliver's Travels.

3: A London physician discovers he's as different as night and day.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

4: Rudolf Rassendyll has a close shave when he's mistaken for the King of Ruritania.

The Prisoner of Zenda.

5: Hostile aliens fall victim to germ warfare in England.

The War of the Worlds.
Round 5. Category: I Didn'T Expect. With I in quotes
1: It precedes coffee, setter, whiskey and wolfhound.

Irish.

2: Jacques Rogge was elected president of this governing body in July 2001.

the IOC, the International Olympic Committee.

3: Ron Kovic could have called his book "Born on" this--it's the same thing.

Independence Day.

4: This verb form makes the word a command.

imperative.

5: The black, shiny crystals of this element are dissolved in alcohol to make an antiseptic.

iodine.
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8 min
October 10, 2023Episode 972 - Africa's official languages - Argentina - Exotic wildlife - Musicals - The empire strikes plaque
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 972, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Africa'S Official Languages
1: In Benin:this.

French.

2: In Gabon:this.

French.

3: In Cameroon:English and this.

French.

4: In Equatorial Guinea:Spanish and this.

French.

5: In Rwanda:Kinyarwanda, French and this.

English.
Round 2. Category: Argentina
1: The president of Argentina works at the Casa Rosada or Pink House in this city.

Buenos Aires.

2: In September 1955 General Eduardo Lonardi succeeded this man as leader of Argentina.

(Juan) Peron.

3: In March 1985, the annual rate for this stood at 850%.

inflation.

4: Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, lies on this island territory of Argentina.

Tierra del Fuego.

5: Both Argentina and the Rio de la Plata derive their names from the Latin word for this.

silver.
Round 3. Category: Exotic Wildlife
1: One happy girl on a Costa Rica expedition remarked that this animal "was a lot faster than I thought".

a sloth.

2: Seals, beware of orcas working together in this 3-letter group--the orcas' strategies can be most effective.

a pod.

3: Komodo dragons' tongues touch air, then touch chemoreceptors in the mouth as part of this smelling system.

the olfactory system.

4: Polar bear cubs stay with Mom for two and a half years, ultimately going through this process of moving off her milk.

weaning.

5: The calf of the Svalbard subspecies of this animal can be quite playful.

a caribou (or reindeer).
Round 4. Category: Musicals
1: Title amusement park ride owned by Mrs. Mullin.

carousel.

2: Richard Burton played this king in "Camelot"; Tim Curry has played him in "Spamalot".

King Arthur.

3: Harve Presnell played Johnny Brown, the miner husband of this title character.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

4: City The Boys" were from in musical based on "A Comedy of Errors".

Syracuse.

5: "Illya, Darling" wasn't based on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", but on this Melina Mercouri film.

Never on Sunday.
Round 5. Category: The Empire Strikes Plaque
1: The British Dental Association says that most adults in the U.K. suffer from periodontal, aka this, disease.

gum.

2: U.K. dentists recommend no less than 1,000 ppm of this in your 3-year-old's toothpaste.

fluoride.

3: British dentistry has advanced since medieval barbers performed this procedure using a tool called the pelican.

an extraction.

4: The British Dental Association says there is little danger from this element that's always present in amalgams.

mercury.

5: Missing a molar in Manchester? Contact the NHS, short for this, and get a list of hospitals with a dentist on call.

the National Health Service.
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9 min
October 09, 2023Episode 971 - Key - Sixth sense - Celebrity biographies - Time to "re"-up - Twain
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 971, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Key
1: It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key observed "the rockets' red glare".

Fort McHenry.

2: If you're shooting from the top of the key, you're trying to score in this sport.

basketball.

3: His most famous work was completed in a Baltimore hotel room in 1814.

Francis Scott Key.

4: This ornithologist visited Key West in the 1830s; here's the house that's now named in his honor.

Audubon.

5: What the priest uses to lock doors after mass, or a slang term for a bottle opener.

a church key.
Round 2. Category: Sixth Sense
1: Her predictions, including the JFK assassination, earned her the epithet "Seeress of Washington".

Jeane Dixon.

2: French for "seeing clearly", it's the ability to "see" or envision images and events.

clairvoyance.

3: Scientist Joseph Banks Rhine popularized this term for the sixth sense.

ESP (extrasensory perception).

4: Also called mind-to-mind communication, it's the sending of thoughts from one person to another.

telepathy.

5: This southern seer, who died in 1945, was famous for making medical diagnoses while in a trance.

Edgar Cayce.
Round 3. Category: Celebrity Biographies
1: "Norma Jean".

Marilyn Monroe.

2: "His Way".

Frank Sinatra.

3: "A Rocky Life".

Sylvester Stallone.

4: "Mr. Strangelove".

Peter Sellers.

5: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Rebel".

James Dean.
Round 4. Category: Time To Re-Up. With Re in quotes
1: To resurface a piece of furniture with some new varnish.

refinish.

2: To increase your efforts--specifically twofold.

redouble.

3: 6 letters: hairlines do this, get farther away into the distance.

recede.

4: To follow the title command of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's biggest hit.

relax.

5: Refusal to accept someone or something; in basketball, it's a blocked shot.

reject.
Round 5. Category: Twain
1: Twain claimed it was easy to give up this habit, saying "I've done it a thousand times".

smoking.

2: The grave of Laura H. Frazer, Twain's childhood friend, also bears the name of this character she inspired.

Becky Thatcher.

3: As a teenager Twain, like Ben Franklin, was apprenticed to one of these.

printer.

4: Mark Twain's grave is in Elmira in this state.

New York.

5: Twain was on the staff of this Nevada town's Territorial Enterprise.

Virginia City.
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8 min
October 08, 2023Episode 970 - Let me be perfectly frank - 2005 fiction bestsellers - Oscars since 2000 - The tales of hoffman - Softball
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 970, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let Me Be Perfectly Frank
1: This Rat Packer gained prominence in the singing group The Hoboken Four.

Frank Sinatra.

2: Unlike his brother, he surrendered to Missouri authorities in 1882.

Frank James.

3: He was the subject of a book subtitled "The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman".

Barney Frank.

4: You can see the preliminary sketches for the Panama Puente de Vida Museo on this architect's website.

Frank Gehry.

5: Among this graphic novelist's revisions to the Batman story was making Robin a teenage girl.

Frank Miller.
Round 2. Category: 2005 Fiction Bestsellers
1: As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list.

The Da Vinci Code.

2: Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer.

(Jimmy) Buffett.

3: The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear".

Michael Crichton.

4: This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends.

I Am Charlotte Simmons.

5: The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover and shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale.

The Broker.
Round 3. Category: Oscars Since 2000
1: In 2009 this supporting actor Oscar winner's award was accepted by his mother, father and sister.

Heath Ledger.

2: The title of this best screenplay winner refers to the pregnant lead character, not a mythic queen of the heavens.

Juno.

3: When Helen Mirren won in 2007 for playing "The Queen", he won best actor for "The Last King of Scotland".

Forest Whitaker.

4: Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for playing this 4-time Oscar-winning actress in "The Aviator".

Katharine Hepburn.

5: He followed up his 2003 Oscar for "Mystic River" with a best actor win for 2008.

Sean Penn.
Round 4. Category: The Tales Of Hoffman
1: In this film Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt habitually watches "Jeopardy!".

Rain Man.

2: Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, played himself in this Hoffman film.

All the President's Men.

3: Posters for this 1982 film featured Hoffman in a red sequined dress.

Tootsie.

4: "Everybody's Talkin'" served as the theme to this 1969 film in which Hoffman played street hustler Ratso Rizzo.

Midnight Cowboy.

5: In this 1997 film a Washington spin doctor and a Hollywood producer team up to stage a phony war.

Wag the Dog.
Round 5. Category: Softball
1: In 1900 the 1st softball league was organized in this largest Minnesota city.

Minneapolis.

2: The 2 official types of softball.

slow pitch and fast pitch.

3: In the '30s this newspaper mogul sponsored world championships and donated a gold trophy.

(William Randolph) Hearst.

4: Any player can use a glove, but only these 2 positions can use a mitt.

catcher and first base.

5: In men's softball, it's located 46 feet from home plate.

pitcher's mound.
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9 min
October 07, 2023Episode 969 - You're on a roll - Houses - Movie theater gimmicks - The top teen list - What had happened was
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 969, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You'Re On A Roll
1: A newspaper covering Congress since 1955, or the act of going down a list as you check class attendance.

Roll Call.

2: Nicholas McKay invented this 4-letter roller using a toilet paper roll and tape to spruce up his suit for a dance.

a lint roller.

3: "Roll Tide" is a trademarked phrase used by supporters of this state school... a lot.

the University of Alabama.

4: Photographers and videographers set this "speed" to avoid the distorting effect called "rolling" this.

shutter.

5: This appetizer got its name as it is traditionally served during a specific time of the year--the first day of Chinese New Year.

a spring roll.
Round 2. Category: Houses
1: A small cottage, its name may come from a Hindi word meaning "of Bengal".

a bungalow.

2: Chalets have low-pitched roofs to allow for the accumulation of this, which acts as an insulation.

snow.

3: In May 1987 PTL auctioned off Jim and Tammy Bakker's air-conditioned one for $4,500.

a dog house.

4: The house in which a Roman Catholic parish priest lives.

a rectory.

5: In a song from 1933, it's the type of house I want to go back to in Kealakekua, Hawaii.

a little black shack.
Round 3. Category: Movie Theater Gimmicks
1: The Odorama process added smells to movies using this 3-word process that involves a card and your fingernail.

scratch and sniff.

2: In 1985 3 versions of this mystery comedy were released in theaters with 3 different people killing Mr. Boddy.

Clue.

3: Psycho-Rama films used these, split-second hidden images or words, to unsettle the audience.

subliminal messages.

4: Some theaters showed this 2019 Will Smith clone movie in 60 frames per second, which made the action look smoother.

Gemini Man.

5: This director took his "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" across the country on a roadshow.

Kevin Smith.
Round 4. Category: The Top Teen List
1: At 16, he joined the soccer club Manchester United, but he didn't get his first goal for another 3 years.

Beckham.

2: Miley Cyrus plays this TV teen.

Hannah Montana.

3: This nationalist leader who used nonviolent techniques to help create a free India was married when he was 13.

Mohandas Gandhi.

4: Legend says at 13, she saved Capt. John Smith from warriors of Powhatan, her father.

Pocahontas.

5: At 17, this "Little Women" author wrote her first novel, "The Inheritence".

(Louisa May) Alcott.
Round 5. Category: What Had Happened Was
1: In 2000 this man won the popular vote for U.S. president by 500,000 but did not get the job.

Al Gore.

2: "Guests" of this fortress who checked out the hard way included Sir Thomas More, Edmund Dudley and Anne Boleyn.

the Tower of London.

3: In 1687 the Ottomans found that storing gunpowder at this Acropolis building was a ridiculously terrible idea.

the Parthenon.

4: In 1989 he succeeded his late father as emperor of Japan.

Akihito.

5: On this mission Pete Conrad said, "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me".

Apollo 12.
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9 min
October 06, 2023Episode 968 - On ice - Classic monopoly tokens - Althing - Capitals at statehood - Mayor garcetti's los angeles
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 968, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: On Ice
1: Put this letter on "ice" and you get what Mickey and Minnie are.

M (mice).

2: Put this letter on "ice" and you get gaming material that may be loaded.

D (dice).

3: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the kind of "guys" who "finish last".

N (nice).

4: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the type of crime Crockett and Tubbs fought.

V (vice).

5: Put this letter on "ice" and you get a grain grown in paddies.

R (rice).
Round 2. Category: Classic Monopoly Tokens
1: You wear one of these to protect your fingers when sewing.

a thimble.

2: The one Lincoln wore to Ford's Theatre is in the Smithsonian.

a top hat.

3: Awaiting the inevitable is like "waiting for the other" this "to drop".

the shoe.

4: On May 30, 2010 Dario Franchitti claimed a big victory in one.

a racecar.

5: It's also a classic combat game from Milton Bradley.

the battleship.
Round 3. Category: Althing
1: Formed in 930 A.D., the Althing of this country is one of the oldest legislative assemblies in the world.

Iceland.

2: There are this many members of the Althing--they'll always fall one short of filling an entire checkerboard.

sixty-three.

3: This position that has the country's real power (and the cabinet) is appointed by the president with the Althing's approval.

the prime minister.

4: In 1874 the king of this nearby Scandinavian country vested the Althing with legislative power in internal affairs.

Denmark.

5: The Althing had an upper and lower house until 1991; now it's this type of legislature, meaning "one chamber".

unicameral.
Round 4. Category: Capitals At Statehood
1: Augusta.

Georgia.

2: San Jose.

California.

3: Huntsville.

Alabama.

4: Guthrie.

Oklahoma.

5: Wheeling.

West Virginia.
Round 5. Category: Mayor Garcetti'S Los Angeles
1: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Just north of Hollywood and Vine, the studios at Capitol Records have been used by Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Sam Smith and this band, who recorded their "Surfin' Safari" album in the tower.

the Beach Boys.

2: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) The Hollywood Sign was originally the Hollywoodland Sign, a $21,000 billboard in 1923, for this 2-word type of development owned by the publisher of the L.A. Times.

real estate.

3: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Using the term "California romanza" to mean "freedom to make one's own form", this 3-named architect's first L.A. project, Hollyhock House, was completed in 1921.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

4: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) At L.A.'s Griffith Observatory, the Astronomers Monument features 6 giants of the field: Hipparchus, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel and this Italian genius.

Galileo.

5: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Between 1921 and 1955 Italian immigrant Simon Rodia constructed a collection of 17 structures he called Nuestro Pueblo or "Our Town"; today, it's a National Historic Landmark known as this.

the Watts Towers.
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9 min
October 05, 2023Episode 967 - The hudson - Trade names - If you can't beat 'em... - Double double letters - Lost in yonkers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 967, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Hudson
1: A bridge named for this fictional snoozer crosses the Hudson at Catskill.

Rip Van Winkle.

2: In 1802 a military academy was established at this site.

West Point.

3: In 1807 the first practical steamboat, commonly known by this name, was launched on the Hudson.

Clermont.

4: This interstate park on the Hudson features 300-500 foot high cliffs.

Palisades.

5: It was on this ship that Henry Hudson was first sent up the river.

Half Moon.
Round 2. Category: Trade Names
1: As Roosevelt was called Teddy, and motion pictures called movies, the new wheat flakes were named this.

Wheaties.

2: Originally introduced as "Celluwipes", it's now a common brand of tissues.

Kleenex.

3: White soap which got its name when Harvey Procter heard this word from a Psalm quoted in a sermon.

Ivory.

4: This trade name for a fluorescent paint has come to be used for any bright, shocking color.

Day-Glo.

5: Japanese for "three-diamond", this company's name can be seen in its symbol.

Mitsubishi.
Round 3. Category: If You Can'T Beat 'Em...
1: At the Buick Invitational from 2005 to 2008, many were invited but no one was beating this golfer.

Tiger Woods.

2: Many on our staff were sad to see the Astros invade Chavez Ravine and beat this team in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series.

the Dodgers.

3: From 2005 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2014, no man was beating this Spaniard for the French Open men's singles title.

(Rafael) Nadal.

4: This storied franchise was the last north-of-the-border team to win the Stanley Cup, back in 1993.

the (Montreal) Canadiens.

5: Over 4 straight Super Bowls, it was the rest of the NFL 139, this team 73.

the Buffalo Bills.
Round 4. Category: Double Double Letters
1: He raises and tends the honey kind.

beekeeper.

2: A gathering at which Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, or an owl and a goat might sing.

hootenanny.

3: Quality of ice, eels, and banana peels.

slipperiness.

4: Locusts are actually short-horned ones of these insects.

grasshoppers.

5: It's another word for pirate, arrgh.

buccaneer.
Round 5. Category: Lost In Yonkers
1: Ms. Levi, the matchmaker, has her eye on Mr. Vandergelder of Yonkers in this 1964 musical.

Hello, Dolly!.

2: The city's website claims the USA's first game of this took place at Yonkers' St. Andrew's Club.

golf.

3: You can get to Yonkers from NYC by taking the parkway named for this man, like the nearby river.

the Henry Hudson Parkway.

4: The 85-mile-long Delaware one of these structures runs from a reservoir in the Catskills to one in Yonkers.

aqueduct.

5: Like the adjacent Bronx, Yonkers was settled by people from this European nation in 1639.

Holland (the Netherlands).
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