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Instant Trivia
By Mark DonovanEducation
Instant Trivia episodes
- Episode 956 - It's "ok" - In a teacup - Thriller - 1920s news flash! - Author last name in common
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 956, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: it's "ok"- 1: It begins "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out".
- "The Hokey Pokey".
- 2: It joins 2 oxen together.
- yoke.
- 3: You can sing like a star at one of these bars where you accompany pre-recorded tapes.
- karaoke.
- 4: According to Guinness, you'll find the world's highest sea cliffs on this "friendly island" of Hawaii.
- Molokai.
- 5: Gertrude Stein's constant companion.
- Alice (B.) Toklas.
Round 2. Category: in a teacup- 1: Studies show that drinking an herbal tea made from this flower may have heart-healthy benefits.
- hibiscus.
- 2: In an idiom, a big to-do over a tiny matter is described as this "in a teacup" or "teapot".
- a tempest.
- 3: Yup, it's a teacup one of these terrier breeds in a teacup.
- a Yorkshire Terrier.
- 4: Reese Witherspoon pays homage to her grandmother and her southern heritage in the lifestyle book called this booze "in a Teacup".
- whiskey.
- 5: A house one of these birds enjoys some seeds and rest in a teacup bird feeder.
- a finch.
Round 3. Category: thriller- 1: This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear and Present Danger".
- Tom Clancy.
- 2: This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons".
- (John) Grisham.
- 3: You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity".
- (Robert) Ludlum.
- 4: "The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt.
- Clive Cussler.
- 5: "The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author.
- Steve Martini.
Round 4. Category: 1920s news flash!- 1: News flash! This less-than-yappy pappy is sixth veep to be nation's top dog after chief takes deep sleep!.
- Calvin Coolidge.
- 2: Aug. 3, 1927! Bay State gov says no to anarchy! Denies clemency to these 2 Italians! It's the chair for the pair!.
- Sacco and Vanzetti.
- 3: 1927! Gene Tunney takes a long count in the squared circle but rises to defeat this "Manassa Mauler"! Howzabout that!.
- Jack Dempsey.
- 4: 1922: It's the end of an empire! This empire, in fact! After 600 years, it's goodbye, this, hello, Turkish Republic!.
- the Ottoman Empire.
- 5: Nov. 28, 1929! This man and his chief pilot Bernt Balchen fly to South Pole! Yowza! You'll be an admirable admiral, sir!.
- (Richard) Byrd.
Round 5. Category: author last name in common- 1: Novelist Henry and playwright Arthur, both Brooklyn boys.
- Miller.
- 2: Journalist Tom and novelist Thomas, both southern boys.
- Wolfe.
- 3: Jackie, Suzanne, Wilkie.
- Collins.
- 4: E.B., T.H. and Australian Nobelist Patrick.
- White.
- 5: Henry and Helen, who both wrote about title characters with the last name Jones.
- Fielding.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
9 min - Episode 955 - I'Ll Have The "Ham" - Muppet News - The Brady Bunch - And The Fish Was This Big! - Countries' Official Languages
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 955, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'Ll Have The Ham. With Ham in quotes- 1: A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches.
- hamster.
- 2: This tendon is at the back of the thigh.
- the hamstring.
- 3: This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I".
- Oscar Hammerstein.
- 4: He wrote hard-boiled detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man".
- Dashiell Hammett.
- 5: This county in southern England borders the English Channel.
- Hampshire.
Round 2. Category: Muppet News- 1: Over to Elmo, who reports on the "Tickle Me Satchmo" doll honoring this "Hello, Dolly!" musician.
- Louis Armstrong.
- 2: Longtime roommates Bert and Ernie interview these 2 characters played by Lemmon and Matthau in 1968.
- Felix Unger and Oscar Madison.
- 3: Next, Cookie Monster gets up close and personal with the "Head Baker and Spokes-Elf" of this company.
- Keebler.
- 4: In "Gonzo's Book Corner", our blue man snoop reviews this gonzo journalist's "Great Shark Hunt".
- Hunter S. Thompson.
- 5: Hi ho, this CNN Finance host who replaced Willow Bay in 2001 here, sitting in for Kermit the anchorfrog.
- Lou Dobbs.
Round 3. Category: The Brady Bunch- 1: The Brady Bill requires a 5-day waiting period on the purchase of these.
- handguns.
- 2: Because he was not well enough known, Gene Hackman lost the role of Mike Brady to this actor.
- (Robert) Reed.
- 3: In 2017 he released his first book, "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance".
- Tom Brady.
- 4: In the late 1890s its territorial gov. John Green Brady called for statehood; he died in Sitka before it happened.
- Alaska.
- 5: She died in April 2015 after 30 years of gun control activism.
- Sarah Brady.
Round 4. Category: And The Fish Was This Big!- 1: Up to 15 feet long, this fish has no teeth as an adult but does have a weapon for a nose.
- a swordfish.
- 2: Don't struggle clumsily; identify the summer type of this, which can grow to almost three feet long.
- a flounder.
- 3: Gail Choy-Kaleiki wasn't an old man but she pulled an 1,800-pound blue one of these out of the sea in 1970.
- a marlin.
- 4: A general term for a small fish; most American ones are less than 6 inches, but one in the Colorado River can run 6 feet.
- minnow.
- 5: If you're doing this type of "Fishing in America", remember that New Jersey's record for a lake one is over 32 pounds.
- trout.
Round 5. Category: Countries' Official Languages- 1: In Israel, Arabic and this.
- Hebrew.
- 2: In San Marino.
- Italian.
- 3: In Liechtenstein.
- German.
- 4: In Finland, Finnish and this.
- Swedish.
- 5: In Andorra, this language named for a region of Spain.
- Catalan.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
9 min - Episode 954 - Good dog! - Sitcom characters - Food and drink retronyms - "little" songs - Kids' books
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 954, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Good Dog!- 1: In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps.
- Saint Bernard.
- 2: Dogs in B.A.R.K. (Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) fetch homers hit from this team's park into San Francisco Bay.
- San Francisco Giants.
- 3: Wounded while flushing out a machine gun nest during WWII, Chips received the Silver Star for valor and this medal.
- Purple Heart.
- 4: In May 1805 Scannon, a black Newfoundland, saved several men from a charging buffalo on this pair's expedition.
- Lewis and Clark.
- 5: When he first sighted the Pacific in 1513, his only companion was his dog, Leoncico.
- Vasco de Balboa.
Round 2. Category: Sitcom Characters- 1: This mailman on "Cheers" gleaned some of his knowledge from reading the magazines he delivered.
- Cliff (Clavin).
- 2: "The Days and Nights of" this divorcee moved from NBC to the Lifetime Network in 1989.
- Molly Dodd.
- 3: This character was a "lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls".
- Carol Brady.
- 4: He plays assistant football coach Luther Van Dam on "Coach".
- Jerry Van Dyke.
- 5: Name of the writer played by Rose Marie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
- Sally Rogers.
Round 3. Category: Food And Drink Retronyms- 1: The first vegetables called potatoes were actually what we now call these "potatoes".
- sweet potatoes.
- 2: When the kernels are not removed, corn is described with this 3-word prepositional phrase.
- on the cob.
- 3: Before "polishing" began, most of the rice people ate was this color variety; now the term is used for a "whole grain" type.
- brown.
- 4: Due to the emergence of the vodka type, the original martini now has this liquor in front.
- gin.
- 5: The black type of this is the original type made from a plant; the "black" part was added when candy like Twizzlers came along.
- licorice.
Round 4. Category: Little Songs. With Little in quotes- 1: In 1978, Olivia Newton-John thought this would "make it right".
- "A Little More Love".
- 2: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs told her, "You're everything a big bad wolf could want, owww".
- "Little Red Riding Hood".
- 3: It was Jan and Dean, not the Beach Boys, who made it a hit in 1964.
- "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".
- 4: In 1958, the Elegants climbed high by asking it, "Where are you".
- "Little Star".
- 5: According to Burl Ives in 1962, this "got him down and spoiled his act like a clown".
- "A Little Bitty Tear".
Round 5. Category: Kids' Books- 1: Huckleberry Finn first shows up in this novel.
- Tom Sawyer.
- 2: The title character of this classic by Eric Carle literally eats through the pages of the book.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- 3: This stuffed bear with a fabric name goes searching for a missing button.
- Corduroy.
- 4: The title page of the first edition of this 1877 novel claims it was "translated from the original equine".
- Black Beauty.
- 5: This "harebrained" English author also wrote about a rat in "The Tale of Samuel Whiskers".
- Beatrix Potter.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
9 min - Episode 953 - Fantastic tv - Weapons of local destruction - English literature - Judge not - Celeb stuff
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 953, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: fantastic tv- 1: This story of a leonine hero and his lady love is rerunning on the Family Channel.
- Beauty and the Beast.
- 2: On film David Naughton was an American werewolf; on TV Kate Hodge is a she-wolf of this city.
- London.
- 3: Though this FOX show based on a 1988 movie about refugees from another planet died, the comic book lives on.
- Alien Nation.
- 4: In 1990 these 2 totally awesome teenage time travelers were transported into a CBS cartoon series.
- Bill and Ted.
- 5: The voice of Duke Nukem in "Captain Planet", he plays Al on "Quantum Leap".
- Dean Stockwell.
Round 2. Category: weapons of local destruction- 1: WWII types of these included the German Panther and Tiger, the Soviet T-34 and the U.S. Sherman.
- tanks.
- 2: Pineapple-shaped with a delay of about 4 seconds, the British Mills type of this was used in both World Wars.
- a hand grenade.
- 3: This heavy 19th century sheath knife was named for a Texas frontiersman killed at the Alamo.
- a Bowie knife.
- 4: If attacked, use this petrified tear gas spray, then the same-named armor-breaking weapon.
- mace.
- 5: It's an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulfur.
- gunpowder.
Round 3. Category: english literature- 1: His works can be classified as "Hobbit" forming.
- (John) Tolkien.
- 2: The work that made this philosopher famous was an "Essay Concerning Human Understanding".
- John Locke.
- 3: Dickens novel in which Miss Havisham left everything in her house as it was the day she was jilted.
- Great Expectations.
- 4: The activities of a certain London club form the basis of this Dickens novel, his first.
- The Pickwick Papers.
- 5: This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford).
- Brave New World.
Round 4. Category: judge not- 1: A cutting criticism, or a violent closing of a door.
- Slam.
- 2: Proverbially, to express contempt, you "thumb" this body part.
- Nose.
- 3: As a verb, it's to disparage strongly; as a noun, it's rubbish or garbage.
- Trash.
- 4: From the Latin for "to scatter", these calumnious expressions are "cast" on others.
- Aspersions.
- 5: From old Norse for "grin scornfully", you may do it over your enemy's misfortunes.
- Gloat.
Round 5. Category: celeb stuff- 1: On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host.
- Jay Leno.
- 2: People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon".
- Jon Bon Jovi.
- 3: In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael and Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior".
- John F. Kennedy, Jr..
- 4: Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read".
- Tori Amos.
- 5: (Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks.) Tea Leoni ran into this "X-Files" star at the Golden Globes and soon they were newlyweds.
- David Duchovny.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
9 min - Episode 952 - "r"ock music - South park - Snl on film - Quite the cast of tv characters - The "ss" word
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 952, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "r"ock music- 1: Title adjective describing Dion's "Sue".
- Runaround.
- 2: The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can".
- "Ramblin' Man".
- 3: UB40 sang that this makes me "feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time".
- Red Red Wine.
- 4: This alternative rock band's "Stand" served as the theme song to the sitcom "Get a Life".
- R.E.M..
- 5: 4 of this Swedish pop duo's first Top 40 hits reached No. 1, including "It Must Have Been Love".
- Roxette.
Round 2. Category: south park- 1: Everglades National Park in this Southern state is the USA's largest subtropical wilderness.
- Florida.
- 2: National parks in the south of this state include Sitka and Glacier Bay.
- Alaska.
- 3: S. Montana's Electric Peak, named for the electrical charge experienced by climbers in 1872, is in this natl. park.
- Yellowstone.
- 4: Southeast of Mt. Rushmore lies Badlands National Park in this state.
- South Dakota.
- 5: Eisenhower's home in southern Pennsylvania is next to this national military park, site of an 1863 battle.
- Gettysburg.
Round 3. Category: snl on film- 1: Jake and Elwood are on a mission from God in this film.
- Blues Brothers.
- 2: 2 friends are on a mission with their Illinois public access show in this film.
- Wayne's World.
- 3: 2 aliens from the planet Remulak are on a mission to raise their teen daughter in this film.
- Coneheads.
- 4: Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan are on a mission to get into the best club in town and open their own in this film.
- A Night at the Roxbury.
- 5: Julia Sweeney is on a mission to have a relationship with Chris, a person of indeterminate sex in this film.
- It's Pat.
Round 4. Category: quite the cast of tv characters- 1: This title doc is a lifesaver, but Drs. Lawrence Kutner and Amber Volakis both died after working for him.
- House.
- 2: Gil Grissom and Raymond Langston both went after the bad guys (with science!) on this show.
- CSI.
- 3: Jamie-Lynn Sigler (played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and Mrs. Ari were characters on this HBO show.
- Entourage.
- 4: Supporting roles on this show include Glenn Quagmire and Death, the latter voiced by Adam Carolla.
- Family Guy.
- 5: Lutz, Frank and Toofer help make a variety show on this TV show.
- 30 Rock.
Round 5. Category: the "ss" word- 1: One who goes along for the ride.
- Passenger.
- 2: To study in minute detail or take apart; some people draw the line at doing it to frogs.
- Dissect.
- 3: It's the highest rank of diplomat.
- Ambassador.
- 4: The pressure is on to make this coffee, quick.
- Espresso.
- 5: The name of this thin, sheer fabric preceded condor and albatross in the names of pedal-driven planes.
- Gossamer.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
8 min - Episode 951 - Playwrights - Howdy, "buster" - Best picture oscar winners - Nice "ab"s - Comparing
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 951, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: playwrights- 1: Dustin Hoffman reincarnated his "Salesman" on Broadway in 1984.
- Arthur Miller.
- 2: Wrote "The Man in the Glass Booth" but acted in "Jaws" and "The Deep".
- Robert Shaw.
- 3: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical for penning this show.
- The Book of Mormon.
- 4: Won Tonys for "Torch Song Trilogy" and "La Cage aux Folles".
- Harvey Fierstein.
- 5: "You Never Can Tell", the initial literary work of this "Pygmalion" author, earned him less than 10 shillings a year.
- George Bernard Shaw.
Round 2. Category: howdy, "buster"- 1: This video chain began in Dallas in 1985; it now has more than 4,000 U.S. stores and 2,000 overseas.
- Blockbuster.
- 2: Who ya gonna call? Well, in this 1984 film it was Bill Murray and his cohorts.
- Ghostbusters.
- 3: This commercial spokeskid of the 1950s lived in a shoe with his dog Tige, who lived there too.
- Buster Brown.
- 4: In 1964 Russell Long and other senators led one that lasted a record 74 days against a civil rights bill.
- a filibuster.
- 5: This 1895 sculpture was the first of 25 Western art bronzes by Frederic Remington.
- Bronco Buster.
Round 3. Category: best picture oscar winners- 1: In this 1977 Woody Allen-Diane Keaton film, author Truman Capote had an uncredited bit as a Truman Capote look-alike.
- Annie Hall.
- 2: In this film, Clint Eastwood says, "Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Ya take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have".
- Unforgiven.
- 3: This Best Picture winner for 2006 is Martin Scorsese's highest-grossing film to date.
- The Departed.
- 4: Mel Gibson won Oscars for producing and directing this 1995 Best Picture.
- Braveheart.
- 5: Temperance groups and the liquor industry both pleaded with Paramount not to release this 1945 Oscar winner.
- The Lost Weekend.
Round 4. Category: nice "ab"s- 1: To give up the throne.
- abdicate.
- 2: A not so nice collection of pus caused by infection.
- an abscess.
- 3: Military term for a 180.
- an about face.
- 4: Servile or wretched, like poverty.
- abject.
- 5: A summary of a document or text.
- an abridgment (or an abstract).
Round 5. Category: comparing- 1: A math axiom says a line is this superlative distance between 2 points on a flat surface.
- shortest.
- 2: This irregular comparative describes a wise, experienced "statesman".
- elder.
- 3: Superlative in the Queen's question to her mirror in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
- fairest.
- 4: Boxer Bob Fitzsimmons gets credit for the line that contains "bigger" and this other comparative.
- harder.
- 5: Toni Morrison titled a novel "The" this superlative "Eye".
- Bluest.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
9 min - Episode 950 - Food science - Speaking words of wisdom - The most popular netflix movies - A little reading - Chop wood
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 950, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: food science- 1: To combat hypothyroidism, iodine was first added in the 1920s to this common seasoning.
- salt.
- 2: One theory for why tomatoes were thought to be poisonous--their acidity leached this toxic metal out of pewter plates.
- lead.
- 3: 1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains 5 billion units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteria.
- yogurt.
- 4: Mustard can act as one of these agents that allow oil and water to stay blended.
- an emulsifier.
- 5: From the French for "sour wine", this liquid will go bad over time, so it should be stored in a cool, dark place.
- vinegar.
Round 2. Category: speaking words of wisdom- 1: This folk and rock troubadour's gems include the 1965 lyric "He not busy being born is busy dying".
- (Bob) Dylan.
- 2: This playwright penned the line "A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory".
- (Arthur) Miller.
- 3: In an encyclical he wrote, "Earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most... maltreated of our poor".
- Pope Francis.
- 4: Max Ehrmann's much-reprinted "Desiderata" says, "With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still" this kind of world.
- a beautiful world.
- 5: In 1934 this humorist said, "Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion".
- Will Rogers.
Round 3. Category: the most popular netflix movies- 1: Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy in this feel-good film that became the most popular to get from Netflix.
- The Blind Side.
- 2: One thing to do before dying is rent this 2007 Jack Nicholson-Morgan Freeman buddy movie.
- The Bucket List.
- 3: The title of this 2010 film refers to planting an idea in someone's subconscious during the dream state.
- Inception.
- 4: The popularity of this Coen Brothers film has nothing to do with Javier Bardem's bowl cut as killer Anton Chigurh.
- No Country for Old Men.
- 5: Jeff Bridges played the delightfully evil Obadiah Stane in this superhero film.
- Iron Man.
Round 4. Category: a little reading- 1: First and last name of E.B. White's adventurous mouse-like boy from a 1945 story.
- Stuart Little.
- 2: 4-word rallying mantra repeated by the "Little Engine that Could" to inspire it to persevere.
- I think I can.
- 3: "Little Women" detailed the passage from childhood to womanhood of these 4 March sisters.
- Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy.
- 4: The first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's series was "Little House in" this place with more shade than the prairie.
- the Big Woods.
- 5: This 1886 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel inspired a fad of dressing young boys in velvet suits.
- Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Round 5. Category: chop wood- 1: The History Channel show "Ax Men" centers on guys in this job, and they're OK.
- lumberjacks.
- 2: Shel Silverstein poetically waxed that you could hear this mythic logger's axe "ring for a mile and a half".
- Paul Bunyan.
- 3: In a quirky 2012 movie, this president chops wood and quite a few vampires.
- Abraham Lincoln.
- 4: The Wicked Witch of the East maliciously enchants his axe over his love for a munchkin maiden.
- the Tin Man.
- 5: Chopping down a tree starts with making this V-shaped cut; open-faced and Humboldt are 2 styles.
- a notch.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
9 min - Episode 949 - U.s. flags - The tonys - The muppet name - Maybe some oscar winners - Domain extensions matter
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 949, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: u.s. flags- 1: The last year the presidential flag was altered was 1960 when this was added.
- a Hawaii star.
- 2: This color standing for justice on the American flag is missing from the flag of Washington, D.C..
- blue.
- 3: This state's flag is yellow with the sun symbol of the Zia Indian Pueblo in red.
- New Mexico.
- 4: While he was vice president in 1975, the office's flag was redone, giving it a bolder bird.
- Nelson Rockefeller.
- 5: By exec. order the width of each stripe on the U.S. flag should be this fraction of the height of the flag.
- 1/13th.
Round 2. Category: the tonys- 1: At a 1977 concert he stunned Dawn and the crowd by announcing his (short-lived) retirement:.
- Tony Orlando.
- 2: He's led the National League in batting 8 times, with averages like .394 in '94.
- Tony Gwynn.
- 3: This founder of a chain has been giving diners a good ribbing since 1972.
- Tony Roma.
- 4: Friends call Antonin Scalia Nino; this Supreme Court colleague appointed in 1988 is Tony.
- (Anthony) Kennedy.
- 5: In 1997 National Security Advisor Tony Lake got spooked and withdrew his nomination to head this agency.
- the CIA.
Round 3. Category: the muppet name- 1: Architect of lyrics Hammerstein and man of architecture Niemeyer.
- Oscar.
- 2: Hello, Cleveland! and Hello, anti-tax activist Norquist too!.
- Grover.
- 3: Saldana and Kazan, acting the parts.
- Zoe.
- 4: Blyleven and Campaneris, because our writers absolutely love old-school baseball.
- Bert.
- 5: World War II journalist Pyle and "Ghostbuster" Hudson.
- Ernie.
Round 4. Category: maybe some oscar winners- 1: After his win for "Wall Street", he thanked dad Kirk for helping him step out of Dad's shadow.
- Michael Douglas.
- 2: He won an Oscar for his turn as Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour".
- Gary Oldman.
- 3: Mahershala Ali won an Oscar for this 2016 film that won Best Picture...eventually.
- Moonlight.
- 4: This lyricist named Oscar won 2, for Best Song in "Lady Be Good" and "State Fair".
- (Oscar) Hammerstein.
- 5: For 1993 Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" won 3 technical Oscars and this other film of his won Best Picture.
- Schindler's List.
Round 5. Category: domain extensions matter- 1: Visit this.gov and you get the current hour and minute; visit this.com and you get the current news.
- time.
- 2: this.com shows you the Navigator and Continental; this.org shows you tourist sites in a Midwest state capital.
- Lincoln.
- 3: these.gov takes you to Atlantic marine forecasts; these.com takes you to Carolina NHL action.
- hurricanes.
- 4: this.gov is an agency that polices Wall Street; this.org takes you to a college sports organization.
- SEC.
- 5: this.com is an outdoor clothing company; this.edu is an Ivy League school.
- Columbia.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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9 min - Episode 948 - Atom - Describing the sport - It's the end "fer" you! - You can't fight - Running a marathon
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 948, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: atom- 1: The first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare used an isotope of this element as its explosive.
- uranium.
- 2: Early atomic theorist Democritus said this color results from smooth, flat atoms that cast no shadow.
- white.
- 3: In a nice, stable early 1900s model, the atom was like a plum pudding with electrons distributed like these.
- raisins.
- 4: The atomic number refers to the number of these in an atom.
- protons.
- 5: An atom may become more stable by releasing this Greek letter particle, identical to a helium atom nucleus.
- an alpha particle.
Round 2. Category: describing the sport- 1: Hit tiny spheroid into woods, curse, hit into lake, curse, score round of 120, go to clubhouse for needed beer.
- Golf.
- 2: Get 3/4 naked, use 12-ounce mittens to beat opponent senseless.
- boxing.
- 3: Run back and forth on 94 feet of wood, hit twine to score but don't choke coach when upset.
- basketball.
- 4: Throw spheroid called horsehide, but not always made of such, run 360 feet to score, get $252 million contract.
- Baseball.
- 5: Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame.
- Ice hockey.
Round 3. Category: it's the end "fer" you!- 1: A pine, fir or spruce.
- a conifer.
- 2: Troy Aikman did this from Oklahoma to UCLA--good move.
- transfer.
- 3: A box or chest for valuables; fill it now!.
- coffer.
- 4: To steal, purloin or filch.
- pilfer.
- 5: A geological formation conducting ground water.
- aquifer.
Round 4. Category: you can't fight- 1: Jesus' words "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right" one, "turn to him the other" have been taken as a pacifist message.
- cheek.
- 2: His first major nonviolent satyagraha action was protesting salt taxes imposed by the British.
- Gandhi.
- 3: This religious group founded in the 1600s is dedicated to pacifism and to following the "inward light".
- the Quakers (Society of Friends).
- 4: 2-word military draft registration status that means you can serve, but without fighting.
- conscientious objector.
- 5: Last name of brothers Daniel and Philip, pacifist priests known for their opposition to the Vietnam War.
- Berrigan.
Round 5. Category: running a marathon- 1: The modern marathon race was first held at the revival of the Olympic games in 1896 in this city.
- Athens.
- 2: This marathon runs from Hopkinton to the Back Bay.
- the Boston Marathon.
- 3: To the nearest minute, what you'll have to average per mile to run a 2:10 marathon like the champs.
- 5 minutes.
- 4: The last American man to win the Olympic marathon was Frank Shorter in 1972 in this city.
- Munich.
- 5: In Beijing in 2008, Sammy Wanjiru of this nation broke the Olympic record by almost 3 minutes.
- Kenya.
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9 min - Episode 947 - I made it through the reign - Behold the power of cheese - Familial phrases - "tas"-mania - Geographical words and phrases
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 947, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: i made it through the reign- 1: For 164 years, 1610 to 1774, France was ruled by just 3 kings, all of this name.
- Louis.
- 2: Franz Joseph got plenty of new clothes when he ruled Austria for 68 years with this loftier title than king.
- emperor.
- 3: Fath Ali Shah ruled this country from 1797 to 1834 and led it in disastrous wars against Russia.
- Iran.
- 4: Averaging 23 years per reign, the last 5 Russian czars were named either Nicholas or this.
- Alexander.
- 5: Otto, who ruled Greece from 1832 to 1862, was the son of King Ludwig of this German state.
- Bavaria.
Round 2. Category: behold the power of cheese- 1: "On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when" this happened.
- somebody sneezed.
- 2: Things concocted in 1915 include Corning's Pyrex and this company's processed cheese.
- Kraft.
- 3: Bearing the name of a Belgian province, it's a cheese with a really strong aroma.
- Limburger.
- 4: It's wonderful to do this to cheese, reducing it to fragments by rubbing it against an abrasive surface.
- grating.
- 5: Salata is the dense processed form of this "recooked" Italian cheese.
- ricotta.
Round 3. Category: familial phrases- 1: Here's this figure personified.
- Father Time.
- 2: Enacting this 2-word phrase of concession can sometimes stop a tickle attack.
- saying uncle.
- 3: The stars of this reality series on TLC marched on the Utah capitol to protest a ban on polygamy.
- Sister Wives.
- 4: All of a computer's components and peripherals connect to this; ATX is the main design today.
- a motherboard.
- 5: Term for a ready target of criticism, or the female relative who wants to adopt Huck Finn.
- Aunt Sally.
Round 4. Category: "tas"-mania- 1: Another word for disaster; in drama, it's a synonym for denouement.
- catastrophe.
- 2: Hypokalemia is a deficiency of this mineral.
- potassium.
- 3: It's the group of threadlike strings on the top of a stalk of corn.
- tassel.
- 4: This Mexican dish whose name means "little meats" is shredded pork.
- carnitas.
- 5: This lake is considered the main source of the Mississippi River.
- Itasca.
Round 5. Category: geographical words and phrases- 1: A shade of grayish blue is named for this Danish capital.
- Copenhagen.
- 2: This nationality precedes onyx, hairless, and jumping bean.
- Mexican.
- 3: This nationality precedes uncle, treat, and elm disease.
- Dutch.
- 4: This tuber with a city in its name is also called a sunchoke.
- Jerusalem Artichoke.
- 5: This high quality black tea is named for a district in West Bengal.
- Darjeeling.
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