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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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April 18, 2021Episode 67 - "Court" Briefs - Food Chain - Words In Harry Potter Titles - Pro Sports Teams In Other Words - Ice Cream
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 67, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Court" Briefs
1: A stenographer employed to transcribe an official verbatim record of legal proceedings.

a court reporter.

2: Marsupial term for a self-appointed tribunal that parodies existing principles of law.

a kangaroo court.

3: It's a special judicial assembly with power over the administration of estates and wills of deceased people.

probate court.

4: Law students try mock hypothetical legal cases in this kind of court.

moot court.

5: AKA amicus curiae, it's someone not party to the litigation but who offers information pertinent to the case.

a friend of the court.
Round 2. Category: Food Chain
1: Offering "Home Style Meals" and a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts.

Boston Market.

2: In 1979 this chain introduced its Happy Meal.

McDonald's.

3: P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country.

China.

4: "Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, and specializing in this Swiss dish.

fondue.

5: Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids.

Outback.
Round 3. Category: Words In Harry Potter Titles
1: A person deprived of liberty (you didn't think we'd actually go for Azkaban, did you?).

prisoner.

2: Last name of U.S. Chief Justice Harlan or biographer Irving.

stone.

3: A private room in a house, or a John Grisham novel about a death row prisoner.

a chamber.

4: A non-reigning male member of a royal family who may prefer to drive a "little red corvette".

a prince.

5: A southwest city founded in 1870, and remember, "Harry Potter and the Wonders of Yuma" was never written.

Phoenix.
Round 4. Category: Pro Sports Teams In Other Words
1: Major League Soccer in the sun:The Milky Way orAndromeda.

the Los Angeles Galaxy.

2: Football by the Erie Canal:President Clinton,software guy Gates.

the Buffalo Bills.

3: Women's basketball, Texas style:Shoemaker-Levy,Halley's.

the Comets.

4: The NBA in a state that meets at Four Corners:Dixieland, bebopor swing.

the Jazz.

5: Baseball in Missouri:Henry VIII,Richard III.

the Kansas City Royals.
Round 5. Category: Ice Cream
1: Amaretto Almond Crunch and Blueberry Crumble are limited edition flavors of this ice cream with an umlaut in its name.

HÃ¤agen-Dazs.

2: Originally without a stick, this ice cream bar was named in 1921 by future candy magnate Russell Stover.

Eskimo Pie.

3: 2005 was the 20th birthday of this restaurant's Blizzard, a soft-serve treat.

Dairy Queen.

4: The ice cream cone was popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in this U.S. city.

St. Louis.

5: Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled.

Good Humor.
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April 17, 2021Episode 66 - Ancient Rome - Nixon's The One - 2007 Bestsellers - Write - Final Resting Places
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 66, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ancient Rome
1: The last emperor of Rome, who was overthrown in 476, shared his name with this legendary founder of the city.

Romulus.

2: His second wife, Pompeia, was a granddaughter of Sulla who, like him, ruled Rome as a dictator.

Julius Caesar.

3: Roman roads were built with concrete made from pozzolana, ash from these; the roads by Pompeii must've been good.

volcanoes.

4: Less valuable than the aureus, the denarius was a coin made of this.

silver.

5: Carved on stone or metal, the acta diurna was an early newspaper posted this often in a public area.

daily.
Round 2. Category: Nixon's The One
1: In this year, Nixon faced off against JFK in the first presidential debates ever.

1960.

2: It was Richard Nixon's mother's maiden name.

Milhous.

3: These 2 men served under Nixon as vice president.

Gerald Ford and Spiro Agnew.

4: Herbert Hoover and Nixon were the only 2 presidents of this religious group.

Quakers.

5: This daughter of Nixon married Edward Cox at the White House in 1971.

Tricia.
Round 3. Category: 2007 Bestsellers
1: This Robert Ludlum character returned to the list in 2007 with a "Betrayal".

Jason Bourne.

2: "The Lost Files Of" this Carolyn Keene sleuth provide an interactive guide to her cases.

Nancy Drew.

3: Walter Isaacson's biography of this scientist was based on the subject's personal letters.

Albert Einstein.

4: She is the subject of Carl Bernstein's "A Woman In Charge".

Hillary Clinton.

5: This Tibetan, a noted big hitter, hit the list with "The Universe In A Single Atom".

the Dalai Lama.
Round 4. Category: Write
1: Aida Marcuse translated this children's classic into Spanish as "Huevos Verdes Con Jamon".

Green Eggs and Ham.

2: "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" is a 2001 change of pace for this suspense writer known for his Alex Cross books.

(James) Patterson.

3: 2001's "Black House" is this pair's sequel to "The Talisman".

King and Straub.

4: As Sue Grafton had the alphabet locked up, Janet Evanovich is using these for her Stephanie Plum titles.

numbers.

5: Parnell Hall and Nero Blanc write mysteries you may have come across and can't put down as they include these puzzles.

crossword puzzles.
Round 5. Category: Final Resting Places
1: Father Damien was buried on this Hawaiian island but in 1936 his remains were moved to Belgium.

Molokai.

2: This Diaghilev dancer is buried near the great French dancer Auguste Vestris in Montmartre.

Nijinsky.

3: Joseph Conrad is buried in the cemetery at this Gothic cathedral, as the archbishop could tell you.

Canterbury.

4: You'll find the 13 imperial tombs of the Ming dynasty in a valley on the outskirts of this capital.

Beijing.

5: He was buried on St. Helena in his favorite uniform in 1821 but was moved to Paris in 1840.

Napoleon.
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April 16, 2021Episode 65 - Numerical Phrases - Historic People - Kids In Books - Philosophers - Capital Punishment
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 65, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Numerical Phrases
1: Numerical term for a burglar who specializes in breaking into buildings through upstairs windows.

second-story men.

2: Though "heck" and "darn" are examples of these, the phrase usually refers to saltier language.

4-letter words.

3: Collective name for the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole tribes.

the Five Civilized Nations (or Tribes).

4: Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park includes part of the Painted Desert and a stretch of this historic road.

Route 66.

5: Originated by Alcoholics Anonymous, it includes a "fearless moral inventory".

12-step program.
Round 2. Category: Historic People
1: "Pig-Sticking or Hog-Hunting" and "Scouting For Boys" are among the books by this former British soldier.

Sir Robert Baden-Powell.

2: He didn't fiddle around after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D.; he built himself a palace called The Golden House.

Nero.

3: Mourners at Monet's 1926 funeral included fellow artists and this WWI French premier known as "The Tiger".

Georges Clemenceau.

4: In 1902 she and her husband isolated pure radium chloride.

Marie Curie.

5: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I was also known by this name that means "red beard".

Barbarossa.
Round 3. Category: Kids In Books
1: She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister.

Ramona.

2: This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight.

Lassie.

3: "The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king.

King Arthur.

4: Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves and tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book".

"The Jungle Book".

5: Based on a real child, a kid named Christopher Robin hangs out with this literary bear.

Winnie the Pooh.
Round 4. Category: Philosophers
1: Kukai and Saicho were major philosophers of this country's Heian period.

Japan.

2: "Wherever law ends, tyranny begins", wrote this English philosopher who influenced the founding fathers.

John Locke.

3: Transcendentalist philosopher and teacher Bronson Alcott was this author's father.

Louisa May Alcott.

4: This saint's written output was more than 8 million words, and he died around age 50.

(Thomas) Aquinas.

5: "Wherever law ends, tyranny begins", wrote this English philosopher who influenced the founding fathers.

John Locke.
Round 5. Category: Capital Punishment
1: Mata Hari.

Firing Squad.

2: Louis XVI.

Beheaded.

3: Joan of Arc.

Burned at the stake.

4: Haman.

Hung from the gallows.

5: Socrates.

Drank Hemlock.
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April 15, 2021Episode 64 - "O" And "Os" - "Ex"Odus - What's Cooking? - I Want My "M" Tv - I'm Not A Doctor, But I Play One On Tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 64, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "O" And "Os"
1: The two Greek letters that fit this category.

Omega and Omicron.

2: In 451 these Teutonic tribesmen joined with Attila in his expedition against Gaul.

Ostrogoths.

3: This Egyptian god's many burial places were considered sacred ground.

Osiris.

4: Synonym for antonym.

Opposite.

5: Dog school.

obedience.
Round 2. Category: "Ex"Odus
1: The unfortunate condition of some animal species, or the fortunate condition of some volcanoes.

extinct.

2: As you'd expect, King Arthur wields this magical weapon in "Spamalot".

Excalibur.

3: Jungian type characterized by an outgoing personality.

an extrovert.

4: To magnify facts beyond the limits of truth.

to exaggerate.

5: Adjective for school activities held after clases are finished.

extracurricular.
Round 3. Category: What's Cooking?
1: In the Persian dish Dolmeh Sib, this fruit is stuffed with a mix of peas, onions and meat -- a little too much to give to a teacher.

apple.

2: An Austrian fingerling is a light-skinned, yellow-fleshed one of these.

potato.

3: Chicken and this spicy Mexican sauce made with several kinds of chiles &, of course, Mexican chocolate.

mole.

4: Chicken and this spicy Mexican sauce made with several kinds of chiles &, of course, Mexican chocolate.

mole.

5: This comfort food--ground beef, seasonings, bread crumbs and a ketchup glaze baked in a rectangular pan.

meat loaf.
Round 4. Category: I Want My "M" Tv
1: This widely popular variety show was hosted by a frog.

The Muppets.

2: Ken Berry played a widower raising a young son on this "Andy Griffith Show" spinoff.

Mayberry R.F.D..

3: Rock Hudson was paired with Susan St. James on this San Francisco-set police series.

McMillan and Wife.

4: An alien was sent to Earth to study humans in Boulder, Colorado on this sitcom.

Mork and Mindy.

5: Before he was Rockford, James Garner was this wisecracking Western card shark.

Maverick.
Round 5. Category: I'm Not A Doctor, But I Play One On Tv
1: Dr. Joe Gannon.

Chad Everett.

2: Dr. Doogie Howser.

Neil Patrick Harris.

3: Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy.

DeForest Kelley.

4: Dr. Benjamin Franklin Pierce.

Alan Alda.

5: Dr. Michaela Quinn.

Jane Seymour.
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April 14, 2021Episode 63 - New Olympic Sports - Old Hat - Classic Cinema Quotes - The 1860S - Highways And Byways
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 63, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: New Olympic Sports
1: In 2000, women will compete for the first time in this sport that uses a pool, 2 nets and an inflatable ball.

Water polo.

2: This new Olympic martial arts sport was founded in the 1950s by General Choi Hong Hi.

Taekwondo.

3: The IOC recently granted provisional recognition to this ancient sport, one of Japan's most popular.

Sumo wrestling.

4: The devices used in this new Olympic sport can propel somersaulting gymnasts up to 30 feet in the air.

Trampoline.

5: At the 1998 Winter Olympics, the USA's Ross Powers won the bronze in the halfpipe event in this new Olympic sport.

Snowboarding.
Round 2. Category: Old Hat
1: A cowboy hat and a sombrero are worn by this Hanna-Barbera pair who turned 40 in 1999.

Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey.

2: In the mid-'50s you were a cool kid if you had one of these hats like the "King of the Wild Frontier".

Coonskin cap.

3: It's the Andalusian gypsy dance style performed by wearers of these hats.

Flamenco.

4: Hat of choice for Groucho's Captain Spaulding.

Pith helmet.

5: Clark Gable proposed to Carole Lombard in booth 54 of this old Hollywood landmark.

The Brown Derby.
Round 3. Category: Classic Cinema Quotes
1: 1974:"She's my sister. She's my daughter. My sister. My daughter...she's my sister and my daughter!".

Chinatown.

2: 1961:"Fat man, you shoot a great game of pool".

The Hustler.

3: 1941:"I think it would be fun to run a newspaper".

Citizen Kane.

4: 1950:"I am big. It's the pictures that got small".

Sunset Boulevard.

5: 1981:"Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?".

Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Round 4. Category: The 1860S
1: On October 4, 1861 the U.S. Navy authorized the construction of this ironclad ship; it was launched 118 days later.

Monitor.

2: In 1868 this lodge, the B.P.O.E., was founded in New York City by 15 entertainers.

Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

3: In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich.

John D.) Rockefeller.

4: In April 1866 this company absorbed U.S. Telegraph, giving it a complete monopoly in the United States.

Western Union.

5: The oldest of horse racing's Triple Crown races, it was first run on June 19, 1867 at Jerome Park, New York.

the Belmont (Stakes).
Round 5. Category: Highways And Byways
1: Begun in 312 B.C., it was known in Antiquity as the "Queen of Roads".

The Appian Way.

2: This city's Unter den Linden was laid out to connect the Royal Palace with the Tiergarten.

Berlin.

3: This San Francisco waterfront road runs from the Giants' Stadium to Pier 39.

the Embarcadero.

4: The PCH, which stands for this, runs from near San Juan Capistranoto near El Rio.

Pacific Coast Highway.

5: Washington, D.C. has no streets named for "Y", "Z" or this letter of the alphabet because of its similarity to "I".

J.
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April 13, 2021Episode 62 - Tony Montana - Canadian Cities - The Body Canine - Hello, Bb - New Ideas In Business
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 62, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 62, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 62, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tony Montana
1: A Butte mansion has some of William Clark's art collection, but the good stuff went to this city's Corcoran gallery.

Washington, D.C..

2: It's the name of Montana's most populous county, a nearby national park and a Billings art museum in a former jail.

Yellowstone.

3: This city, home to the University of Montana, is the "Gateway to the Cultural Corridors of Western Montana".

Missoula.

4: The Cathedral of this saint, aptly located in Montana's state capital, is modeled on a church in Vienna.

(St.) Helen.

5: The civic center of this "Cataract City" opened in 1940 with "Aida".

Great Falls.
Round 2. Category: Canadian Cities
1: Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953.

Yukon Territory.

2: English is also widely spoken in this largest French-speaking city outside of Paris.

Montreal.

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

Toronto.

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

Vancouver.

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

Edmonton.
Round 3. Category: The Body Canine
1: These pendulous body parts of Doberman pinschers are often cropped to make them stand up.

Ears.

2: A dog cools its body mainly by panting because these glands are only found on its feet.

Sweat Glands.

3: Like other running animals, many dogs lack this bone also called the clavicle.

Collarbone.

4: The canine digestive system closely resembles the human while lacking this "vermiform" projection.

Appendix.

5: Varying in number, the caudal vertebrae of a dog are found in this body part.

Tail.
Round 4. Category: Hello, Bb
1: Friction reducers noted on technical drawings.

ball bearings.

2: Riding without a saddle.

bareback.

3: A menorah is the symbol of this international organization founded in 1843.

B'nai B'rith.

4: The legal instrument to spring you after an arrest.

a bail bond.

5: In Internet domain names, this country of the West Indies.

Barbados.
Round 5. Category: New Ideas In Business
1: At one of this man's auto plants, scrap wood was turned into charcoal and sold as briquettes.

Henry Ford.

2: (Alex reports from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) Surprisingly, the first Sony product wasn't anything hi-tech, and it wasn't a big success either; it was a kitchen item, a cooker for this kind of food.

rice.

3: The automatic one Josephine Cochran invented was too expensive for home use, but restaurants loved it.

dishwasher.

4: This keyboard layout was developed to slow typing down, keeping the keys from jamming.

QWERTY.

5: The man behind Learjet was also the inventor of this early tape format that carried 4 pairs of stereo tracks.

8-track.
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April 13, 2021Episode 61 - Hallmark Holidays - Actor-Playwrights - Salad Bar - Charles Dickens - All "Set"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 61, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hallmark Holidays
1: Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends May 12th--appropriately, this woman's birthday.

Florence Nightingale.

2: Kiss-up alert: National Boss Day falls in this same month that clocks are set back an hour.

October.

3: On Friendship Day, buy your bud a stuffed animal of this honey lover, the U.N.'s Friendship Ambassador.

Winnie the Pooh.

4: This month was chosen for Grandparents Day to signify the autumn of life.

September.

5: In 1939 this publisher, editor and politician gave Citizenship Day prominence through his newspapers.

Hearst.
Round 2. Category: Actor-Playwrights
1: Jeff Daniels wrote "Escanaba in da Moonlight", a "super Yooper comedy" set on this state's Upper Peninsula.

Michigan.

2: Now best remembered as a playwright, in his day he was famous for playing the ghost of Hamlet's father.

(himself) William Shakespeare.

3: This Englishwoman called her "Shakespeare for My Father" a play about her father (Sir Michael) and her search for him.

Lynn Redgrave.

4: 20 years before "Murphy Brown", her play "The Freezer" was named one of "the Best Short Plays of 1968".

Candice Bergen.

5: In 2004 he won an Oscar for "Mystic River" and appeared off-Broadway in his own play "Embedded".

Tim Robbins.
Round 3. Category: Salad Bar
1: National name of the tomato-&-feta salad also called horiatiki.

Greek salad.

2: Kitchen personage whose "salad" includes hard-boiled eggs and strips of meat and cheese.

Chef salad.

3: This salad topped with crumbled cheese is named for a restaurateur, not a Detroit Tiger legend.

Cobb salad.

4: It gets its name because it contains the wax, green and kidney types.

Three bean salad.

5: The French serve it with vinaigrette; the Germans serve it hot; we make it with great gobs of mayonnaise for picnics.

Potato salad.
Round 4. Category: Charles Dickens
1: Charles met this "Moonstone" author and writing partner through a man named Augustus Egg.

Wilkie Collins.

2: Last name of Ralph, who hates his nephew Nicholas and maybe is bitter that the book isn't named for him.

Nickleby.

3: A 2012 Bicentennial exhibition featured the manuscript of this unfinished mystery.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

4: It's considered Dickens' best book; it even has "Great" in the title.

Great Expectations.

5: In 1836 Dickens published his stories and essays from magazines and newspapers in the book "Sketches by" him.

Boz.
Round 5. Category: All "Set"
1: An element that balances another, or a type of printing that takes ink from plate to blanket to paper.

offset.

2: In summer, when this happens just after 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, it happens after 11:30 p.m. in Anchorage.

sunset.

3: It can be a useful quality, or any item of value that is owned.

an asset.

4: Species of this small monkey include the common, buffy tufted-ear and pygmy.

a marmoset.

5: Hebrew for "assembly", it's the parliament of Israel.

the Knesset.
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April 12, 2021Episode 60 - Movie Title Translations - "L"Ementary - What A Week - 1998 Discoveries - Shapes
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Round 1. Category: Movie Title Translations
1: Translating this title, the Czech Republic thought Eddie Murphy was in charge of a "Crazy Kindergarten".

Daddy Day Care.

2: In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love and Amnesia".

50 First Dates.

3: The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens".

Hellboy.

4: In France, Billy Crystal learned all about "life, love and cows" in this film.

City Slickers.

5: In Mexico Michael Douglas was one of the "Two Loafers After the Lost Emerald" in this film.

Romancing the Stone.
Round 2. Category: "L"Ementary
1: Members on the extreme periphery of a political or social group are part of this "fringe".

the lunatic fringe.

2: Fishy slang term for a person who lends money at excessively high interest rates.

loan shark.

3: This word refers to the track of one's descent from an ancestor.

lineage.

4: Types of these include ovate, obovate and oblong.

leaves.

5: It's the raising of a body into the air by supernatural means.

levitation.
Round 3. Category: What A Week
1: This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members.

hell week.

2: In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day.

China.

3: In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up and read!".

libraries.

4: Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships and thousands of sailors to NYC.

Fleet Week.

5: Each year, World Space Week is at the start of October, commemorating this 1957 event.

the Sputnik launch.
Round 4. Category: 1998 Discoveries
1: Divers found the lost island of Antirhodos, where Cleopatra once lived, sunken off this city.

Alexandria.

2: Ken Karsmizki discovered a campsite near Great Falls, Mt., dating back to 1805, that may have been this pair's.

Lewis and Clark.

3: In 1998 biologists in Hawaii said they had cloned over 50 of these lab animals.

Mice.

4: APHS, a chemical compound that won't irritate the stomach, was created as an alternative to this.

Aspirin.

5: Microbes found 2,800' below the sea floor off New Guinea extended this region of the Earth that can support life.

Biosphere.
Round 5. Category: Shapes
1: You'll need at least 54 feet of moulding for a 12 foot x 15 foot room, one in this shape.

rectangle.

2: Danish composer Rued Langgaard is known for his "Sfaerernes Musik", "Music of" these.

spheres.

3: It's the common graphic the USDA used as a visual guide for healthy eating.

pyramid.

4: Oooh, a "love" one of these involves 2 people who each love the same third person.

triangle.

5: Apple introduced this style for the Powermac in 2000 and discontinued it in 2001 due to poor sales.

cube.
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