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May 09, 2021Episode 87 - Notable Weddings - The Bible Tells Me So - Oprah's Book Club - Sitcom Neighbors - Music And Literature
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 87, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Notable Weddings
1: Chynna Phillips, whose mama and papa are John and Michelle, married this Baldwin with his brothers in attendance.

William (Billy) Baldwin.

2: This "Mayflower Madam" wore pale pink at her wedding, saying, "White would have been ludicrous".

Sydney Biddle Barrows.

3: This star of "Honeymoon in Vegas" and "Leaving Las Vegas" married Patricia Arquette in 1995.

Nicolas Cage.

4: Bart Conner must think she's a perfect 10; he married her in Romania in 1996.

Nadia Comaneci.

5: People magazine said she dyed her veil in coffee to match her beige dress when she married Arthur Miller in 1956.

Marilyn Monroe.
Round 2. Category: The Bible Tells Me So
1: Deuteronomy 5: "neither shalt thou bear" this 2-word phrase "against thy neighbour".

false witness.

2: Joshua 6:1: "now" this city "was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel".

Jericho.

3: Judges 15: he "said, with the jaw-bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men".

Samson.

4: Deuteronomy 5: "neither shalt thou bear" this 2-word phrase "against thy neighbour".

false witness.

5: Job says the price of this quality "is above rubies", and our winning contestants have their share of it.

wisdom (knowledge accepted).
Round 3. Category: Oprah's Book Club
1: In 2004 Oprah picked "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", the first novel by this Southern woman.

Carson McCullers.

2: Things got a little dicey after Oprah selected this maybe not-so-autobiographical James Frey memoir.

A Million Little Pieces.

3: This beloved country is the setting of Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country".

South Africa.

4: The club's 70 books in 15 years included this biblically titled book by Jane Hamilton.

The Book of Ruth.

5: Things got a little dicey after Oprah selected this maybe not-so-autobiographical James Frey memoir.

A Million Little Pieces.
Round 4. Category: Sitcom Neighbors
1: In 1996 Olivia d' Abo moved into the same building as Jonathan Silverman on this series.

"The Single Guy".

2: "Hello, Newman".

Seinfeld.

3: Barney Rubble.

The Flintstones.

4: Nosy neighbor Gladys Kravitz.

Bewitched.

5: Mr. and Mrs. Roper.

Three's Company.
Round 5. Category: Music And Literature
1: Bernard Naylor adapted her "Sonnets from the Portuguese" for voice and string quartet.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

2: "Rip-Rip" is a comic opera about this sleepy head who killed time in the Catskills.

Rip Van Winkle.

3: Franz Liszt's symphony based on this work includes the movements "Inferno" and "Purgatorio".

"The Divine Comedy".

4: This John Bunyan work inspired the one-act opera "The Shepherds Of The Delectable Mountains".

"Pilgrim's Progress".

5: This "Messiah" composer set Dryden's poem "Ode For St. Cecilia's Day" to music.

George F. Handel.
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May 08, 2021Episode 86 - Animal Groups - Classic Cinema - Easter - Declaration Of Independence Signers - You're An Animal
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 86, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Animal Groups
1: A group of these reptiles is a lounge, and you might also find the "lounge" type in a nightclub.

a lizard.

2: When someone wishes you "good" these at Christmas, they may be referring to a group of magpies.

Tidings.

3: Every Capricorn should know a group of these ruminants is called a tribe.

Goats.

4: A prickle is a group of these large rodents--which makes sense, as "prickle" means sharp point or spine.

porcupines.

5: A stand of these pink wading birds can also be called a flamboyance.

flamingoes.
Round 2. Category: Classic Cinema
1: 1931:"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.".

Dracula.

2: 1939:"I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!".

Gone With the Wind.

3: 1927:"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!".

The Jazz Singer.

4: The windbreaker and t-shirt look he popularized in "Rebel Without A Cause" is still fashionable 43 years later.

James Dean.

5: He starred as Professor Boyd in "Bedtime for Bonzo" but didn't do the sequel, "Bonzo Goes to College".

Ronald Reagan.
Round 3. Category: Easter
1: Since Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25, it is called this type of feast.

Moveable.

2: Animals associated with Easter are the egg-hiding rabbit and this one representing Jesus.

Lamb.

3: The 40-day period before Easter is Lent; the 40th day after Easter is the feast of this.

Ascension.

4: Some early Christians considered Easter as a new part of this Jewish festival.

Passover.

5: It's where you'll find Chile's Isla de Pascua National Park.

Easter Island.
Round 4. Category: Declaration Of Independence Signers
1: We all know John Hancock signed it, but how many of you know he did it representing this state.

Massachusetts.

2: Elder statesman John Witherspoon was the only clergyman to sign; he was part of this church of "Elders".

Presbyterian.

3: Francis Lewis was the only signer born in this U.K. country--he was from Llandaff.

Wales.

4: Before Benjamin Harrison landed the job of signer, he was getting his hands dirty in this occupation.

farmer.

5: He's the only signer the World Almanac lists with the occupation "printer, publisher".

Benjamin Franklin.
Round 5. Category: You're An Animal
1: "Get along little" this, the word for a motherless calf.

dogie.

2: The plains variety of this animal has gray markings that are known as shadow stripes.

a zebra.

3: A condor is a type of this bird; it's related to the turkey type and also enjoys eating carrion.

a vulture.

4: Named for features on its skull, it's the swiftest mammal in the New World.

the pronghorn antelope.

5: Scientists are scrambling to find out the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, which is occurring with this insect.

bees.
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May 06, 2021Episode 86 - Animal Groups - Classic Cinema - Easter - Declaration Of Independence Signers - You're An Animal
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 86, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Animal Groups
1: A group of these reptiles is a lounge, and you might also find the "lounge" type in a nightclub.

a lizard.

2: When someone wishes you "good" these at Christmas, they may be referring to a group of magpies.

Tidings.

3: Every Capricorn should know a group of these ruminants is called a tribe.

Goats.

4: A prickle is a group of these large rodents--which makes sense, as "prickle" means sharp point or spine.

porcupines.

5: A stand of these pink wading birds can also be called a flamboyance.

flamingoes.
Round 2. Category: Classic Cinema
1: 1931:"Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.".

Dracula.

2: 1939:"I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!".

Gone With the Wind.

3: 1927:"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!".

The Jazz Singer.

4: The windbreaker and t-shirt look he popularized in "Rebel Without A Cause" is still fashionable 43 years later.

James Dean.

5: He starred as Professor Boyd in "Bedtime for Bonzo" but didn't do the sequel, "Bonzo Goes to College".

Ronald Reagan.
Round 3. Category: Easter
1: Since Easter can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25, it is called this type of feast.

Moveable.

2: Animals associated with Easter are the egg-hiding rabbit and this one representing Jesus.

Lamb.

3: The 40-day period before Easter is Lent; the 40th day after Easter is the feast of this.

Ascension.

4: Some early Christians considered Easter as a new part of this Jewish festival.

Passover.

5: It's where you'll find Chile's Isla de Pascua National Park.

Easter Island.
Round 4. Category: Declaration Of Independence Signers
1: We all know John Hancock signed it, but how many of you know he did it representing this state.

Massachusetts.

2: Elder statesman John Witherspoon was the only clergyman to sign; he was part of this church of "Elders".

Presbyterian.

3: Francis Lewis was the only signer born in this U.K. country--he was from Llandaff.

Wales.

4: Before Benjamin Harrison landed the job of signer, he was getting his hands dirty in this occupation.

farmer.

5: He's the only signer the World Almanac lists with the occupation "printer, publisher".

Benjamin Franklin.
Round 5. Category: You're An Animal
1: "Get along little" this, the word for a motherless calf.

dogie.

2: The plains variety of this animal has gray markings that are known as shadow stripes.

a zebra.

3: A condor is a type of this bird; it's related to the turkey type and also enjoys eating carrion.

a vulture.

4: Named for features on its skull, it's the swiftest mammal in the New World.

the pronghorn antelope.

5: Scientists are scrambling to find out the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder, which is occurring with this insect.

bees.
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May 06, 2021Episode 84 - Hello, Sports Fans - - "V"Ariety - Before He Was President - Leading Men
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 84, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hello, Sports Fans
1: (Pro golfer Peter Jacobsen.) To land the ball on the green with this, also called juice, hit the ball below its equator with a lofted club.

backspin.

2: (I'm Ed McCaffrey.) It was the name of my team at Stanford, and also one of the team colors.

Cardinal.

3: (Yankees manager Joe Torre reads the clue.) In 1971 I led the league in average and RBIs, so I was just the home run title short of winning this.

Triple Crown.

4: A sculpture of this heavyweight's fist was donated to the city of Detroit by Sports Illustrated.

Joe Louis.

5: (I'm NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia.) In 2000 I became the fourth 49er to throw for 30 TDs in a season, after John Brodie and these 2 other fairly decent passers.

Joe Montana and Steve Young.
Round 2. Category:
1: This actor keeps parting and getting back together with Andie MacDowell in "Four Weddings And A Funeral".

Hugh Grant.

2: Lucy Westenra is the first English woman to fall victim to him in Bram Stoker's novel.

Count Dracula.

3: In "The Seven Year Itch", Tom Ewell says goodbye to his wife and starts flirting with this actress.

Marilyn Monroe.

4: In a 1965 epic this Omar Sharif character keeps getting separated from his beloved Lara.

Dr. Zhivago.

5: In "Casablanca" this Bogart character reminds Ilsa as they part, "We'll always have Paris".

Rick Blaine.
Round 3. Category: "V"Ariety
1: The first laws against alcohol in the Americas were passed in 1623 with the help of Gov. Francis Wyatt of this colony.

Virginia.

2: In Chaucer's "Parliament of Fowls", the fowls gather to choose their mates on this day.

Valentine's Day.

3: This great writer of the Enlightenment was known as "The Plato of the 18th Centuty".

Voltaire.

4: In the 1860's this industrial "commodore" lost the fight for control of the Erie Railroad.

Cornelius Vanderbilt.

5: From the Latin for "wide vessel", this type of drug does just that; it widens blood vessels.

vasodilator.
Round 4. Category: Before He Was President
1: He was "Old Rough and Ready", a hero of the Mexican War.

(Zachary) Taylor.

2: He played sax in a jazz trio called The Three Blind Mice.

Clinton.

3: He was captain of the debating team at Whittier College in California.

Richard Nixon.

4: He practiced law in Kinderhook, New York.

(Martin) Van Buren.

5: He was a judge of the Jackson County Court in Missouri.

Truman.
Round 5. Category: Leading Men
1: Hugo Chavez of this South American country is an admirer of Simon Bolivar.

Venezuela.

2: In the early 1980s this star of "Scarface" and "Serpico" was an artistic director of the Actors Studio.

Al Pacino.

3: In 1938 this prime minister returned to Britain from a meeting with Hitler saying, "I believe it is peace in our time".

Chamberlain.

4: Like his father whom he succeeded, Bashar al-Assad heads the Ba'ath Party in this Middle East country.

Syria.

5: He's played "Dirty Harry" Callahan in 5 films; the most recent was "The Dead Pool" in 1988.

Clint Eastwood.
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May 04, 2021Episode 83 - Resort Cities - Intelligent Films - Irs Stuff - Four! - Dropouts
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 83, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Resort Cities
1: This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944.

Vichy.

2: This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies and railroad cars.

Atlantic City.

3: This Crimean health and vacation resort was the site of an important World War II conference.

Yalta.

4: This fashionable Colorado ski getaway was named by prospectors for the trees in the area.

Aspen.

5: In 1986 voters of this California resort made Clint Eastwood's day by electing him mayor.

Carmel.
Round 2. Category: Intelligent Films
1: Chemistry whiz Julius Kelp devises a formula that transforms him into the suave Buddy Love in this 1963 comedy.

The Nutty Professor.

2: Even the janitor at M.I.T. is a math genius in this 1997 Oscar-winning film.

Good Will Hunting.

3: A 7-year-old chess prodigy is at the center of this 1993 film that mentions an American chess prodigy in its title.

Searching for Bobby Fischer.

4: A blinding light suddenly turns this actor into a genius in 1996's "Phenomenon".

John Travolta.

5: Woody Allen finds media guru Marshall McLuhan in a theater lobby in this 1977 film.

Annie Hall.
Round 3. Category: Irs Stuff
1: Filing jointly, families with 2 or more kids and making under $34,178 a year may receive the EITC, this credit.

Earned Income Tax Credit.

2: If you've been selected for one of these, the IRS cheerfully informs you that many of them result in refunds.

Audit.

3: The IRS now allows some deductions for treatments, not including the over-the-counter patch, to quit this.

Smoking.

4: About 9% of the individual returns for 2000 checked the box to donate this much to the Presidential Election Fund.

$3.

5: To deduct these, your new job must be over 50 miles farther from your former home than your old job was.

Moving expenses.
Round 4. Category: Four!
1: Published in 1943, "Four Quartets" is considered by many to be this American-born poet's finest work.

T.S. Eliot.

2: Isaiah said that the Lord shall gather the dispersed "from" these "of the Earth".

the four corners.

3: In the English alphabet, it's the fourth consonant.

F.

4: The only athlete to win 4 straight Olympic gold medals in the long jump.

(Carl) Lewis.

5: In four-color process printing, the 4 colors used are cyan, magenta, yellow and this "basic" one.

black.
Round 5. Category: Dropouts
1: He abandoned his studies at Harvard after his junior year to co-found Microsoft and got filthy rich.

Bill Gates.

2: Ben Affleck left college for Hollywood; this co-screenwriter left Harvard just shy of graduation.

Matt Damon.

3: Left Temple University in the '60s to be a comic, was in one of the biggest '80s sitcoms and sold Jell-O.

Bill Cosby.

4: In 1996, after winning his third U.S. Amateur title, he left Stanford to turn pro.

Tiger Woods.

5: He went to UCLA to study film but dropped out; he ended up directing and co-starring in "Reality Bites" and "The Cable Guy".

Ben Stiller.
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May 03, 2021Episode 82 - Party Time! - You Get A "D" - Themes Like Old Times - Criminal's Dictionary - Mariners
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 82, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Party Time!
1: A noisy mock serenade given for newlyweds, its name is an alteration of the French word charivari.

Shivaree.

2: On a party invitation, the letters RSVP stand for the French phrase "Repondez" this.

S'il vous plait.

3: Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I's sarcophagus for his home in this British capital.

London.

4: A synonym for slumber party, it's also the title of a 1964 Annette Funicello film.

Pajama Party.

5: Heloise suggests putting fortunes inside these inflatable items instead of in cookies; then let guests pop them.

Balloons.
Round 2. Category: You Get A "D"
1: In Greek mythology, the mother of Persephone.

Demeter.

2: 6-letter word meaning to expose as being false or ridiculous, like certain wacky theories.

debunk.

3: A succession of monarchs from the same family.

dynasty.

4: If you think someone's wrong, you may "beg to" do this.

differ.

5: In the comics, she's Dagwood and Blondie's dog.

Daisy.
Round 3. Category: Themes Like Old Times
1: "Please, won't you be my neighbor?".

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.

2: "And then one day he was shootin' at some food and up through the round come a bubblin' crude".

The Beverly Hillbillies.

3: "And you knew who you were then, girls were girls and men were men".

All in the Family.

4: "Thank you for being a friend".

The Golden Girls.

5: "Here we come, walking down the street".

The Monkees.
Round 4. Category: Criminal's Dictionary
1: It's the 2-word slang term for the photograph taken of a suspect in custody.

Mug shot.

2: From Latin for "elsewhere", it's the claim to have been somewhere else when a crime was committed.

Alibi.

3: This term for a gangster's girlfriend sounds like where she might spend all his money.

Moll.

4: A person confessing info to police is known as one of these yellow songbirds.

Canary.

5: It's not a novel builder, it's a person accepting bets.

Bookmaker/bookie.
Round 5. Category: Mariners
1: 8 years after his circumnavigation of the globe, 1577 to 1580, he helped England defeat the Spanish Armada.

Sir Francis Drake.

2: The largest island on North America's Pacific coast was named for this British naval officer.

George Vancouver (Vancouver Island).

3: Knowledge of this colonizer of Greenland comes from 2 accounts: "Eric's Saga" and "The Greenlanders' Saga".

Eric the Red.

4: William Bligh was the master of the Resolution during this captain's third Pacific expedition.

Captain James Cook.

5: In July 1741 this Dane sighted the North American continent near Mount St. Elias, Alaska.

Vitus Bering.
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May 02, 2021Episode 81 - Well, Exhume Me! - The Great Depression - Travel - Recognizing Reptiles - Pop Music Rhyme Time
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 81, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Well, Exhume Me!
1: Teddy Roosevelt gave the eulogy when this man was interred at the Naval Academy in 1906, 114 years after his death.

John Paul Jones.

2: In 1997, after a 19-month search, this man's remains were found in Bolivia, dug up and sent to Cuba.

Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

3: Her body was stolen and sent to Italy after her husband was deposed; it was returned to Argentina in 1974.

Eva PerÃ³n.

4: This star of "Z" and "Jean de Florette" was exhumed in 1998 to get his DNA for a paternity test.

Yves Montand.

5: In 1995 a forensic scientist said that remains exhumed from a grave in Missouri were probably those of this slain outlaw.

Jesse James.
Round 2. Category: The Great Depression
1: This "holiday" declared March 6, 1933 came with a $10,000 fine or 10 years in jail for violators.

bank holiday.

2: Things named for him during the Depression include a big dam and a type of miserable shantytown.

Herbert Hoover.

3: Some say the 1930 tariff named for these 2 politicians made the Depression worse and helped spread it overseas.

Smoot and Hawley.

4: Half a loaf was better than none for the people seen in one of these.

bread line.

5: In the hardest times, this figure stood at over 25%, representing almost 15 million Americans.

unemployment rate.
Round 3. Category: Travel
1: This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines.

Easter Island.

2: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gauge railway that climbs to 7,400' in this country.

India.

3: This Rome landmark is 620 feet long by 513 wide--plenty of room to run away from a wild beast.

the Colosseum.

4: You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

amber.

5: You can buy samples of this fossilized resin at a museum devoted to it in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

amber.
Round 4. Category: Recognizing Reptiles
1: The tuatara, which waits until it's about 20 to mate, has one of these that grows back after it breaks off.

a tail.

2: Most reptiles with toes have these on them, but the leatherback sea turtle doesn't.

claws.

3: Unlike the feline leopard, the longnose leopard lizard can do this, so no proverbs for him.

change its spots.

4: We're not lying, the beaded lizard has a forked one.

a tongue.

5: This reptile's long, tapered snout distinguishes it from the alligator, which has a broad, round one.

the crocodile.
Round 5. Category: Pop Music Rhyme Time
1: A Rolling Stones lead singer's selections.

Mick's picks.

2: Marley's high-arcing tennis shots.

Bob's lobs.

3: Ex-Black Sabbath singer's Muppet bears.

Ozzy's Fozzies.

4: Mr. Vicious' offspring.

Sid's kids.

5: Freddie Mercury band's limas and kidneys.

Queen's beans.
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May 01, 2021Episode 80 - Countries By Newspapers - "Pie" Flinging - A Capital Idea - Foreign States - New Words
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 80, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Countries By Newspapers
1: Dimokratiki and Peloponnisos.

Greece.

2: Diario de los Andes,The Buenos Aires Herald.

Argentina.

3: The Newham Recorder,The Luton News.

England.

4: El Cronista and El Patagonico.

Argentina.

5: Przewodnik Katolicki and Glos Koszalinski.

Poland.
Round 2. Category: "Pie" Flinging
1: A small sword with a narrow blade used for thrusting.

a rapier.

2: A decorative floral arrangement in the middle of a dining table.

a centerpiece.

3: Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman were founding members of this group.

the Yippies.

4: 5-letter term for saintly goodliness or reverence.

piety.

5: General term for a Xerox machine or a medieval transcriber.

a copier.
Round 3. Category: A Capital Idea
1: Hmm -- the National Pawn Shop in this city was built on the site of the palace where Montezuma was killed.

Mexico City.

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

Addis Ababa.

3: In 1898, 10 years after inheriting the throne, 18-year-old Queen Wilhelmina was finally crowned in this city.

Amsterdam.

4: In the 1920s Norway's parliament voted to change the name of Christiania back to this.

Oslo.

5: Rawalpindi was selected as this country's interim capital while Islamabad was under construction.

Pakistan.
Round 4. Category: Foreign States
1: Jalisco and Tabasco.

Mexico.

2: Kogi, Oyo and Lagos.

Nigeria.

3: Amazonas and Bahia.

Brazil.

4: Victoria and New South Wales.

Australia.

5: Bahia, Parana and Sao Paulo.

Brazil.
Round 5. Category: New Words
1: "Greeny" is slang, not for a little martian, but for anyone concerned about this.

the environment.

2: Canine name for a person who makes a business of smuggling aliens into U.S..

a coyote.

3: If you're into "heavy breathers", you might have read one of these by Rosemary Rogers or Danielle Steel.

a romance novel.

4: A U.S. Treasury bond called "a James Bond" matures in this year of the next century.

2007.

5: "Celebrity rot" refers to an aging entertainer's increasing inability to do this.

entertain.
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April 30, 2021Episode 79 - Ends In "X" - Penny For Your Thoughts - Legal Lingo - Foreign Food - Wild Goose Chases
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 79, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ends In "X"
1: From words meaning "beyond belief", it's a seemingly contradictory statement.

paradox.

2: It's Corning's trademark for heat-resistant glassware.

Pyrex.

3: A 3-letter word for "to veto", or a German water sprite.

nix.

4: It's the outer layer of the cerebrum largely responsible for higher nervous function.

the cortex.

5: This salty smoked salmon tastes great on a bagel.

lox.
Round 2. Category: Penny For Your Thoughts
1: Named for the 2 British coins it resembled, this early bicycle had a large front wheel and a small rear wheel.

penny-farthing.

2: James Ussher thought this was created in the evening of October 22, 4004 B.C..

The world.

3: Pennyroyal is an aromatic plantof this sweet herb family; its leaves can be driedto make tea.

mint.

4: Speaking in exile in 1959, he reportedly said, "I give Castro a year. No more".

Fulgencio Batista.

5: In 1977 he told David Frost, "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal".

Richard Nixon.
Round 3. Category: Legal Lingo
1: This district of a bailiff might be your area of expertise.

bailiwick.

2: This word also found in the First Amendment means a formal written request to the court for judicial action.

Petition.

3: "L.S." on a document indicates the spot where this object is to be affixed.

Legal Seal.

4: (Hi, I'm Steve Harris of "The Practice") If the supply of these has been exhausted, a talesman, a bystander in the court, may be picked to be one.

Juror.

5: In California, this type of theft applies to goods worth over $400, or artichokes worth over $100.

grand (theft).
Round 4. Category: Foreign Food
1: Don't wonder, naan, roti and puri are types of this in India.

bread.

2: This style of topping may sound good, but its name is from the French for "with the burnt scrapings".

au gratin.

3: If you make it right, your salsa verde should be this color.

green.

4: A meat-filled tortilla in a chili sauce, its name is from the Spanish for "to season with chili".

enchilada.

5: Meal at which you'd normally serve muesli.

breakfast.
Round 5. Category: Wild Goose Chases
1: Ponce de Leon should have tried a facelift, as he never found this liquid rejuvenizer.

the Fountain of Youth.

2: Some think the Bimini Road is evidence of this Lost Continent.

Atlantis.

3: A lot of sleepless "knights" were spent questing for this chalice given to Joseph of Arimathea.

the Holy Grail.

4: He walked on the moon and walked up Ararat, searching in vain for Noah's Ark.

James Irwin.

5: Henry Hudson "passed" on while seeking this elusive route to Asia.

the Northwest Passage.
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April 29, 2021Episode 78 - Good For A Day Off - Colonial Colleges - Sheer Genius! - Wheat - Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 78, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Good For A Day Off
1: On the Friday before this holiday, soldiers in the 3rd U.S. Infantry place flags on graves at Arlington.

Memorial Day.

2: It's happy 27th of February as the Dominican Republic marks its independence from this neighbor.

Haiti.

3: You don't need to have an epiphany to know the Feast of the Epiphany falls in this month.

January.

4: It began in America in 1621 as an adaptation of the British Lammas, or "Loaf Mass" Day.

Thanksgiving.

5: Pilgrimage participants plan to arrive in this city before the sixth day of Dhul-Hijjah.

Mecca.
Round 2. Category: Colonial Colleges
1: You can get your sheepskin at this Cambridge university whose "yahd" once held grazing sheep.

Harvard.

2: The College of New Jersey was 150 years old in 1896 when it got this new name for the city it was in.

Princeton.

3: Founded in 1693, its name used to end with "in Virginia".

the College of William and Mary.

4: For a while, Fred Rogers' neighborhood was this New Hampshire college, his alma mater.

Dartmouth.

5: This Providence university that dates back to 1764 is home to a NASA research center.

Brown.
Round 3. Category: Sheer Genius!
1: The difference engine, a computing device he designed in the 1820s, was built in 1991 from his plans and it worked!.

(Charles) Babbage.

2: Named for its American inventor, this electrostatic generator is used to accelerate particles.

a Van de Graaff generator.

3: Among his 355 patents is an 1887 one for ballistite, or smokeless powder.

(Alfred) Nobel.

4: In 1884 Ottmar Mergenthaler invented this machine that eliminated setting type by hand.

the linotype machine.

5: In 1837 Brits Cooke and Wheatstone designed an electric one; later that year, an American painter perfected it.

the telegraph.
Round 4. Category: Wheat
1: Pasta is made from this coarsely-ground grain of durum wheat.

Semolina.

2: Glutamic acid from wheat is used to produce this flavor enhancer.

MSG (Monosodium Glutamate).

3: Nabisco makes these crispy crackers; red oval farms makes them "stoned".

Wheat Thins.

4: Dunkelweizen and Kristall Weizen are refreshing wheat types of these.

beer.

5: This embryo of the wheat seed is a rich source of vitamin E.

Germ.
Round 5. Category: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
1: Fort Dix is in this state's 4th District, repped by Chris Smith, who was elected to Congress at age 27.

New Jersey.

2: In 1996 Gordon Smith lost to Ron Wyden to replace Bob Packwood as a Sen. from this state; now they serve together.

Oregon.

3: Parts of Comal, Hays and Travis Counties make up the 21st District of this state's Rep. Lamar Smith.

Texas.

4: Washington's 9th District is represented by this man, who has the same name as a certain economist.

Adam Smith.

5: William French Smith, who held this post, 1981-1985, had a key role in putting the 1st woman on the Supreme Court.

Attorney General.
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