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July 31, 2021Episode 171 - I "Like" This Song - Ports - A "Little" Lit - And Go To "Bed" - Gates
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 171, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I "Like" This Song
1: This Bob Seger song was used in ads for Chevy trucks.

"Like A Rock".

2: Duran Duran made its Top 40 debut with this song.

"Hungry Like The Wolf".

3: This 1965 song begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine".

"Like A Rolling Stone".

4: The 2 Madonna No. 1 hits that fit the category.

"Like A Virgin" and "Like A Prayer".

5: This entertainment industry anthem was written for the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun".

"There's No Business Like Show Business".
Round 2. Category: Ports
1: It's the only one of South Africa's 3 capitals that is also a seaport.

Cape Town.

2: Much of Australia's foreign trade is handled by this city's Port Jackson or neighboring Botany Bay.

Sydney.

3: This state has 5 of the top 15 U.S. ports, including Plaquemines and Lake Charles.

Louisiana.

4: Until Haiti became independent, this "Port" served as the capital of the colony of Saint-Domingue from 1770 to 1804.

Port-au-Prince.

5: This Egyptian port on the Mediterranean was founded in 1859 when the building of the Suez Canal began.

Port Said.
Round 3. Category: A "Little" Lit
1: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair".

Little Women.

2: The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel.

Little House on the Prairie.

3: This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall.

Little John.

4: The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend.

Stuart Little.

5: Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play.

The Little Foxes.
Round 4. Category: And Go To "Bed"
1: In math, it means raised to the third power.

cubed.

2: Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope".

barbed wire.

3: Kidded and teased (like Adam did to Eve, perhaps?).

ribbed.

4: If you've been clubbed, you've been made unconscious; if you've been this, you've been made a knight.

dubbed.

5: In the Bible she was mom to Moses and Aaron.

Jochebed.
Round 5. Category: Gates
1: The Nucerian Gate was one of several surrounding this city before it was buried by Vesuvius.

Pompeii.

2: For centuries the Saviour's Gate has been the official entrance to this Moscow citadel.

the Kremlin.

3: This 3-mile-long strait separates San Francisco from Marin county; perhaps you're familiar with the bridge?.

the Golden Gate.

4: Traitors' Gate was a River Thames entrance to this through which criminals passed to be imprisoned.

the Tower of London.

5: This capital's Puerta de Alcala was commissioned by King Carlos III to replace an earlier gate he thought inferior.

Madrid.
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July 30, 2021Episode 170 - Tom Time - Movie Roles - Desert Life - A "Little" Lit - Art School
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tom Time
1: Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance speech included this man! "I love you, brother!".

Tom Cruise.

2: He and his band were runnin' down a dream as the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl in 2008.

Tom Petty.

3: In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfiction works as "Submarine" and "Fighter Wing".

Tom Clancy.

4: In 2003 this Pennsylvanian became a presidential cabinet member.

Tom Ridge.

5: "Ambushing the audience is what theater is all about", asserted this author of "The Real Thing".

Tom Stoppard.
Round 2. Category: Movie Roles
1: [Hi, I'm Earl Brown] Because we look so much alike, I was cast as Warren, this actress' brother in "There's Something About Mary".

Cameron Diaz.

2: 2009: Zed, who lives in "Year One".

Jack Black.

3: This actress spent "Six Days, Seven Nights" on an island with Harrison Ford.

Anne Heche.

4: In a 2003 movie he played the bitter, foul-mouthed "Bad Santa".

Billy Bob Thornton.

5: Robin Williams danced with a vacuum cleaner to the song "Dude Looks Like A Lady" in this 1993 comedy.

Mrs. Doubtfire.
Round 3. Category: Desert Life
1: These can carry 1,000-pound loads and go for 10 days without water.

Camels.

2: The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert.

Mojave Desert.

3: The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert.

Mojave Desert.

4: The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird.

hummingbird.

5: The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird.

hummingbird.
Round 4. Category: A "Little" Lit
1: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair".

Little Women.

2: The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel.

Little House on the Prairie.

3: This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall.

Little John.

4: The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend.

Stuart Little.

5: Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play.

The Little Foxes.
Round 5. 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.
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July 29, 2021Episode 169 - College Aka - You're "Golden", Baby - C'est Cheese! - Bald Is Beautiful - Colorful Literature
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 169, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: College Aka
1: In Alabama:A reddish-brown colour.

Auburn.

2: In New York:A brand of toothpaste.

Colgate.

3: In Texas:An edible grain of the Gramineae family.

Rice.

4: In Massachusetts:Small clumps of hairs, trees or grass.

Tufts.

5: In Iowa:A male duck.

Drake.
Round 2. Category: You're "Golden", Baby
1: The USA's tallest bridge towers are the 746-foot steel peaks of this structure.

the Golden Gate Bridge.

2: This NBA team took the 1975 championship.

the Golden State Warriors.

3: It's the second-most registered dog breed at the American Kennel Club.

a golden retriever.

4: Jason stole it for his Uncle Pelias.

the Golden Fleece.

5: Sir James Frazer compared mythologies and religions in this work.

The Golden Bough.
Round 3. Category: C'est Cheese!
1: Americans refer to Emmentaler as this.

Swiss cheese.

2: King Christian IX is a cheese from this country.

Denmark.

3: This best-known Greek cheese is pickled in a brine solution.

Feta.

4: At the Congress of Vienna, in a contest instigated by Talleyrand, this French cheese won the title "Le Roi du Fromage".

Brie.

5: This blue-veined cheese made from ewes' milk was a favorite of Charlemagne's.

Roquefort.
Round 4. Category: Bald Is Beautiful
1: Shaven-headed fighter who legally changed his name to include "Marvelous".

Marvin Hagler.

2: Kenny Chesney started losing his hair in his teens--this ever-present accessory hides it.

a cowboy hat.

3: Charles Middleton wore a bald pate to portray this Flash Gordon villain.

Ming from Mongo (Ming the Merciless).

4: One of her newsworthy exploits was shaving her head in 2007, the year of her album "Blackout".

Britney Spears.

5: Famous for playing a Siamese king, he also played a royal on film in "Solomon and Sheba"--he had hair in that one.

Yul Brynner.
Round 5. Category: Colorful Literature
1: Many are ready to demonstrate their bravery at the start of this 1895 Stephen Crane novel.

"The Red Badge of Courage".

2: "The Autobiography of a Horse" is the subtitle to this first major animal novel in literature.

"Black Beauty".

3: This 1906 tale tells the story of a wolf-dog gradually domesticated by his kindly new owner.

"White Fang".

4: This dystopian Anthony Burgess novel was brought to the big screen by Kubrick in 1971.

A Clockwork Orange.

5: This exotic "green" novel by W.H. Hudson is set in the jungles of South America.

"Green Mansions".
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July 28, 2021Episode 168 - Bierce's Devil's Dictionary - 13 - Strait-En Up - Reporting The News - Peninsulas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 168, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bierce's Devil's Dictionary
1: Ambrose Bierce was known for his short stories and defined this longer form as " A short story padded".

Novel.

2: Wife Mollie may have agreed with Bierce that this emotion is "A temporary insanity curable by marriage".

Love.

3: Bierce defined this event as "The first and direst of all disasters"; his occured on June 24, 1842.

Birth.

4: Bierce saw this, "An abrupt change in the form of misgovernment" in Mexico while following Villa's army.

Revolution.

5: Some Greek philosophers, or men like Bierce "Whose faulty vision sees things as they are".

Cynics.
Round 2. Category: 13
1: The 13 people at his final dinner included James, Andrew, John and Judas.

Jesus.

2: The TV cops of New York's 13th precinct included this Greek-American title lieutenant.

Kojak.

3: It's the term for a spellbound assembly of 13 witches.

Coven.

4: Prepared by Maimonides, the "13 Articles of Faith" is a summary of the basic tenets of this religion.

Judaism.

5: The unluckiness of Friday the 13th may date from the suppression of this order of knights on Fri., Oct. 13, 1307.

Knights Templar.
Round 3. Category: Strait-En Up
1: Between Alaska and Russia.

Bering Strait.

2: Between Europe and Morocco.

Strait of Gibraltar.

3: Between the English Channel and the North Sea.

Strait of Dover.

4: Between New Zealand's North Island and South Island.

Cook Strait.

5: Bearing Taiwan's Portuguese name, it's between Taiwan and mainland China.

Strait of Formosa.
Round 4. Category: Reporting The News
1: In the 1980s this Texan sometimes ended his broadcast with a cryptic "Courage".

Dan Rather.

2: This Torontonian was just 26 when he first anchored ABC's nightly news in 1965, and some thought he looked too young.

Peter Jennings.

3: Until 1981, this CBS anchorman signed off with "And that's the way it is".

Walter Cronkite.

4: (Hi. I'm Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press.) An interview I did in 2000 with this senator and former P.O.W. won an excellence in TV journalism award.

John McCain.

5: This gossip and radio man greeted audiences, "Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea".

Walter Winchell.
Round 5. Category: Peninsulas
1: This triangular peninsula juts into the northern end of the Red Sea.

the Sinai Peninsula.

2: The Cleveland Peninsula is about 40 miles northwest of Ketchikan in this state.

Alaska.

3: This country's Chukchi Peninsula is the easternmost mainland part of Asia.

Russia.

4: It's the body part of the Italian "boot" made up by the Salentine peninsula in the Puglia region.

the heel.

5: Yalta and Balaklava are located on this peninsula.

the Crimean.
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July 27, 2021Episode 167 - Presidential Daughters - It's A Tough World - '50s Film Facts - Along Came Mary - Last Year's News
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 167, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Presidential Daughters
1: They were kids when she met her future husband at Ike's inauguration.

Julie Nixon (Eisenhower).

2: She graduated from Stanford and was impersonated by Julia Sweeney on "Saturday Night Live".

Chelsea Clinton.

3: A Columbia Law School graduate, she married museum designer Edwin Schlossberg in 1986.

Caroline Kennedy.

4: The press dubbed her "Watusi Luci" because she loved to dance the watusi (also the frug and the monkey).

Luci Johnson.

5: Known as "Princess Alice", she married a congressman who became Speaker of the House in the 1920s.

Alice Roosevelt.
Round 2. Category: It's A Tough World
1: 2 cities, both named Tripoli, are Libya's largest and this country's second-largest.

Lebanon.

2: The famous American Indian Geronimo spent his childhood in this "dogged" Mexican region.

Chihuahua.

3: In English, this nation's national anthem begins, "Arise children of the fatherland, the day of glory has arrived".

France.

4: Between 1961 and 1983, this nation sent numerous Venera probes to Venus to study its atmosphere and chemical makeup.

the Soviet Union.

5: Nawaz Sharif was the prime minister of this nation until deposed by its current military leader.

Pakistan.
Round 3. Category: '50s Film Facts
1: This Disney film based on a book by Englishman Lewis Carroll had its world premiere in England in 1951.

"Alice In Wonderland".

2: When Sandra Dee played this tiny beach bunny, James Darren was Moondoggie and Cliff Robertson played Kahoona.

Gidget.

3: This James Dean film featured Sal Mineo as Plato, Nick Adams as Moose and Dennis Hopper as Goon.

"Rebel Without A Cause".

4: Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger were all Oscar contenders for this 1954 Marlon Brando film.

"On The Waterfront".

5: Jimmy Stewart spies on his neighbor Raymond Burr in this Hitchcock classic.

"Rear Window".
Round 4. Category: Along Came Mary
1: The Banks family nanny, this fictional woman could fly through the air by opening her umbrella.

Mary Poppins.

2: In 1920 she married Douglas Fairbanks and in the mid-'30s she retired from acting.

Mary Pickford.

3: At the 1984 Summer Olympics, this West Virginia native won 5 medals in gymnastics.

Mary Lou Retton.

4: This author's works include "Valperga", "The Last Man" and "Frankenstein".

Mary Shelley.

5: Works by this female impressionist include "The Loge" and "The Bath".

Mary Cassatt.
Round 5. Category: Last Year's News
1: This government department recommended duct tape and plastic sheets to seal a room against a chemical attack.

the Department of Homeland Security.

2: Donald Rumsfeld called these 2 countries Â“Old EuropeÂ” after they opposed military action against Iraq.

Germany and France.

3: Democratic house members fled this state in order to block republicans from redrawing congressional districts.

Texas.

4: The FDA said it would ban dietary supplements containing this after a baseball player's death was linked to it.

ephedra.

5: The AmericaÂ’s Cup was won for the first time by a European country: ironically this landlocked nation.

Switzerland.
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July 26, 2021Episode 166 - "O" Yes! - Snickers - Postal Matters - Time For A "Pi" - "Fort"S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 166, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "O" Yes!
1: A synonym for scent, this noun is from the Latin for "smell".

odor.

2: Impenetrable to light, like some glass.

opaque.

3: It's a single performance by a band in a single locale, or the title of a Wesley Snipes film.

One Night Stand.

4: A temporary suspension of operation; of electrical power, for example.

outage.

5: From the Old Norse for "manager", it's a non-governmental investigator who resolves complaints.

ombudsman.
Round 2. Category: Snickers
1: Film in which Paul Newman tells Tom Cruise, "You couldn't find big time if you had a road map".

The Color of Money.

2: Film in which an exasperated Sally Kellerman yells, "This isn't a hospital, it's an insane asylum".

M*A*S*H.

3: 1974 film with the exchange:Inga: Werewolf!Freddy: Werewolf?Igor: There!Freddy: What?Igor: There wolf..

Young Frankenstein.

4: In "Take the Money and Run", asked, "Do you think sex is dirty?", Woody said, "It is if you do it" this way.

right.

5: 1950 film in which Judy Holliday tells Broderick Crawford, "You're just not couth!".

Born Yesterday.
Round 3. Category: Postal Matters
1: In a short-lived in Belgium in 1879, these house pets were used to carry bundles of mail.

cats.

2: One of the first non-heads of state to appear on a stamp was this American on the U.S. 5-cent stamp in 1847.

Benjamin Franklin.

3: The first known air mail service took place in Paris in 1870 by this conveyance.

hot-air balloon.

4: Postal markings dating back to this civilization in 3000 B.C. translate as, "In the name of the living king, speed!".

Egyptians (Egypt).

5: This country doesn't have its name on its stamps; usually it has the king or queen's head.

the United Kingdom.
Round 4. Category: Time For A "Pi"
1: This animal's name comes from the Middle French for "thorny pig".

porcupine.

2: We love this winged, unclothed infant archer of mythology, the son of Venus.

Cupid.

3: Uh oh! This outer nonvascular layer of your skin is showing.

epidermis.

4: Wealth, or a city that the official seat of government in a state.

capital.

5: A plant belonging to the genus Angallis, especially having scarlet flowers.

pimpernel.
Round 5. Category: "Fort"S
1: This N.C. fort has reason to boast since airborne U.S. Army combat units are stationed there.

Fort Bragg.

2: On May 10, 1775 Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured this fort on Lake Champlain from the British.

Fort Ticonderoga.

3: This celebrated Maryland fort overlooking the Patapsco River is named for a signer of the Constitution.

Fort McHanry.

4: Troops are processes for overseas duty at this New Jersey army base.

Fort Dix.

5: This Kentucky army post is known as the "Home of Armor".

Fort Knox.
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July 25, 2021Episode 165 - The Lenin Closet - County Seats - Idioms - Phrases That Sell - Eating In America
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 165, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Lenin Closet
1: When Russian Marxism split into 2 factions, Lenin led this "majority" group.

the Bolsheviks.

2: Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble.

law.

3: Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here.

Siberia.

4: Lenin spent WWI in this country, but he was far from neutral on the subject.

Switzerland.

5: When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these.

railway car.
Round 2. Category: County Seats
1: Hilo, I love you, you're the seat of this county that's also a "Big Island".

Hawaii.

2: Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state.

Kentucky.

3: This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember.

Waterloo.

4: Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name.

Adams.

5: As I walked out in the streets of this city, I was in the seat of Webb County, Texas.

Laredo.
Round 3. Category: Idioms
1: In Spain it comes down in "jugs"; in Italy, "basins"; in France, "ropes"; and in the U.S., "cats and dogs".

rain.

2: You can "keep a straight one" or "fall flat on" it.

your face.

3: An Italian may "lead the life of Michelaccio", rather than this Irishman.

Riley.

4: To reverse positions and seize the advantage is "to turn" these on someone.

the tables.

5: As Francois Truffaut could have told you, in France "to sow one's wild oats" is "to strike" this many "blows".

400.
Round 4. Category: Phrases That Sell
1: "Obey your thirst" and drink this.

Sprite.

2: "Be all that you can be" in this military branch.

the Army.

3: This network says it's "The most trusted name in news".

CNN.

4: This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?".

UPS.

5: It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads.

Can you hear me now?.
Round 5. Category: Eating In America
1: It's said this SW. feast comes from French "from snout to tail," the way meat is put on a spit.

barbecue.

2: Though known for pickles and "slow" ketchup, this company's 1st product was horseradish.

Heinz.

3: Since overeating was a status symbol, early rulers of what's now this state often weighed over 400 lbs..

Hawaii.

4: In 1879, Chase and Sanborn became 1st U.S. company to pack this in sealed cans.

coffee.

5: Due to contamination of crops from N.W. states, growers of this small fruit had a bad Nov. in 1959.

cranberries.
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July 24, 2021Episode 164 - Name The Instrument - I Am A Crook - Totally 1680s! - The Marrier - Canadian Cities
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 164, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Name The Instrument
1: In Billy Joel's " blank Man".

piano.

2: In Wynonna's "Girls With blank ".

guitars.

3: In Bruce Hornsby's " blank Rain".

mandolin.

4: In Linda Ronstadt's "Different blank ".

drum.

5: In the Byrds' "Mr. blank Man".

tambourine.
Round 2. Category: I Am A Crook
1: Ralph, nicknamed "Bottles", was the brother of this gangster, nicknamed "Scarface".

Al Capone.

2: Sheriff Pat Garrett said this crook's "face always wore a smile".

Billy the Kid.

3: In 1868 the Reno Brothers robbed one of these in Indiana, years before the James Gang did it out west.

train.

4: The Queen Anne's Revenge was a ship of this pirate, whose whole known career lasted from 1716 to 1718.

Blackbeard.

5: 2 months after Bonnie and Clyde were shot down in Louisiana, he got it outside the Biograph in Chicago.

John Dillinger.
Round 3. Category: Totally 1680s!
1: Around 1683 Jules Hardouin-Mansart completed this narcissistic Versailles feature, Galerie des Glaces in France.

Hall of Mirrors.

2: The 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk between Russia and this country on its east remained in force for 170 years.

China.

3: In 1682 La Salle said, "Laissez les bon temps rouler" as he claimed this North American territory for France.

Louisiana.

4: Last name of father and son Cotton and Increase, co-ministers at Boston's North Chruch starting in 1685.

Mather.

5: On his deathbed, speaking of his mistress Nell Gwyn, King Charles II said, "Let not poor Nelly" do this.

Starve.
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: Canadian Cities
1: English is also widely spoken in this largest French-speaking city outside of Paris.

Montreal.

2: The North Saskatchewan River divides this Albertan capital in half.

Edmonton.

3: The CFL's B.C. Lions play their home games in this city.

Vancouver.

4: Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953.

Yukon Territory.

5: This Ontario city's underground walkway system can get you from Eaton Centre to Union Station.

Toronto.
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July 23, 2021Episode 163 - I Need My "Space" - Say "Jack" - A Capital Idea - Toys And Games - Throw It Here
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 163, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I Need My "Space"
1: Ittowers605 feetoverSeattle.

the Space Needle.

2: It's been making people scream at Disney World since the '70s.

Space Mountain.

3: It's between the 2 "Alt" keys on a standard keyboard.

the spacebar.

4: The Chandra or the Hubble, for example.

a space telescope.

5: The Oscar-winning actress and actor who fit the category.

Kevin Spacey and Sissy Spacek.
Round 2. Category: Say "Jack"
1: This man's Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH action network is a merger of 2 earlier political groups.

Jesse Jackson.

2: On TV he played Steve McGarrett, head of Five-O, a special Hawaiian police unit.

Jack Lord.

3: He played for the Kansas City Monarchs before he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Jackie Robinson.

4: This actress who now plays Lisa Landry on "Sister, Sister" won an Emmy for "227".

Jackee Harry.

5: Formerly a special advisor to LBJ, he's presided over the MPAA since 1966.

Jack Valenti.
Round 3. Category: A Capital Idea
1: Abuja, this country's first planned city, was built in the Chukuku Hills to replace Lagos as the capital.

Nigeria.

2: Empress Taitu chose the name of this Ethiopian capital; it means "new flower".

Addis Ababa.

3: Someone had the bright idea to name this city for a duke even before it became New Zealand's capital.

Wellington.

4: Someone had the bright idea to build a Disneysea theme park in this Asian city; it opened in 2001.

Tokyo.

5: Hey, mon, Bob Marley's home in this Caribbean capital was turned into a Bob Marley museum.

Kingston, Jamaica.
Round 4. Category: Toys And Games
1: Parker Bros, has made balls, boomerangs and ping pong paddles out of this soft material.

Nerf (or foam rubber).

2: Another name for a firefly, or Hasbro's toy that lights up when you hug it.

glow worm.

3: Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie.

G.I. Joe.

4: The Toys R Us 2011 holiday hot toys list included the LeapPad Explorer from this company.

LeapFrog.

5: If you roll 5 of a kind you've gotten this, the name of a dice game by Milton Bradley.

Yahtzee.
Round 5. Category: Throw It Here
1: Completes the proverb "People who live in glass houses shouldn't...".

throw stones.

2: To issue a challenge is to "throw down" this, like a medieval knight.

the gauntlet.

3: Too bad when Hart Crane jumped ship his father couldn't throw him this, like the same-named candy he invented.

a lifesaver.

4: From the Latin for "to speak from the belly", it's the art of throwing one's voice.

ventriloquism (to ventriloquize accepted).

5: In 1915 he became the first president to attend the World Series and to throw out the first pitch during a Series game.

(Woodrow) Wilson.
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July 22, 2021Episode 162 - "Bell"S And "Whistle"S - Parents Are People Too - Music Trivia - Tiny Things - Urban Myths
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 162, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Bell"S And "Whistle"S
1: To enter a pool of water....tummy first.

Bellyflop.

2: Sailors wore these pants long before they became fashionable in the 1960s.

Bell-bottoms.

3: They supply the weight in Olympic weightlifting.

Barbells.

4: They're employees who go public with stories of their employers' wrongdoing.

Whistleblowers.

5: Common name for deadly nighshade, a plant that's poisonous in all its parts.

Belladonna.
Round 2. Category: Parents Are People Too
1: Also a home for hummingbirds, it becomes "empty" when the last child leaves home.

Nest.

2: It's what a lonely dad may want to be to you, or the name of the one on the left(President Clinton's dog).

Buddy.

3: At least this restriction dad put on you isn't a dusk-to-dawn one, as in Warri, Nigeria.

Curfew.

4: If you get one of these in your nose or navel, parents may let out the same kind of "shriek".

Piercing.

5: This term for a right that divorcing parents may fight over comes from Latin for "guardian".

Custody.
Round 3. Category: Music Trivia
1: After the death of Keith Moon in 1978, Kenney Jones became this British group's drummer.

The Who.

2: "The Camptown Racetrack" was this many "miles long".

five.

3: It follows "Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above".

"don't fence me in".

4: This onetime drummer with Benny Goodman was portrayed by Sal Mineo in a 1959 film biography.

Gene Krupa.

5: In 1929 this crooner began using "My Time Is Your Time" as his theme song.

Rudy Vallee.
Round 4. Category: Tiny Things
1: These minute grains link the flowers and the bees.

pollen.

2: Mayonnaise is an example of an emulsion that is a suspension of tiny globules of this in water.

oil.

3: Access time on hard drives isn't measured in minutes, but in these units abbreviated ms.

milliseconds.

4: Present in minute amounts in soil and water, these "elements", such as copper and zinc, are essential for your good health.

trace elements.

5: Those minute red blood cells are erythrocytes, white ones are leukocytes and these are thrombocytes.

platelets.
Round 5. Category: Urban Myths
1: It's not a croc, I heard it from a friend: these croc relatives are living in the New York City sewers.

Alligators.

2: Because he's barefoot on the cover of "Abbey Road", I'm convinced this member of the Beatles is dead.

Paul McCartney.

3: My cousin just told me that a man in a hotel room had this renal organ removed while he slept.

Kidney.

4: Wow! A couple found this pirate prosthesis on their car door handle when they got home from a date.

Hook.

5: Did you hear? This man had a congressional page fired for making a "Love Boat" joke.

Fred Grandy.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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