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February 23, 2021Episode 13 - Name the James - "Bush"-isms - Rough alternate literary endings - "Fu" - Partying
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 13, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. The category is: name the james.
Question 1: Founded Savannah and the Georgia colony

The answer is: James Oglethorpe.

Question 2: The fourth and fifth U.S. Presidents

The answer is: James Madison and James Monroe.

Question 3: Discovered the Hawaiian islands

The answer is: (James) Cook.

Question 4: Led the first bombing raid on Tokyo in World War II

The answer is: James Doolittle.

Question 5: "The Godfather of Soul"

The answer is: James Brown.
Round 2. The category is: "bush"-isms.
Question 1: The galago, a small primate of southern Africa, is also called this because of its human-like cry

The answer is: a bush baby.

Question 2: The young kids go wild for this song that takes place "so early in the morning"

The answer is: "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush".

Question 3: Curt Schilling called A-Rod's ball-punching move in the 2004 A.L. playoffs this type of play

The answer is: bush league.

Question 4: You might find this adventurous type of person at the controls of a Beech Staggerwing

The answer is: a bush pilot.

Question 5: A 2004 anti-Dubya book by Jim Hightower was titled "Let's Stop" this evasive behavior

The answer is: Beating Around the Bush.
Round 3. The category is: rough alternate literary endings.
Question 1: Farmer Arable dabbed the napkin at his mouth. Mmm! That Wilbur... "Some pig", indeed!

The answer is: Charlotte's Web.

Question 2: "Hey, it's Dantes! He must've escaped in Abbe Faria's burial shroud!" shouted Villefort. So they hanged him. Fin.

The answer is: The Count of Monte Cristo.

Question 3: Enraged, Lemuel tore the ropes from his body. His captors were "not six inches high"! His boot rose ominously.

The answer is: Gulliver's Travels.

Question 4: Jenny told me "Love means never having to say you're sorry". But now she was gone, and that nurse was giving me the eye.

The answer is: Love Story.

Question 5: Kitty and Levin's marriage is great, she thought. My guy stinks. With that, she pushed Hubby under the train. Whoomp!

The answer is: Anna Karenina.
Round 4. The category is: "fu".
Question 1: A mustache style gets its name from this sinister Chinese villain

The answer is: Fu Manchu.

Question 2: Someone on the run from the cops

The answer is: Fugitive.

Question 3: A brilliant deep pink color tinged with purple

The answer is: Fuschia.

Question 4: In an engine it allows internal combustion without a carburetor

The answer is: Fuel injection.

Question 5: First name of clergyman and old-time radio broadcaster Sheen

The answer is: Fulton.
Round 5. The category is: partying.
Question 1: Ralph Nader was this political party's candidate for President in 1996 and 2000

The answer is: the Green Party.

Question 2: For the 1864 Presidental election, the Republican Party changed its name to this

The answer is: the Union Party.

Question 3: Pres. John Adams was a member of this former political party that advocated a strong centralized govt.

The answer is: the Federalist.

Question 4: As presidents, Truman and Wi
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February 22, 2021Episode 12 - Keep your pantheon - Celebrity books - Pillow talk - Where there's a william - Something "old", Something "new"
Welcome to the Just Trivia podcast episode 12, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. The category is: keep your pantheon.
Question 1: Pryderi is the son of this ancient people's god Pwyll and Rhiannon is his consort

The answer is: Welsh.

Question 2: Associated with artists and craftsmen, Ptah was a creator god of these ancient people

The answer is: Egyptians.

Question 3: Yama is a god of death in Vedic traditions of this religion

The answer is: Hinduism.

Question 4: Tsai Shen, a god of wealth of this country may appear with Fu Shen, a god of happiness

The answer is: China.

Question 5: Depicted as a snake, Wadd is a moon god from pre-Islamic times on this peninsula

The answer is: Arabic Peninsula.
Round 2. The category is: celebrity books.
Question 1: In a book for kids, he tells "How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals"

The answer is: Michael Phelps.

Question 2: This co-host of "The View" shares some of her views in a 2010 book called "Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?"

The answer is: Whoopi Goldberg.

Question 3: In 2000 this host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" shared some funny moments in his "Who Wants to Be Me?"

The answer is: Regis Philbin.

Question 4: "Today" this "Inside Edition" and MSNBC host moonlights as a children's author with books like "I Can Fly!"

The answer is: Deborah Norville.

Question 5: In 2004 she published "Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in Chic Peek behind the Pose"

The answer is: Paris Hilton.
Round 3. The category is: pillow talk.
Question 1: He wrote his son Kermit from the White House in 1903 about his being ambushed in a pillow fight

The answer is: Theodore Roosevelt.

Question 2: Named for the variety of designs and stitches on it, this type of pillow can bear a homily or a homemade design

The answer is: sampler.

Question 3: Legend has it that each night Alexander the Great put his sword and a book by this epic poet under his pillow

The answer is: Homer.

Question 4: Tradition says after a wedding a single girl puts this under her pillow so she'll dream of a future spouse

The answer is: a slice of wedding cake.

Question 5: In classic radio comedy, Dick Orkin turned this under-kids'-pillows cash provider into the Molar Marauder

The answer is: the Tooth Fairy.
Round 4. The category is: where there's a william.
Question 1: After this man's speech at the National Convention in 1896, the Democrats came out pro-silver

The answer is: William Jennings Bryan.

Question 2: In 1928 William S. Paley bought a chain of 16 radio stations and created this broadcasting network

The answer is: CBS.

Question 3: Legend says Austrian autocrat Gessler got the point from this Swiss archer around 1300

The answer is: William Tell.

Question 4: William Cohen held this post in Bill Clinton's cabinet

The answer is: Secretary of Defense.

Question 5: 3-word location where the Exxon Valdez spilled more than 10 million gallons of north slope crude in 1989

The answer is: Prince William Sound.
Round 5. The category is: something "old", something "new".
Question 1: This fish story of 1952 was one of the last works Hemingway published during his lifetime

The answer is: "The Old Man and the Sea".

Question 2: His 1687 "Principia" is considered one of the greatest scientific works ever published

The answer is: Sir Isaac Newton.

Question 3: It
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February 21, 2021Episode 11 - Care To See My Etchings? - Crossword Clues "I" - Castles - Polar Animals - The Misspeled Word
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 11, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Care To See My Etchings?
1: This man worked with Robert Havell on some etchings so that his "Birds of America" could find a publisher.

(John James) Audubon.

2: He created etchings of Paul Gachet, a doctor who in 1890 took him in and cared for him at Auvers.

van Gogh.

3: One of his most famous etchings is "Christ Healing the Sick", aka "The 100-Guilder Print", completed in the 1640s.

Rembrandt.

4: This British artist known for his "Marriage a la Mode" engravings had a 1735 copyright act named for him.

Hogarth.

5: His "Ancient of Days" was the frontispiece to his 1794 poem "Europe, A Prophecy".

Blake.
Round 2. Category: Crossword Clues "I"
1: Titanic sinker(7).

Iceberg.

2: Mesopotamia today(4).

Iraq.

3: Pianists tickle them(7).

Ivories.

4: A store's stock(9).

Inventory.

5: Give the third degree(11).

interrogate.
Round 3. Category: Castles
1: This English castle, badly damaged by fire in November 1992, reopened to the public in December 1997.

Windsor Castle.

2: Neuschwanstein Castle, often described as a magical setting, is found in this country.

Germany.

3: You can see the royal crown of Scotland in a castle in this Scottish city, but you can't try it on.

Edinburgh.

4: Once home to the Knights of the Sword, Riga Castle is today the official residence of the president of this Baltic country.

Latvia.

5: Balmoral Castle is this present monarch's summer home.

Queen Elizabeth II (of Great Britain).
Round 4. Category: Polar Animals
1: This ursine likes to eat seals as well as fish.

a polar bear.

2: The emperor is the largest variety of this bird.

a penguin.

3: The bellow of this tusked sea animal can be heard from half a mile away.

a walrus.

4: This ox, one of the northernmost hoofed animals, is named for the odor it emits.

a musk ox.

5: When these rodents drown during their migrations, itÂ’s an accident, not suicide.

lemmings.
Round 5. Category: The Misspeled Word
1: An absence of leisure may leave you feeling like you live in the Artic.

Artic/Arctic.

2: Wearing weird jewelry is no gaurantee of ecstasy.

gaurantee/guarantee.

3: On occasion, it may be neccessary to be grateful.

neccessary/necessary.

4: Quite frankly, his knowledge of the cemetary was mediocre.

cemetary/cemetery.

5: The turn of the millenium was a humorous odyssey.

millenium/millennium.
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February 20, 2021Episode 10 - Tv Goes To Work - I Need A Snack - Ends In "Ola" - Big Mouth - Fore!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 10, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Goes To Work
1: He's the assistant director of personnel at Cleveland's Winfred-Louder Department Store.

Drew Carey.

2: Bill McNeal and Catherine Duke are behind the mikes at WNYX on this sitcom.

NewsRadio.

3: Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson played editor and reporter for the New York Sun on this CBS sitcom.

Ink.

4: It's the literary cafe where Joe Farrell, Audrey Penney and Ellen Morgan worked.

Buy the Book.

5: Captain John Sheridan and ambassadors from all over the galaxy work at this space station.

Babylon 5.
Round 2. Category: I Need A Snack
1: I crave a Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich: a fried chicken breast served between these.

donuts.

2: I think I'll dunk my Double Stuf version of this Nabisco cookie in milk.

Oreo.

3: I'll refresh myself with tzatziki, a Greek dish made from yogurt and this green gourd.

cucumbers.

4: I'm going to make Rice Krispies Treats; I've got butter, Rice Krispies and 4 cups of miniature these.

marshmallows.

5: I'll have 2 of Chicken of the Sea's new Peel and Eat Cups: cajun tuna and skinless boneless pink this.

salmon.
Round 3. Category: Ends In "Ola"
1: It's what you ride along the canals of Venice.

Gondola.

2: It often includes rolled oats, wheat germ, honey, fruit and nuts.

Granola.

3: This early phonograph began cranking out music in 1906.

Victrola.

4: Italy's Lombardy region is famous for producing this soft ( and smelly) blue cheese.

Gorgonzola.

5: Haiti occupies a third of this island; the Dominican Republic covers the rest.

Hispaniola.
Round 4. Category: Big Mouth
1: Proceed down to the mouth of the Congo and you wind up on this ocean.

the Atlantic (Ocean).

2: The Rio Grande, aka the Rio Bravo, lands in this body of water.

Gulf of Mexico.

3: The Yangtze flows into the "East" this "Sea"; the Mekong into the "South" this "Sea".

China.

4: Yukon see this sea at the mouth of the Yukon.

Bering Sea.

5: The port city of Kismaayo sits on the mouth of the Juba River on this ocean.

Indian (Ocean).
Round 5. Category: Fore!
1: In 1994 at age 18, he became the youngest golfer to win the U.S. Amateur Golf Tournament.

Tiger Woods.

2: Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934.

The Masters.

3: This stretch of closely mowed grass from the tee to the green may be straight or at an angle called a dogleg.

Fairway.

4: This hazard is simply a depression in the ground; if it contains sand it's called a sand trap.

Bunker.

5: This "Royal and Ancient Golf Club" of Scotland set the standard for a round of golf at 18 holes.

St. Andrews.
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February 19, 2021Episode 9 - October Fest - State And Territory Flags - Females, Women And Ladies - U.s. Regions - A Proverbial Mess
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 9, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: October Fest
1: This U.S. university was founded October 28, 1636.

Harvard.

2: In late October 1922, he became premier of Italy.

Benito Mussolini.

3: Martin Sheen played Bobby Kennedy in this 1974 TV movie about a crisis in Cuba.

The Missiles of October.

4: This Middle Eastern president was assassinated while reviewing a military parade October 6, 1981.

Anwar Sadat.

5: On October 21, 1520 this sailor entered the Chilean strait that today bears his name.

Ferdinand Magellan.
Round 2. Category: State And Territory Flags
1: The great falls of the Missouri River are pictured on its flag -- we stress great falls.

Montana.

2: The motto on its flag is "Battle Born", not "Wanna Bet?".

Nevada.

3: From left to right, this flag has a big "V", a big eagle and a big "I".

U.S. Virgin Islands.

4: A palm tree divides the "U" and "A" on this territory's flag.

Guam.

5: Rhode Island's flag has 13 of these; Indiana's has 19; Missouri, 24.

stars.
Round 3. Category: Females, Women And Ladies
1: Though not a continuation of the series, 2001's "Quidditch Through the Ages" was a short book by this woman.

J.K. Rowling.

2: She was the mother of Princesses Stephanie and Caroline.

Princess Grace.

3: Check out this empress' 190-carat Orlov Diamond at Russia's Armory Museum.

Catherine the Great.

4: This primatologist and author was murdered in 1985, probably by a vengeful poacher.

Dian Fossey.

5: By the time this 1877 title woman realizes she's been looking at life and love wrong, she catches a train, literally.

Anna Karenina.
Round 4. Category: U.s. Regions
1: It's what PN stands for in PNNL, a national laboratory in Richland, Washington.

Pacific Northwest.

2: "Profound" adjective for the part of the "South" stretching from South Carolina to Louisiana.

deep.

3: A classic 1936 book about the literary peak of Boston and Concord was called "The Flowering of" this area.

New England.

4: Geographic collective name for Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky from when they refused to secede.

border states.

5: Thought to be barren, the Great Plains were marked on pre-Civil War maps as "The Great American" this.

Desert.
Round 5. Category: A Proverbial Mess
1: Good one deserves another turn.

one good turn deserves another.

2: A is words picture a poem without.

A picture is a poem without words.

3: In worth the bird hand in is a bush the two.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

4: Once twice shy bitten.

once bitten twice shy.

5: A color different of a horse.

a horse of a different color.
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February 18, 2021Episode 8 - Parents - Barry Manilow - Tv Pilots - Celebrity Jeopardy! - Conversions
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 8, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Parents
1: Maiden name of the mother of Martin Luther King III.

Scott.

2: In the Bible, King Solomon takes the throne of this man, his father.

David.

3: After his parents died, this poet was raised by his wealthy foster father, John Allan.

Edgar Allan Poe.

4: A college student studying voice when her father was U.S. president, she went on to be a bestselling author.

(Margaret) Truman.

5: Quite a writer herself, she was the mother of Mary Shelley.

Mary Wollstonecraft.
Round 2. Category: Barry Manilow
1: Barry co-produced her Grammy-nominated album "The Divine Miss M".

Bette Midler.

2: Johnson and Johnson is stuck on Barry for writing the jingle for this product.

Band-Aids.

3: Give "without taking" the name of this, Barry's first No. 1 hit single.

"Mandy".

4: 2 of the 3 characters named in Barry's tragic story song "Copacabana".

Lola, Rico and Tony.

5: Geographic title of Barry's song that says, "When can I touch you....when will I hold you again".

"Weekend In New England".
Round 3. Category: Tv Pilots
1: Type of craft piloted by Roger E. Mosely on Â“Magnum, P.I.Â” and James Farrentino on Â“Blue ThunderÂ”.

helicopter.

2: Before Â“CoachÂ” he played Air Force colonel Raynor Sarnac on Â“Call To GloryÂ”.

Craig T. Nelson.

3: This TV superhero flies in an invisible plane, but how does she find it?.

Wonder Woman.

4: Timothy Daly and Steven Weber played brothers and airline pilots on this sitcom.

Wings.

5: Janine Turner played feisty air taxi pilot Maggie on this quirky series.

Northern Exposure.
Round 4. Category: Celebrity Jeopardy!
1: I was the female 2nd banana on "The Garry Moore Show".

Carol Burnett.

2: I once wanted to be a jockey, but ended up "Riding" Harvey Korman.

Tim Conway.

3: I played football at Florida State and used my # 22 in all my movies, like "Semi-Tough".

Burt Reynolds.

4: I'm not really Chef Paul Prudhomme's twin brother, but I was "Barber" to Dean Martin for 8 years.

Dom DeLuise.

5: I played Capt. Parmenter, Sam Jones, and Vinton Harper.

Ken Berry.
Round 5. Category: Conversions
1: A 4th c. statue of him and a cross read, "By this saving sign I have... restored liberty to the Senate and people of Rome".

Constantine.

2: His biographers Tirechan and Muirchu credit him with converting the Irish to Christianity.

Saint Patrick.

3: Around 1890 this licentious Russian underwent change at a monastery at Verkhoture.

(Grigori) Rasputin.

4: In this novel subtitled "A Tale of the Christ", the title man's mom and sis are converted and cured of leprosy.

Ben-Hur.

5: Stephen I, king and st. of this Central European country, converted its people to Christianity in the 11th century.

Hungary.
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February 17, 2021Episode 7 - Hail, Hail Rock 'N' Roll - A Question About Television - Pop's Music - Swedish Actresses - Around The Commonwealth
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 7, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hail, Hail Rock 'N' Roll
1: In this 1971 hit, Don McLean wrote that "Something touched me deep inside the day the music died".

"American Pie".

2: In 1978 the Bee Gees spent a total of 13 weeks at No. 1 and this youngest brother took the top spot for 9 weeks.

Andy Gibb.

3: "Roll Over Beethoven and tell" this Russian composer "the news".

Tchaikovsky.

4: Hoyt Axton wrote 2 of this group's Top 5 hits: "Joy To The World" and "Never Been To Spain".

Three Dog Night.

5: This Stevie Wonder hit is subtitled "Everything's Alright".

"Uptight".
Round 2. Category: A Question About Television
1: This question is the first line of the theme song from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

Who can turn the world on with her smile?.

2: After this hero left the scene, someone inevitably asked, "Who was that masked man?".

The Lone Ranger.

3: This 5-word question became a catchphrase for Gary Coleman on "Different Strokes".

What ya talkin about Willis?.

4: Watching "Twin Peaks", the lynch mob wondered, "Who killed" this teenager.

Laura Palmer.

5: This popular game show featured the question "Will our mystery guest enter and sign in, please?".

What's My Line?.
Round 3. Category: Pop's Music
1: Dad refuses to see a Guy Ritchie film because he's always had a secret crush on this "Like A Virgin" singer.

Madonna.

2: Dad slow dances by himself to this band's "Stairway to Heaven" becuase he's having school dance flashbacks.

Led Zeppelin.

3: Dad wears that dorky clock on a chain because he was into this Public Enemy before he became a VH1 reality star.

Flavor Flav.

4: Dad thinks he's an O.G. because he was into these white rappers long before their album "Ill Communication".

the Beastie Boys.

5: Dad needs help downloading "In Rainbows", but he always said this Thom Yorke band was ahead of its time.

Radiohead.
Round 4. Category: Swedish Actresses
1: Born September 18, 1905, this glamorous Swede's real last name was Gustafsson.

Greta Garbo.

2: She's the only Swedish actress to win 3 Oscars.

Ingrid Bergman.

3: This multi-talented lovely from Valsjobyn received an Oscar nomination for her role in "Tommy".

Ann-Margret.

4: Birgitta Andersson used this first name when acting in classics like "Wild Strawberries".

Bibi.

5: This daughter of Swedish actor Stig Olin starred in "Havana" and "Enemies, A Love Story".

Lena Olin.
Round 5. Category: Around The Commonwealth
1: The first people to settle this country migrated there 40,000 years ago; Europeans settled Botany Bay in 1788.

Australia.

2: The world's seventh-largest country in size, this Commonwealth country is second by population.

India.

3: This westrn hemisphere Commonwealth nation has more lakes and inland rivers than any other country.

Canada.

4: English is the official language of this oil-rich country that borders Chad, NIger and Cameroon.

Nigeria.

5: Constitutional changes in 2000 for this Asian country may help end its civil war between Tamils and Sinhalese.

Sri Lanka.
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February 16, 2021Episode 6 - Dancing Painfully With The Stars - '60s Trivia - The New York Times Book Review - Homonyms - Second Place
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 6, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Dancing Painfully With The Stars
1: OK, he's 400 feet tall with bad fire breath, but as long as we don't go near Tokyo, this title guy can really samba.

Godzilla.

2: Hope your salsa is up to snuff when you team with Det. Sonny Crockett's pet alligator, Elvis, from this show.

Miami Vice.

3: Might be best not to bring up this fishy movie's sequels "3-D" and "The Revenge" when taking the floor.

Jaws.

4: If you tango with this "mild" '60s TV title bear, at 650 lbs., let him lead.

Gentle Ben.

5: Better take a deep breath before you do an underwater merengue with this '60s TV title dolphin.

Flipper.
Round 2. Category: '60s Trivia
1: By 1966 the Air Force had logged 10,147 sightings of these, but didn't believe any.

UFOs.

2: It's what LBJ showed off to reporters in October 1965.

a scar.

3: Jean Nidetch in 1963 lost 72 lbs. and started this company.

Weight Watchers.

4: In 1967 he was kicked out of the House of Representatives for reprehensible behavior.

Adam Clayton Powell.

5: In '61 this oil billionaire installed a pay phone in his mansion for guests to use.

J. Paul Getty.
Round 3. Category: The New York Times Book Review
1: In 2008 the Times called this author's "The Widows of Eastwick" a "predictably ingenious sequel".

John Updike.

2: Julie Powell's "Julie and Julia", a blog-turned-book about mastering this chef's recipes, "has too much blog in its DNA".

Julia Child.

3: This Bernhard Schlink novel about Hanna Schmitz was "ultimately hopeful"; it became a 2008 film.

The Reader.

4: In 2009 the Times liked "The Women", which dealt with this man's loves, like Mamah, who was murdered at Taliesin.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

5: His "A Man in Full" "contains passages as powerful and as beautiful as anything written... by any American novelist".

Tom Wolfe.
Round 4. Category: Homonyms
1: Where newlyweds might walk on their wedding day and on the day after.

Aisle/isle.

2: To switch, or the dimes and quarters in your pocket.

change.

3: To throw a fishing net into the water, or the actors in a play.

cast.

4: Part of the covering on a lizard, or the minimum wage fixed by a performer's contract.

scale.

5: The triangular blade on an anchor's arm, or an accidental stroke of good luck.

a fluke.
Round 5. Category: Second Place
1: South America's second largest country in area, it borders the largest.

Argentina.

2: It's the second place award in an Olympic event.

Silver medal.

3: It was the second nation to put a man in space.

USA.

4: He had the second highest vote total in the 1944 U.S. presidential balloting.

Thomas E. Dewey.

5: This man wasn't knighted after being the second man to stand on top of Mt. Everest.

Tenzing Norgay (the man who was with Hillary).
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February 15, 2021Episode 5 - Me And My Galaxy - "Ex" Words - African Creatures - Rock N' Roll Heaven - Card Games
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 5, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Me And My Galaxy
1: Galaxy comes from the word galaktos, which means milk in this language.

Greek.

2: Our sun is located in an arm of the Milky Way named for this hunter.

Orion.

3: With several arms coiling around a central bulge, the Milky Way galaxy is classified by Hubble as this type of galaxy.

spiral.

4: The center of the Milky Way galaxy lies in this constellation between Scorpio and Capricorn.

Sagittarius.

5: Named for a mythological Ethiopian princess, this galaxy is the most distant object that can be seen by the naked eye.

Andromeda.
Round 2. Category: "Ex" Words
1: Departure of a large number of people; the Israelites, for example.

Exodus.

2: King Arthur's sword.

Excalibur.

3: In this bet, the first and second place finishers in a horse race must be picked in order correctly.

exacta.

4: From the Latin for "out of the ground", it means to disinter.

exhume.

5: In math this number denotes the power to which another number is raised.

the exponent.
Round 3. Category: African Creatures
1: This bloodsucking fly found only in Africa spreads sleeping sickness.

Tsetse fly.

2: Species of these in Africa include the puff adder and the gaboon viper.

Snakes.

3: The African colobus species of this animal dines on leaves.

Monkey.

4: The African bush shrike is a species of this.

Bird.

5: The 2-horned black species of this mammal is famous for its prehensile upper lip.

Rhinoceros.
Round 4. Category: Rock N' Roll Heaven
1: Singer of this song, he spent 9 years in a coma before dying.

Jackie Wilson.

2: He recorded "Mack The Knife" under this name he picked out of a phone book.

Bobby Darin.

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

Karen Carpenter.

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

Buddy Holly.

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

Jim Croce.
Round 5. Category: Card Games
1: When wild cards are used in straight poker, this replaces the royal flush as the highest type of hand.

five of a kind.

2: This card game is known for its pegboard that's used to keep score.

Cribbage.

3: In 2-player War each person begins with this many cards.

26.

4: In this card game named after a suit, if you get stuck with the queen of spades, it's 13 penalty points.

hearts.

5: Also a nickname for our ex-Secretary of Defense, this card game comes in tonk and gin varieties.

rummy.
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February 14, 2021Episode 4 - People Eat That? - Current Sitcoms - Hey "Ya" - Native American Place Names - Tv Drama
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 4, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: People Eat That?
1: This snake-like fish can often be found in sushi.

Eel.

2: The book "Fashionable Food" tells how to make a "truly awful" salad with a banana and this cinema snack.

popcorn.

3: Witchetty grubs are large insect larvae savored ( and named) by this country's Aborigines.

Australia.

4: Secreted by sperm whales and found in perfume, this waxy substance is used as a spice in the East.

ambergris.

5: Tripe is the lining of this digestive organ of cattle.

Stomach.
Round 2. Category: Current Sitcoms
1: A Vermont innkeeper in his last series, this veteran comedian now plays cartoonist Bob McKay.

Bob Newhart.

2: Now in its 7th season, this sitcom about the Bundys is Fox's longest-running series.

Married... with Children.

3: On "Love and War", Jay Thomas wants this former "L.A. Law" star to warm up his nights.

Susan Dey.

4: She's back, she's blonde and she has designs on becoming a country star on her new sitcom.

Delta Burke.

5: It's the name of the newsmagazine show for which Murphy Brown works.

FYI.
Round 3. Category: Hey "Ya"
1: More than 345 million individuals each month hit this website.

Yahoo!.

2: A skullcap worn during prayer by Jewish men.

yarmulke.

3: 3-word nonsense term meaning " and so on" once featured in a popular sitcom.

yada yada yada.

4: "Barbaric" often precedes this word derived from Middle English meaning "harsh cry".

yawp.

5: Slang word for a convict, or a Charlie Parker nickname.

yardbird.
Round 4. Category: Native American Place Names
1: Moving right along--this large Alabama city, as well as a river and bay, was named for an Indian tribe in the region.

Mobile.

2: This New York island is named for the Indians who sold it to Peter Minuit in 1626.

Manhattan.

3: "Buffalo Fish and Tyler Too" doesn't sound quite as poetic as this Indian name for the river.

Tippecanoe.

4: Although its name means "place of sandflies", we associate this Pennsylvania borough with groundhogs.

Punxsutawney.

5: You'd have a whale of a good time visiting this Massachusetts island whose name may mean "the faraway land".

Nantucket.
Round 5. Category: Tv Drama
1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and)I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers.

"JAG".

2: Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series.

"Touched By An Angel".

3: In 1994-95 this medical series finished second in the ratings, the highest ever for a first-year drama series.

"ER".

4: This NBC crime drama is the 1st TV drama series executive produced by film director Barry Levinson.

"Homicide: Life On The Street".

5: Tom Hanks was the executive producer of this 1998 HBO miniseries about the Apollo space program.

"From The Earth To The Moon".
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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