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March 23, 2021Episode 41 - Start Me "Up" - Psyched - Zeppelin - Literary Mommas - Secrets Of The Cia
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 41, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Start Me "Up"
1: 2 lines of rhyming verse at the end of a Shakespearean sonnet

a couplet.

2: Plural word that's a synonym for a wedding ceremony

nuptials.

3: From the Latin for "to break", it's political dishonesty for personal gain

corruption.

4: You've really put your foot in it if you're mounting your horse

a stirrup.

5: Garden favorite seen here

a buttercup.
Round 2. Category: Psyched
1: Bipolar disorder is also called this

manic depressive disorder.

2: From the Greek for "split mind", this mental disorder is not, as many believe, the same as a split personality

schizophrenia.

3: In Freudian theory, it's the part of the personality that's responsible for primitive instinctual drives

the id.

4: Elizabeth Wurtzel's psycho-memoir is titled this "Nation"

Prozac Nation.

5: This disorder is characterized by persistent ideas that result in ritualized acts, such as repetitive handwashing

obsessive compulsive disorder.
Round 3. Category: Zeppelin
1: These 2 lighter-than air gases that lift the Zeppelin are carried in balloons called cells

hydrogen and helium.

2: In 1924 this U.S. company acquired all the Zeppelin patents

Goodyear.

3: Zeppelins were named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of this country

Germany.

4: The first military use of Zeppelins came during this war

World War I.

5: This high-flying dirigible made the first airship flight around the world in 1929

the Graf Zeppelin.
Round 4. Category: Literary Mommas
1: After Beowulf kills this monster, the monster's mother ravages Heorot before she is also killed by Beowulf

Grendel.

2: After arriving in California from Dust Bowl Oklahoma, she tells her son Tom, "They ain't gonna wipe us out"

Mother Joad.

3: This Dickens character returns home to find that his mother Clara has married the heartless Mr. Murdstone

David Copperfield.

4: In this 1868 novel Marmee takes care of her 4 girls while her husband is away serving as an army chaplain in the Civil War

Little Women.

5: Jing-mei Woo takes the place of her deceased mother Suyuan at the weekly mah-jongg games in this 1989 novel

The Joy Luck Club.
Round 5. Category: Secrets Of The Cia
1: The one-day "Teenagers in the Kitchen" course focuses on this food and the dough for it

pizza.

2: CIA grads include Rocco DiSpirito, star of this NBC reality show

The Restaurant.

3: The course called Cookies, these small pies and Mignardises sounds more fun than Algebra 101

tarts.

4: In the library, even the mysteries are culinary, like one that's not called "The Main Course" but "The Main" this

Corpse.

5: No soup for you at the CIA unless you learn how to make this, the liquid upon which soup is built

broth.
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March 22, 2021Episode 40 - Animals Aloft - Holiday Food And Drink - "Great" Geography - The Fabulous Life Of... - Plagues On Egypt
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 40, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Animals Aloft
1: In the 1940s this singing cowboy took his animal co-star Champion on airplane flights

Gene Autry.

2: As part of a 1940s Arctic search and rescue unit, these team animals were parachuted in to help rescue downed pilots

huskies (or malamutes).

3: This German WWI flying ace flew with his Great Dane puppy until it became too big

the Red Baron.

4: Animals first went aloft in 1783, when the Montgolfier Bros. sent a sheep, a duck and a rooster up in one of these

a balloon.

5: Before airborne wireless equipment, these animals were hurled from planes with messages attached

pigeons.
Round 2. Category: Holiday Food And Drink
1: Mexican street vendors sell candy skulls on this day, November 2

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).

2: Poi and roast pig are traditional treats served on the June holiday named for this king

Kamehameha.

3: This color beer is a popular beverage on Saint Patrick's Day

green.

4: These Thanksgiving berries are also called bounceberries because ripe ones bounce

cranberries.

5: Served in England at Christmastime, Lamb's Wool is a drink made of ale and the pulp of this fruit

apple.
Round 3. Category: "Great" Geography
1: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico

the Greater Antilles.

2: Lewis and Clark National Forest is headquartered in this west central Montana city

Great Falls.

3: 1 of 2 Australian deserts that fit the category

the Great Sandy Desert (or the Great Victoria Desert).

4: This depression in Africa and the middle east is the largest fault system on earth

the Great Rift (Valley).

5: At over 84,000 square miles, it's Europe's largest island

Great Britain.
Round 4. Category: The Fabulous Life Of...
1: It was the sweet smell of success for FranÃ§ois Coty, whose wealth in manufacturing this let him buy up newspapers

perfume.

2: If you're "as rich as" this 6th century B.C. King of Lydia, the son of Alyattes, you got it goin' on

Croesus.

3: She had the bling bling from her Nov. 2, 1755 birth in Austria; she'd later wed the Dauphin of France

Marie Antoinette.

4: This first lady from VA. called "Patsy" had serious coin, but she dressed so simply people took her for the maid

Martha Washington.

5: This New Yorker was all about the boats and trains and was worth $100 mil, easy; even had a university named for him in 1873

(Cornelius) Vanderbilt.
Round 5. Category: Plagues On Egypt
1: Plague No. 4, they were everywhere, including in my soup! Waiter!

flies.

2: In plague No. 2 these went a-pharaoh courtin', uh-huh

frogs.

3: Pharaoh could have used a pediculicidal shampoo to get rid of these in plague No. 3

lice.

4: This plague, No. 8, occurs every 17 years in some places

locusts.

5: In 1991 Gloria Estefan was "Coming Out of" this, also plague No. 9

the darkness.
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March 21, 2021Episode 39 - "Sweet" Songs - Paint It "Black" - On A Princess Cruise - The Church Lady - Desperate Measures
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 39, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Sweet" Songs
1: It's the title of a 1963 Patsy Cline song and of a 1985 film biography of Patsy Cline starring Jessica Lange

"Sweet Dreams".

2: This Neil Diamond hit is subtitled "Good Times Never Seemed So Good"

"Sweet Caroline".

3: The Harlem Globetrotters use this song as a theme

"Sweet Georgia Brown".

4: Sade sang, "You give me, keep giving me" this, the title of a 1985 hit

"The Sweetest Taboo".

5: Well, I hope Neil Young will remember that Lynyrd Skynyrd replied to "Southern Man" with this song

"Sweet Home Alabama".
Round 2. Category: Paint It "Black"
1: It means to exclude socially, or a vote against a candidate

blackball.

2: In casinos it's another name for the card game twenty-one

blackjack.

3: It's a place or method for selling goods illegally

the black market.

4: It's military slang for coffee, or a thick, dark molasses

blackstrap.

5: During the War of 1812, this Sauk Indian chief and about 500 of his warriors fought for the British

Black Hawk.
Round 3. Category: On A Princess Cruise
1: [Cheryl] It's my turn to take over steering the boat or take the, this

wheel or helm.

2: [Sofia] The roots of these saltwater trees serve as a nursery for sharks and barracuda

mangrove trees.

3: [Sarah] Nurse sharks don't need to keep moving to breathe. They get oxygen by pumping water over these organs

gills.

4: [Jimmy] From up here this 18th century pirate, born Edward Teach is said to have spied on treasure ships

Blackbeard.

5: [Jimmy] The word snorkel comes from a Germanic word for this body part

nose.
Round 4. Category: The Church Lady
1: Judges 4 and 5 tell us that this woman was the chief preacher, evangelist and leader of Israel for 40 years

Deborah.

2: Major General Lorraine Potter was the Air Force's first female one of these religious counselors

chaplains.

3: Known as Sister Aimee, this female evangelist founded L.A.'s Angelus Temple in 1923

Aimee Semple McPherson.

4: Seen here, this minister and entertainer helped build the three largest Christian TV networks in the world

Tammy Faye Baker.

5: The Gnostic Gospels depict this woman as a companion of Jesus and a leader of his disciples

Mary Magdalene.
Round 5. Category: Desperate Measures
1: It's the beverage container seen here that measures up:[video clue]

Yard (a yard of ale).

2: It holds 31 to 42 gallons of a liquid -- oil for example

Barrel.

3: There are 43,560 square feet in a standard one of these

Acre.

4: There are 192 of these in 12 pounds

Ounces.

5: From a Germanic word meaning "ball", it's a large bundle of collected cotton

Bale.
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March 20, 2021Episode 38 - Almost Rhymes With Orange - I Wrote A Book! - Sports 2000 - The Talk Of The "Town" - Emeril's Tv Dinners
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 38, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Almost Rhymes With Orange
1: The Italian city of this name has Il Duomo; the one in South Carolina has the Pee Dee Experiment Station

Florence.

2: A cereal cooked in water or milk and eaten for breakfast; Baby Bear's was "just right"

Porridge.

3: This adjective meaning "alien" might rhyme with orange if you reversed the final "GN" and added an E

Foreign.

4: A tube fitted with a plunger and needle, used to inject fluids

Syringe.

5: To adapt existing music for a performer, as Nelson Riddle did for Frank Sinatra

Arrange.
Round 2. Category: I Wrote A Book!
1: Familiar TV voice and now author heard here"When Pearl Harbor made it irrefutably clear that America was not a fortress, this generation was summoned to the parade ground and told to train for war."

Tom Brokaw.

2: This low-budget legend wrote "How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime"

Roger Corman.

3: Perhaps referring to her marriage to Arnold Schwarzenegger, she wrote the kids' book "What's Heaven?"

Maria Shriver.

4: On "Feel this Book", Ben Stiller collaborated with this actress and frequent co-star

Janeane Garofalo.

5: This former "Candid Camera" personality reads her literary work here"Baby girl, I wrote to tell you that I do not have good news about your mother, but it is not terrible news, either."

Fannie Flagg.
Round 3. Category: Sports 2000
1: By winning the British Open, this 24-year-old became the youngest to win golf's career Grand Slam

Tiger Woods.

2: With pride Satan says they're the 2000 Stanley Cup champs

New Jersey Devils.

3: She dispatched sister Serena at Wimbledon and went on to defeat Lindsay Davenport for the title

Venus Williams.

4: This manager who won World Series in both leagues entered baseball's Hall of Fame

George "Sparky" Anderson.

5: On July 23, he became only the second American to win the Tour de France in consecutive years

Lance Armstrong.
Round 4. Category: The Talk Of The "Town"
1: Named for the PM who sponsored them, these 1767 "Acts" levied unpopular taxes on the American colonies

Townshend.

2: Equal to 36 square miles, it's a subdivision of a county

a township.

3: This Christmas carol's 2nd line begins, "Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, the silent stars go by"

"O Little Town Of Bethlehem".

4: The building housing local administration offices that are also used for public meetings

town halls.

5: This term for one who frequents fashionable spots was the title of Walter Winchell's column

"Man About Town".
Round 5. Category: Emeril's Tv Dinners
1: Emeril's momma taught him that this pungent bulb is a beautiful thing; he drizzles it with olive oil and roasts it

garlic.

2: To kick it up a notch, Emeril adds jalapenos to these deep-fried cornmeal balls--that'll shush your doggies!

hush puppies.

3: Who says "real men don't eat" this? Emeril makes one filled with shrimp and cheese and eats it while he's watching football

quiche.

4: Give Emeril some pork bely and kosher salt and he wont just "bring home" this meat, he'll make it himself

bacon.

5: You might like this bird a l'orange; Emeril puts it in his special burritos with--BAM!--chili corn sauce

duck.
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March 19, 2021Episode 37 - College Crossword Clues "C" - The Sixth Sense - Vocabulary - 2005 Fiction Bestsellers - Clothing Words
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 37, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: College Crossword Clues "C"
1: Degree ceremony (12)

commencement.

2: 2-year college (9)

community.

3: Holiday yule have off (9)

Christmas.

4: Grounds for a college (6)

campus.

5: Element-ary subject (9)

chemistry.
Round 2. Category: The Sixth Sense
1: Per the text of the Sixth Amendment, the accused must know the charge and "be confronted with" these

witnesses against him.

2: This sixth planet from the Sun was first visited by Pioneer 11 in 1979

Saturn.

3: A language of the Middle East, it was added as the sixth language of the U.N. General Assembly in 1973

Arabic.

4: From the Latin for "sixth hour", it's an early afternoon rest or nap

a siesta.

5: Number corresponding to 10 to the sixth power

a million.
Round 3. Category: Vocabulary
1: Once used as a formal title, it means "my lady" in Italian

Madonna.

2: Gullah, which has African roots, is a language spoken by some black inhabitants of this country

the United States.

3: From the Spanish estampar, "to stamp", it's a lot of hoof stamping by a lot of cows

stampede.

4: From the Greek for Â“universeÂ” or Â“orderÂ”, itÂ’s any of various beauty preparations

cosmetics.

5: This adjective meaning "of the earliest ages" appears in the first line of Longfellow's "Evangeline"

Primeval ("This is the forest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlocks").
Round 4. Category: 2005 Fiction Bestsellers
1: Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer

(Jimmy) Buffett.

2: This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends

I Am Charlotte Simmons.

3: As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list

The Da Vinci Code.

4: The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear"

Michael Crichton.

5: The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover and shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale

The Broker.
Round 5. Category: Clothing Words
1: Hits hard

socks/belts.

2: To lose footing on icy ground

slip.

3: A score of 22-22, for instance

tie.

4: A layer of paint

coat.

5: Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger

pants.
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March 18, 2021Episode 36 - Spiders - On The Lone Prairie - Aztec Gods - Sunny Songs - Put Me In, Coach!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 36, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Spiders
1: 1 of the world's most dangerous spiders is this country's Sydney funnel web

Australia.

2: 2 of the 3 colors found in names of the "widow" spiders found in the U.S.

(2 of) black, brown and red(-legged).

3: Scientists separate these hairy cousins from the "true spiders"

tarantulas.

4: Spiders are among the earliest island colonists after these create a new environment, as at Krakatoa

volcanoes.

5: Of 30,000 known species, only Argyroneta aquatica truly lives in this type of environment

water.
Round 2. Category: On The Lone Prairie
1: The prairie has been called a "Sea of" this, like the over 6-foot-tall Big Bluestem

Grass.

2: They're the family who resided in TV's "Little House on the Prairie"

Ingalls.

3: Legendary Pecos Bill was raised by one of these animals that's also known as a prairie wolf

Coyote.

4: A lot fewer of this Kansas state animal "roam" the prairies today than in the 19th century

Buffalo/bison.

5: This city's nicknames include "City of the Lakes and Prairies" and "Hog Butcher for the World"

Chicago.
Round 3. Category: Aztec Gods
1: As the goddess of this, Acuecucyoticihuati probably would be all wet

the ocean (the sea).

2: Sounds like a bright guy; Tonatiuh was the Aztec god of this heavenly body

the sun.

3: Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of this and therefore lived in the underworld

the dead (or death).

4: You'd have to get up pretty early to catch Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the Aztec god of this

the dawn (the morning).

5: Don't make Huitzilopochtli mad; he was the Aztec god of this and is often shown waging it

war.
Round 4. Category: Sunny Songs
1: This song by the Animals is actually about a house of ill repute

"House of the Rising Sun".

2: According to the title of this Stevie Wonder hit, "That's why I'll always be around"

"You are the Sunshine of my Life".

3: So don't delay, act now, you might as well name this song by Smash Mouth heard here

"Walking on the Sun".

4: The 5th Dimension hit No. 1 with a medley of "Aquarius" and this song from the musical "Hair"

"Let the Sunshine in".

5: George Harrison wrote this Beatles song in one day in Eric Clapton's garden

"Here Comes the Sun".
Round 5. Category: Put Me In, Coach!
1: On Jan. 16, 2008 this former Indiana coach won his record 900th basketball game, guiding Texas Tech over Texas and

(Bobby) Knight.

2: With 4 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, he won more Super Bowls than any other NFL coach

Chuck Noll.

3: Put me in at quarterback! Wilson and I have been working on this old-time trick play named for a monument

Statue of Liberty play.

4: Bob Kersee coached this woman, his wife, to 4 world championships, 2 in the heptathlon and 2 in the long jump

Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

5: Put me in as this substitute on the basepaths! I'll steal second before you know it

a pinch runner.
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March 17, 2021Episode 35 - Choose Your Weapon - Disneylands - Makeup - Wit - Let's Run It Up The Flagpole
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 35, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Choose Your Weapon
1: An M1 Abrams is one of these vehicles with a moving turret that rides on caterpillar tracks

tank.

2: Abbreviated SAM, it's a guided weapon meant to be fired from the ground (or from a ship)

surface-to-air missile.

3: The Gatling gun was the first practical one of these guns that fire a rapid, continuous stream of bullets

machine gun.

4: Sidewinder (not the snake)

missile.

5: Thompson

a machine gun.
Round 2. Category: Disneylands
1: Though it was inspired by Mad King Ludwig's pad, it's her "Castle" you'll see in the Anaheim park

Sleeping Beauty.

2: They're the 2 countries where you'll find Disney theme parks outside the U.S.

France and Japan.

3: The original Disneyland opened to the public in this decade

1950s.

4: This classic ride is based on the 1949 Disney film "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad"

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.

5: Aye, matey, this popular ride has received a politically correct makeover

Pirates of the Caribbean.
Round 3. Category: Makeup
1: As a finishing touch, you can "set" your makeup by dusting your face with this

powder.

2: To highlight your eyes, apply a light shadow directly under the arch of these

eyebrows.

3: Some women dye their lashes instead of using this traditional eyelash makeup

mascara.

4: Foundation is usually described as oil-based or based with this common liquid

water.

5: Red and pink are common colors of the liners used to outline and define these

lips.
Round 4. Category: Wit
1: This comedian ends his TV "rants" by saying, "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong"

Dennis Miller.

2: On this sitcom, Niles understates, "We're an odd little family, aren't we?"

Frasier.

3: Oscar Wilde wrote that there are only 2 tragedies: not getting what you want and this

Getting what you want.

4: On the first episode of this sitcom, Jerry did a routine about socks escaping from the dryer

Seinfeld.

5: This director and star of "Deconstructing Harry" once said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up"

Woody Allen.
Round 5. Category: Let's Run It Up The Flagpole
1: Color of the left hand stripe on the flag of Italy; it's not a color in Neapolitan ice cream

green.

2: The stars on over 50 national flags, including ours, have this many points

5.

3: After Rama IV of Siam saw his flag with this animal flown upside-down, he switched to a striped flag

elephants.

4: International organization whose flag is seen here

NATO.

5: Richard III had a white boar on his flag; Louis XII, a porcupine; and Louis XIV, a radiating one of these

a sun.
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March 16, 2021Episode 34 - January - Catholicism - Sports Figures - At The Hospital - A Star-Spangled Banner Quiz
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 34, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: January
1: The Treaty of this place, imposing reparations on Germany, took effect January 10, 1920

Versailles.

2: The U.S. slapped down $25 mil to buy this island group from Denmark January 17, 1917

the U.S. Virgin Islands.

3: On Jan. 30, 2000, at age 63, this Ram leader became the oldest coach to win the Super Bowl

(Dick) Vermeil.

4: On January 2, 1959, exactly 120 years after Daguerre took the first photo of it, Russia launched a probe to it

the Moon.

5: On January 17, 1977 he faced a Utah firing squad for his crimes

Gary Gilmore.
Round 2. Category: Catholicism
1: Ideas in his "Summa Theologica" formed the basis of many Roman Catholic doctrines

Saint Thomas Aquinas.

2: The name given to a child at this sacrament is traditionally that of a saint

baptism.

3: Canon Law 333 says there is neither appeal nor recourse against his decree (& it's not God)

the pope.

4: In 1983 the church reaffirmed its ban on members joining these lodges, York or Scottish

Masonic lodges.

5: A litany may address the Lamb of God, saying "you take away" these

the sins of the world.
Round 3. Category: Sports Figures
1: After retiring from tennis, he wrote "A Hard Road to Glory", a study of African-American athletes

Arthur Ashe.

2: Named for singer Ray Charles, this boxer retired in 1991 for the fourth time

Sugar Ray Leonard.

3: In 1982, 1985 and 1990, this 49ers quarterback won the Super Bowl's MVP award

Joe Montana.

4: A 7-mile strip of highway near Wilmington, N.C. was recently dedicated to this Chicago Bulls star

Michael Jordan.

5: In Oct. 1991 sports fans bade farewell to this baseball great nicknamed "The Lip", who died at 86

Leo Durocher.
Round 4. Category: At The Hospital
1: A neonatal ICU may contain several isolettes, a type of this chamber, from the Latin for "to lie down"

an incubation chamber.

2: It's this person's job to knock you out in the O.R.(without using a hammer)

an anesthesiologist.

3: You might be needled by this 4,000-year-old technique in widespread use in Chinese hospitals

acupuncture.

4: Smile! A photograph was taken of you with one of these photon streams that's also known as a Roentgen ray

an x-ray.

5: Intensive care is also called this "care", like the condition patients may be in

critical.
Round 5. Category: A Star-Spangled Banner Quiz
1: This word means a fortification on an embankment with a parapet on top

Rampart.

2: The first Olympics at which the song could be played as our official national anthem were held in 1932 in this country

USA (Lake Placid).

3: 3 of the 4 full sentences in the first verse end in this punctuation mark

Question mark.

4: The words of the anthem were written late in this war

War of 1812.

5: In 1912 Eben Appleton of New York donated the banner in the song to this, on the condition it always stay there

Smithsonian.
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March 16, 2021Episode 33 - Take A Shot - Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile - Unitas Against All Enemies - Radcliffe Grads - Eyes On The Prize
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 33, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Take A Shot
1: Sport covered in the film "Slap Shot"

hockey.

2: In volleyball, it's a hard smash close to the net almost straight down into the opponent's court

spike.

3: A piece of random criticism that's easily made, or firing at game for food, not for sport

potshot.

4: Animal term for the shot seen here: [photo of dart in middle of board]

bullseye.

5: In pool this type of shot involves the cushions on the table

bank.
Round 2. Category: Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile
1: The gecko

reptile.

2: The wallaby

marsupial.

3: The hamster

rodent.

4: The beaver

rodent.

5: The caiman

reptile.
Round 3. Category: Unitas Against All Enemies
1: Though originally drafted by the Steelers, Johnny Unitas was a real "horse" for 17 years on this team

the (Baltimore) Colts.

2: Johnny's 47 straight games with one of these has been compared to DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak

a touchdown pass.

3: Johnny U won the 1958 NFL Championship game against Frank Gifford and this "mammoth" team

the (New York) Giants.

4: Johnny ended his Hall-of-Fame career with this Calif. team in '73, the rookie year of future Hall of Famer Dan Fouts

the San Diego Chargers.

5: Johnny was considered "the Man with" this valuable type of appendage, like Frank Sinatra in a 1955 movie

"the Golden Arm".
Round 4. Category: Radcliffe Grads
1: This poet and author of "The Handmaid's Tale" received a Master's from Radcliffe

(Margaret) Atwood.

2: Before moving to Paris and meeting Alice, she studied psychology at Radcliffe under William James

Gertrude Stein.

3: A 1973 degree in political science was just the beginning for this first woman Prime Minister of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto.

4: Anne Sullivan spelled out lectures in this woman's hand, helping her to graduate with honors in 1904

Helen Keller.

5: Graduating cum laude with a degree in American history, she'd later become First Lady--on "The West Wing"

Stockard Channing.
Round 5. Category: Eyes On The Prize
1: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize

the Nobel Peace Prize.

2: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke

Religion.

3: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art

the Tate Gallery.

4: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music

the Pulitzer Prize.

5: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin

Alzheimer's disease.
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March 15, 2021Episode 32 - Warner Bros. Animation - Ink - The Political Life - Don't Listen To Them! - Fabrics
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 32, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Warner Bros. Animation
1: Gaining his powers from exposure to mutagenetic gas, he's the African-American teen superhero seen here

Static Shock.

2: These title crime fighters all live together in a tower that might be even messier than your room

the Teen Titans.

3: This classic Warner Bros. animated duo helps Granny solve mysteries

Sylvester and Tweety.

4: Mechanikat is one of the evil adversaries of this new breed of superhero seen here

Krypto the Superdog.

5: Monks in training battle villains for sacred, ancient objects on this action-packed program

Xiaolin Showdown.
Round 2. Category: Ink
1: If your business is losing money, you're awash in this color ink

Red.

2: His test, developed in 1921, includes 5 multicolored inkblots

Herman Rohrshach.

3: 1988 film that featured a will written in Acme disappearing and re-appearing ink

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit".

4: From Latin roots meaning "cannot be obliterated", it describes ink that's permanent

Indelible.

5: Company that makes the Eraser Mate, a pen that has erasable ink

Paper Mate.
Round 3. Category: The Political Life
1: From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is a vote cast by mail, not at a polling place

Absentee.

2: An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds

Lame duck.

3: From the Latin for "grow together", it's an alliance of different groups for a specific cause

Coalition.

4: Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here

In the ring.

5: Term for the speech at a convention that sets the tone and outlines the main issues

Keynote speech.
Round 4. Category: Don't Listen To Them!
1: "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" asked one of these Hollywood "Brothers" in 1927

Warner Brothers.

2: In 1929 a Yale economics professor said these "have reached...a permanently high plateau"

Stocks.

3: Rejecting this band in 1962, Decca Records said, "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out"

The Beatles.

4: An 1876 Western Union internal memo said this device has "many shortcomings" and "is inherently of no value to us"

Telephone.

5: In 1899 Charles Duell, the head of this U.S. "Office" said, "Everything that can be invented has been invented"

U.S. Patent Office.
Round 5. Category: Fabrics
1: The name of this fabric often used for shirts worn by lumberjacks may be from the Welsh for "wool"

flannel.

2: This fabric is called plush when the pile is more than 1/8" in height

velvet.

3: From the Persian for "rag", this bed sheet fabric is finer than muslin

percale.

4: From the Persian for "rag", this bed sheet fabric is finer than muslin

percale.

5: It sounds like hammerheads provide the material for this, but it's really a worsted fabric for men's suits

sharkskin.
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