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June 16, 2021Episode 125 - Fill In The Title - I Eat A... - Do You Smell Something? - The Jacksons - Saintly Cities
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fill In The Title
1: Alice Walker:"The Color blank ".

Purple.

2: John Steinbeck:"The blank Pony".

Red.

3: James Ellroy:"The blank Dahlia".

Black.

4: Scott O'Dell:"Island of the blank Dolphins".

Blue.

5: Charlotte Perkins Gilman:"The blank Wall-Paper".

Yellow.
Round 2. Category: I Eat A...
1: ...corned beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut sandwich on rye that is fried and named this.

Reuben.

2: ...Denver omelet, which is usually made with ham, onion and the bell type of these.

peppers.

3: ...bowl of this Creole specialty, whose name comes from an African word for okra.

gumbo.

4: ...pita dipped in this thick Middle Eastern sauce made from chickpeas.

hummus.

5: ...creamy potato and leek soup served cold that's called this.

vichyssoise.
Round 3. Category: Do You Smell Something?
1: This distinctive aroma of a wine can also mean a group of cut flowers.

Bouquet.

2: Often a "Jeopardy!" category, it's a fragrant mixture of dried flower petals and spices.

Potpourri.

3: A strong, earthy smell, or the type of music George Clinton plays.

Funk.

4: 3-word French term for perfumed bath water.

Eau de toilette.

5: From the old French for "small bag", it's a small bag of powder used for scenting clothes or linens.

Sachet.
Round 4. Category: The Jacksons
1: In 1996 he shocked fans by marrying pregnant pal Debbie Rowe.

Michael Jackson.

2: She made her TV debut in "Dark Shadows" before becoming one of "Charlie's Angels".

Kate Jackson.

3: In 1987 this Oakland A's outfielder retired from baseball with 563 career home runs.

Reggie Jackson.

4: His films include "Amos and Andrew" and "A Time To Kill".

Samuel L. Jackson.

5: "Chattahoochee" and "Little Bitty" are 2 of the big hits by this country superstar.

Alan Jackson.
Round 5. Category: Saintly Cities
1: Minneapolis' "twin", it's capital of Minnesota.

St. Paul.

2: California mission town which is annual destination for famed swallows.

San Juan Capistrano.

3: 8th most populous city in the world, it was once capital of Brazil.

SÃ£o Paulo.

4: Reputed site of Columbus' tomb, it's capital of Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo.

5: Poshest of all Swiss ski resorts.

St. Moritz.
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June 14, 2021Episode 124 - Days Of The Week - One Of The 12 Tribes Of Israel - First Novels - A Game Of Chess - Summer Camp
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 124, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Days Of The Week
1: Day of the week in the title of the following:[audio clue: "Something calls to me..."].

Tuesday (Tuesday Afternoon).

2: For Jews, the sabbath starts on the evening of this day.

Friday.

3: It's the day of the week for presidents and labor.

Monday.

4: Dutch:Donderdag.

Thursday.

5: Hebrew:Shabbat.

Saturday.
Round 2. Category: One Of The 12 Tribes Of Israel
1: Haggerty or Fogelberg.

Dan.

2: A corned beef and sauerkraut sandwich on rye.

Reuben.

3: Goldie's "Private".

Benjamin.

4: It joins with "zooks!" as a mild or ironic oath.

Gad.

5: Sans the San, Hearst's California castle.

Simeon.
Round 3. Category: First Novels
1: Xavier Herbert's debut novel, "Capricornia", explores the lives of Aborigines in this country's northern Outback.

Australia.

2: This southern playwright's first novel, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone", became a film starring Vivian Leigh.

Tennessee Williams.

3: His first novel, "The Town And The City", might be good to read while you're "On The Road".

Jack Kerouac.

4: Not surprisingly, Ireland is the setting for this "Circle of Friends" author's first novel, "Light A Penny Candle".

Maeve Binchy.

5: Amory Blaine, a handsome, spoiled Princeton student, was the hero of this man's first novel, "This Side of Paradise".

F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Round 4. Category: A Game Of Chess
1: If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it.

16.

2: In castling, you move the king and this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously.

the rook.

3: It's the only chess piece that can jump over others.

the knight.

4: The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board.

Q.

5: The final stage, with most of the pieces off the board, it's also a Samuel Beckett play title.

the endgame.
Round 5. Category: Summer Camp
1: A building or tent where the kids sleep, or the bed within it.

Bunk.

2: Many camps insist that you (or, more likely, mom) do this to all your clothing, maybe with a laundry marker.

label it.

3: This word for the area down by the lake and activities there is also found in a Brando film title.

Waterfront.

4: Dating from the 1880s, the oldest camp run by this "Christian" organization is Camp Dudley on Lake Champlain.

YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association).

5: A New Hampshire camp is named for this man in tribute to his poem "I Hear America Singing".

Walt Whitman.
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June 13, 2021Episode 123 - Puttin' Out The Welcome Matt - New Reality Shows? - Music Class - It Happened In The '70S - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 123, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Puttin' Out The Welcome Matt
1: This "Friends" star lost the tip of his right middle finger in a childhood accident (It's not LeBlanc).

Matthew Perry.

2: On June 24, 2005, this Matt, Matt, Matt interviewed Tom Cruise on NBC.

Matt Lauer.

3: 12 years after taking a "Day Off", he played Dr. Niko Tatopoulos in 1998's "Godzilla".

Matthew Broderick.

4: He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as a cop in "Crash".

Matt Dillon.

5: He played the "Private Ryan" Tom Hanks was trying to save.

Matt Damon.
Round 2. Category: New Reality Shows?
1: Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne No. 2, Catherine H. and Catherine P. try to avoid elimination in "Who Wants to Marry" this king.

Henry VIII.

2: Not feeling so tolerant lately? Become Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's successor as this country's "Next Top Despot".

Iran.

3: On "Dancing with Ex-George W. Bush Cabinet Members", this ex-Defense Sec. goes on the offensive--with a sizzling samba!.

Donald Rumsfeld.

4: The fork's now in your hand in "So You Think You Can Eat an Entire" this make of auto, whether Cayenne or Boxster.

Porsche.

5: Oops! Rex finds out the hard way this body part's neocortex is nowhere near the groin in "I Wanna Be a Surgeon!".

the brain.
Round 3. Category: Music Class
1: It's the 2-word term for a country's official patriotic song.

national anthem.

2: When you reach this mark on a score you start the piece again; it's abbreviated D.C..

Da Capo.

3: Italian for "broad", it's an indication to play slowly.

Largo.

4: An octave higher than the flute, this instrument has the highest pitch of the woodwinds.

a piccolo.

5: Duets for 2 players at one piano, like Faure's "Dolly" suite, go by this numerical term.

four hands.
Round 4. Category: It Happened In The '70S
1: His brief 34-day reign as pope in 1978 was a week longer than a predecessor's in 1605.

John Paul I.

2: L'eggs debuted as a brand of panythose and Homestyle Eggos as a brand of these.

waffles.

3: On August 18, 1977, this sad event took place in the living room at Graceland.

Elvis Presley's funeral service.

4: When the fast food "meal" now called this debuted nationally in '79, it came in a circus wagon box.

a Happy Meal.

5: (Hi. I'm LeVar Burton.) I starred in this 1977 landmark miniseries that inspired millions of people to research their own family trees.

Roots.
Round 5. Category: Kill Bill: Vol. 1
1: This former Secy. of State under Wilson died soon after winning a famous 1925 court case.

William Jennings Bryan.

2: In 1881 this "bonney" lad was killed daid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.

Billy the Kid.

3: This former "Ziegfeld follies" humorist died in 1935 in an Alaskan plane crash.

Will Rogers.

4: Anarchy reigned when this President was shot while in a receiving line at the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Expo.

William McKinley.

5: This Dickens heavy gets his after dodging a bloodthirsty crowd bent on revenge after Nancy's murder.

Bill Sikes.
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June 12, 2021Episode 122 - You're An Animal! - Biblical Clothes Rack - What A Comedian - On Route 66 - Cowboy Talk
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 122, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You're An Animal!
1: A river, a city and a hound all bear the name of this member of the deer family.

Elk.

2: A crab-eating variety of this mammal lives in northern South America.

raccoon.

3: These predatory birds are named for a place they might dwell.

Barn owls.

4: Known scientifically as felis pardalis, there are only about 100 of these cats left in Texas.

ocelot.

5: It's the genus and species of this animal("caveman").

Homo sapiens.
Round 2. Category: Biblical Clothes Rack
1: In 1 Samuel 18, Jonathan gives his own robe to this man who earlier defeated a large Philistine warrior.

David.

2: Reuben tore his clothes when he learned this man, his brother who traveled to Egypt, was missing from the pit.

Joseph.

3: After the exodus, priestly clothes were given to this man, Moses' brother, and his sons.

Aaron.

4: In Genesis 3, God himself makes tunics out of animal skin for this man to wear.

Adam.

5: Rebecca dresses Jacob in Esau's clothes in order to trick this man, her husband.

Isaac.
Round 3. Category: What A Comedian
1: Among his top 10 "worst names for a seafood restaurant" were "The Gagging Deck Hand" and "It Might Be Flounder".

David Letterman.

2: Chris Rock doesn't think gun control is necessary, as "long as" these "cost $5,000".

bullets.

3: One real headline featured on his talk show read, "Holidays make child's dream of shiny, new ax a reality".

Jay Leno.

4: You wouldn't be wrong if you knew this comic said, "Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect".

Steven Wright.

5: This "Brain Droppings" author said, "If you love someone, set them free; if they come home, set them on fire".

George Carlin.
Round 4. Category: On Route 66
1: In Anglo-Saxon times, this land measurement referred to a parcel 66 feet wide and 660 feet long.

an acre.

2: The 66 counties of this northern U.S. state include Custer and Minnehaha.

South Dakota.

3: There are 66 books in this version of the Bible first published in 1611.

the King James Version.

4: When Armenian king Tigran II was defeated in 66 B.C., his land became part of this empire.

the Roman Empire.

5: As it has an atomic number of 66, the chemical element dysprosium has 66 of these in each atom.

protons.
Round 5. Category: Cowboy Talk
1: This enclosure for horses or cattle was usually made of posts or poles; temporary ones were of rope.

corral.

2: A rawhide artist was a ranch hand who was good with this implement.

Branding iron.

3: When riding a wild horse, it was a disgrace to have to "grab the apple" to stay on, the apple being this.

saddle horn.

4: It's the money used to finance a miner's activities.

a grubstake.

5: It's the money used to finance a miner's activities.

a grubstake.
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June 11, 2021Episode 121 - Historic Quotations - Celebrity Marriages - For Sax And Violins - Nfl Home Stadiums - Tv D.o.a.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 121, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Historic Quotations
1: On June 18, 1940 Churchill said, "The battle for France is over" and this "is about to begin".

the Battle of Britain.

2: In the early 16th century, this painter and genius wrote, "The Medici created and destroyed me".

(Leonardo) da Vinci.

3: In 1938 he said, "There has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honor".

(Neville) Chamberlain.

4: (Hello, I'm Peggy Noonan. I'm a former presidential speech writer.) I worked on the speech in which Ronald Reagan said the Challenger crew had "slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch" this.

the face of God.

5: At Manila Bay, Commodore Dewey said to this captain of his flagship, "You may fire when you are ready...".

(Charles) Gridley.
Round 2. Category: Celebrity Marriages
1: This Oscar winner married 2 actresses, Dixie Lee and Kathryn Grant.

Bing Crosby.

2: Miranda Lambert is married to this fellow country star.

Blake Shelton.

3: On Valentine's Day, 1991, this "Sleepless in Seattle" star married her sweetheart, Dennis Quaid.

Meg Ryan.

4: This co-star of "The Big Bang Theory" married tennis player Ryan Sweeting on December 31, 2013.

Kaley Cuoco.

5: This co-star of "The Big Bang Theory" married tennis player Ryan Sweeting on December 31, 2013.

Kaley Cuoco.
Round 3. Category: For Sax And Violins
1: Charlie Daniels reported a fiddle of gold was bet against a soul when "The Devil Went Down To" this state.

Georgia.

2: Naturally, Sidney Sax played violin on this Beatles hit with "all the lonely people".

"Eleanor Rigby".

3: In 1977 Phil Woods was smooth as silk playing a sax solo on this man's "Just The Way You Are".

Billy Joel.

4: A young David Bowie took sax lessons from Ronnie Ross, who played on this man's hit "Walk On The Wild Side".

Lou Reed.

5: Boyd Tinsley rocks the violin ( and yes, he makes that possible) in this "Ants Marching" jam band.

the Dave Matthews Band.
Round 4. Category: Nfl Home Stadiums
1: Mile High Stadium.

Denver Broncos.

2: The Superdome.

New Orleans Saints.

3: Invesco Field at Mile High.

the Denver Broncos.

4: Sun Devil Stadium.

Arizona Cardinals.

5: Paul Brown Stadium.

the Bengals.
Round 5. Category: Tv D.o.a.
1: Assistant D.A. Sylvia Costas and Detectives Danny Sorenson and Bobby Simone all met tragic ends on this show.

NYPD Blue.

2: When Rory Cochrane left this CBS show, his character was killed off; did David Caruso give him career advice?.

CSI: Miami.

3: On "M*A*S*H", this Lt. Col.'s "Plane was shot down over the sea of Japan. It spun in. There weren't no survivors".

(Henry) Blake.

4: Though previously killed and buried in a big funeral, this show's Bobby returned in 1986, clean as a whistle.

Dallas.

5: Unfortunately, Nate wasn't just a co-owner of the Fisher and Diaz Funeral Home, he also was a client on this show.

Six Feet Under.
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June 10, 2021Episode 120 - Beauty Queens - Driving Don'ts - British Authors - The Category Of Daniel - "C"Omedians
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 120, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Beauty Queens
1: The Miss America Pageant stopped giving this award for friendliness in 1974.

Miss Congeniality Award.

2: Ex-Miss New Orleans who went down the "Road" with Bing and Bob.

Dorothy Lamourr.

3: She was 1st runner-up in the 1940 Miss Venice Beach Contest -- she didn't look like Lily Munster yet.

Yvonne De Carlo.

4: She won Miss World-USA in '73 --but the headband, bracelets and red, white and blue costume came later.

Lynda Carter.

5: This Miss Sweden of 1951 was Fellini's femme fatale in 1959's "La dolce vita".

Anita Ekberg.
Round 2. Category: Driving Don'ts
1: "Piggish" term for an aggressive driver who invades the lanes of other drivers.

"Road Hog".

2: This phrase describes an accident in which the driver flees the scene.

Hit-and-run.

3: Don't gun the engine and pop this pedal.

Clutch.

4: To make your tires squeak and leave blackmarks is called "burning" this.

Rubber.

5: It's the term for what you're doing if you can read an "If you can read this you're too close" bumper sticker.

Tailgating.
Round 3. Category: British Authors
1: Princess Di's step-grandmother, this "Queen of Romance" passed away in 2000 at the age of 98.

Barbara Cartland.

2: Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny are just a few of this British author's hare-brained protagonists.

Beatrix Potter.

3: His professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, a master of diagnostic deduction, was his model for Sherlock Holmes.

Conan Doyle.

4: In a Robert Browning title, "The Book" is paired with this object -- but not the one Robert gave Elizabeth.

Ring (but not the ring he gave her).

5: From the early 1900s, his "The First Men in the Moon" and "The War in the Air" proved eerily prophetic.

H.G. Wells.
Round 4. Category: The Category Of Daniel
1: In 1775 this pioneering American blazed the Wilderness Road.

Daniel Boone.

2: One of his literary works gave us the term "Man Friday".

Daniel Defoe.

3: On the big screen he's been Gerry Conlon, Hawkeye and Christy Brown.

Daniel Day-Lewis.

4: One of his best-known orations is the Bunker Hill speech of 1825.

Daniel Webster.

5: The Pentagon Papers he gave to the N.Y. Times in 1971 revealed deceptions about Vietnam dating back to the 1940s.

Daniel Ellsberg.
Round 5. Category: "C"Omedians
1: He teamed with Cheech on numerous comedy albums.

Tommy Chong.

2: Some of his "Seven Words You Can't Say on TV" are now said on TV, especially cable.

George Carlin.

3: "The Best Second Banana in the Business", he gained undying fame as sewer worker Ed Norton.

Art Carney.

4: She was the first original member of "Saturday Night Live" to score a success with a second TV series.

Jane Curtin.

5: This understated comedian played Mr. Peepers and was the voice of Underdog.

Wally Cox.
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June 10, 2021Episode 119 - True Crime - The Dating Game - Watch This Space - Israel - Debt
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 119, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: True Crime
1: The threat to use physical harm, it becomes "aggravated" when combined with the use of a deadly weapon.

assault.

2: On April 13, 2005 he pleaded guilty to 2 clinic bombings and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park attack.

(Eric) Rudolph.

3: In July 1894 Butch Cassidy was convicted of this crime, which branded him a crook.

cattle rustling.

4: As leader of this urban terrorist "army", Donald de Freeze called himself Cinque.

the SLA (the Symbionese Liberation Army).

5: These Chinese secret societies that met in tongs in North America started as groups of kung fu fighters.

triads.
Round 2. Category: The Dating Game
1: Bachelor No. 2, say hello to Madonna:"Hello, Madonna".

Tom Selleck.

2: U.S. runners give black power salute at Olympics; Kubrick's "2001" released.

1968.

3: Bachelor No. 1, say hi to Donna:"Hey Donna, how ya' doing--oh, wait, I got all this money in the way!".

Cuba Gooding, Jr..

4: Federal building bombed in Oklahoma City; Kobe, Japan struck by 7.2 earthquake.

1995.

5: John Paul II shot; Iran releases U.S. embassy hostages.

1981.
Round 3. Category: Watch This Space
1: There are 5 of these scheduled for 2001: 2 solar and 3 lunar.

Eclipses.

2: On Sept. 29, 2004 Toutatis, one of these, will be close enough to the Earth to be seen with binoculars.

Asteroid.

3: The large Zenith telescope being built near Vancouver will use a pan of this liquid metal as a reflector.

Mercury.

4: Using data from the Chandra X-ray telescope, 3 teens in North Carolina discovered one of these spinning neutron stars.

Pulsar.

5: (Hi, I'm Kevin Sorbo of Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda".) Using an earthbound telescope, he determined the Andromeda galaxy is 900,000 light years from Earth.

Edwin Hubble.
Round 4. Category: Israel
1: To promote saving water during 1986 drought, Israel advised citizens to do this "with a friend".

take a shower.

2: If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting and polishing these.

diamonds.

3: Sde Boker, one of these cooperative communities, was the retirement home of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion.

kibbutz.

4: City in which March 26,1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was signed.

Washington, D.C..

5: This port city on and around Mount Carmel has been compared to San Francisco, its sister city.

Haifa.
Round 5. Category: Debt
1: A time during which late payments aren't penalized, or the years 1956-1982 in Monaco.

Grace period.

2: Repo, as in "They can't repo my car because I owe ten lousy payments!", is short for this.

Repossess/repossession.

3: Insert 1 letter in "debt" to get this, a bookkeeping entry for money you owe.

Debit.

4: These popular student loans are named for a Vermont senator.

Stafford loans.

5: This partner of "forget" is what Bono wants Western nations to do with Third World debt.

Forgive.
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June 09, 2021Episode 118 - Let's Get Married! - Bush - Work Time - It Borders China - The Liquor Cabinet
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let's Get Married!
1: There wasn't a traditional song for this pair to dance to at the reception until the following was written:"You filled my life /With so much joy /As I watched you grow /From that little boy".

the groom and his mom.

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

the threshold.

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

Juliet.

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

Victoria.

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

butterflies.
Round 2. Category: Bush
1: ...who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

George Herbert Walker Bush.

2: ...born in Midland, Texas and earned a masters degree at the University of Texas.

Laura Bush.

3: ...who was the first Republican reelected governor in his state's history.

Jeb Bush.

4: ...who wrote a bestselling nonfiction book in 1990.

Barbara Bush.

5: ...who served as an artillery captain in World War I.

Prescott Bush.
Round 3. Category: Work Time
1: Specific term for an investigator of insurance claims.

Claims adjuster.

2: In L.A. County jails, "inmate worker" has replaced this term that's a synonym for "reliable".

trusty.

3: A carnival worker whom customers try to dunk, or a Larry Harmon clown.

Bozo.

4: Type of 'banker" who buys issues of stock and resells them to the public.

Investment banker.

5: Business of the Loizeaux family, known for their work on the Pruitt-Igoe housing project and the Sands Hotel.

Demolition.
Round 4. Category: It Borders China
1: In area, it's the largest country that borders China.

Russia.

2: 2 of the 5 "stan"s that border China.

(2 of) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

3: Of the nations that border China, it has the largest population.

India.

4: The one country that borders both China and the Yellow Sea.

North Korea.

5: One of the 2 monarchies that border China.

Nepal (or Bhutan).
Round 5. Category: The Liquor Cabinet
1: This corn whiskey was named for a county in Kentucky.

bourbon.

2: Gin and grenadine are the main ingredients in this color lady; the same color squirrel is a different mix.

a pink lady.

3: When called this, quinine water pairs up with gin in a famous drink.

tonic.

4: This top brandy from the Charente region of France is a blend that's distilled twice.

cognac.

5: Sercial is a madeira used as an aperitif and bual is one used as this type.

digestif (after-dinner accepted).
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June 08, 2021Episode 117 - My Life Of "E"S - Transportation Slang - You're The Mayor - Folks On Sports - Don We Now Our Guy Apparel
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 117, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: My Life Of "E"S
1: Diamonds are so colorless, I prefer these gems for my rings.

Emeralds.

2: Instead of mere cream puffs, give me these oblong pastries with icing and a French name.

Eclairs.

3: Viscounts and barons needn't bother inviting me over -- I only hobnob with at least this grade of nobleman.

Earl.

4: I never travel without this group around me, including a bodyguard, publicist and manicurist.

Entourage.

5: It's less than an hour's drive from my Geneva apartment to this French spa known for its "water".

Evian.
Round 2. Category: Transportation Slang
1: An eggbeater is one of these.

Helicopter.

2: You auto know a ragtop is one of these.

Convertible.

3: Slang for a ship, it's what you'll find a nursery rhyme trio sailing in.

Tub.

4: Rhyme time term for a huge 18-wheeler.

Big rig.

5: It's not madness, a reefer is this type of railroad car.

Refrigerator car.
Round 3. Category: You're The Mayor
1: Now in his fifth term, Richard M. Daley has the daily duty of running this metropolis.

Chicago.

2: In 2005 he was re-elected mayor of New York City by an almost 20 percent margin.

(Michael) Bloomberg.

3: The most populous U.S. city with an elected female mayor is this 2nd-largest Texas city, with Laura Miller.

Dallas.

4: Former state governor Jerry Brown reigns as the mayor of this California city.

Oakland.

5: Sworn in as this city's 97th mayor in 2000, John F. Street is a graduate of its Temple University.

Philadelphia.
Round 4. Category: Folks On Sports
1: After this man's 81-point game, a writer: "The only bad news? The other four Lakers were arrested for loitering".

Kobe Bryant.

2: Jerry West, on this Chicago Bull: "He was the only athlete I ever knew who could play volleyball all by himself".

Michael Jordan.

3: A sports radio host, on this HBO drama sponsoring a NASCAR entry: "Here's hoping nobody opens the trunk".

The Sopranos.

4: This N.Y. Yankee known as A-Rod said, "Therapy can be a good thing; it can be therapeutic".

Alex Rodriguez.

5: Jay Leno said, "On his way home from Torino, he didn't catch his plane. Apparently" this skier "missed the gate".

Bode Miller.
Round 5. Category: Don We Now Our Guy Apparel
1: The 2 numbers on a man's dress shirt, 16/34 for example, are usually measurments of these 2 things.

neck size and sleeve length.

2: Bunny Austin shocked the tennis world when he wore these competing at Forest Hills in 1932.

shorts.

3: The name of this wide sash popular in men's formal wear comes from the Urdu for "waistband".

cummerbund.

4: Popular as a fabric for men's pants, this ribbed fabric's name may derive from the French for "cloth of the king".

corduroy.

5: (Hi, I'm Tucker Carlsen of CNN's Crossfire.) Among the many influential men to wear bow ties is this great Spanish poet and author of "The House of Bernarda Alba" .

(Frederic Garcia) Lorca.
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June 07, 2021Episode 116 - The English Channel - You Got Style, Homes - Scrambled Veeps - You Could Hurt Someone - Bride Of The Yankees
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The English Channel
1: Francois Pilatre de Rozier tried to cross the Channel in one of these in 1785, but was killed in the attempt.

a (hydrogen) balloon.

2: The Channel meets the North Sea at this strait.

the Strait of Dover.

3: A song and a dance were named for this lady who swam the channel in 1926 and passed away at age 98 in 2003.

Gertrude Ederle.

4: La Manche, the French name for the channel, means this part of a shirt.

the sleeve.

5: The "Isle of" this has been inhabited since prehistoric times; it was once called Vectis.

Wight.
Round 2. Category: You Got Style, Homes
1: Imitating British architecture in the 1600s, this style became popular in the 1920s.

Tudor.

2: Hey, cowboy! Corral this one-story home with a low-pitched roof that's also known as a rambler.

a ranch.

3: This style designed to keep heavy snow from weighing down the roof could fit in a Letter Perfect category.

A-frame.

4: This style home seen by anyone who plays Monopoly was named by a Yale president travelling through the area.

a Cape Cod house.

5: Seen here is an example of this early American style, typically 3 storeys with a symmetrical facade.

Federal.
Round 3. Category: Scrambled Veeps
1: OGRE.

(Al) Gore.

2: WE NAG.

(Spiro) Agnew.

3: LEMON AD.

(Walter) Mondale.

4: FLOCK REELER.

(Nelson) Rockefeller.

5: CLAW ALE.

(Henry A.) Wallace.
Round 4. Category: You Could Hurt Someone
1: Roy Blunt of Missouri is the majority one in the House of Representatives.

a whip.

2: Playing Lieutenant Howard Hunter, James B. Sikking led this team on "Hill Street Blues".

a SWAT team.

3: A cord used on laundry day in sunny weather.

a clothesline.

4: On a standard computer keyboard it shares a key with the question mark.

a slash.

5: It precedes "Monaco" in this name of a brand owned by Ralph Lauren.

club.
Round 5. 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.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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