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March 30, 2021Episode 48 - Familiar Tv Faces - Fruitless Searches - That's My Royal Nickname - Except After Sea - Classic Musicals
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 48, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Familiar Tv Faces
1: Now practicing on "Ally McBeal", Peter MacNicol was killed off as a lawyer on this Midwestern medical show

Chicago Hope.

2: Once Ferris Bueller's best friend Cameron, Alan Ruck plays the mayor's chief of staff on this sitcom

Spin City.

3: The romantic Taster's Choice-loving neighbor in TV ads, Anthony Stewart Head is now Giles on this show

Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

4: Now a mom on "That '70s Show", Tanya Roberts was sexy P.I. Julie Rogers on this '70s show

Charlie's Angels.

5: Well known as Barney Miller's wife, Barbara Barrie now plays Brooke Shields' nana on this sitcom

Suddenly Susan.
Round 2. Category: Fruitless Searches
1: In 1987 a sonar exploration of this body of water found something big, but it may have been a school of salmon

Loch Ness.

2: This Brooklyn reporter's opening of Al Capone's vault in 1986 left him with a few scars of his own

Geraldo Rivera.

3: Bologna Stone, found in 1603, was thought to be this alchemical "stone" to change cheaper metals into gold

the philosopher's stone.

4: Many scholars believe this was actually the Aegean Sea island of Thira, largely destroyed around 1500 B.C.

Atlantis.

5: Either of the 2 people the Coast Guard cutter Itasca was unable to locate after they left from New Guinea in 1937

Amelia Earhart (or Fred Noonan).
Round 3. Category: That's My Royal Nickname
1: Ottoman emperor styled "the Magnificent"

Suleiman.

2: He was "the Confessor" king of England in the 11th century

Edward.

3: Bloody Romanian prince known as "the Impaler"

Vlad.

4: Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged"

"the Bald".

5: Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer" was emperor of this, also called the Eastern Roman Empire

the Byzantine Empire.
Round 4. Category: Except After Sea
1: This sea named for an explorer is the northern part of the Pacific between Siberia and Alaska

the Bering Sea.

2: This sea has Georgia on its mind (well, its eastern side, anyway) and Bulgaria on its west

the Black Sea.

3: Delos, a small island of the Cyclades, is in this sea east of Greece

the Aegean Sea.

4: Moses knowses the summer water surface temperature of this 175,000-sq. mile sea averages about 85 degrees

the Red Sea.

5: Seen here is this sea here. See?

the Baltic Sea.
Round 5. Category: Classic Musicals
1: In 1994, at the age of 73, Carol Channing took off on a 30th anniversary tour of this musical

"Hello, Dolly!".

2: Nell Carter played the orphan-hating Miss Hannigan in a 1997 revival of this musical

"Annie".

3: In other words, this musical would be "The 46th State!"

"Oklahoma!".

4: Joey Heatherton was 15 going on 16, not 16 going on 17, when she understudied the role of Liesl in this musical

"The Sound of Music".

5: It's the modern musical classic that features the song heard here

"Phantom of the Opera" (with Michael Crawford).
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March 29, 2021Episode 47 - Lakes And Rivers - Birth Of A President - Enchanted April - College Movies - Much Ado About Nutting
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 47, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Lakes And Rivers
1: More chairs are thrown on "Jerry Springer", but her talk show that debuted in 1993 is still on the air, too

Ricki Lake.

2: American river only 33 miles shorter than the Mississippi

the Missouri.

3: River mentioned most often in the Bible

the Jordan.

4: Hindus believe that dying in this most sacred of rivers ensures passage to paradise

Ganges.

5: You can take a high road or a low road to this, the largest lake in Scotland

Loch Lomond.
Round 2. Category: Birth Of A President
1: February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois

Ronald Reagan.

2: December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia

Woodrow Wilson.

3: February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln.

4: May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri

Harry S. Truman.

5: August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas

Bill Clinton.
Round 3. Category: Enchanted April
1: This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical opened on Broadway on "Some Enchanted Evening" in April 1949

South Pacific.

2: Although his expedition reached the N. Pole in April 1909, he couldn't relay the news until September

(Robert) Peary.

3: This spring event was first held on the White House lawn April 22, 1878

the Easter egg roll.

4: According to tradition, Romulus founded this city in April 753 B.C.

Rome.

5: In a flight lasting 148 minutes, he became the first man to orbit the Earth April 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin.
Round 4. Category: College Movies
1: In this 2001 film, a sorority queen proves she has what it takes to make it at Harvard Law School

Legally Blonde.

2: The Delta fraternity gets in deep trouble on the campus of Faber College in this 1978 classic

Animal House.

3: Windsor College students drop like flies in this 1997 scary sequel co-starring Courteney Cox

Scream 2.

4: A street dancer is courted by 2 frats that need his skills to win the national step show competition in this 2007 film

Stomp the Yard.

5: This Laker (then with Orlando) played a recruit in the 1994 college basketball film "Blue Chips"

Shaquille O'Neal.
Round 5. Category: Much Ado About Nutting
1: Major producers of these nuts seen here include Turkey and California

Pistachios.

2: The 2 main types of the nut seen here are the English variety and this other full variety:

Black walnut.

3: Pie favorite seen here:

Pecans.

4: It's where these nuts are in a classic holiday song:

"(Chestnuts) roasting on an open fire...".

5: A main source of these nuts is the Amazon River region

Brazil nuts.
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March 28, 2021Episode 46 - States In Song - Emeril's Tv Dinners - 4-Letter Clothes - World Heritage Sites - 4-Syllable Words
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 46, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: States In Song
1: According to Beach Boys' hit, state with the cutest girls in the world

California.

2: State where you'd find Elvis' rain and Diamond's woman

Kentucky.

3: The alternate lyrics to "I've Been Working On The Railroad"

"The Eyes Of Texas".

4: Patti Page hit that is official song of a southern state

"The Tennessee Waltz".

5: It's where I came from with a banjo on my knee

Alabama.
Round 2. Category: Emeril's Tv Dinners
1: You might like this bird a l'orange; Emeril puts it in his special burritos with--BAM!--chili corn sauce

duck.

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

quiche.

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

hush puppies.

4: Emeril's momma taught him that this pungent bulb is a beautiful thing; he drizzles it with olive oil and roasts it

garlic.

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

bacon.
Round 3. Category: 4-Letter Clothes
1: Ballet wear, perhaps for Desmond

Tutu.

2: After it comes back pink from the wash, you might use something similar to fire your laundress

Slip.

3: Piece of clothing in the title of the first feature film in Cinemascope

The Robe.

4: Piece that turns a man's 2-piece suit into a 3-piece suit

Vest.

5: One may be wedding, prom or dressing

Gown.
Round 4. Category: World Heritage Sites
1: This entire country is a site, but then it's only 108.7 acres

the Vatican.

2: Komodo National Park and the Sangiran early man site

Indonesia.

3: The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork and the Wieliczka Salt Mine

Poland.

4: UNESCO lauded the art and architecture of Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas in this country

Venezuela.

5: This concentration camp in Poland is on the list as evidence of the inhumane nature of the racist Nazi policy

Auschwitz.
Round 5. Category: 4-Syllable Words
1: It takes a very steady hand... this term for a medical procedure also describes a math process like addition

operation.

2: Also a physiological term, it's the distribution of copies of a periodical among readers

circulation.

3: This type of "theory" explains how an event results from a plot by a covert group

conspiracy.

4: A collection of monkeys and mambas on exhibit

a menagerie.

5: "Wise fool" is an example of this 8-letter figure of speech

oxymoron.
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March 27, 2021Episode 45 - Cell - Boy Scout Merit Badges - Super Bowl Mvps - Groups - Frozen In Stone
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 45, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cell
1: This company beat out Qwest to buy MCI and become a telecom colossus

Verizon.

2: This cellphone maker has jumped back to the No. 2 spot worldwide by a Razr's edge

Motorola.

3: Started by SBC and Bellsouth, it's now a "one of a kind" company with its purchase of A and Wireless

Cingular.

4: Nextel's merger with this company should give the competition a run for their money

Sprint.

5: You can shoot videos and play music with a Walkman phone from Ericsson in partnership with this company

Sony.
Round 2. Category: Boy Scout Merit Badges
1: A boy doesn't have to shoot a bullseye to earn the badge seen here for this sport

Archery.

2: If you can describe a float, trap and drainpipe, you're on your way to a badge in this field

Plumbing.

3: The name of this badge seen here comes from a group of Greek sister goddesses[badge with a harp]

Music badge.

4: The name of the badge seen here, or an unfortunate investment for the Clintons

Whitewater.

5: You must earn the hiking, swimming or cycling badge to become this type of scout

Eagle Scout.
Round 3. Category: Super Bowl Mvps
1: In 1999, this Denver quarterback

Elway.

2: The first 2-time MVP (for the first 2 Super Bowls) was this team's Bart Starr

the Packers.

3: After a last-second Colts FG in Super Bowl V, this team's Chuck Howley became the first MVP from a losing team

the Dallas Cowboys.

4: VIII:Larry Csonka

Miami Dolphins.

5: This Steelers wide receiver didn't need 57 reasons to be named Super Bowl XL's MVP in 2006

Hines Ward.
Round 4. Category: Groups
1: This word can mean a group of graffiti taggers as well as of rappers, like the "2 Live" one

crew.

2: William R. Howell (no relation to Thurston III) is on this body for Pfizer, Halliburton and Exxon Mobil

a board of directors.

3: It can mean "one", or a group of soldiers, like the 326th Engineer Battalion

unit.

4: As well as a group in the Old West aiding the sheriff, it can be your bunch of pals from the neighborhood

posse.

5: A mother fowl's group of young, or what she does when she worries about them

brood.
Round 5. Category: Frozen In Stone
1: You'll find the statue ("David") seen here in this Italian city

Florence.

2: From Laos the statue seen here is a reclining version of this founder of a religion

Buddha.

3: It's the building where you'll find the head (of the 16th president) seen here

Lincoln Memorial.

4: The name of these grotesque figures like this one seen here comes from an old word for "throat"

Gargoyles.

5: This country owns the island (Easter Island) where you'll find the guy seen here

Chile.
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March 26, 2021Episode 44 - Tv Attorneys - Ready For Your Nude Scene? - Native American Language - Starting Here - International Cuisine
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 44, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Attorneys
1: Many women were smitten with him when he played Victor Sifuentes on "L.A. Law"

Jimmy Smits.

2: He played E.G. Marshall's lawyer son on "The Defenders" before he played dad to "The Brady Bunch"

Robert Reed.

3: He played sleazy lawyer Marty Lang on the 1985 sitcom "Sara", and he's still "Politically Incorrect"

Bill Maher.

4: This fictional lawyer, whose theme is heard here, won his first case on TV Sept. 21, 1957:

Perry Mason.

5: Not all TV lawyers do nude scenes, but this Hemingway did on the "Grin and Bare It" episode of "Civil Wars"

Mariel Hemingway.
Round 2. Category: Ready For Your Nude Scene?
1: Leonardo DiCaprio will sketch you in the nude to emulate this 1997 film

Titanic.

2: The camera won't reveal too much when you play this Egyptian queen: you'll be up to your "asp" in a milk bath

Cleopatra.

3: Some fans may watch your nude scene with their "Eyes" this (as in the title of a Stanley Kubrick film)

Eyes Wide Shut.

4: We'll film your scene on this kind of "set" that has a minimal crew -- no gawkers allowed

closed set.

5: Uh-oh! You might want to go on this diet program promoted by Fergie

Weight Watchers.
Round 3. Category: Native American Language
1: This language spoken by the Peoria tribe shares its name with a state

Illinois.

2: A people of the Pacific Northwest, their language, or a warm wind in the area

Chinook.

3: Ajurnamat means "it can't be helped" among this people also called Eskimos

Inuits.

4: Chiricahua and Mescalero are dialects of this

Apache.

5: In English, this New Mexico tribe's name starts with "Z"; in their own language, with "A", Ashiwi

Zuni.
Round 4. Category: Starting Here
1: To get a project in gear, or what you do after stepping up to the line in bowling

Start the ball rolling.

2: The way to start a play; it sounds like what the parents of "3rd Rock"'s Jane did during her formative years

Raise the curtain (Curtin).

3: In New York City on October 1, 1999 I rang the opening bell to start this

New York Stock Exchange.

4: For Cathy Guisewite to do her "Cathy" comic strip, every day it's "back to" this

The drawing board.

5: To come up with Lanacane, the chemists "started from" this

Scratch.
Round 5. Category: International Cuisine
1: European chefs cook the young foliage of this stinging plant, urtica dioica, like spinach

Nettle.

2: Goatwater stew, made with goat and vegetables, is a specialty of Montserrat, an island in this sea

Caribbean Sea.

3: This English pudding is often baked under roasting meat to catch the drippings

Yorkshire pudding.

4: To make a simple quesadilla, start by folding one of these around a cheese filling

a tortilla.

5: This German dish whose name means "hare pepper" is often served with sour cream

Hassenpfeffer.
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March 25, 2021Episode 43 - Everything From A To X - A Dress - A Vulgar Display Of "Power" - German Rivers - Historic Couples
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 43, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Everything From A To X
1: The tip, point or summit

apex.

2: A conclusion that is far less important or less powerful than expected

anticlimax.

3: In 1613 some 60,000 died of this infectious disease in southern Europe

anthrax.

4: To officially incorporate territory into a country's domain

annex.

5: The word vermiform, meaning wormlike, often precedes this body part

the appendix.
Round 2. Category: A Dress
1: Don't apologize, it's the popular Hindu style of garment seen here:

Sari.

2: This diminuitive dress style seen here was introduced by Mary Quant in the 1960s:

Mini dress/skirt.

3: This term for the dress seen here could also apply to its Roaring '20s wearers:

Flapper.

4: "Canine" favorite of the 1950s seen here:

Poodle skirt.

5: Often used as a dressing robe, it's the Asian style of dress seen here:

Kimono.
Round 3. Category: A Vulgar Display Of "Power"
1: Collective coalition name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire during WWI

the Central Powers.

2: Any of several portable G4 computers made by Apple

Powerbooks.

3: A period of time in a hockey game where one team has a numerical advantage

the power play.

4: Zordon and Alpha recruited the teenagers who became this "Mighty Morphin'" group

the Power Rangers.

5: This multi-state lottery has peaked over 200 million dollars more than once

Powerball.
Round 4. Category: German Rivers
1: The 339-mile Moselle River forms part of the boundary between Germany and this duchy

Luxembourg.

2: The Pegnitz and the Rednitz join to form the Regnitz River just NW of this German city famous for its trials and rallies

Nuremberg.

3: A major waterway of western Germany, the Weser river flows 273 miles to this sea

the North Sea.

4: The Neckar river of SW Germany begins its 228-mile course near Schwenningen in this region aka the Schwarzwald

the Black Forest.

5: The Breg and the Brigach unite at Donaueschingen, Germany to form this second-longest river in Europe

the Danube.
Round 5. Category: Historic Couples
1: Some say this Scottish queen only married the Earl of Bothwell because he abducted her

Mary, Queen of Scots.

2: This "Great" czar forced his first wife, Eudoxia, to become a nun, but she gave up the veil and romanced Stepan Glebov

Peter the Great.

3: This philandering U.S. pres. called his wife Florence "The Duchess"; we wonder if she had any choice nicknames for him

Warren G. Harding.

4: In his will, this playwright left his second-best bed to his wife; maybe the best one went to Gwyneth Paltrow

William Shakespeare.

5: Against all odds, Catherine Parr's marriage to this man who'd been wed 5 times before was surprisingly happy

Henry VIII.
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March 24, 2021Episode 42 - Nyc Business History - The Cool '70S - "Eye" Guess - Jazz Nicknames - Sauce
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 42, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nyc Business History
1: Last name of siblings Daniel, John and Elisha, who took over dad's clothing store in 1850

Brooks.

2: The Baker's Local No. 338 formed between 1910 and 1915 was for an elite group of bakers of these "Jewish Donuts"

bagels.

3: George Dunlap joined up with this man in 1898 to publish books, left him in 1899, but came back in 1900

Alexander Grosset.

4: The IRT operated the first ones of these in NYC back in 1904

subway.

5: First name of Mr. Handwerker, who opened a hot dog stand in Coney Island in 1916

Nathan.
Round 2. Category: The Cool '70S
1: We've uncovered the fact that Burt Reynolds was a nude centerfold in this magazine

Cosmopolitan.

2: She trounced Bobby Riggs in a 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match

Billie Jean King.

3: In 1978 this TV series based on a James Michener book ran for only 26 hours, not 100 years

Centennial.

4: In 1970 these beds began to flood the market, sometimes literally

Waterbeds.

5: This doctor's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask" was really talked about

David Reuben.
Round 3. Category: "Eye" Guess
1: In her first pop hit, Crystal Gayle asked this colorful title question

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.

2: In superstitution, looks can kill but some say you can outstare the person who possesses this

evil eye.

3: Take a look at the monitors players: It was used to take the photo seen here:

fish-eye lens.

4: After selling the rights to his frozen food process he became a consultant to General Foods

(Clarence) Birdseye.

5: Alan Alda on TV, or Donald Sutherland on the big screen

Hawkeye (Pierce).
Round 4. Category: Jazz Nicknames
1: The First Lady of Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald.

2: The Aristocrat of Swing, or The Duke

Duke Ellington.

3: When his trumpet got bepop bopping, John Birks Gillespie got this nickname

Dizzy.

4: Yardbird

Charlie Parker.

5: Trumpet player Navarro and "Ain't Misbehavin'"s Waller share this nickname

Fats.
Round 5. Category: Sauce
1: Whether it's a fruit or vegetable, it's the basis of pomodoro and marinara sauces for pasta

Tomato.

2: This small pitcher with a nautical name is used to pour sauces over your food

Gravy boat.

3: The name of this wine sauce served on meats betrays its point of origin, Bordeaux

Bordelaise sauce.

4: In "Don Quixote", Cervantes asserted that this sensation "is the best sauce in the world"

Hunger.

5: Avery Island, Louisiana has shipped little bottles of this hot sauce to the world since 1868

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

a couplet.

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

nuptials.

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

corruption.

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

a stirrup.

5: Garden favorite seen here

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

manic depressive disorder.

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

schizophrenia.

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

the id.

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

Prozac Nation.

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

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

hydrogen and helium.

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

Goodyear.

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

Germany.

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

World War I.

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

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

Grendel.

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

Mother Joad.

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

David Copperfield.

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

Little Women.

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

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

pizza.

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

The Restaurant.

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

tarts.

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

Corpse.

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

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

Gene Autry.

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

huskies (or malamutes).

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

the Red Baron.

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

a balloon.

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

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

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).

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

Kamehameha.

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

green.

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

cranberries.

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

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

the Greater Antilles.

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

Great Falls.

3: 1 of 2 Australian deserts that fit the category

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

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

the Great Rift (Valley).

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

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

perfume.

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

Croesus.

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

Marie Antoinette.

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

Martha Washington.

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

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

flies.

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

frogs.

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

lice.

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

locusts.

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

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

"Sweet Dreams".

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

"Sweet Caroline".

3: The Harlem Globetrotters use this song as a theme

"Sweet Georgia Brown".

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

"The Sweetest Taboo".

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

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

blackball.

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

blackjack.

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

the black market.

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

blackstrap.

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

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

wheel or helm.

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

mangrove trees.

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

gills.

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

Blackbeard.

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

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

Deborah.

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

chaplains.

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

Aimee Semple McPherson.

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

Tammy Faye Baker.

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

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

Yard (a yard of ale).

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

Barrel.

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

Acre.

4: There are 192 of these in 12 pounds

Ounces.

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

Bale.
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