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March 17, 2023Episode 765 - Warthogs - Oh, Witty Woman - Iraq - "Lock"S - They Named It For Me
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 765, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Warthogs
1: A young warthog's canine teeth eventually grow into a pair of these formidable defensive weapons.

tusks.

2: Warthogs stick this long, thin, tufted body part straight up in the air when they run.

their tails.

3: A warthog's enemies include these 2 predators that begin with the same "L"etter.

lions and leopards.

4: In a movie he's the warthog who befriends young Simba.

Pumbaa.

5: For warthogs, home is often an adopted den of one of these insectivores AKA an ant bear.

an aardvark.
Round 2. Category: Oh, Witty Woman
1: 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue".

Dorothy Parker.

2: Lucille Ball once quipped, "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about" this.

your age.

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

Vacuum.

4: 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.

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

the Joneses.
Round 3. Category: Iraq
1: It's the country Iraqi nationalists call Iraq's 19th province.

Kuwait.

2: Iraq's old name, Mesopotamia, was derived from its location between these 2 rivers.

the Tigris and Euphrates.

3: Roughly 75 percent of Iraq's people are Arabs and 20 percent are of this ethnic group.

Kurds.

4: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan and Iraq invaded.

Israel.

5: Initially set up as a monarchy, Iraq became this type of political order in 1958 as its ensuing "Guard" could attest.

a republic.
Round 4. Category: "Lock"S
1: Tetanus.

lockjaw.

2: This small ornamental case for a keepsake is often worn as a pendant.

a locket.

3: Hairstyle popular among Rastafarians.

dreadlocks.

4: This phrase meaning the grave of all who perish at sea dates back about 200 years.

Davy Jones's locker.

5: In 1690 this founder of empericism outlined his philosophical doctrine in "An Essay on Human Understanding".

John Locke.
Round 5. Category: They Named It For Me
1: They named a poll after this man born in Iowa in 1901.

George Gallup.

2: They named a knot for this Duke who was briefly king of England.

Duke of Windsor.

3: She left her mark on Louis XV and her name on a big hair style.

Madame de Pompadour.

4: They named a smear after a Greek-American doctor and shortened the name to this.

Pap.

5: A territory in Africa and a scholarship in Oxford have borne this businessman's name.

Cecil Rhodes.
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March 16, 2023Episode 764 - You Weren't "There" - People With Peanuts Names - Tv "O"S - Fat Music - Food And Drink
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 764, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You Weren't "There"
1: In a popular nursery rhyme, this line precedes "and he went a crooked mile".

There was a crooked man.

2: Ben and Cameron headlined this 1998 film about a guy who never stopped loving his high school crush.

There's Something About Mary.

3: This Ethel Merman hit song is "like no business I know".

"There's No Business Like Show Business".

4: P.T. Barnum made this pithy observation regarding suckers.

There's one born every minute..

5: Baby, this song was a top 10 hit for the Drifters in 1959.

"There Goes My Baby".
Round 2. Category: People With Peanuts Names
1: In a Coasters hit song this title man asks, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?".

"Charlie Brown".

2: The doctor was in when this important hominid fossil was discovered in 1974.

Lucy.

3: In 1973 this woman from Colorado began her 24-year tenure in the House.

Pat Schroeder.

4: His blankets were very holy as Pope in 67 A.D..

Linus.

5: She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983.

Sally Ride.
Round 3. Category: Tv "O"S
1: He played florist, er...Father Murphy.

(Merlin) Olsen.

2: In the mid-'70s he could be found singing between Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson.

Tony Orlando.

3: This Lord won Emmys in 1960, 1973, 1975, 1982 and 1984.

Lord Olivier.

4: This "thirtysomething" star directed the 1992 TV movie "Doing Time on Maple Drive".

Ken Olin.

5: Lt. Castillo on "Miami Vice", he helped clean up L.A. after the 1992 riots.

(Edward James) Olmos.
Round 4. Category: Fat Music
1: He never had a No.1 hit; the closest he came was No. 2 with the following:"I found my thrill /On Blueberry Hill...".

Fats Domino.

2: Hefty rappers who joined Chubby Checker for a new version of "The Twist" in 1988.

The Fat Boys.

3: In "Creeque Alley", "No one's getting fat except" her.

Mama Cass.

4: This singer took Michael Jackson's "Bad" and turned it into "Fat".

"Weird Al" Yankovic.

5: In the polka, reason "I don't want her, you can have her".

she's too fat for me.
Round 5. Category: Food And Drink
1: During the holidays you can buy this cool creamy Christmas drink in cartons, minus the liquor.

eggnog.

2: They're the 2 things Little Miss Muffet was consuming while sitting on her tuffet.

curds and whey.

3: This pizza with simple toppings of mozzarella, tomatoes and basil was named in honor of the queen of Savoy.

Margherita.

4: Alliterative name for the classic French dish consisting of meat braised in red wine with onions and mushrooms.

beef bourguinon.

5: Profession of the inventors of Pepsi and Coke.

pharmacists.
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March 15, 2023Episode 763 - Ohio - City - Let's Get Graphic - The List List - Nonsense Poetry
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 763, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ohio
1: This bar soap that floats was invented in Cincinnati.

Ivory soap.

2: If this state insect is insulted, she just might "fly away home".

a ladybug.

3: In 1918 Eugene Debs was arrested after speaking in this city, now home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Canton.

4: The only 1 of the Great Lakes bordering Ohio.

Lake Erie.

5: This NHL team's name celebrates Ohio's contribution to the winning side in the Civil War.

Blue Jackets.
Round 2. Category: City
1: Born in this Austrian city, Maximilian Schell directed a film of "Tale from" its "Woods".

Vienna.

2: It was originally built on 7 hills and enclosed by the Servian Wall.

Rome.

3: We have no beef with its being the capital of the Hyogo prefecture in Japan.

Kobe.

4: After founding this city in 1535, Francisco Pizarro got his "Bean there, done that" t-shirt.

Lima.

5: This suburb of Cairo is the third-largest city in Egypt.

Giza.
Round 3. Category: Let's Get Graphic
1: It's a prototype layout of a graphic work, or one of the positions in bridge.

Dummy.

2: During papermaking a dandy roll presses these into the paper and you can see them by holding the paper up to a light.

Watermark.

3: This is not all good; in fact, it's colored aluminum: [video clue].

Glitter.

4: Kerning is the adjustment of the spaces between these; ours, as you can see, is just perfect.

Letters.

5: Logo is short for this.

Logotype.
Round 4. Category: The List List
1: Number of songs on the American top pop list hosted by Casey Kasem.

40.

2: Santa keeps a list of people who fall into these 2 "N" categories.

Naughty and nice.

3: In 1988 Microsoft came in at No. 137 out of the 500 companies on this magazine's famous list.

Fortune.

4: Supplying info that led to the arrest of everyone on this list in August 1998 could have netted you over $1,500,000.

FBI Ten Most Wanted List.

5: Topping his first worst-dressed list in 1960 was Anna Magnani, who dressed like she was "wearing tramp clothes".

Mr. Blackwell.
Round 5. Category: Nonsense Poetry
1: A.E. Housman wrote, "A tail behind, a trunk in front, complete the usual" one of these.

elephant.

2: In this poem the borogoves were "all mimsy".

"Jabberwocky".

3: Hilaire Belloc wrote, "When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were'" this.

read.

4: A piggy-wig in a wood sold his nose ring to this Edward Lear pair.

the owl and the pussycat.

5: He wrote, "Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey? Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! I wonder why he does?".

(A.A.) Milne.
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March 14, 2023Episode 762 - Tv Friends On Film - Rhymes With Eek - Brain Candy - Tv Teen Dramas - Driver Ed.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 762, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Friends On Film
1: "Ed".

Matt LeBlanc.

2: "Scream","Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".

Courteney Cox.

3: "Clockwatchers","Romy and Michele's High School Reunion".

Lisa Kudrow.

4: "Kissing A Fool","The Pallbearer".

David Schwimmer.

5: "Leprechaun","Picture Perfect".

Jennifer Aniston.
Round 2. Category: Rhymes With Eek
1: Half a fortnight.

week.

2: To look for.

seek.

3: Eating this member of the lily family could make your breath reek.

leek.

4: The state of vexation you might experience if you can't reach the top of a mountain.

pique.

5: Donald Kent Slayton's nickname.

"Deke" (one of our original astronauts).
Round 3. Category: Brain Candy
1: This Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character once remarked "A man's brain originally is like a little empty attic".

Sherlock Holmes.

2: Examples of these pains in the brain include the cluster and tension varieties.

headaches.

3: It does "matter" that you give us this colorful slang term for the brain.

gray matter.

4: It's not cloudbursts in the skull, but shared problem solving in which everyone contributes ideas.

brainstorming.

5: It's the name for the brain-wasting cattle infection that crippled the British beef industry in 1996.

mad cow disease.
Round 4. Category: Tv Teen Dramas
1: Its last episode had James Van Der Beek's character, now 25, producing a TV teen drama based on his life.

Dawson's Creek.

2: The web site for this show includes "Rory's Book Club": log on and join.

Gilmore Girls.

3: Smallville High School reporter Chloe has written for this big city newspaper.

The Daily Planet.

4: In 2003 this Camden family entered its 8th season (but the title didn't change to reflect it).

7th Heaven.

5: This series began in 2003 with Lucas and Nathan discovering a terrible secret: they were half-brothers.

One Tree Hill.
Round 5. Category: Driver Ed.
1: By law you must have this piece of personal I.D. with you whenever you drive.

a driver's license.

2: It's best to use these sparingly when driving downhill: they may get hot and lose power.

brakes.

3: To alert other drivers, it's best to do this at least 5 seconds before changing lanes.

signal.

4: A flashing red light means you must do this before proceeding.

stop.

5: A solid double yellow line means you're not allowed to do this.

pass.
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March 13, 2023Episode 761 - Cathedrals And Churches - So Nice They Nicknamed Me Twice - On The "Go" - Hot "Bun"S - Party Time!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 761, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cathedrals And Churches
1: The church of Trinita Del Monti soars high above the Spanish Steps in this city.

Rome.

2: 6 golden domes were added to this capital's Annunciation Cathedral during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.

Moscow.

3: You can see the Black Prince's knightwear, as well as his tomb, at this English cathedral and pilgrimage site.

Canterbury.

4: St. Andrew's Church in this Ukranian city stands on a site where St. Andrew reputedly erected a cross.

Kiev.

5: Many Polish kings are buried in Wawel Cathedral on Wawel Hill in this city, once the capital of Poland.

Krakow.
Round 2. Category: So Nice They Nicknamed Me Twice
1: "The Chairman of the Board", "Ol' Blue Eyes".

Frank Sinatra.

2: "America's Sweetheart", "Little Sure Shot".

Annie Oakley.

3: "Conqueror of the World", "Macedonia's Madman".

Alexander the Great.

4: "The Father of the H-Bomb", "Dr. Strangelove".

Edward Teller.

5: "The Poet of the Commonplace", "The Children's Poet".

Longfellow.
Round 3. Category: On The "Go"
1: Chronic or recurring pain in the lower back.

lumbago.

2: Beastly highest awarded handed out at the Berlin Film Festival, not the Berlin Golf Tournament.

the Golden Bear.

3: Another name for graphite, it's also the name of several garden plants.

plumbago.

4: Ze plane, boss, ze plane--our faith in this kind of cult is being proved true!.

a cargo cult.

5: A type of tortoise that's an accomplished excavator is named for this mammal.

a gopher.
Round 4. Category: Hot "Bun"S
1: In a 1969 Sam Peckinpah film, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine were part of a "Wild" one.

Bunch.

2: This folklore hero was so big, as a child he rocked in his cradle and caused a 75-foot tide in the Bay of Fundy.

Paul Bunyan.

3: A con game, or the police squad that breaks it up.

bunko.

4: A 221-foot-high obelisk commemorating this battle stands on Breed's Hill.

Bunker Hill.

5: 2-word term for the 30,000-pound precision-guided bombs used to destroy underground command centers.

bunker busters.
Round 5. Category: Party Time!
1: Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I's sarcophagus for his home in this British capital.

London.

2: Heloise suggests putting fortunes inside these inflatable items instead of in cookies; then let guests pop them.

Balloons.

3: Active from the 1790s to the 1810s:This party of the second U.S. president.

the Federalists.

4: On a party invitation, the letters RSVP stand for the French phrase "Repondez" this.

S'il vous plait.

5: Founded in 1973:This Israeli party to the right of Labor.

Likud.
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March 12, 2023Episode 760 - World Holidays And Observances - "7" Movies - Jimmy Jam - The Occult - Let's Get Married
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 760, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: World Holidays And Observances
1: At midnight on New Year's Eve, Spaniards eat one of these vine fruits with each chime of a clock bell.

a grape.

2: His July 15 birthday is a holiday in Brunei.

the Sultan of Brunei.

3: Tahiti celebrates this on July 14; it's that French connection.

Bastille Day.

4: "The Folklore of World Holidays" gives instructions on how to make a turnip lantern for this observance.

Halloween.

5: In Germany, Pfingsten is this observance, 50 days after Easter.

Pentecost.
Round 2. Category: "7" Movies
1: Marilyn Monroe's immortal billowing skirt photo is a still from this film.

The Seven Year Itch.

2: This title refers to Sherlock Holmes' cocaine habit.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

3: Lina Wertmuller's 1976 film that fits this category.

Seven Beauties.

4: James Cagney reprised his George M. Cohan role in this Bob Hope film.

Seven Little Foys.

5: "The Magnificent 7" was based on this 1954 Japanese film.

Seven Samurai.
Round 3. Category: Jimmy Jam
1: He played Victor Sifuentes on "L.A. Law" before hitting the street as Det. Bobby Simone on "NYPD Blue".

Jimmy Smits.

2: "Boats, Beaches, Bars and Ballads" is a 1992 box set retrospective by this singer.

Jimmy Buffett.

3: From 1974 through 1978, he was ranked the No. 1 tennis player in the world.

Jimmy Connors.

4: He was the lead guitarist for Led Zeppelin.

Jimmy Page.

5: And now an update...this "Saturday Night Live" regular also appeared in HBO's "Band of Brothers".

Jimmy Fallon.
Round 4. Category: The Occult
1: Yes, yes, this aid to mediums at large takes its name from the French and German words for "yes".

a Ouija board.

2: In folklore of this religion "dybbuks" are evil spirits which take possession of the living.

Jewish.

3: It's the ability to move an object using psychic powers.

telekinesis.

4: A "Dictionary of the Occult" defines white this as consorting with spirits for a good or innocent purpose.

magic.

5: In New Orleans jujus include these double-talk magick bags traditionally consecrated to the 4 elements.

gris-gris (bags).
Round 5. Category: Let's Get Married
1: On Sept. 12, 1953 Boston Archbishop Richard Cushing conducted the marriage between this famous pair.

JFK and Jackie.

2: About his mother's remarriage, Hamlet disdainfully remarks, "Frailty thy name is" this.

woman.

3: In the section on marriage in "The Prophet", he wrote "Let there be spaces in your togetherness".

Khalil Gibran.

4: The first 2 acts of this 1938 play are titled "The Daily Life" and "Love and Marriage".

Our Town.

5: He must have liked the family; Thomas Seymour married this English king's widow and later tried to marry his daughter.

Henry VIII.
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March 11, 2023Episode 759 - Fictional Seniors - Female Firsts - Marine Biology - Pennsylvanians - World Holidays And Observances
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 759, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fictional Seniors
1: Bob Cratchit's boss.

Ebenezer Scrooge.

2: This "Christmas Carol" curmudgeon is "secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster".

(Ebenezer) Scrooge.

3: The devoted housekeeper Nelly Dean narrates much of the story of this Bronte title house.

Wuthering Heights.

4: In this novel Hugh Conway finds out that the High Lama is about 250 years old.

Lost Horizon.

5: This amateur sleuth who likes to knit lives in the small English village of St. Mary Mead.

Miss Jane Marple.
Round 2. Category: Female Firsts
1: She founded the Opera Company of Boston in 1957 and in 1976 became the first woman to conduct at the Met.

Sarah Caldwell.

2: In 1678, Elena Cornaro, fluent in 7 languages, became the first woman to receive this advanced degree.

doctorate (of philosophy).

3: Daisy Gordon, the niece of Juliette Gordon Low, became the first member of this organization when she joined in 1912.

the Girl Scouts.

4: This author and wife of Time magazine's founder was the USA's first female ambassador to Italy.

Clare Boothe Luce.

5: This UPI correspondent was the first woman to head the White House bureau of a major news service.

Helen Thomas.
Round 3. Category: Marine Biology
1: Around 1905 it was discovered that the American eel spawns in this "sea" in the north Atlantic.

the Sargasso Sea.

2: A species of this 10-armed animal is the largest invertebrate, reaching a length of over 50 feet.

squid.

3: The animals that form atolls.

coral.

4: When bivalves get scared, they pull these shut until the danger has passed.

their shells.

5: You might be "As happy as" this mollusk that has a heart but no brain.

a clam.
Round 4. Category: Pennsylvanians
1: "Little Women" was based on her own "poor but happy" family of mom, dad, 3 sisters and herself.

Louisa May Alcott.

2: In 1869 Philadelphia's John Wanamaker founded one of the 1st of these in the U.S..

the department store.

3: An educator and writer of 19th century "Readers", he began teaching at age 13.

(William) McGuffey.

4: His water colors are set almost entirely in the Brandywine Valley and Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

(Andrew) Wyeth.

5: Surnames of the philanthropists who founded 2 Pittsburgh institutes which merged into 1 univ. in 1967.

Carnegie (and) Mellon.
Round 5. Category: World Holidays And Observances
1: Argentina honors this dance on Dec. 11, the birthday of 2 of its important figures, Carlos Gardel and Julio de Caro.

the tango.

2: Tahiti celebrates this on July 14; it's that French connection.

Bastille Day.

3: "The Folklore of World Holidays" gives instructions on how to make a turnip lantern for this observance.

Halloween.

4: At each of the 12 strokes of midnight starting a new year, a Spaniard will traditionally eat one of these.

grape.

5: Monaco's national day is November 19, the date in 1949 of his formal accession to the throne.

Prince Rainier.
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March 10, 2023Episode 758 - "In" Cities - Famous Cows - Book Sequels? - Renaissance Men - Words Of The '60s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 758, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "In" Cities
1: This resort city in Austria's Tirol is the northern gateway to the Brenner Pass in the Alps.

Innsbruck.

2: This Kansas City suburb was the starting point for the Oregon, Santa Fe and California Trails.

Independence.

3: The headquarters for the American Legion is located in this state capital.

Indianapolis.

4: This Swiss resort town is so named because it's located between 2 lakes.

Interlaken.

5: Some say Macbeth murdered Duncan in a castle near this Scottish city.

Inverness.
Round 2. Category: Famous Cows
1: Said to have started the Great Chicago Fire.

Mrs. O'Leary's cow.

2: Wife of Elmer, she's the Borden cow.

Elsie.

3: The emotional state of Carnation Company's cows.

contented.

4: 1 of 2 breeds named for a British Channel island on which they were developed.

Guernsey (or Jersey).

5: Cow seen in Mickey Mouse cartoons who shares her name with a male Howdy Doody character.

Clarabelle.
Round 3. Category: Book Sequels?
1: Arthur Dimmesdale returns (difficult, as he died in the first book) in this 19th c. author's "The Chartreuse Number".

Hawthorne.

2: Guy Montag is back, and those books are gonna pay in this author's "Celsius 232.78".

Ray Bradbury.

3: Natty Bumppo discovers there's "The Penultimate Iroquois" in this man's 1820s sequel.

James Fenimore Cooper.

4: Edmond Dantes gets a promotion in this author's 19th c. sequel "The Fresh Prince of Monte Cristo".

Alexandre Dumas.

5: Jose Arcadio Buendia is back a-buildin' in this author's 1960s book "25 More Years of Me-Time".

Gabriel GarcÃƒÂa MÃƒÂ¡rquez.
Round 4. Category: Renaissance Men
1: Unlike his predecessors, Maximilian I of this empire wasn't crowned by the Pope.

the Holy Roman Empire.

2: "Being unarmed...causes you to be despised", he wrote in "The Prince".

Machiavelli.

3: Pope Leo X was the second son of this "Magnificent" Medici.

Lorenzo.

4: 1 of the first reliefs this great artist sculpted was the "Madonna of the Stairs".

Michelangelo.

5: This Borgia was accused of murdering his brother Giovanni in 1497.

Cesare.
Round 5. Category: Words Of The '60s
1: These 2 birds represented conciliatory and aggressive attitudes toward war.

Doves and hawks.

2: To talk freely and frankly, or H. Brown's "middle name".

rap.

3: Logically enough, it's the single word for a topless bikini.

Monokini.

4: Term for those who rode buses to test integration in interstate travel.

"Freedom Riders".

5: Precedes "wasted", "down" and "your act together".

get.
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March 09, 2023Episode 757 - Ends In "Th" - Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young - Musical Terms - File Under "T" - 1962
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 757, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ends In "Th"
1: A mass of bubbles on top of hot chocolate.

froth.

2: Something enormous in size, such as the land animal mentioned in the book of Job.

a behemoth.

3: A scarce supply, or a shortage of food.

dearth.

4: Foam.

froth.

5: This type of bomber is designed to prevent detection by radar.

stealth.
Round 2. Category: Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
1: "Woodstock", the group's first hit together, was written by this onetime gal pal of Graham Nash.

Joni Mitchell.

2: Stills and Young came from Buffalo Springfield, Nash from The Hollies and Crosby flew off from this group.

The Byrds.

3: In 1997 Crosby, Stills and Nash performed at this university to commemorate the 27th anniv. of the shootings there.

Kent State.

4: David Crosby made big news when it was revealed that he fathered this rocker and Julie Cypher's 2 children.

Melissa Etheridge.

5: (Hello everybody, I'm Graham Nash) With an eye on the new millennium, our 2000 tour was dubbed this.

"CSNY: 2K".
Round 3. Category: Musical Terms
1: It's the kind of singing produced by an adult male in a higher than normal register.

falsetto.

2: If you don't want to "mezz" around with the longer term, you can call these singers "mezzos" for short.

mezzo-soprano.

3: From the old Provencal verb balar, meaning "to dance", it's a narrative poem of folk origin that is sung.

ballad.

4: These Cuban gourd instruments can be made of Bakelite filled w/lead shot for a stronger sound.

maracas.

5: In musical notation, this is a curved line grouping notes and indicating they're played together smoothly.

a slur.
Round 4. Category: File Under "T"
1: On the night of April 14-15, 1912 this ship sank in the north Atlantic.

Titanic.

2: It's the name of a national monument in the Salt River Valley in Arizona, kimosabe.

Tonto National Monument.

3: In 1941 Congress reset the day on which this annual holiday is observed.

Thanksgiving.

4: He was sent to bring Isolde to Cornwall to marry his uncle, King Mark.

Tristan.

5: It's defined as a small, shallow drum with a single head and metallic jingles in its rim.

a tambourine.
Round 5. Category: 1962
1: It topped the pop charts in the summer of '62:.

"The Stripper" (by David Rose).

2: Rumors surfaced among Cubans in America that this premier had remarried, but they've never been confirmed.

Fidel Castro.

3: Pope John XXIII opened this historic meeting in St. Peter's Basilica on October 11.

the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II).

4: On July 3 Charles De Gaulle proclaimed the independence of this African country.

Algeria.

5: There were requiems for this author of "Requiem for a Nun" after he died July 6.

William Faulkner.
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March 08, 2023Episode 756 - "Boo"! - Praise The "Lord" - About "Face" - Autumn-Atic - 1905
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 756, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Boo"!
1: Word that can precede hatch, prize or trap.

booby.

2: Pirate plunder.

booty.

3: The NCAA calls them "representatives of the institution's athletic interests".

boosters.

4: Grant me this gift or favor.

a boon.

5: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! -- the Hamadryas species of this was revered by the ancient Egyptians.

a baboon.
Round 2. Category: Praise The "Lord"
1: The upper chamber of the British parliament.

House of Lords.

2: Hardly idle, this poet wrote over 10,000 lines of "Idylls Of The King".

Alfred Lord Tennyson.

3: It's also called the Pater Noster.

The Lord's Prayer.

4: As Steve McGarrett, he often finished off wrongdoers with the words "Book 'Em, Dano".

Jack Lord.

5: Clive Barker's cinematic thriller about the evil resurrected magician Nix.

Lord of Illusions.
Round 3. Category: About "Face"
1: "Elevating" cosmetic surgery people keep secret--except Phyllis Diller, Betty Ford, Mr. Blackwell....

a face lift.

2: The worth of a stamp or coin stated on it.

face value.

3: Song sung and drawn by Dick Van Dyke in the film "Bye Bye Birdie".

"Put On A Happy Face".

4: Maintaining one's reputation.

saving/keeping face.

5: To deal with a pressing problem directly, or the name of a 1980 TV game show similar to "Name That Tune".

Face the Music.
Round 4. Category: Autumn-Atic
1: Each November this sporting event starts in Staten Island and ends hours later in Central Park.

New York City Marathon.

2: Around Thanksgiving you start to see store ads reminding you that there are only about 28 of these "before Christmas".

Shopping days.

3: In-ciders know October is the national month for this fruit.

Apples.

4: Every October 19 this Virginia town remembers the last major battle of the American Revolution.

Yorktown.

5: On October 12 many Latinos celebrate El Dia de la Raza, meaning "The Day of" this.

The Race/Community/People.
Round 5. Category: 1905
1: June 7: Norway dissolves the union that had existed since 1814 with this country.

Sweden.

2: July 16: This American commander sets off on his second expedition to the North Pole.

Peary.

3: January 26:This largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found is unearthed in South Africa.

the Cullinan.

4: November 28:Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin.

Sinn Fein.

5: June 13:Prime Minister Delyannis of this Mediterranean country is assassinated.

Greece.
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