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June 16, 2024Episode 1223 - A disaster of biblical proportions - River damage - The royal they - Let's put on a play - 1951
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1223, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions
1: There's a lot of smiting and destroying after this group steals the Ark of God; things don't end well for Goliath, either.
the Philistines.
2: After this man makes burnt offerings, "The Lord said... neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done".
Noah.
3: These insects "did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left".
locusts.
4: The Lord says, "Your children shall wander in the wilderness" for this length of time, "until your carcases be wasted".
40 years.
5: In 2 Kings this king of Babylon "cut in pieces all the vessels of gold... in the Temple of the Lord".
Nebuchadnezzar.
Round 2. Category: River Damage
1: A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is mainly caused by an excess of this element, much of it carried by the Mississippi.
nitrogen.
2: Sediment from erosion hurts rivers because this can't penetrate the water, hindering the ecosystem.
sunlight.
3: Surface runoff from farms or your lawn can add these chemicals, like chlordane, to your local river.
pesticides.
4: This country's Sarno river is the most polluted in Europe.
Italy.
5: You may not love the time of this disease that's been called the "archetype of waterborne illnesses".
cholera.
Round 3. Category: The Royal They
1: 1894 to 1918: blank II and blank.
Nicholas and Alexandra.
2: 1660 to 1683: this radiant royal and Marie-Therese.
Louis XIV.
3: 1956 to 1982:he and Grace.
Rainier.
4: 1924 to 1989: he and Nagako.
Hirohito.
5: 1677 to 1694:they.
William and Mary.
Round 4. Category: Let'S Put On A Play
1: Your cousin might know a friend of the roommate of a nephew of the lawyer of John Guare, who wrote this 1990 play.
Six Degrees of Separation.
2: A book is the example of the "hand" type of these; a bookcase is an example of the "set" type.
Props.
3: "Edible" name for a common type of water-soluble stage makeup.
Pancake.
4: From Greek for "entrance to a tent", it's the arch that separates the stage from the auditorium.
the proscenium.
5: Founded in 1913, this stage actors' union represents about 40,000 members in the U.S..
Equity.
Round 5. Category: 1951
1: In 1951 it celebrated its 175th anniversary and was sealed in a helium-filled case.
the Declaration of Independence.
2: On February 26 a constitutional amendment became law, limiting the holder of this office to 2 terms.
President of the United States.
3: In May, this utility co. became the 1st corporation in the world to have over 1,000,000 stockholders.
ATandT.
4: On Oct. 24,1951, Truman declared our state of war with this country had finally ended.
Germany.
5: 90 cadets at this academy were ousted in a cheating scandal.
West Point.
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June 15, 2024Episode 1222 - Water music - Hill of beans - Short story fill-in - "my" baby - Army "ant"s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1222, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Water Music
1: This song by Otis Redding mentions "the Frisco Bay" and "Watchin' the tide roll away".
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay".
2: Ike and Tina Turner were "rollin' on the river" with this song.
"Proud Mary".
3: In 2016 this British woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge".
Adele.
4: Carly Simon wrote "Let The River Run" for this film starring Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.
Working Girl.
5: Joe Jonas of this 4-letter group described "Cake By The Ocean" as a party anthem.
DNCE.
Round 2. Category: Hill Of Beans
1: In a 1910 toast J.C. Bossidy called this city "The home of the bean and the cod".
Boston.
2: Using the old bean, Old Bean, mean you're using this, Old Chap.
your brain (your head).
3: Of navy, green or pinto, the bean not named for its looks.
navy.
4: It's what Jack traded for those magic beans.
a cow.
5: This word comes from Mandarin Chinese for bean and curdled.
tofu.
Round 3. Category: Short Story Fill-In
1: Twain:"The blank Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
Celebrated.
2: Ambrose Bierce:"An Occurrence at blank Creek Bridge".
Owl.
3: Annie Proulx:"blank Mountain".
Brokeback.
4: Faulkner:"A Rose for blank".
Emily.
5: Flannery O'Connor:"A Good Man Is blank blank blank".
Hard to Find.
Round 4. Category: My Baby. With My in quotes
1: "My doctor said" to take this liquid antacid from Johnson and Johnson.
Mylanta.
2: It's the real first name of "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace.
Myron.
3: It's a trade name for biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate.
Mylar.
4: This white fatty material insulates brain nerves in sheaths and enables enhanced transmission of impulses.
myelin.
5: Agamemnon was from this region that was an important center in ancient Greece.
Mycenae.
Round 5. Category: Army AntS. With Ant in quotes
1: This branch of the U.S. Army is its principal land combat force.
infantry.
2: AAA is this type of artillery used to defend against attack from above.
anti-aircraft.
3: A 3-star general is also known as this type and somewhat surprisingly, outranks a major one.
lieutenant (lieutenant general).
4: The Army of the Potomac turned back the Army of Northern Virginia at this famously bloody 1862 battle.
Antietam.
5: In the U.S. Army, a WO1 is this type of officer, the army's tactical and technical experts.
a warrant officer.
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June 14, 2024Episode 1221 - That movie's genius - Internal rhyme verbs - Measure up - Art books - Umbrella potpourri
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1221, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: That Movie'S Genius
1: Doc Brown created the flux capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible, in this film.
Back to the Future.
2: Dr. Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission in this 2013 film.
Gravity.
3: An un-Gandhi-like Ben Kingsley takes a child chess prodigy under his wing in this 1993 film.
Searching for Bobby Fischer.
4: Hugh Jackman is super-hacker Stanley Jobson in this 2001 film; give us the password.
Swordfish.
5: Coal miner's son Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes up rocketry in this film.
October Sky.
Round 2. Category: Internal Rhyme Verbs
1: Hyphenated verb meaning to quaff an entire beer in one go.
chug-a-lug.
2: This gathering of Native Americans is also a verb meaning "to confer".
powwow.
3: To keep going on the same course, or to stay at the same weight.
maintain.
4: From the Chinese, it means to show excessive subservience.
kowtow.
5: To spend time with the rich and famous.
hobnob.
Round 3. Category: Measure Up
1: It was supposed to equal the distance from Henry VIII's nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb.
a yard.
2: It's really gross, man, when you have a gross which is this many dozen.
12.
3: The number of square inches in a square foot.
144.
4: 1 astronomical unit = about 93 million miles, the average distance between these 2 objects.
the Earth and the Sun.
5: This measure of booze equals .666 jigger or 1 ounce.
a shot.
Round 4. Category: Art Books
1: The diary of young Julie Manet has been published as "Growing Up With" this group of painters.
the Impressionists.
2: Great painters? Just tracers, per the book "Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old" these.
Masters.
3: "A Life Discovered" is the subtitle of a book about this enigmatic woman, the most famous portrait sitter of all time.
the Mona Lisa.
4: Hayden Herrera's biography of this Mexican woman was the basis for a movie.
Frida Kahlo.
5: The "Basic Genre" series includes "Landscape", "Self-Portraits" and this, with a cover showing fruit on a table.
Still Life.
Round 5. Category: Umbrella Potpourri
1: This umbrella-wielding Batman foe made his comic book debut in 1941 in Detective Comics No. 58.
the Penguin.
2: The sun is out,so the light umbrellas carried here are known by this word.
parasol.
3: In 2007 her "Umbrella" was named MTV's Monster Single of the Year.
Rihanna.
4: In 2011, his last full year as French president, he got a Kevlar-coated umbrella as part of his protection.
Nicolas Sarkozy.
5: This insurance company lost its umbrella logo when it merged with Citicorp in 1998 but later purchased it back.
Travelers.
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June 13, 2024Episode 1220 - Olde music - Anagrammed food and drink - Overcoming obstacles - Not making it to the end of the movie - We invented stuff
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1220, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Olde Music
1: Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" and 17 Polish songs.
(Frédéric) Chopin.
2: "Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death.
The Magic Flute.
3: Compositions by Bach include "Toccata and" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this.
Fugue.
4: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 and naturally preceded a display.
Fireworks.
5: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city.
Padua.
Round 2. Category: Anagrammed Food And Drink
1: If you're watching your carbs, eat these plain, not in cakes.
crabs (from carbs).
2: Let's shop for this beer ingredient.
hops.
3: We all scream for it:MICE CARE.
ice cream.
4: When I'm in a slump, these purple fruits perk me up.
plums (from slump).
5: I'll dine on this English custard and cake dessert, then let it filter through my body.
trifle.
Round 3. Category: Overcoming Obstacles
1: Diagnosed with ALS in the '60s and given a few years to live, he lived another 50+ to become one of the greatest scientific minds of all time.
Hawking.
2: Joe Biden used to read poetry for hours in front of a mirror to help overcome this speech disorder.
a stutter.
3: This Swedish teen activist says of her Asperger's, "I'm sometimes a bit different... and... being different is a superpower".
(Greta) Thunberg.
4: Legally deaf, this Oscar-winning actress was instrumental in getting closed captioning on TV and streaming.
(Marlee) Matlin.
5: Born without a right hand, he pitched with his left, playing 10 seasons for 4 different MLB teams.
Jim Abbott.
Round 4. Category: Not Making It To The End Of The Movie
1: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away and die in space than spend time with a woman his own age.
George Clooney.
2: Bad puddy tat! This evil uncle admits fratricide when he whispers, "I killed Mufasa" to Simba.
Scar.
3: Gwyneth Paltrow returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong, sickens and dies and this 2011 pandemic thriller is off and running.
Contagion.
4: Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film.
The Godfather.
5: Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you and a clone of your younger self up and kills you, like this 2017 guy.
Logan.
Round 5. Category: We Invented Stuff
1: By 1881 his Menlo Park home had been set up with a complete electric lighting system.
Edison.
2: In 1814 Robert Fulton developed "Fulton the First", the first warship powered by this force.
steam.
3: On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray attempted to file a patent for this invention; however, Bell beat him by hours.
the telephone.
4: In 1868 Carlos Glidden and Partners patented this 1st machine that wrote faster than one could write by hand.
a typewriter.
5: During WWII, this rocketry pioneer served as director of research for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics.
Goddard.
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June 12, 2024Episode 1219 - At the museum - Energy sources - British fictional characters - Explorers and travelers - I'd rather have
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1219, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: At The Museum
1: The Ulster Museum in Belfast displays treasures from the Girona and 2 other ships that were part of this famed fleet.
the Spanish Armada.
2: An Oregon science museum has the USS Blueback, one of these; in addition to its navy days, it was in "The Hunt For Red October".
a submarine.
3: (Alex Trebek reads the clue from the Smithsonian.) Higher than normal counters helped accommodate the 6'2" height of this chef, who used this very kitchen not only privately, but also to achieve television fame--bon appetit !.
Julia Child.
4: Here's an early work by this artist, from the Pittsburgh museum that's devoted to him.
(Andy) Warhol.
5: This specialized London museum has some 160,000 images of specific people, including 89 of Henry VIII and 116 of Elizabeth I.
National Portrait Gallery.
Round 2. Category: Energy Sources
1: Used in reactors, this element's 239 isotope has a half-life of 24,360 years.
plutonium.
2: It's the brand of battery that keeps going and going and going....
Energizer.
3: Today a barrel of crude oil yields about 19 gallons of it.
gasoline.
4: It's harvested in blocks, dried and used for fuel in Ireland.
peat.
5: Water power is hydropower; this is steam power produced from water heated naturally in the earth.
geothermal power.
Round 3. Category: British Fictional Characters
1: Disraeli created Vivian Grey; he created Dorian Gray.
Oscar Wilde.
2: He created Mrs. Flanders, also known as Moll.
Daniel Defoe.
3: Griffin is the name of this H.G. Wells title character.
the Invisible Man.
4: Richard Llewellyn novel with coal miner Gwilym Morgan and minister Mr. Gruffydd.
How Green Was My Valley.
5: Self-described "singleton" whose bestselling "diary" was concocted by Helen Fielding.
Bridget Jones.
Round 4. Category: Explorers And Travelers
1: It's the passage sought but not found by Cartier, Frobisher and Franklin.
Northwest Passage.
2: This Venetian traveler believed he found the kingdom of legendary King Prester John.
Marco Polo.
3: In 1799 Alexander Von Humboldt set out to prove the Orinoco connects to this longer river.
Amazon.
4: Vitus Bering was born in Denmark, but explored the Arctic for this European power.
Russia.
5: 19th century world traveler Isabella Bird was the first female member of this British society founded in 1830.
Royal Geographical Society.
Round 5. Category: I'D Rather Have
1: Instead of any current politician, I'd have lunch with this 16th president and hear about frontier life.
Lincoln.
2: Instead of a fancy restaurant meal, I'd rather have a backyard cookout serving up grilled these, like brats and chorizos.
sausages.
3: For a good guard dog, I'd pick from the AKC's list of them that includes the Doberman one of these, but not the miniature one.
A Pinscher.
4: I'd rather see this epic 1962 movie biography set in the desert in a theater at 70mm projection than on a cell phone.
Lawrence of Arabia.
5: Instead of a beer, I'd rather have this French wine that Food and Wine Mag calls "the world's most popular white".
chardonnay.
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June 11, 2024Episode 1218 - All you need is "love" - Triple alliteration - Magazines and newspapers - 2018 college football names - Bible numbers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1218, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All You Need Is Love. With Love in quotation marks
1: The Internet is full of tips to get rid of these, the bulges of fat at the sides of the waist.
love handles.
2: Rawlings makes them for ballplayers.
gloves.
3: It's also called a courting chair.
a love seat.
4: Split, like some hooves.
cloven.
5: It seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991.
Slovenia.
Round 2. Category: Triple Alliteration
1: One of this organization's missions is "calling out and addressing substandard marketplace behavior".
Better Business Bureau.
2: This pencil-and-paper game is also known as Xs and Os.
tic-tac-toe.
3: Only around since the early 1990s, it takes you practically anywhere you want to go--on the Internet.
the World Wide Web.
4: The movie "A Christmas Story" used this canine phrase to up the ante in a big challenge.
double dog dare.
5: Relationship of Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria.
great-great-granddaughter.
Round 3. Category: Magazines And Newspapers
1: This largest newspaper chain owns the Des Moines Register and about 100 other papers.
Gannett.
2: Guideposts magazine was founded in 1945 by this "positive" minister and his wife Ruth.
Norman Vincent Peale.
3: This magazine's "Marginal Thinking Department" features "drawn out dramas" by Sergio Aragones.
Mad magazine.
4: In March 1983 this "Magnum P.I." star became the first male centerfold in McCall's history; he kept his clothes on.
Tom Selleck.
5: This British humor magazine was named for a puppet, not for a drink.
Punch.
Round 4. Category: 2018 College Football Names
1: Cameron Rising isn't an action movie, he's a QB who wants to "hook 'em" for the Longhorns of this school.
University of Texas.
2: Rocky Jacques-Louis is a Panther at FIU, Shocky Jacques-Louis is a Panther at this university in the "Steel City".
Pittsburgh.
3: Bumper Pool bounces running backs around as a linebacker for the Razorbacks of this school.
the University of Arkansas.
4: On Saturdays Smoke Monday is a Tigers defensive back for this in-state rival of Alabama.
the University of Auburn.
5: Linebacker Justice Dingle floats like a butterfly and stings like a Yellow Jacket for this Southern U..
Georgia Tech.
Round 5. Category: Bible Numbers
1: As depicted in Genesis, there were this many people on Noah's Ark.
8.
2: God spent this many days creating the heavens and the earth.
6.
3: David selected 5 smooth stones out of a stream before his encounter with this person.
Goliath.
4: After fasting for this many days and nights, Jesus was tempted by Satan who challenged him to turn stones into bread.
40.
5: Jacob ended up serving this many years to win the hand of Rachel.
14.
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June 10, 2024Episode 1217 - Getting jazzed - 1949 - Waist up, neck down - Show biz shelleys - America literature
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1217, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Getting Jazzed
1: Introduced in 1948, these items let jazz become more complex by allowing longer performances on a single side.
LPs.
2: Look away, look away, look away, it's a revivalist style of New Orleans jazz.
Dixieland.
3: Billy Strayhorn composed classics like "Take The 'A' Train" during his collaboration with this bandleader.
Duke Ellington.
4: In 1998 Ellis, patriarch of this jazz family, released his own trio album, "Twelve's It".
Marsalis.
5: In the '70s Weather Report had "nuclear" results with this style that combined jazz and rock.
fusion.
Round 2. Category: 1949
1: On August 23 a manslaughter charge was filed against the cabbie who killed this "Gone with the Wind" author.
(Margaret) Mitchell.
2: On January 31 the U.S. formally recognized Transjordan and this country.
Israel.
3: This camera which produced a print in 60 seconds went on sale May 11.
a Polaroid.
4: There were about 40,000 horologists making these in the U.S..
clocks (watches).
5: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, shah of this country, was wounded when a reporter fired 5 shots at him.
Iran.
Round 3. Category: Waist Up, Neck Down
1: "Breadbasket" is slang for the midsection or specifically this digestive organ.
the stomach.
2: The cecum is part of the large intestine; animals use it to digest this kind of food, so in koalas, it's 3 times body length.
plants (vegetation).
3: Filtering the entire contents of your blood as many as 40 times a day is the job of this pair of organs.
the kidneys.
4: As part of the body's immune response, the spleen releases these proteins such as IgM that counteract pathogens.
antibodies.
5: The formation of solid deposits also called choleliths is a common occurrence in this organ.
the gallbladder.
Round 4. Category: Show Biz Shelleys
1: 3 "cheers" for this actress who played waitress Diane Chambers.
Shelley Long.
2: While playing Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show, she had a #1 hit with "Johnny Angel".
Shelley Fabares.
3: The TV boss she worked for and perfume she represented were both named Charlie.
Shelley Hack.
4: He said, "I'm not a sick comedian; I'm a healthy actor".
Shelley Berman.
5: When Clark Gable came to pick her up, she thinks her mother may have said, "Don't be careful".
Shelley Winters.
Round 5. Category: America Literature
1: While walking, this Washington Irving character comes upon a party of odd-looking men playing ninepins.
Rip Van Winkle.
2: In "Moby Dick" this captain dies when a harpoon line loops around his neck and pulls him overboard.
Ahab.
3: In this Steinbeck work, dimwitted Lennie Small has a vision of his Aunt Clara.
Of Mice and Men.
4: After Judge Pyncheon's death, this Hawthorne title home is left to Hepzibah and her brother Clifford.
the House of Seven Gables.
5: Tom Sawyer is ordered to whitewash a fence because this brother tells Aunt Polly Tom played hooky.
Sid.
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June 09, 2024Episode 1216 - Ends in "oo" - I know ur - "to" and "fro" - Arts - The songs of max martin
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1216, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ends In Oo. With Oo in quotation marks
1: Members of this Algonquian-speaking tribe live in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mexico, but not in Dogpatch.
the Kickapoo.
2: Necromancy, Haitian-style.
Voodoo.
3: It's sometimes a quadruped, but to move quickly it becomes a biped and leaps.
a kangaroo.
4: Also.
too.
5: Eskimo condo.
an igloo.
Round 2. Category: I Know Ur
1: Ur is dominated by one of these stepped, pyramidal temple towers dating from the 3rd millennium B.C..
a ziggurat.
2: The first major excavations of Ur were made after WWI by H.R. Hall of this London institution.
the British Museum.
3: One of the last kings to build at Ur was this "great" Persian, also called Koresh.
Cyrus.
4: Now called Tall al-Muqayyar, modern Ur is about 10 miles from Nasiriyah in this troubled Mideast country.
Iraq.
5: Founded in the 4th millennium B.C., Ur was a capital city of this oldest Mesopotamian civilization.
Sumeria.
Round 3. Category: To And Fro. With To" And "Fro in quotation marks
1: This injury from low temperatures can lead to gangrene.
frostbite.
2: You'll hear this when someone scores a hit in fencing.
touché.
3: It's "An Irish Lullaby" me mother sang to me in Killarney.
"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral".
4: Colloquial 5-letter title for a first-year college student.
frosh.
5: Mais oui, it's French for "cheese".
fromage.
Round 4. Category: Arts
1: The full title of this modernist Stravinsky ballet includes "Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts".
The Rite of Spring.
2: Drummer Art Blakey was a real heavy cat in this style of music that preceded "Messengers" in his band's name.
jazz.
3: Arthur Burns battled inflation as the chairman of this economic body from 1970 to 1978.
The Fed (the Federal Reserve).
4: This architect fell in love with the Arizona desert and built Taliesin West, his winter home, in Scottsdale.
Frank Lloyd Wright.
5: He attended UCLA on a tennis scholarship and in 1965 won the U.S. collegiate men's singles title.
Arthur Ashe.
Round 5. Category: The Songs Of Max Martin
1: "and Juliet" imagines the Shakespeare story had the heroine lived and here she is performing this song, Britney Spears' first hit"I must confess, that my loneliness is killing me now...".
"...Baby One More Time".
2: Juliet stops the show with "Roar", a 2013 hit from this artist"I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter / Dancing through the fire / 'Cause I am a...".
Katy Perry.
3: Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway performs "That's The Way It Is", a Top 10 hit for this chanteuse in 2000"Don't give up on your faith / Love comes to those who believe it".
Celine Dion.
4: The first musical number in "and Juliet" has William Shakespeare performing this Backstreet Boys song"All you people can't you see, can't you see / How your love's affecting our reality".
"Larger Than Life".
5: The finale of "and Juliet" features the cast performing this Justin Timberlake hit"Come on / All those things I shouldn't do / But you dance, dance, dance /And ain't nobody leavin' soon, so keep dancin'".
"Can't Stop The Feeling!".
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June 08, 2024Episode 1215 - The shirley booth - Sleepy - Major generals - A marriage in ruins - To "l" with science
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1215, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Shirley Booth
1: Before the closing of the theaters in 1642, James Shirley wrote about 30 plays during the reign of this king.
Charles I.
2: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a Gothic novel by this author also known for her short stories.
Shirley Jackson.
3: This Welsh singer sang the theme songs for 3 James Bond movies.
Bassey.
4: In the miniseries "Mrs. America" about 1970s feminist wars, Uzo Aduba played this pioneering Black presidential candidate.
Shirley Chisholm.
5: Post-Hollywood, Shirley Temple served as a U.S. ambassador and head of the office of this, diplomatic procedure.
the office of protocol.
Round 2. Category: Sleepy
1: This sleepy Pennsylvania town is often called "The Most Famous Small Town in America".
Gettysburg.
2: In 2010 the sleepy Hudson River town of Rhinebeck, N.Y. hosted the nuptials of this first kid.
Chelsea Clinton.
3: Big Arm, Bigfork, and Big Sky are all little towns in this state.
Montana.
4: A 1920s query asked, "Will it play in" this Illinois town that experts considered a bellwether?.
Peoria.
5: Tim McGraw called this Colorado ski resort city southwest of Aspen and Vail a "sleepy little town".
Telluride.
Round 3. Category: Major Generals
1: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, he's now a member of Bush's cabinet.
Colin Powell.
2: For sure he was a major general at Fort Sumter; that bit about inventing baseball....
Abner Doubleday.
3: Eisenhower, MacArthur and Marshall all got big promotions in December of this year.
1944.
4: Some generals got better nicknames than others -- Joseph Hooker was "Fighting Joe" and he was "Mad Anthony".
Anthony Wayne.
5: Lincoln took the command of the Army of the Potomac away from this man -- twice.
George McClellan.
Round 4. Category: A Marriage In Ruins
1: Board the Hiram Bingham train in Cuzco and have your ceremony near these ruins with a shaman as your officiant.
Machu Picchu.
2: There's an idea to turn the ruins of this old metropolis S. of Baghdad into a wedding venue, but you may want to wait for calm.
Babylon.
3: Chichen Itza may be a good site for your nuptials; it's located in this Mexican state with the same name as a peninsula.
the Yucatán.
4: Come clean with your bride at a wedding in Rome's baths of this emperor, opened in 216 A.D..
Caracalla.
5: Wed at the Talisay Ruins, once a sugar plantation on Negros Island, part of this Southeast Asian archipelago.
the Philippines.
Round 5. Category: To L With Science. With L in quotes
1: On average, this organ produces up to 2.5 pints of bile every day.
liver.
2: A tree branch, or a solar flare seen at the edge of the Sun.
a limb.
3: Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats and oils.
lipids.
4: When you activate a light stick, the chemicals within react to produce this type of cold light.
luminescence.
5: 5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome.
a locus.
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June 07, 2024Episode 1214 - Passion - 1000 - Name the seuss title - The original language - Love actuarily
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1214, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Passion
1: Devotion to a cause, or in another way, "To Phil and Judie: I could not have written the clue without you".
a dedication.
2: Mais oui and toujours, it's French for "love", mon....
amour.
3: We are obsessed, perhaps even crazed, about this suffix, from the Greek for "excessive desire".
mania.
4: Zest is a 4-letter word starting with Z that fits the category; so is this.
zeal.
5: These 2 passionate words make up the title of a 1965 film about Michelangelo.
agony and ecstasy.
Round 2. Category: 1000
1: There was widespread fear that this would happen; people worried about the millennium back then, too.
the world would end.
2: This sport can be traced back to c. 1000 when a monk named Eilmer jumped and sailed from Malmesbury Abbey.
hang gliding.
3: This country's Stephen I was crowned in 1000 in his hometown of Esztergom and the crown is a national treasure.
Hungary.
4: Piasts ruled this country in 1000; in 1919, a pianist ruled it: Ignace Paderewski.
Poland.
5: Sweyn Forkbeard, King Olaf of Sweden and 2 others defeated and killed King Olaf I of this country at Svold.
Norway.
Round 3. Category: Name The Seuss Title
1: "I will not eat them in the rain. I will not eat them on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be!".
Green Eggs and Ham.
2: Through the high jungle tree tops, the news quickly spread: "He talks to a dust speck! He's out of his head!".
Horton Hears a Who.
3: "No! Not in the house!" said the fish in the pot, "They should not fly kites in a house! They should not".
The Cat in the Hat.
4: "Silence!" the king of the turtles barked back. "I'm king, and you're only a turtle named Mack".
Yertle the Turtle.
5: "Socks on chicks and chicks on fox. Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks".
Fox in Socks.
Round 4. Category: The Original Language
1: "From the Earth to the Moon".
French.
2: The diary of Anne Frank.
Dutch.
3: "In this best of all possible worlds...Everything is for the best".
French.
4: Kowtow, typhoon, and tycoon.
Chinese.
5: The 1880s work "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".
German.
Round 5. Category: Love Actuarily
1: They may be "single", "birth" or "helicopter", and a 2017 study says they live longer than other people.
parents.
2: A U. of Miami study found married men survived the longest with this most common male gland cancer.
prostate cancer.
3: I know, he snores and has morning breath, but Pitt researchers found doing this raises stress hormone levels.
sleeping separately (or alone).
4: The A.H.A., short for this, says having a dog lowers your risk of the type of disease it fights.
the American Heart Association.
5: The death rate in healthy men was found to double if they'd experienced this sad event from Old English reafian, "to steal".
a bereavement.
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