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September 09, 2021Episode 211 - Reunited - Bride Of The Yankees - Mr. President - Unusual Books - Colleges And Universities
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 211, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Reunited
1: Don Henley said this group would reunite when Hell froze over, which turned out to be in 1994.

The Eagles.

2: On Sept. 19, 1981 this duo built a "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and reunited for a free concert in Central Park.

Simon and Garfunkel.

3: The reunion of this group performing their hit "Roxanne" kicked off the 2007 Grammys.

The Police.

4: This band reunited to play "Don't Stop" at Clinton's 1993 inaugural gala.

Fleetwood Mac.

5: The answer was blowin' in the wind when this folk trio reunited for a 1972 George McGovern fundraiser.

Peter, Paul and Mary.
Round 2. Category: Bride Of The Yankees
1: Married in 1954, this "Yankee Clipper" has roses delivered to his ex-wife's grave for 20 years after her death.

Joe DiMaggio.

2: In the HBO movie "61*", Claire, this man's widow, is none too happy when his home-run record of 60 is tied.

Babe Ruth.

3: In a 2001 "SNL" skit this Yankees shortstop appeared in drag as his double-play partner's wife Candy Soriano.

Derek Jeter.

4: In 1994 Don's wife Kim Mattingly finished the 25th annual one of these in 5 hours, 40 minutes, 46 seconds.

the New York Marathon.

5: In 1999 Diana, the widow of this 1970s catcher and team captain, threw out the first pitch at a Yankee game.

Thurman Munson.
Round 3. Category: Mr. President
1: His grandfather had been VP, but Adlai Stevenson lost 2 presidential elections to this man.

Dwight D. Eisenhower.

2: This former U.S. president led a scientific expedition into the Amazon jungle in 1914.

Theodore Roosevelt.

3: In the presidential election of 1800, Alexander Hamilton supported Charles Pinckney over this incumbent.

John Adams.

4: The economic panic of 1893 hit shortly after he returned as the nation's 24th president.

Grover Cleveland.

5: In 1824 Sarah Childress married this future president.

James K. Polk.
Round 4. Category: Unusual Books
1: "Bred any Good Rooks Lately?" is a humorous collection of these groaners.

puns.

2: Jewel Shepard's "Invasion of the B-Girls" is a collection of interviews with girls who appear in these.

B-movies.

3: "PL8 SPK" is a collection of stories written using only these.

(vanity) license plates.

4: This most common letter in English isn't used in Ernest Vincent Wright's 50,000-word novel "Gadsby".

E.

5: N.E. Thing Enterprises has produced 3 "Magic Eye" books where you stare at patterns that do this.

form 3D pictures (come out in 3D accepted).
Round 5. Category: Colleges And Universities
1: The George Washington Carver Museum is on this Alabama school's campus.

the Tuskegee Institute.

2: Opened around 1257, it's now a part of the universities of Paris.

The Sorbonne.

3: According to a U.S. News and World Report survey, university presidents rate this western school best.

Stanford.

4: James K. Polk went to this "tarheel university".

University of North Carolina.

5: Several of its football songs were written by alumnus Cole Porter.

Yale.
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September 08, 2021Episode 210 - Women In Sports - Clues Past Their Freshness Date - Internal Rhymes - Our Avian Friends - Tv Friends
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 210, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Women In Sports
1: Like fathers, like daughters: in June 2001 it was Joe Frazier's daughter Jacqui against this boxer's daughter Laila.

Muhammad Ali.

2: This runner, who married Richard Slaney in 1985, holds 6 U.S. records, from 800 meters to 10,000 meters.

Mary Decker.

3: In 1988 Golf Magazine named this Mexican-American "Woman Golfer of the Decade".

Nancy Lopez.

4: On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female.

(Babe Didrikson) Zaharias.

5: In 1996, on an injured ankle, she did a final vault that helped the U.S. gymnastics team win the Olympic gold.

Kerri Strug.
Round 2. 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 3. Category: Internal Rhymes
1: It can be a meeting among business colleagues, or a Native American ceremonial feast.

a powwow.

2: It's a sturdy carryall worn by hikers as well as students.

a backpack.

3: A homeless traveler riding on freight trains.

a hobo.

4: A natl. assoc. of wanderers says you can still be this 4-letter term even if you never rode a freight train.

a hobo.

5: This adjective meaning unkempt and varied is often applied to disorganized armies or militias.

ragtag.
Round 4. Category: Our Avian Friends
1: Only the extinct 10-foot-tall moas of New Zealand were taller than this 8-foot African bird.

Ostrich.

2: The deepest diver among birds is the emperor species of this bird which may reach depths of 900 feet.

Penguin.

3: This tiny bird drinks nectar at the rate of about 13 licks per second.

Hummingbird.

4: The sapsucker, a group of birds in this family, drills holes in trees to stimulate the flow of sap.

Woodpeckers.

5: The name of this black bird of Asia, a superb mimic of human speech, is from the Sanskrit for "passion".

Mynah bird.
Round 5. Category: Tv Friends
1: (Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) I used to play D.J. Connor's boring friend George on this sitcom.

Roseanne.

2: Grant Show appeared as Dylan's friend Jake on this series before he was spun off to "Melrose Place".

Beverly Hills, 90210.

3: In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name: it's Cosmo.

Kramer.

4: He's the friend Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends".

Joey Tribbiani.

5: Claire Danes and A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela and Rayanne on this acclaimed series.

My So-Called Life.
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September 07, 2021Episode 209 - History 101 - Women's Liberation - Gene Wilder - 2001: A Sports Odyssey - Kitty Literature
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 209, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: History 101
1: This future president graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1940.

John F. Kennedy.

2: The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C..

Egypt.

3: When asked how she'd survived the Titanic, she replied, "I'm unsinkable" -- hence, her famous nickname.

Molly Brown.

4: John Smith said he would have had his brains beaten out with clubs if this Indian girl hadn't saved him.

Pocahontas.

5: In 1862 Jefferson Davis named this Confederate general his chief military advisor.

Robert E. Lee.
Round 2. Category: Women's Liberation
1: In 1910 Alice Wells got special badge No. 1 as the first female one of these in Los Angeles.

Police officer.

2: The term suffragette came from suffrage, the right to do this.

Vote.

3: In her 1963 book she used the term "Feminine Mystique" to describe the image of women.

Betty Friedan.

4: Introduced in 1959, she got in trouble in 1992 for saying "Math class is tough".

Barbie.

5: In 1972 this magazine appeared on American newsstands for the first time.

Ms..
Round 3. Category: Gene Wilder
1: In 1984 Gene married this woman with whom he later had a "Haunted Honeymoon".

Gilda Radner.

2: In his first movie, Gene played a mortician kidnapped by Warren Beatty in this 1967 film.

Bonnie and Clyde.

3: This man directed Gene in "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles".

Mel Brooks.

4: Gene was nominated for a Screenwriting Oscar for this film that also starred Marty Feldman as Igor.

Young Frankenstein.

5: Gene's first movie pairing with Richard Pryor came in this 1976 comedy thriller about a murder plot on a train.

Silver Streak.
Round 4. Category: 2001: A Sports Odyssey
1: Number of home runs Barry Bonds hit in 2001, setting a Major League record.

73.

2: As GM of this team, Michael Jordan made history by picking high schooler Kwame Brown No. 1 in the NBA draft.

the Washington Wizards.

3: Point Given won this Triple Crown race and got daisies because Maryland's state flower hadn't bloomed yet.

the Preakness.

4: This "Iron Man" played his last game for the Orioles in 2001 after 21 seasons.

Cal Ripken.

5: With the help of defensemen Ray Bourque and Rob Blake, this hockey team cascaded to the Stanley Cup.

the Colorado Avalanche.
Round 5. Category: Kitty Literature
1: The feline in footwear popularized in Charles Perrault's tale.

Puss in Boots.

2: "It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin".

the Cheshire Cat.

3: Brick Pollitt's wife, who is the "cat" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

Maggie.

4: In this play, when the 1st witch cries, "I come, Graymalkin!", she's calling to her cat.

Macbeth.

5: He wrote "The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat".

Ogden Nash.
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September 06, 2021Episode 208 - Harrys And Garys - The "Cat" - Forests - The Write Stuff - Who's On First?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 208, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Harrys And Garys
1: Getting the role of Colonel Potter on "M*A*S*H" was a bit of a demotion; he'd previosuly played a general on the show.

Harry Morgan.

2: Gary "Big Hands" Johnson played defense for 10 seasons with this NFL team, the southernmost in California.

the San Diego Chargers.

3: Bigfoot went domestic in this 1987 comedy with John Lithgow.

Harry and the Hendersons.

4: Here's a Harry and a Gary: in 1995 this "Forrest Gump" actor played Harry Truman.

Gary Sinise.

5: Harry Shearer has voiced at least 36 different characters, including Jebediah Springfield, on this show.

The Simpsons.
Round 2. Category: The "Cat"
1: The wormlike larva of a moth.

a caterpillar.

2: Henny Youngman began his career as a violinist playing the "Borscht Belt" in these N.Y. mountains.

the Catskills.

3: An audition open to everyone; it may bring a stampede of actors.

cattle call.

4: The southern part of what's now China was called Mangi; the northern part was called this.

Cathay.

5: For Kant, to act according to principles that you'd like to see become universal is this type of "imperative".

a categorical imperative.
Round 3. Category: Forests
1: The Mbuti of Congo's Ituri Forest are the shortest of these peoples at an average height of about 4'8".

Pygmies.

2: Britain's 4,500-acre Savernake Forest is privately owned by the Earl of this (think sweater).

Cardigan.

3: This European country's Sonian Forest is flanked by the towns of Tervuren and Waterloo.

Belgium.

4: New Hampshire has its White Mountain National Forest and Vermont has one named for this mountain range.

the Green Mountains.

5: The USA's first Natl. Forest, Shoshone, was set aside in 1891 as part of the Yellowstone Timberland Reserve in this state.

Wyoming.
Round 4. Category: The Write Stuff
1: Dumas Malone won a Pulitzer Prize for his multi-volume biography of this Monticello resident.

Thomas Jefferson.

2: Sir John Buchan wrote the adventure thriller "The 39 Steps" before becoming governor-general of this country.

Canada.

3: This son of J.R.R. Tolkien entered the family business, teaching at Oxford and editing "The Silmarillion".

Christopher Tolkien.

4: This "divine" saint wrote the Book of Revelation on the Greek island of Patmos.

St. John.

5: After penning the musical "Kiss of the Spider Woman", this man wrote "Love! Valour! Compassion!".

Terrence McNally.
Round 5. Category: Who's On First?
1: In 1927 Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs but this first baseman and Yankee teammate was league MVP.

Lou Gehrig.

2: In both 1995 and 1996, this Dodger first baseman hit over 30 home runs and had over 100 runs batted in.

Eric Karros.

3: Yankees,1923-1939.

(Lou) Gehrig.

4: A's,1987-1997;Cardinals,1998-2001.

Mark McGwire.

5: Mets,1983-1989;"Seinfeld ",beginning in 1992.

(Keith) Hernandez.
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September 05, 2021Episode 207 - Leaves - Minnesotans - Engineering - Oh, "Ic" - British Vs. American Auto Terminology
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 207, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Leaves
1: "Life is so beautiful", says this fictional Italian-American before dying in his garden.

Don Vito Corleone ("The Godfather").

2: The leaves of this large family of tropical trees are folded in a distinct fanlike shape called plicate.

palm trees.

3: Koalas eat mistletoe too, but mainly these leaves.

eucalyptus.

4: Wrigley's could tell you that the strong-smelling oil of this plant, mentha spicata, comes from hairs on its leaves.

spearmint.

5: "Monsieur Marius, I believe that I was a little bit in love with you", she says and then smiles and dies.

Eponine.
Round 2. Category: Minnesotans
1: in 1977 he was voted deputy president pro tem of the U.S. Senate, a position created for him.

(Hubert H.) Humphrey.

2: This creator of "Peanuts" was once a free-lance cartoonist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Charles Schulz.

3: This "Great Gatsby" author was related to a woman hanged in connection with Lincoln's assassination.

(F. Scott) Fitzgerald.

4: This man, Chief Justice of the U.S. 1969-1986, graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul College of Law in 1931.

(Warren) Burger.

5: This oilman who founded a Malibu, California museum was born in Minneapolis in 1892.

(John Paul) Getty.
Round 3. Category: Engineering
1: Used as early as 230 B.C., the 1st successful electric one was developed by the Otis Bros. in 1889.

an elevator.

2: Tajikistan has the highest one of these in the world; the U.S. doesn't even make the Top 10 with Hoover.

Dam.

3: Type of well named for the French region of Artois where 1 was 1st drilled in 1126.

an artesian well.

4: Able to carry over 2 million barrels of crude a day, it runs from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez.

the Alaska Pipeline.

5: The motto of this 1904-1914 engineering project was "The land divided, the world united".

the Panama Canal.
Round 4. Category: Oh, "Ic"
1: There once was a clue from Nantucket, this kind of humorous 5-line Irish verse (sorry, that's it).

limerick.

2: Kill a plant with a deadly substance and you could be accused of this, also describing the substance itself.

herbicide.

3: Hey, baby, what's your zodiac sign? It's this, isn't it, the only that fits the category... Hey, where are you going?.

Capricorn.

4: To renounce a throne, as Norodom Sihanouk did in 2004.

abdicate.

5: From 1940 to 1942, this was the capital of unoccupied France.

Vichy.
Round 5. Category: British Vs. American Auto Terminology
1: What the British call an estate car, we call this type of "wagon".

a station wagon.

2: It's a windscreen to the limeys, but it's one of these to us Yanks.

a windshield.

3: What we call gasoline, the Brits call this.

petrol.

4: This car part is the bonnet to the Brits, but to us it's one of these.

the hood.

5: It's a transmission in America and one of these "box"es across the Atlantic.

a gearbox.
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September 04, 2021Episode 206 - True Story - Oscar-Winning Songs - Mountains - Famous Understudies - World Coins
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 206, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: True Story
1: John Hersey wrote about 6 survivors of an August 6, 1945 explosion in this title city.

Hiroshima.

2: In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school".

West Point.

3: Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering that she had breast cancer while "ice bound" here.

the South Pole.

4: This gonzo journalist tells the "Strange and Terrible Saga" of flying with angels--Hell's Angels.

Hunter Thompson.

5: "Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest and the tragedy that befell others around him.

Jon Krakauer.
Round 2. Category: Oscar-Winning Songs
1: 2013:"Let It Go" from this animated flick.

Frozen.

2: Melanie Griffith had "A Bod in Sin" in this film, but it was Carly Simon's "Let the River Run" that won an Oscar.

Working Girl.

3: ("Colors of the Wind").

Pocahontas.

4: "Georgy Girl" and "Alfie" lost to this 1966 song that lionized a lioness named Elsa.

"Born Free".

5: 1942:This holiday classic from "Holiday Inn".

White Christmas.
Round 3. Category: Mountains
1: In modern Greek this peak is called Olimbos.

Olympus.

2: The Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains surround this Utah capital.

Salt Lake City.

3: Seen here is one of Hokusai's famous wood-block prints of this mountain.

Mount Fuji.

4: This peak is the only mountain in North America that exceeds 20,000 feet.

Mount McKinley.

5: Not quite 14,500 feet, this California peak is named for geologist Josiah.

Mount Whitney.
Round 4. Category: Famous Understudies
1: Four years before "Laugh-In", Jo Anne Worley understudied Carol Channing in this smash hit musical.

Hello, Dolly!.

2: Lainie Kazan not only played a showgirl in this show, she understudied Barbra Streisand.

Funny Girl.

3: John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" understudied Richard Burton in this 1960 musical.

Camelot.

4: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward understudied in the original 1953 production of this William Inge play.

Picnic.

5: Richard Gere was an understudy in this musical set at Rydell High before he starred in it in London.

Grease.
Round 5. Category: World Coins
1: In 2001 the Isle of Man issued 6 coins devoted to this 11-year-old wizard; the first depicted him casting a spell.

Harry Potter.

2: In 2004 Somalia issued 6 coins in the shape of this instrument, including a fender Stratocaster.

guitar.

3: This principality now uses the Euro and has issued Euro coins with Prince Rainier on the obverse.

Monaco.

4: In 2007 this late pope was honored with a coin in nauru; his image pops up perpendicular to the coin.

Pope John Paul II.

5: A hologram of this sacred temple lies in the center of Cambodia's 2001 10,000-riel coin.

Angkor Wat.
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September 03, 2021Episode 205 - The Fortune 500 - It Happened On Valentine's Day - 1990s Television - Buddy The Beekeeper - Beer
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 205, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Fortune 500
1: 1 of the 2 manufacturing companies classified under "Toys" in the 500.

1 of (Mattel and Hasbro).

2: No. 242 on the list, this insurance co.'s $99.3 billion loss made it Fortune's biggest loser ever.

AIG.

3: Since the Fortune 500 list began in 1955, only Exxon, Wal-Mart and this now-troubled auto co. have held the top spot.

GM (General Motors).

4: With 14,000 videos, the most watched Fortune 500 CEO on YouTube was this bespectacled chairman of the No. 35 company.

Bill Gates.

5: AMR and UAL are the top 2 companies in this industry.

airline.
Round 2. Category: It Happened On Valentine's Day
1: In 1929 Al Capone's men massacred rival gangsters on St. Valentine's Day in this city.

Chicago.

2: TV's Mrs. Brady, she was born on Feb. 14, 1934.

Florence Henderson.

3: In 1995 Arthur Chaskalson, who defended Nelson Mandela in 1964, was sworn in as this country's chief justice.

South Africa.

4: Americans fell in love with her when she gave a TV tour of the White House on Feb. 14, 1962.

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

5: On Feb. 14, 1989 the Ayatollah Khomeini called for the death of this Indian-born British author.

Salman Rushdie.
Round 3. Category: 1990s Television
1: (Hi, I'm Arianna Huffington) Al Franken and I did a "Point-Counterpoint" segment called "Strange Bedfellows" for this Bill Maher show.

Politically Incorrect.

2: This FOX drama follows the plight of the Salinger children, who were orphaned by a car wreck.

Party of Five.

3: Roslyn, Washington represented Cicely, Alaska, the setting of this Rob Morrow series.

Northern Exposure.

4: The quirky drama "Picket Fences" was set in this town in Wisconsin, not in Italy.

Rome.

5: "Twin Peaks" was the first TV venture for this avant-garde filmmaker.

David Lynch.
Round 4. Category: Buddy The Beekeeper
1: Buddy mixes equal parts of this and hot water to feed a new colony with no honey to eat.

Sugar.

2: Buddy doesn't like being asked "Who's the lucky fella?" when he wears this between his hat and collar.

Beekeeper's veil.

3: Buddy makes people mad when he blows this in elevators, but he blows it at bees to calm them down.

Smoke.

4: Buddy might say "None of your business" if asked about harvesting this product used in candles and polishes.

Beeswax.

5: In spring Buddy gets ready for these masses of bees to fly from their hives and form new colonies.

Swarms.
Round 5. Category: Beer
1: In '60s ads, they called to this girl for Carling Black Label.

Mabel.

2: While Bud calls itself the "King of Beers", this one calls itself the "Beer of Danish Kings".

Tuborg.

3: In 1963, Schlitz became the 1st beer to be marketed nationally in these.

tab top or pull top cans.

4: This popular Irish beer bears the name of a classic Irish stringed musical instrument.

Harp.

5: Bob Marley's ghost could tell you that Red Stripe is a beer from this Caribbean country.

Jamaica.
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September 02, 2021Episode 204 - Chick Flicks - Talk Nonsense - Just Write - Inside Alex Trebek - Park Place
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 204, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Chick Flicks
1: Mel Gibson was in a fowl mood when he voiced Rocky Rhodes, a "flying rooster" in this animated film.

Chicken Run.

2: Singer Roger Miller played Alan-a-Dale, rooster minstrel, in this Disney classic.

Robin Hood.

3: The tagline to this 2005 animated feature was "This time the sky really is falling".

Chicken Little.

4: Kate Hepburn teamed up with this title marshal to track down her father's killer in a 1975 Western.

Rooster Cogburn.

5: In "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", this actor played a wannabe reporter who had to stay in a haunted house.

Don Knotts.
Round 2. Category: Talk Nonsense
1: This partner of "goo goo" in baby talk also means "foolishly enthusiastic".

ga ga.

2: Completes the immortal words of Little Richard, "A wop bop a loo bop a lop...".

bam boom.

3: In the dictionary this triple-talk phrase meaning "and so on" comes after bladder and before blanch.

blah blah blah.

4: Children's taunt once used by fugitive Deborah Ulrich in a letter to police.

nyah nyah nyah.

5: On '70s TV this was Charo's version of making whoopee.

cuchi cuchi.
Round 3. Category: Just Write
1: "Valley of the Horses" is Jean Auel's sequel to the novel "The Clan of" this.

the Cave Bear.

2: Like the title of a 1962 hit by Dion, they call an Old English poem about a homeless and kinless warrior this.

The Wanderer.

3: "My First Days in the White House", by this Louisiana political legend, was published in 1935, affer his death.

Huey P. Long.

4: He wrote "Torch Song Trilogy" and got torched by aliens in "Independence Day".

Harvey Fierstein.

5: This comic play, written by British dramatist Tom Taylor in 1858, sadly gained lasting fame in April 1865.

Our American Cousin.
Round 4. Category: Inside Alex Trebek
1: To loosen, as a grip, or just to take it easy.

relax.

2: An 1852 Dickensian title "house".

bleak.

3: This can be a large drinking vessel or a small lipped one used for science experiments.

beaker.

4: Thai kings considered this a "royal tree" under strict protection.

teak.

5: In the 1820s this British university's campus was a farm that served Devonshire cream to strollers.

Exeter.
Round 5. Category: Park Place
1: Longhorn Cavern State Park.

Texas.

2: San Simeon State Park.

California.

3: Manatee Springs State Park.

Florida.

4: Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.

Kentucky.

5: Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Arkansas.
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September 01, 2021Episode 203 - State Songs - The World Almanac 2007 - Time Is On My Side - A Cowboy's Dictionary - People With Peanuts Names
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 203, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: State Songs
1: "All Hail To" this state (no beans about it).

Massachusetts.

2: "She has her Black Hills, and mines with gold so rare, and with her scenery, no other state can compare".

South Dakota.

3: In 2000 it got a new state song: "These Green Mountains".

Vermont.

4: "Here We Have" this Northwest state (we know, we've seen its ID).

Idaho.

5: "Oh the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash".

Indiana.
Round 2. Category: The World Almanac 2007
1: Of the 4 of these that will happen in 2007, Americans will see only the lunar ones.

an eclipse.

2: "Offbeat News Stories" included a prize given to scientists who explained why these birds don't get headaches.

woodpeckers.

3: Born in 1984, this Brit is the youngest man on the list "Widely Known World Personalities of the Present".

Prince Harry.

4: Alphabetically, a select list of endangered species runs from albatross to this.

zebra.

5: The editors' picks for a 2006 time capsule include a yellow ribbon magnet with this 3-word slogan.

"Support our troops.".
Round 3. Category: Time Is On My Side
1: The longest reigning monarch in history may be this country's Neferkare, said to have ruled for over 90 years.

Egypt.

2: Sometime during his remarkable 72-year reign, he supposedly said, "L'etat c'est moi", or "I am the state".

Louis XIV.

3: The reign of 5 rulers of Monaco exceeded 50 years; 3 were named Honore and 2 were named this.

Rainier.

4: In 1840 this king, the third in the dynasty, had enough time in his 29-year reign to give Hawaii its first constitution.

King Kamehameha.

5: This country's King Rama IX, who belongs to the Chakri Dynasty that includes King Mongkut, has reigned 59 years.

Thailand.
Round 4. Category: A Cowboy's Dictionary
1: Adapted from the Spanish word juzgado (court), it was an Old West jail where many a cowboy did time.

Hoosegow.

2: Every open-range cowboy feared these uncontrolled runaway herds of cattle.

Stampede.

3: Due to the commonplace amputation of limbs, a doctor or surgeon was often called this tool nickname.

Sawbones.

4: It's someone who claimed rights to land by occupying it.

Squatter.

5: In cowboy talk,to drink whiskey was to "paint" these internal throat parts.

Tonsils.
Round 5. Category: People With Peanuts Names
1: In a Coasters hit song this title man asks, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?".

"Charlie Brown".

2: The doctor was in when this important hominid fossil was discovered in 1974.

Lucy.

3: In 1973 this woman from Colorado began her 24-year tenure in the House.

Pat Schroeder.

4: His blankets were very holy as Pope in 67 A.D..

Linus.

5: She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983.

Sally Ride.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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August 31, 2021Episode 202 - Ranches - A Girl's Best Friend - Milking Cows - Former Postal Workers - The European Past
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 202, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ranches
1: Kendall County, Texas is named for the man who brought merinos to the area as this type of rancher.

sheep rancher.

2: At about 12,000 sq. mi., Strangeray Springs, a cattle ranch (or station) in this country, is bigger than Vermont.

Australia.

3: Prairie Chapel is the name of George W. Bush's ranch near this Texas town, population 705.

Crawford.

4: Around 1905 these animals, not native to Arizona, were brought to a ranch in the state, where they now roam.

buffalo.

5: It's the name of Steve and Gayle Henson's California ranch for which a creamy dressing was named.

Hidden Valley.
Round 2. Category: A Girl's Best Friend
1: Modern synthetic diamonds were first produced in 1954 by compressing this element under extreme pressure.

Carbon.

2: 1971 James Bond film in which Jill St. John played Tiffany Case.

Diamonds Are Forever.

3: It's equal to 200 milligrams.

One carat.

4: Mae West's reply to the comment "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!".

"Goodness has nothing to do with it".

5: Where you might find a diamond pendant on a woman, or the tendency of diamonds to split among lines.

Cleavage.
Round 3. Category: Milking Cows
1: I think I could do a better job of milking a cow than Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton did on this reality series in 2003.

The Simple Life.

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

Dorothy.

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

Green Acres.

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

Carnation.

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

Tad Hamilton.
Round 4. Category: Former Postal Workers
1: This postmaster of New Salem, Illinois later became President.

Abraham Lincoln.

2: With the money Knute Rockne earned hoisting mail bags, he was able to attend this university.

Notre Dame.

3: In 1919 rain, white Christmas, sleet or hail couldn't keep this crooner from his clerk job in Spokane.

Bing Crosby.

4: The son of a civil servant, this member of the Blues Brothers was once a postal worker in Canada.

Dan Aykroyd.

5: In 1946 he worked days as a mailman in Winnetka, Illinois; later he starred with Doris Day.

Rock Hudson.
Round 5. Category: The European Past
1: July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice.

the Bastille.

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

the compass.

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

Nero.

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

English, French and Russian.

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

Holland.
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