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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
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 60, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
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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April 11, 2021Episode 59 - Female Firsts - I Love You Guys - The British Invasion - The Ocean Blue - Santa Claus
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 59, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Female Firsts
1: In May 1970 Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in this race; she finished 15th aboard Fathom.

the Kentucky Derby.

2: In 1976 she became the first Romanian to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.

Nadia Comaneci.

3: In 1932 Hattie Caraway planted the seed for Dianne Feinstein as the first woman elected to this body.

U.S. Senate.

4: On July 30, 1923 Italian actress Eleonora Duse became 1st woman to appear on the cover of this newsmagazine.

Time magazine.

5: This UPI correspondent was the first woman to head the White House bureau of a major news service.

Helen Thomas.
Round 2. Category: I Love You Guys
1: Jag alskar dig.

Swedish.

2: Wo ie ni.

Chinese.

3: Ya vas lyublyu.

Russian.

4: Ich liebe dich.

German.

5: Yr wyf i'n dy garu di.

Welsh.
Round 3. Category: The British Invasion
1: Hits like Â“Tuesday AfternoonÂ” from Â“Days of Future PassedÂ” hooked this band musically into the Summer of Love.

The Moody Blues.

2: These bad boys began calling themselves the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" in the late '60s.

Rolling Stones.

3: Born in Belfast, he sang lead for the group Them before scoring hits on his own like Â“Brown Eyed GirlÂ”.

Van Morrison.

4: These Â“HermitsÂ” got their name because their lead singer resembled a character on TV's Â“Rocky and His FriendsÂ”.

Herman's Hermits.

5: "God Save the Queen" is a classic by this punk rock band, the leaders of the second British Invasion.

Sex Pistols.
Round 4. Category: The Ocean Blue
1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Michael Newman of "Baywatch") It's the Japanese term for seismic sea waves, sometimes 100 feet high, that can bring lots of tsuris".

Tsunami.

2: It may go plankton-crustacean-herring-haddock and be only as strong as its weakest link.

Food chain.

3: As you'd expect, they're the 2 most abundant chemical elements in the dissolved solids found in seawater.

Sodium and chlorine.

4: The extension of a land mass to about 500' underwater; it gives way to the Continental Slope.

Continental Shelf.

5: The photic zone is the upper ocean layer, with enough sunlight to allow this plant process.

Photosynthesis.
Round 5. Category: Santa Claus
1: Part of Lapland north of the Arctic Circle has been proclaimed "Santa Claus Land" in this country.

Finland.

2: In this song, Santa Claus is "making a list and checking it twice; gonna find out who's naughty and nice".

"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town".

3: The mythology of Santa Claus came to the Americas with this ethnic group as "Sinter Klaas" in the 17th century.

the Dutch.

4: 2-word name that British children use for Santa; J.R.R. Tolkien wrote his kids a series of "Letters" from him.

Father Christmas.

5: For Belgian children, Santa Claus comes from Spain by boat on the night of Dec. 5 and leaves gifts in these.

their shoes.
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April 10, 2021Episode 58 - O'hollywood - Barbra Streisand - Barnyard Animals - Loco For Logos - Fun On The Map
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 58, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: O'hollywood
1: In "Singin' in the Rain", he knew how to "Make 'Em Laugh".

Donald O'Connor.

2: In "My Favorite Year", his character admitted "I'm not an actor; I'm a movie star".

Peter O'Toole.

3: At age 6, she asked the director, "Do you want the tears to run all the way, or shall I stop halfway down?".

Margaret O'Brien.

4: Not "Rosemary's Baby", but "Rosemary's" real-life mother.

Maureen O'Sullivan.

5: He played Archie Bunker.

Carrol O'Connor.
Round 2. Category: Barbra Streisand
1: 1976 love theme title that completes the lyric "Love, ageless and...".

evergreen.

2: On July 1, 1998 Barbra married this actor.

James Brolin.

3: In 1962 Streisand played Miss Marmelstein in this garment industry Broadway musical.

I Can Get It for You Wholesale.

4: In "Funny Girl" and "Funny Lady", Barbra Streisand portrayed this funny lady.

Fanny Brice.

5: A Pat Conroy novel was the basis for this film, Barbra's second as a director.

The Prince of Tides.
Round 3. Category: Barnyard Animals
1: Around the world this animal sounds different: "K' ok' iyo" in Korean and "Goh-geh-goh-goh" in Chinese.

rooster.

2: Considered among the first animals used in husbandry, they're divided into types by wool texture.

sheep.

3: The height of these barnyard animals is measured in hands.

horses.

4: When bringing home the bacon, remember that this animal's meat is taboo to observant Muslims and Jews.

Pig/swine.

5: A "maid" may have a special stool to sit on while attending to this bovine animal.

a cow.
Round 4. Category: Loco For Logos
1: Fast-forward into the 21st century with this electronic device that "gets you way more than a DVR".

TiVo.

2: This company's logocelebrates 60 years in 2013.

Playboy.

3: Can you pick me up a littlepick-me-up from this chain?.

Starbucks.

4: It went liveMarch 21, 2006.

Twitter.

5: This company is named after the aircraft carrier the owner served on during World War II.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
Round 5. Category: Fun On The Map
1: This world capital has the same name as a character in "Romeo and Juliet".

Paris.

2: Say ahhhhhhhh! The Dalton Iceberg Tongue on this continent actually looks like a tongue.

Antarctica.

3: Just one look at this island southeast of Sumatra makes me want a cup of coffee.

Java.

4: A digitally enhanced map of these bodies of water in New York State shows you how they got this name.

the Finger Lakes.

5: The Greater Antilles are big islands, like Cuba; the smaller ones may get a complex with this "diminuitive" name.

the Lesser Antilles.
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April 09, 2021Episode 57 - European Rivers - "Adventure" Movies - S-S-Snakes-S-S - Around The Office - Religious Festivals
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 57, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: European Rivers
1: In 1937 this Russian river's first hydroelectric project was completed at Ivankovo.

Volga.

2: The famed boatmen of this Russian river once pulled their barges from the river's banks.

Volga.

3: In 1992 Slovaks altered this river's course on the border of Slovakia and Hungary to improve navigation.

Danube.

4: The ancient Romans believed it was a shield protecting Gaul from the wild German tribes.

Rhine.

5: This country's longest river, the Gudena, winds 98 miles through the Jutland Peninsula.

Denmark.
Round 2. Category: "Adventure" Movies
1: Elementary, my dear Watson! It's a 1939 movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

2: In the 1960 version, Jim the runaway slave was played by boxer Archie Moore.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

3: 1948 film about a legendary lover played by legendary lover Errol Flynn.

The Adventures of Don Juan.

4: Yup, in this film Gary Cooper played the explorer whose name gets shouted out in pools worldwide.

The Adventures of Marco Polo.

5: The title character of this 1984 movie was a rock star, brain surgeon, and nuclear physicist.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.
Round 3. Category: S-S-Snakes-S-S
1: The Naja Haje or Egyptian cobra is commonly known by this 3-letter name.

Asp.

2: Each time a rattlesnake does this, its rattle gets a little bigger.

Sheds its skin.

3: This snake, subject of a 1997 film, is the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

Anaconda.

4: These fluids are classified into 2 major groups: neurotoxic and hemotoxic.

Venom.

5: This snake's French name is from its head's resemblance to the tip of a knight's weapon.

Fer-de-lance.
Round 4. Category: Around The Office
1: Start worrying if someone hired for a week as one of these acts like Lara Flynn Boyle in the 1993 movie of that name.

The Temp.

2: The Atlantic reports companies use 40% more paper upon introducing this communication system.

E-mail.

3: Workers may gather around the monitor and boogie along with this internet infant from Kinetix.

"The Dancing Baby".

4: Workers get frustrated trying to hold closed-door meetings in these partitioned workspaces.

Cubicles.

5: If your colleagues fall asleep in a meeting, it may mean this drink was in the brown instead of the orange pot.

Decaf coffee.
Round 5. Category: Religious Festivals
1: Assumption,Ascension.

Roman Catholicism.

2: Wesak,Navam.

Buddhism.

3: Eid al-Fitr,Laylat al-Qadr.

Islam.

4: Diwali,Holi.

Hinduism.

5: Purim,Sukkot.

Judaism.
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April 08, 2021Episode 56 - Jail - "W" - 20Th Century Science Tidbits - Stephen King - Shortwave
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 56, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Jail
1: This country's Kharkov Prison is said to be world's largest, accommodating 40,000 prisoners.

Soviet Union.

2: In "Monopoly", if you pay to get out of jail, it costs this much.

$50.

3: Calling it "Most Secure Prison", Guinness says tho 23 attempted to escape from Alcatraz, this many succeeded.

none.

4: Unlucky Col. Klink was in charge of this prison camp housing "Hogan's Heroes".

Stalag 13.

5: (audio Daily Double)Title of the following prison song, the 2nd-biggest hit of its singer's career:.

"Chain Gang" (by Sam Cooke).
Round 2. Category: "W"
1: 56 miles from Hopewell, Virginia is this city that has been restored to the way it was in Colonial times.

Williamsburg.

2: The saxophone is a member of this instrument family, not the brass family.

woodwinds.

3: He was the British prime minister from 1964 to 1970 and again from '74 to '76.

Harold Wilson.

4: Considered the greatest poet of Medieval Germany, this man from Eschenbach wrote an early epic poem about the Grail.

Wolfram von Eschenbach.

5: When measuring a horse using hands, you measure from the ground up to these, not the ears.

the withers.
Round 3. Category: 20Th Century Science Tidbits
1: Meredith Gourdine's work on gas dispersion led to a way of clearing this from airport runways.

fog.

2: After Sir James Chadwick's 1932 discovery of this fundamental particle of matter, the world went fission.

a neutron.

3: Entomologist Thomas Eisner helped decipher the flash code used by the femmes fatales of these insects.

fireflies.

4: In the '70s Hans Dehmelt took a color photo of Astrid, a single charged ion of this element, Ba.

barium.

5: The UNIVAC computer used this format for permanent data storage.

magnetic tape.
Round 4. Category: Stephen King
1: "The Wizard and Glass" is one entry in this series.

The Dark Tower.

2: This nickname for death row at Cold Mountain penitentiary is also the title of a serial novel by King.

The Green Mile.

3: "The Wizard and Glass" is one entry in this series.

The Dark Tower.

4: The inspiration for this novel came when king's daughter's cat was killed by a passing truck.

Pet Semetary.

5: Judging by its title, this 1994 novel kept readers up all night.

"Insomnia".
Round 5. Category: Shortwave
1: Mainly funded by the CIA, this broadcasting operation began transmitting behind the Iron Curtain in 1949.

Radio Free Europe.

2: One book calls this 12-letter word the "arch-enemy of shortwave listeners"; I just call it annoying.

interference.

3: This service that broadcasts from Abuja and Lagos has a name reflecting that of the USA's official radio service.

Voice of Nigeria.

4: The shortwave band begins at about 1700 these units abbreviated kHz; below that you're in AM territory.

kilohertz.

5: To catch the BBC at 1700 UTC, or Universal Time Coordinated, tune in at this morning hour Pacific Standard time.

9:00 AM.
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April 07, 2021Episode 55 - 5 Rhymes - Oops! - Working On My Classic Car - Health And Medicine - Blockbuster Bluster
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 55, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 5 Rhymes
1: To grow vigorous and healthy.

thrive.

2: Herb with a strong onion flavor.

chive.

3: In Tennyson it precedes "...to seek, to find, and not to yield".

strive.

4: Honeycomb home.

hive.

5: A dirty, shabby bar.

dive.
Round 2. Category: Oops!
1: During "Carmen" in 1995, tenor Fabio Armiliato was accidentally cut by one of these long-bladed weapons.

a sword.

2: Nickname for having your long distance service changed without asking; Cicero, Illinois' city hall experienced it.

slamming.

3: Montblanc recalled 1000s of these after engraving Dumas Fils' signature on them instead of Dumas Pere's.

pens.

4: In 1970 the Oregon Highway Division blew up a beached one of these mammals and damaged a car 1/4 mile away.

Whale.

5: This recent ad slogan didn't translate into Spanish; it literally meant "are you lactating?".

got milk?.
Round 3. Category: Working On My Classic Car
1: To verify the fuel ignites at the proper moment and gets the engine over 300 HP, this type of gun or light is necessary.

a timing gun.

2: Also a device on the wall of your home, this valve either stops or allows coolant through the engine.

a thermostat.

3: Use dipsticks to check 2 levels: of the oil and of the fluid for this system that transfers power to the wheels.

the transmission.

4: Manifold bolts should not be over- or under-tightened, so use this type of wrench with a foot/pound scale.

a torque wrench.

5: It routes high voltage in the correct order for firing the spark plugs, so check its cap for burns.

the distributor.
Round 4. Category: Health And Medicine
1: The AMA now advises women to have this breast cancer screening annually beginning at age 40.

a mammogram.

2: Doctors use a central line to puts lots of fluid into a large vein, such as the one in the head and neck.

the jugular.

3: In some instances, the treatment of leukemia may call for a transplant of this bone tissue.

marrow.

4: This type of dr. specializes in the kidneys, bladder and ureters, as well as the male reproductive organs.

a urologist.

5: Apnea is the temporary cessation of this.

breathing.
Round 5. Category: Blockbuster Bluster
1: As governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary is $175,000 per year; for this '03 sequel, he got about $30 million.

Terminator 3.

2: If you lined up for "Star Wars: Episode II" in 2002, you had to be prepared for an "Attack" by these title duplicates.

clones.

3: Appropriate name of the highest-grossing film of all time.

Titanic.

4: As Leo Getz, he annoyed Riggs and Murtaugh in 1998's "Lethal Weapon 4", his latest film as of early 2006.

Joe Pesci.

5: The hills were alive with the hum of megabucks for this 1965 musical starring Julie Andrews.

The Sound of Music.
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April 06, 2021Episode 54 - Musical Geography - Ripley's Believe It Or Not! - Great Rulers - Funny Pages - Smooching In Shakespeare
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 54, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Musical Geography
1: Pick me up some spices if you're going to this Simon and Garfunkel "Fair".

"Scarborough Fair".

2: City mentioned in the title of the TV show whose theme is heard here:.

Beverly Hills, 90210.

3: "Start spreading the news", Ol' Blue Eyes made it here.

New York.

4: This "house in New Orleans" has "been the ruin of many a poor boy".

The House of the Rising Sun.

5: It's where Fats Domino found his thrill in 1956.

"Blueberry Hill".
Round 2. Category: Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
1: B.I.O.N., Texan David Pay has written over 300 alphabetic characters on a single grain of this!.

rice.

2: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted and raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes!.

chimps.

3: B.I.O.N., herpetologist Bill Haast has been bitten over 150 times by these deadly creatures!.

snakes.

4: B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails.

the crucifixion.

5: B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls!.

a Barbie doll.
Round 3. Category: Great Rulers
1: This king of Judea from 37-4 B.C. was a friend of Mark Anthony.

Herod (the Great).

2: Justinian the Great's wife was a former one of these, like the wife of the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan.

an actress.

3: Constantine the Great was the first Roman ruler to convert to this religion.

Christianity.

4: He was born June 9, 1672, the son of Czar Alexis I Mikhailovich.

Peter the Great.

5: By 896 A.D. this West Saxon king had captured the city of London.

Alfred the Great.
Round 4. Category: Funny Pages
1: "Rock This".

Chris Rock.

2: "Leading with my Chin".

Jay Leno.

3: "I Rant, Therefore I Am".

Dennis Miller.

4: "Enter Whining".

Fran Drescher.

5: "Sein Language".

Jerry Seinfeld.
Round 5. Category: Smooching In Shakespeare
1: In this comedy Petruchio says, "Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday".

Taming of the Shrew.

2: "We have kiss'd away kingdoms and provinces" says Scarus in the play about this title couple.

Antony and Cleopatra.

3: "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Henry VI, Part III" both mention the kiss of this Biblical traitor.

Judas Iscariot.

4: He claims that the sleeping Michael Cassio kissed him hard while dreaming of Desdemona.

Iago.

5: He says, "Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft" while holding Yorick's skull.

Hamlet.
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April 05, 2021Episode 53 - 1890S Science - "Street"S - Globetrotting - D.c. Sites - Florida Cities
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 53, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1890S Science
1: In 1895 Aleksandr Popov and this Italian separately came up with the antenna to improve radio reception.

Guglielmo Marconi.

2: He was just trying to make things glow in the dark when he discovered X-rays in 1895.

Wilhelm Roentgen.

3: While trying to create these precious stones in a lab, Edward Acheson came up with carborundum.

diamonds.

4: In 1890 William Halsted became the first surgeon to wear these during an operation.

gloves.

5: In 1892 Jupiter's moon Amalthea became the last satellite discovered without using this process.

photography.
Round 2. Category: "Street"S
1: In this song you should "Grab your coat and get your hat, leave your worry on the doorstep".

"On the Sunny Side of the Street".

2: One is said to be on this street if he's financially independent.

"Easy Street".

3: America's second-largest daily newspaper, it's published in New York City and 4 regional editions.

The Wall Street Journal.

4: Elvis could have told you it's the location of "Heartbreak Hotel".

down at the end of lonely street.

5: Irene Dunne, Margaret Sullavan and Susan Hayward have all been in film versions of this Hurst novel.

"Backstreet".
Round 3. Category: Globetrotting
1: His 129-country international travels ended in August 2004 with a trip to Lourdes.

Pope John Paul II.

2: (Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN's 360.) I took a 16-hour flight from New York to this 25,000-square-mile nation off India to report on tsunami damage.

Sri Lanka.

3: Books by Redmond O'Hanlon include the tale of "A Journey Between the Orinoco and" this river.

the Amazon.

4: Abercrombie and Kent offers these African journeys; founder Geoffrey Kent was born on one in Zambia.

safari.

5: The hero of the novel "Up in the Air" is a business traveler obsessed with obtaining 1 million of these.

frequent flyer miles.
Round 4. Category: D.c. Sites
1: At its 500-foot level, it has 8 small windows, 2 on each side.

the Washington Monument.

2: This library on the Hill has a theatre that evokes the courtyard of an English Renaissance inn.

the Folger Library.

3: This motto is on the base of the Statue of Freedom that sits atop the Capitol.

E pluribus unum.

4: The building on Pennsylvania Ave. named for him houses the FBI.

(J. Edgar) Hoover.

5: This center includes restaurants, theaters, a concert hall and an opera house.

the Kennedy Center (for the Performing Arts).
Round 5. Category: Florida Cities
1: Established as a military post in 1838, it's now the home of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Fort Lauderdale.

2: This city, central Florida's largest, is one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Orlando.

3: Among this city's daily newspapers are the English-language Herald and the Spanish-language Diario Las Americas.

Miami.

4: Miami is the seat of this county, which is entirely within Miami's metropolitan area.

Dade County.

5: Tableware from the battleship Florida is a highlight of the governor's mansion in this city.

Tallahassee.
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April 04, 2021Episode 52 - Photo Ops - Basic Spanish - You Bot It - & A Bible Person To Be Named Later - 4-Letter Capitals
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 52, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Photo Ops
1: Ocean Spray's Cranberry World visitors' center is berry close to this site of the Pilgrims' landing.

Plymouth Rock.

2: This London "circus" takes its name from the home of a 17th c. tailor who sold a type of high collar.

Piccadilly Circus.

3: France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier lies beneath this landmark.

the Arc de Triomphe.

4: W.C. Handy wrote a song about this Memphis street sometimes referred to as the "Main Street of Black America".

Beale Street.

5: A glass elevator leads to the observation deck at the top of this 600' symbol of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.

Space Needle.
Round 2. Category: Basic Spanish
1: It can get you from here to there: avion.

a plane.

2: A wild animal: lobo.

wolf.

3: A family member: hermana.

sister.

4: A part of the body: corazon.

heart.

5: An occupation: medico.

doctor.
Round 3. Category: You Bot It
1: Started in 1997 to develop robotics and A.I., the Robocup features robots playing this competitive sport.

soccer.

2: This toy company created Mindstorms for robots, with programmable bricks and sensors.

Lego.

3: In 1961 the world's first production-line robot was used by this U.S. automaker.

General Motors.

4: The humanoid robot Asimo performs some John Travolta dance moves in this Disneyland "land".

Tomorrowland.

5: For this robot vacuum, the company iRobot uses technology developed to clear minefields.

Roomba.
Round 4. Category: & A Bible Person To Be Named Later
1: Unnamed in the Bible, this queen is called Balkis or Bilqis in other places; Solomon didn't ask.

Queen of Sheba.

2: "The Prince of Egypt" says Seti gave the order to kill the newborn Hebrews and adopted this Hebrew boy.

Moses.

3: Dismas, the penitent one of these, and Gestas, the impenitent one, died by crucifixion and acquired their names much later.

Thieves.

4: Oscar Wilde made a veiled reference to this woman, unnamed in the Bible when she danced before Herod.

Salome.

5: Latin for "wise men", they were later named Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar.

Magi.
Round 5. Category: 4-Letter Capitals
1: Akershus Castle, a tourist site in this capital, sits on a rocky peninsula overlooking a fjord.

Oslo.

2: It's been said that "All roads lead to" this "Eternal City".

Rome.

3: In 1990 it became the capital of a unified Yemen.

Sana.

4: Just 12 degrees south of the Equator, this Peruvian capital's temperatures are moderated by the Humboldt Current.

Lima.

5: This Latvian capital was founded in 1201 by German crusaders.

Riga.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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