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June 06, 2021Episode 115 - Heavenly Bodies - Fruit - 1917 - Nutty Tv - Mouse Pads
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Heavenly Bodies
1: This fox from "Melrose Place" has joined Michael J. on "Spin City".

Heather Locklear.

2: Now in her second year as "Jesse", she was Kelly Bundy for 11 seasons.

Christina Applegate.

3: Albert Brooks cast her as "The Muse".

Sharon Stone.

4: She was the first VJ to appear on both MTV and MTV Latino.

Daisy Fuentes.

5: A TV Guide "You Sexy Thing!" poll pitted Jeri Ryan of "Star Trek: Voyager" against this show's Peta Wilson.

La Femme Nikita.
Round 2. Category: Fruit
1: The name of this Pacific island fruit of the genus Artocarpus implies that it's starchy.

breadfruit.

2: This fruit that's named for a bird looks like a brown egg that's covered with fuzz.

a kiwi.

3: In Colonial times this tropical fruit became a symbol of hospitality.

pineapple.

4: It's a cross between the mandarin orange and the bitter orange.

tangerine.

5: Elephant heart is a red-fleshed variety of this fruit.

the plum.
Round 3. Category: 1917
1: Impeached as governor of this big state in 1917, James Ferguson later got his wife to run and she won.

Texas.

2: On Dec. 7 1 U.S. representative voted against declaring war on this dual monarchy.

Austria-Hungary.

3: On Dec. 17 128 U.S. representatives voted against this number amendment prohibiting liquor.

the 18th.

4: "Jerry of the Islands" by this "White Fang" author was published a year after his death.

Jack London.

5: This revolutionary leader returned to Guangzhou to launch a new movement against the premier of China.

Sun Yat-sen.
Round 4. Category: Nutty Tv
1: From 1979 to 1983, Rev. Grady Nutt was a regular on this variety series, country music's answer to "Laugh-In".

Hee Haw.

2: For 5 seasons Shirley Booth ran the Baxter household playing this maid whose name is the same as a nut.

Hazel.

3: The first of the "Peanuts" specials, it originally aired on December 9, 1965.

A Charlie Brown Christmas.

4: Walnut Grove, Minnesota was the setting for this drama of the American West.

Little House on the Prairie.

5: He co-created "Get Smart", "When Things Were Rotten" and "The Nutt House", a short-lived series from 1989.

Mel Brooks.
Round 5. Category: Mouse Pads
1: To no surprise, Basil, "The Great Mouse Detective", resides on this London street.

Baker Street.

2: In "Alice in Wonderland" this rodent is seen dozing at the tea party and is rudely awakened.

the Dormouse.

3: In this "royal" 1987 movie, the "Rodents Of Unusual Size" are living it up big-time in the Fire Swamp.

The Princess Bride.

4: A cat named Oil Can Harry was the nemesis of this rodent who was introduced in the 1940s and lived in Terrytown.

Mighty Mouse.

5: "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear" is from the tale of these 2 title Aesop rodents.

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse.
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June 05, 2021Episode 114 - 'Tis Time To Testify - The World Series - On The "Out"S - Colors Of The Rainbow - Puerto Rico
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 114, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 'Tis Time To Testify
1: In 1947 playwright Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this House committee.

the House Un-American Activities Committee.

2: In 1966 this consumer advocate gained national attention testifying before Congress on auto safety.

Ralph Nader.

3: In 1991 the Senate testimony of law professor Anita Hill nearly derailed this man's Supreme Court nomination.

Clarence Thomas.

4: In 1987 Fawn Hall testified that she had altered and shredded documents for this man, her boss.

Oliver North.

5: On June 25, 1973 he testified before the Senate and revealed the existence of a White House "enemies list".

(John) Dean.
Round 2. Category: The World Series
1: In 2005, making only their fifth World Series appearance ever, this Windy City team swept the Houston Astros.

the Chicago White Sox.

2: In game 1 in 1954 this Giants outfielder made a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' fly ball.

Willie Mays.

3: In game 1 in 1954 this Giants outfielder made a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' fly ball.

Willie Mays.

4: In 1916 and 1918 Babe Ruth, then with this team, pitched 29 2/3 straight scoreless innings, a record that lasted 43 years.

the Boston Red Sox.

5: This Yankee catcher hit the 1st pinch-hit home run in Series history in '47; he hit 11 more homers in his Series career.

Yogi Berra.
Round 3. Category: On The "Out"S
1: It may be emotional consequences or radioactive ash.

fallout.

2: Lose consciousness or turn out all the lights as an air raid precaution.

blackout.

3: The American Cancer Society organized the first "Great American" one of these in 1977.

Smokeout.

4: One of these occurs when prisoners illegally leave the prison or when some people eat strawberries.

a breakout.

5: It carries the rainwater from the gutter on the roof to the ground.

a downspout.
Round 4. Category: Colors Of The Rainbow
1: The ink businesses try to avoid.

red.

2: IBM is known informally as Big this.

Blue.

3: Naive or inexperienced.

green.

4: Citrus sinensis.

an orange.

5: Liz Taylor's eyes, in a "Doonesbury" book title.

violet.
Round 5. Category: Puerto Rico
1: His 1493 stop at Puerto Rico is the foundation for the claim he "discovered America", meaning the U.S..

Christopher Columbus.

2: Puerto Rico is the smallest and easternmost of the islands of this "greater" group.

Antilles.

3: In 1917 the Second Organic Act, also called the Jones Act, gave this to Puerto Ricans.

citizenship.

4: In 1509 he became Puerto Rico's first governor; 4 years later he sailed for Florida.

Ponce de Leon.

5: In June musicians take part in a festival honoring this cellist who lived there the last 17 years of his life.

(Pablo) Casals.
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June 04, 2021Episode 113 - Spanning The Globe - Animal Groups - What's Hot - Cable Tv - Presidential Pets
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 24
1: Its atomic number is 79 and the purest types are said to be 24-karat.

gold.

2: On October 30, 1954 this sport introduced the use of the 24-second clock.

basketball.

3: In an old nursery rhyme four and twenty of these birds are baked into a pie served to a king.

blackbirds.

4: This political party split during Buchanan's presidency and wasn't elected to the presidency for 24 years.

Democrats.

5: You're within this "circle" if you experience 24 continuous hours of sunlight on June 21.

Arctic Circle.
Round 2. Category: I Was A Teenage...
1: In 1979 at the age of 18, this "Great One" began playing in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky.

2: As a teenager and president-yet-to-be this man met JFK in 1963.

Bill Clinton.

3: In his late teens, this "Top Gun" star played a loony military cadet in "Taps".

Tom Cruise.

4: This unfortunate "Lady" was only 15 years old when she began her 9-day reign over England in 1553.

Lady Jane Grey.

5: As a teenager, this current British PM shone as an actor and an athlete at Fettes College in Scotland.

Tony Blair.
Round 3. Category: History Of Passion
1: Paris just had to have this beautiful daughter of Zeus, and the rest is history.

Helen of Troy.

2: In 1946, this Indian leader revealed he'd taken many women to bed with him over the years to test his celibacy.

Mahatma Gandhi.

3: This 12th century French theologian lost more than his head over the niece of a vengeful cleric.

Peter Abelard.

4: This British Secretary of War resigned in 1963 due to a sex scandal.

John Profumo.

5: Depicted here, they're the victims being abducted by the Romans.

Sabine women.
Round 4. 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 5. Category: Buy A Vowel
1: This "A" word means to relinquish power or give up the throne.

abdicate.

2: We're looking for an "I"; it's an animal without any backbone.

invertebrate.

3: This "O" is the medical branch that deals with the anatomy and treatment of the eye.

opthamology (optometry accepted).

4: It's what the Greeks call the letter "E".

epsilon.

5: "U" may not be aware that this Florentine palace was originally built for Cosimo I de Medici.

the Uffizi Palace.
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June 03, 2021Episode 112 - The Canine Film Festival - It Ain't Me, Babe - The Company Line - Pop's Music - The 1930S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Canine Film Festival
1: Lasse Hallstrom received an Oscar nomination for directing this 1985 film about a Swedish boy in the 1950s.

My Life as a Dog.

2: This 1975 Al Pacino film was based in part on an actual bank robbery.

Dog Day Afternoon.

3: A cocker spaniel and a mutt are the title characters of this 1955 animated classic.

Lady and the Tramp.

4: This 2000 film with Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest spoofed the stupid human tricks at a major dog show.

Best in Show.

5: Steve Buscemi complains that he doesn't want to be called Mr. Pink in this 1992 Tarantino flick.

Reservoir Dogs.
Round 2. Category: It Ain't Me, Babe
1: I left Minnesota around the time I changed my name from Robert Allen Zimmerman to this.

(Bob) Dylan.

2: It gives me the seven-year itch when you call me Norma Jean Baker.

Marilyn Monroe.

3: I played the simply named Jo March, but I was born with the last name Horowitz.

Winona Ryder.

4: Here's a "hard" one; I'm the '50s hunk who at one point went by Roy Fitzgerald.

Rock Hudson.

5: It makes me neurotic to tell you my real name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg.

Woody Allen.
Round 3. Category: The Company Line
1: This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month.

Bulova.

2: Edward Teller and this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women.

(Paul) Bonwit.

3: The Kirschner brothers, Don and Bill, named this ski company for themselves and the second-highest mountain.

K2.

4: This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in and was first displayed on.

Crate and Barrel.

5: In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger.

McDonald's.
Round 4. Category: Pop's Music
1: Dad refuses to see a Guy Ritchie film because he's always had a secret crush on this "Like A Virgin" singer.

Madonna.

2: Dad wears that dorky clock on a chain because he was into this Public Enemy before he became a VH1 reality star.

Flavor Flav.

3: Dad needs help downloading "In Rainbows", but he always said this Thom Yorke band was ahead of its time.

Radiohead.

4: Dad slow dances by himself to this band's "Stairway to Heaven" becuase he's having school dance flashbacks.

Led Zeppelin.

5: Dad thinks he's an O.G. because he was into these white rappers long before their album "Ill Communication".

the Beastie Boys.
Round 5. Category: The 1930S
1: On September 18, 1934 the Soviet Union joined this international organization.

League of Nations.

2: In March 1939, after Hitler made Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate, this country ceased to exist.

Czechoslovakia.

3: He said, "I'm a small fish here in Washington, but I'm a kingfish to the folks down in Louisiana".

Huey Long.

4: Charles Floyd, known by this nickname, was killed in a shootout with FBI agents in 1934.

"Pretty Boy" Floyd.

5: On April 3, 1933 Lord Clydesdale became the first to pilot a plane over this mountain, just clearing it.

Mount Everest.
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June 02, 2021Episode 111 - I Don't Speak... - Animated Films - 21St Century Music - Oo, Sorry! - Please, Sir, I Want Samoa
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 111, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I Don't Speak...
1: Je ne parle pas Francais.

French.

2: Nie mowie po Polsku.

Polish.

3: Ik spreek geen Nederlands.

Dutch.

4: Nihongo ga Wakarimasen.

Japanese.

5: Ich spreche kein Deutsch.

German.
Round 2. Category: Animated Films
1: 2009:Carl, 78, ties thousands of balloons to his house; Russell, 8, stows away on the flight to South America.

Up.

2: 2009:In Jazz Age New Orleans, Princess Tiana has a fateful kiss.

The Princess and the Frog.

3: This 1988 film told of an orphaned baby brontosaurus named Littlefoot.

The Land Before Time.

4: One of the highlights of this film was Sebastian the Caribbean crab singing "Under The Sea".

The Little Mermaid.

5: Cruella de Vil was the villainess who kidnapped this title brood.

101 Dalmatians.
Round 3. Category: 21St Century Music
1: The nickname of this woman from the Black Eyed Peas is just a shortening of her last name.

Fergie.

2: In July 2002 this group's "By the Way" CD debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart.

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

3: In 2001 Alicia Keys won an MTV Award for Best New Artist in a Video with this song.

"Fallin'".

4: Brothers Chad and Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band.

Nickelback.

5: The stage name of this R and B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix".

Ne-Yo.
Round 4. Category: Oo, Sorry!
1: In the U.S. Army or Marine Corps, a platoon is normally commanded by this officer.

a lieutenant.

2: In Spanish, it's dos.

two.

3: In 1673 Marquette and Joliet explored in birchbark ones of these.

canoes.

4: In U.S. harbors, these floating objects with red and white markings indicate the boundaries of safe water.

buoys.

5: Throwing techniques in this martial art are called nagewaza.

judo (jujitsu accepted).
Round 5. Category: Please, Sir, I Want Samoa
1: The 5 stars of this constellation are featured on Samoa's national flag.

the Southern Cross.

2: This "line", roughly equal to the 180th meridian zigzags, so the Wallis Islands are west of it and Samoa is east.

the International Date Line.

3: It's the title of Margaret Mead's classic 1928 anthropological study of Samoan youth.

Coming of Age in Samoa.

4: Eastern Samoa is "American Samoa"; Western Samoa won its independence from this island country in 1962.

New Zealand.

5: The international airport code for this city of American Samoa is PPG.

Pago Pago.
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June 01, 2021Episode 110 - I'm Just An Object - The Southernmost Capital City - Cat People - Birds - Literature, Jerry Springer-Style
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 110, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'm Just An Object
1: It's what you "bide" when awaiting your opportunity.

Time.

2: To "trip" this, meaning to dance, comes from a John Milton poem.

The light fantastic.

3: You "cudgel" them in an effort to remember.

Brains.

4: To lose emotional control is to "flip your" this, also a saucepan cover.

Lid.

5: You curry food when you add spices; you curry this when you flatter someone.

Favors.
Round 2. Category: The Southernmost Capital City
1: Sydney,Wellington,Jakarta.

Wellington.

2: London,Paris,Lisbon.

Lisbon.

3: Kingston,Havana,Nassau.

KIngston.

4: Taipei,Hanoi,Manila.

Manila.

5: Khartoum,Tripoli,Cairo.

Khartoum.
Round 3. Category: Cat People
1: Amanda Blake played this saloon owner on "Gunsmoke" for 19 seasons.

Miss Kitty.

2: Role shared by Eartha Kitt on TV and Michelle Pfeiffer on the big screen.

Catwoman.

3: It's the name of King John's crusading older brother.

Richard the Lionhearted.

4: This character describes herself as the title animal in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

Maggie the Cat.

5: He later went back to Mellencamp, but under this name his album "American Fool" was No. 1 in 1982.

John Cougar.
Round 4. Category: Birds
1: Birds evolved from dinosaurs during this geologic era, "The Age of Reptiles".

Mesozoic Era.

2: The moas of New Zealand probably became extinct because these people hunted them for food.

The Maoris.

3: The young of this 'wandering" seabird have brown plumage which becomes white as they grow.

Albatross.

4: A male one of these is a drake.

Duck.

5: There are 2 subspecies of the northern species of this bird; the Bullock's and the Baltimore.

an oriole.
Round 5. Category: Literature, Jerry Springer-Style
1: Adam and Eve confront the big man himself and discuss this 1667 Milton poem on "I Can't Believe You Evicted Me!".

Paradise Lost.

2: George and Martha, characters in this Albee play, really let loose on "My Spouse Is Driving Me Crazy!".

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

3: On "You Made Me A Bloodsucking Monster!", vampires Lestat and Louis confront their creator, this author.

Anne Rice.

4: Don't "count" on missing "You Stole My Life, I'm Paying You Back!" featuring this 1844-45 Dumas classic.

The Count of Monte Cristo.

5: This title character from John Irving's 4th novel appears on "You Think The World Revolves Around You!".

Garp.
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May 31, 2021Episode 109 - Crossword Clues "G" - Joe The Farmer - Missing Vowels - Around The Pacific - Tv "O"S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 109, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues "G"
1: P.E. place(3).

gym.

2: Thank You, in Tampico(7).

Gracias.

3: German sneezer alleviator(10).

gesundheit.

4: You throw it down, or run it(8).

Gauntlet.

5: The Good Witch of the North (6).

Glinda.
Round 2. Category: Joe The Farmer
1: After Joe's Uncle Lou went a bit loopy, Joe put him "out to" here, with the grazing sheep.

a pasture.

2: After Joe found Joe Jr. joyriding in the tractor, he locked him in this round tower that usually holds grain.

a silo.

3: Joe's wife worries he'll fall out of this fodder storage area in the top of the barn.

the (hay) loft.

4: Joe's dream vacation is a tour of this company's Technology Center in Moline, Illinois.

John Deere.

5: Joe likes to ask other farmers, "got" this cereal grain? When they say yes, he says, "You better see a periodontist!".

sorghum.
Round 3. Category: Missing Vowels
1: A fest-ive month:"CTBR".

October.

2: One of the elements:"DN".

iodine.

3: U. S. island territory: MRCN SM.

American Samoa.

4: 1 of the 50:"DH".

Idaho.

5: Bookmarked website: MZN.

Amazon.
Round 4. Category: Around The Pacific
1: In 1697 Jesuits founded Loreto, the 1st permanent European settlement on this "lower" peninsula.

Baja California.

2: 2 of Chile's Juan Fernandez Islands are named for Alexander Selkirk and this fictional castaway he inspired.

Robinson Crusoe.

3: The island of Mindanao is a Muslim center in this mainly Roman Catholic country.

Philippines.

4: This river in Washington and Oregon was explored by Robert Gray in a ship of the same name.

Columbia.

5: To call the Rotorua Man, you'll have to ring up this antipodean island nation.

New Zealand.
Round 5. Category: Tv "O"S
1: In the mid-'70s he could be found singing between Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent Wilson.

Tony Orlando.

2: He played florist, er...Father Murphy.

(Merlin) Olsen.

3: This Lord won Emmys in 1960, 1973, 1975, 1982 and 1984.

Lord Olivier.

4: Lt. Castillo on "Miami Vice", he helped clean up L.A. after the 1992 riots.

(Edward James) Olmos.

5: This "thirtysomething" star directed the 1992 TV movie "Doing Time on Maple Drive".

Ken Olin.
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May 30, 2021Episode 108 - Celebrity Books - Spencers For Hire - Dance - Book Report - Historic Dates
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 108, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Celebrity Books
1: This pop artist published his philosophy "From A to B and Back Again" in 1975 and his "Diaries" in 1989.

Andy Warhol.

2: His "Roasting in Hell's Kitchen" has been called "the essential autobiography for foodies".

Gordon Ramsay.

3: He's written a slew of "redneck" books, including "You Might Be A Redneck If This is the Biggest Book You've Ever Read".

Jeff Foxworthy.

4: This comedian's "shopgirl" was turned into a 2005 film staring himself and Claire Danes.

Steve Martin.

5: In 1996 this comedian celebrated his 100th birthday with "100 Years: 100 Stories".

George Burns.
Round 2. Category: Spencers For Hire
1: Spencer was the middle name of this "Little Tramp".

Charlie Chaplin.

2: Born in Lansing, Spencer Abraham represents this state in the U.S. Senate.

Michigan.

3: As sec'y of this D.C. institution, Spencer Baird began the collection housed in its museums.

Smithsonian.

4: This group's Stevie Winwood sang the following.

The Spencer Davis Group.

5: This actor who played a famous priest at one time aspired to the priesthood.

Spencer Tracy.
Round 3. Category: Dance
1: Act II of this 1948 fairy tale ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton is set at a palace ball.

Cinderella.

2: Born in Italy in 1918 and raised from age 10 in New York, he was the top Spanish dancer of his time.

Jose Greco.

3: First popular in Paris music halls around 1840 and considered vulgar, its name is French for "gossip".

Can-Can.

4: For a contra dance, couples form 2 of these and face each other.

Lines.

5: Goddess Pele made the earth shake, but some say her sister made Hawaiians shake by giving them this dance.

the hula.
Round 4. Category: Book Report
1: Boy, I never knew the Civil War's outcome was so close until I read "Unconditional Surrender", a bio of this general.

Ulysses S. Grant.

2: I wish more poems were as funny as the ones in Shel Silverstein's "Where" this happens.

the Sidewalk Ends.

3: I was touched by the story of Opal and the dog she names after this Southern supermarket chain.

Winn-Dixie.

4: I liked "The Adventures of" this detective, except his friend Dr. Watson is really boring.

Sherlock Holmes.

5: If I were Rebecca, I'd have stayed on this farm and not let them send me off to the town of Riverboro.

Sunnybrook Farm.
Round 5. Category: Historic Dates
1: He had a historic date with Nora Barnacle June 16, 1904, the day on which "Ulysses" is set.

James Joyce.

2: The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924.

Tutankhamun.

3: In 1945 May 7 was called V-E Day and September 2 was called this.

V-J Day.

4: This Spanish conqueror of Peru and the Incas was killed by his former followers June 26, 1541.

Francisco Pizarro.

5: The Russian Revolution began Nov. 7, 1917, or Oct. 25 on this calendar named for Caesar.

Julian calendar.
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May 29, 2021Episode 107 - 1930S Aviation - Historic America - Phobias - Revolutionary War - "Wa" This Way
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 107, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1930S Aviation
1: In 1932 and '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany and Brazil.

Zeppelin.

2: In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific and Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name.

United Airlines.

3: In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home and bicycle workshop to Dearborn, Michigan.

Henry Ford.

4: On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount.

Mount Kilimanjaro.

5: The Mitsubishi flown from Japan for George VI's coronation was named this, Japanese for "divine wind".

Kamikaze.
Round 2. Category: Historic America
1: This large entertainment complex opened near Kissimmee October 1, 1971.

Walt Disney World.

2: A fine collection of Haida and Tlingit totem poles was toted to Sitka National Historic Park in this state.

Alaska.

3: Make a "pilgrim"age to this New England town to visit the 1627 English village re-created there.

Plymouth.

4: The last execution for this offense in Salem, Massachusetts took place September 22, 1692.

Witchcraft.

5: In 1848 a shipping canal completed through an old Indian portage linked Chicago with this mighty river system.

Mississippi River.
Round 3. Category: Phobias
1: He's probably the Bible's most famous tonsurphobic.

Samson (he was afraid of having his hair cut).

2: A gephyrophobic won't burn these behind him; he's afraid to cross them in the first place.

bridges.

3: The time has come to talk of polyphobia, fear of these.

Many things.

4: Some people may have uranophobia, fear of this place, because they fear being judged there.

Heaven.

5: A frigophobic is afraid of this, so a Frigidaire would be off limits.

the cold.
Round 4. Category: Revolutionary War
1: Though defeated in the Revolution, he went on to become Governor-Gen. of India.

(Charles) Cornwallis.

2: Samuel Prescott made it to Concord to warn the patriots while this rider was captured en route.

Paul Revere.

3: He said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".

Nathan Hale.

4: At Boston's "Whites of the Eyes" Pavilion, you can see this battle depicted on film.

the Battle of Bunker Hill.

5: 1 of 4 men who represented the United States in the Paris peace negotiations with Britain.

Benjamin Franklin (or John Adams, John Jay, or Henry Laurens).
Round 5. Category: "Wa" This Way
1: Dismissive insectoid name for an American ethnic group of British non-Catholic ancestry.

WASPs.

2: Longfellow's middle name.

Wadsworth.

3: Aquarius, translated from Latin.

water bearer.

4: After NATO admitted West Germany in 1955, the USSR and its satellites met and formed this.

the Warsaw Pact.

5: If you're "on" this, you're angry and in the mood for confrontation.

the warpath.
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May 28, 2021Episode 106 - The Electoral College - "Monkey" Shines - A Philippines Timeline - Proverbs By Initials - New York
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 106, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Electoral College
1: With 54 this state has more electoral votes than any other.

California.

2: In 1976 an elector from the state of Washington cast a lone vote for this man; 4 years later he received 489 votes.

Ronald Reagan.

3: The presidential electors cast their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in this month.

December.

4: Including 3 from the District of Columbia, the Electoral College consists of this many electors.

538.

5: The only electoral tie occured in 1800 when these 2 men each had 73 votes.

Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson.
Round 2. Category: "Monkey" Shines
1: John T. Scopes was the subject of it.

"Scopes Monkey Trial".

2: It follows "Ab-a, dab-a, dab-a, dab-a, dab-a, dab-a, dab".

Said the monkey to the chimp.

3: Film in which Groucho Marx declares, "Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo".

Monkey Business.

4: This term for a jungle gym dates back to the 1950s.

Monkey bars.

5: Usually "thrown", it's an obstacle that gets in the way of one's plans.

Monkey wrench.
Round 3. Category: A Philippines Timeline
1: 2004:She narrowly defeats film star Fernando Poe to win reelection to the presidency.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

2: March 1942:This commander of U.S. forces in the Far East leaves the Philippines vowing to return.

General Douglas MacArthur.

3: 1521:This Portuguese circumnavigator explores the Philippine islands and dies there.

Magellan.

4: 1565:The Philippines become a part of this empire and are named after one of its monarchs.

the Spanish Empire.

5: 1898:The Treaty of Paris cedes control of the Philippines to this nation.

the U.S..
Round 4. Category: Proverbs By Initials
1: "Look B.Y.L.".

before you leap.

2: "T.I.S.T. fiction".

truth is stranger than.

3: "Blood is T.T.W.".

thicker than water.

4: "T.H.A. better than one".

two heads are (two hands are accepted).

5: "A watched P.N.B.".

pot never boils.
Round 5. Category: New York
1: Val-Kill in Hyde Park was this first lady's retreat.

Eleanor Roosevelt.

2: A N. Tarrytown bridge named for this Washington Irving rider once stood where US9 crosses the Pocantico River.

The Headless Horseman.

3: This building in Albany is bounded by Washington Avenue and Swan, State and Eagle Streets.

Capital building.

4: Troy, New York was home to the meatpacker who inspired this national symbol.

"Uncle Sam".

5: The top of the Skylon Tower soars 775' above this natural landmark.

Niagara Falls.
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