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May 17, 2024Episode 1193 - Phrases literally translated - That's "super"! - I still like cartoons - Not a current national capital - "m" tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1193, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Phrases Literally Translated
1: Don't overcook the pasta--I like it "to the tooth".
al dente.
2: I was just walking down the street and I had a sudden sense of "already seen".
déja vu.
3: I see you've positioned the bed according to the principles of "wind water".
feng shui.
4: Step outside, pal--it's you and me, "hand to hand".
mano a mano.
5: Gerry Adams is the leader of "Ourselves Alone".
Sinn Fein.
Round 2. Category: That'S Super!. With Super in quotes
1: In the days following Hurricane Katrina, this venue sheltered nearly 25,000 evacuees.
the Superdome.
2: The first one was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
the Super Bowl.
3: These enormous cargo ships can hold over 300,000 tons of oil.
supertankers.
4: When a massive star dies out, it may explode and become one of these, billions of times as bright as the sun.
a supernova.
5: Here's a crossword clue: One-word movie song title(34 letters).
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
Round 3. Category: I Still Like Cartoons
1: This guy's theme song tells us "Absorbent and yellow and porous is he".
SpongeBob SquarePants.
2: This Great Dane was introduced in 1969, and you'd have gotten away with $400 if it weren't for those meddling kids.
Scooby-Doo.
3: These 2 title kids get to torment the Grim Reaper after winning a limbo contest against him.
Billy and Mandy.
4: He leads Ed and Edd in trying to carry out various adolescent schemes.
Eddy.
5: Looking like a refugee from "Pac Man", Blooregard Q. Kazoo hangs out with his pal, Mac, on this show.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Round 4. Category: Not A Current National Capital
1: Asmara,Addis Ababa,Aswan.
Aswan.
2: Ljubljana,Bratislava,Barcelona.
Barcelona.
3: Quito,Sao Paulo,Bogota.
São Paulo.
4: Istanbul,Ottawa,Amman.
Istanbul.
5: Sofia,Sarajevo,Saigon.
Saigon.
Round 5. Category: M Tv. With M in quotation marks
1: This series' title character worked for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
2: This James Garner western once broadcast a satire of "Gunsmoke" titled "Gunshy".
Maverick.
3: The novel it was derived from was written by a doctor who'd actually served in the Korean War.
mash.
4: Guy Fieri hosted this TV competition in which contestants had 60 seconds to perform tasks for cash.
Minute to Win It.
5: In a 1987 show, Matt Frewer played a dual role, Edison Carter and this title character.
Max Headroom.
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May 16, 2024Episode 1192 - The century of the crime - January 1, 1993 - Of the nile - Words of the year - 3
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1192, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Century Of The Crime
1: Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to money laundering, fraud and a bunch of other stuff.
the 21st century.
2: Charlotte Corday kills Marat, is not sad.
the 18th century.
3: Lewis Payne causes William Seward pain, but even wounding the Secretary of State is not the biggest crime that day.
the 19th century.
4: The Salem witch trials burn into history.
the 17th century.
5: William Wallace is condemned as a traitor, though he said he never swore allegiance to Edward.
the 14th century.
Round 2. Category: January 1, 1993
1: These 2 countries came into existence.
Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
2: This country knocked 3 zeros off its pesos.
Mexico.
3: President Bush spent the day wishing happy new year to the U.S. troops in this country.
Somalia.
4: This college team became No. 1 by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl.
the University of Alabama.
5: Robert Eaton took over as this automaker's CEO.
Chrysler.
Round 3. Category: Of The Nile
1: The Nile runs through Cairo and this other national capital city.
Khartoum, Sudan.
2: The first of the 10 Biblical plagues of Egypt occurred when the waters of the Nile were turned into this.
blood.
3: The High Dam across the Nile at this city creates Lake Nasser, one of the largest reservoirs in the world.
Aswan.
4: He was knighted in 1886 in part for his journeys in search of the source of the Nile.
Sir Richard Burton.
5: There's no denial, Act III of this Verdi opera takes place on the banks of the Nile.
Aida.
Round 4. Category: Words Of The Year
1: dictionary.com:Xenophobia, meaning "fear of" these.
foreigners (or strangers).
2: The Cambridge Dictionary picked this adjective meaning having delusions of persecution.
paranoid.
3: Merriam-Webster:Not merely "real" but this word meaning weirdly unreal, like a dream.
surreal.
4: Collins Dictionary:This word with a useful suffix to indicate leaving.
Brexit.
5: Oxford:Post-truth, edging out this 4-letter adjective meaning alert to injustice.
woke.
Round 5. Category: 3
1: The 3-tiered crown of this personage stands for spiritual power, temporal power and ecclesiastical power.
the pope.
2: Ned Nederlander, Dusty Bottoms and Lucky Day go up against El Guapo in this 1986 movie.
¡Three Amigos!.
3: This secretary in Ronald Reagan's cabinet shares his name with one of the 3 men in a tub.
(James) Baker.
4: The 3 main classifications of these are active, dormant and extinct.
volcanoes.
5: The 3 orders of these monks are the Friars Minor, the Poor Clares and the Brothers and Sisters of Penance.
the Franciscans.
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May 15, 2024Episode 1191 - Go to "h" - With a sculpture on top - Traditional eastern medicine - Shocking art - And span "d_x"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Go To H. With H in quotation marks
1: It's the medical term for bad breath.
halitosis.
2: Buzz in when you know this one -- in ancient times, this sweet, sticky liquid was used to treat wounds.
Honey.
3: At best, it's a computer enthusiast; at worst, it's one who illegally taps into your computer.
Hacker.
4: Established in 1519, this capital is the largest city in the West Indies.
Havana (Cuba).
5: This small nocturnal mammal covered with spines rolls into a ball when threatened.
a hedgehog.
Round 2. Category: With A Sculpture On Top
1: Commissioned by brewer Carl Jacobsen, a sculpture of this fairy-tale figure sits atop a rock in Copenhagen harbor.
the Little Mermaid.
2: A classical statue called "Freedom" sits atop the dome of this Washington, D.C. building.
the U.S. Capitol.
3: Philly's city hall is topped by a 37-foot tall statue of this colony founder; for a time no building there was built higher than his hat.
William Penn.
4: The colossal Christ the Redeemer Statue on Mount Corcovado towers over this South American city.
Rio de Janeiro.
5: A column topped by a 17-foot statue of this man is the centerpiece of London's Trafalgar Square.
Nelson.
Round 3. Category: Traditional Eastern Medicine
1: Most acupuncture points relate to pathways along the body called these, like the ones connecting poles on a globe.
meridians.
2: Cupping stimulates acupuncture points by applying suction through a glass jar, creating a partial one of these.
a vacuum.
3: Acupuncture needles, now steel and as thin as a hair, were once made of the woody stem of this giant grass.
bamboo.
4: Research shows that acupuncture increases brain production of these hormones, natural painkillers.
endorphins.
5: Once in weight-loss products, ma huang is the Chinese name for this herbal stimulant used to treat asthma.
ephedra.
Round 4. Category: Shocking Art
1: His mural at Rockefeller Center was destroyed because it included a depiction of Lenin.
Diego Rivera.
2: 1485 Florence was shocked by this artist's large nude painting of the birth of a goddess.
Botticelli.
3: In 1892 Berlin authorities screamed and closed the exhibit by this Scandinavian artist.
(Edvard) Munch.
4: This impressionist's Christ paintings of 1864 and 1865 were crucified for being unidealized.
Édouard Manet.
5: Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" caused a stir at this 1913 show in New York City.
the Armory Show.
Round 5. Category: And Span D_X. With D_X in quotes
1: This 2-word term for a spiral shape dates to 1954.
double helix.
2: A house with 2 living units, or an apartment with 2 floors.
duplex.
3: Type of treatment to help someone recover from drug or alcohol abuse.
detox.
4: Numerical 2-word term for getting rid of something, perhaps by sending it to Davy Jones' locker.
deep six.
5: U.S. patent 4194846 is for this kind of printer.
dot-matrix.
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May 14, 2024Episode 1190 - Languages of india - Jeopardy! acceptable responses - Historic figures - Presidential pooches - Animated movie plots
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1190, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Languages Of India
1: Some dialects are characteristic of one of these Indian social divisions, like Ahirani, spoken by cattle herders.
a caste.
2: Spoken by some 50 million, Gujarati was the first language of this "Father of Modern India".
Mahatma Gandhi.
3: Works like the Bhagavad Gita were written in this ancient language.
Sanskrit.
4: Marathi is the home language of this city, the financial and commercial center of India.
Mumbai.
5: The written language of about 100 million people, it's basically Hindi, but with Arabic script.
Urdu.
Round 2. Category: Jeopardy! Acceptable Responses
1: While we eternally accept Holland, this is the more accurate name for the country.
the Netherlands.
2: We've never even heard anyone say the name Goyathlay, but we'd accept it for this Apache leader.
Geronimo.
3: He went by a shorter name, but William Claude Dukenfield is an acceptable answer when referring to this actor.
W.C. Fields.
4: You don't have to be high society to know that Society of Friends is an acceptable alternative name for this group.
the Quakers.
5: When asking for the name of this mid-20th century British author, we will of course accept his real name, Eric Blair.
George Orwell.
Round 3. Category: Historic Figures
1: Liu Pang, a man of humble birth, founded this country's Han Dynasty circa 202 B.C..
China.
2: Forced from Mainland China in 1949, he established a nationalist government on Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek.
3: This English seaman was known to the Spaniards as "The Dragon".
(Sir Francis) Drake.
4: Only the core of this 13th century conqueror's army consisted of Mongols.
Genghis Khan.
5: Wayzaro Menen, a great-granddaughter of Emperor Menelik II, was the wife of this Ethiopian ruler.
Haile Selassie.
Round 4. Category: Presidential Pooches
1: Thomas Jefferson owned 2 briards that were a gift from this Frenchman.
LaFayette.
2: In the early 1860's, his dog Fido became the first presidential dog to be photographed.
Abraham Lincoln.
3: Garfield named his dog this to warn Congress not to send him any bills that he didn't want to sign into law.
Veto.
4: A pup of liberty, this "golden" breed owned by Gerald Ford, became a guide dog for the blind.
a golden retriever.
5: This chocolate lab was First Dog from 1997 to 2001.
Buddy.
Round 5. Category: Animated Movie Plots
1: In this 2008 film Jedi Knights try to restore peace as the droid army rampages.
The Clone Wars.
2: 4 musicians help Lord Admiral save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies and their anti-music missiles in this classic.
Yellow Submarine.
3: Mrs. Brisby gets help from some super-smart rats who've escaped from a lab in this Don Bluth film.
The Secret of NIMH.
4: 50-foot-tall, metal-eating, talking robot befriends boy in this 1999 film.
Iron Giant.
5: In this 2007 film things don't get better for young Marjane after the Shah is supplanted by the Islamic Revolution.
Persepolis.
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May 13, 2024Episode 1189 - Bill clinton - "song" of poets - Rewriting hamlet - The 19th century - Ad-jectives
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1189, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bill Clinton
1: Clinton won first chair in this instrument in the Arkansas state band.
the saxophone.
2: His birthplace; it's where he lived the first 7 years of his life.
Hope, Arkansas.
3: The day before taking office, Clinton prayed at this president's Arlington, Va. grave.
John F. Kennedy.
4: Bill Clinton met Hillary Rodham while both were attending this law school.
Yale.
5: Clinton got his bachelor's degree at this D.C. school, the only college he applied to.
Georgetown.
Round 2. Category: Song Of Poets. With Song in quotation marks
1: William Blake published this collection in 1789; "Experience" would come a few years later.
Songs of Innocence.
2: Sections of this 1855 poem include "The Peace Pipe", "The White-Man's Foot" and "Blessing the Corn Fields".
The Song of Hiawatha.
3: Read during Passover, it's also referred to as the "Canticle of Canticles".
Song of Songs.
4: Before the 1881 edition, it was simply titled "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American".
"Song of Myself".
5: An insignificant battle between Charlemagne and the Basques at Roncesvalles is the basis for this French epic poem.
The Song of Roland.
Round 3. Category: Rewriting Hamlet
1: Fair one, thy dad had thee repel my letters and deny me access to thee... but a restraining order? What is uppeth with that?.
Ophelia.
2: Zounds! I saw thee not behind that arras! Denmark needeth a new minister to the king! My bad!.
Polonius.
3: Though I did say of thee "Frailty, thy name is woman", Mother, I hope thou acceptest my wedding gift from Pottery Barn.
Gertrude.
4: 'Tis okay ye killed Dad and wed Mom--thou said thy "offence is rank, it smells to heaven", but I'm a live and let live kind of guy.
Claudius.
5: You "two-school-fellows, whom I will trust as I will adders fanged" ...Aw, I ain't mad atcha! Giveth me hugs!.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Round 4. Category: The 19Th Century
1: Much of the fighting in this war, 1853 to 1856, took place on a peninsula in the Black Sea.
the Crimean War.
2: In 1893 this labor leader founded the American Railway Union.
(Eugene) Debs.
3: In 1825 patriots crossed the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to fight for this country's freedom from Brazil.
Uruguay.
4: King John VI of this country died in 1826 and left his throne to Dom Pedro of Brazil who became Pedro I.
Portugal.
5: This family was restored to power in the 1870s when Alfonso XII ascended the Spanish throne.
the Bourbons.
Round 5. Category: Ad-Jectives
1: In other words this common pair of advertising adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated".
new and improved.
2: In a slogan almost a century old, Maxwell House coffee is this "to the last drop".
"good".
3: In other words, this common pair of adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated".
new and improved.
4: Taking this adjective literally, the ads say that BMW is the last driving machine that'll be made.
ultimate.
5: Since 1975 BMW has been touting its vehicles as this kind of "driving machine".
"ultimate".
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May 12, 2024Episode 1188 - Single t, double t - Where are you "at"? - Let's be secure - Scrambled u.s. history - The body in question
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1188, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Single T, Double T
1: The winner of the battle for survival per Darwin.
the fittest.
2: A short, half-suppressed laugh or giggle.
titter.
3: Miss Manners is an expert on this standard of appropriate behavior in social settings.
etiquette.
4: This women's underskirt has been worn since the Middle Ages.
a petticoat.
5: Crenels are the empty parts and merlons are the solid parts in this structure, a type of parapet.
a battlement.
Round 2. Category: Where Are You At?. With At in quotation marks
1: You ran the light and are liable for causing the accident, so you're said to be this.
at fault.
2: You're no longer at attention, and are now permitted to scratch yourself.
at ease.
3: You're out of patience, or in the position of a lassoed steer.
at the end of your rope/at your rope's end.
4: You're being sold below cost, or you're perplexed.
at a loss.
5: You're helpless before someone; in his power.
at his/her mercy.
Round 3. Category: Let'S Be Secure
1: (Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.) I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat".
yellow.
2: DHS is charged with protecting "critical" this--from subways to satellites, the systems we rely on every day.
infrastructure.
3: (Tom Ridge reads.) I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, and this whole military service into the DHS.
the Coast Guard.
4: Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001.
the TSA.
5: (Tom Ridge reads one last time.) Our front line of defense against a terrorist attack is local police and firefighters, known as "first" these.
responders.
Round 4. Category: Scrambled U.S. History
1: 1820s announcement:NO CREDO ON MERIT.
the Monroe Doctrine.
2: 1930s calamity: O DESPERATE GRINS.
the Great Depression.
3: Big deal in 1803: A USUAL HIP SCENARIO.
the Louisiana Purchase.
4: 1794 uprising: SOBER WHINE LIKELY.
the Whiskey Rebellion.
5: One was on the radio April 28, 1935: CHIEFS TIRADE.
a fireside chat.
Round 5. Category: The Body In Question
1: Marilyn Monroe's breathiness and John Wayne's slow speech were, says 1 expert, ways to correct this.
stuttering.
2: Part of the body on which you might get enamel bonding.
your teeth.
3: The 2 main gases exchanged in the alveoli of the lungs.
oxygen and carbon dioxide.
4: PBS series from which this category takes its name was hosted by this actor/director/satirist/M.D..
Jonathan Miller.
5: The technical term for it is "alopecia", and one of the remedies is a "rug".
baldness.
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May 11, 2024Episode 1187 - Other bond film characters - Ad council classics - Symphonies - "b"ooks - Every day's a holiday
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Other Bond Film Characters
1: Miss Moneypenny is the personal assistant of this character, the head of MI6.
M.
2: First name of American spy Mr. Leiter, who often helped James Bond defeat the bad guys.
Felix.
3: Ben Whishaw is the new computer-savvy version of this character.
Q.
4: Supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld shows up in "Thunderball" as the head of this criminal organization.
SPECTRE.
5: The giant metal-mouthed assassin "Jaws" chews up the scenery in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and this film in space.
Moonraker.
Round 2. Category: Ad Council Classics
1: The Ad Council began in 1942 as the War Advertising Council; its first campaign urged the sale of war these.
bonds.
2: A 1983 campaign introduced the phrase "Friends don't let friends" do this.
drive drunk.
3: In 1979 the Council unleashed McGruff the Crime Dog, who urged Americans to do this 6-word thing.
take a bite out of crime.
4: A 1988 campaign that said "Help stop AIDS. Use" one of these was the first in America to use the word.
a condom.
5: The Council's 1960s recruiting campaign for this JFK program called it "the toughest job you'll ever love".
the Peace Corps.
Round 3. Category: Symphonies
1: This Soviet superstar subtitled his third symphony "May First".
(Dmitri) Shostakovich.
2: In 1889 Cesar Franck shocked some French critics by using this "English" instrument in a symphony.
the English horn.
3: The "Pathetic" Symphony is by this Russian who also gave us the celebratory "1812 Overture".
Tchaikovsky.
4: "Merry Gathering of the Peasants" is one movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" symphony.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
5: In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music.
the Pulitzer Prize.
Round 4. Category: BOoks. With B in quotation marks
1: This children's classic is subtitled "A Life in the Woods".
Bambi.
2: The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing.
bel canto.
3: This classic kids' book by Felix Salten is subtitled "A Life in the Woods".
Bambi.
4: It's the huge 1992 bestseller about a photographer, a farm wife and 4 days in Iowa.
Bridges of Madison County.
5: "Fleeing playgirl traced to Rio" is a headline about Holly Golightly in this Truman Capote tale.
Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Round 5. Category: Every Day'S A Holiday
1: On January 12 have a cuppa on National Hot this Day.
Tea.
2: In Japan, November the 11th is a holiday celebrating this art form.
origami.
3: National Thank You Note Day is on this date, the day after opening lots of gifts.
December 26th.
4: August 13 is a special day for these folks, including Barack Obama, Paul McCartney and Clayton Kershaw.
southpaws (left-handers).
5: Held in October at the end of the week, this alliterative day celebrates Mary Shelley and her famous creation.
Frankenstein Friday.
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May 10, 2024Episode 1186 - Fete offensive - Polyhymnia - 4 top men - Working with a beatle - From movie to musical
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1186, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fete Offensive
1: 1953 and 2009 were years of riots in France on this festive day that was violent back in 1789, too.
Bastille Day.
2: After this war hero's 1829 inauguration, crowds nearly crushed him and the White House was trashed.
Andrew Jackson.
3: Beijing feted 70 years of Communist rule on "National Day" in 2019, but protests in this administrative region turned ugly.
Hong Kong.
4: 30 years after the original concert, this reboot featured overpriced water and arson.
Woodstock.
5: Netflix' documentary about this ill-conceived Bahamian romp is subtitled "The Greatest Party that Never Happened".
the Fyre Festival.
Round 2. Category: Polyhymnia
1: "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!" Joan Baez sang this national hymn on a 1963 concert album.
"Battle Hymn Of The Republic".
2: "In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes" is in the second part of their hymn.
the Marine Corps.
3: Also meaning a commonly repeated word or phrase, this term originally referred to a Hindu vedic hymn.
mantra.
4: A processional is sung as clergy and laity enter a church; this type of hymn, as they leave.
recessional.
5: Bede recorded this earliest-known Anglo-Saxon Christian poet's "Hymn" in prose.
Cædmon.
Round 3. Category: 4 Top Men
1: You know it would be true, you know I wouldn't be a liar, to say this band turned down $50K from Buick to use "Light My Fire".
The Doors.
2: This foursome was "Runnin' With The Devil" but runnin' without brown MandMs, excluded in their concert contracts.
Van Halen.
3: For a track on "Quadrophenia", this band had to bribe a train driver to blow his whistle departing Waterloo station.
The Who.
4: Bob Geldof on the show-stopping performance by this band at Live Aid: "It was the perfect stage for Freddie".
Queen.
5: At the 2017 Grammys, this hard rocking quartet of dudes went (Lady) Gaga to play "Moth Into Flame".
Metallica.
Round 4. Category: Working With A Beatle
1: In a 1995 Pizza Hut ad, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davy Jones welcomed Ringo as this band's new drummer.
the Monkees.
2: "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", a 1971 No. 1, is credited to Paul and this woman.
Linda Eastman (McCartney).
3: In 1997 Ringo said, "Baby, I Love Your Way" and had this ex-Humble Pie guy in the All-Starr Band.
Peter Frampton.
4: "Handle with Care"! Along with George, this '80s group featured Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.
the Traveling Wilburys.
5: On Thanksgiving 1974, John joined this man at Madison Square Garden to perform "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".
Elton John.
Round 5. Category: From Movie To Musical
1: This musical based on a 1933 film is currently tapping away on the NYC thoroughfare of the same name.
42nd Street.
2: Tony Curtis took the Joe E. Brown role, not the Tony Curtis part, in a new musical based on this Billy Wilder film.
Some Like It Hot.
3: You could say John C. Reilly butchered the role in the 2002 musical based on this Ernest Borgnine film.
Marty.
4: It had to happen: this 1962 classic in which Bette Davis tormented Joan Crawford became a musical in 2002.
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.
5: "Illya Darling" was based on this foreign film about a woman who worked only Monday through Saturday.
Never On Sunday.
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May 09, 2024Episode 1185 - Odd american history - Comic actors - Brushed up your shakespeare - It's me, margaret - Stupid geographic answers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Odd American History
1: In 1833 this 35-inch-tall millionaire wed the 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren (P.T. had his hand in it...).
Tom Thumb.
2: Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals.
pigs.
3: In 1801 this American boat designer tried to sell his submarine to Napoleon.
Fulton.
4: Dexter Pratt, a neighbor of Longfellow, had this job (and presumably, sinewy hands).
blacksmith.
5: Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses and draw the birds.
Audubon.
Round 2. Category: Comic Actors
1: He was a star in British Vaudeville before creating the "Little Tramp" onscreen.
Charlie Chaplin.
2: His title roles have included "Ace Ventura" and half of "Dumb and Dumber".
Jim Carrey.
3: Martin Short, John Candy and Dan Aykroyd were all born in this country.
Canada.
4: 20 years after playing Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", she's become a respected film director.
Diane Keaton.
5: Seen in "Evita", this sex symbol from Malaga gained fame in the offbeat comic films of Pedro Almodovar.
Antonio Banderas.
Round 3. Category: Brushed Up Your Shakespeare
1: In a "seasonal" play, young Mamillius tells us, "A sad tale's best for" this season.
A Winter's Tale.
2: This villain says, "Now, sir, be judge yourself whether I in any just term am affined to love the Moor".
Iago.
3: In "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this comic character courts both Mistress Ford and Mistress Page.
Falstaff.
4: These scaredy-cats "die many times before their deaths", says Julius Caesar.
a coward.
5: In "Much Ado About Nothing", she and Benedick carry on a "merry war".
Beatrice.
Round 4. Category: It'S Me, Margaret
1: She entered the House of Commons in 1959; a higher post awaited.
(Margaret) Thatcher.
2: On "mash" Loretta Swit played head nurse Margaret Houlihan, better known by this nickname.
Hot Lips.
3: Works by this anthropologist include "Growing up in New Guinea".
Margaret Mead.
4: Season 2 of this Netflix show featured the lavish wedding of Princess Margaret, played by Vanessa Kirby.
The Crown.
5: In 1939 this actress starred with Judy Garland in "Babes in Arms" in black-and-white and "The Wizard of Oz" in green.
(Margaret) Hamilton.
Round 5. Category: Stupid Geographic Answers
1: It was once called the Union of South Africa.
South Africa.
2: This seaport is the capital of Djibouti.
Djibouti.
3: This sea lies to the north of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
the North Sea.
4: The Arabian Sea lies between India on the east and this peninsula on the west.
the Arabian peninsula.
5: Kansas City is at the confluence of the Missouri River and this river.
the Kansas River.
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May 08, 2024Episode 1184 - Washington today - Alexander the great - New testament - "blue" plate special - The impassable dream
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1184, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Washington Today
1: She's the mother of 5, grandmother of 9 and minority leader in the House of Representatives.
Nancy Pelosi.
2: "Pork barrel spending" is among the "issues" at the website of this Arizona senator and 2008 candidate for president.
John McCain.
3: This congressman finished 2nd in the 2012 New Hampshire primary with 23% of the vote.
Ron Paul.
4: This Connecticut man who ran for vice president in 2000 announced that 2012 would be his last year in the Senate.
(Joseph) Lieberman.
5: GOP house members who don't follow the party program can feel the lash of Kevin McCarthy, house majority this.
whip.
Round 2. Category: Alexander The Great
1: Alexander tried to look to the future by consulting the this "of Zeus-Ammon" in the Sahara but never revealed what he had learned.
the Oracle.
2: William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jane Alexander.
3: In "Parallel Lives", this Greek paired Alexander's biography with Julius Caesar's.
Plutarch.
4: He's pictured on the $10 bill.
Alexander Hamilton.
5: In 332 B.C. Alexander founded a city called Alexandria on the delta of this river.
the Nile.
Round 3. Category: New Testament
1: "Blessed are" these "for they shall be called the children of God".
the peacemakers.
2: 1 of the 3 Roman emperors specifically mentioned by name in the New Testament.
Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius.
3: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called" this.
the children of God.
4: In Mark 6 and 8 a total of about 9000 people are fed these 2 foods.
loaves and fishes.
5: Though born in Bethlehem, Jesus was raised about 70 miles north from there in this city.
Nazareth.
Round 4. Category: Blue Plate Special. With Blue in quotes
1: Come on in for our Monday special: flapjacks topped with this official state fruit of New Jersey.
the blueberry.
2: Ma found the recipe for Tuesday's special, a tasty garden scramble, on this margarine's website.
Blue Bonnet.
3: Yum, yum! Wednesday's special is this crustacean that has its own festival in Panacea, Florida.
a blue crab.
4: Ma looked for the Maytag type of this in appliances instead of the grocery aisle before she put it in Thurs.'s salad.
blue cheese.
5: For Friday, we're frying up some of these oysters named for a place on Long Island.
Blue Point oysters.
Round 5. Category: The Impassable Dream
1: Dams and other barriers to migration have reduced the Atlantic species of this food fish to a fraction of historic numbers.
salmon.
2: In October 1962 the U.S. put a naval this, an 8-letter word meaning obstruction, around Cuba.
blockade.
3: In 1611 this English navigator sought the Northwest Passage but ended up trapped in the bay that would bear his name.
(Henry) Hudson.
4: When you swallow, this flap covers the larynx to keep food out of the respiratory tract.
epiglottis.
5: This 90-mile stretch of California south of Monterey is known for its scenic highway that sometimes does become impassble.
Big Sur.
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