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March 01, 2024Episode 1115 - Almost assassinated - Who directed it? - The 2011 fortune 500 - Channel surfing - All in
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Almost Assassinated
1: August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris.
Charles de Gaulle.
2: February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami.
FDR.
3: May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal.
Pope John Paul II.
4: September 5, 1975 while greeting a crowd in Sacramento, California.
Gerald Ford.
5: August 22, 1962 when his luxury Citroen was attacked near Paris.
Charles de Gaulle.
Round 2. Category: Who Directed It?
1: "Riding in Cars with Boys","Awakenings".
(Penny) Marshall.
2: "When They See Us", "A Wrinkle in Time", "Selma".
Ava DuVernay.
3: 1991's "Point Break", "Zero Dark Thirty".
Kathryn Bigelow.
4: "Wonder Woman", episodes of "Entourage" and "Arrested Development".
Patty Jenkins.
5: "Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dark Necessities", "Booksmart".
Olivia Wilde.
Round 3. Category: The 2011 Fortune 500
1: "And like a good neighbor", this co. is there at No. 37, "taking an active stance against texting while driving".
State Farm.
2: Fannie Mae, No. 5, was delisted by the NYSE; this company, No. 20, got "$64 billion in... bailout money".
Freddie Mac.
3: "Bailed out and buffed up", this car co., No. 8, "emerged from bankruptcy with a $20 billion public offering".
GM.
4: No. 36, this co. got "a $30 billion contract to supply refueling aircraft to the Air Force, beating European rival Airbus".
Boeing.
5: Checking out at No. 28, "88% of" this wholesaler's "customers renew their annual memberships".
Costco.
Round 4. Category: Channel Surfing
1: It's the largest of the islands separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel.
Madagascar.
2: The Corsica Channel separates Corsica from this other island where Napoleon lived.
Elba.
3: Dusky dolphins surf this South American channel, named for a 19th century science ship.
the Beagle.
4: Click on this channel and you might find yourself in the middle of "Shark Week".
Discovery Channel.
5: Its western entrance lies between Land's End, U.K. and Ushant, France.
the English Channel.
Round 5. Category: All In
1: Brick red, hot magenta, sea green and 117 more options are in a 120-count box of these.
crayons.
2: Nevis, the Windward Passage and the Spanish Main are all in this sea.
the Caribbean Sea.
3: At its core, this boozy clan was Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr..
the Rat Pack.
4: The "Discobolus" statue, a Viking antler comb and a Henry I halfpenny are all in this London site.
the British Museum.
5: If you had raided this object, you might have found a pot of manna, Aaron's rod and the 2 stone tablets of Moses.
the Ark of the Covenant.
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February 29, 2024Episode 1114 - What do you mean? - Tv medical shows by hospital - Tv's middle child - Authors' names - The political life
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1114, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What Do You Mean?
1: In the E.R., doctors ask for things to be done immediately by using this 4-letter Latin abbreviation.
Stat.
2: In restaurants this number means "all gone".
86.
3: When used with "up", this type of little house is slang for living together without being married.
Shack.
4: From the Latin for "chest", it's a pen used for small animals such as rabbits.
a hutch.
5: Manic depression is another term for this "disorder" marked by mood disturbances.
Bipolar disorder.
Round 2. Category: Tv Medical Shows By Hospital
1: Seattle Grace.
Grey's Anatomy.
2: St. Eligius.
St. Elsewhere.
3: Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.
House (M.D.).
4: Sacred Heart.
Scrubs.
5: In the 1980s:San Francisco Memorial Hospital.
Trapper John, M.D..
Round 3. Category: Tv'S Middle Child
1: Francis and Dewey were the brothers of this kid "in the Middle".
Malcolm.
2: Chris Griffin is this animated show's awkward and clueless middle child.
the Family Guy.
3: Oh, my god! He's the middle child in the McCormick family on "South Park".
Kenny.
4: Brother to Erica and Adam and occasionally trying to rap, Barry is the middle kid on this 1980s-set sitcom.
The Goldbergs.
5: Mallory Keaton was older sister to Jennifer and younger sister to Alex on this 1980s sitcom.
Family Ties.
Round 4. Category: Authors' Names
1: Born Jozef Korzeniowski, he went to the "heart of darkness" as a writer in English.
(Joseph) Conrad.
2: Before this author of western novels dropped the first name Pearl, he made a lovely shade for tile flooring.
(Zane) Grey.
3: Born Marguerite Johnson, the author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" adopted this name as an exotic dancer.
Maya Angelou.
4: Her uncle's life was saved by doctors at St. Vincent's Hospital, so her mother added it to this poet's name.
(Edna St. Vincent) Millay.
5: All things were bright and beautiful for veterinarian Alfred Wight when he wrote under this name.
James Herriot.
Round 5. Category: The Political Life
1: Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here.
In the ring.
2: An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds.
Lame duck.
3: From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is a vote cast by mail, not at a polling place.
Absentee.
4: Term for the speech at a convention that sets the tone and outlines the main issues.
Keynote speech.
5: From the Latin for "grow together", it's an alliance of different groups for a specific cause.
a coalition.
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February 28, 2024Episode 1113 - State capital nicknames - Actors in political films - One-word film titles - -mancy pants - Letters in sequence
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: State Capital Nicknames
1: "The Bluegrass Capital".
Frankfort.
2: "The Charter Oak City".
Hartford.
3: "Arkopolis".
Little Rock.
4: "The Gateway to Glacier Bay National Park".
Juneau (Alaska).
5: "The Cradle of the Confederacy" and "The Birthplace of Civil Rights".
Montgomery, Alabama.
Round 2. Category: Actors In Political Films
1: In 1993 he was "In the Line of Fire" as Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan.
Clint Eastwood.
2: This star of "Grumpy Old Men" played a grumpy Supreme Court justice in "First Monday in October".
Walter Matthau.
3: Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra starred in this 1962 political thriller based on a novel by Richard Condon.
The Manchurian Candidate.
4: In "All the President's Men", Hal Holbrook played this informer whose true identity is still a mystery.
"Deep Throat".
5: This British actor, JFK's brother-in-law, played a U.S. senator in "Advise and Consent".
Peter Lawford.
Round 3. Category: One-Word Film Titles
1: Ice Cube gave rise to a catchphrase with the dismissive "Bye, Felicia" in this 1995 comedy.
Friday.
2: If Keanu Reeves' bus went under 50 mph in this flick, it'd like, totally explode.
Speed.
3: This 2009 film is the all-time top-grossing movie in the U.S. and the world.
Avatar.
4: Sly Stallone knocks the stuffing out of a slab of beef and Apollo Creed in this movie.
Rocky.
5: (I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I played a Ford Fairlane who was at the racetrack in this Pixar film.
Cars.
Round 4. Category: -Mancy Pants
1: What's that giant talking octopus smoking a cigar mean? Use oneiromancy, the practice of interpreting these.
dreams.
2: A necromancy can mean this 5-letter magical word that is "cast" by wizards.
a spell.
3: Tasseomancy, the reading of these, must be popular in England in the late afternoon.
tea leaves.
4: A state of temporary inactivity like hibernation.
dormancy.
5: Chiromancy is this method of telling someone's fortune.
palm reading.
Round 5. Category: Letters In Sequence
1: 18-19-20:Explode, in air, perhaps.
burst.
2: 7-8-9:A type of hyena.
laughing.
3: 4-5-6:Transfer one's allegiance to another nation.
defect.
4: 8-9-10:Forcibly seize control of a moving vehicle.
hijacking.
5: 19-20-21:Dampness.
moisture.
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February 27, 2024Episode 1112 - Moving journalism - "seed"s - Rubies - Remembering the alamo - Colombian connections
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Moving Journalism
1: British Airways' in-flight magazine has this name, like a Miller beer brand.
High Life.
2: Different regions get different magazines from this club, AAA for short; Via and Westways are 2 of its publications.
the American Automobile Association.
3: Passengers in the Northeast Corridor of this train service can arrive at their stations reading its Arrive magazine.
Amtrak.
4: Latitudes is the magazine of this cruise line, NCL for short.
Norwegian Cruise Lines.
5: United Airlines has both the Eastern and Western halves of the globe covered with this on-board magazine that has a plural title.
Hemispheres.
Round 2. Category: SeedS. With Seed in quotes
1: This phrase means funds given to start a business.
seed money.
2: This wandering planter of the early U.S. is said to have dressed in a coffee sack, with a cooking-pot hat.
Johnny Appleseed.
3: A classic McDonald's jingle ends, "on" this type of bun.
a sesame seed bun.
4: Nick Cave's band.
The Bad Seeds.
5: To marry Elvis in 1967, Priscilla wore a gown trimmed in these little gems.
seed pearls.
Round 3. Category: Rubies
1: "The people...who put me in the position I'm in will never let the...facts come...to the world" said this assassin.
Jack Ruby.
2: Saying "Her price is far above rubies", the Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous" one.
woman.
3: Avoiding "Let's Spend the Night Together", many radio stations played this flip side which made #1:.
"Ruby Tuesday".
4: She was 1st black actress to star in major roles at the American Shakespeare Festival.
Ruby Dee.
5: Only variety of this bird found east of the Mississippi and north of Florida is the ruby-throated.
hummingbird.
Round 4. Category: Remembering The Alamo
1: Before fighting at the Alamo, he served 3 terms as a House representative from Tennessee.
Davy Crockett.
2: Like the city where it's located, the mission was originally named in part for this man of Padua.
San Antonio.
3: Accounts differ but it's believed this knifesman died on his cot where he had been confined due to illness.
(Jim) Bowie.
4: A month after the siege, this commander of the Mexican army was captured at San Jacinto.
Santa Anna.
5: A plea for help, this commander's "victory or death" letter was returned to the Alamo in 2013 for the 177th anniv..
William Barret Travis.
Round 5. Category: Colombian Connections
1: In area, it's the largest country that borders Colombia.
Brazil.
2: One can sail out of the port of Cartagena into this sea.
the Caribbean.
3: With the help of the U.S., this country gained its independence from Colombia in 1903.
Panama.
4: Its name means "peaceful" and it's home to El Nino.
the Pacific Ocean.
5: In 2000 the pres. of this country wanted to replace its sucre with our dollar--he got deposed, but it happened.
Ecuador.
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February 26, 2024Episode 1111 - Ask the nearest hippie - Quoting the shakespeare character - Pulitzer prize categories - Good sportsmanship - "land"s of the world
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1111, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ask The Nearest Hippie
1: Have you and your teenagers Mao and Cosmos resolved this, a phrase from the '60s meaning a distance between parents and kids?.
the generation gap.
2: I'm late for work; do you mind moving this large Volkswagen model first sold in 1950 out of my driveway?.
the VW Bus.
3: Do you vote Green Party or write in this comedy duo who went "Up in Smoke" in the '70s?.
Cheech and Chong.
4: Moving to Oregon? Does that have anything to do with the passage of measure 91 on the legalization of this?.
marijuana.
5: Did you really witness the birth of this rhyming movement at an anti-war rally at UC Berkeley in 1965?.
flower power.
Round 2. Category: Quoting The Shakespeare Character
1: "I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me".
Bottom.
2: "Tell me, my daughters... which of you shall we say doth love us most".
King Lear.
3: "For Brutus is an honourable man; so are they all, all honourable men".
Marc Antony.
4: "Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'".
Henry V.
5: "Come unto these yellow sands, and then take hands".
Ariel.
Round 3. Category: Pulitzer Prize Categories
1: Bill Mauldin in 1945 and 1959.
Cartooning.
2: Joe Rosenthal in 1945 for work done on Iwo Jima.
Photography.
3: Robert Lowell in 1947 and 1974.
Poetry.
4: Samuel Barber in 1958 and 1963.
Music.
5: David McCullough, twice.
Biography.
Round 4. Category: Good Sportsmanship
1: J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball.
the PGA tour.
2: In 2008 Central Wash. players of this sport carried injured Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon around the bases.
softball.
3: Mike Bossy and Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport.
hockey.
4: The chronicles of this hard-serving American include, in 2005, calling an opponent's shot in, costing himself the match.
Andy Roddick.
5: This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award.
Joe Dumars.
Round 5. Category: LandS Of The World. With Land in quotes
1: This 840,000-square mile area belonging to Denmark lies within 15 miles of Canada.
Greenland.
2: The crusade of Father Theobald Mathew reduced this island's whiskey intake by half in the early 1840s.
Ireland.
3: From 1900 to 1982 Sobhuza II was king of this country surrounded on 3 sides by South Africa.
Swaziland.
4: It's the only U.S. state that fits the category.
Maryland (or Rhode Island).
5: Poet John Donne compared his mistress' body to this Canadian province.
Newfoundland.
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February 25, 2024Episode 1110 - That's a "rap" - I played her in the movie - Reconstruction - Birth, art, death - Musical prime numbers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1110, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: That'S A Rap. With Rap in quotation marks
1: Go ahead, let your hair down reading the story of this princess locked in a tower.
Rapunzel.
2: To descend a steep slope by rope.
rappel.
3: Any bird of prey.
raptor.
4: This 212-mile river flows into Chesapeake Bay.
the Rappahannock.
5: Greedy and grasping, especially for money.
rapacious.
Round 2. Category: I Played Her In The Movie
1: Bad singer Florence Foster Jenkins.
Meryl Streep.
2: Good singer Beca, a member of the Barden Bellas who is pitch perfect.
Anna Kendrick.
3: Andy Sachs, assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine.
(Anne) Hathaway.
4: Jenny Curran, Forrest Gump's beloved.
Robin Wright.
5: Rachel Watson, the girl on the train.
Emily Blunt.
Round 3. Category: Reconstruction
1: Founded at the end of Reconstruction, Nicodemus in this "Sunflower State" was the 1st Black settlement west of the Mississippi.
Kansas.
2: By the end of Reconstruction, production of this "king" crop in the South was nearly equal to pre-war levels.
cotton.
3: This largest Tennessee city needed its own reconstruction after 1866 race riots there.
Memphis.
4: Ironically, President Johnson opposed the 14th Amendment but this state was the first former Confederate state to pass it.
Tennessee.
5: In 1872 the Union general this D.C. HBCU was named for wrote about "the cosmopolitan character of the university".
Howard.
Round 4. Category: Birth, Art, Death
1: Born Aug. 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh,"Mao",died Feb. 22, 1987.
Andy Warhol.
2: Born 1606 in the Netherlands,"The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp",died 1669.
Rembrandt.
3: Born 1834 in Massachusetts,"Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Thomas Carlyle", died 1903.
Whistler.
4: Born 1912 in Wyoming,"Lavender Mist", died 1956 in East Hampton, New York.
Pollock.
5: Born 1859 in Paris, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"died 1891.
(Georges) Seurat.
Round 5. Category: Musical Prime Numbers
1: Prince:"2000 zero zero party over, oops, out of time, so tonight I'm gonna party like it's blank".
1999.
2: ABBA:"You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only blank".
17.
3: Counting Crows:"In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, in blank he came home across the deep blue sea".
1493.
4: Foreigner:"Well I'm hot blooded, check it and see, got a fever of blank".
103.
5: Blink-182:"That's about the time she walked away from me, nobody likes you when you're blank".
23.
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February 24, 2024Episode 1109 - 3-name the author - "et" al. - Butler - Classic tv drama episodes - The 5 families
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1109, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 3-Name The Author
1: "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out".
Louisa May Alcott.
2: "Kidnapped".
Robert Louis Stevenson.
3: "The Deerslayer".
James Fenimore Cooper.
4: "The Maine Woods", published posthumously in 1864.
Henry David Thoreau.
5: "The Magician of Lublin".
Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Round 2. Category: Et Al.. With Et in quotation marks
1: Stones do it to tools and smells do it to appetites.
whet.
2: In proofreading it means "don't delete".
a stet.
3: It can mean a temporary bed or a movers' platform.
a pallet.
4: It used to mean to hinder, as in a serve that grazes the net.
let.
5: Owners of these pets usually remove the animals' scent glands.
ferrets.
Round 3. Category: Butler
1: Carson, the butler on this TV show, said, "Keeping up standards is the only way to show the Germans... they will not beat us".
Downton Abbey.
2: On TV 6'9" Ted Cassidy played this "Addams Family" butler.
Lurch.
3: "Some men just want to watch the world burn", says this butler in a 2008 film.
Alfred.
4: The name of this butler to Frank-N-Furter in "Rocky Horror" sounds like he's one of the lowest class of people.
Riff-Raff.
5: "The Third" incarnation of this "colorful snake" finds Rowan Atkinson playing butler to Prince George.
Blackadder.
Round 4. Category: Classic Tv Drama Episodes
1: "Jessica Behind Bars".
Murder, She Wrote.
2: 1964:"Ponderosa Matador".
Bonanza.
3: 1963:"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet".
The Twilight Zone.
4: "Ewing vs. Ewing".
Dallas.
5: "The Trouble with Tribbles".
Star Trek.
Round 5. Category: The 5 Families
1: Original surname of the first and third prime ministers of India.
Nehru.
2: Beginning with Henry VII, this family ruled England from 1485 to 1603.
the Tudors.
3: Every year from 1947 to 2011, a member of this family served in Congress; in 2013 the family began a new streak.
the Kennedys.
4: The Newhouse publishing family started with the Bayonne Times and now owns this "Glamour" -ous magazine concern.
Condé Nast.
5: Holy Roman Empire! This ruling family sat in the emperor's chair almost uninterrupted from 1438 to 1806.
the Hapsburgs.
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February 23, 2024Episode 1108 - Sing that song - Stay cool - The jeopardy! school of enlightenment - Complete the hugo award-winning title - Villainous movie schemes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1108, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Sing That Song
1: "I Will Wait" is by this singer and sons (though they aren't really his sons).
Mumford and Sons.
2: In 1970 "I'll Be There" was the fourth consecutive No. 1 hit for these siblings.
The Jackson 5.
3: Bono sang, "The real battle just begun / to claim the victory Jesus won / on" this U2 song title.
"Sunday Bloody Sunday".
4: This movie song begins, "Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you".
"My Heart Will Go On".
5: "I remember when we broke up the first time", begins this Taylor Swift song with a 7-word title.
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".
Round 2. Category: Stay Cool
1: Miles Davis was central to the musical movement known as "cool" this.
jazz.
2: With flavors like Cool Ranch, it's no surprise this chip brand has a cool stylized triangle on its bags.
Doritos.
3: In the Holocene Epoch, we've had a "medieval cool period" from 1250 to 1500 and a "little" one of these just after.
an ice age.
4: Riff in this Broadway musical suggests that despite the rocket you may have in your pocket, "Keep coolly cool, boy".
West Side Story.
5: Who knew gangsters could thrive in Hollywood? "Be Cool" was this novelist's follow-up to "Get Shorty".
Elmore Leonard.
Round 3. Category: The Jeopardy! School Of Enlightenment
1: Boundless capacity, or a number greater than any countable quantity.
infinity.
2: Another word for compassion; Jesus said those who practice it will have it shown to them.
mercy.
3: A learned, venerable person; it sounds like an aromatic herb of the mint family used to season food.
sage.
4: As taught by Lao Tzu, this is "the way", the religion of living a virtuous life of humility and piety.
Taoism.
5: It can mean the lighting used to decorate a building, or someone's spiritual or intellectual understanding.
illumination.
Round 4. Category: Complete The Hugo Award-Winning Title
1: 1960:"blank Troopers" by Robert Heinlein.
Starship.
2: 1970:'The Left Hand of blank" by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Darkness.
3: 1974:"blank With Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke.
Rendezvous.
4: 1968:"I Have No Mouth, and I Must blank " by Harlan Ellison.
Scream.
5: 1961:"A blank for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr..
Canticle.
Round 5. Category: Villainous Movie Schemes
1: In a 1973 film Edward Fox, as an assassin with the code name of this other canine, tried to kill de Gaulle.
The Jackal.
2: In "Space Jam" the alien Nerdlucks kidnap Looney Tunes stars, who turn to this man for help.
Michael Jordan.
3: Rebecca de Mornay, not Fran Drescher, uses this job to get revenge in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".
Nanny.
4: 1988 film in which Alan Rickman takes over a high-rise building to steal bonds.
Die Hard.
5: 1996 film in which John Travolta takes time out from his job as an Air Force pilot to steal bombs.
Broken Arrow.
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February 22, 2024Episode 1107 - "da" or "ba" or "dee" - Sports films - Home states - 7, 8 or 9 - As a young man
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1107, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Da Or Ba Or Dee. With Da" Or "Ba" Or "Dee in quotes
1: When Santa gives these creatures P.T.O. in the summer, some travel up to 800 miles for grazing grounds.
reindeer.
2: It's the last name of a film character played by both Gary Cooper and Adam Sandler.
Deeds.
3: Its name origin is African but this instrument is now widely associated with the music of Latin America.
marimba.
4: It's a word describing motorcyclist Bud Ekins, or the name of a Marvel hero.
daredevil.
5: Herb Caen referred to San Francisco as this place "by-the-Bay".
Baghdad.
Round 2. Category: Sports Films
1: Sylvester Stallone was inspired to write this film after seeing underdog Chuck Wepner take on Muhammad Ali.
Rocky.
2: In "Knute Rockne: All American", this actor delivered the famous deathbed line "Win one for the Gipper".
Ronald Reagan.
3: This 1981 film about 2 participants in the 1924 Olympics ran off with 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
Chariots of Fire.
4: Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins struck up a romance after meeting on the set of this baseball flick.
Bull Durham.
5: This 1977 film featured Paul Newman as aging hockey coach Reggie Dunlop.
Slap Shot.
Round 3. Category: Home States
1: Butch Cassidy,Roseanne,Donny Osmond.
Utah.
2: Robert Motherwell,Kurt Cobain,Bill Gates.
Washington.
3: Thomas Dewey,Henry Ford,Madonna.
Michigan.
4: Dana Carvey,Evel Knievel,Jeannette Rankin.
Montana.
5: Amelia Earhart,Edgar Lee Masters,Dennis Hopper.
Kansas.
Round 4. Category: 7, 8 Or 9
1: Number of Snow White's height-challenged housemates.
7.
2: The one that starts with 2 vowels.
8.
3: In the famous Christmas poem, Santa's sleigh is pulled by this many tiny reindeer.
8.
4: Number of classic "Ancient Wonders" that included the Colossus of Rhodes.
7.
5: Some people compare happiness to being on this number cloud.
9.
Round 5. Category: As A Young Man
1: …He covered the Boer War for the Morning Post, got captured, escaped and became a national hero.
Winston Churchill.
2: …as a pre-teen this "Le Nozze di Figaro" composer wrote a one-act German singspiel.
Mozart.
3: …he was tutored by Aristotle and then beat Darius III at Issus.
Alexander the Great.
4: …in the 1300s B.C. he made Thebes Egypt's capital and changed his name to honor Amon.
Tutankhamon.
5: …he ran his brother's senatorial campaign, then investigated Hoffa and the Teamsters.
Bobby Kennedy.
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February 21, 2024Episode 1106 - European lit - First 3 letters of states - Word up! - Health and fitness - Singing solo
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1106, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: European Lit
1: Yannis Ritsos' poetry collection "O Epitafios" was symbolically burned at the foot of this hill.
the Acropolis.
2: This 1759 Voltaire work attacks optimism by putting the title trusting young man through misery.
Candide.
3: Her diary was originally published in Dutch in 1947 as "Het Achterhuis".
Anne Frank.
4: When he lashed Norwegian society in "A Doll's House", he had been in his homeland only once in 15 years.
Ibsen.
5: "Outpouring Of The Heart Of An Art-Loving Lay Brother" from 1797 is called the first German work in this movement.
romanticism.
Round 2. Category: First 3 Letters Of States
1: It's a number.
Tennessee.
2: Past tense of "is".
Washington.
3: Rock containing a sought-after metal.
Oregon.
4: Grifters are this kind of "men".
Connecticut.
5: Jeremy Piven's agent role.
Arizona.
Round 3. Category: Word Up!
1: Wet, sticky substance campaigners "sling".
mud.
2: A thesaurus lists among this 2-letter word's synonyms: "Over one's dead body" and "Not for all the tea in China".
no.
3: Insult a Finn and he may just turn his other poski, this.
cheek.
4: Change your attitude, or rather one letter in attitude, to get this word meaning "height".
altitude.
5: As a noun, it's a short whip; as a verb, to trim a photo.
Crop.
Round 4. Category: Health And Fitness
1: On the BMI, this index, 25.0 to 29.9 is overweight; 30.0 and above is obese.
the Body Mass Index.
2: The 4 basic food groups identified by U.S. nutritionists as necessary to maintain good health.
dairy products, grains, fruits and vegetables, and meat and fish.
3: You should visit your dentist right away if you notice these are swollen or bleed easily.
gums.
4: Researchers claim that between 7 and 7.9 hours of this activity nightly correlates best with longevity.
sleep.
5: In October 1986, she had 3 different fitness tapes on the top ten videocassette sales list.
Jane Fonda.
Round 5. Category: Singing Solo
1: "Kodachrome" and"Slip Slidin' Away".
Paul Simon.
2: "Irreplaceable" and"If I Were A Boy".
Beyoncé.
3: "Fortress Around Your Heart" and"We'll Be Together".
Sting.
4: "Mad About You" and"Heaven Is A Place On Earth".
Belinda Carlisle.
5: "Centerfield" and"The Old Man Down The Road".
John Fogerty.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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