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March 07, 2022Episode 390 - You Bot It - Medical Matters - Baseball Record Breakers - Trees Company - The Company Line
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 390, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You Bot It
1: In 1961 the world's first production-line robot was used by this U.S. automaker.

General Motors.

2: Started in 1997 to develop robotics and A.I., the Robocup features robots playing this competitive sport.

soccer.

3: The humanoid robot Asimo performs some John Travolta dance moves in this Disneyland "land".

Tomorrowland.

4: This toy company created Mindstorms for robots, with programmable bricks and sensors.

Lego.

5: For this robot vacuum, the company iRobot uses technology developed to clear minefields.

Roomba.
Round 2. Category: Medical Matters
1: Hemicrania, literally "pain on one side of the head", gives us this word for a terrible pain in the head.

migraine.

2: Before becoming a resident, most medical college graduates spend a year in this capacity.

intern.

3: Listen up! Teens and adults, as well as children, may have this disorder, ADD for short.

Attention Deficit Disorder.

4: In 1997 dieters who'd taken this drug combination were advised to get checked for heart damage.

Fen-phen.

5: Central vision is affected but peripheral vision is maintained in this degeneration.

macular degeneration.
Round 3. Category: Baseball Record Breakers
1: On Sept. 26, 1981 he hurled his record-breaking 5th no-hit game; he went on to pitch 2 more in his career.

Nolan Ryan.

2: This Cincinnati Red had more career at-bats than any other player, 14,053; that's one reason for all those hits.

Pete Rose.

3: In 2004 this Seattle Mariner had 262 hits, breaking an 84-year-old record.

Ichiro.

4: In 2003 this Atlanta Braves pitcher set a record by winning at least 15 games for the 16th straight season.

Greg Maddux.

5: While with the Rockies, this outfielder became the first Canadian-born major leaguer to collect 2,000 hits.

Larry Walker.
Round 4. Category: Trees Company
1: This timber tree of the genus Fraxinus sounds like what's left over after you burn some of it.

an ash.

2: The yellow or silver type of this tree has peeling, papery bark when it's young.

birch.

3: This tall tree can be lodgepole or ponderosa.

a pine.

4: Trees of the genus Fraxinus are easily transplanted: these to these, dust to dust.

ash.

5: It's the Asian tree-growing art represented here.

Bonsai.
Round 5. Category: The Company Line
1: In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger.

McDonald's.

2: This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in and was first displayed on.

Crate and Barrel.

3: This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month.

Bulova.

4: Edward Teller and this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women.

(Paul) Bonwit.

5: The Kirschner brothers, Don and Bill, named this ski company for themselves and the second-highest mountain.

K2.
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March 06, 2022Episode 389 - Geographic Saints - Wit - Starts With "E" - Science - Have A Whiskey
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 389, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Geographic Saints
1: After its 1980 eruption, this volcano in the American Northwest lost over 1,200 feet in height.

Mount St. Helens.

2: This city's metro area includes Universal City, Castle Hills and Alamo Heights.

San Antonio.

3: Exceeded only by the Mackenzie, it's Canada's second-longest river if you include the seaway.

the St. Lawrence.

4: The Diavolezza and the Piz Corvatsch are famous ski areas near this Swiss resort.

St. Moritz.

5: This largest island in the U.S. Virgin Islands was earlier owned by the Dutch, English, Spanish, French and Danes.

St. Croix.
Round 2. Category: Wit
1: On the first episode of this sitcom, Jerry did a routine about socks escaping from the dryer.

Seinfeld.

2: This director and star of "Deconstructing Harry" once said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up".

Woody Allen.

3: On this sitcom, Niles understates, "We're an odd little family, aren't we?".

Frasier.

4: This comedian ends his TV "rants" by saying, "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong".

Dennis Miller.

5: Oscar Wilde wrote that there are only 2 tragedies: not getting what you want and this.

Getting what you want.
Round 3. Category: Starts With "E"
1: Anything relating to "Good Queen Bess" is known by this adjective.

Elizabethan.

2: The ES in ESP stands for this kind of perception, which we don't have to tell you if you have it.

Extra Sensory.

3: Dale Evans, Princess Anne, or any other horsewoman.

equestrienne.

4: A smoldering coal.

an ember.

5: The kind of letter you'd send to the Ephesians.

an epistle.
Round 4. Category: Science
1: In breathing it's the gas you expel to the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide.

2: The length of this on Jupiter is less than 10 hours.

the day.

3: Of a quartan, joule, or kilocalorie, the one that is not a unit of energy.

a quartan.

4: In biological classification this comes between family and species.

genus.

5: Frenchman who discovered the Piezoelectric Effect, that certain crystals when stressed make electricity.

Pierre Curie.
Round 5. Category: Have A Whiskey
1: The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark.

Kentucky.

2: Whiskey is usually about 40% alcohol, which is equal to this number in proof.

80.

3: The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker.

Red.

4: In the 1880s Ontario-brewed Club whiskey got this new national name.

Canadian Club.

5: This "Regal" brand assures us it's "Without Question the Best of the Scottish Blends".

Chivas Regal.
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March 05, 2022Episode 388 - Tv Is So Dramatic - Skyscrapers By City - Hitchcock Movie Quotes - Historic Couples - "Emp" Tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 388, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Is So Dramatic
1: Meredith had a near-death experience and Izzie decided to practice medicine again on this show.

Grey's Anatomy.

2: Gabrielle and Susan have multiple man problems on this show.

Desperate Housewives.

3: On this show an Internet stripper has unnatural abilities that would appeal to a genetics professor.

Heroes.

4: A Vicodin-addicted doctor faked cancer to get experimental medicine on this show.

House.

5: FBI profiler Mandy Patinkin gets into the heads of the villains he tracks down on this show.

Criminal Minds.
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: Hitchcock Movie Quotes
1: "Mother! O God, Mother! Blood! Blood!".

Psycho.

2: "A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window".

Rear Window.

3: "That's funny, that plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops".

North by Northwest.

4: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again".

Rebecca.

5: "Two fellows meet accidentally... each one has somebody they'd like to get rid of, so they swap murders".

Strangers on a Train.
Round 4. Category: Historic Couples
1: In his will, this playwright left his second-best bed to his wife; maybe the best one went to Gwyneth Paltrow.

William Shakespeare.

2: Against all odds, Catherine Parr's marriage to this man who'd been wed 5 times before was surprisingly happy.

Henry VIII.

3: Some say this Scottish queen only married the Earl of Bothwell because he abducted her.

Mary, Queen of Scots.

4: This "Great" czar forced his first wife, Eudoxia, to become a nun, but she gave up the veil and romanced Stepan Glebov.

Peter the Great.

5: This philandering U.S. pres. called his wife Florence "The Duchess"; we wonder if she had any choice nicknames for him.

Warren G. Harding.
Round 5. Category: "Emp" Tv
1: Couples were separated and then surrounded by enticing singles on this FOX reality show.

Temptation Island.

2: Richard Mulligan had to deal with his 2 grown daughters moving back home on this sitcom.

Empty Nest.

3: Roger Moore was "The Saint" while playing this character.

Simon Templar.

4: In a TV movie, Treat Williams played this Colorado boxer who knocked out more than half of this opponents.

Jack Dempsey.

5: Alan Ball wrote the "Grace Under Fire" episode where they got "all shook up" in this Southern city.

Memphis.
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March 04, 2022Episode 387 - What's On The Tube? - Go On A Diet - Venus - Magical History Tour - Fictional Detectives
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 387, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What's On The Tube?
1: Keith Carradine's role as Wild Bill Hickok on this series ended when Jack McCall killed Hickok.

Deadwood.

2: This veteran Pulitzer-winning film critic trades reviews with Richard Roeper.

(Roger) Ebert.

3: In one episode of this comedienne's Bravo Channel show "My Life on the D-List", she auctioned off a stay in her home.

Kathy Griffin.

4: This cable channel's "Meerkat Manor" has been billed as "'All My Children' meets 'Wild Kingdom'".

Animal Planet.

5: In June 2006 this movie channel premiered its first made-for-TV movie, "Broken Trail", starring Robert Duvall.

American Movie Classics (AMC).
Round 2. Category: Go On A Diet
1: The company named for this woman, co-founder with her husband Sid, urges a balanced food, body and mind approach.

Jenny Craig.

2: All foods have a point value and you're given an assigned daily point total at a meeting in this Heinz-owned plan.

Weight Watchers.

3: Whoopi Goldberg's a big loser on this "shake"y product and diet.

SlimÂ·Fast.

4: Eating the proper balance of low-fat proteins, carbs and good fat is the key to this Dr. Sears diet.

The Zone.

5: This geographic diet's name comes from the Greek and Southern Italian consumption of grain, fruit, veggies and fish.

the Mediterranean Diet.
Round 3. Category: Venus
1: This lovely letter-turner got her turn at playing Venus in the 1988 TV movie "Goddess of Love".

Vanna White.

2: In 1999 she and her sister Serena aced the women's doubles final at the French Open.

Venus Williams.

3: In 1986 this female trio put "Venus" on top of the music charts.

Bananarama.

4: Before residing at the Louvre, this famous Greek statue belonged to Louis XVIII.

Venus de Milo.

5: It's John Gray's 1992 megaseller on relationships and the differences between the sexes.

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
Round 4. Category: Magical History Tour
1: This legendary magician was imprisoned in a thorn bush by a "watery" woman using magic he had taught her.

Merlin.

2: He disappeared after just 3 weeks at Fordham; years later, he'd make the Statue of Liberty follow suit.

David Copperfield.

3: This magician does the ultimate disappearing act and ends up on an enchanted island with Ariel and the brutish Caliban.

Prospero.

4: Don't feel ripped off if you pay to see these 2 magicians at the Rio in Vegas and only one of them ever speaks.

Penn and Teller.

5: Martin Luther believed this German magician and astrologer, a Goethe subject, had devilish powers.

Faust.
Round 5. Category: Fictional Detectives
1: A Bret Harte tale parodied this detective as Hemlock Jones.

Sherlock Holmes.

2: Big city that's home to Philip Marlowe.

Los Angeles.

3: This stout Rex Stout detective was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post.

Nero Wolfe.

4: Desperate for money, he churned out "The Thin Man" in 1934, creating Nick and Nora Charles.

Dashiell Hammett.

5: The first detective created by Agatha Christie.

Hercule Poirot.
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March 03, 2022Episode 386 - All The Rave - Lawn Care - Where The "H" Are We? - Arachnids - World Myths And Legends
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 386, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All The Rave
1: You can camp overnight at the Global Gathering Weekend Rave near Stratford-upon-Avon in this country.

England.

2: This Black Rock Desert event hasn't had an official rave since 1996, but nuzzle a speaker and feel the fire's glow.

Burning Man.

3: In 1999 the Love Parade drew 1.5 million ravers to this once-divided European capital.

Berlin.

4: Harvest is a faith-bass'd rave off the Andrew Johnson Highway in this state.

Tennessee.

5: Find a mate in Victoria at the Earthcore Global Carnival in this country.

Australia.
Round 2. Category: Lawn Care
1: Use the manure or fertilizer mixture called "top" this, even though it sounds like it goes on your salad.

"dressing".

2: If your lawn has these protrusions, don't make mountains out of them:.

Molehills.

3: Measuring alkalinity or acidity, test this 2-letter quality of your soil.

pH.

4: Hunter Industries claims its PGP Rotor, this type of product, revolutionized the lawn irrigation industry.

Sprinkler.

5: For healthy plant growth, consider an NPK fertilizer, standing for nitrogen, phosphorus and this element.

potassium.
Round 3. Category: Where The "H" Are We?
1: Parker Ranch,Kilauea Volcano,Monument to Captain Cook.

Hawaii.

2: Victoria Peak,Kai Tak Airport,Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel.

Hong Kong.

3: Lake Balaton,Bela Bartok Memorial House,Buda Concert Hall.

Hungary.

4: Senate Square,Mannerheim Museum,Sibelius Park.

Helsinki.

5: The Malecon,Morro Castle,Revolution Square.

Havana.
Round 4. Category: Arachnids
1: Insects have compound ones; arachnids have simple ones.

eyes.

2: This arachnid with a "paternal" name emits a bad odor when disturbed.

daddy long-legs.

3: As a group, spiders have 7 different types of glands to produce this fiber.

silk.

4: This stinging arachnid has 6 pairs of jointed appendages: 1 pair of pincers, 1 pair of large claws and 4 pairs of legs.

scorpion.

5: This parasite is a major transmitter of rabbit fever and some forms of encephalitis.

tick.
Round 5. Category: World Myths And Legends
1: The Japanese pantheon includes Kagutsuchi, god of this, something to get your hibachi going.

fire.

2: If you needed a railway tunnel dug, you could call on this American folk hero -- it was his job.

John Henry.

3: Jewish legend says his first wife was Lilith, who created the need for a good divorce lawyer.

Adam.

4: The life of this legendary king of Britain was fodder for a Shakespeare tragedy in 1605.

King Lear.

5: When he fell for Helen, Paris was married to Oenone, one of these nature deities.

nymph.
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March 02, 2022Episode 385 - 1970s Album Covers - Civil War Buffy - Crossword Clues "H" - A Man Called Harris - The Women Of Baywatch
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 385, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1970s Album Covers
1: 1977:John Travolta strikes a pose and points his finger to the sky.

Saturday Night Fever.

2: 1978:Mick, Keith and the boys smile and smirk in wig catalog ads.

Some Girls.

3: 1973:Against a black background, a prism bends a beam of light into a colorful spectrum.

Dark Side of the Moon.

4: 1973:Paul McCartney and 8 others including James Coburn and Christopher Lee are caught by a police spotlight.

Band on the Run.

5: 1978:Billy Joel leans against an alley wall holding a trumpet.

52nd Street.
Round 2. Category: Civil War Buffy
1: On this spooky day in 1861, Buffy didn't fight demons but joined a skirmish at Morgantown, Kentucky.

Halloween (October 31).

2: At Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863, Buffy joined the soldiers in this type of manual "combat".

Hand-to-hand.

3: Like Buffy in Sunnydale, men in a Civil War poem fought "where the bullets fastest fell...at the very mouth of" here.

Hell.

4: The only angel Civil War Buffy met was this "Angel of the Battlefield" with whom she tended the wounded.

Clara Barton.

5: On May 12, 1864 Buffy saw vampires gather for a feast at the battle site known as this "angle".

Bloody Angle.
Round 3. Category: Crossword Clues "H"
1: A Japanese-style grill(7).

hibachi.

2: Jacket for corn(4).

Husk.

3: A plant eater(9).

herbivore.

4: A fraud or a fake(4).

hoax.

5: Excessive arrogance or pride(6).

hubris.
Round 4. Category: A Man Called Harris
1: One of Harris' last roles was as emperor Marcus Aurelius in this Oscar-winning epic.

Gladiator.

2: Young fans know Richard Harris best for his role as headmaster Dumbledore in this film series.

Harry Potter.

3: Since Harris was born in this Irish town, we assume he knew lots of saucy 5-line poems.

Limerick.

4: Harris took the throne in the 1967 film version of this Lerner and Loewe musical and starred in a stage revival in the '80s.

Camelot.

5: This Jimmy Webb song that Harris recorded in 1968 was such a hit it almost knocked "Hey Jude" out of the No. 1 spot.

"MacArthur Park".
Round 5. Category: The Women Of Baywatch
1: Gena Lee Nolin traded in her swimsuit for a loincloth and became this "Queen Of The Jungle".

Sheena.

2: For the 2000-01 season, the show dipped back into the pages of this magazine and pulled out Miss April, Brande Roderick.

Playboy.

3: Lani in 1997, at the present time she may or may not be married to Dennis Rodman.

Carmen Electra.

4: As C.J. Parker, she's been in the opening credits with several variations of her name.

Pamela Anderson Lee.

5: Seen here, she played Caroline and has since appeared on "Nash Bridges".

Yasmine Bleeth.
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March 02, 2022Episode 384 - English Lit - Ancient Vip's - Beatles Songs - Play This - Mtv Movie Awards: Best Kiss
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 384, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: English Lit
1: During his "Travels" , he visited the flying island of Laputa.

Gulliver.

2: This Bronte sister died 1 year after the publication of her second novel, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall".

Anne Bronte.

3: She introduced Mr. and Mrs. Dalloway in her first novel, "The Voyage Out".

Virginia Woolf.

4: On this fictional Sir Thomas More island, the interests of the individual are subordinate to those of society.

Utopia.

5: This author of "The Forsyte Saga" published his first novel, "Jocelyn", under the pen name John Sinjohn.

John Galsworthy.
Round 2. Category: Ancient Vip's
1: Books about him were written by Plato and Xenophon, both students of his.

Socrates.

2: This Hebrew king taxed his people into rebellion, which may not have been too wise.

Solomon.

3: The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens".

Pericles.

4: Uncle of Caligula and stepfather of Nero, this Roman emperor was poisoned by his wife, Nero's mother.

Claudius.

5: In the 6th century B.C., he conquered Babylon and made Persia the greatest empire in the world.

Cyrus the Great.
Round 3. Category: Beatles Songs
1: Originally, this title woman was called Miss Daisy Hawkins, but that didn't sound lonely enough.

Eleanor Rigby.

2: For Paul McCartney, this Beatles song title will become true on June 18, 2006.

"When I'm Sixty-Four".

3: (Alex: Alright, let's go to Cheryl at the Santa Monica Pier for this) Today, we're all living in a yellow submarine; the Beatles found this colorful body of water in the song.

Sea of Green.

4: "Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, come and keep your comrade warm" here, the title of a '68 song.

"Back in the U.S.S.R.".

5: He's "As blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see".

"Nowhere Man".
Round 4. Category: Play This
1: This "avian" skateboarding legend has produced several high-flying video games for Activision.

Tony Hawk.

2: It's off to Skull Island for Peter Jackson's official video game adaptation of this ape movie.

King Kong.

3: In New Super Mario Bros., Mario can go head-to-head against this brother of his.

Luigi.

4: Advent Children and Chains of Promethia are just 2 of the many episodes in this popular role-playing game.

Final Fantasy.

5: DDR for short, this groovy game can help keep you in shape.

Dance Dance Revolution.
Round 5. Category: Mtv Movie Awards: Best Kiss
1: Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes won for this movie in 1999.

Shakespeare in Love.

2: For a 2003 win, she locked lips with an upside-down Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man".

Kirsten Dunst.

3: (Hi, I'm Vivica Fox) In 1997 this actor and I won the MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" for the kiss we shared in "Independence Day".

Will Smith.

4: 1998's winner's were Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore for this film.

The Wedding Singer.

5: Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore won for this 1994 film.

Indecent Proposal.
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March 01, 2022Episode 383 - Sinonyms - S-S-Snakes-S-S - Official State Things - Tv Jailbirds - Easy As "Pie"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 383, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Sinonyms
1: "Sow" these and you may be sinning or just planting.

Wild oats.

2: A bad habit that can have a grip on you, the police have a squad to fight it.

Vice.

3: From a word meaning "uneven", you may find "a den of" one.

iniquity.

4: If you're doing this you're sinning; if you "Ain't", you're a musical.

Misbehavin'.

5: It can mean to sin or to sneak onto another's land, and you may be shot for doing it.

Trespassing.
Round 2. Category: S-S-Snakes-S-S
1: Each time a rattlesnake does this, its rattle gets a little bigger.

Sheds its skin.

2: These fluids are classified into 2 major groups: neurotoxic and hemotoxic.

Venom.

3: This snake, subject of a 1997 film, is the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

Anaconda.

4: The Naja Haje or Egyptian cobra is commonly known by this 3-letter name.

Asp.

5: This snake's French name is from its head's resemblance to the tip of a knight's weapon.

Fer-de-lance.
Round 3. Category: Official State Things
1: "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is this state's official folk song.

Washington.

2: Everyone hit the beach to enjoy this state's official sports: surfing and outrigger canoe paddling.

Hawaii.

3: In 1973 North Carolina went dark green and designated this its official state precious stone.

an emerald.

4: State tree:Black Hills Spruce.

South Dakota.

5: We wonder whether the pheasant that's its state bird nests in the Black Hills Spruce, its state tree.

South Dakota.
Round 4. Category: Tv Jailbirds
1: Barney locks himself in jail after Gomer makes a "citizen's arrest!" on a classic episode of this series.

The Andy Griffith Show.

2: November 21, 1980: Sue Ellen's fingerprints are on the gun, so she's mistakenly arrested for shooting this man.

J.R..

3: November 26, 2006: Mike the plumber is arrested for murder; Edie visits him in jail and tells him she's dumping him on this series.

Desperate Housewives.

4: (Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law and Order: SVU.) I've been on both sides of the law--I played devious serial killer Chris Keller on this HBO prison drama.

Oz.

5: The inmates on this Fox series escaped from a jail called Fox River.

Prison Break.
Round 5. Category: Easy As "Pie"
1: Little Jack Horner stuck his thumb in this and pulled out a plum.

Christmas pie.

2: This No. 1 hit referred to the death of Buddy Holly as "The Day the Music Died".

"American Pie".

3: This phrase refers to the deceptively rosy prospect of future events.

Pie in the sky.

4: It's a representation of facts presented as a circle divided into sectors of relative sizes.

Pie chart/graph.

5: Created by Paul Terry, the fast-talking Heckle and Jeckle are 2 of these crow relatives.

Magpies.
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February 28, 2022Episode 382 - Hit Songs - Sports Illustrated Almanac Listings - Tv Catchphrases - What A Year! - Mr. Businessman
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 382, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hit Songs
1: "Smoke on the Water" was a 1973 hit for this British band.

Deep Purple.

2: In 1987 jazz vocalist Al Jarreau had a pop hit with the theme from this Cybill Shepherd-Bruce Willis series.

Moonlighting.

3: This song by Christina Aguilera says, "You are" this, "no matter what they say" and "in every single way".

beautiful.

4: This group's gold records include "After the Love has Gone", "Boogie Wonderland" and "Let's Groove".

Earth, Wind and Fire.

5: "Uh Huh" and "Girlfriend" are hit songs by this foursome of Omarion, J Boog, Raz B and Lil Fizz.

B2K.
Round 2. Category: Sports Illustrated Almanac Listings
1: "Stripped of title in 1967 because he refused to serve in the Vietnam War. Career record 56-5 with 37 KOs".

Muhammad Ali.

2: "Baseball OF. 'Hammerin' Hank'...Career span 1954-76".

Hank Aaron.

3: "'Mean Joe'...Selected for Pro Bowl 10 times. Played on four Super Bowl champions".

"Mean Joe" Greene.

4: "First black man to win... Australian Open... and Wimbledon singles titles".

Arthur Ashe.

5: "Soccer player...(She) debuted with national team against China on 8-3-87 as its youngest player ever, at age 15".

Mia Hamm.
Round 3. Category: Tv Catchphrases
1: "The Truth Is Out There".

The X-Files.

2: "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!".

South Park.

3: "Suit up!".

How I Met Your Mother.

4: "Suit up!".

How I Met Your Mother.

5: "God'll get you for that, Walter".

Maude.
Round 4. Category: What A Year!
1: (Hi, I'm Tyler Christopher of General Hospital.) In this year, ABC gave "G.H." a shot on TV, "He's So Fine" shot up to No. 1 and JFK visited the Berlin Wall.

1963.

2: Dewaele won the Tour de France, Coco Chanel was the toast of Paris and Sacre Bleu!, the market crashed in this year.

1929.

3: This year saw Hitler hit Moscow, Yamamoto hit Pearl Harbor and DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games.

1941.

4: In this year, "Rock Around The Clock" was recorded, Roger Bannister beat the clock and Henri Matisse clocked out.

1954.

5: In this year, Teddy became president, Eddie became king and Nicky became father of Anastasia.

1901.
Round 5. Category: Mr. Businessman
1: This stout fellow was the first lord mayor of Dublin.

(Sir Benjamin) Guinness.

2: In 1945 he became president of a Dearborn, Michigan car company started by his grandfather.

Henry Ford II.

3: Conrad Hilton started with a hotel in 1919; James Christie started with one of these houses in 1766.

auction house.

4: He founded his pencil company in 1925 and in 1957 bought Occidental Petroleum.

Armand Hammer.

5: Giovanni Agnelli made a pronouncement in 1899: he was founding this Italian auto company.

Fiat.
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