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April 28, 2021Episode 77 - Leader Of The "Pack" - Pugilistic Sobriquets - Termite Trivia - The Bod Squad - Famous "Baby"S
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 77, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Leader Of The "Pack"
1: In information technology, breaking up a message to transmit it more efficiently is this type of switching.

packet switching.

2: Don Hutson, Paul Hornung and Lou Brock (no, not that Lou Brock) are in this team's Hall of Fame.

the Green Bay Packers.

3: In information technology, breaking up a message to transmit it more efficiently is this type of switching.

packet switching.

4: Lupine term for a group of subs operating together in hunting down enemy convoys.

a wolfpack.

5: It sounds painful, but it's a clear plastic bubble in which a consumer product is sealed against a cardboard backing.

a blister pack.
Round 2. Category: Pugilistic Sobriquets
1: Lightweight champ Ray Mancini received this nickname that his father also used as a top contender.

"Boom Boom".

2: This nickname of Oscar De La Hoya is the title of a 1939 film with William Holden as a boxer.

Golden Boy.

3: "Killer" nickname of Thomas Hearns, who held world titles in 4 different weight classes.

"Hit Man".

4: When asked about his future plans, this boxer known as "Iron Mike" said, "I don't know...I might just fade into Bolivian".

Mike Tyson.

5: Once known as "The Louisville Lip", he later became "The Greatest".

Muhammad Ali.
Round 3. Category: Termite Trivia
1: One form of termite communication is the production of trails of these chemicals.

Pheromones.

2: The closest relative to the termite is this household pest.

Cockroach.

3: Termites are found in every state except this one.

Alaska.

4: The primary food of termites is this carbohydrate found in plants.

Cellulose.

5: Of 15 days, 15 months or 15 years, it's the approximate lifespan of a termite queen.

15 years.
Round 4. Category: The Bod Squad
1: Your dukes,your mitts,your paws.

Hands.

2: Your gams,your pins,your shanks.

Legs.

3: Choppers,grinders,ivories.

Teeth.

4: Beezer,sneezer,schnoz.

Nose.

5: The Achilles tendon is in this part of the foot, the only spot where the hero Achilles was vulnerable.

the heel.
Round 5. Category: Famous "Baby"S
1: Nickname of Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father, a physician, as Haitian leader.

"Baby Doc".

2: It's how the media referred to little Miss McClure, who, in 1987, fell down a well and was rescued 2 days later.

Baby Jessica.

3: Seen w/Casper the Friendly Ghost, this Harvey cartoon and comic character was an overgrown duckling.

Baby Huey.

4: Childhood stage name of the actress who played Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

Baby Rose Marie.

5: 1 of 2 popular U.S. films released in late 1987 that had the word "Baby" in their titles.

Baby Boom or Three Men and a Baby.
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April 27, 2021Episode 76 - It's Unreal - May Day - British Fashion - Libros En Espanol - World Leaders
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 76, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: It's Unreal
1: Lee makes them in active length in such colors as Joyful and Fascinating.

artificial nails.

2: This company is putting the kibosh on sellers of those Jelly Kelly knock-offs of its Kelly bags.

Hermes.

3: In 1966 Clark and Gollan performed experiments that led to artificial this, probably exciting news to artificial vampires.

artificial blood.

4: On April 8, 1966 the L.A. Dodgers played on this surface for the first time (it was during an away game).

astroturf.

5: Pam Anderson is a supporter of pleather, which is short for this.

plastic leather.
Round 2. Category: May Day
1: On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Amtrak.

2: This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him.

Yasser Arafat.

3: He was ready and he fired May 1, 1898.

Captain Charles Gridley.

4: The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired.

Jimmy Carter.

5: On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica".

Pablo Picasso.
Round 3. Category: British Fashion
1: Sharp suits and skinny ties typified the '60s look of the "squad" of these young Britishers.

the mod squad.

2: David and Elizabeth Emanuel got the assignment to design this for Princess Diana to wear on July 29, 1981.

her wedding dress.

3: This "Superwaif" model made news in 1993 when she went topless at a Vivienne Westwood show.

Kate Moss.

4: 19th century Englishmen Thomas and William Bowler got their names in the dictionary by making these.

hats.

5: With grenade loops added, the coat designed by Thomas Burberry got this new name during World War I.

trenchcoat.
Round 4. Category: Libros En Espanol
1: Wells:"La Maquina del Tiempo".

"The Time Machine".

2: Hemingway: "El Viejo y el Mar".

"The Old Man and the Sea".

3: Alcott:"Hombrecitos".

"Little Men".

4: Dickens:"Historia de Dos Ciudades".

"A Tale of Two Cities".

5: Vonnegut:"Matadero Cinco".

"Slaughterhouse Five".
Round 5. Category: World Leaders
1: This general took power in Pakistan in a 1999 coup.

Musharraf.

2: On May 25, 1946 this grandfather of Hussein was crowned the first king of Jordan.

King Abdullah.

3: She gave birth to her 1st child, a son, during her successful 1988 campaign to become P.M. of Pakistan.

Benazir Bhutto.

4: The U.S. wishes this trained ophthalmologist could see his way to support our Mideast policy.

Bashar al-Assad.

5: On November 22, 2001 he personally sent his first e-mail, a message to Roman Catholics in Oceania.

Pope John Paul II.
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April 27, 2021Episode 75 - 4-Letter Birds - Sounds Like Ig-Pay Atin-Lay - "B" Movies - He's The Coach - Manhattan's Museum Mile
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 75, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 4-Letter Birds
1: Ancient Egyptians believed this bird to be a representative of the god Thoth.

ibis.

2: Species of this bird include the Caspian, South and Arctic.

tern.

3: An elated person is sometimes said to be "as happy as" this songbird.

lark.

4: The rook is the most common member of this bird family found in Europe.

crow.

5: This bird isn't biologically distinct from the pigeon, it's just smaller.

dove.
Round 2. Category: Sounds Like Ig-Pay Atin-Lay
1: Maryland's Severn River is an inlet of it.

Chesapeake Bay.

2: The 2000 Robert Mondavi one has nuances of hazelnut and goes well with salmon.

Chardonnay.

3: Unverified gossip or rumor; it's often excluded from court.

hearsay.

4: December 26, when British servants traditionally get gifts.

Boxing Day.

5: A stream of electrons from a negatively charged electrode.

cathode ray.
Round 3. Category: "B" Movies
1: 1948:In a classic of Italian Neorealism, a father and son search for a stolen vehicle.

The Bicycle Thief.

2: Bogie stars as Phillip Marlowe in this 1946 film noir classic based on Raymond Chandler's first novel.

The Big Sleep.

3: As Josef Mengele, Gregory Peck sets out to breed a new race of Hitlers in this thriller.

The Boys from Brazil.

4: This title describes Carroll Baker's thumb-sucking character and nightie she wore.

Baby Doll.

5: 1991:Ice Cube co-starred in this saga about a group of friends chillin' out in an L.A. ghetto.

Boyz n the Hood.
Round 4. Category: He's The Coach
1: Green Bay Packers, 1959-1967.

Vince Lombardi.

2: Chicago Bears, 1920-1967 (with a few breaks).

George Halas.

3: University of Nebraska Football, 1973-1997.

Tom Osborne.

4: Indiana Pacers, 1997-2000.

Larry Bird.

5: UCLA Men's Basketball, 1949-1975.

John Wooden.
Round 5. Category: Manhattan's Museum Mile
1: The exterior of this museum at 5th and 89th was designed to break the rectangular grid of Manhattan.

the Guggenheim.

2: New to Museum Mile, the Neue Galerie features works from Austria and this country, home of Ernst Kirchner.

Germany.

3: A Latino art museum goes by the name El Museo del this, a Spanish word for the inner city.

Barrio.

4: The Museum of the City of N.Y. has the derby of this governor, the first Catholic to be a major party pres. candidate.

Al Smith.

5: 5 of the fewer than 40 known Vermeers reside in this 5th Avenue museum.

the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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April 26, 2021Episode 74 - Saint Paul - On The Fly - 'Rithmetic - Bon Appe-"T" - Huey, Dewey Or Louis
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 74, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Saint Paul
1: Saint Paul was a supportive witness to the stoning of this first Christian martyr.

Saint Stephen.

2: From the Greek for "message", it's the name given Saint Paul's letters to Christian churches and groups.

Epistles.

3: Born to Jewish parents in Tarsus, Saint Paul is called "The Apostle To" these non-Jews.

Gentiles.

4: Following his conversion, Saint Paul spent a period of reflection on this peninsula.

Arabian Peninsula.

5: As Saul, Saint Paul heard the voice of Jesus while on the road to this city.

Damascus.
Round 2. Category: On The Fly
1: From the Spanish for "little fly", this fly variety has hypodermic mouth parts to pierce skin.

Mosquito.

2: Like most insects, all flies are divided into 3 parts: thorax, abdomen and this.

Head.

3: Of major insect groups, flies are the only one with just one real pair of these.

Wings.

4: On the housefly, these are large, compound and composed of up to 4,000 individual lenses.

Eyes.

5: These large, speedy biting flies with an animal name are also known as gadflies and greenheads.

Horseflies.
Round 3. Category: 'Rithmetic
1: It's 2128 divided by 7.

304.

2: .5 X .15.

.075.

3: It's the square root of 196.

14.

4: It's 1/4 of 100.

25.

5: Number of inches in 3 yards.

108.
Round 4. Category: Bon Appe-"T"
1: It's a cross between a pomelo and a tangerine.

Tangelo.

2: A yellow cheddar from Oregon.

Tillamook.

3: A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients.

Taco.

4: This "steak" is a hot dog.

Tube steak.

5: This root vegetable often has white skin and a purple-tinged top.

Turnip.
Round 5. Category: Huey, Dewey Or Louis
1: This man sang lead on the 1986 Top 40 hit "Hip To Be Square".

Huey Lewis.

2: A co-founder of the Black Panthers.

Huey P. Newton.

3: For successes in the Spanish-American War, he was promoted to the special rank of Admiral of the Navy.

Admiral George Dewey.

4: "Musicians don't retire, they stop when there's no more music in them", quipped this trumpeter.

Louis Armstrong.

5: A populist Louisiana governor of the early 1930s.

Huey Long.
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April 25, 2021Episode 73 - Money Slang - Flag 'Em Down - The Exodus Files - Shakespeare Pitches To Hollywood - It's A Jungle Out There
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 73, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Money Slang
1: The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate.

a clam.

2: Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough.

bread.

3: Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la.

Do-re-mi.

4: When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized.

the Benjamins.

5: 2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch.

Chicken feed.
Round 2. Category: Flag 'Em Down
1: The flag of this U.S. possession is almost the same as the flag of Cuba.

Puerto Rico.

2: This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key.

the Star-Spangled Banner.

3: The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

red and white.

4: The Alamo is located in this city and is depicted on its flag.

San Antonio.

5: The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year.

1960.
Round 3. Category: The Exodus Files
1: It's the mount where Moses talks with God in Exodus 19.

Sinai.

2: Thou knowest this list of nay-nays shows up in Exodus 20.

the Ten Commandments.

3: Using gold jewelry from the Israelites, he fashions the Golden Calf.

Aaron.

4: 33:2 promises to drive the Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, Jebusite, and this -ite from the promised land.

the Canaanite.

5: This unusual food falls from heaven for 40 years starting in Exodus 16.

manna.
Round 4. Category: Shakespeare Pitches To Hollywood
1: "Battle of the Sexes" story, Katharina vs. Petruchio; she's tough but love wins out...it's a blockbuster!.

"Taming of the Shrew".

2: This one's about a wannabe Scottish king and his wife, right, and he kills King Duncan...is Connery available?.

"Macbeth".

3: Okay, this military guy marries a younger woman named Desdemona -- now the ending's sad, but that means Oscar!.

"Othello".

4: 2 young lovers, families keep 'em apart -- it'd be a teen flick but we won't shoot in Verona; too expensive.

"Romeo and Juliet".

5: So this king is crying about his kingdom for a horse and ...oh, you already made it in '55 with Olivier? Nuts!.

"Richard III".
Round 5. Category: It's A Jungle Out There
1: About 2/3 of this river's 2.3 million square mile tropical rain forest lies in Brazil.

Amazon.

2: A large knife whose name comes from an earlier Spanish word for "mallet"; it's handy for cutting jungle paths.

Machete.

3: The length of this South American water boa may exceed 30 feet.

Anaconda.

4: 6-letter term for the thick covering formed by the tops of trees and vines where many animals live.

Canopy.

5: In 1863 French archaeologists began uncovering this temple of Vishnu in the jungles of Cambodia.

Angkor Wat.
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April 24, 2021Episode 72 - All In The Celebrity Family - U.s. History: The Early 1800S - Drawing A Crowd - Asian History - Tv's Supporting Actors
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 72, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All In The Celebrity Family
1: Elizabeth, Jake, Trent, Ashley, Taylor, Mary-Kate.

Olsen.

2: Serena and Venus-- and don't forget Papa Richard.

Williams.

3: Ben and Casey.

Affleck.

4: Christian and Kirsten.

the Dunsts.

5: Christian, Rory, Kieran, Quinn, Shane, Dakota and Macaulay.

the Culkins.
Round 2. Category: U.s. History: The Early 1800S
1: In the Missouri Compromise, Massachusetts gave up its northern territory to form this state.

Maine.

2: Controversial "bank" led by Nicholas Biddle from 1823 to 1836.

the Bank of the United States.

3: At Madison's request, Congress declared war on the U.K. on June 18 of this year.

1812.

4: Denmark Vesey, brought to Charleston in 1783, planned one of the USA's first of these types of revolt in 1822.

a slave revolt.

5: Completed in 1825, this New York waterway cost more than $7 million to build.

the Erie Canal.
Round 3. Category: Drawing A Crowd
1: This Columbus school normally has crowds of about 35,000 at its spring commencement.

The Ohio State University.

2: In Madrid you can join 22,000 other people at Plaza de Toros Monumental for this beastly sporting event.

bullfighting.

3: On March 5, 1770 British troops fired into a crowd in this city, killing 5.

Boston.

4: This 3-letter term refers to a crowd bent on violence, or organized crime.

mob.

5: A figure is set on fire as part of this annual event that now draws 25,000 people to the Nevada desert.

Burning Man Festival.
Round 4. Category: Asian History
1: The tomb of Hongwu, the first emperor of this famous dynasty, is in Nanjing, China.

the Ming.

2: In the 17th c. this country's East India Company took over the Moluccas and controlled the world clove trade.

the Netherlands.

3: This empire got its name from Osman I, who founded it around 1300.

the Ottoman Empire.

4: This country's Saud dynasty dates back to the mid-1400s.

Saudi Arabia.

5: In 1975, after a long siege, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge entered this capital and overthrew prime minister Lon Nol.

Phnom Penh.
Round 5. Category: Tv's Supporting Actors
1: (Hi, I'm Gordon Clapp of "NYPD Blue") I won the 1998 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for playing this character.

Greg Medavoy.

2: The first 3 Supporting Actor Emmys went to this man, Jackie Gleason's comic foil.

Art Carney.

3: Her long-running variety show featured supporting actors Tim Conway and Harvey Korman.

Carol Burnett.

4: In 1986 John Malkovich played Biff Loman in a CBS production of this play.

"Death of a Salesman".

5: On "The Waltons", Will Geer played Zeb, whom all the kids called this.

Grandpa.
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April 23, 2021Episode 71 - Tv Roles - Military Units - School Plays - Some More Simian Cinema - At The Movies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 71, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Roles
1: On "Two and a Half Men" he plays bachelor and ladies' man Charlie Harper.

Charlie Sheen.

2: This veteran actress played the opinionated Maxine Gray on "Judging Amy".

Tyne Daly.

3: Ruth Martin,Beverly Ann Stickle,Phyllis Lindstrom.

Cloris Leachman.

4: Toni "Feather" Danton,April Dancer,Jennifer Hart.

Stefanie Powers.

5: Zachary Powers,Khan,Mr. Roarke.

Ricardo Montalban.
Round 2. Category: Military Units
1: From the medieval Latin for "army", it's a large fleet like the one Admiral Howard faced in 1588.

an armada.

2: 3 brigades under 1 headquarters, or a math function.

a division.

3: Mod or not, it's usually 10 infantrymen headed by a staff sergeant.

a squad.

4: Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his story about one of these title units in which he served in Vietnam.

a platoon.

5: A group of cavalry, whether A, B, or "F".

a troop.
Round 3. Category: School Plays
1: A gentleman caller breaks Laura's unicorn figurine in this Tennessee Williams play.

The Glass Menagerie.

2: Southern inhospitality drives her 1939 play "The Little Foxes".

Lillian Hellman.

3: Some time passes before Jerry tells what happened at the zoo in this playwright's "The Zoo Story".

Edward Albee.

4: A woman wants to bury her brother against the king's wishes in this tragedy by Sophocles.

Antigone.

5: Discovering water pollution makes Dr. Stockmann "An Enemy of the People" in this Norwegian's play.

Henrik Ibsen.
Round 4. Category: Some More Simian Cinema
1: Robert Guillaume provided the voice of Rafiki, the wise old baboon, in this 1994 film.

The Lion King.

2: 1968 classic with the ad line "Somewhere in the universe, there must be something better than man!".

Planet of the Apes.

3: When this Mouseketeer starred in "The Monkey's Uncle", she sang the title tune with The Beach Boys.

Annette Funicello.

4: It's the island where Fay Wray first encountered King Kong; to think of its name, use your "head".

Skull Island.

5: This Rene Russo film about an eccentric and her pets is based on a true story; it features the following:.

Buddy.
Round 5. Category: At The Movies
1: Rick gives Ilsa up to Victor in this 1942 film masterpiece.

Casablanca.

2: 1967:That's the sound of Newman working on the chain gang.

Cool Hand Luke.

3: 1977:After an experience with a UFO, an electric-line worker is drawn to a remote mountain.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

4: 2002:A young Maori girl defies tradition and mounts a cetacean.

Whale Rider.

5: First name of the former first lady guarded by Nicolas Cage as Doug Chesnic.

Tess.
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April 21, 2021Episode 70 - Claudias - Quotes - Savants - More Celebrity Rhyme Time - Jell-O, Everyone
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 70, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Claudias
1: Lacey Chabert plays Claudia Salinger on this FOX series.

"Party of Five".

2: The People Almanac reports this supermodel from Dusseldorf tripped during her runway debut in 1990.

Claudia Schiffer.

3: In 1993's "Son of the Pink Panther", she played the mother of Clouseau's son.

Claudia Cardinale.

4: It's reporter Claudia Cohen's specialty.

Gossip columnist.

5: This man's wife, the former Claudia Alta Taylor, was the mother of Lynda Bird and Luci Baines.

Lyndon B. Johnson.
Round 2. Category: Quotes
1: A famous quote about suckers says they're born this often.

every minute.

2: Georges Clemenceau called this "much too important a matter to be left to the generals".

War.

3: England's James I called it "Hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs".

Tobacco.

4: This Biblical shepherd asked, "Shall I go and smite these Philistines?".

David.

5: Those who knew this actress agreed with her statement "I've been on a calendar, but never on time".

Marilyn Monroe.
Round 3. Category: Savants
1: "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject", said this wartime British P.M..

Churchill.

2: This Austrian learned to play harpsichord at age 4, was composing at 5 and played for his Empress at 6.

Mozart.

3: In January 1904 these 2 inventors issued a statement about their success at Kitty Hawk, but it got little attention.

the Wright Brothers.

4: One of you will look like a savant when you I.D. this ancient Greek who used Socrates as a spokesman in his "Republic".

Plato.

5: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere", he wrote in his 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail".

Martin Luther King (Jr.).
Round 4. Category: More Celebrity Rhyme Time
1: Blythe's flags.

Danner's banners.

2: Kerri's embraces.

Strug's hugs.

3: Carney's roles.

Art's parts.

4: Jagger's pranks.

Mick's tricks.

5: Maher's medications.

Bill's pills.
Round 5. Category: Jell-O, Everyone
1: During her 140-day-long mission on this workplace Shannon Lucid made Jell-O every Sunday.

Mir.

2: Due to a shortage of this during WWII, it was tough to find Jell-O on grocery shelves.

Sugar.

3: The Smithsonian's 1991 conference on Jell-O history included a talk on this "sport".

Jell-O wrestling.

4: The 1990s saw a new way to make Jell-O puddings using this type of oven.

Microwave oven.

5: In the 1930s Jell-O sponsored a series of "Oz" booklets by this author who died in 1919.

L. Frank Baum.
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April 20, 2021Episode 69 - Cities Of New York - In Memoriam 2006 - Sculpture - Load The Magazine - "Winter" Wonderland
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 69, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cities Of New York
1: "The Honeymoon City".

Niagara Falls.

2: It's "The Bison City".

Buffalo.

3: It's "The Kodak City" and "The Photo Capital of the World".

Rochester.

4: It's "The Capital of the Empire State" and "The Edinburgh of America".

Albany.

5: "The Birthplace of Baseball".

Cooperstown.
Round 2. Category: In Memoriam 2006
1: "The Midnight Hour" came calling for this R and B legend in January 2006.

Wilson Pickett.

2: A host of "Hee Haw" for 17 years, he pioneered the Bakersfield sound of country music.

Buck Owens.

3: Grandpa on "The Munsters", he once ran for governor of New York as a Green Party candidate.

Al Lewis.

4: Long before "The X-Files", he stalked the night as Carl Kolchak, a savvy reporter of the weird and the horrific.

Darren McGavin.

5: The winner of 13 Emmy Awards, this low-key TV sportscaster was a true "American Sportsman".

Curt Gowdy.
Round 3. Category: Sculpture
1: Both Rodin and Brancusi (who once worked for Rodin) did sculptures of an embracing couple titled this.

"The Kiss".

2: His suspended abstract sculptures were given the name "mobiles" by Marcel Duchamp.

Alexander Calder.

3: The 2 slaves Michelangelo sculpted for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II are in this Parisian museum.

the Louvre.

4: In 1953 sculptor William Zorach created the relief "Man and Work" for this Rochester, Minnesota clinic.

the Mayo Clinic.

5: His work "Balzac" was refused by the society that commissioned it; they didn't think it looked like Balzac.

Auguste Rodin.
Round 4. Category: Load The Magazine
1: In Oct. 2004 this "Institution"al mag pondered what the U.S. would be like had Breckenridge won the 1860 election.

Smithsonian.

2: With 11 appearances, this former "Baywatch" beauty has been on the cover of Playboy more than any other person.

Pamela Anderson.

3: In 1953 the baby son of Lucille Ball and this man was on the first national cover of TV Guide.

Desi Arnaz.

4: Begun in 1884, this magazine's name is synonymous with the New York City theater scene.

Playbill.

5: Elle Macpherson, Kathy Ireland and Rachel Hunter all adorned this magazine's Feb. 14, 1994 cover.

Sports Illustrated.
Round 5. Category: "Winter" Wonderland
1: Varieties of this cereal crop include Kawvale and Blackhull.

winter wheat.

2: This 1935 Maxwell Anderson play was based in part on the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

Winterset.

3: Russian revolutionaries stormed it in November 1917.

the Winter Palace.

4: It happens on or about December 21.

the winter solstice.

5: This plant, Gaultheria procumbens, produces an oil used in medicine and as a flavoring.

wintergreen.
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April 19, 2021Episode 68 - Geek Tragedy - Teachers - The World In 1901 - That's So Random! - Getting Biblical
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 68, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Geek Tragedy
1: Your hacker friends sneer at you, calling you by this rhyming word that sounds like something to eat.

cracker.

2: Nodding off at 9 P.M., you missed the 10:00 CNN interview with this Microsoft chairman.

Bill Gates.

3: The rain leaked in and damaged your complete video collection of this sci-fi show that aired from Sept. 1966 to Sept. 1969.

Star Trek.

4: You're called the office "Beta Geek" instead of this higher position indicating the most tech-smart person there.

"Alpha Geek".

5: You wanted to eat while in the Xena chat room but your packet of these "Top" noodles from Nissin is gone!.

Top Ramen.
Round 2. Category: Teachers
1: Mary McLeod Bethune was a friend of this WWII first lady and advised her husband on minority affairs.

Eleanor Roosevelt.

2: Micki and David Colfax sent 3 sons to Harvard after teaching them exclusively in this place.

At Home.

3: Like Plato, Corla Hawkins started a small, innovative school called this; hers is in Chicago's inner city.

The Academy.

4: In Sikhism Nanak was the first teacher called this, now a term for any spiritual guide.

Guru.

5: In the 1820s Josiah Holbrook pioneered this, also called continuing education.

Adult Education.
Round 3. Category: The World In 1901
1: These "wild" South Africans carried on their war with guerrilla actions against the British.

Boers.

2: The world's most productive oil field was in the area of this city, now the capital of Azerbaijan.

Baku.

3: On Jan. 22, 1901 the Prince of Wales succeeded to the English throne as this king.

Edward VII.

4: Emil von Behring won the first Nobel Prize for Medicine with a serum against this "d"isease, a common killer.

Diphtheria.

5: In 2000 the state of Alabama voted to end a 1901 ban on this type of marriage.

Interracial marriage.
Round 4. Category: That's So Random!
1: From the AP: a man from Natchez in this state stole $100 from a teller but left his parole I.D. on the counter.

Mississippi.

2: His 1978 run for congress was a bust; his first public service would have to wait until 1994, as Texas' governor.

George W. Bush.

3: "Han then, Freddy: look wh' y' gowin', deah" is the flower girl's first line in this Shaw play.

Pygmalion.

4: (I'm Ashleigh Banfield.) "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses", said this Algonquin Round Table member.

Dorothy Parker.

5: It's prohibited by the 5th Amendment, but you'll be facing it in the next round.

double jeopardy.
Round 5. Category: Getting Biblical
1: In Matthew 26:72 he denies his friendship with Jesus and claims, "I do not know the man".

Peter.

2: The prophet Jeremiah rhetorically queries, can this animal change his spots?.

leopard.

3: In Genesis he has an all-night wrestling match and ends up getting blessed.

Jacob.

4: Ebenezer is a stone Samuel put between Mizpeh and Shen after the Israelites smote these people.

Philistines.

5: In the 1953 film version of this Biblical dancer's life, Rita Hayworth tries to save John the Baptist's life, not take it.

Salome.
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