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April 08, 2023Episode 786 - kansas city here we come - festivus - all the glittering prizes - animals in mythology - pigs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 786, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: kansas city here we come
1: Because of its central location, Kansas City is nicknamed this body part of America.

the heart.

2: Later to become U.S. President, this "man from Missouri" attended the Kansas City Law School in the 1920s.

Harry Truman.

3: You can send a greeting card to your sweetie from this company HQ'ed in Kansas City and founded in 1910.

Hallmark.

4: This author of "The Sun Also Rises" also worked on his craft as a news reporter for the Kansas City Star.

(Ernest) Hemingway.

5: This jazz alto sax player nicknamed "Bird" was born in Kansas City, Kansas and became famous playing jazz in Kansas City, Missouri.

Charlie Parker.
Round 2. Category: festivus
1: Days celebrating people going to heaven include Jesus' Ascension day and her Assumption day.

the Virgin Mary.

2: Bitter herbs are featured on this holiday's Seder plate.

Passover.

3: In 1939 FDR moved this holiday one week earlier in an attempt to please the retail industry.

Thanksgiving.

4: In 1876 Montreal's Mount Royal Park was officially inaugurated on May 24, a Canadian holiday because it's her birthday.

Queen Victoria.

5: In 1955 the Pope moved the service from this observance, including St. John's Passion, to the afternoon.

Good Friday.
Round 3. Category: all the glittering prizes
1: Abbreviated the ABA, this national organization hands out annual "Silver Gavel" awards.

the American Bar Association.

2: In 1982 President Reagan awarded this "God Bless America" singer the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Kate Smith.

3: It's the only Nobel Prize that can be awarded to an organization or institution rather than an individual.

peace.

4: In 1949 this automobile magazine began awarding its coveted "Car of the Year" award.

Motor Trend.

5: In 1999 J.M. Coetzee became the first 2-time winner of this major British fiction prize.

the Booker.
Round 4. Category: animals in mythology
1: Ratatosk, a messenger of Norse myth, was one of these animals and ran up and down Yggdrasil, a giant tree.

Squirrel.

2: If Romulus did a "Got Milk?" ad, he'd talk about this animal who suckled him and Remus.

Wolf.

3: In Incan myth, it was this South American camel relative that warned man about the impending flood.

Llama.

4: The Zuni believe that when the kachina Paiyatemu played the flute, these insects fluttered into existence.

Butterflies.

5: Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur.

Crete.
Round 5. Category: pigs
1: In the classic folktale, this trio faces off against a huffing, puffing wolf.

The Three Little Pigs.

2: Use this porcine anguagelay to confuse your iendsfray.

Pig Latin.

3: This 4-letter word refers to a male pig, whether "wild" or not.

Boar.

4: The phrase about "living" this way is from a Southern expression for the better off getting the better pork.

High on the hog.

5: Cruel "sport" in which players on horseback hunt wild boar with spears.

pigsticking.
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April 07, 2023Episode 785 - "pepper" - working without annette - 1999 films - a category full of holes - i played 'em on tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 785, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "pepper"
1: Pizza lovers should know that this topping is actually a highly seasoned sausage made of pork and beef.

pepperoni.

2: She first called Charlie Brown "Chuck" in a comic strip that appeared on August 24, 1966.

Peppermint Patty.

3: In 1962 this baking company added Goldfish crackers to its product line.

Pepperidge Farm.

4: In the 1967 hit "Jackson", Johnny Cash and June Carter sang, "We got married in a fever, hotter than" 1 of these.

a pepper sprout.

5: On "Police Woman" Angie Dickinson played a cop with this name (which made her sound like a Beatles album).

Sgt. Pepper.
Round 2. Category: working without annette
1: Before teaming with Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon appeared in this 1960 John Wayne western (not as Davy).

The Alamo.

2: With no help from Annette, Frankie Avalon was born in this year in which Germany invaded Poland.

1939.

3: With Annette nowhere in sight, Frankie Avalon played a 39-year-old Teen Angel in this 1978 musical film.

Grease.

4: Annette Funicello did not do backing vocals on this 1959 Frankie Avalon hit song about a Roman goddess.

"Venus".

5: Annette Funicello was not on board when Frankie starred in this 1961 sci-fi "voyage" directed by Irwin Allen.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
Round 3. Category: 1999 films
1: In this film high school teacher Matthew Broderick gets involved with the campaign for student council.

Election.

2: A jazz guitarist is the subject of this director's "Sweet and Lowdown".

Woody Allen.

3: What part did this Irishman play in "End of Days"? Could it be...Satan?.

Gabriel Byrne.

4: "Music of the Heart" was directed by this man, more known for his nightmares.

Wes Craven.

5: Once Mighty Joe Young's girlfriend, she played the wife in "The Astronaut's Wife".

Charlize Theron.
Round 4. Category: a category full of holes
1: A par 3 golf course often has this many holes, half as many as a regular course.

9.

2: Beginning a series of strange adventures, a young girl follows a rabbit down a hole in this 1865 work.

"Alice in Wonderland".

3: Known as "eyes", the holes in this "national" dairy product, such as Emmentaler, help determine its quality and taste.

Swiss cheese.

4: It's where you would be if you dug a hole straight down 3,963 miles deep.

center of the Earth.

5: The hole in this develops every spring over Antarctica and lasts for a few months.

ozone layer.
Round 5. Category: i played 'em on tv
1: Captian James T. Kirk, Boston lawyer Denny Crane.

William Shatner.

2: Jeannie Bueller, Rachel Green.

Jennifer Aniston.

3: Dr. John Becker,Sam Malone.

Ted Danson.

4: Stacey Colbert,Dr. Sloan Parker,Grace Adler.

Debra Messing.

5: Samantha Micelli, Jennifer Mancini,Phoebe Halliwell.

Alyssa Milano.
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9min
April 06, 2023Episode 784 - 1998 - tv drama - movie series - things that happened - shopping
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 784, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1998
1: In April this U.S. figure dropped to a 28-year low of 4.3%, leaving the devil without many idle hands.

Unemployment rate.

2: This goofy comedy with Cameron Diaz in the title role was a big summertime hit.

There's Something About Mary.

3: With over $500 million in perks, the Big Apple kept this "Big Board" from moving to Jersey.

New York Stock Exchange.

4: In 1998 it became a landing "strip" when the Palestinians opened their first airport there.

Gaza Strip.

5: Bill Clinton's private secretary, she testified before a grand jury January 27.

Betty Currie.
Round 2. Category: tv drama
1: This is the longest-running medical drama and also the longest-running daytime drama still on television.

General Hospital.

2: "La Reina del Sur", one of these Latin soap operas, ran 5 nights a week on Telemundo.

a telenovela.

3: Season 1 of this HBO mystery series spans 17 years--season 3 doubles that and covers 35 years.

True Detective.

4: Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok and Jon Voight play family members of this Showtime title character.

Ray Donovan.

5: (Hi, I'm Ollie North, and) I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers.

JAG.
Round 3. Category: movie series
1: John Gavin was signed to play him in "Diamonds Are Forever", but then Sean Connery was lured back.

James Bond.

2: Films in this series include "Dream Warriors", "The Dream Master" and "Freddy's Revenge".

Nightmare on Elm Street.

3: In a series of 14 films in the 1930s and 1940s Nigel Bruce was Watson to his Sherlock Holmes.

Sir Basil Rathbone.

4: William Boyd was 40 when he began playing this hero in a series of 66 low-budget westerns.

Hopalong Cassidy.

5: Occupation of Andy Hardy's long-suffering father.

Judge.
Round 4. Category: things that happened
1: In 622 Muhammad fled this city; in 630 he came back with 10,000 followers and captured it.

Mecca.

2: The opening of this in 1869 cut 4,000 miles and weeks of sailing off trips.

the Suez Canal.

3: Einhard's "Life of" this Frankish ruler says he almost doubled the size of the realm his father Pepin left him.

Charlemagne.

4: He was the junker, or landowner, whom Prussia's Wilhelm I chose to be his prime minister in 1862.

(Otto von) Bismarck.

5: It was under this czar that Russia went on the Julian calendar used in the West; he liked Western stuff.

Peter the Great.
Round 5. Category: shopping
1: The National Consumer Council warns that on a credit card, beware of a high APR, which stands for this.

annual percentage rate.

2: Savile Row in this city is known for its fine custom tailoring shops.

London.

3: A Pea in the Pod specializes in fashions for these people, as you might "expect".

expectant mothers (pregnant people accepted).

4: Zorba was the original name of this retailer that started in Spain; it stuck with a "Z" name.

Zara.

5: A follow-up to "The Devil Wears Prada" is called "When Life Gives You" these yoga clothes.

Lululemons.
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9min
April 04, 2023Episode 783 - there's a sucker... - the caribbean - wales - hats - double d words
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 783, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: there's a sucker...
1: Blue Razz Berry and What A Melon are flavors of these bubble gum suckers from Charms.

Blow Pops.

2: This company says it's answered over 25,000 letters asking how many licks it takes to get to the center of its famous pop.

Tootsie Roll.

3: Topps says "Great Fun is Always at Hand" with these wearable suckers.

Ring Pops.

4: These space age rocket ship-shaped suckers have cherry, watermelon and pineapple layers (or stages).

Astro Pops.

5: Sound Bites Lollipops transmit sounds and radio signals into your head when you touch the pops to these.

teeth.
Round 2. Category: the caribbean
1: Damballah is an important deity in this Haitian folk religion.

Voodoo.

2: These areas not for the shy include parts of Jamaica's Seven Mile Beach and of course Booby Cay, just offshore.

nudist beaches.

3: Caribbean islanders sometimes combine peas with this grain also found in arroz con pollo.

rice.

4: You'll find the Museum of Dominican Man in this capital of the Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo.

5: You might see Oscar de la Renta around Punta Cana, on the eastern tip of Hispaniola in this country.

the Dominican Republic.
Round 3. Category: wales
1: Caernarvon Castle was the site of his 1969 investiture as Prince of Wales.

Prince Charles.

2: The Welsh flag features this red beast with a forked tongue and tail.

a dragon.

3: Despite a decline in production, it remains Wales' most important mineral resource.

coal.

4: In Laugharne you can visit the grave of this famous poet, as well as his home, the "Boathouse".

Dylan Thomas.

5: This largest city of Wales grew up around a Norman fortress.

Cardiff.
Round 4. Category: hats
1: Expression used when someone declares candidacy for political office.

throw your hat in the ring.

2: Type of chapeau in song titles by Prince and by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler.

a beret.

3: Unlike the haberdasher, this person makes women's hats.

milliner.

4: This men's felt hat got its name from the West German town near Wiesbaden where it was 1st made.

homburg.

5: Wearing Perseus' Helmet of Hades rendered you this.

invisible.
Round 5. Category: double d words
1: Colby is a mild variety of this cheese.

cheddar.

2: In 1908 it was proclaimed a national Jewish language.

Yiddish.

3: His story in the Arabian Nights has the alternate title "Or The Wonderful Lamp".

Aladdin.

4: It can mean the mean, or the waist.

the middle.

5: This little bear of children's lit was named for the London locale in which he was found.

Paddington.
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9min
April 03, 2023Episode 782 - to serve - gridiron greats - the bad old days - international potpourri - social studies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 782, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: to serve
1: You can serve your leftovers directly from this brand of tight-sealing food containers introduced in 1945.

Tupperware.

2: According to their Buffalo, NY inventors, Buffalo wings should be served with celery and this dressing.

Blue cheese.

3: According to Guinness, this sport's fastest serve was 142 MPH, in 1997.

Tennis.

4: He served in the Dodger organization for 47 years, retired, and returned as GM in 1998.

Tommy Lasorda.

5: The "To Serve Man" episode of this classic TV series involved aliens with a "taste" for humans.

"The Twilight Zone".
Round 2. Category: gridiron greats
1: AKA "Tom Terrific", he's won 4 Super Bowl MVP awards.

Tom Brady.

2: Scandinavians Jan Stenerud and Morten Andersen have excelled in the NFL at this position.

placekicker.

3: Alan Page of this team's Purple People Eaters defense is now a state supreme court justice.

the Minnesota Vikings.

4: It was the feline nickname of Dallas Cowboy defensive lineman Bob Lilly, who was no Peter Pan.

Tiger Lilly.

5: At his Hall of Fame induction in 2017, this Chargers RB known as LT compared America to a football team working together.

LaDainian Tomlinson.
Round 3. Category: the bad old days
1: It wasn't a college football game, it was the Great Plains area racked by drought in the 1930s.

the Dust Bowl.

2: 1950s college basketball was hit by scandal when players were "razor"-sharp at this activity.

shaving points.

3: The scandals of his 1920s presidency included skimming by Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes.

Warren G. Harding.

4: The founding of this organization in 1909 was spurred by a Springfield, Ill. race riot the previous year.

NAACP.

5: This Japanese term refers to second-generation Japanese-Americans, many of whom were interned during WWII.

Nisei.
Round 4. Category: international potpourri
1: Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, lies on this "Beautiful Blue" river.

Danube.

2: The railroads in Honduras were built mainly to transport this fruit that has a lot of ap"peel".

bananas.

3: It's no sham: Aer Lingus is this country's national airline.

Ireland.

4: It's the seductive ballroom dance most associated with Buenos Aires.

tango.

5: Kiunguja, which is spoken in Zanzibar, is a dialect of this African Bantu language.

Swahili.
Round 5. Category: social studies
1: It's South America's most populous country.

Brazil.

2: This group is composed of those of your same age or social position; in a courtroom, you might face a jury of them.

peers.

3: As opposed to latitude, these meridian lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Longitude.

4: The "Great Migration" from the south brought 120,000 African Americans to this "Windy City" in the 1920s.

Chicago.

5: This social science focuses on the characteristics of human populations such as size, growth and distribution.

demography.
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April 02, 2023Episode 781 - bedtime - foreign animal noises - shoot the moon - claudias - crustaceans
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 781, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: bedtime
1: According to a cliche, an irritable person has "gotten up" this way.

on the wrong side of the bed.

2: "Driving pigs to market" is British slang for this noisy nocturnal behavior.

snoring.

3: "Floral" phrase for a situation of luxury and ease.

a bed of roses.

4: This baby bed with a 4-letter name often has high barred sides to keep the baby from falling out.

a crib.

5: If you're spending the night in the famous Lincoln bedroom, you're sleeping in this mansion.

the White House.
Round 2. Category: foreign animal noises
1: To the Germans and Vietnamese, these say wau wau when chasing a postman or a cat.

a dog.

2: It will wake you up with kokekokko in Japan and kykeliky in Norway.

a rooster.

3: Albanian ones say hunk hunk; maybe it's the smell that makes French ones say groin groin while truffle hunting.

pigs.

4: In Argentina they berp; Swedish ones kvack while hopping.

frogs.

5: They say piv while stealing havarti and squitt squitt if they get into the provolone.

mice.
Round 3. Category: shoot the moon
1: This lunar "sea" was the landing site of Apollo 11's Eagle module.

Sea of Tranquility.

2: This term used for an Apollo mission's return to Earth tells you it landed in water.

Splashdown.

3: On the Apollo 14 mission, Alan Shepard introduced this sport to the moon.

Golf.

4: A NASA doctor declined this president's dinner invitation to the Apollo 11 crew because of risk of infections.

Richard M. Nixon.

5: Apollo 15, 16 and 17 used these 4-wheeled vehicles to fetch rock samples.

Lunar rovers.
Round 4. Category: claudias
1: This man's wife, the former Claudia Alta Taylor, was the mother of Lynda Bird and Luci Baines.

Lyndon B. Johnson.

2: The People Almanac reports this supermodel from Dusseldorf tripped during her runway debut in 1990.

Claudia Schiffer.

3: Lacey Chabert plays Claudia Salinger on this FOX series.

"Party of Five".

4: It's reporter Claudia Cohen's specialty.

Gossip columnist.

5: In 1993's "Son of the Pink Panther", she played the mother of Clouseau's son.

Claudia Cardinale.
Round 5. Category: crustaceans
1: Prawn and this word are used interchangeably to refer to the same creature.

a shrimp.

2: The habit of eating these freshwater crustaceans came to Louisiana from France.

crawfish.

3: Popular in the South, over 100 mil. lbs. of these freshwater cousins of lobsters are raised in the U.S..

crayfish.

4: If you had a fiddler on your roof, one of these would be clomping around.

a crab.

5: These crustaceans, the main food of many baleen whales, can reach 2 inches in length.

krill.
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April 01, 2023Episode 780 - serving suggestions - secret service code names - 4-letter birds - let's take a little trip - lights
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 780, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: serving suggestions
1: Baked oysters are sometimes served on a bed of the "rock" type of this seasoning.

salt.

2: Spring-operated tongs are often used to hold the shells of these garden gastropods.

snails.

3: Cocktail sausages wrapped in dough and baked are called "pigs in" these.

blankets.

4: Chimichangas are often topped with this avocado mixture.

guacamole.

5: Some people serve the Liptauer type of this with beer, other prefer it with white wine.

cheese.
Round 2. Category: secret service code names
1: A rock and roll president:Eagle (not Elvis, as rumored).

Bill Clinton.

2: Fittingly, Fraction is the Secret Service code name for this cabinet post.

Secretary of Education.

3: A Baptist president:Deacon.

Carter.

4: Eisenhower was Providence; oddly, this president was General.

President Harry Truman.

5: A religious visitor:Halo.

Pope John Paul II.
Round 3. Category: 4-letter birds
1: An elated person is sometimes said to be "as happy as" this songbird.

lark.

2: This bird isn't biologically distinct from the pigeon, it's just smaller.

dove.

3: The rook is the most common member of this bird family found in Europe.

crow.

4: Ancient Egyptians believed this bird to be a representative of the god Thoth.

ibis.

5: Species of this bird include the Caspian, South and Arctic.

tern.
Round 4. Category: let's take a little trip
1: In 1995 one of these craft that began passenger service in 1976 flew around the world in less than 32 hours.

Concorde.

2: In May 1932 she made a little flight from Newfoundland across the north Atlantic.

Amelia Earhart.

3: On May 9, 1926 Byrd and Bennett left Norway with a plan to fly over this and they claimed they did.

North Pole.

4: In 1889 she left New York and went around the world in less than 80 days.

Nellie Bly.

5: In 1938 this rich aviator took 4 assistants on a little round-the-world flight.

Howard Hughes.
Round 5. Category: lights
1: The hollowed, carved fruit of the "Cucurbita pepo" plant with a light inside.

jack-o'-lantern.

2: It's a very slender candle or the wax-coated wick used to light it.

a taper.

3: Color of the bulb in all theatrical spotlights.

white.

4: Fairy tale that includes the line "Who will change old lamps for new?".

"Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp".

5: Originally an explosion of gunpowder in a flintlock rifle that failed to set off the charge.

a flash in the pan.
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March 31, 2023Episode 779 - cruisin' the caribbean - readings from homer simpson - ultra-lounge - 19th century business leaders - classic literature
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 779, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: cruisin' the caribbean
1: Princess Cruises shipped in tons of this to keep its private Caribbean island beach looking pristine.

sand.

2: As you'd expect, it was the first company to launch a fleet exclusively in the Caribbean.

Royal Caribbean.

3: Destiny and Liberty are 2 of this line's "Fun Ships".

Carnival.

4: If you're cruising on the Royal Clipper, it will most likely be under this power.

wind.

5: When you pull into Guadeloupe, you may have to change your dollars into this official currency.

euros.
Round 2. Category: readings from homer simpson
1: Hero speaking here:"Nine days I drifted on the teeming sea... upon the tenth we came to the coastline of the lotus eaters... mmmm, lotus!".

Odysseus.

2: He's the god hitting the hay here:"Going up to the bed he slept and Hera of the gold throne beside him".

Zeus.

3: She's the subject of the following:"Surely there is no blame on Trojans... if for long time they suffer hardship for a woman like this one--va va va voom!".

Helen.

4: Sorceress working her magic here:"Scarce had they drunk when she flew after them with her long stick, and shut them in a pigsty.".

Circe.

5: Monster speaking here:"Can you be grieving over your master's eye? That carrion rogue and his accurst companions burnt it out.".

Cyclops.
Round 3. Category: ultra-lounge
1: The CD "On The Rocks Part One" includes Peggy Lee singing this title song of the first Beatles movie.

"A Hard Day's Night".

2: The "Cha-Cha de Amor" album features Yma Sumac singing the "Gopher Mambo" and this Rat Pack hunk crooning "Sway".

Dean Martin.

3: I'd return my "TV Town" CD if it didn't include the tune from this Mike Connors TV series.

Mannix.

4: This late, great singer's classic rendition of "Jump, Jive An' Wail" is on the "Fuzzy Sampler" CD.

Louis Prima.

5: Sip a cocktail and listen to this co-star of TV's "Emergency!" on the "Bottoms Up!" CD.

Julie London.
Round 4. Category: 19th century business leaders
1: On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit.

Henry Ford.

2: In 1863 he, Maurice Clark and Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil.

John D. Rockefeller.

3: In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket.

George Eastman.

4: In 1872 this 25-year-old Prussian bought a Denver bottling company and founded a brewery.

(Adolph) Coors.

5: This man's name is on the can, but it was John Dorrance who developed condensed soup for his company.

(Joseph) Campbell.
Round 5. Category: classic literature
1: "The horror! The horror!" are Mr. Kurtz' dying words in this novella.

Heart of Darkness.

2: He wrote such classics as "The Bostonians", "The Portrait of a Lady" and "The Wings of the Dove".

Henry James.

3: Some early reviewers objected to the realistic depiction of Archdeacon Frollo's death in this classic.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

4: This character's squire was Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote.

5: Part one of "Les Miserables" is "Fantine"; part two is named for this daughter of hers.

Cosette.
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March 30, 2023Episode 778 - starts with "q" - flyboys - look out! - william and mary - texas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 778, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: starts with "q"
1: Klugman's coroner.

Quincy.

2: Annette Dionne, Emilie Dionne, Yvonne Dionne, Marie Dionne and Cecile Dionne, for example.

quintuplets.

3: Hugo's hunchback.

Quasimodo.

4: In the Bible it is said that "many waters cannot" do this to "love".

quench.

5: Popular name of the Religious Society of Friends.

the Quakers.
Round 2. Category: flyboys
1: In 1922 this "Lone Eagle" learned to fly at a Lincoln, Nebraska flying school.

Charles Lindbergh.

2: During World War I, this German ace painted his plane red to make sure he'd be noticed.

Manfred Von Richthofen ("The Red Baron").

3: Charleston, West Virginia's booming airport is named for this pilot who first broke the sound barrier.

Chuck Yeager.

4: In 1926 Floyd Bennett piloted the plane in which this admiral flew over the North Pole.

Richard Byrd.

5: In 1935 Will Rogers and this pilot were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.

Wiley Post.
Round 3. Category: look out!
1: In one of these dangerous events, the dry, powdery snow is traveling at 100 mph straight downhill toward you.

an avalanche.

2: Your sortie's getting dangerous--here comes some antiaircraft fire, better known by this 4-letter name.

flak.

3: The 16-ton weight featured in this '70s comedy series is poised above somebody and ready to....

Monty Python's Flying Circus.

4: Pilot error! Your flight path has you too close to a caravan turboprop from this Kansas company.

Cessna.

5: A herd of these animals, loxodonta africana, is stampeding your way in a wall of gray.

elephants.
Round 4. Category: william and mary
1: A century before the French one, William and Mary came to power in the "Glorious" or "Bloodless" one.

Revolution.

2: The Glencoe Massacre in this country, of those supposedly late in swearing loyalty, was a stain on William's reign.

Scotland.

3: Soon after ascending to the throne, William and Mary commissioned him to rebuild Hampton Court in a Baroque style.

Sir Christopher Wren.

4: William took a fatal spill when his horse tripped over one of these hills created by a mammal.

a molehill.

5: This revolution of 1688 that ousted James II and brought William and Mary to the throne is aka the Bloodless Revolution.

the Glorious Revolution.
Round 5. Category: texas
1: About 60% of Texas' foreign-born residents are from this country.

Mexico.

2: In addition to the city, a national forest and a fort in Texas are named for him.

Sam Houston.

3: In 1901 this was discovered at Spindletop.

oil.

4: It was said they "can ride like a Mexican, trail like an Indian... and fight like a very devil".

the Texas Rangers.

5: The third largest city in Texas is named after this saint of Padua, Italy.

San Antonio.
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March 29, 2023Episode 777 - mixed drinks - the hollywood stock exchange - official documents - are you game? - business and industry
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 777, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: mixed drinks
1: DEMON ALE.

lemonade.

2: A DECEIT.

iced tea.

3: ERE TO ROB.

root beer.

4: I CAN COP CUP.

cappuccino.

5: WARN ME RETAIL.

mineral water.
Round 2. Category: the hollywood stock exchange
1: One of the hottest stocks of summer 2000 was for this nautical action film starring George Clooney.

The Perfect Storm.

2: With the release of "Me, Myself, and Irene", this actor's HSX stock shot up $125.

Jim Carrey.

3: Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released.

The Blair Witch Project.

4: "RBRIDE" was the HSX designation for this hot-performing stock and movie.

Runaway Bride.

5: At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX.

Drew Barrymore.
Round 3. Category: official documents
1: It grants a title of real estate; a villain might want the one to the ranch.

the deed.

2: For most states the minimum age to get one of these without parental consent is 18, male or female.

a marriage license.

3: An agreement between persons; the men on the Mayflower made a famous one.

a compact.

4: It's a command to come to court and testify.

a subpoena.

5: A decree, commandment or public act from the pope; it's marked with a lead seal.

a bull.
Round 4. Category: are you game?
1: This popular playground hopping game may have begun in the Roman Empire as a military training exercise.

hopscotch.

2: One of the 2 utilities you can purchase in Monopoly.

Water Works (or Electric Company).

3: There are 43 quintillion possible wrong solutions and 1 correct one for this cube.

a Rubik's Cube.

4: If you want to be a Guardian of the last city on Earth, you have "a date with" this game from the creators of Halo.

Destiny.

5: An early version of this game in India was called Chaturanga and used elephants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers.

chess.
Round 5. Category: business and industry
1: Give a toast to this Kellogg's frozen breakfast brand originally called "Froffles".

Eggo.

2: It precedes "XM" in the name of an entertainment company--ooh, I love this song! Turn it up!.

Sirius.

3: The 2018 spokesbaby of this baby food brand is the first with Down Syndrome.

Gerber.

4: The face on the torch lady who represents this film company is that of muralist Jennifer Joseph.

Columbia Pictures.

5: Until 2010 the New York Knicks and Rangers were directly owned by this company that brings them to TV viewers on MSG.

Cablevision.
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