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March 11, 2021Episode 28 - State Fish - Then We Can Dig It - World Cup '98 - Tycoons - Tallest, Longest, Widest, Deepest
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 28, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: State Fish
1: Though this "regal" salmon is Alaska's state fish, it doesn't wear a crown

king salmon.

2: This largest species of salmon, Oregon's state fish, shares its name with an Indian tribe and may grow to 3 feet

the chinook salmon.

3: A Massachusetts cape is named for this state fish, a valuable food source

cod.

4: The largemouth species of this fish is the state fish of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Georgia

bass.

5: Called a muskie for short, it's Wisconsin's state fish

a muskellunge.
Round 2. Category: Then We Can Dig It
1: Finds at Whitehall Villa in Britain reveal that this ancient people ate dormice and really loved oysters

the Romans.

2: The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds

their bones.

3: Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad"

the Bronze Age.

4: Ironically, an "aquatic civilization" has been unearthed in this area that covers much of North Africa

the Sahara Desert.

5: Some skulls from colonial America show wear on a tooth from sucking on the stem of this artifact

a pipe.
Round 3. Category: World Cup '98
1: There were an average of 2.67 of these a game, not enough for some bored U.S. viewers

Goals.

2: This country's win over the "Great Satan" knocked the U.S. out of contention for the second round

Iran.

3: It was a good July for this country: they reached the World Cup semis and Goran Ivanisevic made the Wimbledon final

Croatia.

4: Argentina didn't "kick" about this controversial tie-breaking method after using it to beat England

Penalty kicks/shootout.

5: Only in France: the pre-game show at the final was a tribute to this "saint"ly fashion designer

Yves Saint Laurent.
Round 4. Category: Tycoons
1: This eccentric billionaire aircraft-maker turned to communications satellites in the 1960s

Howard Hughes.

2: Steve Ballmer became the president and CEO of Microsoft after this man stepped aside

Bill Gates.

3: World Book reports this Omaha investor's company owns the ublisher of...well, World Book

Buffett.

4: One letter was changed in this tycoon's last name to get the company name Revlon

Charles Revson.

5: In 1990 this entrepreneur lent his name and casino to a TV game show

Donald Trump.
Round 5. Category: Tallest, Longest, Widest, Deepest
1: One of the 3 states with 13 letters in their names

(1 of 3) Massachusetts, North Carolina or South Carolina.

2: It's the tallest living creature with wings

ostrich.

3: This river reaches its widest point, about 4 miles, near Clinton, Iowa

Mississippi River.

4: At about 25,000 feet down, the Cayman Trench is the deepest part of this sea

Caribbean Sea.

5: The widest possible split in bowling is between these 2 pins in the back row

7 and 10.
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March 10, 2021Episode 27 - Sing It, Sister - 20Th Century Presidents - Scientists - They're All Winners! - "Andy"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 27, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Sing It, Sister
1: She took the name of her band "Nine Stories" from a J.D. Salinger work

Lisa Loeb.

2: This French-Canadian had only spoken English for about a year when she cut her 1990 English debut album "Unison"

Celine Dion.

3: Her hits include "Miss You Much", "Escapade" and "The Pleasure Principle"

Janet Jackson.

4: In 1998 she showed her "Spirit" singing "My hands are small, I know, but they're not yours they are my own"

Jewel.

5: Whitney Houston and this pop diva joined voices on "When You Believe", a duet from "The Prince of Egypt"

Mariah Carey.
Round 2. Category: 20Th Century Presidents
1: In 1962 he published a book on his career highlights to date -- "Six Crises"

Richard Nixon.

2: To give the nominating speech for Al Smith in 1924, he rose from his wheelchair and made his way to the mike

Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3: He wrote an article "About Man-Eating Lions" for the November 1913 issue of Boy's Life

Theodore Roosevelt.

4: His 1976 campaign plane was called Peanut One

Jimmy Carter.

5: His given names were the same as the full name of a 16th century leader of the Protestant Reformation

Calvin Coolidge.
Round 3. Category: Scientists
1: This chemist was born Marie Sklodowska in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland

Marie Curie.

2: [Photo] Nobel Prize-winning physicist Max Born was the grandfather of this singer seen here

Olivia Newton-John.

3: In 1609 and 1619 this German astronomer published his 3 laws of planetary motion

(Johannes) Kepler.

4: Astronomer Sosigenes advised this Roman on the development of the calendar named for him

Julius Caesar.

5: In 1661 Isaac Newton entered this university's Trinity College as a subsizar, a student with domestic duties

Cambridge.
Round 4. Category: They're All Winners!
1: The epic in Stephen Vincent Benet's body of work that won him a 1929 Pulitzer

John Brown's Body.

2: (Hi, I'm Gretchen Carlson of the CBS Saturday Early Show.) You could say it was my "crowning" moment when I became the 1st classical violinist to win this national title

Miss America.

3: (Hi. I'm LeVar Burton, and) In 1999 I won a Grammy for narrating "The Autobiography of" this winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Martin Luther King, Jr..

4: Things were grave indeed when Patricia Clarkson picked up an Emmy in 2002 for guest-starring on this HBO show

Six Feet Under.

5: Talk about a super Mario! He won more than 50 Indy car races before he retired in 1994

Mario Andretti.
Round 5. Category: "Andy"
1: An 8-hour static film of the Empire State Building was done by this pop artist

Andy Warhol.

2: Reg Smythe's pub-crawling comic strip husband of Flo

Andy Capp.

3: Donny Osmond made his debut at the age of 4 on his show

The Andy Williams Show.

4: "A Family Affair" was the 1st of 15 films in this Mickey Rooney series

the Andy Hardy series.

5: The black and white bear of Walter Lantz cartoons

Andy Panda.
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March 09, 2021Episode 26 - Company Symbols - You Get An "F" - You Have Too Much... - "M.d."S - Bill To Law
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 26, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Company Symbols
1: This black-and-white flightless bird is the symbol of a British-American book company

a penguin.

2: The button fasteners on these jeans include the company name and S.F. Cal.

Levi's.

3: This polishing soap's baby chick was created in the late 1890s; it still "hasn't scratched yet"

Bon Ami.

4: McDonald's are "golden"

the Arches.

5: In the '20s the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Assn. added an Indian maiden to this butter brand logo

Land o' Lakes.
Round 2. Category: You Get An "F"
1: This verb can mean to fatten pillows or to mess up an actor's line

fluff.

2: Ithaca, New York is on Cayuga, one of this group of narrow bodies of water

the Finger Lakes.

3: Hopefully you'll remember that this plant of the genus Myosotis is Alaska's state flower

a forget-me-not.

4: Opponents of Sabine Bau, a world champion in this sport, might say, "Curses! Foiled again!"

fencing.

5: The main city on the Main River, it's located 19 miles upstream from where the Main flows into the Rhine

Frankfurt.
Round 3. Category: You Have Too Much...
1: ...if you're bicycling with higher-than-recommended PSI

pressure in your tires.

2: ...if you suffer from hypernatremia (put down the potato chips)

sodium.

3: ...of this if afflicted with hirsutism

hair.

4: ...of this on your bow that's overstrung

tension.

5: You have too much of this in your blood if you have diabetes mellitus

sugar.
Round 4. Category: "M.d."S
1: The first national observance of this holiday took place May 30, 1868

Memorial Day.

2: He monkeed around with Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith

Micky Dolenz.

3: The common wild pigeon of North America is often called this because of its sad cooing

the mourning dove.

4: In 1978 Christina Crawford hit No. 1 on the bestseller list with this book

Mommie Dearest.

5: 1992 marks his 10th year as head coach of the Chicago Bears

Mike Ditka.
Round 5. Category: Bill To Law
1: This fraction of the House needs to vote yes to overturn a presidential veto

2/3.

2: On the third reading, the bill is put either to a voice vote or this alphabetical vote

Roll call.

3: If Congress adjourns, a president can veto a bill by not signing it within this many days (Sundays excluded)

10.

4: After the first reading, the bill is sent to one of these that may table it

Committee.

5: For the first reading, the representative or senator gives the bill to the person in this post

Clerk.
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March 08, 2021Episode 25 - Facts And Figures - Shut Your Mouth! - "Epi"Sodes - Green Beers - Broadway Musicals By Characters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 25, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Facts And Figures
1: 3-5 P.M. is the best time of day to post on this microblogging site if you want to be retweeted

Twitter.

2: He was the last of the 3 men who were king of England during 1066

William the Conqueror.

3: He planted 64 poems in his "Child's Garden of Verses"

Robert Louis Stevenson.

4: This private college in Northern California has 20 libraries with some 8.5 million physical volumes

Stanford.

5: After 27 years, he's the current NFL coach who has served the longest with 1 team

Landry.
Round 2. Category: Shut Your Mouth!
1: "I will remain silent. Neither I, nor my wife, will leave Krypton", says Marlon Brando in this 1978 film

Superman.

2: This comic was silenced by obscenity charges in the '60s; in 2003 Gov. Pataki gave him a posthumous pardon

Lenny Bruce.

3: If you're arrested, you have the right to remain silent thanks to this arrestee's 1966 case

Miranda.

4: "'Are you lost, Daddy?' I arsked... 'Shut up,' he explained" is from this "circular" sportswriter's "Young Immigrunts"

Ring Lardner.

5: "Factor" in the idea that this Fox commentator has been known to tell guests in his "No Spin Zone" to "Shut up!"

Bill O'Reilly.
Round 3. Category: "Epi"Sodes
1: From the Greek for "seizure", it's a medical condition involving abnormal electrical brain activity

epilepsy.

2: The best example of something

the epitome.

3: A fast-spreading outbreak of a disease

an epidemic.

4: A short section at the end of a book

an epilogue.

5: A witty saying or expression

an epigram.
Round 4. Category: Green Beers
1: Dennis Hopper has a particular aversion to this Dutch beer in the movie "Blue Velvet"

Heineken.

2: Tonight let it be this beer of Munich that's properly spelled with 2 umlauts

LÃ¶wenbrÃ¤u.

3: Brewed since 1615, this Dutch beer with a green bottle has a swingtop cap

Grolsch.

4: Brittany Evans is the new icon for this beer that's named in honor of an old German monastery

St. Pauli's.

5: This Bremen beer's motto appropriately reads "Life beckons"

Beck's.
Round 5. Category: Broadway Musicals By Characters
1: Tevye,Golde,Yente

Fiddler on the Roof.

2: Velma Von Tussle,Tracy Turnblad,Corny Collins

Hairspray.

3: Bustopher Jones,Old Deuteronomy,Mistoffelees

Cats.

4: Fantine,Javert,Jean Valjean

Les Miserables.

5: Mrs. Potts,Belle,Gaston

Beauty and the Beast.
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March 06, 2021Episode 24 - Size Matters - Kids In History - Herbs And Spice Girls - It's All Your Fault- Gadgets
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 24, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Size Matters
1: Olive oil with oleic acid content under 1% is graded "Extra" this

Extra Virgin.

2: To keep the ratios, for a 1:12 scale dollhouse buy a smaller dollhouse in this scale to put inside it

1:144.

3: American ones are 53 to 57 inches long and hang to the top of the belt buckle; the longer British ones hang lower

Ties.

4: As a rule, the length of this item should be 3 times the thickness of the board being fastened with it

Nail.

5: A 1.5-liter champagne bottle, or sometimes a .357 round of ammunition

Magnum.
Round 2. Category: Kids In History
1: A gifted student and a fine athlete, this member of the Tudor family became the heir to Engl.'s throne at age 10, in 1502

Henry VIII.

2: Born in Scotland in 1747, he sailed off as a cabin boy at age 12 and later became a naval hero in the Amer. Revolution

John Paul Jones.

3: When this Italian explorer was a kid, his dad went to China without him; when he was a teen, his dad took him along

Marco Polo.

4: Even as a young girl in Philadelphia, this future flagmaker showed a talent for fine needlework

Betsy Ross.

5: This Polish-French composer who was born in 1810 composed a polonaise when he was only 7

(Fredric) Chopin.
Round 3. Category: Herbs And Spice Girls
1: She rocked the spice world when she left the Spice Girls in May 1998

Ginger Spice.

2: Spice Girl Mel B. gets this nickname from her pierced tongue, wild hair and wilder lifestyle

"Scary Spice".

3: This photographer directed music videos for Madonna and Michael Jackson

Herb Ritts.

4: It's the appropriate Spice name of Emma Bunton, youngest of the Spice Girls

"Baby Spice".

5: "Spanish Flea", the theme song of "The Dating Game", was a hit for this bandleader

Herb Alpert.
Round 4. Category: It's All Your Fault!
1: Speculators were blamed for the 1929 stock market crash that marked the beginning of this decade-long calamity

the Great Depression.

2: Napoleon's cannons usually get blamed, but the head of this huge statue near Giza was damaged long before him

the Sphinx.

3: In 1990 a flaw in this $1.5 billion piece of hardware was blamed on a spherical aberration in one of its mirrors

the Hubble Telescope.

4: This song from the movie "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" garnered a 2000 Oscar nomination

"Blame Canada".

5: A January 1942 report faulted Gen. Walter Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel for the disastrousness of this event

Pearl Harbor.
Round 5. Category: Gadgets
1: This company's I-Zone comes in a color called phat blue

Polaroid.

2: The solar bikini uses strips of this "light current" film to charge up your iPod while you tan; looks good on me, too

a photovoltaic strip.

3: Despite its name, you don't throw this "box", you use it to watch TV anywhere on your laptop, phone or tablet

Slingbox.

4: Sony president Kaz Hirai said this handheld Playstation console was named for the Latin word for "life"

the PS Vita.

5: The Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox can store over 100 hours of music in this popular format

mp3.
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March 05, 2021Episode 23 - We're Here To "Win" - For Old Crimes' Sake - The Getty - Numbers In Song - What Did I Do With My Keys?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 23, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: We're Here To "Win"
1: Castle community that the Queen calls home

Windsor.

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

Oprah Winfrey.

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

The Winter's Tale.

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

Winnipeg.

5: To use air to remove chaff from wheat

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

Thomas Jefferson.

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

London.

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

Patty Hearst.

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

Richard the Lion-Hearted.

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

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

coffer.

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

Brussels.

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

Park.

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

Malibu.

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

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

"Sixteen Tons".

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

16th Avenue.

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

16.

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

15 miles.

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

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

the ignition.

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

Levi's.

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

magpie.

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

Jacuzzi.

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

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

Rich Man, Poor Man.

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

Robin Hood.

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

Desi Arnaz.

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

Bewitched.

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

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

a grasshopper.

2: Size of Don Ho's "Bubbles"

Tiny.

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

trifle.

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

infinitesimal.

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

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

Maria Theresa.

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

Catherine the Great.

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

Princess Caroline.

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

Princess Diana.

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

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

Philadelphia.

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

Nebraska.

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

Pete Seeger.

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

Newsweek and Time.

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

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

Bobby Darin.

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

Jackie Wilson.

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

Karen Carpenter.

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

Jim Croce.

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

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

Mir.

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

Scott Carpenter.

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

Gemini.

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

Skylab.

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

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

subtraction.

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

the "Subway Series".

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

subcutaneous.

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

subsidy.

5: Cards for these are air-blown into magazines

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

Juilliard.

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

middleweight.

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

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine".

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

Marvin the Martian.

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

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

Alice Cooper.

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

Shirley Jones.

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

Sting.

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

Eartha Kitt.

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

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

the Hundred Years' War.

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

the Hundred Years War.

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

Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul.

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

nearsightedness (myopia).

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

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

Queens.

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

Jackson Hole.

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

Chancellorsville.

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

Mahalia Jackson.

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

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

lush.

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

Lucent.

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

a lumberjack.

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

lurch.

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

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

the bald eagle.

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

Ethiopia.

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

pound.

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

pesos.

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

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

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

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

Wheel of Fortune.

3: "Survey said!"

Family Feud.

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

Hollywood Squares.

5: "Come on down!"

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

Chevy Chase.

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

Bill Cosby.

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

Bruce Willis.

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

Kris Kristofferson.

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

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

yeoman.

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

(Willy) Loman.

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

John Wooden.

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

the Roman Empire.

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

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

Finding Nemo.

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

Cheech Marin.

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

Ice Age.

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

Brother Bear.

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

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

Walt Disney.

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

Wyatt Earp.

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

George Bush.

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

Aimee Semple McPherson.

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

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

"Cagney And Lacey".

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

Joseph Wambaugh.

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

"New York Undercover".

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

"Roseanne".

5: Hutch's other half

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

the Waldorf-Astoria.

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

Hawaii.

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

San Diego.

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

Chicago.

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

the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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