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October 02, 2022Episode 599 - A Lovely Port - 1930s Aviation - In A Minute - California Cities - State Borders
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 599, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Lovely Port
1: This Australian city was given its name by a former HMS Beagle sailor.

Darwin.

2: Built for Spanish trade with Asia, this Mexican city is now famous for the cliff divers of La Quebrada.

Acapulco.

3: La Libertad is a port supplying this alliterative capital of El Salvador.

San Salvador.

4: If you take the last train to this Tennessee port, you'll be at the junction of the Red and Cumberland Rivers.

Clarksville.

5: 5 years as an unsold slave in this north African capital inspired Cervantes' play "El Trato de Angel".

Algiers.
Round 2. Category: 1930s Aviation
1: In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home and bicycle workshop to Dearborn, Michigan.

Henry Ford.

2: The Mitsubishi flown from Japan for George VI's coronation was named this, Japanese for "divine wind".

Kamikaze.

3: On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount.

Mount Kilimanjaro.

4: In 1932 and '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany and Brazil.

Zeppelin.

5: In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific and Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name.

United Airlines.
Round 3. Category: In A Minute
1: Each minute 5 million of these are sent; how many of them are spam, we don't know.

E-mails.

2: Men's Health magazine says the average guy can do 33 of these in a minute in his 20s, 21 in his 40s.

push-ups.

3: In a June 2000 film Nicolas Cage played a guy who could do this in a minute.

Steal a car.

4: Each minute it pumps about 5 quarts of blood.

The heart.

5: Under the slogan "Real Estate for the Real World", this company claims on average to buy or sell a home every minute.

Century 21.
Round 4. Category: California Cities
1: This city near the U.S.-Mexico border is home to a naval base and a world famous zoo.

San Diego.

2: This city's zoo, located in Balboa Park, is one of the largest in the world.

San Diego.

3: This upscale community was founded in 1906 by the Rodeo Land and Water Company.

Beverly Hills.

4: Its name comes from the Santa Ana River and the German word for home.

Anaheim.

5: This Silicon Valley city served as California's first capital from 1849 to 1851.

San Jose.
Round 5. Category: State Borders
1: Kansas and Utah.

Colorado.

2: Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Texas.

3: New York and Ohio.

Pennsylvania.

4: Montana and Oregon.

Idaho.

5: Alabama and Louisiana.

Mississippi.
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October 01, 2022Episode 598 - America's Most Want Ads - Mythological Relatives - Candles - 20Th Century Poetry - It's All A Plant
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 598, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: America's Most Want Ads
1: Wanted: Mass quantities of this hardest natural substance on Earth.

diamonds.

2: Wanted: Any one of the remaining ones of this vintage toy in its original box from 1959.

Barbie.

3: Wanted: Any living specimens of the Schaus Swallowtail, one of the rarest species of this insect.

the butterfly.

4: Wanted: Street maps of this lost continent first described by a priest to the philosopher Solon.

Atlantis.

5: Wanted: Recent photos of this reclusive author and creator of Holden Caulfield.

J.D. Salinger.
Round 2. Category: Mythological Relatives
1: Some say Penelope played around with Hermes and produced this god known for playing the pipes.

Pan.

2: Eris, the personification of discord, accompanies this Greek war god, her brother, into battle.

Ares.

3: This king of Crete was Phaedra's father.

Minos.

4: The Graeae, or "gray women", are gray-haired sisters of this gruesome group that includes Medusa.

Gorgons.

5: Typhon, who had a hundred heads, was the father of this multi-headed serpent.

the Hydra.
Round 3. Category: Candles
1: Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" was originally written as a tribute to this actress.

Marilyn Monroe.

2: Blowing out his birthday candles, a boy wishes for 24 hours of truth from his dad in this 1997 Jim Carrey film.

Liar Liar.

3: Erle Stanley Gardner had this attorney take on "The Case Of The Crooked Candle".

Perry Mason.

4: In the mid-19th century, candles were often made with this wax crystallized from petroleum.

Paraffin wax.

5: This play contains the line "Out, out brief candle!".

Macbeth.
Round 4. Category: 20Th Century Poetry
1: Frank O'Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute to this black singer.

Billie Holiday.

2: In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", it's the color of the wood two roads diverged in.

yellow.

3: It's the first name of Edwin Arlington Robinson's morose Mr. Cheevy.

Miniver.

4: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness", he "howled".

Allen Ginsberg.

5: He went from laboring in a Siberian camp to becoming a US citizen to winning the 1987 Nobel Literature Prize.

Josef Brodsky.
Round 5. Category: It's All A Plant
1: Arkansas has made the pink variety of this its state fruit and its state vegetable, just in case.

a tomato.

2: Scientifically Hamamelis virginiana, this "bewitching" plant is used to make a soothing astringent.

witch hazel.

3: In Dutch, these tuber vegetables are known as aardappelen.

potatoes.

4: Arctic alpine plants include the saxifrage, whose roots manage to grow into these to anchor themselves.

rocks.

5: The Great Basin bristlecone species of this tree can live for more than 4,000 years.

a pine.
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September 30, 2022Episode 597 - Also A Baseball Team - "Black" And "White" - Little Birdies - 1979 - Adam Sandler
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 597, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Also A Baseball Team
1: Raphael, Michael, Gabriel and Uriel.

angels.

2: Don Quixote thought the windmills were these.

giants.

3: Numbers like 1, 2 and 7012.

cardinals.

4: Split zygotes.

twins.

5: Icterus galbula songbirds.

orioles.
Round 2. Category: "Black" And "White"
1: This Bing Crosby hit is the best-selling record of all time.

White Christmas.

2: It's the more familiar name for Ursus americanus.

Black bear.

3: 1 oz Kahlua, 2 oz. vodka and some milk or cream.

White Russian.

4: It's another name for a termite.

white ant.

5: The fastest-moving land snake is believed to be this venomous snake.

black mamba.
Round 3. Category: Little Birdies
1: Snoopy's best little buddy, in the comics he talks in "scratches".

Woodstock.

2: These little yellow birds were once carried into coal mines because of their sensitivity to poisonous gas.

Canaries.

3: A wise parrot named Polynesia taught him how to talk to the animals.

Dr. Dolittle.

4: A clock invented in the Black Forest around 1775 introduced this little birdie to timekeeping.

Cuckoo.

5: It's the symbol of happiness Shirley Temple went looking for in a 1940 film.

Bluebird.
Round 4. Category: 1979
1: Acronym used to refer to the treaty signed by Brezhnev and Carter in Vienna in June.

SALT II.

2: 1,000 Chinese protested the privileges of high officials in this square, more famous 10 years later.

Tiananmen Square.

3: This Boston outfielder became the first American League player to get both 3,000 hits and 400 home runs.

Carl Yastrzemski.

4: No longer a Sex Pistol, he was facing murder charges when he died in February.

Sid Vicious.

5: On April 3 she was elected mayor of Chicago with 82.5% of the vote.

Jane Byrne.
Round 5. Category: Adam Sandler
1: In the new movie "Click" I have a slight disagreement with this actor who gained fame as a lifeguard on the TV.

David Hasselhoff.

2: In "Happy Gilmore", I had enough and decked this long-time CBS game show host--you up for the sequel, Alex?.

Bob Barker.

3: In the new movie "Click", this "Deer Hunter" actor plays Morty; he also was The Continental on "SNL" many times.

Christopher Walken.

4: I had a recurring role as Theo's friend Smitty in this 1980s No. 1-rated sitcom"What was it?".

The Cosby Show.

5: I played tackling machine and H2O enthusiast in this 1998 film.

The Waterboy.
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September 29, 2022Episode 596 - Hummingbirds - Singers' First Films - "Down" Words - Southernmost Points - Approbation
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 596, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hummingbirds
1: The largest hummingbird is the 8 1/2-inch Patagona gigas, native to this mountain range.

the Andes.

2: Of 50, 100 or 200, the number of wingbeats per second for the smallest hummingbirds during courtship.

200.

3: Although it's true that hummingbirds prefer flowers of this color, the shape of the flower is equally important.

red.

4: When migrating, the ruby-throated hummingbird flies more than 500 miles nonstop over this body of water to reach the Yucatan.

the Gulf of Mexico.

5: Part of a male's courtship is this maneuver in which he reaches 50 mph and experiences 9G forces when pulling out of it.

a mating dive.
Round 2. Category: Singers' First Films
1: "Lady Sings The Blues".

Diana Ross.

2: "The Bodyguard".

Whitney Houston.

3: "9 To 5".

Dolly Parton.

4: "Oh, God!".

John Denver.

5: "The Electric Horseman".

Willie Nelson.
Round 3. Category: "Down" Words
1: Othello's was jealousy.

his fatal downfall.

2: According to Petula Clark, "The lights are much brighter there".

"Downtown".

3: Word describing a period when computers can't compute.

downtime.

4: On a PBS series, Hudson, Rose and Mrs. Bridges resided there.

Downstairs.

5: Description of someone who is practical.

down-to-earth.
Round 4. Category: Southernmost Points
1: Willem Schouten was the first to sail around this cape, South America's southernmost point.

Cape Horn.

2: Cape Tainaron on the Peloponnesus is the southernmost mainland point of this country.

Greece.

3: Mexico's southernmost point lies on its Pacific coast border with this country.

Guatemala.

4: Asia's southernmost mainland point, Cape Piai, lies in this country just north of Singapore.

Malaysia.

5: Cape Sarych, Ukraine's southernmost point, lies on this peninsula that juts into the Black Sea.

the Crimean Peninsula.
Round 5. Category: Approbation
1: In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river.

Potomac.

2: Fittingly, CNN broke the news in 1997 when this man decided to give $1 billion to the U.N..

Ted Turner.

3: Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons.

land mines.

4: In 1997, 5 decades late, 7 black soldiers received this highest award for bravery during WWII.

the Congressional Medal of Honor.

5: Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved hundreds of Jews in WWII, bears the title "Righteous" this.

Gentile.
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September 28, 2022Episode 595 - Pigs On Film - World Skyline Tours - Favorite Pastimes - American Museums - Breaking Up
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 595, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Pigs On Film
1: He made his debut in 1935's "I Haven't Got a Hat" and is famous for the line "That's all folks".

Porky (Pig).

2: Roger Ebert describes her water ballet number in "The Great Muppet Caper" as Busby Berkeley-like.

Miss Piggy.

3: This 1995 film tells the tale of a piglet who dreams of being a sheepdog.

Babe.

4: Maurice Denham voiced barnyard revolt leader Napoleon the Pig in a 1955 version of this Orwell classic.

Animal Farm.

5: The 1973 cartoon adaptation of this E.B. White book featured the number "Zuckerman's Famous Pig".

Charlotte's Web.
Round 2. Category: World Skyline Tours
1: This city has been a port since the Roman period.

London.

2: This city has one of the world's largest single-span bridges across its harbor.

Sydney, Australia.

3: This city was nearly destroyed twice in the 20th century by an earthquake and then by bombing.

Tokyo.

4: The first mayor of this city led a rebellion against the Canadian governor after being unseated in Parliament.

Toronto.

5: This South American city's name comes from early explorers who thought the bay was a river.

Rio de Janeiro.
Round 3. Category: Favorite Pastimes
1: Conductor Zubin Mehta points a foil, not a baton, in this sport.

fencing.

2: In a 1936 cartoon, Mickey, Goofy, and Donald played this equine sport, just as their boss Walt did.

polo.

3: Rough and tumble sport that was often played at Kennedy clan gatherings.

touch football.

4: Jose Feliciano enjoys this speedy aquatic sport but rarely drives the boat for others.

water skiing.

5: An avid bowler, he was the "1st Protestant".

Martin Luther.
Round 4. Category: American Museums
1: The Winterthur Museum in this state displays Henry Francis DuPont's collection of American antiques.

Delaware.

2: You can ride a real trolley at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport in this state.

Maine.

3: Lemont, Illinois has a museum of these jars that never stay full when there are children around.

Cookie jars.

4: Except for the entrance area, the National Museum of African Art in this city is completely underground.

Washington, D.C..

5: A visit to this soft drink's Waco, Texas museum will answer the question about the origin of its "10, 2, and 4" ads.

Dr Pepper.
Round 5. Category: Breaking Up
1: The Doors recorded for 2 years after the death of this lead singer before calling it quits.

Jim Morrison.

2: This duo fell apart after Annie Lennox went on sabbatical.

Eurythmics.

3: This "Heart of Glass" group fronted by Debbie Harry shattered in 1982.

Blondie.

4: The death of lead singer Kurt Cobain put an end to this band in 1994.

Nirvana.

5: This "amphibious" Santa Barbara band that sang "All I Want" and "Walk On The Ocean" croaked in 1998.

Toad the Wet Sprocket.
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September 27, 2022Episode 594 - Oscar-Losing Songs - Nyc Movies - Carnivores - Generals - Jail
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 594, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Oscar-Losing Songs
1: Celestial songs losing '36 Oscars included "A Melody from the Sky", "When Did You Leave Heaven" and this: [Piano instrumental plays].

"Pennies from Heaven".

2: After she sang "True Love" in "High Society", the song lost an Oscar but then she won a crown.

Grace Kelly.

3: Though it lost the 1963 Oscar, this "Theme from Mondo Cane" became BMI's all-time 2nd most played song.

"More".

4: 1934 nominees "Love in Bloom" and "The Carioca" are the only 2 songs which share this distinction.

first 2 nominees and did not win.

5: 1954 holiday film which produced the Oscar-losing "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep".

White Christmas.
Round 2. Category: Nyc Movies
1: 1984 Francis Coppola film set in Harlem's hottest hangout.

The Cotton Club.

2: 1 of the 2 parks in "Barefoot in the Park".

Central Park (or Washington Square Park).

3: In the Paul Newman film, this title "Fort" is in the Bronx.

Fort Apache.

4: In 1975, Jack Lemmon was "The Prisoner of" this thoroughfare.

Second Avenue.

5: 1975 film based on a true story in which Al Pacino robs a Brooklyn bank to finance a sex change.

Dog Day Afternoon.
Round 3. Category: Carnivores
1: The name of this reptile is from the Spanish el lagarto, "the lizard".

an alligator.

2: Weighing up to 1700 pounds, the Alaskan brown species of this animal is the world's largest land carnivore.

a bear.

3: The thresher type of this aquatic carnivore uses its long tail to herd and stun fish before it eats them.

a shark.

4: Although confined mostly to Africa, this fastest land animal can also be found in Iran and Afghanistan.

the cheetah.

5: As this tusked pinniped grows older, the male becomes nearly hairless.

a walrus.
Round 4. Category: Generals
1: Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was the only general to land with the first wave of troops on this day.

D-Day.

2: William Westmoreland served in these three wars; the last two as a general.

World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

3: During the last seven years of his life, John J. Pershing lived in a special suite in this D.C. hospital.

Walter Reed Hospital.

4: US general who in 1945 told his wife "Peace is going to be hell on me!".

George Patton.

5: This Civil War general wrote "Ben-Hur".

Lew Wallace.
Round 5. Category: Jail
1: Title of the following prison song, the 2nd-biggest hit of its singer's career:.

"Chain Gang" (by Sam Cooke).

2: Calling it "Most Secure Prison", Guinness says tho 23 attempted to escape from Alcatraz, this many succeeded.

none.

3: This country's Kharkov Prison is said to be world's largest, accommodating 40,000 prisoners.

Soviet Union.

4: Unlucky Col. Klink was in charge of this prison camp housing "Hogan's Heroes".

Stalag 13.

5: In "Monopoly", if you pay to get out of jail, it costs this much.

$50.
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September 26, 2022Episode 593 - New Video Games - Al Gore Rhythms - "Pop" Culture - Read Your Bible - State Quarters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 593, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: New Video Games
1: In Microids' "Ben Hur" you race these vehicles.

chariots.

2: You can download "Wheel of Fortune" onto the Nokia 3650, one of these devices.

a cell phone.

3: X-2 isn't a Marvel super hero game, it's the sequel to the 10th game in this long-running Japanese RPG series.

Final Fantasy.

4: In the game based on this TV series you take on the roles of detective and prosecutor.

Law and Order.

5: "The Angel of Darkness" takes this Eidos heroine in a new, darker direction and ups her polygons from 500 to 5,000!.

Lara Croft.
Round 2. Category: Al Gore Rhythms
1: His home state.

Tennessee.

2: His job from 1985 to 1993.

U.S. Senator.

3: His wife's most famous nickname.

Tipper.

4: The East Coast school where he got his B.A. in 1969.

Harvard.

5: The foreign country where he worked as a journalist from 1969 to 1971.

Vietnam.
Round 3. Category: "Pop" Culture
1: Fruit-flavored ice on one or 2 sticks.

popsicle.

2: 5,000-year-old remnants of this snack have been found in a cave in the Southwest.

popcorn.

3: She's the high-flying nanny of Jane and Michael Banks.

Mary Poppins.

4: You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls.

poppy seeds.

5: An antiestablishment politician who speaks directly to the people. or an 1890s U.S. political party.

Populist.
Round 4. Category: Read Your Bible
1: In the New Testament, Zacchaeus climbs a tree to get a better view of this man.

Jesus.

2: In Matthew 27, this Roman washes his hands to ritually absolve himself of Jesus' conviction and execution.

Pilate.

3: For strength to "resist" this, try James 1:12, "Blessed is the man that endureth" it.

temptation.

4: This Old Testament king's name is the first one mentioned after Jesus' in the New Testament.

David.

5: In Job 41, God compares Job's abilities with this monster of the sea.

Leviathan.
Round 5. Category: State Quarters
1: The zia sun symbol over a topographical outline of the state.

New Mexico.

2: This state raced into history as the 19th state.

Indiana.

3: Kansas' quarter features a buffalo and this plant known for its seeds.

a sunflower.

4: A grizzly bear emerging from the water with a salmon in its jaws and the motto "The Great Land".

Alaska.

5: There's a keystone and an outline of the state on its quarter.

Pennsylvania.
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September 25, 2022Episode 592 - Cities In Literature - Minty Fresh - Arthurian Legend - U.s. "O" Tour - Pop Music Trivia
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 592, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cities In Literature
1: "Gone with the Wind"'s Rhett Butler was a profiteer from this South Carolina port city.

Charleston.

2: In Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", Hester Prynne did her sinning in this Puritan city.

Boston.

3: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn's hometown, St. Petersburg, was based on this Missouri city.

Hannibal.

4: James Joyce's "Ulysses" takes place on June 16, 1904 in this city.

Dublin.

5: "Tom Brown's School Days" were spent at a British prep school in this town.

Rugby.
Round 2. Category: Minty Fresh
1: White Mazda Miatas bear an uncanny resemblance to these "1 1/2 Calorie Breath Mints".

Tic-Tac.

2: Pepâ€‘Oâ€‘Mint and Wintâ€‘Oâ€‘Green are flavors of this candy mint.

Life Savers.

3: This Certs ingredient is a mix of partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, copper gluconate and flavoring.

Retsyn.

4: These "Curiously Strong" mints are "So Strong, They Come in a Metal Box".

Altoids.

5: "Fresh Goes Better in Life" with these mints, "Fresh and Full of Life".

Mentos.
Round 3. Category: Arthurian Legend
1: Leodegrance, King of Cameliard, had Arthur as a son-in-law after this daughter's marriage.

Guinevere.

2: Merlin didn't design this or buy it at Ikea--he copied it from Joseph of Arimathea.

the Round Table.

3: This witch's name means she's a "fairy".

Morgan Le Fay.

4: We learned more about this nephew of Arthur in the 14th century tale titled him "and the Green Knight".

Sir Gawain.

5: Some accounts say Arthur still lives on this mythic island.

Avalon.
Round 4. Category: U.s. "O" Tour
1: Since the opening of Walt Disney World, this city has become a booming metropolis.

Orlando.

2: Thanks to a National Park Service webcam, you can see this famous geyser erupt live on your computer.

Old Faithful.

3: Pearl Harbor and its memorials are a must-see when visiting this island.

Oahu.

4: Every year during the Kentucky Derby Festival, the Belle and Delta Queen steamboats race each other down this river.

the Ohio River.

5: Go way down upon the Suwannee River and you'll discover that it rises in this swamp.

Okefenokee Swamp.
Round 5. Category: Pop Music Trivia
1: She was awarded her 1986 Female Pop Vocal Grammy Award by her cousin Dionne.

Whitney Houston.

2: "Midnight Train to Georgia" was originally called "Midnight Plane to..." this Texas city.

Houston.

3: In 1977 she spent a week on the top of the Top 40 chart with "Don't Leave Me That Way".

Thelma Houston.

4: After his death in 1950, his recording of "September Song" became a big hit.

Walter Huston.

5: After "Phoenix" and "Wichita", it was Glen Campbell's 3rd Top 40 hit with a city in the title.

"Galveston".
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September 24, 2022Episode 591 - "Hall"S - Feminism - "B" In Rock - Inventors And Inventions - Lose A Turn
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 591, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Hall"S
1: What you do with your "boughs of holly".

deck the halls.

2: Oklahoma City, OK., Canton, OH., and Cooperstown, N.Y. are each known for 1 of these.

hall of fame.

3: During Mexican War, U.S. Marines raised the Amer. flag over Nat'l Palace in Mexico City, later called this.

Halls of Montezuma.

4: Where you go in the Palace of Versailles to get a good look at yourself, 483 in fact.

Hall of Mirrors.

5: Model who's produced 2 "model" children for Mick Jagger.

Jerry Hall.
Round 2. Category: Feminism
1: The profession of Mary Prance in Henry James' 1886 "The Bostonians", it was about 1/5 female in Boston at the time.

a physician (or medicine or a doctor).

2: Reformer Lucy Stone is perhaps best remembered for refusing to do this when she got married in 1855.

changing her last name to her husband's.

3: Giving her 1989 book its title, Arlie Hochschild noted, "Most women work one shift at" their jobs and a "second shift" here.

at home.

4: A heralded 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" ended 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in her favor.

Billie Jean King.

5: Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst were a mother-daughter team of these activists for the vote.

suffragettes.
Round 3. Category: "B" In Rock
1: On a "Manic Monday", this group taught us to "Walk Like An Egyptian".

The Bangles.

2: Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang was in many of this group's music videos, as the modern "California Girl".

The Beach Boys.

3: Elvis' last Top 10 hit, it says, "I feel my temperature rising, help me I'm flaming I must be a hundred and nine".

"Burning Love".

4: Adam Yauch and Michael Diamond are 2 of the 3 "Boys" in this group.

The Beastie Boys.

5: Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, Michael McCary and Wanya Morris are this "Boy" group.

Boyz II Men.
Round 4. Category: Inventors And Inventions
1: Dr. Rene Laennec invented this medical instrument, then just a hollow wooden tube.

the stethoscope.

2: During World War I he directed the wireless service of Italy's army.

Marconi.

3: During his lifetime this instant camera inventor received 533 U.S. patents.

(Edwin) Land.

4: In 1947 Ed Lowe gave a neighbor absorbent clay for her feline's box; he soon packaged the clay under this name.

Kitty Litter.

5: The sensation of the 1893 Chicago Exposition rose 250' and was named for its inventor.

the Ferris Wheel.
Round 5. Category: Lose A Turn
1: In 1991, after 8 years as the AKC's top dog, the cocker spaniel lost the No. 1 ranking to this dog called a lab.

a Labrador retriever.

2: Chillicothe was this state's capital twice, losing out to Zanesville once and finally to Columbus.

Ohio.

3: Only twice between 1949 and 1964 did this team fail to win the American League pennant.

the New York Yankees.

4: After a 3-year ride at the top in U.S. sales, this Honda model lost its No. 1 position to the Taurus in 1992.

the Honda Accord.

5: This orator was the Democrats' presidential nominee twice, lost a turn and was nominated again in 1908.

William Jennings Bryan.
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September 23, 2022Episode 590 - All God's Creatures - Basketball - Airport Codes - Communication - Horrors!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 590, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All God's Creatures
1: An owl cannot move these from side to side, so it must move its head.

its eyes.

2: Grevy's, the largest species of this striped mammal, is named for former French president Francois Grevy.

a zebra.

3: Called a "bamboo chicken" by locals in Belize, a male one of these lizards can reach over 6 feet.

an iguana.

4: This 2-humped camel is probably named for the ancient country in central Asia where it originated.

the Bactrian camel.

5: This "butterfly" dog was often represented in the paintings of Peter Paul Rubens and his followers.

papillon.
Round 2. Category: Basketball
1: In 2000 this ex-Chicago Bull became president of the Wizards.

(Michael) Jordan.

2: When these "clowns" once played in Greece the heat was so great the tar on the court melted.

Harlem Globetrotters.

3: Before 1937, this game-opener was repeated after every score.

center jump (jump ball).

4: In 1961-62 this Philadelphia Warrior became the only man in history to score over 4,000 points in a season.

Wilt Chamberlain.

5: Though he didn't play organized hoops until 9th grade, this Spurs center is a 3-time NBA Finals MVP.

Tim Duncan.
Round 3. Category: Airport Codes
1: SVO, also known as Sheremetyevo.

Moscow.

2: When Bill the Cat says, "ACK!" , he may mean the airport on this Massachusetts island.

Nantucket.

3: A capital place: IAD.

Dulles (Washington, D.C.).

4: A friendly ghost town?:CPR.

Casper, Wyoming.

5: RMG, REO and FCO all serve cities or towns with this name, in Georgia, Oregon and Italy.

Rome.
Round 4. Category: Communication
1: In the early 1900s Congress allowed these with divided backs, half for the address and half for "Wish you were here".

postcards.

2: In Sunday Dick Tracy comics it was always pointed out on Dick's wrist by an arrow.

a wrist radio (2-way radio).

3: Fittingly, the Niagara Falls, N.Y. Public Library has a collection of these items that cost 23 cents to send.

postcards.

4: 56' wide and 29' high, a digital billboard called the Broadway Spectacular is in the heart of this New York City area.

Times Square.

5: To demonstrate this in 1877, Watson had to sing "Auld Lang Syne" and "Yankee Doodle".

a telephone.
Round 5. Category: Horrors!
1: Despite its title, this 1980 film had enough box office luck to produce 7 sequels by 1989.

Friday the 13th.

2: John Larroquette narrated this 1974 film in which lumbering tools are put to new use.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

3: Seen here is the not-so-horrific star of this "tasty" horror-comedy show.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

4: This 1960 Hitchcock classic was partly based on real-life murderer Ed Gein, who skinned his victims.

Psycho.

5: You won't find this hook-handed slasher of a 1992 film taking a sunrise and sprinkling it with dew.

The Candyman.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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