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November 28, 2021Episode 291 - Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny - The Book Biz - Famous Franks - World's Oldest Man's RÃ©sumÃ© - World Of Islam
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 291, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny
1: Walt Disney won a record 14 of these statuettes now given out in March.

Oscars.

2: The first of these were awarded in 1901 and they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace and 3 other disciplines.

the Nobel Prizes.

3: A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this.

War.

4: The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend.

the Indy 500.

5: In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher.

Pulitzer.
Round 2. Category: The Book Biz
1: Unless we receive other instructions, we'll tell you the Literary Guild was among the first of these.

Book clubs.

2: This trade magazine has been listing the nation's bestselling books since 1912.

Publisher's Weekly.

3: Last name of Richard, who co-founded a publishing house in 1924 and fathered a singer named Carly in 1945.

Simon.

4: In 1997 Harper Collins canceled 100 new titles but let the authors keep these up-front payments.

Advances.

5: An unsold book left in the publisher's inventory, or a number left over in division.

Remainder.
Round 3. Category: Famous Franks
1: This "Wizard of Oz" author edited a trade magazine for store window decorators.

L. Frank Baum.

2: Frank Fitzsimmons took control of this union when Jimmy Hoffa was imprisoned in 1967.

Teamsters.

3: This musical satirist founded the Mothers of Invention in 1964.

Frank Zappa.

4: In Gemini 7 he and Jim Lovell set a 14-day endurance record.

Frank Borman.

5: This Idaho Democratic senator was active in investigating abuses by the CIA.

Frank Church.
Round 4. Category: World's Oldest Man's RÃ©sumÃ©
1: Maker of racing saddles for these, like the Diplodocus and the Iguanandon.

dinosaurs.

2: Legal aide for Judge Winthrop at these notorious trials in 1692.

the Salem Witch Trials.

3: Ticket scalper fro Custer's 1876 "Last Stand" at the Little Bighorn in this state.

Montana.

4: Was quite excited to proofread this ribald French author's "Justine" in the 1790s.

the Marquis de Sade.

5: Torturer's apprentice to this Spanish Inquisitor General who lived from 1420 to 1498.

Torquemada.
Round 5. Category: World Of Islam
1: Considered a prophet of Islam, this founder of another religion is known as Isa Ibn Maryam.

Jesus.

2: Of 570, 1170 or 1570, the traditional year of the prophet Muhammad's birth.

570.

3: Qiblah is the term for the direction Muslims face when praying towards this city.

Mecca.

4: Reflecting its origin in a pre-Islamic solar calendar, the name of this Muslim holy month means "great heat".

Ramadan.

5: Referring to "The Sanctuary" of King Solomon's temple once found there, the Muslim name for this city is Al-Quds.

Jerusalem.
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November 27, 2021Episode 290 - Friday The 13Th - Also A Gun Manufacturer - "Oop"S! - A Gamey Category - Famous "Baby"S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 290, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Friday The 13Th
1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation.

Germany (or the Nazis).

2: Friday January 13, 1995: The first all-female crew wins a qualifying race for this contest.

the America's Cup.

3: Friday October 13, 1967: This president signs an executive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. govt..

(Lyndon) Johnson.

4: Friday, February 13, 1914:This 5-letter organization is set up to collect royalties when music is performed.

ASCAP.

5: 1994: The first handover of a West Bank city from Israel to the Palestinians--this one where a battle was fit.

Jericho.
Round 2. Category: Also A Gun Manufacturer
1: One might run in the Preakness.

a colt.

2: This 19th century American artist and sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West".

Remington.

3: He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".

Rick Derringer.

4: Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.

Winchester.

5: Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street".

(Robert) Browning.
Round 3. Category: "Oop"S!
1: "Hawaiian" exercise ring introduced by Wham-O in the 1950s.

a hula hoop.

2: This type of sailing vessel has a single mast with fore-and-aft rigging.

a sloop.

3: One's tax burden can be lowered by exploiting these.

loopholes.

4: Originally meaning a small opening, it's used figuratively to mean a way around a rule or regulation.

a loophole.

5: A small warship of the American Revolutionary period, or a British escort vessel of WWII.

a sloop.
Round 4. Category: A Gamey Category
1: In this game, the soda container stopped rotating and faces me...so kiss me already!.

Spin the Bottle.

2: Careful! Don't make the man's nose buzz while removing his funny bone in this game.

Operation.

3: An insignificant quest, or a game where you earn wedges in 6 categories.

Trivial Pursuit.

4: Calling all armchair Napoleons, it's the "Game of World Conquest".

Risk.

5: You go from career start or college start to Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates in this game.

Life.
Round 5. Category: Famous "Baby"S
1: 1 of 2 popular U.S. films released in late 1987 that had the word "Baby" in their titles.

Baby Boom or Three Men and a Baby.

2: Nickname of Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father, a physician, as Haitian leader.

"Baby Doc".

3: Childhood stage name of the actress who played Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

Baby Rose Marie.

4: Seen w/Casper the Friendly Ghost, this Harvey cartoon and comic character was an overgrown duckling.

Baby Huey.

5: It's how the media referred to little Miss McClure, who, in 1987, fell down a well and was rescued 2 days later.

Baby Jessica.
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November 26, 2021Episode 289 - Go Old West, Young Man - Directional Diversions - Russian Cities - The "Naked" Truth - "C" Me
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 289, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Go Old West, Young Man
1: Fort Bonneville in this "Cowboy State" was "Fort Nonsense" to scoffing trappers.

Wyoming.

2: Wells, Fargo and Company opened in this California city in 1852 to offer miners express and banking services.

San Francisco.

3: "Cowpuncher" was a term for a cowboy; this "puncher" was a preacher.

a Bible puncher.

4: Thomas Moran's artwork helped influence Congress to make this America's first national park.

Yellowstone.

5: A cowboy who "cut a man down" shot him; if he "cut the dust", he did this.

taking a drink.
Round 2. Category: Directional Diversions
1: Steinbeck shows sadness in Salinas:" blank of Eden".

East.

2: 1948 Pulitzer winner for Michener:"Tales of the blank Pacific".

South.

3: Percy Bysshe Shelley:"Ode to the blank Wind".

West.

4: Shared title of 2 tales, one by John Jakes and one by Elizabeth Gaskell:" blank and blank ".

North and South.

5: Robert Frost's 1914 collection:" blank of Boston".

North.
Round 3. Category: Russian Cities
1: This city is home to St. Basil's Cathedral and Red Square.

Moscow.

2: Novosibirsk and Omsk are the 2 main cities in this large, cold Russian region.

Siberia.

3: In 1712 the capital of Russia was moved to this city later named Leningrad.

St. Petersburg.

4: The ancestral mother city of the Russian people is this capital of neighboring Ukraine.

Kiev.

5: Grozny is the capital city of this region that has waged a struggle for independence since the mid-1990s.

Chechnya.
Round 4. Category: The "Naked" Truth
1: A Leslie Nielsen comedy.

The Naked Gun.

2: Unaided vision.

Naked eye.

3: In other words, "dollar bill nude".

Buck naked.

4: Boisterous beatnik Burroughs' book.

"Naked Lunch".

5: Goya's girl.

"The Naked Maja".
Round 5. Category: "C" Me
1: An evil prayer appealing for harm to come to another.

Curse.

2: Adjective meaning curved inward, like the inside of a circle or sphere.

concave.

3: A structure for venting gas or smoke.

Chimney.

4: The state of sexual abstinence.

Celibacy.

5: This Christian church is headed by The Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt.

the Coptic Church.
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November 25, 2021Episode 288 - Fools And Follies - Religion In Corporations - Beach Boys - Play Your Cards Right - Spelling Bee
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 288, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fools And Follies
1: This country sold what's known as Seward's Folly.

Russia.

2: A gowk is a person who is tricked on the Scottish equivalent of this U.S. observance.

April Fool's Day.

3: Iron pyrite.

Fool's gold.

4: Proper name of what's been called Fulton's Folly.

The Clermont.

5: He wrote the songs for the 1971 musical "Follies".

Steven Sondheim.
Round 2. Category: Religion In Corporations
1: This car company that promoted "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie" sponsored the "Come Together and Worship Tour".

Chevrolet.

2: Clothing chain Forever 21 puts this biblical book and the chapter and verse 3:16 on the bottom of bags.

John.

3: This Seattle-based airline puts prayer cards on the food trays.

Alaska Airlines.

4: Starbucks began putting quotes on its cups by this author of "The Purpose-Driven Life".

Rick Warren.

5: This national chicken sandwich restaurant stays closed on Sundays so employees can focus on faith and family.

Chick-fil-A.
Round 3. Category: Beach Boys
1: Crockett and Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series.

Miami Vice.

2: For awhile in "Beach Blanket Bingo" this actor romances Linda Evans, not Annette.

Frankie Avalon.

3: A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective.

Magnum, P.I..

4: This actor rolls on the sand and in the surf with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity".

Burt Lancaster.

5: Fred Astaire's first dramatic role was in this 1959 post-nuclear war Nevil Shute drama set partly in Australia.

On the Beach.
Round 4. Category: Play Your Cards Right
1: A hole in one, or a skilled fighter pilot.

an ace.

2: It's the lowest total that makes you go bust in blackjack.

22.

3: A hole in one, or a skilled fighter pilot.

an ace.

4: Back in the 1850s this card was added to the deck to be the highest trump in the game of euchre.

Joker.

5: Phish musician Ernest Joseph Anastasio III, like many guys with III in their names, goes by this.

Trey.
Round 5. Category: Spelling Bee
1: This long river flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

2: Last name of the only California Governor to become U.S. President.

R-E-A-G-A-N.

3: It's the country formerly known as Rhodesia.

Z-I-M-B-A-B-W-E.

4: The name of this Philistine warrior to the Bible is now applied to any large object or person.

G-O-L-I-A-T-H.

5: The name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, it now means an opponent or rival who can't be overcome.

N-E-M-E-S-I-S.
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November 24, 2021Episode 287 - Forewords - Biography - Muscle Cars - Dude, Where's My Carb? - Historical Paintings
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 287, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Forewords
1: This 1955 novel's foreword says, "I have no intention to glorify 'H.H.'....he is a shining example of moral leprosy".

Lolita.

2: This author said that he would have offered the savage a third alternative if he were to rewrite "Brave New World".

Aldous Huxley.

3: "Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel.

Heart of Darkness.

4: Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen.

Jonathan Swift.

5: A translator's introduction to this novel says that Dostoyevsky was, "Like Raskolnikov, up to the neck in debt".

Crime and Punishment.
Round 2. Category: Biography
1: She was one of the last stars in the studio system"The tobacco farmer's daughter from North Carolina was awed and intimidated by the luxury of the MGM system.".

Ava Gardner.

2: Born in the West Indies in the 1750s, got involved in money matters, fatally wounded in a duel in 1804.

Alexander Hamilton.

3: "Titan: The Life of" this 19th century oil baron gushes with the tale of history's first billionaire.

(John D.) Rockefeller.

4: For many years our own Johnny Gilbert was her announcer.

Dinah Shore.

5: Turned on in 1920, tuned in to LSD in the '60s, dropped out in 1996.

Dr. Timothy Leary.
Round 3. Category: Muscle Cars
1: A Plymouth named for this Warner Bros. cartoon character even had the horn sound to match.

the Road Runner.

2: The 1968 Dart GTS was a muscle car from this maker.

Dodge.

3: In the '60s Ford named a fastback after this newly opened Alabama speedway.

Talladega.

4: The E-type by this British company was one of the first to offer independent rear suspension.

Jaguar.

5: V-8 engines with major displacement are alliteratively called "big" this.

big block.
Round 4. Category: Dude, Where's My Carb?
1: This hormone secreted by the pancreas controls your carbohydrate metabolism.

insulin.

2: A carbohydrate contains 4 of these energy units per gram, as opposed to 9 for a gram of fat.

a calorie.

3: The main component of the cell walls of plants, this complex carbohydrate is what termites eat.

cellulose.

4: The name of this variety of complex carbohydrate comes from an Old German word meaning "to be rigid".

starch.

5: Carbohydrates are predominantly made up of these three elements.

carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
Round 5. Category: Historical Paintings
1: Guido Reni could have called his painting of this ruler "T and A", "A" standing for asp.

Cleopatra.

2: Around 1814 Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes painted this catastrophic 79 A.D. event.

the eruption of Vesuvius.

3: She's the woman depicted here at the coronation of Charles VII.

Joan of Arc.

4: Using newspaper accounts of the event, Edouard Manet painted the "Execution of" this emperor in Mexico.

Maximilian.

5: Jacob Lawrence's Toussaint L'Ouverture series is a pictorial history of this country's slave rebellion.

Haiti.
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November 23, 2021Episode 286 - Irish Counties - Collegiate Lexicon - A Country In Europe - South American Cities - Crossword Clues "R"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 286, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Irish Counties
1: The name of this southeastern county sounds like what someone often does on "South Park".

Kilkenny.

2: Ireland's most populous county, it shares its name with Ireland's most populous city.

Dublin.

3: Like Harris in Scotland, Ireland's County Donegal produces a distinctive type of this cloth.

Tweed.

4: County whose name is in the title of the following piece of music.

Tipperary.

5: On Ireland's west coast, the estuary of this river separates County Clare from County Limerick.

Shannon.
Round 2. Category: Collegiate Lexicon
1: From the Latin for "write over", it's your official college record, with grades and courses taken.

transcript.

2: Not just for taxes, you can do this to a class to review material but not receive a grade.

audit.

3: Many schools have this large, scenic area; from Lumpkin Hall at Eastern Illinois, gaze upon the south one.

quad.

4: The Stafford type of this is the most popular and federally guaranteed.

student loan.

5: From the Latin for "east", these campus workshops introduce new students to college life.

orientation.
Round 3. Category: A Country In Europe
1: Major cities in this country include Marseilles, Orleans and Lyon.

France.

2: Most ruins of the civilizations of the ancient Spartans and Athenians can be found in this European nation.

Greece.

3: The Apennines mountain chain occupies the center of this European nation's boot-like peninsula.

Italy.

4: The University of Limerick is a leading educational institution in this European nation.

Ireland.

5: King Juan Carlos I is the reigning monarch of this European nation of about 40 million people.

Spain.
Round 4. Category: South American Cities
1: In this city's Plaza de Armas, you're walking in the footsteps of Francisco Pizarro.

Lima, Peru.

2: South America's most populous city, it was founded by Jesuit missionaries from Portugal in 1554.

Sao Paulo.

3: At an altitude of 12,001 feet, it's the world's highest capital city; co-capital Sucre lies about 3,000 feet lower.

La Paz, Bolivia.

4: This section of Rio is known as the birthplace of the bossa nova; there was a "Girl From" there in song.

Ipanema.

5: Cali, this country's 2nd-most populous city, is a center of paper production and the sugarcane industry.

Colombia.
Round 5. Category: Crossword Clues "R"
1: The first "R" in radar.

radio.

2: Skating venue (4).

Rink.

3: A Mackintosh(8).

raincoat.

4: Musical mass for the dead (7).

Requiem.

5: "Buyer's" guilt(7).

remorse.
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November 22, 2021Episode 285 - Women In Song - Unicef - Art Attack - American Revolution - Presidential Campaign Slogan Years
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 285, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Women In Song
1: From 1965:"Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble".

Michelle.

2: Neil Diamond:"Hands, touchin' hands, reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you...".

Sweet Caroline.

3: Barry Manilow:"Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking and I need you today, oh" her.

Mandy.

4: Tom Jones:"Why, why, why" her.

Delilah.

5: Elvis Costello:"You can call me anything you like but my name is" this.

Veronica.
Round 2. Category: Unicef
1: UNICEF is the world's largest buyer of these for poor countries, a shot in the arm for the survival of kids.

vaccinations.

2: (Her Majesty delivers the clue again.) In 2007 UNICEF Canada supplied 33,000 insecticide-treated bednets to help children and pregnant women in Liberia to fight this disease.

malaria.

3: Throughout October 2003 Katie Couric and the "Today" show promoted the UNICEF program called this.

Trick Or Treat for UNICEF.

4: (Queen Rania delivers the clue again.) My 2007 visit to a community health center in the Chaoyang district in this world capital emphasized the continuing need for better migrant health care.

Beijing.

5: (Queen Rania delivers the final clue.) As UNICEF's first Eminent Advocate for Children, I visited a school in Fez, in this country, that offers one-time child laborers a formal education.

Morocco.
Round 3. Category: Art Attack
1: Laszlo Toth took a hammer to his Pieta and Pietro Cannata took one to his David.

Michelangelo.

2: In January 1999 a man scribbled with a gray marker on a painting in Rome by this American drip master.

Jackson Pollock.

3: In 1998 an art student in London painted a yellow pound sign on a self-portrait by this Dutchman.

Rembrandt.

4: Students looking at "Fall of the Angels" in a Rome museum noticed this problem, as it didn't match the guidebook photo.

it was upside down.

5: In 1999 an escaped mental patient in Amsterdam slashed this Spaniard's "Nude Woman in Front of the Garden".

Pablo Picasso.
Round 4. Category: American Revolution
1: Ben Franklin was 70 years old when he signed this document in 1776.

Declaration of Independence.

2: The battle that was fought the farthest north was the one at this Canadian city, December 31, 1775.

Quebec.

3: While Kosciusko survived the war, this Polish count was mortally wounded at Savannah.

Casimir Pulaski.

4: Now site of a military academy, Benedict Arnold plotted to turn over its fort to the British.

West Point.

5: France entered the war on our side after this 1777 American victory in New York State.

Saratoga.
Round 5. Category: Presidential Campaign Slogan Years
1: "Help hustle Harry home".

1948.

2: "I like Ike".

1952.

3: "All the way with LBJ".

1964.

4: "We're madly for Adlai".

1952 (or 1956).

5: "In Hoover we trusted, now we are busted".

1932.
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November 21, 2021Episode 284 - "R"T - Car Parts - The Garfield Era - Readers - The Job Interview
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 284, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "R"T
1: Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china.

Renoir.

2: He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance.

Raphael.

3: Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style.

Rococo.

4: His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum.

Rembrandt.

5: An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master.

Rubens.
Round 2. Category: Car Parts
1: Keep the cap and hoses of this coolant-holding device in good shape, or you may face a long hot walk.

the radiator.

2: Cars can be slowed by these parts pressing on the brake drum; don't drag your own on the pavement.

shoes.

3: This device turns energy into current, keeping the battery charged while the motor's on.

the alternator.

4: An automatic transmission's version of this pedal is sometimes called a torque converter.

the clutch.

5: In one steering system, a toothed bar called the rack is engaged by this gear.

the pinion.
Round 3. Category: The Garfield Era
1: 9 days after Garfield's inauguration, Alexander II of this country was assassinated.

Russia.

2: This institute in Alabama opened July 4, 1881 as a school to train black teachers.

Tuskegee Institute.

3: Turkey ceded Thessaly to this country.

Greece.

4: On April 5, 1881 the Treaty of Pretoria granted independence to this country.

South Africa.

5: This British bacteriologist born August 6, 1881 "molded" the lives of future generations.

(Sir Alexander) Fleming.
Round 4. Category: Readers
1: Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star.

Brad Pitt.

2: In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident and the struggles since.

Christopher Reeve.

3: Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him.

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt).

4: Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer and ex-husband of Ali MacGraw.

Robert Evans.

5: "Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone.

Dick Francis.
Round 5. Category: The Job Interview
1: A weakness? I can be too much of this kind of "player" and not standup of the individual credit I deserve.

a team player.

2: I'm not only a go-getter but also this other alliterative term that means I don't need a push.

self-starter.

3: I noticed in my regular reading of this Time Inc. business magazine that you're on its list of America's most admired Cos..

Fortune.

4: The pin? Industrial engineering studies at this university really prepared me to work here at Amalgamated Button.

Texas Tech.

5: I am a people person, but still keep an appropriate distance as this, from the Latin for "over" and "see".

supervisor.
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November 20, 2021Episode 283 - Duke - Space - "Oo" 7-Letter Words - Minimum Ages - Action Stars
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 283, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Duke
1: In 1960's "The Alamo", John Wayne played this king of the wild frontier.

Davy Crockett.

2: It's the type of transport in the title of John Wayne's 1939 breakout film.

Stagecoach.

3: This 1969 film earned John Wayne an Oscar; must have been the eye patch.

True Grit.

4: John Wayne introduced the first episode of this long-running TV western in 1955.

Gunsmoke.

5: A sort of western "Mutiny on the Bounty", this "colorful" 1948 film starred John Wayne and Monty Clift.

Red River.
Round 2. Category: Space
1: This is the largest of the terrestrial planets; it has one of the largest satellites as well.

Earth.

2: The Ariane launch vehicle is used prominently by this organization, abbreviated the ESA.

European Space Agency.

3: A bolide is a bright one of these that explodes during its descent through the atmosphere.

a meteor.

4: Your "flare" for astronomy will help you name this solar feature that lasts longer than a solar flare.

Solar prominence.

5: This planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun.

Mercury.
Round 3. Category: "Oo" 7-Letter Words
1: Head and ShouldersorPrell.

shampoo.

2: Frank Sinatra was often described as this type of smooth-singing balladeer.

a crooner.

3: In this billiards game, players have 15 red balls to shoot as well as 6 balls of other colors.

snooker.

4: It's the scientific study of animals.

zoology.

5: This slang word meaning "scat!" or "leave quickly" comes from the Spanish for "let us go".

vamoose.
Round 4. Category: Minimum Ages
1: To serve as a Congressman.

25.

2: To legally buy alcohol across the U.S..

21.

3: To see an R-rated movie unaccompanied by an adult.

17.

4: To vote in Canadian national elections.

18.

5: To play on the Senior PGA Tour.

50.
Round 5. Category: Action Stars
1: He's starred in one series of action-adventure movies as Han Solo and in another as Indiana Jones.

Harrison Ford.

2: "I'll be back!" was one of this Austrian-American's few lines in 1984's "The Terminator".

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

3: He earned Oscar nominations for writing and acting in "Rocky".

Sylvester Stallone.

4: Believe it or not, she's appeared as Ripley in 3 "Alien" films.

Sigourney Weaver.

5: Star of films like "Kickboxer" and "Bloodsport", this karate champ is nicknamed "The Muscles from Brussels".

Jean Claude Van Damme.
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November 19, 2021Episode 282 - Clean This Place Up! - Tv Blondes - Rice, Rice Baby - In The Bible - Hidden Dvd Treats
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 282, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Clean This Place Up!
1: A bundle on a stick used for cleaning floors, or a similar-looking mass of hair.

a mop.

2: Holystone, which may get its name from being used while kneeling, was used to clean these "floors" of ships.

decks.

3: In a common appliance, a suction fan creates this, which outside air tries to fill, drawing in dirt.

a vacuum.

4: It can mean to polish something to a shine, or be an adjective for a guy who lifts a lot of weights.

buff.

5: This name of doctors' green suits comes from the cleaning action usually done while wearing them.

scrubs.
Round 2. Category: Tv Blondes
1: Prior to Sawyer and Donaldson, Sam and Diane referred to characters played by Ted Danson and her.

Shelley Long.

2: On this sitcom Lara Piper plays Viki, the new blonde student in the IHP.

Head of the Class.

3: Of all the actresses on "Designing Women", she has the most "intelligent" name.

Jean Smart.

4: As Jamie, young blonde Nicole Eggert has Scott Baio governing her life on this sitcom.

Charles In Charge.

5: She's gone from Partridge to prosecutor.

Susan Dey.
Round 3. Category: Rice, Rice Baby
1: In 1999 this "treat" sponsored the annual San Francisco cable car bell-ringing contest.

Rice-A-Roni.

2: She's a member of George W. Bush's Cabinet.

Condoleezza Rice.

3: Long grain rice is rich in amylose, a component of this carbohydrate, making it dry and fluffy when cooked.

Starch.

4: As with wheat, a process known as this is done after harvesting to separate the grains from the plants.

threshing (or winnowing).

5: In 1924 this sportswriter coined the term "The Four Horsemen" about Notre Dame football players.

Grantland Rice.
Round 4. Category: In The Bible
1: and in this corner, standing "six cubits and a span", from Gath and I Samuel 17, "The Philistine Fist" ...him!.

Goliath.

2: During the crucifixion, "This is the king of the Jews" was written in these 3 languages.

Latin, Hebrew and Greek.

3: "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?" he asks in chapter 7 of his book.

Job.

4: In the Book of Judges, his Nazirite vows brought him great power but his passions brought his downfall.

Samson.

5: According to Deuteronomy 7:25, neither the silver nor gold of these shall be desired, for they are an abomination.

idols (or graven images).
Round 5. Category: Hidden Dvd Treats
1: A "Master of Your Domain" episode aired, but a script too hot even for this '90s sitcom is hidden on the DVD.

Seinfeld.

2: Seen here is the sock puppet version of this film, hidden on the DVD.

The Incredibles.

3: Tom Hanks, the producer of this hugely successful independent film, talks about Mediterranean food on the DVD.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

4: You can see Tom Cruise as Vincent the killer being extra bad on hidden parts of this film's DVD.

Collateral.

5: Press Enter every time Ben Stiller, as White Goodman, snaps his fingers in this pseudo-sports film and you'll see a treat.

Dodgeball.
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