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March 05, 2021Episode 23 - We're Here To "Win" - For Old Crimes' Sake - The Getty - Numbers In Song - What Did I Do With My Keys?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 23, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: We're Here To "Win"
1: Castle community that the Queen calls home

Windsor.

2: TV's Dr. Phil got his first big exposure on her show

Oprah Winfrey.

3: If you're playing Florizel, you're in this late Shakespeare play

The Winter's Tale.

4: City that's home to the Blue Bombers of the CFL

Winnipeg.

5: To use air to remove chaff from wheat

to winnow.
Round 2. Category: For Old Crimes' Sake
1: The man who shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel was vice president under this man

Thomas Jefferson.

2: Assassin James Earl Ray was arrested in this capital city June 8, 1968 by Scotland Yard detectives

London.

3: This publishing heiress was kidnapped on February 4, 1974

Patty Hearst.

4: Returning from the Third Crusade, this English "lion" king was kidnapped and held until a huge ransom was paid in 1194

Richard the Lion-Hearted.

5: Bank robber Clyde Barrow died along with this woman in a 1930s police ambush

Bonnie Parker.
Round 3. Category: The Getty
1: Type of chest seen here in the Getty collection; those of the Getty trust are quite full

coffer.

2: One of the largest paintings at the Getty is Ensor's 1888 "Entry of Christ Into" this Belgian capital

Brussels.

3: At the new Getty Center, admission is free, but you need $5 and a reservation to do this

Park.

4: The previous Getty Museum, just south of this coastal community, will reopen to show antiquities

Malibu.

5: The Getty calls its 110 acres of galleries and institutions this, like the grounds of a college

Campus.
Round 4. Category: Numbers In Song
1: Title of the song that begins, "Some people say a man is made out of mud"

"Sixteen Tons".

2: Lacy J. Dalton sang "God bless the boys who make the noise on" this Nashville street

16th Avenue.

3: Biggest hit for The Crests was about a birthday cake with this many candles

16.

4: It's the specific distance mentioned in folk song "The Erie Canal"

15 miles.

5: Neil Sedaka said, "You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen" when she'd reached this age

sweet 16.
Round 5. Category: What Did I Do With My Keys?
1: You left them in this (from the Latin for "fire"), you fool (from the Latin for "fool")

the ignition.

2: They were in the pocket of those Red Tabs jeans from this company -- you know, the ones we just took to Goodwill

Levi's.

3: One of these crow relatives famous for their love of shiny objects flew off with them

magpie.

4: They turned up in the bottom of the neighbors' jetted bath -- as Emile Zola might say, this brand

Jacuzzi.

5: They fell into this pot that's also a term for one who makes his money growing cotton

planter.
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March 04, 2021Episode 22 - Television Milestones - Think Small - Royal Women - Bruce Springsteen - Rock N' Roll Heaven
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 22, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Television Milestones
1: One of the first TV miniseries was this 1976 adaptation of a bestselling Irwin Shaw novel about 2 brothers

Rich Man, Poor Man.

2: One of the first British productions to play in the U.S. was a 1955 series about this 12th century outlaw

Robin Hood.

3: American television's first Hispanic superstar was this bandleader

Desi Arnaz.

4: When Samantha joined Darrin, it became the first live-action show to regularly put a man and wife in the same bed

Bewitched.

5: The first color TV transmission was produced by John Baird in this European capital in 1928

London.
Round 2. Category: Think Small
1: You certainly come up short if you're "knee-high to" this insect or creme de menthe cocktail

a grasshopper.

2: Size of Don Ho's "Bubbles"

Tiny.

3: Among its meanings are a small quantity; to waste time; and a custard and cake soaked in wine dessert

trifle.

4: In the dictionary this word for extremely small follows something extremely big -- infinite

infinitesimal.

5: According to the AKC, Yorkshire Terriers, Pomeranians and Pugs belong to this dog group

toys.
Round 3. Category: Royal Women
1: Marie Antoinette was among the 16 children of this Holy Roman empress and archduchess

Maria Theresa.

2: An avid art collector, she founded the Hermitage Museum as a private gallery for her art collection

Catherine the Great.

3: Unlike her sister Stephanie, she's a princess of Great Britain as well as of Monaco

Princess Caroline.

4: In 1995 she told the BBC, "I'd like to be a queen...in people's hearts, but I don't see myself being queen of this country"

Princess Diana.

5: In 1492, she and her husband signed a decree ordering all Jews to convert to Christianity or leave the country

Queen Isabella.
Round 4. Category: Bruce Springsteen
1: "I didn't know my own face, oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away on the streets of" this city

Philadelphia.

2: The title track on this Springsteen album named for a state tells of a mass-murder spree by Charlie Starkweather

Nebraska.

3: The 2006 album "We Shall Overcome" is a tribute to this Weavers co-founder and folk legend

Pete Seeger.

4: In an unprecedented move in 1975, these 2 rival news magazines both featured cover stories on Bruce

Newsweek and Time.

5: "Everybody's got" this body part, a song Bruce first intended to give to The Ramones

a hungry heart.
Round 5. Category: Rock N' Roll Heaven
1: He recorded "Mack The Knife" under this name he picked out of a phone book

Bobby Darin.

2: Singer of this song, he spent 9 years in a coma before dying

Jackie Wilson.

3: A drummer, she and brother Richard were best known as vocalists

Karen Carpenter.

4: He had 4 Top 40 hits before and 4 after his death at 30 on Sept. 20, 1973

Jim Croce.

5: Needing time to do laundry on tour, this early rock giant chartered a fatal flight

Buddy Holly.
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March 03, 2021Episode 21 - People In Space - "Sub" Standard - Marvin Gardens - Pop Singers - The 15Th Century
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 21, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: People In Space
1: Astronaut Michael Foale was left in the dark in June 1997 after a supply ship punctured this craft's Spektr module

Mir.

2: With Deke Slayton grounded with a heart condition, this man got to be the second U.S. man in space

Scott Carpenter.

3: James Lovell went on 2 Apollo missions and 2 of these missions that had 2-man crews

Gemini.

4: After going to the moon, Pete Conrad and Alan Bean's next trips were to this U.S. space station

Skylab.

5: The June 1983 Challenger flight had the first 5-person crew, including this first U.S. woman in space

Sally Ride.
Round 2. Category: "Sub" Standard
1: You don't have to be a detective to know that this math process involves deduction

subtraction.

2: In 2000 the Yankees and the Mets played in a World Series dubbed this

the "Subway Series".

3: Adjective for something that lives under your skin, like a parasite

subcutaneous.

4: It's a government payment to a farmer not to grow something

subsidy.

5: Cards for these are air-blown into magazines

subscriptions.
Round 3. Category: Marvin Gardens
1: Oscar winner "Marvelous" Marvin Hamlisch began attending this prestigious NYC music school when he was 7!

Juilliard.

2: "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler was the world boxing champ in this weight class from 1980 to 1987

middleweight.

3: I heard Marvin Gaye took this song to No. 1 in 1968

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine".

4: Unless Bugs Bunny can stop him, this character wants to use his PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator to blow up Earth

Marvin the Martian.

5: Michelle Triola's lawsuit against this actor introduced "palimony" to the English language

Lee Marvin.
Round 4. Category: Pop Singers
1: Nightmarish singer who recorded "Welcome to My Nightmare"

Alice Cooper.

2: Oscar winner who led the singing of "God Bless America" at the end of 1988's Republican Convention

Shirley Jones.

3: Even though Meryl Streep rejected him in the movie "Plenty", he didn't call the police

Sting.

4: This "feline" South Carolinian starred on Broadway in "Timbuktu", a black version of "Kismet"

Eartha Kitt.

5: Gilles Thibault wrote the original French lyrics to "My Way", and this man wrote the ones in English

Paul Anka.
Round 5. Category: The 15Th Century
1: On July 17, 1453 the French defeated the British at Castillon, the last battle in this conflict that began in 1337

the Hundred Years' War.

2: England lost all of France except Calais as this conflict ended in 1453

the Hundred Years War.

3: The Byzantine Empire came to an end in 1453 with the fall of this capital city to the Ottomans

Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul.

4: In 1451 Nicholas of Cusa prescribed concave lenses to remedy this

nearsightedness (myopia).

5: This 1450s tome changed the course of culture and history

the Gutenberg Bible.
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March 02, 2021Episode 20 - Jackson 5 - The L With U - A World Of Currency - Game Show Catchphrases - Stars Behind Bars
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 20, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Jackson 5
1: The Big Apple's Jackson Heights is part of this borough

Queens.

2: The 1953 Alan Ladd film "Shane" is among the many Westerns filmed in this valley east of the Tetons

Jackson Hole.

3: During this Virginia battle, Stonewall Jackson was fired upon by his own men; he died a few days later

Chancellorsville.

4: This New Orleans-born gospel singer seen here debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1950

Mahalia Jackson.

5: This American artist moved to NYC in 1930 to study with Thomas Hart Benton

Jackson Pollock.
Round 2. Category: The L With U
1: As an adjective, it means opulent; as slang, it means a drunkard

lush.

2: A telecom company, or a word meaning shining or clear

Lucent.

3: Monty Python famously sang, "I'm" one of these "and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day"

a lumberjack.

4: 5-letter synonym for "to sway"; you rang?

lurch.

5: A substance, such as oil or grease, for lessening friction in the working parts of a mechanism

a lubricant.
Round 3. Category: A World Of Currency
1: An 1873 law states that this creature must appear on the reverse of all U.S. coins greater than 10 cents

the bald eagle.

2: With no birrs to spend, it'll be adios Ababa for you in this country

Ethiopia.

3: To buy 16 ounces of cookies in Cairo, you'll need the Egyptian this

pound.

4: In Montevideo you may go Uruguay and I'll go mine, but we'll both spend these

pesos.

5: Befitting his importance, this 13th century conqueror appears on Mongolia's currency

Genghis Khan.
Round 4. Category: Game Show Catchphrases
1: "I'd like to phone a friend"

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

2: "I'd like to buy a vowel"

Wheel of Fortune.

3: "Survey said!"

Family Feud.

4: "I'll take Paul Lynde to block"

Hollywood Squares.

5: "Come on down!"

The Price is Right.
Round 5. Category: Stars Behind Bars
1: He's gone from jobs like tennis instructor and bartender to films like "Fletch" and "Foul Play"

Chevy Chase.

2: He tended bar and performed in coffeehouses before getting his break in "I Spy"

Bill Cosby.

3: His high school nickname "Bruno" stayed with him while he was a "Die Hard" bartender

Bruce Willis.

4: Heard here, he tended bar to earn money while he wrote songs:

Kris Kristofferson.

5: He was working as a bartender when he started performing with Dan Rowan

Dick Martin.
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March 01, 2021Episode 19 - Just Like A Woman - Animated Movies - Birthplaces - Tv Cops - Hotel
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 19, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Just Like A Woman
1: Fred Grandy's character Gopher had this rank on "The Love Boat"

yeoman.

2: Last name of the traveling salesman whose life was dramatized in a 1949 play

(Willy) Loman.

3: This UCLA basketball coach led his team to a record 88 straight NCAA basketball victories

John Wooden.

4: A freed slave's son, Publius Helvius Pertinax was this empire's ruler for nearly 3 months in 193 A.D.

the Roman Empire.

5: Also called Gakusei Ryori, or "student cuisine", this noodle dish was invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando

Top Ramen.
Round 2. Category: Animated Movies
1: A shark named Bruce is a member of Fish-Eaters Anonymous in this favorite from 2003

Finding Nemo.

2: This co-star of ┬ôNash Bridges┬ö returned in ┬ôThe Lion King 1┬╜┬ö as the voice of Bonzai the hyena

Cheech Marin.

3: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary voiced the ┬ôsub-zero heroes┬ö in this 2002 flick

Ice Age.

4: Former ┬ôSCTV┬ö siblings Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas voiced moose siblings in this animal adventure

Brother Bear.

5: (Hi, I┬Æm Clay Aiken.) For my movie song on ┬ôAmerican Idol┬ö I sang ┬ôSomewhere Out There┬ö from this animated film

An American Tail.
Round 3. Category: Birthplaces
1: This animated film producer was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, not in Anaheim

Walt Disney.

2: This legendary lawman┬Æs birthplace wasn┬Æt Dodge City or Tombstone, but Monmouth, Illinois

Wyatt Earp.

3: The only U.S. President born in Milton, Massachusetts

George Bush.

4: This flamboyant female evangelist wasn┬Æt American but Canadian; she was born in Ontario in 1890

Aimee Semple McPherson.

5: She was born in Tokyo on July 1, 1916; her sister Joan Fontaine was born there the following year

Olivia de Havilland.
Round 4. Category: Tv Cops
1: In 1983 letters from viewers helped save this Sharon Gless-Tyne Daly series from cancellation

"Cagney And Lacey".

2: This LAPD officer-turned-author came up with the concept for "Police Story"

Joseph Wambaugh.

3: In 1998 Lauren Velez joined the cast of this hip big-city FOX police drama as detective Nina Morena

"New York Undercover".

4: On this sitcom Laurie Metcalf played Jackie, who left police work to become a trucker

"Roseanne".

5: Hutch's other half

Starsky.
Round 5. Category: Hotel
1: This 2-named New York City hotel at Park and 50th claims to have been the first with room service--I think I'll order the salad

the Waldorf-Astoria.

2: The 460-room King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel in this state stands on the grounds where the man once resided

Hawaii.

3: Stay at Hotel del Coronado, then cross the bridge and have a whale of a time with Shamu in this city

San Diego.

4: Opened in 1920, the 535-room Drake Hotel offers gorgeous views of this city's Lake Shore Drive

Chicago.

5: Located on Sunset Boulevard, this pink palace opened in 1912 and is on the cover of the Eagles' "Hotel California"

the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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February 28, 2021Episode 18 - Whatever - In The "Gn"Ow - Name Brands - Let's Take A Little Trip - "Boo"!
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 18, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Whatever
1: In "A Psalm of Life", Longfellow wrote of leaving "behind us" these "on the sands of time"

footprints.

2: In 2011 a group of 28 people set a Guinness world record by cramming into one of these "mini" cars

Mini Cooper.

3: This is how he looked in high school; today he's a talented actor and director as well

Ben Affleck.

4: In "a psalm of life", Longfellow wrote of leaving "behind us" these "on the sands of time"

footprints.

5: On New Year's Day, 2009, this celebrated "Catcher in the Rye" author celebrated his 90th birthday

(J.D.) Salinger.
Round 2. Category: In The "Gn"Ow
1: Carb-filled favorites served here

gnocchi.

2: The bands seen here are typical of this

gneiss.

3: Those choosing to play one of these creatures in Everquest 2 get a nice intelligence bonus

a gnome.

4: Start spreading these critters around

gnus.

5: The 2 related words that mean to grind your teeth or to chew with them

gnash and gnaw.
Round 3. Category: Name Brands
1: This Kansas City-based greeting card company also produces Springbok jigsaw puzzles

Hallmark.

2: Eagle, Tiempo and Arriva are three tire brands from this rubber company

Goodyear.

3: Western Forge makes this brand of hand tools for Sears

Craftsman.

4: This chemical company makes Saran Wrap and Handi-Wrap

Dow.

5: This company introduced Bartles and Jaymes wine coolers in 1985

Gallo.
Round 4. Category: Let's Take A Little Trip
1: In 1995 one of these craft that began passenger service in 1976 flew around the world in less than 32 hours

Concorde.

2: In 1938 this rich aviator took 4 assistants on a little round-the-world flight

Howard Hughes.

3: In May 1932 she made a little flight from Newfoundland across the north Atlantic

Amelia Earhart.

4: On May 9, 1926 Byrd and Bennett left Norway with a plan to fly over this and they claimed they did

North Pole.

5: In 1889 she left New York and went around the world in less than 80 days

Nellie Bly.
Round 5. Category: "Boo"!
1: This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland:

Clancy Lowered the Boom.

2: R. Duvall played this character who saves Scout Finch from an attacker in "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Boo Radley.

3: A hiding game played with very small children, or a see-through blouse worn by grown-up women

peek-a-boo.

4: Word that can precede hatch, prize or trap

booby.

5: From the Tagalog word for mountain, it's our word for the backwoods or "the sticks"

boondocks.
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February 27, 2021Episode 17 - General Information - Whips And Chains - Networking - Ports - A World Of Critters
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 17, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: General Information
1: Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes

gibbons.

2: This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later

Jack.

3: Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7

11.

4: The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe

poplar.

5: Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715

Ford.
Round 2. Category: Whips And Chains
1: Used for flogging, it's a whip with 9 knotted cords fastened to a handle

Cat o\' Nine Tails.

2: Flexible armor composed of small, overlapping metal rings

chain mail.

3: The group who sang the 1980 hit heard here:["Whip It"]

Devo.

4: House leadership position held by Republican congressman Tom DeLay at the start of 1997

majority whip.

5: It's a group of convicts linked together for outdoor labor

a chain gang.
Round 3. Category: Networking
1: "Barney & Friends","Antiques Roadshow","Mystery!"

PBS.

2: "Inside NASCAR","Grand Ole Opry Live","Bill Dance Outdoors"

TNN (The Nashville Network).

3: "The Spin Room","Moneyline","Capital Gang"

CNN.

4: "Teen Titans","Samurai Jack","Cow and Chicken"

Cartoon Network.

5: "The Closer"

TNT.
Round 4. Category: Ports
1: Much of Australia's foreign trade is handled by this city's Port Jackson or neighboring Botany Bay

Sydney.

2: This Egyptian port on the Mediterranean was founded in 1859 when the building of the Suez Canal began

Port Said.

3: This state has 5 of the top 15 U.S. ports, including Plaquemines & Lake Charles

Louisiana.

4: Until Haiti became independent, this "Port" served as the capital of the colony of Saint-Domingue from 1770 to 1804

Port-au-Prince.

5: It's the only one of South Africa's 3 capitals that is also a seaport

Cape Town.
Round 5. Category: A World Of Critters
1: Due to a decrease in prairie dog populations, the black-footed variety of this swift weasel is now endangered

Ferret.

2: This troop member seen here is one of the most colorful of primates

Mandrill.

3: This large pack animal of South America was domesticated from the guanaco

Llama.

4: Found in warm & temperate zones, there are about 30 distinct species of this critter seen here

Starfish.

5: The "giant" variety of this animal can have a hundred teeth, more than most mammals

Armadillo.
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February 26, 2021Episode 16 - Feeling "Ill" - Ask The Audience - Fast Food Nation - Panda-Monium - Things That Go Bump
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 16, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Feeling "Ill"
1: It's the "Prairie State"

Illinois.

2: A large stiff feather, or a porcupine spine

Quill.

3: The rate of this in Gambia is about 60 percent

illiteracy.

4: From the Latin for "illegal" or "against the law", it can denote certain activities or drugs

Illicit.

5: Spock knows it means something that makes no rational sense

illogical.
Round 2. Category: Ask The Audience
1: Practice, practice, practice and you too can get to this 2,804-seat NYC venue at 57th and 7th

Carnegie Hall.

2: Audiences were transfixed by an episode of her TV show in which she revealed she had lost 67 lbs. on a liquid diet

Oprah Winfrey.

3: On Easter Sunday 1939, she sang before an audience of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial

Marian Anderson.

4: When this Stravinsky work premiered in Paris in 1913, the audience went nuts and began a riot

.

The Rite of Spring

5: The Audience Research Institute was founded by this famous pollster in 1939 in Princeton, N.J.

(George) Gallup.
Round 3. Category: Fast Food Nation
1: Among the items you can have your way at this chain are its chicken fries and its chicken tenders

Burger King.

2: This fast food giant has resumed its Monopoly game

McDonald's.

3: Crispy Strips and Original Recipe chicken

KFC.

4: For his "Super Size Me" documentary, Morgan Spurlock gorged himself on 3 meals a day at this chain for 30 days straight

McDonald's.

5: "Oven toasted tastes better", according to this sandwich chain with more than 3,000 restaurants worldwide

Quiznos.
Round 4. Category: Panda-Monium
1: The red panda's funny walk is usually described as this 6-letter gait, due to its front legs being angled inward

waddle.

2: After he visited China in 1972, he received a gift of 2 pandas named Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing

Nixon.

3: In 2011 martial artist Po transitioned from the big screen to big-screen TVs in this title: "Legends of Awesomeness"

.

Kung Fu Panda

4: To aid in feeding, pandas have evolved an elongated wrist bone that functions like this digit in humans

a thumb.

5: In 2011 martial artist Po transitioned from the big screen to big-screen TVs in this title: "Legends of Awesomeness"

.

Kung Fu Panda
Round 5. Category: Things That Go Bump
1: These ridges that are made to force cars to slow down can give them quite a jolt

speed bumps.

2: In the sport named for it, it's bumped, set, and spiked

volleyball.

3: They're small electric vehicles found in amusement parks

bumper cars.

4: It's what the poker player "sees" and bumps

a bet.

5: It's bump's partner in a striptease

a grind.
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February 25, 2021Episode 15 - Eight - The 2005 Greensboro Mayoral Race - "A" Men - Cable TV - Cheers
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 15, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Eight.
1: On "M*A*S*H" Klinger dressed in women's clothes to try to qualify for this type of insanity discharge

Section 8 discharge.

2: The 8 in this collegiate group include Yale, Brown and Harvard

The Ivy League.

3: The Eightfold Path leads to release from suffering in this religion

Buddhism.

4: Fortunes from this classic toy include "Outlook not so good" and "Reply hazy, try again"

Magic 8-Ball.

5: This Byrds song says, "And when you touch down you'll find that it's stranger than known"

Eight Miles High.
Round 2. Category: The 2005 Greensboro Mayoral Race.
1: Vote did he get, this 900-year-old "Star Wars" character

Yoda.

2: AKA Forsythe Pendleton Jones in the "Archie" comics series, he got a vote

Jughead.

3: 1 vote for this Missouri-born talk show host whom Al Franken called "a Big Fat Idiot" in a 1996 book

Rush Limbaugh.

4: 3 votes went to this Disney character who debuted in "The Wise Little Hen" in 1934

Donald Duck.

5: This "everyman" name, also the bassist/vocalist of the punk band X, got 4 votes

John Doe.
Round 3. Category: "A" Men.
1: He was one of Time's Men of the Year for 1993 along with F.W. De Klerk, Nelson Mandela and Yitzhak Rabin

Yasser Arafat.

2: Though best known for his bird drawings, his last project was a multivolume work on mammals

John J. Audubon.

3: Until his death in 1998, this singing cowboy was vice president of baseball's American League

Gene Autry.

4: In 1836 Sam Houston appointed him secretary of state of the Republic of Texas

Stephen F. Austin.

5: This ancient dramatist is known for his innovative use of a second actor in his plays

Aeschylus.
Round 4. Category: Cable Tv.
1: This MTV show launched in 1991 has turned strangers into enemies in NYC, London and Hawaii

The Real World.

2: A shout of approval to an actor, or the cable network of "Inside the Actors Studio"

Bravo.

3: (Sofia, Cheryl and Sarah in the middle of New York's Central Park) A carriage ride in the park was part of the "I (heart) New York" episode of this HBO show

Sex and the City.

4: This acronym for American Christian Television System is a book of the Bible, too

ACTS.

5: Maury Chaykin, seen here, plays this bulky detective on and

Nero Wolfe.
Round 5. Category: Cheers.
1: This actor went on to a spin-off and in 2003 said he was mulling a run for a California U.S. Senate seat

Kelsey Grammer.

2: Mayday! This "Cheers" star's films include "Dad", "Getting Even with Dad" and "Three Men and a Baby"

Ted Danson.

3: Swing by southeast Asia for this cocktail; cherry-flavored brandy, gin, lemon, powdered sugar and carbonated water

Singapore sling.

4: Tequila and lime juice go into this cocktail that's served in a salt-rimmed glass

Margarita.

5: He played a bartender from Indiana on "Cheers" and is an ex-son-in-law of Neil Simon

Woody Harrelson.
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February 24, 2021Episode 14 - From Book To Tv - Nearly Useless Information - The Kennedy Center - Off Course, Off Course - Mythological Women
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 14, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. The category is: From Book To Tv.

Question 1: In 1979 this James Jones novel was a miniseries with Steve Railsback in Montgomery Clift's movie role

The answer is: .

From Here to Eternity

Question 2: Christopher Plummer narrated a 1993 Family Channel series about this Paris schoolgirl

The answer is: Madeline.

Question 3: This 1994 miniseries based on a Stephen King book depicts the aftermath of a devastating plague

The answer is: .

The Stand

Question 4: Pamela Sue Martin, who played this sleuth, left her show when it was merged with the Hardy Boys'

The answer is: Nancy Drew.

Question 5: He played fictional hero Perry Mason off and on from 1957 until his death in 1993

The answer is: Raymond Burr.

Round 2. The category is: Nearly Useless Information.

Question 1: It has the shortest name of the 7 continents

The answer is: Asia.

Question 2: Currently, the only 2 countries in the world that begin with the letter Z

The answer is: Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Question 3: By last name, he's alphabetically last on a list of U.S. presidents

The answer is: Woodrow Wilson.

Question 4: They're the 2 of Snow White's 7 dwarves whose names don't end in "Y"

The answer is: Bashful and Doc.

Question 5: The number of eyes visible on the back of the U.S. $1 bill

The answer is: 2.

Round 3. The category is: The Kennedy Center.

Question 1: The Kennedy Center presented a series of one-act plays as "Five by Tenn", a reference to this playwright

The answer is: Tennessee Williams.

Question 2: In 2005 the Kennedy Center awarded this "wild and crazy guy" the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

The answer is: Steve Martin.

Question 3: On Dec. 23, 2003 the inaugural event of the newly renovated Opera House was the Kirov dancing this ballet

The answer is: .

The Nutcracker

Question 4: A 2005 concert at the Kennedy Center paid tribute to the 90th anniversary of the birth of this jazz "Lady"

The answer is: Billie Holiday.

Question 5: This American pianist who took Moscow (& the world) by storm in 1958 received a Kennedy Center honor in 2001

The answer is: Van Cliburn.

Round 4. The category is: Off Course, Off Course.

Question 1: Verrazano discovered this Rhode Island bay but made a bad turn and disappeared in Central America

The answer is: Narragansett Bay.

Question 2: On Oct. 12, 1492 he thought he'd reached Asia; in fact, the closest he ever got was an Aegean island as a young man

The answer is: Christopher Columbus.

Question 3: This doctor found Victoria Falls but never discovered the source of the Nile

The answer is: Dr. Livingstone.

Question 4: He named the ocean "Pacific" after many turbulent detours in South America while searching for Asia

The answer is: (Ferdinand) Magellan.

Question 5: In 1999 software and navigation issues kept the Polar Lander and the Climate Orbiter from exploring this planet

The answer is: Mars.

Round 5. The category is: Mythological Women.

Question 1: In Egyptian mythology, she was the mother of Horus, the sky god

The answer is: Isis.

Question 2: Just like their sisters the Pleiades, the Hyades were changed into a cluster of these

The answer is: stars.

Question 3: This 6-he
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