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August 08, 2021Episode 179 - While John Paul I Was Pope - World Travel - They Wrote For The New York Times - Celebrity Headaches - Where's The "Fire"?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 179, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: While John Paul I Was Pope
1: Sadat sat down to begin talks with Begin and Carter at this U.S. site September 6, 1978.

Camp David.

2: He regained the heavyweight title from the man he had lost it to in February -- Leon Spinks.

Muhammad Ali.

3: In an Aug. 30, 1978 press conference he said the Chevy Vega's gas tanks were just as dangerous as the Ford Pinto's.

Ralph Nader.

4: For 1978 tennis' U.S. Open moved from Forest Hills to a new home at this "meadow".

Flushing Meadow.

5: Olafur Johannesson became this island's P.M. and promptly devalued its currency.

Iceland.
Round 2. Category: World Travel
1: Pharaonic Village, which recreates life in ancient times, is on an island in this river.

Nile.

2: Some tourists save money by staying at the Bangkok YMCA in this country.

Thailand.

3: This Swedish capital has hotels named for Lord Nelson and his mistress, Lady Hamilton.

Stockholm.

4: Among the hotels with casinos in this city are Shepheard's, the Ramses Hilton and the Nile Hilton.

Cairo.

5: Want to ride an elephant in this country? Head for the Gokarna Safari Park east of Katmandu.

Nepal.
Round 3. Category: They Wrote For The New York Times
1: Trying to protect his sources, in 1978 reporter Myron Farber spent 38 days here.

Jail.

2: In 1962 the Times sent David Halberstam to this country, where he often challenged the official version of events.

Vietnam.

3: Born in Clydebank, political writer James Reston had this nickname, like a "Star Trek" engineer.

"Scotty".

4: Colorful nickname of Times sportswriter Walter Smith.

"Red".

5: The Times' longtime movie critic, he shifted to theater criticism in 1993.

Vincent Canby.
Round 4. Category: Celebrity Headaches
1: If you're a celebrity, these photographers named for a character in a movie can be anywhere.

paparazzi.

2: Paying about 60 grand for the XJ8 model of this British car, you'd think a CD player would be standard.

Jaguar.

3: Don't let your personal trainer work your biceps and forget these opposing muscles on the arms.

Triceps.

4: You're probably sick of having your floors scuffed by photographers from this Conde Nast "Digest".

Architectural Digest.

5: It can be tough remembering your password for your secret bank account in this most populous city in Switzerland.

Zurich.
Round 5. Category: Where's The "Fire"?
1: They're also known as lightning bugs.

fireflies.

2: Where you'll find a hearth.

a fireplace.

3: Deadly double that rained down on Gomorrah.

fire and brimstone.

4: Resort and national seashore east of NYC.

Fire Island.

5: Stravinsky ballet from 1910.

The Firebird.
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August 07, 2021Episode 178 - Body Parts By Prefix - Tree-Letter Words - Rock "E" - Novel Vocabulary - Time To Get A "Head"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 178, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Body Parts By Prefix
1: Entero-.

the intestine.

2: Dermato-.

skin.

3: Opto-.

the eye.

4: Gastro-.

the stomach.

5: Chiro-.

the hand.
Round 2. Category: Tree-Letter Words
1: A sudden burst of light; some can be "in the pan".

a flash.

2: On "Sesame Street" he's tickled to have his own "World".

Elmo.

3: Dagger's partner in espionage.

cloak.

4: Show us some backbone by giving us this synonym of the backbone.

spine.

5: You gotta hand it to a fortune teller who uses this art to read your hands.

palmistry.
Round 3. Category: Rock "E"
1: Earth joined Wind and Fire and he joined Lake and Palmer.

Keith Emerson.

2: In titles it preceded Eddie Money's "Nights" and Richard Marx's "Summer Nights".

Endless.

3: This botanical tune grew up to No. 1 in 1988.

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (by Poison).

4: Though this Art Alexakis band was formed in Portland, its first hit was about Santa Monica.

Everclear.

5: The Eurythmics were on the bill in 2000 at the grand opening celebration of this Seattle rock museum.

Experience Music Project.
Round 4. Category: Novel Vocabulary
1: This Daniel Defoe hero is "thrown into a violent calenture"--a fever once said to affect sailors in the Tropics.

Robinson Crusoe.

2: He may have coined the term daggeroso, meaning "inclined to use a dagger"; it's in his novel "Sons and Lovers".

D.H. Lawrence.

3: In "The Age of Innocence", society women must be "properly coiffees"--meaning this must look just right.

hair.

4: This author wasn't charitable to readers when he used "eleemosynary" in the first line of "Tom Jones".

(Henry) Fielding.

5: "What a mommet of a maid!" (mommet meaning scarecrow) is said of this Thomas Hardy title character.

Tess.
Round 5. Category: Time To Get A "Head"
1: It blows against the direction of travel.

a head wind.

2: The leading performer in a show.

the headliner.

3: For U.S. Central Command, it's at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.

headquarters.

4: A man in charge of a school, usually a private one.

a headmaster.

5: Porcine term for obstinancy.

pigheaded.
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August 06, 2021Episode 177 - Hot Spots Of The '80s - Name The Singer - Olla Podrida - Missouri Loves Company - Double Meanings
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 177, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Hot Spots Of The '80s
1: On April 12, 1982 Great Britain imposed a blockade on this island group.

Falkland Islands (or Malvinas).

2: Students who met in this square April 18, 1989 to mourn Hu Yaobang's death stayed to demonstrate.

Tiananmen Square.

3: The Achille Lauro was in this sea when it was hijacked October 7, 1985.

Mediterranean Sea.

4: Accusing this nation of backing terrorism, the U.S. ordered its embassy in D.C. closed May 6, 1981.

Libya.

5: This newly independent country's first prime minister, Marxist Robert Mugabe, took office in 1980.

Zimbabwe.
Round 2. Category: Name The Singer
1: "Song Sung Blue","Forever in Blue Jeans".

Neil Diamond.

2: "Anticipation","You're So Vain".

Carly Simon.

3: "Penny Lover","Say You, Say Me".

Lionel Richie.

4: "If You Asked Me To","It's All Coming Back To Me Now".

Celine Dion.

5: "I'm the Only One","Come to My Window".

Melissa Etheridge.
Round 3. Category: Olla Podrida
1: People who daydream are said to be "Building" these "in Spain".

Castles.

2: Don Quixote roamed across this plateau of central Spain.

La Mancha.

3: Iced drink made of wine, soda water and fruit juice.

Sangria.

4: Commanded by the Duke of Medina, this group of ships was thought to be invincible -- didn't work.

Spanish Armada.

5: She hit the Top 10 in 1987 with "La Isla Bonita", her Spanish lullaby.

Madonna.
Round 4. Category: Missouri Loves Company
1: At Westminster College, there's a memorial and library honoring this man who gave his "iron curtain" speech on campus in 1946.

(Winston) Churchill.

2: Before moving to Missouri, this pro football team was known as the Dallas Texans.

Kansas City Chiefs.

3: At Westminster College, there's a memorial and library honoring this man who gave his "iron curtain" speech on campus in 1946.

(Winston) Churchill.

4: You're barking up the right tree if you know this is Missouri's state tree.

dogwood.

5: A June 26, 2010 re-ride to celebrate the 150th anniv. of the Pony Express ended with a procession through this city.

St. Joseph.
Round 5. Category: Double Meanings
1: The only pleas he knew about was "More Scotch, please"; you can't pass the blank exam sitting in the blank all day.

bar.

2: Swift, or the largest organized unit of naval ships.

fleet.

3: This word can mean "to play in as if in water" or "to work at in a superficial manner".

dabble.

4: You always fall for my blank sacrifice; too bad I'm so broke my chess set is in blank .

pawn.

5: Everyone knows the word "ballerina," but may not know her male counterpart is sometimes called this, meaning a rider, or someone who gallantly escorts a lady.

a cavalier.
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August 05, 2021Episode 176 - Really Tough Wheel Of Fortune Puzzles - A Walk In The Park - Not Without My Daughter - Countries By City - Capital Punishment
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 176, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Really Tough Wheel Of Fortune Puzzles
1: ON THE MENU: I'll take a "G", Pat and solve the puzzle... it's an Italian dish of tiny dumplings made from potatoes or flour.

gnocchi.

2: THING: It's the cavity or tube that connects the oral and nasal passages with the esophagus and larynx.

pharynx.

3: ON THE MAP: This country whose capital is Astana became a republic of the USSR in 1936.

Kazakhstan.

4: BEFORE and AFTER: French action movie and Peta Wilson TV show that became a world leader in 1958.

La Femme Nikita Khrushchev.

5: PERSON: A total of 3 Zs are in the first and last names of this national security adviser under Carter.

Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Round 2. Category: A Walk In The Park
1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV.

Regent's Park.

2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV.

The White House.

3: The Bridge of Perfect Wisdom is a landmark of Beihai Park in this world capital.

Beijing.

4: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city.

Jerusalem.

5: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766.

Vienna.
Round 3. Category: Not Without My Daughter
1: For many years, this "pretty baby" was inseparable from her manager mom Teri, an ex-model herself.

Brooke Shields.

2: It's no rumor: her real daughter, Rumer, played her movie daughter in "Striptease".

Demi Moore.

3: Mom Naomi kept performing as half of this duo for over a year after doctors advised her to quit.

the Judds.

4: This current Dutch queen was a baby when she fled the Netherlands with her mother during WWII.

Beatrice (Beatrix).

5: In 1986 she and her mother Nusrat were formally elected co-Chairwomen of the Pakistani People's Party.

(Benazir) Bhutto.
Round 4. Category: Countries By City
1: Jagersfontein,Krugersdorp,Ladysmith.

South Africa.

2: Bremen,Kiel,Worms.

Germany.

3: Chandigarh,Jaipur,Amritsar.

India.

4: Recife,Sao Goncalo,Itapipoca.

Brazil.

5: Toowoomba,Wagga Wagga,Adelaide.

Australia.
Round 5. Category: Capital Punishment
1: Joan of Arc.

Burned at the stake.

2: Mata Hari.

Firing Squad.

3: Socrates.

Drank Hemlock.

4: Louis XVI.

Beheaded.

5: Haman.

Hung from the gallows.
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August 04, 2021Episode 175 - Put Me In, Coach! - Bands Of The '80s - Yasir - 4 - Gamers Unite!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 175, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Put Me In, Coach!
1: I can't believe the ref called one of these on our goalie for elbowing, but I'm ready to go to the box and serve it.

a penalty.

2: Notre Dame's football coach from 1918 to 1930, he had a winning percentage of .881, the highest in NCAA history.

Rockne.

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

a pinch runner.

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: Coach, we need rebounds. I can lead us to the promised land like this Hall of Fame Rockets and Sixers center.

Moses Malone.
Round 2. Category: Bands Of The '80s
1: Icicle Works formed in this city more than 20 years after the Beatles.

Liverpool.

2: This group got its name by combining the names of 2 bands: Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns.

Guns N' Roses.

3: This Wham! singer's original name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.

George Michael.

4: The Proclaimers hit the U.S. charts when "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was featured in this Johnny Depp film.

Benny and Joon.

5: Bobby Brown left this group in 1986 and was replaced by Johnny Gill.

New Edition.
Round 3. Category: Yasir
1: Arafat and this Likud leader signed a 1997 accord on Israeli troop withdrawal from most of the city of Hebron.

Benjamin Netanyahu.

2: Some say Arafat was born in Jerusalem in 1929; others, in Gaza; still others, in this capital of Egypt.

Cairo.

3: It's "The Loneliest Number" of nights Arafat will reportedly sleep in a house before moving on.

1.

4: In 1969 Arafat was named chairman of the PLO, which stands for this.

Palestine Liberation Organization.

5: In the '50s Arafat worked in an engineering firm in this country, the invasion of which triggered the Gulf War.

Kuwait.
Round 4. Category: 4
1: =.

=.

2: "Seasonal" quartet in the lyrics of "You've Got A Friend".

winter, spring, summer and fall.

3: =.

=.

4: =.

=.

5: To complete a foursome, mathematician Herman Minkowski added this to length, width and height.

time.
Round 5. Category: Gamers Unite!
1: In this 2007 sequel Master Chief has new vehicles like the Mongoose to help him stop the Flood and the Covenant.

Halo 3.

2: "The Burning Crusade", an expansion to this popular Blizzard game, offers 2 new races: Draenei and Blood Elves.

World of Warcraft.

3: This musical instrument simulation game has a working whammy bar.

Guitar Hero.

4: In "Shadows of Angmar", a video game based on these books, Sauron sends the Nazgul in search of some jewelry.

The Lord of the Rings.

5: This Japanese video game involves a sticky little ball that players roll to grow it larger by picking up things.

Katamari.
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August 03, 2021Episode 174 - "Barn"S - 1932 - A Pain In The "R"S - Sports 2000 - "N" Joy
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 174, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Barn"S
1: This purple Jurassic giant is a PBS headliner.

Barney.

2: These crustaceans adhere to ships' hulls.

barnacles.

3: Step right up! This impresario's ostentatious mansion was known as "Iranistan".

P.T. Barnum.

4: Aerial acrobatics popular in the Midwest after WWI.

barnstorming.

5: Private 4-year women's college located at 3009 Broadway in Manhattan.

Barnard.
Round 2. Category: 1932
1: 2 of the starring guests registered at MGM's "Grand Hotel".

(2 of) Wallace Beery, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt.

2: Completed in 1932, this NYC movie house still has more seats than any other in the world.

Radio City Music Hall.

3: On July 8th, it dropped to 41.22, its lowest point of the Great Depression.

Dow Jones.

4: French medics found fewer germs were exchanged during a kiss than this less intimate greeting.

handshake.

5: Physicists Millikan and Compton debated over origin of these particles from space.

cosmic rays.
Round 3. Category: A Pain In The "R"S
1: The separation of the membrane from the choroids at the back of the eye is known as a detached one of these.

the retina.

2: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children.

rickets.

3: It's what the R in the MMR vaccine stands for.

rubella.

4: Parents are advised not to give children aspirin because of its link to this potentially fatal syndrome.

Reye's syndrome.

5: These viruses responsible for many respiratory infections share part of their name with a pachyderm.

a rhinovirus.
Round 4. 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: On July 23, he became only the second American to win the Tour de France in consecutive years.

Lance Armstrong.

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

Venus Williams.

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

George "Sparky" Anderson.
Round 5. Category: "N" Joy
1: He's the saint associated with children, sailors and Christmas.

Saint Nicholas.

2: It's "The Country Music Capital of the World".

Nashville.

3: To some, the music of this group, led by Kurt Cobain, was anything but blissful.

Nirvana.

4: A songbird, or the last name of nursing pioneer Florence.

Nightingale.

5: With over 15 million acres, this American Indian tribe has the largest reservation in the U.S..

Navajo.
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August 02, 2021Episode 173 - The 1880s - Great Ol' Songs - The Body Woman - Tv Actors - The Ends In "X" Files
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 173, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The 1880s
1: On January 27, 1880 he received a patent for his incandescent light.

Thomas Edison.

2: She represented the U.S. at the 1884 Red Cross conference in Geneva, Switzerland.

Clara Barton.

3: In 1883 Belle Starr was convicted of stealing these.

horses.

4: (Kelly of the clue crew gives the clue from New York) Though ridiculed at first The Salvation Army's work was finally recognized in 1886 when this president invited them to the White House and endorsed their work.

Grover Cleveland.

5: This writer was born on Feb. 7, 1885 in Sauk Center, Minn.--perhaps on the town's "Main Street".

Sinclair Lewis.
Round 2. Category: Great Ol' Songs
1: This U.S. state "Here I come, right back where I started from".

California.

2: "Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, ain't we got" this.

fun.

3: "When" this man "comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah".

Johnny.

4: This title completes the line "Now I ask you very confidentially...".

"Ain't She Sweet".

5: "I'm looking over" one of these "that I overlooked before".

a four-leaf clover.
Round 3. Category: The Body Woman
1: These organs that produce eggs stop functioning as glands between ages 45 and 55.

ovaries.

2: Colorblindness is rare in women as they have 2 of these dominant gene-carrying chromosomes.

X.

3: This grows the fastest in women ages 16-24 and its length also affects its growth.

hair.

4: Shallower and wider than a man's to allow for childbirth, its bones are fused in a ring to give support.

pelvis.

5: Estrace is a synthetic version of this hormone sometimes prescribed after menopause.

Estrogen.
Round 4. Category: Tv Actors
1: (Hey, I'm Alicia Witt) In 1995 she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on the sitcom we both work on, "Cybill".

Christine Baranski.

2: Actors who have played cops on this series include S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth and Paul Sorvino.

Law and Order.

3: On this series, William B. Davis plays a character called the Cigarette-Smoking Man.

The X-Files.

4: Now a regular on "NewsRadio", on "Saturday Night Live" he played the Anal-Retentive Chef.

Phil Hartman.

5: Wallace Langham plays Josh on "Veronica's Closet" and Phil on this HBO talk show spoof.

The Larry Sanders Show.
Round 5. Category: The Ends In "X" Files
1: Dude! It's a Keanu movie!.

The Matrix.

2: A 2-tenant dwelling with separate entrances.

Duplex.

3: Oh my gosh! It's the most exciting point in a dramatic narrative!.

Climax.

4: This bacterial cattle disease whose name is from the Greek for "coal" can be transmitted to humans.

Anthrax.

5: It can be the highest point in someone's career or the highest point of a building.

Apex.
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August 01, 2021Episode 172 - Travel - In Your Chevrolet - All The King's Songs - Starts With "G" - Space Exploration
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 172, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Travel
1: This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines.

Easter Island.

2: In 1993 Circus Circus opened Grand Slam Canyon, a theme park under a dome, in this city.

Las Vegas.

3: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gauge railway that climbs to 7,400' in this country.

India.

4: Gamblers will love to know that the Hotel Yak and Yeti in this Nepalese capital houses the 2-story Casino Royale.

Kathmandu.

5: While many of Mexico's resorts are on the Pacific Ocean, Cancun lies on this sea.

the Caribbean.
Round 2. Category: In Your Chevrolet
1: Introduced in 1953, it's considered America's first sports car.

the Corvette.

2: Chevy's Camaro was GM's first car aerodynamically designed in one of these chambers.

a wind tunnel (a wind chamber accepted).

3: Even the Fresh Prince would want this 1957 tail-finned Chevy model; it's a collector's dream.

a Bel Air.

4: The Metro is from this line Chevrolet introduced in 1989.

the Geo.

5: Name given Chevy's Carryall station wagon introduced in 1935; it's now the name of a GMC SUV.

a Suburban.
Round 3. Category: All The King's Songs
1: "I don't want no other love, baby it's still you I'm thinking of".

"Don't Be Cruel".

2: "The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang".

"Jailhouse Rock".

3: "No such number, no such zone".

"Return to Sender".

4: "Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire".

"Viva Las Vegas".

5: "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much baby".

"Suspicious Minds".
Round 4. Category: Starts With "G"
1: This adhesive can be made from animal hides, bones, vegetables or fish.

Glue.

2: Member of the iris family with as many as 25 flowers on a single spike.

gladiolus.

3: Some of these muscles are minimus and some of them are maximus.

Gluteus.

4: Refers to the moon when it's more than half but not completely full.

gibbous.

5: Part eagle and part lion, these mythical beasts were famous for guarding gold.

Griffins.
Round 5. Category: Space Exploration
1: In 1984 Bruce McCandless became the first human to perform an untethered EVA, which stands for this.

Extra-vehicular activity.

2: Launched in 1989, the Magellan spacecraft later radar-mapped most of the surface of this planet, Earth's twin.

Venus.

3: On February 14, 1990, it took its final photo from 3.7 billion miles: of the sun and 6 planets, including the Earth.

Voyager.

4: In 1958 Explorer I discovered these radiation bands surrounding the Earth.

Van Allen Belts.

5: On July 20, 1969 this lunar module separated from the Apollo 11 spacecraft and landed on the Moon.

the Eagle.
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July 31, 2021Episode 171 - I "Like" This Song - Ports - A "Little" Lit - And Go To "Bed" - Gates
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 171, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I "Like" This Song
1: This Bob Seger song was used in ads for Chevy trucks.

"Like A Rock".

2: Duran Duran made its Top 40 debut with this song.

"Hungry Like The Wolf".

3: This 1965 song begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine".

"Like A Rolling Stone".

4: The 2 Madonna No. 1 hits that fit the category.

"Like A Virgin" and "Like A Prayer".

5: This entertainment industry anthem was written for the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun".

"There's No Business Like Show Business".
Round 2. Category: Ports
1: It's the only one of South Africa's 3 capitals that is also a seaport.

Cape Town.

2: Much of Australia's foreign trade is handled by this city's Port Jackson or neighboring Botany Bay.

Sydney.

3: This state has 5 of the top 15 U.S. ports, including Plaquemines and 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: This Egyptian port on the Mediterranean was founded in 1859 when the building of the Suez Canal began.

Port Said.
Round 3. Category: A "Little" Lit
1: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair".

Little Women.

2: The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel.

Little House on the Prairie.

3: This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall.

Little John.

4: The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend.

Stuart Little.

5: Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play.

The Little Foxes.
Round 4. Category: And Go To "Bed"
1: In math, it means raised to the third power.

cubed.

2: Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope".

barbed wire.

3: Kidded and teased (like Adam did to Eve, perhaps?).

ribbed.

4: If you've been clubbed, you've been made unconscious; if you've been this, you've been made a knight.

dubbed.

5: In the Bible she was mom to Moses and Aaron.

Jochebed.
Round 5. Category: Gates
1: The Nucerian Gate was one of several surrounding this city before it was buried by Vesuvius.

Pompeii.

2: For centuries the Saviour's Gate has been the official entrance to this Moscow citadel.

the Kremlin.

3: This 3-mile-long strait separates San Francisco from Marin county; perhaps you're familiar with the bridge?.

the Golden Gate.

4: Traitors' Gate was a River Thames entrance to this through which criminals passed to be imprisoned.

the Tower of London.

5: This capital's Puerta de Alcala was commissioned by King Carlos III to replace an earlier gate he thought inferior.

Madrid.
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July 30, 2021Episode 170 - Tom Time - Movie Roles - Desert Life - A "Little" Lit - Art School
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tom Time
1: Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance speech included this man! "I love you, brother!".

Tom Cruise.

2: He and his band were runnin' down a dream as the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl in 2008.

Tom Petty.

3: In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfiction works as "Submarine" and "Fighter Wing".

Tom Clancy.

4: In 2003 this Pennsylvanian became a presidential cabinet member.

Tom Ridge.

5: "Ambushing the audience is what theater is all about", asserted this author of "The Real Thing".

Tom Stoppard.
Round 2. Category: Movie Roles
1: [Hi, I'm Earl Brown] Because we look so much alike, I was cast as Warren, this actress' brother in "There's Something About Mary".

Cameron Diaz.

2: 2009: Zed, who lives in "Year One".

Jack Black.

3: This actress spent "Six Days, Seven Nights" on an island with Harrison Ford.

Anne Heche.

4: In a 2003 movie he played the bitter, foul-mouthed "Bad Santa".

Billy Bob Thornton.

5: Robin Williams danced with a vacuum cleaner to the song "Dude Looks Like A Lady" in this 1993 comedy.

Mrs. Doubtfire.
Round 3. Category: Desert Life
1: These can carry 1,000-pound loads and go for 10 days without water.

Camels.

2: The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert.

Mojave Desert.

3: The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert.

Mojave Desert.

4: The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird.

hummingbird.

5: The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird.

hummingbird.
Round 4. Category: A "Little" Lit
1: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair".

Little Women.

2: The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel.

Little House on the Prairie.

3: This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall.

Little John.

4: The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend.

Stuart Little.

5: Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play.

The Little Foxes.
Round 5. Category: Art School
1: The most common one used by artists is probably the X-acto.

a knife.

2: Turning tools are used to shape the clay on one of these.

a potter's wheel.

3: A halftone screen breaks up a sold image into a pattern of these.

dots.

4: Traditionally in drypoint, you use a steel needle to scratch your drawing into a plate of this metal.

copper.

5: When a sculptor is doing this he isn't fishing, but using the lost wax method to make a mold.

casting.
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