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May 21, 2022Episode 465 - Yes Sir, That's My Scientist - Tasmanian Tidbits - Lousy Scrabble Words - That's My Royal Nickname - Dr. No...guchi
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 465, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Yes Sir, That's My Scientist
1: Sir Alexander Fleming took a shot in the dark and discovered this in 1928.

Penicillin.

2: The special interest of Nobel Prize laureate Sir Cyril Hinshelwood was how oxygen and hydrogen combine to form this.

Water.

3: Sir David Brewster invented the Dioptic system of illumination for these on the seaside.

Lighthouses.

4: In a fly-by-night operation in Africa, Sir David Bruce found that sleeping sickness was spread by this.

Tsetse fly.

5: Sir Godfrey Hounsfield helped develop this medical imaging technology introduced in the 1970s.

CAT Scan.
Round 2. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits
1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state.

Australia.

2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land.

Abel Tasman.

3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income.

Tungsten.

4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal.

Wombat.

5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges.

Pontoon bridge.
Round 3. Category: Lousy Scrabble Words
1: The story says little George couldn't tell one of these; 3 letters, 3 points.

lie.

2: This conjuction usually works with neither; 3 letters, 3 points.

nor.

3: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points.

ton.

4: Fall into one of these furrows made by wagon wheels and it's 3 letters, 3 points.

rut.

5: Overexert your muscles or pour through a filter and it's 6 letters, 6 points.

strain.
Round 4. Category: That's My Royal Nickname
1: Ottoman emperor styled "the Magnificent".

Suleiman.

2: Bloody Romanian prince known as "the Impaler".

Vlad.

3: He was "the Confessor" king of England in the 11th century.

Edward.

4: Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer" was emperor of this, also called the Eastern Roman Empire.

the Byzantine Empire.

5: Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged".

"the Bald".
Round 5. Category: Dr. No...guchi
1: Famed medical examiner Dr. Noguchi was a model for this Jack Klugman TV character.

Quincy.

2: Dr. Noguchi autopsied this actress whose death in August 1962 is still the subject of debate.

Marilyn Monroe.

3: Criticized for flamboyance, in 1982 Noguchi issued a terse statement on the death of this "SNL" comedian.

John Belushi.

4: The appropriate one-word title of Dr. Noguchi's 1983 bestseller.

"Coroner".

5: Dr. Noguchi concluded that in 1981 this star lost her life less than 200 yards from shore.

Natalie Wood.
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May 20, 2022Episode 464 - Airports - Do "Tell" - Let A Smile Be Your Umbria - 2007 Bestsellers - Let's Get Married!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 464, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Airports
1: A general aviation airport 12 miles south of Dayton, Ohio is named for these 2 men.

the Wright Brothers.

2: In "Car 54, Where Are You?" theme, Khrushchev was due at NYC's JFK Airport, then known by this name.

Idlewild.

3: World's busiest airport not named for someone serves this city.

Los Angeles (LAX).

4: This U.S. airport uses the slogan "Where America greets the world'.

JFK.

5: Kalamazoo, Michigan shares its airport with this "Cereal City".

Battle Creek.
Round 2. Category: Do "Tell"
1: Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film.

STELLA!.

2: Bootes, Orion and Gemini, to name a few.

constellations.

3: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977.

the Central Intelligence Agency.

4: It's the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee.

the patella.

5: Small rounds of meat-filled pasta that are shaped into rings and boiled.

tortellini.
Round 3. Category: Let A Smile Be Your Umbria
1: Running through Umbria are the Tiber and Nera Rivers and the Umbrian Range of this mountain system.

the Apennines.

2: Umbrian painter Perugino helped decorate this (he got to do a wall fresco; Michelangelo did the ceiling).

the Sistine Chapel.

3: This Umbrian town's claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of St. Francis.

Assisi.

4: In 1990 this brand retired raw umber, a color whose name came from Umbria.

Crayola.

5: Native to Umbria, the Sangiovese variety of these is grown to produce a popular Italian export.

grapes.
Round 4. Category: 2007 Bestsellers
1: She is the subject of Carl Bernstein's "A Woman In Charge".

Hillary Clinton.

2: This Robert Ludlum character returned to the list in 2007 with a "Betrayal".

Jason Bourne.

3: This Tibetan, a noted big hitter, hit the list with "The Universe In A Single Atom".

the Dalai Lama.

4: Walter Isaacson's biography of this scientist was based on the subject's personal letters.

Albert Einstein.

5: "The Lost Files Of" this Carolyn Keene sleuth provide an interactive guide to her cases.

Nancy Drew.
Round 5. Category: Let's Get Married!
1: There wasn't a traditional song for this pair to dance to at the reception until the following was written:"You filled my life /With so much joy /As I watched you grow /From that little boy".

the groom and his mom.

2: It was once believed evil spirits hovered at this part of the house, so the bride is carried over it.

the threshold.

3: A cap named for this Capulet adorns many a blushing bride.

Juliet.

4: This queen wore English lace on her 1840 bridal gown to give the British lace-making industry a boost.

Victoria.

5: Instead of throwing rice, some guests release these insects--painted ladies, for example.

butterflies.
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May 19, 2022Episode 463 - Money Talk - Multiple Meanings - Poet-Tree - California Cities - Owls
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 463, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Money Talk
1: It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse.

Alimony.

2: It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim.

Ransom.

3: Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money.

Greed (Avarice).

4: It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a government to a scientist to "cary" on with research.

Grant.

5: From a Latin word for "booty", it's the payment you make to keep your booty insured.

Premium.
Round 2. Category: Multiple Meanings
1: A long-billed game bird, or to shoot at something from a hidden position.

snipe.

2: A spinning toy, or the location of this clue in the category.

Top.

3: It can mean fixed, rapid or to abstain from food.

fast.

4: To strike violently, or a song's drumming rhythm.

beat.

5: A burial place, or fraught with danger or harm.

grave.
Round 3. Category: Poet-Tree
1: This bird- and -feline pair "sailed away, for a year and a day, to the land where the bong-tree grows".

The Owl and the Pussycat.

2: "The dead tree gives no shelter", he observed in "The Waste Land".

T.S. Eliot.

3: "So was I once myself a swinger of birches; and so I dream of going back to be", wrote this New England poet.

Robert Frost.

4: "Ah, droop not, my oak!" wrote this lord in "To an Oak at Newstead".

Lord Byron.

5: Ogden Nash spoofed this poet by writing, "I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree".

Joyce Kilmer (who wrote "Trees").
Round 4. Category: California Cities
1: At 465 square miles, it's California's largest city in area.

Los Angeles.

2: The oldest city in California that was founded by the Spanish; it's named for St. Joseph.

San Jose.

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

San Diego.

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

Beverly Hills.

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

San Jose.
Round 5. Category: Owls
1: An owl stood for the phonogram "M" in this ancient Egyptian writing system.

Hieroglyphics.

2: In 1973 this environmentalist got his own comic book.

Woodsy Owl.

3: In this TV town (population 51,201), the owls are not what they seem.

"Twin Peaks".

4: Venezuela's Caligo memnon species of this insect has owl-like eyes on its wings to scare enemies.

butterfly.

5: The title of this 1973 novel by Margaret Craven concerns an Indian myth about death.

"I Heard the Owl Call My Name".
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May 18, 2022Episode 462 - Lesotho - Jon Stewart's America - Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure - Who Created Them? - Let's Play Chicken
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 462, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Lesotho
1: Continent of which Lesotho is a part.

Africa.

2: While we have stars and stripes on ours, Lesotho has a straw hat.

its flag.

3: Instead of money, a court in Lesotho might fine you so many head of these.

cattle.

4: "Lesotho Fatse La Bo-Ntata Rona", "Lesotho Our Fatherland".

the national anthem.

5: Until 1966, under the name Basutoland, Lesotho was a colony of this country.

Great Britain.
Round 2. Category: Jon Stewart's America
1: "This follow-up to 'The Articles of Confederation' is the rare sequel that's more bicameral than the original!".

the Constitution.

2: He was "quoted" as saying, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself...oh, and starvation. We might all starve".

Franklin Roosevelt.

3: This D.C. building's rotunda "was made famous by the Stephen Baldwin/Pauly Shore vehicle Bio-Rotunda".

the Capitol.

4: This 1215 document "served as a wake-up call that Europe would be forced to answer...in about 500 years".

the Magna Carta.

5: This mascot "is like Uncle Sam, only shorter and fatter, clearly playing to the British infatuation with stoutness".

John Bull.
Round 3. 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.
Round 4. Category: Who Created Them?
1: Edward Fairfax Rochester, the master of Thornfield Hall.

Charlotte Bronte.

2: The beautiful Daisy Buchanan, Nick Carraway's cousin.

F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3: Phillip Pirrip, of whom much is expected.

Charles Dickens.

4: Genius architect Howard Roark.

Ayn Rand.

5: Lady Brett Ashley.

Ernest Hemingway.
Round 5. Category: Let's Play Chicken
1: This canned tuna company has been using a mermaid on its logo since 1952.

Chicken of the Sea.

2: This fast food chain told us to "Save the Chickens...Eat a Whopper".

Burger King.

3: The unofficial theme song of this Warner Brothers blabberbeak is "Camptown Races"...doo dah.

Foghorn Leghorn.

4: It's often performed at wedding receptions.

Funky chicken.

5: Created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, his secret identity was Henry Cabot Henhaus III.

Super Chicken.
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May 17, 2022Episode 461 - Missing Vowels - Hey, That Rhymes - A Cat-Egory - Tv Title Pairs - Silly Similes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 461, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Missing Vowels
1: Cold nation: RSS.

Russia.

2: Arm bone: LN.

ulna.

3: 1 of the 50:"DH".

Idaho.

4: U. S. island territory: MRCN SM.

American Samoa.

5: One of the elements:"DN".

iodine.
Round 2. Category: Hey, That Rhymes
1: Oscar-winning actor Tom's practical jokes.

Hanks' pranks.

2: Concentrate on the color coral or rose.

think pink.

3: War between the Herefords and the Guernseys.

cattle battle.

4: A poorly lit place to lift weights and do the treadmill.

dim gym.

5: A messy duplicate or Xerox.

sloppy copy.
Round 3. Category: A Cat-Egory
1: We envy the Egyptian mau cat, whose eyes are the gooseberry shade of this color.

green.

2: The first Cornish Rex cat was the offspring of a tortie and a white barn cat in this part of SW England.

Cornwall.

3: Shulamith, a stray discovered in 1981, was the first American curl cat, named for its perky-looking pair of these.

ears.

4: A relatively new breed of cat with very short legs bears the name of these little beings introduced in a 1900 book.

Munchkins.

5: The Balinese is basically a long-haired version of this other Asian cat.

a Siamese.
Round 4. Category: Tv Title Pairs
1: Best friends Eric McCormack and Debra Messing.

Will and Grace.

2: 2 adolescents, both voiced by Mike Judge.

Beavis and Butthead.

3: Cop Billy Gardell and teacher Melissa McCarthy.

Mike and Molly.

4: Streetwise cops Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul.

Starsky and Hutch.

5: Streetwise cops Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul.

Starsky and Hutch.
Round 5. Category: Silly Similes
1: Being as blind as this animal isn't so bad; it isn't really blind.

Bat.

2: With exercise, you can become as fit as this musical instrument.

Fiddle.

3: You could wind up in this condition, the same as a dodo or a doornail.

Dead.

4: You might be busy as a bee, a beaver or a one-armed one of these.

Paper hanger.

5: Rich Mullins sings that faith without works is as useless as one of these on a submarine.

Screen door.
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May 16, 2022Episode 460 - Nickelodeon - State Dept. Travel Warnings - Airlines - Computer History - The 1860s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 460, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nickelodeon
1: Summer Sanders is the host of this game show.

Figure It Out.

2: These 2 guys were on Nickelodeon's "All That" before getting their own show.

Kenan and Kel.

3: This character got her secret powers after being doused with a chemical in a freak accident.

Alex Mack.

4: Henry and June live inside a comic book filled with mind-scrambling cartoons on this show.

KaBlam!.

5: Hey! This cartoon boy has a football-shaped head and is bullied by Helga.

Arnold.
Round 2. Category: State Dept. Travel Warnings
1: The U.S. uses the Swiss embassy in Iran to conduct business and the Polish embassy in this neighboring country.

Iraq.

2: Say so long to Sarajevo; the U.S. has been warning people about visiting this country since 1992.

Bosnia.

3: In June 1997 the U.S. closed its embassy in Brazzaville in this country and advises you not to visit.

The Congo.

4: If you decide to go to this country (against U.S. wishes), really avoid the city of Cali.

Colombia.

5: With tensions between Ethiopia and this country mounting, the State Dept. warned Americans to get out.

Eritrea.
Round 3. Category: Airlines
1: Icarus is the frequent-flyer program of this international airline.

Olympic Airlines.

2: In 1973 there was "Something Special in the Air": this airline's first female pilot, Bonnie Tiburzi.

American Airlines.

3: Richard Branson has called this airline "My baby...and...something I am enormously proud of".

Virgin Atlantic.

4: Not surprisingly, in 1988 it was the official carrier of the Seoul Olympic games.

Korean Airlines.

5: Pilot Sully Sullenberger performed the "Miracle on the Hudson" while flying for this airline.

U.S. Airways.
Round 4. Category: Computer History
1: This removable item used for data storage was introduced in 1971; the first one was 8 inches square.

floppy disk.

2: This computer was introduced in 1984 and came with a MacWrite text program and a MacPaint program for graphics.

Apple Macintosh.

3: This company whose name is synonymous with copying introduced the first hand-held mouse in 1973.

Xerox.

4: Even before all the polls closed, CBS used this huge computer to predict the result of the 1952 presidential election.

UNIVAC.

5: In 1993 Intel introduced this new chip, which had 3.1 million transistors.

Pentium.
Round 5. Category: The 1860s
1: In an 1867 article, this English physician wrote, "The first ojject must be the destruction of any septic germs".

Joseph Lister.

2: In 1865 this city succeeded Auckland as capital of New Zealand.

Wellington.

3: On October 4, 1861 the U.S. Navy authorized the construction of this ironclad ship; it was launched 118 days later.

Monitor.

4: In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich.

John D.) Rockefeller.

5: In 1868 this lodge, the B.P.O.E., was founded in New York City by 15 entertainers.

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
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May 15, 2022Episode 459 - Noted Pussycats - Life After Appomattox - Baseball Words - Go On A Diet - Muhammad Ali's Greatest Hits
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 459, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Noted Pussycats
1: When talking about Sylvester, this character calls him a "Puddy Tat".

Tweety Bird.

2: In the 1970 hit comedy "The Owl and the Pussycat", she was the title feline to George Segal's owl.

Barbra Streisand.

3: Tom Jones' 1965 hit single "What's New Pussycat" was written by Hal David and this partner.

Burt Bacharach.

4: Some Mother Goose scholars believe that this was the real queen visited by "Pussycat, Pussycat".

Queen Elizabeth.

5: 3 years after playing "A Kitten With A Whip", she grew up as the title kitty in "The Tiger and the Pussycat".

Ann-Margret.
Round 2. Category: Life After Appomattox
1: No longer Confederate raiders, he and his brother Frank began robbing banks out west.

Jesse James.

2: In 1877 this former President retired to an estate near Biloxi to write "Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government".

Jefferson Davis.

3: Late in life this "Uncle Tom's Cabin" writer invested in Florida real estate.

Harriet Beecher Stowe.

4: Nicknamed "Yellow Hair", he was court-martialed for going AWOL in 1867 but rejoined the 7th Cavalry in 1868.

George Armstrong Custer.

5: In 1865 this general accepted the presidency of Washington College in Virginia.

Robert E. Lee.
Round 3. Category: Baseball Words
1: Spiders catch them in their webs.

Flies.

2: What a catcher might eat his dinner on.

Home plate.

3: A highly prized form of carbon.

Diamond.

4: People who used peroxide on their hair.

Bleachers.

5: It's material from which flags are made, or decorations in the colors of a flag.

Bunting.
Round 4. Category: Go On A Diet
1: The company named for this woman, co-founder with her husband Sid, urges a balanced food, body and mind approach.

Jenny Craig.

2: All foods have a point value and you're given an assigned daily point total at a meeting in this Heinz-owned plan.

Weight Watchers.

3: Whoopi Goldberg's a big loser on this "shake"y product and diet.

SlimÂ·Fast.

4: Eating the proper balance of low-fat proteins, carbs and good fat is the key to this Dr. Sears diet.

The Zone.

5: This geographic diet's name comes from the Greek and Southern Italian consumption of grain, fruit, veggies and fish.

the Mediterranean Diet.
Round 5. Category: Muhammad Ali's Greatest Hits
1: In '74 in Zaire, Ali KO'd this heavy hitter, long before he started selling us BBQ equipment.

George Foreman.

2: Ali TKO'd this Philly man who had a smokin' left hook after the 14th round in the "Thrilla in Manila".

(Joe) Frazier.

3: Ali "shocked the world" in '64 with his TKO upset of this champ, who died mysteriously in Vegas in 1970.

Sonny Liston.

4: There were fewer teeth than usual for Ali to knock out when he decisioned this man in '78 to regain the title.

Leon Spinks.

5: This man whose son played LB for the 49ers broke Ali's jaw in the 12th round (or possibly the first) of their '73 fight.

Ken Norton.
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May 14, 2022Episode 458 - A Driving Tour - Art School - Clues Past Their Freshness Date - Workplaces - Toys And Games
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 458, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Driving Tour
1: Drive by the cops when you put the pedal to the metal on most of these high-speed German highways.

autobahns.

2: Krasnaya Ploshchad is the local name for this square you can drive by, but not across.

Red Square.

3: High degree Freemasons know it can be hard to drive by this L.A. auditorium on Jefferson Blvd. on Oscar night.

the Shrine Auditorium.

4: You'll reach the president's office in this country driving to the union buildings on Government Ave. in Pretoria.

South Africa.

5: Drive down Obala Vojvode Stepe in this city and relive the street's most famous moment of June 28, 1914.

Sarajevo.
Round 2. Category: Art School
1: The most common one used by artists is probably the X-acto.

a knife.

2: Turning tools are used to shape the clay on one of these.

a potter's wheel.

3: A halftone screen breaks up a sold image into a pattern of these.

dots.

4: Traditionally in drypoint, you use a steel needle to scratch your drawing into a plate of this metal.

copper.

5: When a sculptor is doing this he isn't fishing, but using the lost wax method to make a mold.

casting.
Round 3. Category: Clues Past Their Freshness Date
1: Time's 1980 Man of the Year cover showed him in a western shirt, jeans and a tooled belt with silver buckle.

Ronald Reagan.

2: To get into this event at the White House March 31, 1997 you had to have a 3-to-6-year-old kid with you.

the Easter Egg Hunt.

3: In 1992 United began flying the Latin American routes purchased from this airline that folded in 1991.

Pan American.

4: This brand's jingle called it "That Heavenly Coffee".

Chock full o'Nuts.

5: In 1996 Chevy reintroduced this model first seen in 1964, also the name of a version of Barbie.

Malibu.
Round 4. Category: Workplaces
1: Usual workplace of a saucier, a poissonier and a garde-manger.

restaurant.

2: The traditional entry-level area of a talent agency; Michael Ovitz started there at William Morris.

mailroom.

3: A triage nurse is the first person who will tend to you if you go to this part of a hospital.

emergency room.

4: In the U.S. the FBI has about 60 of the local offices usually called these.

field offices.

5: 3-letter word paired with 'tool" in a type of manufacturer of precision products.

die.
Round 5. Category: Toys And Games
1: The name of this game that uses 144 small tiles comes from a word meaning Â“sparrowsÂ”.

Mah Jongg.

2: Term for the hoops that croquet balls are driven through.

wickets.

3: Bionicle is one of the lines from this brand of building blocks.

Lego.

4: These cute, cuddly plush toys were introduced in 2005 along with a code allowing kids access to an online community.

Webkinz.

5: Betty James named a classic toy this, a word meaning "stealthy, sleek and sinuous".

Slinky.
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May 13, 2022Episode 457 - Livin' La Vida Lobster - Better Known As.... - Scientists - The "B"Ible - Let's Go To Florida
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 457, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Livin' La Vida Lobster
1: Lovable "Larry the Lobster" is the official mascot of this seafood restaurant chain.

Red Lobster.

2: A variety lacking enlarged pincers, this 5-letter "prickly" type of lobster is also known as a sea crayfish.

a spiny lobster.

3: One of a lobstering crew is called this man, not because he's grim but for standing in the back of the boat.

a stern man.

4: Water fleas, shrimp and lobsters are all members of this arthropod class.

crustaceans.

5: The outer supporting shell of a lobster is known as one of these protective coverings.

an exoskeleton.
Round 2. Category: Better Known As....
1: "Stardust" man David Jones.

David Bowie.

2: "Home"y heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Weiss.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas.

3: Late sportscaster Howard Cohen.

Howard Cosell.

4: Singer Helen Folasade Adu.

Sade.

5: Older brother Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.

Beau Bridges.
Round 3. Category: Scientists
1: He wondered if the force that pulled an apple to the ground could also pull the moon into the earth's orbit.

Newton.

2: In 1661 Isaac Newton entered this university's Trinity College as a subsizar, a student with domestic duties.

Cambridge.

3: In 1609 and 1619 this German astronomer published his 3 laws of planetary motion.

(Johannes) Kepler.

4: His 1543 "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" was the most accurate book on human anatomy to that date.

Andreas Vesalius.

5: In 1856 this monk began his experiments that led to the discovery of the basic laws of heredity.

(Gregor) Mendel.
Round 4. Category: The "B"Ible
1: When Moses's mother could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of these marsh plants.

bulrushes.

2: The Lord broke this, saying "Take, eat: this is my body which is broken for you".

bread.

3: Jesus told the disciples to do this "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost".

baptize.

4: "And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to him 'What have I done unto thee?'".

Balaam.

5: The name of this son of Jacob means "Son of the right hand".

Benjamin.
Round 5. Category: Let's Go To Florida
1: You can see a miniature replica of this city's Forbidden City at Splendid China, a park in Kissimmee.

Peking/Beijing.

2: The "Terrors of the Deep" attraction at this park might even scare Shamu.

Sea World.

3: The Cypress Roots Museum traces the history of this famous floral site.

Cypress Gardens.

4: For years Gomek the giant crocodile was the big attraction at this oldest Florida city's alligator farm.

St. Augustine.

5: The Wallendas' poles, rigging and costumes are on view at the Circus Museum in this Florida city.

Sarasota.
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May 12, 2022Episode 456 - Presidential Elections - "J" Whiz - Eyes On The Prize - Scary Movies - Nation"Z"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections
1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history.

(Abraham) Lincoln.

2: This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks.

(Richard) Nixon.

3: William Henry Harrison really had lived in one of these, his symbol in the 1840 campaign, but he added 12 rooms.

a log cabin.

4: In early October 1992 he was spending $2 million a day, most of it his own money.

(Ross) Perot.

5: In the Gore Vidal novel set in this election year, the hero pins his hopes on Tilden.

1876.
Round 2. Category: "J" Whiz
1: It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business.

junket.

2: It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together.

jamboree.

3: It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city.

Jerusalem.

4: This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum and Thornfield Hall.

"Jane Eyre".

5: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor.

Justinian I.
Round 3. Category: Eyes On The Prize
1: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke.

Religion.

2: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize.

the Nobel Peace Prize.

3: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music.

the Pulitzer Prize.

4: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin.

Alzheimer's disease.

5: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art.

the Tate Gallery.
Round 4. Category: Scary Movies
1: Max von Sydow played Father Merrin, the title character of this devilish 1973 scarefest.

The Exorcist.

2: Critic L. Maltin say this "unlucky" '80 film as a "clue to why S.A.T. scores continue to decline".

Friday the 13th.

3: When Kate Hudson unlocks a hidden attic room that has a terrifying secret, she uses the title object of this 2005 film.

The Skeleton Key.

4: In the 1982 film, Adrienne Barbeau was the object of his affection; in 1989 it's Heather Locklear.

the Swamp Thing.

5: At about 40, Barbra Streisand played this title girl who disguises herself as a yeshiva boy and sings.

Yentl.
Round 5. Category: Nation"Z"
1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman.

New Zealand.

2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin.

Venezuela.

3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps.

Switzerland.

4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa.

Mozambique.

5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation.

Kazakhstan.
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