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October 30, 2021Episode 261 - Gray Matters - "King" Of The World! - The "Meth"Od - Who's Afraid Of - On The "War"Path
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 261, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Gray Matters
1: "She ain't what she used to be".

the Old Gray Mare.

2: Gore Vidal adapted this military-school novel for TV, 1st screenplay he's taken credit for since 1964.

Dress Gray.

3: His career "Bud"ded as Princess and Kitten's brother "Father Knows Best".

Bill Gray.

4: Though still alive at the time, Confederate raider John S. Mosby earned this nickname.

the "Gray Ghost".

5: "Elegy..." poet who said he would no more accept the title of poet laureate than royal rat-catcher.

Thomas Gray.
Round 2. Category: "King" Of The World!
1: Perhaps based on a real monarch, this nursery rhyme figure called for his bowl, his pipe and his fiddlers three.

Old King Cole.

2: This long poisonous snake is also known as a hamadryad.

king cobra.

3: If and when Prince Charles succeeds Elizabeth II, this will be Great Britain's national anthem.

"God Save the King".

4: Before being imploded in 2000, it was home to the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks.

the Kingdome.

5: Found east of Bullhead City, this city of northwest Arizona has a population of only 20,000.

Kingman.
Round 3. Category: The "Meth"Od
1: This word begins a rhyme about what a bride needs on her wedding day.

something.

2: Rice paddies release this greenhouse gas.

methane.

3: Term originally applied to a mid-18th century religious society founded at Oxford.

the Methodists.

4: His group won a Grammy in 1998 for "Imaginary Day".

Pat Metheny.

5: In mythology, the husband of Pandora and brother of Prometheus; in astronomy, a moon of Saturn.

Epimetheus.
Round 4. Category: Who's Afraid Of
1: "Autophobia" could be the alternative title for Reba McEntire's hit "The Fear of Being" this.

Alone.

2: Whether it passes too slowly or too quickly, chronophobia is a fear of this.

time.

3: It's the opposite of agoraphobia.

claustrophobia.

4: Erica Jong might know that aviophobia is this.

fear of flying.

5: For someone with eosophobia, "it is always darkest" at this point of the day.

dawn.
Round 5. Category: On The "War"Path
1: In response to NATO, Eastern European nations including Poland and the USSR signed this 1955 treaty.

the Warsaw Pact.

2: Pop art poster boy who was famous much longer than 15 minutes.

Andy Warhol.

3: Homeothermic, like mammals.

warm-blooded.

4: In Super Bowl XXXIV, this Rams QB passed for a record 414 yards, beating Joe Montana's record by 57 yards.

Kurt Warner.

5: The 14th Chief Justice of the United States.

Earl Warren.
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October 29, 2021Episode 260 - "Dream"Y Songs - The Wizard Of "O"S - Scientific Discoveries - The "A" List - Unusual Tv Characters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 260, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Dream"Y Songs
1: 1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas.

"California Dreamin'" and "Dream a Little Dream of Me".

2: Title that follows "When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you...".

"All I Have to Do Is Dream".

3: "Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen".

A daydream believer.

4: In 1959 Bobby Darin wailed, "Every night I hope and pray", she "will come my way".

"Dream Lover".

5: In the 1986 film "Blue Velvet", Dean Stockwell peerforms a lip-synched rendition of this Roy Orbison hit.

"In Dreams".
Round 2. Category: The Wizard Of "O"S
1: Jack Ruby fatally shot him November 24, 1963.

Lee Harvey Oswald.

2: It's Rhode Island's watery nickname.

"The Ocean State".

3: It's the last name of NBA great Hakeem.

Olajuwon.

4: These native North American people are also known as the Chippewa.

Ojibwa.

5: He's best-known for his plays "Waiting for Lefty" and "Golden Boy".

Clifford Odets.
Round 3. Category: Scientific Discoveries
1: A new industry in Europe began in 1747 when Andreas Marggraf discovered this in beets.

sugar.

2: In 1835 Jan Purkinje noted animal tissues, like plant tissues, are made from these.

cells.

3: In 1834 one of the projects this German had on the back burner was finding an antidote for arsenic poisoning.

(Robert) Bunsen.

4: Elso Barghoorn found the remains of these acids in 3-billion-year-old rocks, exhibiting proof of very early life.

amino acids.

5: In 1986 Williams and Dubner, with too much time on their hands, found that a number formed by 1,031 ones in a row was this.

prime.
Round 4. Category: The "A" List
1: This largest artery carries blood away from the heart.

the aorta.

2: You're this if you're from Adelaide.

Australian.

3: You're this if you're from Innsbruck.

Austrian.

4: Term for one who studies and collects state-of-the-art stereo equipment.

an audiophile.

5: The name of this refractive defect of the eye comes from the Greek.

astigmatism.
Round 5. Category: Unusual Tv Characters
1: As Jonathan on "Highway To Heaven", Michael Landon was one of these beings on probation.

Angel.

2: As Jeannie she could blink you back to Baghdad in, well, the blink of an eye.

Barbara Eden.

3: Jamie Sommers' bionic dog was Max, short for this, from the cost of 4 new bionic legs and a jaw.

Maximillion.

4: Lisa is the computer-generated woman in the USA series based on this John Hughes film.

"Weird Science".

5: Like Lysette Anthony on 1991's "Dark Shadows", Corinne Bohrer on 1989's "Free Spirit" was one of these.

Witch.
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October 28, 2021Episode 259 - Ballet In The '90s - Celebrity Hodgepodge - Star Trek, Star Wars Or Lord Of The Rings - The Quotable Franklin - Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 259, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ballet In The '90s
1: Of Jerome Robbins' ballet based on this musical, New York Magazine quipped, "When you're a Jete...".

West Side Story.

2: Matthew Bourne set his innovative new production of "Cinderella" in this city during the Blitz.

London.

3: We hope the Artist Formerly Known As this saw "Billboards", a rock ballet danced to his music.

Prince.

4: The 18 vampire brides in the Houston Ballet's show about this count could be called the corpse de ballet.

Count Dracula.

5: In just 2 months in 1993 the NYCB presented 73 works by this late Russian-American choreographer.

George Balanchine.
Round 2. Category: Celebrity Hodgepodge
1: Verna Felton was the voice of the nice fairy godmother in "Cinderella" and the mean Queen of Hearts in this film.

Alice in Wonderland.

2: This aunt of George Clooney divorced Jose Ferrer the same day Dinah Shore divorced George Montgomery.

Rosemary Clooney.

3: Kenneth Branagh was born in this capital of Northern Ireland in 1960.

Belfast.

4: This Roy Rogers co-star once stunned his fans by entering a NYC hotel lobby and signing the register himself.

Trigger.

5: No wonder Kiri Te Kanawa became an opera singer; she's a descendant of this noted partner of W.S. Gilbert.

Arthur Sullivan.
Round 3. Category: Star Trek, Star Wars Or Lord Of The Rings
1: A council that takes place at Rivendell is central to its plot.

Lord of the Rings.

2: In its lore, a Bajoran wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant.

Star Trek.

3: This one lent its name to a defensive weapons system that many felt was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy.

Star Wars.

4: A race called the Andorians causes trouble for the humans in this one.

Star Trek.

5: Its creator was born in South Africa.

Lord of the Rings.
Round 4. Category: The Quotable Franklin
1: "In the world nothing is certain but" these 2 things.

Death and Taxes.

2: These "fell great oaks".

Little Srokes.

3: Completes his line on the death of Georgiana Shipley's squirrel, "Here Skugg lies snug...".

As a bug in a rug.

4: "They are so grateful" was his 8th and last reason for preferring this type of mistress.

Older Women.

5: Completes his maxim, "Some are weather-wise...".

"Some are other-wise".
Round 5. Category: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure
1: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger.

Spider-Man.

2: Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast.

"Green Eggs and Ham".

3: A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-foot plunge on the ride named for this 1993 film.

Jurassic Park.

4: Seuss Landing is home to a rollicking ride named for this famous feline.

The Cat in the Hat.

5: On Marvel's Superhero Island you may turn green when you ride the roller coaster named for him.

The Incredible Hulk.
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October 27, 2021Episode 258 - Doors Songs In Other Words - Family Films - Signs And Signals - Raccoon - Words In Harry Potter Titles
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 258, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Doors Songs In Other Words
1: "Ignite The Blaze Belonging To Me".

"Light My Fire".

2: "Jockeys Of A Tornado".

"Riders On The Storm".

3: "Greetings, Great Affection For Thee Wells Up Within Me".

"Hello, I Love You".

4: "Humans Tend Toward Weirdness".

"People Are Strange".

5: "Make Contact With Moi".

"Touch Me".
Round 2. Category: Family Films
1: Steve Martin played hapless dad George Banks in this 1991 matrimonial comedy.

Father of the Bride.

2: 1981 film that immortalized the line "No wire hangers -- ever!".

Mommie Dearest.

3: Sissy Spacek did her own singing in this 1980 film bio.

Coal Miner's Daughter.

4: Gaby Hoffmann and Macaulay Culkin play niece and nephew to John Candy in this 1989 comedy.

Uncle Buck.

5: This film from Joel and Ethan Coen was partly based on Homer's "Odyssey".

O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Round 3. Category: Signs And Signals
1: It's waved to indicate a truce or surrender.

white flag.

2: In this game, a tug on the ear means "sounds like", and a touch on the nose: "you're right".

charades.

3: These noisy insects are a sign of good luck in China.

crickets/cicadas.

4: The two types of these home-signaling devices are photoelectric and ionization.

smoke detectors.

5: The ringing of the church bells on this holiday in 1572 was the signal to massacre Huguenots.

St. Bartholomew's Day.
Round 4. Category: Raccoon
1: As it has this many toes on each foot, a raccoon's footprints have a human look.

5.

2: Allsands.com's "How to" section includes how to make these popular with the Davy Crockett wannabees.

coonskin caps.

3: Newborn raccoons lack the familiar tail rings and this famous facial feature.

mask.

4: After being "A Tramp Abroad", this author yearned for home-style foods like possum and 'coon.

Mark Twain.

5: Keep it under your hat -- in the 1840s this U.S. political party used the raccoon as its emblem.

the Whig Party.
Round 5. Category: Words In Harry Potter Titles
1: A non-reigning male member of a royal family who may prefer to drive a "little red corvette".

a prince.

2: A person deprived of liberty (you didn't think we'd actually go for Azkaban, did you?).

prisoner.

3: A southwest city founded in 1870, and remember, "Harry Potter and the Wonders of Yuma" was never written.

Phoenix.

4: A private room in a house, or a John Grisham novel about a death row prisoner.

a chamber.

5: Last name of U.S. Chief Justice Harlan or biographer Irving.

stone.
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October 26, 2021Episode 257 - They Wrote The Songs - Dan Rather - 3-M - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Think Fast
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 257, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: They Wrote The Songs
1: "Can't Buy Me Love" and Love Me Do".

John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

2: "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Edelweiss".

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.

3: "Honky Cat" and "Crocodile Rock".

Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

4: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "(They Long To Be) Close To You".

Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

5: "I Don't Know How To Love Him" and "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina".

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Round 2. Category: Dan Rather
1: Dan Rather was co-editor of this TV show from 1975 to 1981.

60 MInutes.

2: Dan was born on October 31, 1931 in this U.S. state.

Texas.

3: In 1981 Dan replaced this legendary longtime anchorman.

Walter Cronkite.

4: Dan was upped to a national post by CBS after covering one of these natural disasters in September 1961.

Hurricane.

5: The title of one of Dan's books on broadcast journalism states that "The Camera Never" does this.

Blinks.
Round 3. Category: 3-M
1: The greatest quantity possible, perhaps in prison security.

maximum.

2: About 10 feet high at the shoulder, this Pleistocene animal had complex molar teeth.

a mammoth.

3: Porgy and Bess know this title is when "the livin' is easy".

"Summertime".

4: On New Year's Day 1901, Philadelphia hosted the first annual this Parade.

Mummers.

5: 11-letter term meaning to honor by some observance.

commemorate.
Round 4. Category: Go Tell It On The Mountain
1: This major mountain range of the United States also runs through Canada between Montana and Alaska.

the Rockies.

2: Africa's highest mountain, it's primarily made up of 3 extinct volcanoes.

Kilimanjaro.

3: This 14,110-foot Colorado mountain peak discovered in 1806 inspired the song "America The Beautiful".

Pikes Peak.

4: You don't need no stinkin' badges to treasure this main mountain system of Mexico.

the Sierra Madre.

5: The 20,320-foot mountain then known as Densmore's Mt. was renamed for this presidential candidate in 1896.

McKinley.
Round 5. Category: Think Fast
1: A person moving quickly is going by leaps and these.

Bounds.

2: Floor it, or "put the pedal to" this.

The metal.

3: People go like a blue one of these, or like one of lightning.

Streak.

4: A dictionary defines it as "The instant's duration of a wink"; little stars and eyes do it.

Twinkle.

5: The material that people are "hellbent for" when moving quickly.

Leather.
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October 25, 2021Episode 256 - Your Basic Monster - Poets - Stupid Answers - Denmark - Financial Matters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 256, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Your Basic Monster
1: Count yourself lucky to know that one of these monsters drinks your blood and can turn into a bat.

vampire.

2: A full moon gets this type of monster in a hairy situation.

werewolf.

3: In a Mary Shelley work, he's the doctor who used electricity to charge his constructed monster to life.

Dr. Frankenstein.

4: St. George fought and killed one of these mythical, fire-breathing monsters.

dragon.

5: This monster is a giant, one-eyed creature from Greek mythology.

cyclops.
Round 2. Category: Poets
1: Georgia poet Sidney Lanier spent several months in a Maryland prison during this war.

the Civil War.

2: His poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, was first published July 31, 1786, in Kilmarnock.

Robert Burns.

3: In one of his cute couplets he quipped, "A bit of talcum is always walcum".

Ogden Nash.

4: Charles Baudelaire's masterpiece, "Les Fleurs du mal", translates as these "of Evil".

Flowers.

5: This Maine poetess sometimes wrote under the shorter pen name Nancy Boyd.

Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Round 3. Category: Stupid Answers
1: It's the first amendment to the U.S. Constitution that mentions religion.

First Amendment.

2: It's the name given the nearly 1-week-long military conflict between Israel and several Arab neighbors in 1967.

Six-Day War.

3: Carvings of a bell and a star are found on her gravestone in Porum, Oklahoma.

Belle Starr.

4: (Hi, I'm Jason Williams of the New Jersey Nets) In 1999 this flashy Sacramento Kings guard was second in voting for NBA Rookie of the Year.

Jason Williams.

5: Kodiak Island is the habitat of this type of bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi.

Kodiak bear.
Round 4. Category: Denmark
1: This most important naval battle of World War I took place off Denmark's coast.

the Battle of Jutland.

2: Between 1513 and 1972, all Danish kings were alternately name Frederik and this pious name.

Christian.

3: Now a ruin, the Trelleborg Fortress of these warriors was built using half the timber on the island of Zealand.

the Vikings.

4: This 11th century "Great" Dane united Denmark, England and Norway.

Canute the Great.

5: This 11th century "Great" Dane united Denmark, England and Norway.

Canute the Great.
Round 5. Category: Financial Matters
1: This alphanumeric clause of the 1978 Tax Reform Act now enrolls over 40 million Americans.

401(k).

2: A killer bee is an investment banker helping thwart a hostile one of these.

takeover.

3: Appropriately, investing in housing can be one of these, letting you pay less to the IRS.

tax shelter.

4: Term for the interest rate on a bond, as well as a piece of paper that lowers your grocery bill.

coupon.

5: This 6-letter word can mean frugality, or a savings and loan association.

thrift.
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October 24, 2021Episode 255 - Java, The Hut - Tv Shows In Other Words - Railroading - Polly's Category - Date Night
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 255, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Java, The Hut
1: In the early 1700s there were 550 coffeehouses in this city, including Edward Lloyd's.

London.

2: Daddy-o, leave the squares at home on Wednesday--it's open mic night at Sacred Grounds in this city's Haight.

San Francisco.

3: Try a Kaffe Kreme at this shop where their coffee is as good as their doughnuts.

Krispy Kreme.

4: Have some joe at cafes named for this fictional Colombian who represents more than 500,000 coffee growers.

Juan Valdez.

5: After World War II, Paris's Cafe de Flore became awash with tourists hoping to find this man pondering the purpose of being.

(Jean-Paul) Sartre.
Round 2. Category: Tv Shows In Other Words
1: "Chaplin's Cherubim".

Charlie's Angels.

2: "Identify This Melody".

Name That Tune.

3: "7 Plus 1 Completes the Need".

Eight Is Enough.

4: "Hurrahs".

Cheers.

5: "Which One's in Charge?".

Who's the Boss?.
Round 3. Category: Railroading
1: Railroad term that's also slang for the following:(roll of 2 6's in dice).

Boxcars.

2: Casey Jones and Choo-Choo Charlie were famous ones.

Engineers.

3: "Shunting" is when a train switches these.

Tracks.

4: The boarding area for passengers at a station; women have "shoes" for it.

Platform.

5: A bed on a Pullman for a Roman emperor might be a "Caesarean" one.

Berth.
Round 4. Category: Polly's Category
1: Polli is called a tadpole. Called a tadpole.

polliwog.

2: This Polly is blindly optimistic. Optimistic.

Pollyanna.

3: Poli holds your dentures in. Your dentures in.

PoliGrip.

4: Pauly starred in "Jury Duty". Starred in "Jury Duty".

Pauly Shore.

5: Poly believes in many gods. Many gods.

polytheistic.
Round 5. Category: Date Night
1: Estee Lauder's Uncircle is a treatment for dark circles under these.

Eyes.

2: Marilyn Monroe said she slept in nothing but this famed Chanel perfume; splash some on.

Chanel No. 5.

3: When asked where this female floral accessory looks best, Miss Manners replied, "In the refrigerator".

Corsage.

4: Prepare pesto sauce for your date the classic way, with fresh leaves of this herb, a main ingredient.

Basil.

5: These foil-wrapped after-dinner chocolate mints have the name of a South American mountain range.

Andes.
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October 23, 2021Episode 254 - All Bark - Tall Talk - Chateau "Dif" - Household Hints - The New York Times Journalists
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 254, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All Bark
1: The bald variety of this tree is common in swampy areas.

a cypress.

2: Due to excessive logging, Lebanon established the Al-Shouf Reserve for these trees in 1997.

cedars.

3: The terebinth is also known as this tree, as it yielded probably the earliest form of a paint solvent and thinner.

a turpentine tree.

4: This "sandy" tree family includes oaks and chestnuts.

beeches.

5: Named for British botanist David, this large Christmas-y tree is called a fir or a spruce but it really is a pine.

a Douglas.
Round 2. Category: Tall Talk
1: Cosmopolitan's "Sexiest Man In The World" for 1993 was this 6' 3" hunk seen on romance novels.

Fabio.

2: It's hard not to look up to this New Jersey Democrat and presidential hopeful; he's 6' 5".

Bill Bradley.

3: At 7' 4" this wrestler whose last name was Roussimoff brought many an opponent to his knees.

Andre the Giant.

4: "(Hi, I'm Sandy Duncan) I was first partnered with this 6' 6" dancer when I was 12 and he was a teen back in our native Texas".

Tommy Tune.

5: This 6' tall forward for the Houston Comets is the first woman to have a Nike basketball shoe named for her.

Sheryl Swoopes.
Round 3. Category: Chateau "Dif"
1: In anthropology, it's the spread of cultural features like tools or rituals from one group to another.

diffusion.

2: Ranging from 1.3 to 3.6, degrees of this increase your potential score in Olympic diving.

difficulty.

3: It's defined as the bending of light waves as they pass around the edge of an obstacle.

diffraction.

4: Automotive gear allowing wheels to turn at separate speeds.

the differential.

5: A reserved or restrained manner often resulting in fatal hesitation.

diffidence.
Round 4. Category: Household Hints
1: To remove grass stains from clothes, try rubbing with the Karo brand of this type of syrup.

corn syrup.

2: To keep a picnic table pest-free, spray with water mixed with the oil from this plant; take note of its color.

lavender.

3: To keep these little plantlike protists out of a bird bath, plunk in a pre-1982 penny; copper stops their growth.

algae.

4: If you accidentally super glued your fingers together, dab nail polish remover containing this solvent--it breaks the bond.

acetone.

5: To get lipstick out of washable clothing, dab the stain with the isopropyl type of this.

alcohol.
Round 5. Category: The New York Times Journalists
1: As Michelle Higgins is the "Practical" this, she'll tell you how to cut the high cost of flying to Africa.

Traveler.

2: Frank Bruni, whose yearly entertainment budget is $350,000, is on this beat.

restaurants (food critic).

3: In 1990 Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer covering China's democracy movement in this place.

Tiananmen Square.

4: We bet the first Monday in Oct. is always circled on Linda Greenhouse's calendar; she started on this Times beat in 1978.

the Supreme Court.

5: Pulitzer-winning Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote "A Brief History of the 21st Century" in "The World is" this.

Flat.
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October 22, 2021Episode 253 - Pop Music Pairings - Body Facts And Figures - 4-Syllable Words - Tennis, Anyone? - The Olympics
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 253, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Pop Music Pairings
1: blank and the Papas.

The Mamas.

2: ... and the Gang.

Kool.

3: blank and Wings.

Paul McCartney.

4: ... and the Funky Bunch.

Marky Mark.

5: blank and the Dominos.

Derek.
Round 2. Category: Body Facts And Figures
1: These 2 of your 5 senses are connected; lose one and you lose most of the other.

taste and smell.

2: The average person has some 18 square feet of this, making it the body's largest organ.

skin.

3: If you want to count all the hairs on your head, hope you have this natural color; it has the fewest.

red.

4: You have about 1 quart of this for every 30 pounds you weigh.

blood.

5: You'll need 3 Trent Reznors to collect enough of this metal, Fe, from their bodies to make a nine-inch nail.

iron.
Round 3. Category: 4-Syllable Words
1: Mission: this 10-letter word meaning hopelessly difficult; the clue will self-destruct in one second.

impossible.

2: Bridgeport is the largest city in this northeastern state.

Connecticut.

3: For Colorado Springs, it's 6,000 feet.

elevation.

4: Also a physiological term, it's the distribution of copies of a periodical among readers.

circulation.

5: Type of book, like Martin Gardner's edition of "Alice", that includes explanatory information as well as the text.

annotated.
Round 4. Category: Tennis, Anyone?
1: The 2 Martinas to have been ranked as the year's No. 1 women's tennis player.

Martina Hingis and Martina Navratilova.

2: Held in Melbourne in January, it's the first of the 4 tennis Grand Slam events every year.

the Australian Open.

3: In 1993 he was ranked the world's No. 1 tennis player; he "re-peted" as No. 1 5 more years.

Pete Sampras.

4: These 2 sisters have faced each other in the Wimbledon singles finals 4 times.

Venus and Serena Williams.

5: In 2004 this Russian-born woman won the Wimbledon singles title.

(Maria) Sharapova.
Round 5. Category: The Olympics
1: One difference between this hyphenated sport and freestyle is that opponents can't grasp or use the legs in a fall.

Greco-Roman wrestling.

2: In 2000 marathon winner Naoko Takahashi became the first woman from this country to win a gold in track and field.

Japan.

3: It's the only California site to host a Winter Olympics.

Squaw Valley.

4: A special event at the 1928 and 1948 Winter Games, this bare-bones sled slid back to the Games in 2002.

the skeleton.

5: At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Shaun White took gold in this snowboarding competition.

half-pipe.
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October 21, 2021Episode 252 - Dances - Pitches From The Crypt - Prime Time Tv - A Woman Of The World - Pilots
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 252, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Dances
1: The monkey and the frug were examples of this kind of dancing, sometimes done by girls in cages.

go-go dancing.

2: Back-bending dance that's neither heaven nor hell.

the limbo.

3: A Carioca is a resident of Rio and also a ballroom version of this dance.

the samba.

4: Dance you'd do to "Ah-one, ah-two, ah-doodle-dee-doodle-dee-do".

the old soft shoe.

5: Composers like Haydn and Mozart established this French court dance as the third movement of the symphony.

minuet.
Round 2. Category: Pitches From The Crypt
1: 10 years after his death, he can be seen on TV dancing with Dirt Devil vacuum cleaners.

Fred Astaire.

2: The National Cattlemen's Beef Assn. continued to use this actor's voice in ads after his July 1997 death.

Robert Mitchum.

3: Known for introducing acts on his '50s variety show, he introduced the new Mercedes S.U.V. in 1997.

Ed Sullivan.

4: The footage of Humphrey Bogart in this soda's commercial was shot decades before the soda's 1982 debut.

Diet Coke.

5: This brewery runs commercials featuring John Wayne and the cast of "Bonanza".

Coors.
Round 3. Category: Prime Time Tv
1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Victoria Rowell) During the daytime, I play D.B. Winters on "Y and R". At night, A.B. Livingston on this Dick Van Dyke series".

Diagnosis Murder.

2: This former TV Conehead plays a human romancing an alien in "3rd Rock From The Sun".

Jane Curtin.

3: Ray Wise played Reese and Peyton's dad on "Savannah" and Laura Palmer's father on this series.

Twin Peaks.

4: Cicely Tyson guest-starred on the first episode of this Chad Everett hospital series in 1969.

Medical Center.

5: This Melanie Griffith film about a spunky secretary spawned a 1990 sitcom starring Sandra Bullock.

Working Girl.
Round 4. Category: A Woman Of The World
1: She was in Kenya when she learned she had become queen on February 6, 1952.

Elizabeth II.

2: An Asian prime minister for 15 years, she was called "Indu" for short.

Indira Gandhi.

3: In 1767 this "Great" empress called a commission on legal reform.

Catherine the Great.

4: In 1993 True Path Party leader Tansu Ciller became the first female PM of this large Muslim country.

Turkey.

5: An entirely female unit, the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon, helped win this country's 1956-58 socialist revolution.

Cuba.
Round 5. Category: Pilots
1: Pilot somewhere over the Atlantic, May 20, 1927.

Lindbergh.

2: Pilot up above his brother and others, December 17, 1903 at 10:35 AM.

Orville Wright.

3: "Operation Overflight" is his account of his famous Cold War flight over the USSR.

Francis Gary Powers.

4: Pilot who made an "unplanned" trip to Ireland and got a parade for his trouble on August 5, 1938.

"Wrong Way" Corrigan.

5: American pilot on the ground and "Behind Enemy Lines" in Bosnia for 6 days in 1995.

Scott O'Grady.
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