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August 20, 2021Episode 191 - Well, You "No" - Movie Comedies - Desserts - Hollywood Blvd. - Music Facts
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Well, You "No"
1: To propose someone for election to an office.

nominate.

2: 9-letter adjective pertaining to the night.

nocturnal.

3: It's a wistful desire to return in thought to a former time in one's life.

nostalgia.

4: Neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon and helium, collectively.

noble gases.

5: Warren Harding campaigned on the slogan "Return to" this.

normalcy.
Round 2. Category: Movie Comedies
1: In "Caddyshack" this comedian said, "I'll tell ya, this steak still has marks from where the jockey was hitting it".

Rodney Dangerfield.

2: 30-somethings Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell are members of the Lambda Epsilon Omega fraternity in this comedy.

Old School.

3: This pic flew with dialogue like "We have clearance, Clarence"; "Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?".

Airplane!.

4: (Here's Morgan Freeman.) My character's directive leads to Steve Carrell reading "Ark Building for Dummies" in this film.

Evan Almighty.

5: Michael Caine and Steve Martin teamed up as Lawrence and Freddy, a couple of these, the title of a 1988 film.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Round 3. Category: Desserts
1: Aka silver cake or snow-drift cake, this light cake uses lots of egg whites and no shortening.

angel food cake.

2: This whipped egg white topping for lemon pies will "weep" or turn rubbery if you're not careful.

Meringue.

3: These whole wheat crackers are often crushed to make a pie crust.

Graham crackers.

4: Fannie Farmer's recipe for old-fashioned gingersnaps calls for 1/2 cup of this liquid sweetener.

Molasses.

5: The earl never had this dessert of which a 1900 newspaper article said, "thin wafers...modify the coolness".

ice cream sandwich.
Round 4. Category: Hollywood Blvd.
1: In June 1999 the Metro Rail opened a station named for this world-famous intersection.

Hollywood and Vine.

2: In 1994 Schwarzenegger's size 12 boot prints were planted in its "Forecourt of the Stars".

Mann's Chinese Theatre (or Grauman's Chinese Theatre).

3: These awards are slated to return to the boulevard at a new theatre in 2001.

Academy Awards (Oscars).

4: June 16, 1999 was "Another Day In Paradise" when this composer got a star on the Walk of Fame.

Phil Collins.

5: Cybill Shepherd has sung in this hotel's Cinegrill.

Roosevelt Hotel.
Round 5. Category: Music Facts
1: Most authorities say a chord has at least this many notes.

three.

2: Traditionally an orchestra's concertmaster sits on this side of a conductor.

the left side.

3: On a musical staff pitch is indicated by this symbol.

note.

4: Of lento, adagio, or andante, the slowest tempo.

lento.

5: Using "the circle of fifths", this key signature follows C major.

G major.
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August 19, 2021Episode 190 - "Silver" - The Paparazzi Love... - They Used To Be Truck Drivers - Choose Your Weapon - All My Children
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 190, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Silver"
1: Nostalgic name for the movies or the motion picture industry.

the silver screen.

2: When the going gets rough, remember that "Every cloud has" one of these.

a silver lining.

3: To produce rain, clouds are sometimes seeded with this chemical compound.

silver iodide.

4: This band has backed up Bob Seger on hits like "Night Moves" and "Still The Same".

The Silver Bullet Band.

5: The U.S. government first issued this paper currency in 1878.

silver certificates.
Round 2. Category: The Paparazzi Love...
1: This "Mean Girls" star who appeared in a controversial 2008 photo spread in New York Magazine.

Lindsay Lohan.

2: This Dallas Cowboys fan whose ex, Nick Lachey, gave her a maltepoo dog that now spends time with Tony Romo.

Jessica Simpson.

3: This object of Borat's affection who, in 2008, had a romantic Valentine's Day performing at a Paris strip club.

Pamela Anderson.

4: This star on the pregnancy watch list who's very fond of her partner who produced her film "A Mighty Heart".

Angelina Jolie.

5: This actress whose father Billy Ray "got caught up in...filming" and forgot to buckle up for one of his scenes.

Miley Cyrus.
Round 3. Category: They Used To Be Truck Drivers
1: This current monarch drove a 3-ton truck and serviced motor engines during WWII1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. Whereas, one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an Annus horribilis.

Queen Elizabeth II.

2: He was a Marine, a truck driver and a soda jerk before he starred in "The French Connection".

Gene Hackman.

3: This handsome leading man was a truck driver before he shared "Pillow Talk" with Doris Day.

Rock Hudson.

4: He drove a truck for an oil company long before he starred in "To Kill A Mockingbird".

Gregory Peck.

5: This British star of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" was formerly a truck driver, a steeplejack and a fire eater.

Bob Hoskins.
Round 4. Category: Choose Your Weapon
1: Bowie.

a knife.

2: When George Washington was sworn in on April 30, 1789, he was wearing one of these weapons.

a sword.

3: Thompson.

a machine gun.

4: Also known as an arbalest, this weapon can use a cranking mechanism and a trigger to fire arrows farther.

crossbow.

5: "Putting Descartes before the horse" is an example of one of these groan up witticisms.

pun.
Round 5. Category: All My Children
1: In 1973 "All My Children"'s Mary Fickett became the first daytime soap actor to win one of these awards.

Emmy.

2: As a member of Pine Valley's Daughters of Fine Lineage, Phoebe traces her roots back to this boat.

Mayflower.

3: Tabitha was Samantha and Darrin's daughter on this 1960s TV show.

Bewitched.

4: On January 5, 1995 "All My Children" celebrated this anniversary.

25th.

5: She was "All My Children"'s Jenny Gardner before becoming "NYPD Blue"'s Det. Diane Russell.

Kim Delaney.
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August 18, 2021Episode 189 - I'm On Cloud "Nine" - Texas Tech - Meat And Potatoes - The Hollywood Walk Of Fame - Middle Name Please
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 189, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'm On Cloud "Nine"
1: This Hugh Grant movie was based on the French film "Neuf mois".

Nine Months.

2: This hit song begins "Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition".

"9 To 5".

3: In this comedy, dentist Matthew Perry meets up with hitman Bruce Willis.

The Whole Nine Yards.

4: Jeri Ryan joined the crew on "Star Trek: Voyager" as the Borg with this 3-word name.

Seven of Nine.

5: Taken from the title of a J.D. Salinger work, it was the name of Lisa Loeb's backing band.

Nine Stories.
Round 2. Category: Texas Tech
1: One of Texas' first railroads, the BBB and C, became the GH and SA, for Galveston, Harrisburg and this.

San Antonio.

2: A museum of the history of looking for this stuff is a tourist attraction in Kilgore, Texas.

oil.

3: Founded by Ross Perot in 1962, Electronic Data Systems got its first computer in 1965, this company's 1401.

IBM.

4: Staley McBrayer of Fort Worth moved newspaper printing from the "hot" to the "cold" variety of this.

typesetting.

5: Texas is a leading state in mining this element, atomic number 16 and in manufacturing its acid.

sulphur.
Round 3. Category: Meat And Potatoes
1: The original version of this toy included facial pieces to attach to a real spud.

Mr. Potato Head.

2: The fungus phytophthora infestans caused this historic Irish tragedy.

Irish potato famine.

3: In 1853 chef George Crum invented this snack as a joke when a customer said his fries were too thick.

potato chips.

4: In Genesis, God told this man "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you".

Noah.

5: This premium cut of steak includes a t-bone and part of the tenderloin.

porterhouse.
Round 4. Category: The Hollywood Walk Of Fame
1: Stars in front of this famous theater include Basil Rathbone's, William Shatner's and Billy Graham's.

Grauman's/Mann's Chinese Theater.

2: Marilyn Monroe's "McStar" shines in front of this Hollywood Boulevard eatery.

McDonald's.

3: The stars run east and west on Hollywood Boulevard, and north and south on this street.

Vine Street.

4: He's the only U.S. president you can step on.

Ronald Reagan.

5: You don't have to "Imagine" that this musician's star is in front of Capitol Records...that's where it is.

John Lennon.
Round 5. Category: Middle Name Please
1: PresidentMaria Aquino.

Corazon.

2: SingerMarie Warwick.

Dionne.

3: President Ronald Reagan.

Wilson.

4: DirectorErnst Bergman.

Ingmar.

5: NovelistJanet Caldwell.

Taylor.
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August 17, 2021Episode 188 - Bye Bye Birdie - Business Abbrev. - Pets - Child Care - Oscar, Grammy Or Both
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 188, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bye Bye Birdie
1: Pigs were among the creatures that killed off this bird on Mauritius in the 1600s.

the dodo.

2: The Puerto Rican plain one is endangered; the passenger one has already passed on.

a pigeon.

3: This city's Bishop Museum has a princess' pa'u (skirt) made from feathers of the extinct mamo and 'o'o.

Honolulu.

4: The last known Mariana mallard died in 1981 at this San Diego adventure park.

Sea World.

5: Like the ostrich, which it resembled, the 10-foot moa of this country defended itself by kicking.

New Zealand.
Round 2. Category: Business Abbrev.
1: No money, no goods:C.O.D..

cash on delivery.

2: A first sale of stock on the open market:IPO.

an initial public offering.

3: Pertaining to a fictitious name:DBA.

doing business as.

4: Furnisher of financial data on Wall St.:S and P.

Standard and Poor's.

5: A salary increase in response to inflation:COLA.

a cost of living adjustment.
Round 3. Category: Pets
1: They can be house-trained and kept indoors; outdoors, a hutch will keep them from hopping away.

rabbits.

2: Like humans, guinea pigs need a dietary source of this vitamin, so try feeding them a piece of orange each day.

Vitamin C.

3: The green-winged teal, a small one of these birds, is well suited for living in garden ponds.

a duck.

4: Sold in most pet stores, comets and veiltails are varieties of this type of carp.

goldfish.

5: The box variety of this reptile can live in your backward and can learn to come to you for its food.

a tortoise.
Round 4. Category: Child Care
1: Dr. Spock says though it's fun to apply this to baby after a bath, it's not usually needed.

powder.

2: Produced by bacterial action, the chief cause of diaper rash is this, NH3.

ammonia.

3: It's rare for this manual dominance to appear before the age of two.

being right-handed (or left-handed).

4: It's the process that starts when the cup begins to replace the bottle or breast.

weaning.

5: Common in babies, this ocular condition, "strabismus", can improve spontaneously, tho rarely so.

lazy eye (or cross-eyes, wandering eyes).
Round 5. Category: Oscar, Grammy Or Both
1: Cher.

Both.

2: Frank Sinatra.

both.

3: Meryl Streep.

Oscar.

4: Rita Moreno.

Both.

5: Julie Andrews.

both.
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August 16, 2021Episode 187 - Also A Chinese Dynasty - This Category Is Gonna Tank - Capital - I'll Have The "Ham" - 20Th Century Novels
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Also A Chinese Dynasty
1: The astronauts drank this orange-flavored breakfast drink.

Tang.

2: Mr. Solo of the movies.

Han.

3: The past participle of the verb that means to make music vocally.

sung.

4: A protruding part of the face below the lips.

chin.

5: The last name of designer Anna, it sounds like a popular hog call.

Sui.
Round 2. Category: This Category Is Gonna Tank
1: When air forces out the seawater in a sub's ballast tank, the sub will do this.

rise.

2: The Firefly was one of these "General" tanks equipped with a 76.2-millimeter long-barreled gun.

Sherman tank.

3: The University of Arizona warns never use matches when inspecting this home waste-water treater.

septic tank.

4: Gouramis are kept in these.

fish tanks.

5: He and Emile Gagnan perfected the tank of air with a pressure-regulating valve worn by divers.

Jacques Cousteau.
Round 3. Category: Capital
1: Rainfall is rare in this capital of Peru.

Lima.

2: Yokusuka and Yokohama lie on the same harbor as this capital.

Tokyo.

3: When Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world chess title, they were in this world capital.

Reykjavik.

4: This city's highest hill at almost 400 feet was built out of rubble collected after WWII.

Berlin.

5: Now capital, Gaborone was the administrative seat of Bechuanaland, which became this country in 1966.

Botswana.
Round 4. Category: I'll Have The "Ham"
1: A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches.

hamster.

2: This tendon is at the back of the thigh.

hamstring.

3: This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I".

Oscar Hammerstein.

4: He wrote hard-boiled detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man".

Dashiell Hammett.

5: This county in southern England borders the English Channel.

Hampshire.
Round 5. Category: 20Th Century Novels
1: Chief Bromden, a mental patient, narrates this 1962 novel.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

2: The slogan "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad" appears in this 1945 novel.

Animal Farm.

3: In the Stephen King book, Annie Wilkes loves company, but only author Paul Sheldon's.

Misery.

4: In 1955 he got an offer he couldn't refuse: the publication of his first novel, "The Dark Arena".

(Mario) Puzo.

5: The 8,000-copy first printing of this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel sold out in a week.

A Hundred Years of Solitude.
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August 15, 2021Episode 186 - "Boo"! - Cosmetics And Perfume - I Think I Love You - Computing 101 - The Unexplained
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 186, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Boo"!
1: This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland:.

Clancy Lowered the Boom.

2: Word that can precede hatch, prize or trap.

booby.

3: A hiding game played with very small children, or a see-through blouse worn by grown-up women.

peek-a-boo.

4: From the Tagalog word for mountain, it's our word for the backwoods or "the sticks".

boondocks.

5: R. Duvall played this character who saves Scout Finch from an attacker in "To Kill a Mockingbird".

Boo Radley.
Round 2. Category: Cosmetics And Perfume
1: Attention, Earl Scheib: Paint Job is a brand of this kind of cosmetic, with colors resembling automobile paint.

Nail polish.

2: Diamonds and Emeralds is a gem of a fragrance from this beauty known for her "Passion".

Elizabeth Taylor.

3: Brooke Shields suggests using a cream type of this cheek cosmetic if your skin is extremely dry.

Blush/Blusher.

4: A skin care product by La Prairie is named for and made to resemble this fish roe delicacy.

Caviar.

5: Elle described the scent of this spice as "The new lavender" -- it's a "snap" you'll know it.

Ginger.
Round 3. Category: I Think I Love You
1: In mythology, she pined away for Narcissus until nothing was left but her voice.

Echo.

2: This title character of a Voltaire work falls in love with Cunegonde, a baron's daughter.

Candide.

3: In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, she's the young woman the poet will see "nevermore".

Lenore.

4: This Tolstoy character is one Aleksei's lover and another Aleksei's wife.

Anna Karenina.

5: Gamekeeper Oliver Mellors is the title lover in this man's "Lady Chatterley's Lover".

D.H. Lawrence.
Round 4. Category: Computing 101
1: In computerese, it's the "app" in "killer app".

application.

2: A flatbed one of these optical devices is used to get images into your computer to use on your website.

a scanner.

3: In order to get online, you'll need one of these, an ISP.

an Internet service provider.

4: Sometimes your computer is fine, but this, your LAN, is down.

local area network.

5: "Broadcast yourself" is the slogan of this website that was recently bought for $1.6 billion.

YouTube.
Round 5. Category: The Unexplained
1: In 1964 Vincent Gaddis coined this term for the area in which Flight 19 disappeared in 1945.

"The Bermuda Triangle".

2: A 1961 book by Ivan T. Sanderson linked these 2 creatures of the Pacific Northwest and the Himalayas.

Sasquatch/Bigfoot and The Abominable Snowman/Yeti.

3: An explanation for these areas of flattened grain is that they're saucer-shaped UFO landing sites.

Crop Circles.

4: It's alleged a 1943 experiment transported a destroyer from this PA. city to Virginia and back within minutes.

Philadelphia.

5: If you came home and found your maid had suffered from this, SHC, she'd be a real char woman.

Spontaneous Human Combustion.
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August 14, 2021Episode 185 - Union Labels - Illegalities - Name The Olympic Sport - Shopping U.s.a. - The President Who Said...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Union Labels
1: The DGA, this guild, gives awards for achievement in commercials as well as feature films.

Directors Guild of America.

2: Arturo Rodriguez heads the UFW, this union once led by Cesar Chavez.

United Farm Workers.

3: The NALC, National Association of these, says its members each deliver 41.5 tons of mail a year.

Letter Carriers.

4: 1.3 million strong, the AFSCME is the American Federation of State, County and these employees.

Municipal.

5: The ILA, the union of these "men", is headquartered near the Hudson on NYC's Battery Place.

Longshoremen.
Round 2. Category: Illegalities
1: On Jan. 12, 1998 NYC mayor Giuliani announced he'd crack down on these pedestrian miscreants.

Jaywalkers.

2: Anti-gang laws target this, defined as hanging around or moving too slowly.

Loitering.

3: This adjective often found before "exposure" means the exposer knows others can see.

Indecent.

4: From the same root as consecration, this opposite term is sometimes done to flags.

Desecration.

5: In 1931 Al Capone got 11 years not for murder or bootlegging but for this.

Tax evasion.
Round 3. Category: Name The Olympic Sport
1: Shorts,10 or 12-ounce gloves,protective headgear.

boxing.

2: Landing area,crossbar,long flexible staff.

pole vault.

3: A sled weighing no more than 50 pounds,a steep hill,nerves of steel.

luge.

4: 2 teams of 6,an over 7-foot-high net.

volleyball.

5: Floor area,bodysuit,a ball, a hoop or a ribbon.

rhythmic gymnastics.
Round 4. Category: Shopping U.s.a.
1: Elvis Presley Enterprises owns several gift shops in this city; they're all close to Graceland.

Memphis.

2: Rumors on Royal Street in this city specializes in hand-crafted Mardi Gras masks.

New Orleans.

3: This Las Vegas hotel-casino is known for its Appian Way plaza shops as well as its Forum shops.

Caesars Palace.

4: J. Crew picked this city's South Street Seaport as the site for its first retail store, opened in 1989.

New York City.

5: Now a trendy shopping area, this marketplace near Boston's Faneuil Hall dates from 1826.

Quincy Market.
Round 5. 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.
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August 13, 2021Episode 184 - Twelfth Night - Trends - The Old College Try - "West" Side Story - Oceania
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 184, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Twelfth Night
1: Dealing with a beastly triple-header was this man's famous twelfth labor.

Hercules.

2: The traditional present for your twelfth wedding anniversary is this fabric created by a type of moth larva.

silk.

3: Seen here, she represented New York's 12th District in the House of Representatives from 1969-1983.

Shirley Chisholm.

4: The Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution concerns a revamping of this "college".

the Electoral College.

5: This twelfth U.S. president died in office, and his daughter married Jefferson Davis.

Zachary Taylor.
Round 2. Category: Trends
1: It's toymaker Bandai's "loveable egg", a virtual pet.

Tamagotchi.

2: Billy Blanks is the man behind this fitness system that includes elements of tae kwon do.

Tae Bo.

3: Chip the Cat, born January 26, 1996, is one of these Ty stuffed animals.

Beanie Babies.

4: Who can resist watching this MTV show whose combatants have included The 3 Tenors vs. The 3 Stooges?.

Celebrity Deathmatch.

5: Despite his brief screen time in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", this bounty hunter has a cult following.

Boba Fett.
Round 3. Category: The Old College Try
1: Merton College was one of the first entities that become this famous British university.

Oxford.

2: This Jesuit Washington, D.C. university is home to the Woodstock Theological Center.

Georgetown.

3: Seen here is the sports team logo of this university, whose stars have included Sidney Moncrief and Lance Alworth.

Arkansas (Razorbacks).

4: John Wayne attended this L.A. university in the 1920s and also played on its football team.

USC.

5: Glass artist Dale Chihuly is a graduate of this design college abbreviated RISD.

Rhode Island School of Design.
Round 4. Category: "West" Side Story
1: In 1965 he was TIME Magazine's "Man of the Year".

William Westmoreland.

2: I presume you know David Livingstone is buried there.

Westminster Abbey.

3: The first Studebakers ran on batteries developed by this company.

Westinghouse.

4: Celebrity known as "Grandma Freud".

Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

5: Shelley called this "thou breath of Autumn's being".

the West Wind.
Round 5. Category: Oceania
1: When this nation gained independence in 1962, it had "Western" in its name.

Samoa.

2: The high islands like Viti Levu in the Fiji group and Kao in the Tonga group were formed by these.

Volcanoes.

3: When Gauguin arrived on this island in 1891, he was shocked at how modern it was.

Tahiti.

4: In the Solomons, you can tour Olasana Island, where this future U.S. president was rescued in August 1943.

JFK.

5: The largest city in Oceania outside Hawaii and New Zealand is Port Moresby in this nation.

Papua New Guinea.
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August 12, 2021Episode 183 - Lunch Counter Lingo - Born On The Fourth Of July - Poetry Potpourri - The Ocean - Jazz
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 183, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Lunch Counter Lingo
1: "Whistle berries" refers to these Boston legumes.

baked beans.

2: Bow wow and Coney Island both refer to this food.

a hot dog.

3: Number that Mel might have called out to say "We're all out of it".

86.

4: The name of this state is slang for maple syrup.

Vermont.

5: This beverage is Adam's ale.

water.
Round 2. Category: Born On The Fourth Of July
1: This newsman was born on July 4, 1943, and not named Jerry Rivers.

Geraldo Rivera.

2: P.T. Barnum's circus partner, he took his first bow on July 4, 1847.

(James) Bailey.

3: An associate said of this "boss", "There's nothing more limited than a limited partner in the Yankees".

Steinbrenner.

4: Take our advice and name the columnists born in 1918 as Esther Pauline Friedman and Pauline Esther Friedman.

Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers.

5: Pennsylvania-born in 1826, he penned "Swanee River" only 25 years later.

(Stephen) Foster.
Round 3. Category: Poetry Potpourri
1: He married Minnehaha, the "Loveliest of Dacotah Women".

Hiawatha.

2: Milton work that begins, "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree...".

"Paradise Lost".

3: An 8-line stanza, it's usually the first 8 lines in an Italian sonnet.

Octave.

4: Secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland, he idealized his boss as a knight in "The Faerie Queene".

Edmund Spenser.

5: She described her nervous breakdown in her 1960 poetry collection "To Bedlam and Part Way Back".

Anne Sexton.
Round 4. Category: The Ocean
1: Ho, ho, ho! The North Pole sits near the center of this ocean.

Arctic Ocean.

2: In the open sea where the Labrador Current meets the Gulf Stream, fog makes these even more of a shipping hazard.

icebergs.

3: The 2 bodies whose gravitational pull on the Earth has the greatest effect on ocean tides.

Sun and Moon.

4: 80% of U.S. lifeguard ocean rescues are prompted by this type of "current" (inaccurately called a "tide").

rips.

5: You cross it going from Mogadishu to the Maldives.

Indian Ocean.
Round 5. Category: Jazz
1: Known as the "First Lady of Song", she won 13 Grammy Awards, the most by any jazz artist.

Ella Fitzgerald.

2: In the title of the album "Diz 'N' Bird In Concert", Diz is Dizzy Gillespie and Bird is this saxophonist.

Charlie Parker.

3: In 1964 this jazz great reached the top of the pop charts with his vocal recording of "Hello, Dolly!".

Louis Armstrong.

4: Induction into the Jazz Hall of Fame in Orlando is determined by a poll conducted by this leading jazz publication.

Down Beat.

5: On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- nearly 27 years after her death.

Billie Holiday.
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August 11, 2021Episode 182 - "Ss" The Situation - Ohio Bio - Authors' Rhyme Time - I'm Not Wearing Any Pants - Friday The 13Th
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Ss" The Situation
1: The ADA says to do this gently, once a day; it "helps keep your gums healthy".

floss.

2: Did you know I could bench-press 250 lbs.? But I do this, a 7-letter term meaning to deviate from the main topic.

digress.

3: From the Greek for "bottomless", it's a vast chasm.

abyss.

4: Yuck! It can often be found before national product, ton or anatomy.

gross.

5: Hemingway wrote anything was "better than Ezra learning to play" this low-range woodwind instrument.

bassoon.
Round 2. Category: Ohio Bio
1: Born in Cambridge in 1921, he went on to be a senator and an astronaut.

(John) Glenn.

2: Born in Darke County in 1860, she developed her amazing proficiency with firearms at an early age.

Annie Oakley.

3: Appropriately enough, this writer of Westerns was born in Zanesville in 1872.

Zane Grey.

4: Born in Columbus in 1890, he was a car-racing champion and a WWI flying ace.

Eddie Rickenbacker.

5: This late jazz pianist, famous for his trio, was born blind in Toledo, Ohio in 1910.

Art Tatum.
Round 3. Category: Authors' Rhyme Time
1: George Bernard's rules.

Shaw's laws.

2: Vidal's battles.

Gore's wars.

3: Umberto's lizards.

Eco's geckos.

4: Ms. Ephron's soft felt hats.

Nora's fedoras.

5: Koontz's mungs and favas.

Dean's beans.
Round 4. Category: I'm Not Wearing Any Pants
1: On Sept. 8, 1504 this Michelangelo statue was completed, in all his glory.

David.

2: Annie Leibovitz' Dec. 8, 1980 photo of this naked man lying next to his clothed wife was taken on the last day of his life.

John Lennon.

3: Among the hundreds of paintings by this Dutch master is the nude "Bathsheba at the Bath".

Rembrandt.

4: In 1876 "The Vanquished", a male nude, later called "The Age of Bronze", was this sculptor's first masterwork.

Rodin.

5: Of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, it's the one starring an over 100-foot guy in his birthday suit.

the Colossus of Rhodes.
Round 5. Category: Friday The 13Th
1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation.

Germany (or the Nazis).

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

the America's Cup.

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

(Lyndon) Johnson.

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

ASCAP.

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

Jericho.
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