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January 09, 2022Episode 332 - Independent Films - International Road Vehicle Stickers - Women: Write On! - Welcome To My Country - A Windy Category
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 332, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Independent Films
1: This Coen Brothers tale from 1996 is "A homespun murder story".

Fargo.

2: Reverse in told was film Nolan Christopher 2001 this.

Memento.

3: Robert Duvall wrote, directed and played a preacher in this 1997 film.

The Apostle.

4: Title job of Dante and Randal in a 1994 Kevin Smith film.

clerks.

5: An Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature went to this '50s-style melodrama with Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid.

Far from Heaven.
Round 2. Category: International Road Vehicle Stickers
1: CZ.

the Czech Republic.

2: The Portuguese were the first Europeans to enter this country.

Vietnam.

3: Most of its people are Sunni Muslims.

Tajikistan.

4: The most common language there, after Spanish, is Guarani.

Paraguay.

5: PL.

Poland.
Round 3. Category: Women: Write On!
1: Her early novel "The Lolly-Madonna War" isn't quite as popular as her alphabet murder mysteries.

Sue Grafton.

2: It's the first name shared by novelists Michaels, Cartland and Taylor Bradford.

Barbara.

3: After "Atlas Shrugged", she stopped writing fiction.

Ayn Rand.

4: Like her "Thorn Birds", "The Ladies Of Missalonghi" is set in her native Australia.

Colleen McCullough.

5: This Chilean author wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", while living in exile.

Isabel Allende.
Round 4. Category: Welcome To My Country
1: Leonardo Da Vinci International.

Italy.

2: Ben-Gurion International.

Israel.

3: Ninoy Aquino International.

the Philippines.

4: Soekarno-Hatta International.

Indonesia.

5: Augusto Cesar Sandino International.

Nicaragua.
Round 5. Category: A Windy Category
1: The 1967 NFL "Ice Bowl" game was played in -46 degrees, if you include this factor.

wind chill.

2: A typical warm winter wind of Switzerland is called Schneefresser, meaning "eater" of this.

snow.

3: Like hurricanes, these pacific tropical cyclones get names; Omar devastated Guam in 1992.

typhoons.

4: It's best to bring your boat in on this side of the dock, meaning the side the wind reaches last.

leeward.

5: (Video clip from the Science Center of Minnesota) It's believed that tornadoes begin with a rising current of warm air called this, which eventually starts rotating.

updraft.
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January 08, 2022Episode 331 - Coming Soon... History! - Balder-Dash! - "Roy"Alty - Pbs - To Phrase A Coin
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 331, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Coming Soon... History!
1: 1 man, 1 scientific mission... to tame the heavens... In 1752 he would invent the lightning rod... and electrify the world.

Benjamin Franklin.

2: If you see only 1 19th c. author's final resting place this Xmas, make it this "Jungle Book" man's at Westminster Abbey.

Kipling.

3: In 1860s England, he would change the rules of pugilism forever... by making them! This summer, Vin Diesel is....

the Marquess of Queensbury.

4: Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide... Yorktown, Oct. 19, 1781... this gen.'s surrender would end a war... and birth a nation.

Cornwallis.

5: In a world that cried out for a... map projection... only this Flemish cartographer would heed the call.

Mercator.
Round 2. Category: Balder-Dash!
1: Sometimes called the father of the Norse gods, he was specifically the father of Balder.

Odin.

2: Balder could have returned from the dead if every creature had done this, but Thokk remained dry-eyed.

Cried.

3: The Balder story largely comes from Snorri Sturluson, writing on this island.

Iceland.

4: A dwarf named Lit was burned up along with Balder in this funeral structure.

Pyre.

5: This sneaky Norse god was responsible for the plot that led to Balder's death.

Loki.
Round 3. Category: "Roy"Alty
1: During WWII, this mythical American soldier left the impression that he "Was Here".

Kilroy.

2: The raised ribs on this fabric are also called wales.

Corduroy.

3: He's George Jetson's boy.

Elroy.

4: In a children's book, Cedric Errol of New York City becomes this little lord.

Fauntleroy.

5: Title for an official who rules a colony in the name of a king.

Viceroy.
Round 4. Category: Pbs
1: At the end of this show's 20th season, a baby named Gabriela was born to Luis and Maria.

"Sesame Street".

2: "Billions and billions" of stars were presented to millions and millions of viewers by this astronomer.

Carl Sagan.

3: PBS is taking "A Second Look" at some of the best programs made by this former LBJ press secretary.

Bill Moyers.

4: Of 1.8, 2.5, or 3.7 hours per home, the average time PBS is viewed each week in U.S..

1.8.

5: "Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow" and "Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa" are segments of this PBS series.

"American Masters".
Round 5. Category: To Phrase A Coin
1: Powerful brakes enable you to accomplish this idiomatic phrase.

stop on a dime.

2: You'd have to be quite unobservant to need the warning "don't take any" of these false coins.

wooden nickels.

3: From 1864 to 1873, if you wanted to put your this "in", you could use a U.S. coin of that amount.

two cents.

4: Completes the beat associated with rock pioneer Bo Diddley, "shave and a haircut...".

two bits.

5: Proverbially, it means careful about small sums and reckless with large ones.

penny wise and pound foolish.
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January 07, 2022Episode 330 - Radio Cities - Groovy Times - Hey Hey We're The Manchus - The Ladies Of Rock - A Walk In The Clouds
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 330, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1980s Rock
1: His 1985 hit "Raspberry Beret" was his first on his own label, Paisley Park.

Prince.

2: The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name.

Jefferson Airplane.

3: "Brass Monkey" and "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album.

the Beastie Boys.

4: In 1988 the Beach Boys had a No. 1 hit with this song from the Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail".

"Kokomo".

5: This Aussie group brought a "New Sensation" to radio in 1988.

INXS.
Round 2. Category: We Have A Problem
1: Michael's minute hand on his watch travels this many degrees if he waits for his date from noon until 12:30 PM.

180.

2: If Eric, Robert and Matt are 3 of the 12 men on a jury, they total this percentage of the jurors.

25 percent.

3: John has 30 Playboy magazines under his desk and this many National Geographics, 30% as many, on top.

9.

4: If the bathroom is 12 feet away and Ryan skips there and back each comm. break, he skips this many feet on a 5-break show.

120.

5: If Billy can swallow 4 goldfish in 2 1/2 minutes, he can swallow this many in 20 minutes.

32.
Round 3. Category: Lesser-Known Musicals
1: Elementary, my dear Watson: "Baker Street" was a musical about this detective.

Sherlock Holmes.

2: "Comin' Uptown" moved this classic tale to Harlem; it starred Gregory Hines as a slumlord named Scrooge.

A Christmas Carol.

3: Danny Kaye's career "ark" included this Biblical role in "Two By Two".

Noah.

4: Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice".

Theodore Roosevelt.

5: Shaun Cassidy was 10 years old when these actors, his parents, starred in the 1968 musical "Maggie Flynn".

Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones.
Round 4. Category: African Cooking
1: Made of beans and eggs, ful medames has been eaten in this country perhaps since the time of the pharaohs.

Egypt.

2: In Ghana a dumpling called fufu is served with a soup made of the groundnut known here as this.

Peanut.

3: Mtori, a Tanzanian plantain soup, can also be made with this similar fruit.

Banana.

4: Almond milk is enjoyed in this country, where it is sold on the streets of Marrakesh.

Morocco.

5: In Zimbabwe, bowara refers to the leaves of this large gourd that is carved in the U.S..

Pumpkin.
Round 5. Category: Danger, Curves Ahead
1: This Midwestern college town was named for its location on a curved part of the Saint Joseph River.

South Bend.

2: To a batter, a curveball appears to do most of its curving in this Â¼ of its trip to the plate.

its last quarter.

3: In grammar, they're a pair of curved lines used to indicate interjected explanatory material.

parentheses.

4: The 1978 movie "Deadman's Curve" told the story of this musical duo, one of whom passed away in 2004.

Jan and Dean.

5: These caused a blurring of the image, so Newton replaced one of them with a curved mirror.

a telescope lens.
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Round 1. Category: Radio Cities
1: On a TV sitcom, Jennifer, played by Loni Anderson, brightened up radio station WKRP in this city.

Cincinnati.

2: WABC and WCBS-880 are radio stations based in this metropolis.

New York City.

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January 06, 2022Episode 329 - Just For The "Hall" Of It - "King"S - Pc Magazine - The Green Hornet - Valleys
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 329, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Just For The "Hall" Of It
1: It's a feature that distinguishes something from other things.

Hallmark.

2: Ex-wife of Mick.

Jerry Hall.

3: Literally it means "Praise ye the Lord" in Hebrew.

Hallelujah.

4: This actor first gained attention as a likable geek in "Sixteen Candles".

Anthony Michael Hall.

5: It's a false perception when no external stimulus exists.

Hallucination.
Round 2. Category: "King"S
1: In 1973 she helped found, and also served as first president of, the Women's Tennis Association.

Billie Jean King.

2: This comedian got his big break after appearing with Judy Garland at the Palace Theatre.

Alan King.

3: He was the man behind such boxing events as the "Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila".

Don King.

4: In addition to hosting a "Live" cable interview show on CNN, he also writes a newspaper column.

Larry King.

5: In 1968 she called upon American women to unite and fight the evils of racism, poverty and war.

Coretta Scott King.
Round 3. Category: Pc Magazine
1: In 1984 this company's laser printer won raves and , at $3,495, also cost a third less than the competitors'.

HP (Hewlett-Packard).

2: The cover of the first PC Magazine featured this company's new desktop computer, which helped launch an industry.

IBM.

3: For 16 years this computer maker put an ad on the back page of PC Mag to promote and pioneer its direct PC sales.

Dell.

4: In 1999, when it wasn't even a year old, this website won a PC Mag award for its PageRank technology.

Google.

5: id Software got kudos for letting gamers construct worlds in this 4-letter shooter, set on Mars and featuring demons.

Doom.
Round 4. Category: The Green Hornet
1: Brit Reid was related to this masked crimefighter of the Old West.

Lone Ranger.

2: The Green Hornet's car, it shares its name with an Anna Sewell horse.

Black Beauty.

3: In the 1960s he played Kato on TV.

Bruce Lee.

4: Buzz in and tell us that this Rimsky-Korsakov piece was the Green Hornet's theme.

"Flight of the Bumblebee".

5: In the 1940 movie serial, Kato was played by Keye Luke, who alsp played this movie detective's number one son.

Charlie Chan.
Round 5. Category: Valleys
1: A fungal infection common in this state's San Joaquin valley is now called Valley fever.

California.

2: This poet called a valley outside Balaklava "The Valley of Death".

Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

3: Come and sit by my side if you know this valley straddles the border of Texas and Oklahoma.

the Red River Valley.

4: This "Great" valley runs from the Valley of the Jordan to Southern Africa.

the Great Rift Valley.

5: In 1997 thousands left this river valley in Germany and Poland to avoid extensive floods.

the Oder.
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January 05, 2022Episode 328 - "Pow"! - Cereals - Algonquin Round Table Quotes - Scandals - By Halves
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 328, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Pow"!
1: A synonym for a woman's restroom.

powder room.

2: This multi-state lottery has risen to an almost $315 million winning total.

Powerball.

3: 3-word term for the legal authority to act for another person in legal or business matters.

power of attorney.

4: As the result of a 1614 wedding, he became John Rolfe's father-in-law.

Powhatan.

5: He was Harlem's congressman from 1945 to 1971.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr..
Round 2. Category: Cereals
1: This cereal isn't named after the Flintstones' daughter but for the little bitty stones it resembles.

Pebbles.

2: Hooray! This toasted oat cereal is made from the grain highest in protein.

Cheerios.

3: Since 1984 this animal's been depicted on the front of the Kellogg's Corn Flakes box.

Cornelius the Rooster.

4: After you've finished all of this doll's cereal, she can use the box as a coffee table.

Barbie.

5: In addition to being teenage, mutant and ninja-trained, these animals have a cereal.

Turtles.
Round 3. Category: Algonquin Round Table Quotes
1: Franklin P. Adams:"Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble: 'Tinker to Evers to'" him.

Chance.

2: Dorothy Parker:"Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well" do this.

Live.

3: George S. Kaufman:"I saw the play under bad conditions." This "was up".

The curtain.

4: Harold Ross, upon founding this magazine:"(It) will not be edited for the old lady from Dubuque".

The New Yorker.

5: Robert Benchley:"In America, there are two classes of travel -- first class, and with" these people.

Children.
Round 4. Category: Scandals
1: She's doing commercials for No Excuses sportswear following her fling with Gary Hart.

Donna Rice.

2: The office of Baseball Commisioner was established in 1920 due to this 1919 event.

Black Sox Scandal.

3: His private secretary was linked to the Whiskey Ring, one of many scandals during his administration.

Ulysses S. Grant.

4: In "The Affair of the Necklace", a film about a real pre-revolution scandal, Joely Richardson plays this French queen.

Marie Antoinette.

5: This 19th century fighter for Irish home rule was scandalously involved with a married woman named Kitty O'Shea.

Charles Parnell.
Round 5. Category: By Halves
1: After being made with a new metal in 1883, the U.S. coin known as the half dime became known as this.

nickel.

2: Nickname of Melissa Gilbert's character on "Little House on the Prairie".

Half Pint.

3: According to Tennyson, the Light Brigade moved into the Valley of Death by these increments.

half-leagues.

4: A "half" this is a dive that includes a half backward somersault and ends facing the board.

kick.

5: For thorium-234 it's about 25 days; for thorium-232, about 14 billion years.

half-life.
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January 04, 2022Episode 327 - "Z" End - The Lighter Side Of Life - Let's Visit Springfield - Sean Connery Films - We're No Angels
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 327, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Z" End
1: This company makes mealtime fun time with its EZ Squirt colored ketchups.

Heinz.

2: Artificial or synthetic.

ersatz.

3: What's the frequency, Kenneth?-- and make sure it's in this unit equal to one cycle per second.

hertz.

4: In the Bible, Ruth was married to this man.

Boaz.

5: Russia's third man-in-space program, it still continues more than 30 years after its inception.

the Soyuz.
Round 2. Category: The Lighter Side Of Life
1: "Lion on the Links" is the subtitle of a biography of him.

Tiger Woods.

2: The same firm did the beading on Dorothy's ruby slippers for "The Wizard of Oz" and this man's famous sequined glove.

Jacko (Michael Jackson).

3: This Halloween favorite that has bands of white, orange and yellow dates back to the 1880s.

candy corn.

4: The use of steel girders in construction inspired A.C. Gilbert to invent this classic toy.

an erector set.

5: Sit-N-Snooze and Slack-Back were suggested names for what became this brand of reclining lounge chairs.

La-Z-Boy.
Round 3. Category: Let's Visit Springfield
1: International Harvester was historically a major employer in Springfield, near Dayton in this state.

Ohio.

2: Situated on the picturesque Sangamon River, Springfield in this state is served by Capital Airport.

Illinois.

3: After seeing a show at Juanita K. Hammons Hall in Springfield in this state, you can head on to Branson.

Missouri.

4: Springfield in this state is where the common spring clothespin was invented and a Green Mountain guide is published.

Vermont.

5: If you hurt yourself in Springfield in this state, head over to the McKenzie-Willamette Hospital.

Oregon.
Round 4. Category: Sean Connery Films
1: He was a London publisher who loved a Russian girl in "The Russia House" and a Russian sub captain in this.

The Hunt for Red October.

2: Connery caught the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this 1987 film.

The Untouchables.

3: In this 1992 film, Connery finds and loses a cancer cure in a rainforest.

Medicine Man.

4: As Danny to Michael Caine's Peachy, Connery was this title character in a 1975 John Huston film.

The Man Who Would Be King.

5: Although he's Scottish, the luck of the Irish got Connery cast in this 1959 Disney film about the wee folk.

Darby O' Gill and the Little People.
Round 5. Category: We're No Angels
1: Before becoming a Bronco, Jake "The Snake" Plummer played for this university's Sun Devils.

Arizona State.

2: Appropriately, this NHL team's mascot lists "Devil Inside" by INXS as one of his favorite songs.

the New Jersey Devils.

3: New owner Stu Sternberg vowed to change this MLB nickname by '07; no word whether "Manta" is in the running.

the Devil Rays.

4: David Beckham played for this posh British football club that features a little red devil on its logo.

Manchester (United).

5: A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play.

the Demon Deacons.
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January 03, 2022Episode 326 - Musical Styles - Movie Songs - Months - A Pain In The "R"S - Of Your "Love"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 326, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Musical Styles
1: "Western" used to be a part of this musical style's name"I've been running from the law /Living in flashing lights /I've been...".

country.

2: Encyclopedia Britannica calls it a "cultural movement" as well as "backing music"sample.

hip-hop.

3: In the mid-1950s, this style got its name, combining a type of music and a rural fellow"Riding down Sunset /Santa Monica, too /Over to the Valley /To pick up Peggy Sue".

rockabilly.

4: A Jamaican musical genre is part of the name of this Latin style"We got you jammin', /Eh /Oh, oh /Mamacita say /Oh, oh /Me amigos say /Oh, oh" .

reggaeton.

5: The name of this style of music may come from an alteration of the French word for "beans""Shot below /Dig a hole".

zydeco.
Round 2. Category: Movie Songs
1: "Mean Green Mother From Outer Space" (1986).

The Little Shop of Horrors.

2: Cher sings Â“The Shoop Shoop SongÂ” over this 1990 filmÂ’s closing credits.

Mermaids.

3: She only made it to No. 4 with "Fame", but topped the charts with "Flashdance...What a Feeling".

Irene Cara.

4: Pat Boone sang that this Â“is for the very young, EvÂ’ry starÂ’s a wishing star that shines for youÂ”.

"April Love".

5: The Oscar for Best Song of 2007 went to a tune from this film about 2 Dublin musicians.

Once.
Round 3. Category: Months
1: Even in a leap year, it's still the shortest month.

February.

2: The 2 months that fit in a 4-letter word category.

June and July.

3: In English this month has a "p", in French it has a "v".

April (Avril).

4: The next year this month will have five Sundays is 2004.

February.

5: Leo and Virgo are both Zodiac signs for this month.

August.
Round 4. Category: A Pain In The "R"S
1: The separation of the membrane from the choroids at the back of the eye is known as a detached one of these.

the retina.

2: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children.

rickets.

3: It's what the R in the MMR vaccine stands for.

rubella.

4: Parents are advised not to give children aspirin because of its link to this potentially fatal syndrome.

Reye's syndrome.

5: These viruses responsible for many respiratory infections share part of their name with a pachyderm.

a rhinovirus.
Round 5. Category: Of Your "Love"
1: With Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Derek and the Dominos released the hit album "Layla and Other Assorted" these.

Love Songs.

2: A small sofa for 2 people.

a loveseat.

3: Small green African avian of the genus agapornis.

a lovebird.

4: This N.Y. region was declared a disaster area due to toxic waste.

Love Canal.

5: His literary output includes "The Thing on the Doorstep" and "The Dunwich Horror".

H.P. Lovecraft.
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January 02, 2022Episode 325 - Celebrity Alma Maters - The "Right" Stuff - Nfl Rules - Merriam-Webster's New Words For 2007 - Quotable Women
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 325, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Celebrity Alma Maters
1: She dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College in 1957 and married John Lennon in 1969.

Yoko Ono.

2: This "ramblin' kind of guy" pulled straight A's in philosophy at Long Beach State.

Steve Martin.

3: His wife Jane, who he met at the U. of MD., was his 1st partner in puppetry, or shall we say muppetry.

Jim Henson.

4: Child star who appeared in her 1st film in 1972 and graduated magna cum laude from Yale in 1985.

Jodie Foster.

5: In 1903 future president F. Roosevelt was elected editor of this school paper at Harvard.

"The Crimson".
Round 2. Category: The "Right" Stuff
1: Cartoon mountie who could "do no wrong".

Dudley Do-Right.

2: Opposing the "pro-choice" group, they're anti-abortion activists.

right to lifers.

3: A 90Â° bend, or an appropriate sales technique.

right angle.

4: It has only 10 amendments, since 2 on representatives' apportionment and compensation weren't ratified.

Bill of Rights.

5: Position shared by Jesse Helms in the political spectrum and Tim Kerr at the Philadelphia Spectrum.

right wing.
Round 3. Category: Nfl Rules
1: (Hi, I'm Brian Mitchell) A punt returner who waves his hand over his head isn't swatting for flies, he's signaling for this.

a fair catch.

2: (I'm Dan Fouts, Hall of Famer) As it should be, there's an automatic 15-yard penalty for roughing the kicker or this person.

the quarterback.

3: (Hi, I'm Keyshawn Johnson) This infraction includes but is not limited to hooking the receiver, grabbing my arm, etcetera.

pass interference.

4: (Hi, I'm Hall of Famer Dan Hampton) Also a hockey penalty, it's called for using the hands illegally -- hey, it was the only way to stop me.

holding.

5: (Hi, I'm Joey Galloway) Only one player at a time may do this, run parallel to the line to confuse the defense.

go in motion.
Round 4. Category: Merriam-Webster's New Words For 2007
1: This huge new entry is a blending of "gigantic" and "enormous".

ginormous.

2: This packing material that's fun to pop is another new addition.

Bubble Wrap.

3: Ready, set... It's an event where participants converse briefly with one another to find partners to go out with.

speed dating.

4: Hooray for this popular term for India's motion picture industry.

Bollywood.

5: Definitions for this compound word include a decisive defeat and a contest in entertainment wrestling.

smackdown.
Round 5. Category: Quotable Women
1: In "You Learn By Living", this First Lady of the 1940s challenged, "You must do the thing you think you cannot do".

Eleanor Roosevelt.

2: This Bronte sister revealed in an 1840s letter, "I am neither a man nor a woman but an author".

Charlotte Bronte.

3: This country star said she's not offended by dumb blonde jokes: "I know...I'm not dumb...I also know I'm not blonde".

Dolly Parton.

4: While San Francisco mayor, this Calif. senator remarked, "Toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit".

Dianne Feinstein.

5: In "The Second Sex", this French author declared, "One is not born a woman, one becomes one".

Simone de Beauvoir.
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January 01, 2022Episode 324 - On The "Q...t" - Bronx Cheer - Double "B"S - 30-Something - Magazine Debuts By Decade
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 324, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: On The "Q...t"
1: In an appliqued type of this, cutout designs are sewed onto one large piece of cloth.

quilt.

2: Containing 67.2 cubic inches, it's 1/32 of a bushel.

a quart.

3: It's the quantity resulting from the division of one quantity by another.

a quotient.

4: According to the title of a 1952 John Ford film, John Wayne's character was this type of "Man".

Quiet.

5: In a throwing game, it's the name of the flat metal or rope ring tossed at a stake called a mot.

quoit.
Round 2. Category: Bronx Cheer
1: Babe Ruth hit the first home run in this stadium when it opened April 18, 1923.

Yankee Stadium.

2: This poet and author's last home was a cottage in the Bronx; you can "quoth" me on that.

Edgar Allan Poe.

3: It's where you can explore Jungle World and the Himalayan Highlands without ever leaving New York.

Bronx Zoo.

4: It's a small, but "Grand Old Flag" that adorns his mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

George M. Cohan.

5: In 1935 the convicts of Welfare Island were moved to this Bronx island and its new penitentiary.

Rikers Island.
Round 3. Category: Double "B"S
1: How ya gonna keep 'em down on this farm after they've seen Tel Aviv.

Kibbutz.

2: Talk "turkey", or wolf down a lot of turkey.

Gobble.

3: Don't wolf down your turkey, but take these small quick bites.

Nibbles.

4: A crusty old bootmaker, or a crusty old fruit dessert.

Cobbler.

5: A "rouser" may rouse this low class of people.

Rabble.
Round 4. Category: 30-Something
1: At age 33 in 1804, he started a new symphony, his 5th, with a Da-Da-Da-Duh.

Beethoven.

2: These comedians were both in their 30th when paired by Hal Roach in the 1920s.

Laurel and Hardy.

3: In need of money in 1835, this 30-year-old Dane published 4 fairy tales.

Hans Christian Andersen.

4: Of the 4 regular hosts of "The Tonight Show", he's the only one who didn't start when he was 30-something.

Jay Leno.

5: Madonna was 34 in 1992, when she published "Sex", and this actress was 34 in 1926, when she produced the play "Sex".

Mae West.
Round 5. Category: Magazine Debuts By Decade
1: Mad,TV Guide,Playboy.

the 1950s.

2: Rolling Stone,Psychology Today,New York.

the 1960s.

3: Money,Ms.,Games.

the 1970s.

4: Reader's Digest,Business Week,Time.

the 1920s.

5: Newsweek,Esquire,Consumer Reports.

the 1930s.
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December 31, 2021Episode 323 - I'd Rather "Not" - "Moon"S - Holy Blank - Women - A Jug Of Wine
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 323, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'd Rather "Not"
1: According to tradition, Robin Hood was born in this English place.

Nottingham.

2: Generic name for a lightweight laptop computer.

notebook (or notepad).

3: South Bend school noted for its law school and sports teams.

Notre Dame.

4: "Public" person authorized to authenticate contracts and other documents.

a notary (public).

5: One of Jean-Paul Sartre's best-known works is "Being and" this.

Nothingness.
Round 2. Category: "Moon"S
1: Title of the following, it can be performed by a big bandleader or a nighttime Romeo.

"Moonlight Serenade".

2: Michael Jackson and Neil Armstrong are both experts at this.

the moonwalk.

3: Every week Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis have been doing this on ABC.

Moonlighting.

4: The French title of this 1865 Jules Verne classic is "De la Terre a la Lune".

From the Earth to the Moon.

5: Â“Moon shotsÂ” referred to home runs hit by this Dodger over short left field screen in L.A. Coliseum.

Wally Moon.
Round 3. Category: Holy Blank
1: Bovine.

cow.

2: City in Ohio.

Toledo.

3: Fish of the genus Scomber.

mackerel.

4: Son of Amram and Jochebed.

Moses.

5: Last Supper chalice.

grail.
Round 4. Category: Women
1: (Hi, I'm Tara Lipinski ["World Class Skater"]) In 1998 I broke a 70-year-old record when I replaced her as the youngest Olympic figure skating champ ever.

Sonja Henie.

2: She helped found the Rancho Mirage, California drug treatment center named for her.

Betty Ford.

3: Cindy Crawford is one of "The Most Unforgettable Women in the World" who wear this makeup brand.

Revlon.

4: On Dec. 2, 1994 this alleged "Hollywood Madam" was found guilty of pandering.

Heidi Fleiss.

5: This modern dance pioneer lost her two children when they drowned in a 1913 auto accident.

Isadora Duncan.
Round 5. Category: A Jug Of Wine
1: In the '90s the U.S. banned the once-common use of this metal in the foil over a bottle's neck.

Lead.

2: As well as port and Madeira wines, Portugal produces half the world's supply of this stopper material.

Cork.

3: It's a simple glass vessel for wine, or the glass pot of a drip coffeemaker.

Carafe.

4: Until vintners learned to test sugar levels in the 19th C., half of the bottles of this French wine would explode.

Champagne.

5: This indentation in the bottom strengthens the bottle, which is useful when putting your fourth down.

Punt.
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