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September 30, 2021Episode 232 - '50s Tv - "H" Cities - Hitchcock's Blondes - Springs On The Map - Self- Blank
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 232, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: '50s Tv
1: Before debuting in this series, Jerry Mathers had appeared in 2 Bob Hope movies.

Leave it to Beaver.

2: Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best...".

Chocolate.

3: In the 1950s this western was the top-rated series of the season 3 times.

Gunsmoke.

4: She won a 1955 Emmy for playing the title role in the "Producers' Showcase" presentation of Peter Pan.

Mary Martin.

5: In "Have Gun, Will Travel", Richard Boone played this dapper gun-for-hire based in San Francisco's Hotel Carlton.

(Wire) Paladin.
Round 2. Category: "H" Cities
1: This city's Atomic Bomb Dome, a structure left unrebuilt after WWII, has become a symbol of the peace movement.

Hiroshima.

2: The racing schooner Bluenose, depicted on Canada's 10-cent coin, has a replica in this Nova Scotian port.

Halifax.

3: Crossed by numerous canals, it's said that this German port has more bridges than Amsterdam and Venice combined.

Hamburg.

4: This capital was founded by Sweden's King Gustav I Vasa in 1550.

Helsinki, Finland.

5: It served as a dynastic capital in the 1800s and continued as the royal capital of Vietnam until 1945.

Hue.
Round 3. Category: Hitchcock's Blondes
1: She played the wife who knew too much in the remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" --que sera, sera.

Doris Day.

2: This "regal" blonde stabs Anthony Dawson to death with a pair of scissors in "Dial M For Murder".

Grace Kelly.

3: She was Mrs. Clark Gable when she starred in Hitchcock's comedy "Mr. And Mrs. Smith".

Carole Lombard.

4: Glamour girl whose femme fatale role in "Vertigo" was no picnic.

Kim Novak.

5: She stole her way into Sean Connery's heart as the title kleptomaniac in "Marnie".

Tippi Hedren.
Round 4. Category: Springs On The Map
1: This California resort's aerial tramway up Mt. San Jacinto has the world's largest rotating tramcars.

Palm Springs.

2: This Australian town was named for a waterhole that was named for telegraph advocate Charles Todd's wife.

Alice Springs.

3: This Georgia town is home to the Roosevelt Institute, a comprehensive rehabilitation facility.

Warm Springs.

4: The U.S. Olympic Training Center is located in this city in the foothills of the Rockies.

Colorado Springs.

5: This fashionable resort in the Adirondacks is the summer home of the New York City Ballet.

Saratoga Springs.
Round 5. Category: Self- Blank
1: It's a painting of an artist by the artist.

Self-portrait.

2: It's used as a plea in court to justify the defendant's use of physical force against an attacker.

Self-defense.

3: A positive sense of this represents how valuable you think you are.

Self-esteem/worth.

4: In 1980 Spain granted the Basques this, though it was limited.

Self-rule.

5: This prophecy comes about through a tendency to make events confirm to a predicted outcome.

Self-fulfilling.
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September 29, 2021Episode 231 - Let There Be Life - Really Bad Dates - A Fashionable Category - Nba Rules - Teams Of Super Bowl Mvps
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 231, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let There Be Life
1: Fungi create these to reproduce and your average mushroom makes 16 billion of them.

spores.

2: From the Greek for "leaf", they're the individual parts of a flower's corolla.

petals.

3: As they have chlorophyll, algae produce food using this process.

photosynthesis.

4: From an eyeglass-shaped pattern on its face, a South American bear is called this.

a spectacled bear.

5: Each of these on the dragonfly is made up of 28,000 hexagonal-shaped ommatidia.

eyes.
Round 2. Category: Really Bad Dates
1: In December 1952 a toxic fog gripped this capital city, causing hundreds of deaths.

London.

2: On Sept. 30, 1993 a 6.4 earthquake rocked villages in the Maharashtra state in this country, killing thousands.

India.

3: This hurricane devastated Central America October 26-31, 1998.

Hurricane Mitch.

4: This exploded about 70 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral Jan. 28, 1986.

Space Shuttle Challenger.

5: This captain was killed in a skirmish with natives at Kealakekua Bay on Feb. 14, 1779.

Captain James Cook.
Round 3. Category: A Fashionable Category
1: Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player.

Ralph Lauren.

2: Seen here on Dame Edna's dress, these sparkly decorations take their name from an old Italian coin:.

sequins.

3: Wallace might know this term for a metal eyelet mainly used on belts but also seen on hems and cuffs.

a grommet.

4: Feline name for the full-body stocking made popular by Diana Rigg on "The Avengers".

a catsuit.

5: In the 1800s, it was fashionable to wear a cap named for this woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat.

Charlotte Corday.
Round 4. Category: Nba Rules
1: (Hi, I'm Malik Rose) Rule 4, Section 14 says that while an opponent's doing this, I can't run past him, wave my arms or talk trash to him.

shooting a free throw.

2: It's the type of foul that can be called on a player who's not even in the game at the time.

technical foul.

3: (Hi, I'm Michael Finley) A substitute has to report to this person who gets to sit at a table while we run around.

scorekeeper.

4: If a defensive player kicks the ball, this is reset and starts over.

the shot clock/24-second clock.

5: (I'm Derek Fisher) In 2001 the time allowed to bring the ball across midcourt was lowered from this to 8 seconds.

10 seconds.
Round 5. Category: Teams Of Super Bowl Mvps
1: VI: Roger Staubach.

the Dallas Cowboys.

2: IX: Franco Harris.

the Pittsburgh Steelers.

3: XXXV: Ray Lewis.

the Baltimore Ravens.

4: XI: Fred Biletnikoff.

the Raiders.

5: XXII: Doug Williams.

the Washington Redskins.
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September 28, 2021Episode 230 - Oxford, Cambridge Or Harvard - Classic Disney Films - Auto Racing - Numbers In Song - Geographer's Dictionary
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 230, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Oxford, Cambridge Or Harvard
1: It's the oldest.

Oxford.

2: One of its clubs gives out the Hasty Pudding Award.

Harvard.

3: The current Prince of Wales earned his bachelor's degree there.

Cambridge.

4: Its main library is the Bodleian.

Oxford.

5: Its department of physics is the Cavendish Laboratory.

Cambridge.
Round 2. Category: Classic Disney Films
1: The title fawn in Disney's 1942 film is this deer.

Bambi.

2: Mowgli finds out it's a jungle out there in this film based on Kipling's classic.

The Jungle Book.

3: The Mickey Mouse version of this Dickens classic features Goofy as the ghost of Jacob Marley.

A Christmas Carol.

4: Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet.

Sleeping Beauty.

5: Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep and this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary.

Annette Funicello.
Round 3. Category: Auto Racing
1: Designating you as the winner, it's the flag each driver wants to see first at the end of an auto race.

checkered flag.

2: It's the "aquatic" term for the rapid side to side movement a car's rear end can make while racing.

fishing.

3: As the lead qualifier for an auto racing event, you'll occupy this "position" in the front row at the start of the race.

pole position.

4: This type of auto racing start bears the name of a French town famous for a 24-hour race.

Le Mans.

5: Also a term for architectural drawing, it's the fuel-saving practice of one car closely following another.

drafting.
Round 4. Category: Numbers In Song
1: Biggest hit for The Crests was about a birthday cake with this many candles.

16.

2: Neil Sedaka said, "You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen" when she'd reached this age.

sweet 16.

3: Title of the song that begins, "Some people say a man is made out of mud".

"Sixteen Tons".

4: Lacy J. Dalton sang "God bless the boys who make the noise on" this Nashville street.

16th Avenue.

5: It's the specific distance mentioned in folk song "The Erie Canal".

15 miles.
Round 5. Category: Geographer's Dictionary
1: From an old Norse word, it's a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea.

Fjord.

2: The main administrative municipality in a U.S. county.

a county seat.

3: It's an old name for a Chinese seaport, or what the Swiss call their states.

Canton.

4: "Oceanic" term for the coastal states between New England and the South, like Delaware and Maryland.

Mid-Atlantic.

5: "Oceanic" term for the coastal states between New England and the South, like Delaware and Maryland.

Mid-Atlantic.
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September 27, 2021Episode 229 - Nfl Nicknames - The Jep-Tones World Tour 2006 - 1961 - The Marrier - Yes, I've Eton
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 229, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nfl Nicknames
1: "Broadway Joe".

Joe Namath.

2: "Mean Joe".

Joe Greene.

3: "The Refrigerator".

William Perry.

4: "Too Tall".

(Ed) Jones.

5: "Sweetness".

Walter Payton.
Round 2. 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.
Round 3. Category: 1961
1: Ratified on March 29, the 23rd Amendment granted this U.S. district the right to vote in pres. elections.

Washington, D.C..

2: She releases the hit songs "Crazy" and "I Fall to Pieces".

Patsy Cline.

3: A bunch of Cuban exiles showed up unannounced here on April 17.

the Bay of Pigs.

4: In his January 17 farewell address, he warned about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex".

Eisenhower.

5: On May 5 he rocketed into space from Cape Canaveral.

Alan Shepard.
Round 4. Category: The Marrier
1: Tom Hayden, Roger Vadim, Ted Turner.

Jane Fonda.

2: Sean Penn, Guy Ritchie.

Madonna.

3: Andre Previn, Frank Sinatra.

Mia Farrow.

4: Jeremy Thomas, Tom Green.

Drew Barrymore.

5: Robert Evans, Steve McQueen.

Ali McGraw.
Round 5. Category: Yes, I've Eton
1: He hopefully had a ball at Eton before going on to write "Thunderball".

(Ian) Fleming.

2: We know he revisited his "Brave New World" in 1958, but we don't know if he attended any Eton reunions.

(Aldous) Huxley.

3: Marshall Field III, who had fun times at Eton, merged his Sun and Times papers in this city in 1948.

Chicago.

4: James Oglethorpe went to Eton, did other stuff, then founded this colony in America.

Georgia.

5: In power in the 1720s and 1730s, this Etonian is considered England's first prime minister.

Robert Walpole.
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September 26, 2021Episode 228 - "Prince" - Flies - The President Who Said... - Porgy-Pourri - Tv Or Not Tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 228, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Prince"
1: Until 1999 the first snowfall signaled the start of the "Nude Olympics" at this university.

Princeton.

2: Satan, Dracula and Ozzy Osbourne go by this nickname.

the Prince of Darkness.

3: This was the name given to the ship cast in the starring role on "The Love Boat".

the Pacific Princess.

4: This Caribbean capital was occupied by the U.S. from 1915 to 1934 and from 1994 to 1995.

Port-au-Prince.

5: A French explorer called this North American island Ile-St.-Jean.

Prince Edward Island.
Round 2. Category: Flies
1: The largest land animal native to this continent is a small wingless fly.

Antarctica.

2: A pest of wheat, the Hessian fly is so named because it's believed Hessian soldiers brought it here during this war.

the Revolutionary War.

3: Wake up and tell us the name of this deadly disease, aka trypanosomiasis, spread by the Tsetse fly.

sleeping sickness.

4: It's the common name for the fly known scientifically as musca domestica.

the housefly.

5: Examples of these flies popular with geneticists include the apple maggot and the cherry.

fruit flies.
Round 3. Category: The President Who Said...
1: "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate".

John F. Kennedy.

2: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet".

Lincoln.

3: In his first address to Congress: "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today".

Lyndon Johnson.

4: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe".

Gerald Ford.

5: "It must be a peace without victory... Only a peace between equals can last".

Wilson.
Round 4. Category: Porgy-Pourri
1: Sadly, "Porgy and Bess" was the only full-length opera this composer wrote; he passed away in 1937, at age 38.

George Gershwin.

2: Now a famous poet, she played Ruby in the acclaimed European tour of "Porgy and Bess" in the mid-'50s.

Maya Angelou.

3: In 1936 this city's National Theatre was briefly desegregated so African-Americans could see "Porgy and Bess" there.

Washington, D.C..

4: Bobby McFerrin's father dubbed the singing voice of Porgy when this leading man played him on film in 1959.

Sidney Poitier.

5: The opera is based on a novel inspired by a real crime of passion committed in this Southern city.

Charleston, South Carolina.
Round 5. Category: Tv Or Not Tv
1: Duuuuude, Ray Walston totally reprised his role as Mr. Hand, Spicoli's teacher, in the series based on this film.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

2: "My Mother The Car","His Gal Shirley","Your Show Of Shows".

His Gal Shirley.

3: Starring Erin Moran, it was the last primetime sitcom spun off from "Happy Days".

Joanie Loves Chachi.

4: On TV, this title trio was played by Kate, Jaclyn and Farrah; on film, it was Cameron, Lucy and Drew.

Charlie's Angels.

5: On 60s TV, Cesar Romero cackled as this criminal; in 2008, Heath Ledger gave a startling film performance.

the Joker.
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September 25, 2021Episode 227 - States' Former Governors - All "Set" - Team Sports - The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes - Here's Waldo
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: States' Former Governors
1: Lurleen Wallace, 1967-1968.

Alabama.

2: George W. P. Hunt and Bruce Babbit.

Arizona.

3: Tom Ridge, 1995-2001.

Pennsylvania.

4: Thomas Dewey, 1943-1954.

New York.

5: Henry Lee and Fitzhugh Lee.

Virginia.
Round 2. Category: All "Set"
1: In summer, when this happens just after 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, it happens after 11:30 p.m. in Anchorage.

sunset.

2: Species of this small monkey include the common, buffy tufted-ear and pygmy.

a marmoset.

3: It can be a useful quality, or any item of value that is owned.

an asset.

4: Hebrew for "assembly", it's the parliament of Israel.

the Knesset.

5: An element that balances another, or a type of printing that takes ink from plate to blanket to paper.

offset.
Round 3. Category: Team Sports
1: In football's shotgun formation, this player stands several yards behind the center to take the snap.

Quarterback.

2: In this sport it may be a foul to hold either the ball or an opponent's head underwater.

Water polo.

3: It's said this game using little padding originated when a schoolboy grabbed a soccer ball and ran.

Rugby.

4: Hockey's Colorado Avalanche once played for this city, birthplace of their star Patrick Roy.

Quebec City.

5: Using a frisbee and combining football and other games, it's the "last" word in team sports.

Ultimate frisbee.
Round 4. Category: The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
1: That's right, guv, the first Holmes story was this "scarlet" one.

A Study in Scarlet.

2: Holmes goes to see a man about a dog in this 1902 novel about a deadly legend.

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

3: If you ever needed his services, all the mates knew this was Sherlock's London address.

221B Baker Street.

4: Conan Doyle did this to Holmes in "The Final Problem", but the public outcry caused him to change his mind.

Killed him off.

5: If events would come a cropper, this Scotland Yard inspector would seek out Holmes for help.

Inspector Lestrade.
Round 5. Category: Here's Waldo
1: Waldo was the nephew of this nearsighted cartoon character and helped keep him out of trouble.

Mr. Magoo.

2: Named after the screenwriter of "Midnight Cowboy", the Waldo Salt award is given by this Park City, Utah film fest.

Sundance.

3: On the quirky TV series "Twin Peaks", a pet bird named Waldo of this talkative species ends up mysteriously dead.

a myna bird.

4: In a 1975 film this actor was just great as "The Great Waldo Pepper".

Robert Redford.

5: This tough-guy actor's last film role was as Police Commissioner Waldo in 1981's "Ragtime".

(James) Cagney.
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September 24, 2021Episode 226 - Keep On Truckin' - Let's Play Chicken - The Age Of Aquariums - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame - "New" York
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Keep On Truckin'
1: Term for a truck whose body tilts to discharge loads, like gravel, to the rear.

Dump truck.

2: In 2010 the D.O.T. issued rules banning this new form of communication by truckers while driving.

texting.

3: "Massive" rhyming term for your standard tractor-trailer truck.

big rig.

4: 5 brothers, one with the rhyming name Jack, started this company in the early 1900s.

Mack.

5: In 2008 Atlanta truckers protested the rising price of this type of fuel, their lifeline.

Diesel.
Round 2. 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.
Round 3. Category: The Age Of Aquariums
1: The Great Lake Aquarium featured fish that live in this kind of water, as opposed to saltwater.

freshwater.

2: It's fun to ride the riverboat from the Audobon Zoo to the Aquarium of the Americas in this Louisiana city.

New Orleans.

3: These "tuxedoed" birds are a highlight of the Splash Zone at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

penguins.

4: Seen here, the beluga type of this mammal is one of the main attractions at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

a whale.

5: On April 13, 2001 a bottlenose one of these mammals was born at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

a dolphin.
Round 4. Category: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
1: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam filled in for Jim Morrison when this group performed at its 1993 induction.

The Doors.

2: "What a Wonderful World" when this jazz trumpeter was inducted for his influence on rock.

Louis Armstrong.

3: Jann Wenner, editor and publisher of this magazine, is 1 of 26 on the Hall's board of trustees.

Rolling Stone.

4: Known for playing Ziggy Stardust, he donated a plaster cast of his face for the mannequins representing him.

David Bowie.

5: In 1986 the first group of inductees included Elvis Presley and this founder of Sun Records.

Sam Phillips.
Round 5. Category: "New" York
1: Someone recently married.

a newlywed.

2: 1980s bands like The B-52's are classified as this style of music.

New Wave.

3: It starts with the Book of Matthew and ends with the Book of Revelation.

the New Testament.

4: The largest city in New Jersey.

Newark.

5: St. John's is the capital city of this Canadian province.

Newfoundland.
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September 23, 2021Episode 225 - Geograph"Y" - Valleys - Australian History - My Fantasy Football Team - Adam And Eve
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 225, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Geograph"Y"
1: There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country.

Italy.

2: It's the largest city in Utah.

Salt Lake City.

3: This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal and Nynorsk.

Norway.

4: While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990.

Germany.

5: The last British ship of convicts pulled into this Australian city's port in 1849.

Sydney.
Round 2. Category: Valleys
1: A fungal infection common in this state's San Joaquin valley is now called Valley fever.

California.

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

Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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

the Red River Valley.

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

the Great Rift Valley.

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

the Oder.
Round 3. Category: Australian History
1: As a result of the 1851 discovery of this in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia's population almost tripled by 1860.

gold.

2: From 1793 to 1810, this liquor made from molasses or sugar cane was used as currency in Australia.

rum.

3: Due to Australia's vast distances, in 1928 K. St. Vincent Welch became the 1st doctor to reach patients in this way.

by plane.

4: In 1999 voters rejected a proposal for Australia to withdraw from this collective.

the British Commonwealth.

5: In Jan. 1788 a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts and soldiers sailed into this bay and founded what became Sydney.

Botany Bay.
Round 4. Category: My Fantasy Football Team
1: You should have heard my "boo-yah!" in 2004 when Shaun Alexander scored his NFL-leading 20th of these.

a touchdown.

2: Straight-up swap at this position, Roethlisberger for Culpepper... what do you say?.

quarterback.

3: I'm glad I traded for this flamboyant receiver who went from Frisco to Philly in 2004.

Terrell Owens.

4: I'm expecting a few long ones from the well-named Ryan Longwell, a regular at this position.

kicker.

5: Letting go of this Rams back with almost 12,000 career rushing yards could come back to haunt me.

Marshall Faulk.
Round 5. Category: Adam And Eve
1: They could eat of the Tree of Life, but the Tree of the Knowledge of this was off limits.

Good and evil.

2: When called on the carpet, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve blamed him.

The Serpent.

3: God reminded Adam that this "Thou art, unto" it "shalt thou return".

Dust.

4: According to Genesis, Adam gave these to the animals and later gave one to his wife.

Names.

5: Adam was a young 130 when he begat him, his third son.

Seth.
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September 22, 2021Episode 224 - Getting Married - By The Seashore - Snakes - It's A Mystery! - You Say Potato
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 224, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Getting Married
1: The extended cathedral length of one of these is over 9 feet long and doesnÂ’t include a dining car.

train.

2: In a double ring ceremony, she gives the ring to the bride to place on the groomÂ’s finger.

maid of honor.

3: When writing, offer the bride Â“best wishesÂ” and the groom this.

congratulations.

4: Exactly 9 sips of this are the essence of a Shinto wedding ceremony in Japan.

sake.

5: According to tradition, the man who catches the brideÂ’s garter gets to place it on this personÂ’s leg.

the woman who catches the bouquet.
Round 2. Category: By The Seashore
1: The northern fur seal breeds each summer in the Pribilof Islands in this sea.

Bering Sea.

2: Yielding 20 pounds of edible flesh, the giant type of this is the largest bivalve mollusk.

Clam.

3: These animals of the class Asteroidea can regenerate body parts and produce new bodies from a fragment.

Starfish.

4: The dried skeleton of this invertebrate resembles a large white coin.

Sand Dollar.

5: In California this fish spawns on the beach the first few nights after the highest tides of the month.

Grunion.
Round 3. Category: Snakes
1: 3-letter term for naja haje, an Egyptian snake which was sometimes used to commit suicide.

an asp.

2: The Eastern species of this is encircled with broad red and black bands, separated by narrow yellow ones.

a coral snake.

3: In 2014 a deadly albino type of this snake native to India and neighbors was captured roaming a S. Calif. neighborhood.

a cobra.

4: A rattlesnake's rattle is made of interlocking rings of this protein, just like our fingernails.

keratin.

5: With a top speed of about 12 mph, this deadly African snake is said to be the world's fastest serpent.

the black mamba.
Round 4. Category: It's A Mystery!
1: The title of this 1939 mystery by Raymond Chandler is a slang term for death.

The Big Sleep.

2: This detecting couple whom Dashiell Hammett introduced in "The Thin Man" had a dog named Asta.

Nick and Nora Charles.

3: The V.I. in this hard-boiled detective's name stands for Victoria Iphigenia.

V.I. Warshawski.

4: Some editions of this Dickens novel begin, "An ancient English cathedral town..."; others say "tower"--it's a "Mystery"!.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

5: "The Mystery of" her is Poe's sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

Marie Roget.
Round 5. Category: You Say Potato
1: In Gaelic it's known as "An Gorta Mor" (The Great Hunger).

The Irish Potato Famine.

2: The Russet Burbank potato is also known by this "state"ly name.

Idaho potato.

3: At a New Jersey spelling bee in 1992, he insisted that "potato" was spelled with an "E" at the end.

Dan Quayle.

4: Don Rickles voiced Mr. Potato Head in this 1995 film.

Toy Story.

5: This snack company uses over 5 billion pounds of potatoes annually to make Ruffles and other chips.

Frito-Lay.
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September 21, 2021Episode 223 - Crossword Clues "S" - What's That Sound? - The Beat Of The Tom - Historic Nebraska - Extracurricular Activities
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 223, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues "S"
1: P.T. Barnum's victims (7).

Suckers.

2: Biblical wise guy(7).

Solomon.

3: Specters, or their liquor(7).

spirits.

4: 1964 movie song(34).

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".

5: Hebridean isle, or its terrier(4).

Skye.
Round 2. Category: What's That Sound?
1: This noise might keep you awake at night.

snoring.

2: Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett and Tacoma.

Puget Sound.

3: Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland.

Rhode Island.

4: This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States.

North Carolina.

5: The islands in Australia's Yampi Sound are rich in hematite, an ore of this metal.

iron.
Round 3. Category: The Beat Of The Tom
1: In the 1957 group known as Tom and Jerry, Tom was Art Garfunkel and he was Jerry.

Paul Simon.

2: Throw your panties at me if you know the name of this Welsh singer born Thomas Woodward.

Tom Jones.

3: In 1993 he sang about "Mary Jane's Last Dance".

Tom Petty.

4: "I Love" this country star who had the hit "I Like Beer"; it fits him to a "T.".

Tom T. Hall.

5: This singer-actor had 2 songs on the "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack CD.

Tom Waits.
Round 4. Category: Historic Nebraska
1: From 1855 to 1867, this city was the territorial capital.

Omaha.

2: Thousands receive care every year at this institution for homeless, neglected and abused children founded in 1917.

Father Flanagan's Boys Town/Home.

3: With the purchase of this region in 1803, the area now known as Nebraska became part of the United States.

Lousiana Purchase/Territory.

4: In 1982 Nebraskans passed "Initiative 300", banning out-of-state corporations from buying these.

Farms/ranches.

5: On May 6, 1877 this great Sioux Indian chief surrendered to the U.S. Army at Fort Robinson.

Crazy Horse.
Round 5. Category: Extracurricular Activities
1: Students put together this, also called an annual, with photos of class members and school activities.

Yearbook.

2: Psi Chi is an honor society in psychology; Chi Psi is one of these Greek letter societies.

Fraternity.

3: Teams engage in the Lincoln-Douglas and Parliamentary types of these.

Debates.

4: Free room and board are perks of being a dorm's R.A., which stands for this.

Resident assistant/advisor.

5: Write letters on behalf of prisoners of conscience when you join a chapter of AI, this organization.

Amnesty International.
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