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April 15, 2022Episode 429 - I Quit! - Skyscrapers By City - Mag-Nificent - Pour Me A Stiff One - Verb First Names
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 429, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I Quit!
1: When he left NASA to be a Univ. of Cincinnati prof., he took one giant leap into retirement from the public eye.

Neil Armstrong.

2: His sudden retirement from the NBA on Nov. 7, 1991 shocked the sports world.

Earvin "Magic" Johnson.

3: In 1974, frustrated with GM's management, he quit and with British funding, built a stainless steel luxury sports car.

John DeLorean.

4: On Nov. 25, 1980 Roberto Duran said, "No mas" and quit in the eighth round against this fighter.

Sugar Ray Leonard.

5: In March 1987 Bettino Craxi quit after a 3 1/2-year term in this post, a post-WWII record.

prime minister of Italy.
Round 2. Category: Skyscrapers By City
1: New York-New York Hotel and Casino.

Las Vegas.

2: Cadillac Tower.

Detroit.

3: Transamerica Pyramid.

San Francisco.

4: Pillsbury Building.

Minneapolis.

5: James K. Polk State Office Building.

Nashville.
Round 3. Category: Mag-Nificent
1: This illustrated mag had a shake start in 1954 with unpopular coverage of snooty events like yacht races.

Sports Illustrated.

2: This news magazine was started in 1923 so that "busy men" could stay informed.

Time.

3: Articles in the first edition of this magazine, in 1936, featured ratings of cereal, soap and stockings.

Consumer Reports.

4: Bell, Edison and Pasteur wrote for this mag, founded in 1872, that also devoted early attention to evolution theory.

Popular Science.

5: This urbane magazine wrote in its 1925 start that "it is not edited for the old lady in Dubuque".

The New Yorker.
Round 4. Category: Pour Me A Stiff One
1: Nonpotent potable in common to a fuzzy navel and a screwdriver.

orange juice.

2: Stolichanya, or stoli to its friends, is a brand of this.

vodka.

3: Invented in Cuba, a mojito is made with lime juice, club soda, sugar, ice, mint leaves and this kind of alcohol.

rum.

4: This brand of liqueur made its debut in Dublin on November 26, 1974.

Bailey's (Irish Cream).

5: Mon Dieu! This French liqueur was originally made at the Abbey of Fecamp by the monks for which it is named.

Benedictine.
Round 5. Category: Verb First Names
1: To cut oneself slightly while shaving.

Nick.

2: To send a statement for money owed for goods or services.

Bill.

3: To suffer or tolerate.

Brook.

4: To pry open a door, as with a crowbar.

Jimmy.

5: When followed by "down", to frisk someone, as for concealed weapons.

Pat.
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April 14, 2022Episode 428 - The Fabulous '50s - Hockey - Dancers - American Food And Drink - Detective Fiction
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 428, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Fabulous '50s
1: This evangelist known for his "crusades" said he believed there is life on other planets and that the Bible hints at it.

Billy Graham.

2: Nickname given to Eisenhower's theory that if one Asian country falls to Communism, others will follow.

Domino Theory/Principle.

3: Yum! The peanut version of these letter-perfect candies debuted in 1954.

M and M's.

4: What's in a name? The Corsair, Citation Ranger and Pacer were all models of this Ford flop of the '50s.

the Edsel.

5: In 1954, she became the first recipient of the literary award named for her; perhaps she kept it in a "Little House".

Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Round 2. Category: Hockey
1: (Alex and Tie Domi of the Toronto Maple Leafs are both suited up and on the ice to play some hockey.) If Tie Domi crosses the blue line before I get the puck to him, we'll be guilty of this infraction.

offsides.

2: A winged wheel is the logo of this franchise.

the Red Wings.

3: He won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in 1967 playing with great conviction, or is it conjunction?.

(Bobby) Orr.

4: Bryan Trottier sparked this team to 4 Stanley Cup championships from 1980 through 1983.

the New York Islanders.

5: (Alex shuffles his hockey stick back and forth on the ice.) It's the 13 letter word for the skill I was just demonstrating (Mario Lemieux doesn't have to worry).

stickhandling.
Round 3. Category: Dancers
1: He wore his trademark top hat and tails in his very 1st film, "Dancing Lady", with Joan Crawford.

Fred Astaire.

2: Once a female impersonator, this Broadway hoofer played a Broadway hoofer in "Yankee Doodle Dandy".

(James) Cagney.

3: This 1983 film focused on a steelworker named Alex who wanted to be a ballerina.

Flashdance.

4: Carole Bishop, Sammy Williams and Donna McKechnie all won Tony Awards for playing dancers in this musical.

(A) Chorus Line.

5: Though born in Bombay, Juliet Prowse grew up in this country.

South Africa.
Round 4. Category: American Food And Drink
1: 5600-year-old samples of this "movie treat" have been found in New Mexico caves.

popcorn.

2: Angel-food cake was supposedly created in the Missouri city.

St. Louis.

3: Start by steeping, in a glass, crushed leaves in sugar syrup.

a mint julep.

4: Small cornmeal fritters supposedly tossed to dogs to make them quiet.

hush puppies.

5: Y'all can have these ground kernals boiled, baked, or fried for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

grits.
Round 5. Category: Detective Fiction
1: The original authorÂ’s last story about this detective was Â“The Adventure of Shoscombe Old PlaceÂ”.

Sherlock Holmes.

2: In Â“The Big SleepÂ” he says, Â“IÂ’m 33 years old, went to college once and can still speak English if thereÂ’s any demand for itÂ”.

Marlowe.

3: In the April 1841 GrahamÂ’s LadyÂ’s and GentlemanÂ’s Magazine, this editor published his new detective story.

Poe.

4: She also created the detectives Tuppence and Tommy Beresford.

Agatha Christie.

5: Â“A Taste for DeathÂ” is one of P.D. JamesÂ’ novels about this Scotland Yard detective and published poet.

Adam Dalgliesh.
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April 13, 2022Episode 427 - Now That's Inventive! - Pillow Talk - Harvard Degree Honorees - American Counties - Make Way For Hemingway
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 427, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Now That's Inventive!
1: In the '40s AT and T used a radio with no conventional vacuum tubes to demonstrate this device invented in its lab.

a transistor.

2: Developed by a German physicist, it measures radioactivity by "counting" ionizing particles like protons.

a Geiger counter.

3: Famous for his jet, he also invented the automobile radio for the company that became Motorola.

(William) Lear.

4: This 18th century seed drill inventor shares his name with the band that gave us "Aqualung".

Jethro Tull.

5: At the funeral of Sylvan Goldman, who invented this, there wasn't one wonky pallbearer who went in an odd direction.

the shopping cart.
Round 2. Category: Pillow Talk
1: In classic radio comedy, Dick Orkin turned this under-kids'-pillows cash provider into the Molar Marauder.

the Tooth Fairy.

2: Legend has it that each night Alexander the Great put his sword and a book by this epic poet under his pillow.

Homer.

3: Tradition says after a wedding a single girl puts this under her pillow so she'll dream of a future spouse.

a slice of wedding cake.

4: Named for the variety of designs and stitches on it, this type of pillow can bear a homily or a homemade design.

sampler.

5: He wrote his son Kermit from the White House in 1903 about his being ambushed in a pillow fight.

Theodore Roosevelt.
Round 3. Category: Harvard Degree Honorees
1: 1982 recipients included Mother Teresa and this "Big Daddy" of Southern playwrights.

Tennessee Williams.

2: In 1993 he got an honorary degree from Harvard and retired from the U.S. military; today he's a secretary.

Colin Powell.

3: This Bostonian's name was on an honorary degree in 1792; today it's on a beer.

Samuel Adams.

4: One of the special singularities in this British physicist's life is an honorary degree from Harvard in 1990.

Stephen Hawking.

5: In 1968 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, better known by this title, received an honorary doctorate.

Shah of Iran.
Round 4. Category: American Counties
1: Name shared by the counties in which you'll find Disneyland and Disney World.

Orange (County).

2: All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County.

Utah.

3: Ogemaw, Saginaw and Washtenaw are all counties in this state.

Michigan.

4: This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake.

Virginia.

5: While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish.

Washington.
Round 5. Category: Make Way For Hemingway
1: "Death in the Afternoon" is a treatise on this, which Hemingway considered a tragic spectacle, not a sport.

Bullfighting.

2: Hemingway served as an ambulance driver during WWI, like Frederic Henry, the hero of this novel.

"A Farewell to Arms".

3: The title of this Hemingway novel set during the Spanish Civil War comes from one of John Donne's "Devotions".

"For Whom the Bell Tolls".

4: "In Our Time", a collection of short stories, features this character who is similar to Hemingway.

Nick Adams.

5: This 1926 novel begins, "Robert Cohn was once middleweight boxing champion of Princeton".

"The Sun Also Rises".
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April 12, 2022Episode 426 - May Day - Bird Words And Phrases - Blank Of The Blank - Clean 4-Letter Words - Really Long Rivers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 426, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: May Day
1: On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Amtrak.

2: This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him.

Yasser Arafat.

3: On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica".

Pablo Picasso.

4: The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired.

Jimmy Carter.

5: He was ready and he fired May 1, 1898.

Captain Charles Gridley.
Round 2. Category: Bird Words And Phrases
1: Many a slugabed has been reminded that "The early bird catches" this.

The worm.

2: Originally a place in which fowl fought, it now often refers to the pilot's compartment in an airplane.

Cockpit.

3: In a famous 1962 film, Gregory Peck says it's "a sin to" do this.

kill a mockingbird.

4: If you're completely undressed, you're as "naked as" this bird that's noisy and often bright blue.

Jaybird.

5: It's a "homicidal" phrase for achieving 2 goals with a single effort.

Killing two birds with one stone.
Round 3. Category: Blank Of The Blank
1: This expression meaning "the best part" mixes dairy and plant farming.

cream of the crop.

2: This comparison of 2 boxers before a fight includes numbers for height, reach and chest size.

tale of the tape.

3: Thomas Dixon wrote a play about Abe Lincoln titled this kind of guy with a common touch.

Man of the People.

4: This local public officer with judicial powers may accept payment for your speeding ticket.

a justice of the peace.

5: To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this.

benefit of the doubt.
Round 4. Category: Clean 4-Letter Words
1: Dial and Zest are 4-letter brands of this.

soap.

2: The first appearance of daylight, or the dishwashing detergent that's tough on grease.

Dawn.

3: How you feel when you're happy, or the joy of putting trash in this product's garbage bags, the first plastic ones sold.

Glad.

4: The rise and fall of the ocean water, or a detergent that has cleaned clothes for more than 50 years.

Tide.

5: The knob on a radio, or the antibacterial soap you'd use on your hands if the knob was dirty.

Dial.
Round 5. Category: Really Long Rivers
1: While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name.

Amazon.

2: Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found.

Nile.

3: This Chinese river is really "long" since its alternate name, Chang Jiang, means "long river".

Yangtze.

4: During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis.

Missouri.

5: At Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border, this river is 6 1/2 miles wide.

Mekong.
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April 11, 2022Episode 425 - Seeing Red - 5 Bands - 1987 Obits - Size Matters - "Stick"S And "Stone"S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 425, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Seeing Red
1: Moscow girls know it's where you go to hang out at the famous Gum Department Store.

Red Square.

2: These horses of these symbolic figures are red, white, black and pale.

the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

3: In 1964 the new constitution of this nation on Hispaniola changed its flag's colors from red and blue to red and black.

Haiti.

4: Shade for a Pimpernel or an O'Hara.

scarlet.

5: Bugs Bunny's standard insult that fits the category.

(What a) maroon.
Round 2. Category: 5 Bands
1: Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?".

The Cars.

2: 2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart and within 3 blocks of each other.

The Allman Brothers Band.

3: "Fun", "sleazy" and "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee.

MÃ¶tley CrÃ¼e.

4: "Remember when we traveled 'round the world, we met a lot of people and girls", sang this Joey McIntyre boy band.

New Kids on the Block.

5: "Welcome to Paradise"; Tre Cool drums for this punk-pop band who performed at 2005's Live 8.

Green Day.
Round 3. Category: 1987 Obits
1: ...And away he went June 24, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Jackie Gleason.

2: In February, a heart attack following gallbladder surgery claimed the life of this pop artist.

Andy Warhol.

3: In September it was goodbye, we'll miss you and "All That Jazz" to this choreographer and film director.

(Bob) Fosse.

4: This 2-term governor of Kansas and 1936 Republican candidate for president passed away at age 100.

Alf Landon.

5: Go tell it on the mountain that he passed away in St. Paul de Vence, France on December 1.

(James) Baldwin.
Round 4. Category: Size Matters
1: As a rule, the length of this item should be 3 times the thickness of the board being fastened with it.

Nail.

2: A 1.5-liter champagne bottle, or sometimes a .357 round of ammunition.

Magnum.

3: Olive oil with oleic acid content under 1% is graded "Extra" this.

Extra Virgin.

4: American ones are 53 to 57 inches long and hang to the top of the belt buckle; the longer British ones hang lower.

Ties.

5: To keep the ratios, for a 1:12 scale dollhouse buy a smaller dollhouse in this scale to put inside it.

1:144.
Round 5. Category: "Stick"S And "Stone"S
1: A manually operated transmission for a car.

Stick shift.

2: "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" are songs from this Rolling Stones album.

"Sticky Fingers".

3: Paired with "fire", it "rained" upon Sodom and Gomorrah.

Brimstone.

4: 3' 9" high, 2' 4 1/2" across and nearly 1' thick, it was key to deciphering hieroglyphics.

The Rosetta Stone.

5: The game of cricket gives us this phrase for a difficult situation.

Sticky wicket.
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April 10, 2022Episode 424 - Journalism - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington - Mob Hits - It's Jason's Bar Mitzvah - Dirigibles, Blimps And Zeppelins
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 424, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Journalism
1: This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz.

Edward R. Murrow.

2: "The Journalist's Bible" is the AP stylebook; AP is short for this oldest news-gathering agency in the United States.

Associated Press.

3: UPI journalist who's the senior member of the White House press corps.

Helen Thomas.

4: It's the area assigned to a reporter for regular coverage; policemen walk them, too.

a beat.

5: (New York Times reporterAndrea Elliott delivers the clue.) Just 8 years after getting my degree from this university's graduate school of journalism, I won one of the Pulitzer Prizes that the school administers.

Columbia.
Round 2. Category: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
1: Fort Dix is in this state's 4th District, repped by Chris Smith, who was elected to Congress at age 27.

New Jersey.

2: William French Smith, who held this post, 1981-1985, had a key role in putting the 1st woman on the Supreme Court.

Attorney General.

3: In 1996 Gordon Smith lost to Ron Wyden to replace Bob Packwood as a Sen. from this state; now they serve together.

Oregon.

4: Washington's 9th District is represented by this man, who has the same name as a certain economist.

Adam Smith.

5: Parts of Comal, Hays and Travis Counties make up the 21st District of this state's Rep. Lamar Smith.

Texas.
Round 3. Category: Mob Hits
1: Adriana La Cerva, Jimmy Altieri and Ralph Cifaretto all got whacked on this TV drama.

The Sopranos.

2: Rotund name of "The Simpsons" head mobster who hangs out at "The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club".

Fat Tony.

3: In the video game based on this film, players use violence and negotiation to become the next don.

The Godfather.

4: "When I got into family therapy, this was not the 'family' I had in mind", says Billy Crystal in this '99 comedy.

Analyze This.

5: "But I'm funny how? Funny like a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh?" says Tommy de Vito in this 1990 film.

Goodfellas.
Round 4. Category: It's Jason's Bar Mitzvah
1: Like most of his peers, Jason has his bar mitzvah on this day of the week.

Saturday.

2: Jason was jealous when twin sister Jennifer had this equivalent ceremony at age 12.

Bat Mitzvah.

3: This synagogue employee, also called a hazan, taught Jason how to chant his Torah portion.

Cantor.

4: Jason's guests may dance to this type of Jewish folk music, from Hebrew for "musical instruments".

Klezmer music.

5: Jason settled for his parents' temple but wanted to celebrate at this site on the Temple Mount.

Wailing/Western Wall.
Round 5. Category: Dirigibles, Blimps And Zeppelins
1: L.A. and this N.J. city were the only U.S. stops the Graf Zeppelin made during its round-the-world trip in 1929.

Lakehurst.

2: In 1925 this Ohio company unveiled its first blimp, the Pilgrim.

Goodyear.

3: In 1925 Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile made news when they flew over this point in a blimp.

North Pole.

4: The U.S. Navy's ZR1, Shenandoah, was its first filled with this gas.

helium.

5: Of the Bucs, Broncos or Bills, the one whose NFL stadium you'll never see the Fujifilm blimp fly over.

Broncos (that blimp has an altitude limit of 5000 feet).
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April 09, 2022Episode 423 - They Took Debate - Foreign Animal Noises - Then We Can Dig It - Constitutional Powers Of Congress - Fruit Bowl
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 423, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: They Took Debate
1: This "League" has sponsored many political debates, including the Mondale/Reagan fisticuffs in 1984.

the League of Women Voters.

2: In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had a series of debates over who should be senator from this state.

Illinois.

3: In 1993 Vice President Al Gore and Ross Perot appeared on Larry King to debate this trade pact.

NAFTA.

4: In the late 1970s conservative columnist James Kilpatrick debated liberal journalist Shana Alexander on this TV show.

60 Minutes.

5: "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a quip from the famous debate between these two men.

Quayle and Bentsen.
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: Then We Can Dig It
1: Finds at Whitehall Villa in Britain reveal that this ancient people ate dormice and really loved oysters.

the Romans.

2: The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds.

their bones.

3: Ironically, an "aquatic civilization" has been unearthed in this area that covers much of North Africa.

the Sahara Desert.

4: Some skulls from colonial America show wear on a tooth from sucking on the stem of this artifact.

a pipe.

5: Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad".

the Bronze Age.
Round 4. Category: Constitutional Powers Of Congress
1: Congress can do this, but by the 27th Amendment it can't take effect until after the next election.

give themsleves a raise.

2: Article I, Section 8 says "Congress shall have the power to lay" these; the IRS agrees.

taxes.

3: Congress has the right "to Constitutional tribunals inferior to this one".

the Supreme Court.

4: Yo ho ho, Congress can "define and punish" these acts "and felonies committed on the high seas".

piracy.

5: Article I, Section 8 says Congress can make this, regulate its value and punish people who copy it.

money.
Round 5. Category: Fruit Bowl
1: Casaba,Cantaloupe,Honeydew.

Melons.

2: Asian and Anjou.

pears.

3: Flame Seedless and Red Globe.

grapes.

4: Jonathan and Pink Lady.

apples.

5: Donut and Elberta.

peaches.
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April 08, 2022Episode 422 - Tv Shows On Tv Shows - Patriots - The Day The Music Died - Neckwear - U.s. Skyline Tours
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 422, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Shows On Tv Shows
1: (Hi. I'm Debbe Dunning.) It's the name of the home improvement show that's featured on "Home Improvement".

Tool Time.

2: Like "Meet the Press", Murphy Brown's fictional news show "F.Y.I." tapes in this city.

Washington, D.C..

3: This "Simpsons" TV clown has worked with Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Mel and Sideshow Luke Perry.

Krusty the Klown.

4: He plays talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show".

Garry Shandling.

5: The TV producer he plays on "The Tom Show" was dumped by Shannon Tweed, not Roseanne.

Tom Arnold.
Round 2. Category: Patriots
1: Thinking him conceited some added a "Y" to the last name of this Declaration signer born in 1737.

John Hancock.

2: The day after he landed from England in 1775, Penn.'s assembly named him to the Continental Congress.

Benjamin Franklin.

3: John Dickenson's "Fabius" letters helped make this state he represented the first to ratify the Constitution.

Delaware.

4: 1 of the 2 "Federalist" authors whose lives were not ended by gunfire.

James Madison (or John Jay).

5: (I'm John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven, but) This man, our first mayor, was the only man to sign the 4 great U.S. founding documents, including the Constitution.

Roger Sherman.
Round 3. Category: The Day The Music Died
1: August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Elvis Presley.

2: September 18, 1970 in London.

Jimi Hendrix.

3: February 3, 1959, one of 3, in a cornfield in Iowa.

(Ritchie) Valens (or Buddy Holly or the Big Bopper).

4: August 9, 1995 in Forest Knolls, California.

Jerry Garcia.

5: July 3, 1971 in a bathtub in Paris.

Jim Morrison.
Round 4. Category: Neckwear
1: The name of this long scarf made of feathers or fur is from the Latin for "water adder".

a boa.

2: This 3-letter item tied around the necks of children protects their clothing while they eat.

a bib.

3: In ancient Hawaii, this garland of flowers was used to signify a peace agreement between opposing tribes.

a lei.

4: This long scarf sounds like it will keep you quiet as well as keep you warm.

a muffler.

5: In WWI, it became mandatory that all U.S. soldiers wear these "canine" aluminum discs on neck chains.

dog tags.
Round 5. Category: U.s. Skyline Tours
1: Many of the hills in this city were leveled in the early 1900s because it was feared they would hinder expansion.

Seattle.

2: This city houses the nation's first city-owned opera house.

San Francisco.

3: This city has served as a federal and as a state capital.

New York City.

4: The first steel-framework skyscraper was built in this city.

Chicago.

5: This Southern capital owes its location to a railroad, rather than a river.

Atlanta.
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April 07, 2022Episode 421 - Undergarments - It Used To Be Illegal - Nasa Shuttle Names - Wish Superstitions - Libraries
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 421, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Undergarments
1: They hold up hosiery and may be part of a belt.

Garter.

2: Brand that has a "Her Way" label.

Hanes.

3: An uplift brassiere is more commonly known as this, moving the "up" to the end of the word.

a push-up bra.

4: An uplift brassiere is more commonly known as this, moving the "up" to the end of the word.

a push-up bra.

5: Dress-length undergarment with shoulder straps for Anna, not Sigmund.

Freudian slip.
Round 2. Category: It Used To Be Illegal
1: On July 10, 1991 sanctions imposed in this country were lifted, allowing legal U.S. trade.

South Africa.

2: Cheers! This became legal again on December 5, 1933 when Utah ratified the 21st Amendment.

Alcohol.

3: After a 1995 law change in most states you can legally exceed this 1974 limit.

55 MPH.

4: Troy Aikman is probably happy that this kind of football play is no longer illegal as of 1906.

Forward pass.

5: In Norfolk, VA. it used to be illegal for women to go out without one of these tight-fitting garments.

Corset.
Round 3. Category: Nasa Shuttle Names
1: It's the capital of South Carolina, or a Sony-owned movie company.

Columbia.

2: Some have said this lost island was in the Aegean; others, in the Mediterranean, or elsewhere.

Atlantis.

3: This science, nature and exploration cable channel has its own stores in over 20 states.

Discovery.

4: It's now the top U.S. car rental agency.

Enterprise.

5: Make an effort to come up with this word; it's from Middle English for "to make an effort".

Endeavour.
Round 4. Category: Wish Superstitions
1: A wish made on the candles of one of these won't come true if you tell it aloud.

a birthday cake.

2: This part of a bird is broken and the person who gets the larger part gets his wish.

wishbone.

3: "I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight" is said upon seeing one of these.

a star.

4: You can make a wish when you see 3 birds on a telephone wire or the first one of these birds in the spring.

a robin.

5: A rhyme says "Touch" this color "and your wish will come true".

blue.
Round 5. Category: Libraries
1: The Lincoln Center Library is a branch of this city's library.

New York City.

2: The library of the university of this largest Scottish city has about 500 printed items from the 15th C..

Glasgow.

3: The Theodore M. Hesburgh Library is located at this university.

Notre Dame.

4: Most of the books in the ancient library at Alexandria in Egypt were in this language.

Greek.

5: Pope Clement VII commissioned him to design the Medicean-Laurentian Library in 1523.

Michelangelo.
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April 06, 2022Episode 420 - What's Hot - Money Problems - Here Comes The "Sun" - College Aka - Illegalities
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 420, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What's Hot
1: The most popular toy of the '96 Christmas season was this Sesame Street doll.

Tickle Me Elmo.

2: This designer's cK be is "The New Fragrance for People", male or female.

Calvin Klein.

3: This company created the Virtual Boy, a 3-D game system.

Nintendo.

4: After The Sugarcubes dissolved in 1992, this Icelandic lead singer went solo.

Bjork.

5: The introduction of Dolly the Sheep to the world kicked off a debate on the ethics of this in February 1997.

Cloning.
Round 2. Category: Money Problems
1: If the 4 members of the band Moonpools and Caterpillars split a $2,000 royalty evenly, each gets this amount.

$500.

2: John's jar had 300 pennies in it, but he lost 2/3 of them in a pitching contest with Bob, leaving this many.

100.

3: If I had a nickel for every time I said "I" in this answer, I would have this much money.

20 cents (4 times).

4: Change for a quarter in 4 coins.

3 nickels and a dime.

5: If Mary, a dime-a-dance girl, handles 10 partners an hour, she earns this amount in 4 hours.

$4.00.
Round 3. Category: Here Comes The "Sun"
1: From the Middle English for "apart", this term tends to follow the words ripped or torn.

asunder.

2: This medical term is also known as insolation or thermic fever.

sunstroke.

3: This interjection is literally German for "health".

Gesundheit.

4: Describes an egg fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over.

sunny side up.

5: In tan-speak, it's what SPF stands for.

sun protection factor.
Round 4. Category: College Aka
1: In Alabama:A reddish-brown colour.

Auburn.

2: In New York:A brand of toothpaste.

Colgate.

3: In Texas:An edible grain of the Gramineae family.

Rice.

4: In Massachusetts:Small clumps of hairs, trees or grass.

Tufts.

5: In Iowa:A male duck.

Drake.
Round 5. Category: Illegalities
1: On Jan. 12, 1998 NYC mayor Giuliani announced he'd crack down on these pedestrian miscreants.

Jaywalkers.

2: Anti-gang laws target this, defined as hanging around or moving too slowly.

Loitering.

3: This adjective often found before "exposure" means the exposer knows others can see.

Indecent.

4: From the same root as consecration, this opposite term is sometimes done to flags.

Desecration.

5: In 1931 Al Capone got 11 years not for murder or bootlegging but for this.

Tax evasion.
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