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December 09, 2021Episode 301 - Recent Films - Shakespearean Name Roundup - "Black" Movies - Who Might Have Said It? - Manimals
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 301, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Recent Films
1: Mud Island, a Memphis tourist attraction, and its monorail are featured in this 1993 Tom Cruise film.

"The Firm".

2: Miami dentist Cuba Gooding Jr. inherits a team of sled-pullers in this 2002 film.

Snow Dogs.

3: This pop sensation starred in 2002's "Crossroads", about some friends who take a road trip.

Britney Spears.

4: As in the TV series, this actor provided the voice of Charlie, the Angels' unseen boss, in "Charlie's Angels".

John Forsythe.

5: Part of this unusual epic based on a Virginia Woolf novel was shot in Uzbekistan.

Orlando.
Round 2. Category: Shakespearean Name Roundup
1: This "King" of the Sitcom based Archie Bunker on his father and Maude on his wife.

Norman Lear.

2: This chef was born one dreamy midsummer in Austria in 1949.

Wolfgang Puck.

3: This modern dance pioneer lost her 2 children to a 1913 auto accident before dying in one herself.

Isadora Duncan.

4: This prime minister left the Likud party in 2005 to form a new centrist party, Kadima.

Ariel Sharon.

5: She went to medical school at Johns Hopkins before hosting a literary group and hanging out with Hemingway.

Gertude Stein.
Round 3. Category: "Black" Movies
1: George Segal played Sam Spade Jr. in this 1975 film satirizing "The Maltese Falcon".

The Black Bird.

2: Leonard Maltin described the 1971 British film version of this Anna Sewell tale as "average horse opera".

Black Beauty.

3: In this film Theresa Russell played a young woman who seduced, married and then murdered wealthy men.

Black Widow.

4: This 1929 Hitchcock movie, his and England's 1st talkie, was shot originally as a silent.

Blackmail.

5: This 1979 Disney sci-fi film starring Maximilian Schell was nominated for an Oscar for Visual Effects.

The Black Hole.
Round 4. Category: Who Might Have Said It?
1: A president in 1841: "Honey, did I talk too long when it was so cold? Ah-choo!".

William Henry Harrison.

2: The leading man on "24": "I can't believe this cell phone works in this lead-lined bunker. Who's our carrier?".

Jack Bauer.

3: From Homer's Iliad: "I know they all think I'm a hottie, but I can't believe they launched a thousand ships".

Helen of Troy.

4: On "60 Minutes": "Have you ever wondered about Post-Its?".

Andy Rooney.

5: From Shakespeare: "Enjoy the pies, Tamorra. I wish your sons were here. Oh, they are".

Titus Andronicus.
Round 5. Category: Manimals
1: In 1883 he opened his Wild West Show in Omaha, Nebraska.

Buffalo Bill Cody.

2: In 1997 he broke Jack Nicklaus' 32-year-old Masters record of 17 under par.

Tiger Woods.

3: In the victory column, this Alabamian has 4 more than Pop Warner.

Bear Bryant.

4: On "Another Saturday Night" you'll find him "Sitting" on a "Peace Train" until "Morning Has Broken".

Cat Stevens.

5: This "Good Morning, Vietnam" star once studied drama with John Houseman.

Robin Williams.
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December 08, 2021Episode 300 - Rhymes With Power - World Costume - Get The Vibe - Spanning The Globe - A Windy Category
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 300, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Rhymes With Power
1: A tall building or structure.

tower.

2: One carnation or one buttercup.

a flower.

3: A light rain.

a shower.

4: 3,600 seconds.

an hour.

5: To cringe in fear.

cower.
Round 2. Category: World Costume
1: Meaning "leather shorts", they can be seen at German festivals like Oktoberfest.

Lederhosen.

2: Zipperless pants called broadfalls are worn by this U.S. group named for Jacob Ammann.

Amish.

3: From Spanish for cape, this garment, a cloak with a hole in the middle, is common among Bolivian countrymen.

Poncho.

4: It's been popular in the U.S. since the '60s and is still worn in Africa.

Dashiki.

5: Hats worn in this country, unlike those just named for it, are braided, not woven.

Panama.
Round 3. Category: Get The Vibe
1: You'll use these vibrating organs in your throat to give your response.

vocal cords.

2: Named for an American seismologist, this kind of "scale" keeps track of earthquake vibes.

Richter scale.

3: Any vibe with sounds higher than 120 of these units can be painful to the human ear.

decibels.

4: If you hear this venomous reptile vibrating its segmented tail end, back off!.

a rattlesnake.

5: These animals studied in ichthyology have no external ears and use skull vibrations to hear.

fish.
Round 4. Category: Spanning The Globe
1: Haiphong, Cam Ranh and Dong Hoi are all important cities in this country.

Vietnam.

2: At an altitude of 12,000 feet, this Bolivian city is the highest national capital.

La Paz.

3: Made from fermented cabbage, radishes, red peppers and spices, kimchi is the national dish of this land.

Korea.

4: The Venus Beach Hotel is at Paphos on this Mediterranean isle where Venus is said to have come out of the sea.

Cyprus.

5: This most populous African country's main ethnic groups are the Hausa, Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba.

Nigeria.
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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December 07, 2021Episode 299 - "Mm" Bop - Put Out The China - The Art Of War - Oz - Ordinal Number, Please
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 299, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Mm" Bop
1: If I can never die, I'm this.

Immortal.

2: On the football field, this line separates the Lions from the Bears.

Line of scrimmage.

3: IDG books "For" these people include ones on "Bird Watching", "Opera" and "Windows 98".

Dummies.

4: "Tell me more" about this song from "Grease".

"Summer Nights".

5: For 1/3 and 1/4, it's 12.

Lowest common denominator.
Round 2. Category: Put Out The China
1: This Chinese dictator was born December 26, 1893 in the city of Shaoshan.

Mao Tse-tung.

2: After a 3,900-mile journey, this Chinese river flows into the East China Sea.

the Yangtze.

3: The name of this Chinese-American stew of meat and vegetables translates into English as "mixed bits".

chop suey.

4: Wushu is the Chinese word for martial arts; this term more familiar to TV watchers means any acquired skill.

kung fu.

5: In Chinese, Wanli Changcheng is the name of this formidable construction.

the Great Wall of China.
Round 3. Category: The Art Of War
1: This attack during the Battle of Balaklava inspired a painting by Richard Caton Woodville and a poem by Tennyson.

the Charge of the Light Brigade.

2: Far from Trenton, Emanuel Leutze probably used the Rhine as a model for his painting of "Washington Crossing" this.

the Delaware.

3: It's the 1836 battle captured here by Kirk Stirnweis.

The Alamo.

4: Seen here, "Leave No One Behind", by Joe Klein, depicts a scene from this war.

Vietnam War.

5: Archibald Willard first planned to call his painting of 2 Revolutionary War drummers and a fife player "Yankee Doodle".

"The Spirit of '76".
Round 4. Category: Oz
1: This character gets a ride (likely to his home in Omaha) in the balloon meant to take Dorothy to Kansas.

the Wizard.

2: The Wicked Witch's golden cap allows her to summon these to do her bidding 3 times.

the flying monkeys.

3: Dorothy followed the Yellow Brick Road to this place, the capital of Oz.

the Emerald City.

4: One chapter is called "The Magic Art of the Great" this 6-letter word meaning a hoax or fraud.

humbug.

5: In L. Frank Baum's original book, this, not ruby, is the color of Dorothy's slippers.

silver.
Round 5. Category: Ordinal Number, Please
1: (AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):Street in the title of the following: (audio clue - instrumental).

"42nd Street".

2: It's where Washington was in war, in peace and in the hearts of his countrymen.

First.

3: "Nervous Breakdown" the Rolling Stones suffered in the '60s.

Nineteenth.

4: Shakespeare's "night" to remember.

Twelfth.

5: In "The Music Man", the penultimate trombonist in "The Big Parade".

75th.
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December 06, 2021Episode 298 - Premiere - Biblical Speakers Bureau - Democrats - "Man"Ly Words And Phrases - Tv 3 Of A Kind
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 298, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Premiere
1: It was sporty of a posh fellow like Prince Charles to turn out for this singing group's first movie in 1997.

The Spice Girls.

2: This Beatles film premiered in London on July 6, 1964.

A Hard Day's Night.

3: Disney didn't take this film's 1996 premiere to Paris, but to the French Quarter of New Orleans.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

4: When this 1995 film premiered in Scotland, director Mel Gibson wore a kilt and danced the Highland Fling.

Braveheart.

5: Sadly, this late singer was unable to attend the Texas premiere of the movie about her, but husband Chris Perez did.

Selena.
Round 2. Category: Biblical Speakers Bureau
1: "I am Esau thy first born".

Jacob.

2: "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat".

Eve.

3: "Miserable comforters are ye all".

Job.

4: "Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it".

Solomon.

5: "I do not know the man".

Simon Peter.
Round 3. Category: Democrats
1: This former Tennessee senator and current V.P. has been called "Prince Albert".

Al Gore.

2: Initials in common to all members of Lyndon Johnson's family.

L.B.J..

3: Chrysler Corp. pres. considered by some Dems. as potential V.P. material.

Lee Iacocca.

4: In 1998 Tom Harkin and this Tom, the Senate's Democratic leader, chaired a hearing on hog prices.

Tom Daschle.

5: Hubert Humphrey's running mate in '68.

Edmund Muskie.
Round 4. Category: "Man"Ly Words And Phrases
1: In the nursery rhyme, this line precedes "Bake me a cake as fast as you can".

"Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker's Man".

2: It follows "That's one small step for a man,...".

"One Giant Leap for Mankind".

3: Term for an electorate's wishes that its representatives carry out a certain program.

Mandate.

4: Tube pasta filled with meat and cheese and served with tomato sauce.

Manicotti.

5: This dog named for its breeder originated in Apolda, Germany in the 1890s.

Doberman Pinscher.
Round 5. Category: Tv 3 Of A Kind
1: On "Seinfeld" these characters were Jerry's 3 closest friends.

Elaine, George and Kramer.

2: The 3 sisters on "The Brady Bunch".

Cindy, Jan and Marcia.

3: The first names of the 3 sons on "Bonanza".

Adam, Hoss and Little Joe.

4: The 3 occupants of 704 Hauser Street before Mike Stivic moved in.

Archie, Edith and Gloria Bunker.

5: First and last names of the 3 bandmates of Peter Tork.

Micky Dolenz, David Jones and Michael Nesmith.
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December 05, 2021Episode 297 - Been There... - Storytellers - Beatle Wannabes? - Projectiles - Good Doggie
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 297, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Been There...
1: This country is in the east of a subcontinent.

Bangladesh.

2: This nation sticks out like a sore thumb.

Denmark.

3: It extends about 3,200 miles from east to west.

Indonesia.

4: You don't hear so much about the East Bank where this country is.

Jordan.

5: Formerly a British protectorate, it's the republic outlined here.

Zambia.
Round 2. Category: Storytellers
1: "Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick".

Ishmael.

2: Some sources say it was Carnegie Hall; others say it was the '67 Newport Festival where he first sang "Alice's Restaurant".

Arlo Guthrie.

3: In addition to her "Fairie Tale Theatre", she now has "Tall Tales and Legends" playing on cable.

Shelly Duvall.

4: He wrote his first 2 novels, "A Time to Kill" and "The Firm", while serving in the Mississippi legislature.

John Grisham.

5: His "True at First Light", about an African safari, was published in 1999, 38 years after his suicide.

Hemingway.
Round 3. Category: Beatle Wannabes?
1: This prosecutor struck up the band for Bill Clinton's impeachment with his report.

(Kenneth) Starr.

2: Known as a great orator, this president sang the praises for the Sherman Antitrust Act he signed into law.

Benjamin Harrison.

3: Bill McCartney's harmony with Jesus led him to quit as football coach of this University's Buffaloes.

Colorado.

4: Imagine Thomas Lennon's success with this Comedy Central show he co-created in which he plays Lt. Dangle.

Reno 911!.

5: Son of Constantine I, Paul I became a solo act after succeeding George II as king of this country.

Greece.
Round 4. Category: Projectiles
1: In this sport you carry your projectiles in a quiver.

archery.

2: At the end of "The Dating Game", Jim Lange invited couples to throw these "projectiles" to the audience.

kisses.

3: Star-shaped projectiles were in the arsenal of these feudal Japanese mercenaries similar to samurai.

ninjas.

4: The projectiles fly at 150 mph and can kill in this fronton-based game.

jai alai.

5: It's the discharge of several projectiles or a return tennis shot made before the ball hits the ground.

a volley.
Round 5. Category: Good Doggie
1: The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty.

corgis.

2: Lord Tweedsmuir bred some yellow these to produce the breed we know as golden these.

retrievers.

3: This breed was originally raised by the Romans to fight lions.

a Rottweiler.

4: The pharaohs bred this ancient dog, also called the gazelle hound.

salukis.

5: The name of this breed comes from a Slavic word meaning "swift".

a Borzoi.
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December 04, 2021Episode 296 - "W"Ords - When You're "Hot" - 4 Years - The European Past - The Jep-Tones World Tour 2006
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 296, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "W"Ords
1: Walk like a duck.

Waddle.

2: It can mean to exercise power, or to handle and use a weapon.

Wield.

3: To hone or stimulate, like an appetite or one's curiosity.

to whet.

4: Ah-one and ah-two, it's the marine snail in the photo looking at you.

Whelk.

5: An intense desire to travel, or a best seller by Danielle Steel.

Wanderlust.
Round 2. Category: When You're "Hot"
1: It's slang for the electric chair.

the hot seat.

2: Empty, exaggerated talk is just a lot of this.

hot air.

3: A little horse sense will tell you it means eager to race.

hot to trot.

4: Hotheads know this phrase for "angry" comes from the blush of red they get around the neck.

hot under the collar.

5: Their hit "Give It Away" won this alternative rock band a 1993 Grammy.

Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Round 3. Category: 4 Years
1: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years.

February.

2: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes.

Marathon.

3: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years.

John Adams.

4: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death.

Dr. Seuss.

5: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these.

Jamborees.
Round 4. Category: The European Past
1: July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice.

the Bastille.

2: While N. European sailors navigated by stars, Mediterraneans like Columbus relied mainly on this instrument.

the compass.

3: This 5th emperor built baths with running sea- and sulphur water; he should have used them to put out the fire.

Nero.

4: After World War II signs marking the entrance to East Berlin were usually in German and these 3 other languages.

English, French and Russian.

5: In 1323 this current part of the Netherlands gained control of Zeeland.

Holland.
Round 5. Category: The Jep-Tones World Tour 2006
1: More popular than Regis, the Jeps play their last stadium gig in San Francisco, like this band did on Aug. 29, 1966.

The Beatles.

2: After a stint with the Maharishi, the group tries Kaballah with this singer whose hits include "Beautiful Stranger".

Madonna.

3: The Jeps cover this group's 1988 Top 10 hit "Welcome To The Jungle", until the inevitable cease- and -desist order.

Guns N' Roses.

4: No way! The Jeps' "Potpourri" video isn't the 2005 VMA Viewer's Choice; this band's "American Idiot" is.

Green Day.

5: Oops... the 'Tones hire Mensa's Angels as security at this speedway in California, site of a 1969 free concert by the Stones.

Altamont.
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December 03, 2021Episode 295 - Sweet Ad Lines - "Alley" Ways - Biblical Garden - Symptoms Of Affluenza - Milking Cows
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Sweet Ad Lines
1: This product claims to be "Finger Lickin' Good".

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).

2: Teddy Roosevelt was the first to remark that this coffee was "Good to the Last Drop".

Maxwell House.

3: This brand is "Everything You Always Wanted in a Beer....and Less".

Miller Lite.

4: If you "Get A Piece of the Rock" you'll have this company's insurance.

Prudential.

5: It's the answer to the advertising question "How Do You Spell Relief?".

"R-O-L-A-I-D-S" (Rolaids).
Round 2. Category: "Alley" Ways
1: It's the feline equivalent of a stray mutt.

Alley cat.

2: Classic comic strips include "Gasoline Alley" and this title caveman.

"Alley Oop".

3: Type of venue in which you'd hear the terms turkey, strike and split being bandied about.

Bowling alley.

4: On August 25, 1991 she took home an Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

Kirstie Alley.

5: A mistaken course or direction may take you up one of these.

a blind alley.
Round 3. Category: Biblical Garden
1: Moses saw one of these burning but not consumed.

a bush.

2: Psalm 92 says, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in" this country.

Lebanon.

3: 1963 Sidney Poitier film whose title comes from the flowers Jesus referred to in Matthew 6:28.

Lilies of the Field.

4: Isaiah predicted, "The desert shall rejoice and blossom as" this flower.

the rose.

5: In Mark chapter 11, Jesus found 1 of these trees w/out fruit and said, "No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever".

the fig tree.
Round 4. Category: Symptoms Of Affluenza
1: You get the sweats thinking about this car company's Silver Shadow, Silver Cloud or Phantom model.

Rolls-Royce.

2: Shortness of breath ordering 2 boxes of Cohiba cigars, first made in this country.

Cuba.

3: You get weak-kneed fondling a tournament mallet used during chukkers in this sport.

polo.

4: Heart palpitations when mentioning the Carnegie Abbey Members Only Club at Narragansett Bay in this state.

Rhode Island.

5: Shivers walking through 718 Fifth Ave., the jewelry house of this "King of Diamonds".

Harry Winston.
Round 5. Category: Milking Cows
1: I think I could do a better job of milking a cow than Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton did on this reality series in 2003.

The Simple Life.

2: A 1903 Broadway musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" featured this farm girl singing about milking cows.

Dorothy.

3: Eleanor the cow swallowed Eb's radio on "Music to Milk By", a 1967 episode of this classic down-on-the-farm sitcom.

Green Acres.

4: Possum Sweetheart was one contented cow, producing 37,381 lbs. of milk for this company in 1920 alone.

Carnation.

5: A movie heartthrob turns out to be a natural at milking cows in the 2003 film called "Win a Date with" him.

Tad Hamilton.
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December 01, 2021Episode 294 - Words For Two - Fdr - Colors En Espanol - Temple - Don't Bug Me!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 294, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Words For Two
1: It's a musical composition for 2 voices or 2 instruments.

Duet.

2: Word for 2 cards of the same value in a poker game.

Pair.

3: They can be fraternal or identical.

Twins.

4: In other words, "Similar as 2 legume fruits in a seed holder".

"Like two peas in a pod".

5: On a riverboat, it's how you would "Mark" water that's 2 fathoms deep.

Twain.
Round 2. Category: Fdr
1: Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this.

"Live in Infamy".

2: FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room.

Fireside Chats.

3: While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson.

Harvard.

4: FDR was born and is now buried in this town on the Hudson River.

Hyde Park.

5: During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart.

Brain Trust.
Round 3. Category: Colors En Espanol
1: To be "en numeros rojos" means to be in this color.

red.

2: In kids' drawings el sol is amarillo, this color.

yellow.

3: As its name says, salsa verde is made with chiles and tomatillos that are this color.

green.

4: Azul, this color, can be marino or celeste.

blue.

5: Spanish painter Juan Gris has a last name that means this color.

gray.
Round 4. Category: Temple
1: From the Greek for "assembly", it's a temple for Jewish religious worship.

Synagogue.

2: Her last starring film performance was in 1949's "The Story of Seabiscuit".

Shirley Temple.

3: Jachin and Boaz were the names of the 2 pillars at the entrance to this king's temple.

Solomon.

4: The Reverend Jim Jones led this sect to its ultimate doom.

The People's Temple.

5: In Amritsar, India Sikhs seek out this temple, the center of their faith.

Golden Temple.
Round 5. Category: Don't Bug Me!
1: The spider species Argyroneta aquatica lives mostly in this environment.

water.

2: In Africa, some nests of these wood-eating insects can reach a height of 20 feet.

termites.

3: This large, hairy bee is one of the few insects that can control its body temperature.

bumblebee.

4: Some scientists use the term hexapod in referring to insects; hexapod is Greek for this many legs.

6.

5: Also called loopers, spanworms and measuring worms, they are actually the caterpillars of moths.

inchworms.
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November 30, 2021Episode 293 - Ink - Teen People - '50s Song Lyrics - The President's Dog - U.s. Government And Politics
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 293, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ink
1: If your business is losing money, you're awash in this color ink.

Red.

2: Company that makes the Eraser Mate, a pen that has erasable ink.

Paper Mate.

3: From Latin roots meaning "cannot be obliterated", it describes ink that's permanent.

Indelible.

4: 1988 film that featured a will written in Acme disappearing and re-appearing ink.

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

5: His test, developed in 1921, includes 5 multicolored inkblots.

Herman Rohrshach.
Round 2. Category: Teen People
1: These cover girls of the issue turned 18 on June 13, 2004.

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

2: In 1998 Brandy and this teen country diva were among the "Hottest Stars Under 21".

LeAnn Rimes.

3: Talk about most embarrassing moments, she said hers was on "Jeopardy!":.

Kirsten Dunst.

4: 4 stars of this Fox drama shared a spot (we think the one who plays Seth is funny-looking, but whatever).

The O.C..

5: Following Nelly, Chingy is the latest big star out of this city's rap scene.

St. Louis.
Round 3. Category: '50s Song Lyrics
1: This Bill Haley hit told us to "Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans".

"Shake, Rattle And Roll".

2: This Erroll Garner song begins, "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree".

"Misty".

3: This Carl Perkins hit begins, "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show....".

"Blue Suede Shoes".

4: This song's lyrics contain such names as "Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown".

"Mack The Knife".

5: "I believe for ev'ry drop of rain that falls" this "grows".

A Flower.
Round 4. Category: The President's Dog
1: This bestselling author died in May 1997 at age 12.

Millie (President Bush's dog).

2: The press corps called this Scottie "The Informer"; when they saw him they knew FDR was near.

Fala.

3: Edgar was the beagle named after this man, who gave him to LBJ.

J. Edgar Hoover.

4: His golden retriever Liberty gave birth to 9 pups in the White House, giving him even more to trip over.

Gerald Ford.

5: He gave the Kennedys Pushinka, a pup of Strelka, the first Soviet dog in space.

Nikita Khrushchev.
Round 5. Category: U.s. Government And Politics
1: Members of the House of Representatives serve terms of this many years.

2.

2: He appointed more justices (9) to the Supreme Court than any other president in the 20th century.

FDR.

3: You'll find its home page at www.uscg.mil.

the Coast Guard.

4: This document served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789.

the Articles of Confederation.

5: It's the F in the outdoors-oriented agency known as FWS.

Fish.
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November 29, 2021Episode 292 - Of Montezuma - In The Air Up There - Ellen - The Bill Of Rights - Take A Hike
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 292, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Of Montezuma
1: From 1502 to 1520 Montezuma II ruled these people.

Aztecs.

2: One of these works entitled "Montezuma" was composed by Roger Sessions in 1964.

an opera.

3: This defeater of Montezuma reached Mexico in 1519 and some historians believe he was mistaken for a god.

Hernando Cortez.

4: Reputedly, Montezuma drank as many as 50 cups a day of this drink which the Spanish made sweeter.

chocolate.

5: With some of the USA's best-preserved cliff dwellings, Montezuma Castle National Monument is in this state.

Arizona.
Round 2. Category: In The Air Up There
1: Most of these are in the troposphere and there are over 100 different types, such as cumulonimbus.

clouds.

2: Term for the moisture of the air, it's given in relative terms in forecasts.

humidity.

3: In the 1970s it was discovered that CFCs may be affecting this layer of atmosphere.

the ozone layer.

4: It's about .03% of the air; you breathe a little in and a lot out.

carbon dioxide.

5: About 80% of this gas in the air comes from decomposition in rice paddies, swamps, and animal intestines.

methane.
Round 3. Category: Ellen
1: She hosted the Emmys in 2001 and 2005 and was named to host the Oscars in 2007.

Ellen DeGeneres.

2: On Thursday nights, she plays doctor; the title doctor of "Grey's Anatomy".

Ellen Pompeo.

3: In 2005 British yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur set a new record by doing this solo in 71 days, 14 hours.

sailing around the world.

4: This First Lady's efforts resulted in a 1914 law improving housing for African Americans in Washington, D.C..

Ellen Wilson.

5: Ellen of this publishing family co-founded a California institution of oceanography.

Scripps.
Round 4. Category: The Bill Of Rights
1: Congress can pick a national dance or flower, but can't by the 1st Amendment, pick a national one of these.

Religion.

2: This fourth president was largely responsible for drafting the Bill of Rights.

James Madison.

3: 3 of the 13 original states did not ratify the Bill of Rights until 1939: Mass., Conn. and this "Peach State".

Georgia.

4: The 4th Amendment guarantees the right of the people "against unreasonable searches and" these.

seizures.

5: In 1787 Jefferson wrote to this "Father of the Bill of Rights", "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to".

Madison.
Round 5. Category: Take A Hike
1: There's good hiking at several stops on this country's mountainous Chihuahua al Pacifico train.

Mexico.

2: The Otter Trail on the coast of this country's Western Cape Province may be booked up a year ahead.

South Africa.

3: In 1923 the first path designated part of this trail opened in New York's Bear Mountain State Park.

the Appalachian Trail.

4: If this European country's mountains are forbidding, try hiking in its famed valley the Engadine.

Switzerland.

5: Germany's 104-mile Rennsteig meanders through the Thuringer Wald, or Thuringian this.

Forest.
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