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January 06, 2024Episode 1061 - This is i country - Auditions for a new mustache - The works of victor hugo - The body politic - Lafayette
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1061, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: This Is I Country
1: An island, it's the world's northernmost "I" country.
Iceland.
2: They're the only 2 "I" countries to border each other.
Iran and Iraq.
3: One of this country's driest regions is the Negev Desert, with an annual rainfall of usually less than 10 inches.
Israel.
4: Its ethnic groups include the Dayaks on Borneo, the Toraja on Sulawesi and some Papuan groups on Irian Jaya.
Indonesia.
5: Among its 26 counties are one famed for its cut glass and one known for its tweed cloth.
Ireland.
Round 2. Category: Auditions For A New Mustache
1: It's thick, bushy and named for a tusked northern mammal.
a walrus mustache.
2: It bears the name of an artist born in Figueres.
Dalí.
3: With its twirlable up-curled ends, it's the perfect style for villains like Snidely Whiplash.
a handlebar mustache.
4: The shape of this 'stache gives it this name, like an item used in a backyard game.
horseshoe.
5: An Asian villain of literature and film lends his name to this mustache.
Fu Manchu.
Round 3. Category: The Works Of Victor Hugo
1: In "The Last Day of a Condemned Man," a prisoner wakes up every morning knowing each day could lead to this instrument of doom.
the guillotine.
2: "The Toilers of the Sea" is a story of a shipwreck in these islands between France and Britain where Hugo lived in exile for decades.
Channel Islands.
3: Hugo's only opera libretto was for "La Esmeralda," based on this novel of his.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
4: The early novel "Bug-Jargal" is set during the Revolution in this French Caribbean island possession.
Haiti.
5: Hugo's last novel, "Ninety-Three" refers to 1793, the fourth year of the French Revolution and the beginning of this brutal period.
The Reign of Terror.
Round 4. Category: The Body Politic
1: The 160-seat Dáil Éireann is the lower house of this country's parliament.
Ireland.
2: The lower house of Argentina's legislature is the chamber of these--representatives, not junior sheriffs.
deputies.
3: There are 338 members in this branch of Canada's parliament.
the House of Commons.
4: In the west Japan's national assembly, the Kokkai, goes by this slender name.
the Diet.
5: This name of Iceland's parliament comes from words meaning "whole assembly".
the Althing.
Round 5. Category: Lafayette
1: In April 1771 he joined this group of king's guards that was all for one and one for all.
the Musketeers.
2: In 1777 he spent part of a harsh winter here with George Washington.
Valley Forge.
3: Before turning his attention fully to the telegraph, he painted a portrait of Lafayette.
(Samuel) Morse.
4: In 1771 he joined this military group over 100 years after D'Artagnan.
the Musketeers.
5: July 15, 1789 the day after this political event, Lafayette was appointed head of the French national guard.
the storming of the Bastille.
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January 05, 2024Episode 1060 - Quick study - The cracker barrel - Honorary u.s. citizens - Presidential quotations - It's harbor day!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1060, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Quick Study
1: Etymology is the study of the origin of these--it's time to use yours.
words.
2: It's the study of crime and punishment and the management of prisons.
penology.
3: It's the study of the glands and hormones.
endocrinology.
4: If you know that vexillology is the study of these, we salute you.
flags.
5: Though not an -ology, it's the study of coats of arms.
heraldry.
Round 2. Category: The Cracker Barrel
1: "The snack that smiles back", this kids' favorite from Pepperidge Farm comes in pizza and Parmesan flavors as well as Cheddar.
Goldfish.
2: As well as the traditional type, Manischewitz also makes this unleavened bread in the form of smaller crackers.
matzo.
3: Since 1934 we've been finding new toppings for "Putting on" these round classics.
Ritz.
4: Keebler bills Town House Flipsides as buttery crackers with the added taste of this salty snack.
pretzels.
5: Despite their name, these teensy crackers contain no shellfish.
oyster crackers.
Round 3. Category: Honorary U.S. Citizens
1: A city and a bay in this state derive their names from the most recent honoree, Revolutionary War hero Bernardo de Gálvez.
Texas.
2: Winston Churchill, the first honorary citizen, had the honor conferred on him April 9, 1963 by this man.
Kennedy.
3: This Quaker who founded a U.S. colony and his wife were given ex post facto citizenship for their farsighted reforms.
(William) Penn.
4: The law making him a citizen said he "secured the help of France to aid the United States' colonists against Great Britain".
Lafayette.
5: Named "Righteous Among the Nations" by Israel in 1963, this Swede was named an honorary citizen in 1981.
Wallenberg.
Round 4. Category: Presidential Quotations
1: In 1865 he said, "Whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally".
Lincoln.
2: John Quincy Adams called this, which his father signed, "a light of salvation and redemption to the oppressed".
the Declaration of Independence.
3: In a 1976 Playboy interview, he said, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times".
Jimmy Carter.
4: On August 18, 1988 he told the GOP National Convention, "I want a kinder, gentler nation".
George H.W. Bush (George... Bush... the dad accepted).
5: After this April 1775 battle John Adams said, "The die was cast, the Rubicon passed".
Concord and Lexington.
Round 5. Category: It'S Harbor Day!
1: There's a 225-ton lady eternally greeting visitors at the entrance to this harbor.
New York Harbor.
2: Darwin Harbor was named in 1839 by John Stokes, a surveyor aboard this ship.
the Beagle.
3: On Dec. 16, 1773 the locals decided to give this harbor an unusual bit of pollution, and the world would never be the same.
Boston Harbor.
4: About 400 miles at its widest point, this sea has harbors in Riga, Latvia and Klaipeda, Lithuania.
the Baltic Sea.
5: Here's a view from this bridge named for the water below.
Sydney Harbor.
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January 04, 2024Episode 1059 - Eels - Rulers - Colorful cities - Texting in class - Movie endings
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1059, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Eels
1: There are more than 800 species of eels, including this large nocturnal hunter.
the moray.
2: These charged-up creatures are technically not eels at all, but knifefish.
electric eels.
3: This term is used for a young eel, especially when on migration upriver from the ocean.
an elver.
4: These long, slender sharklike fish of the Sphyraenidae family are among an eel's natural enemies.
barracuda.
5: There are about 100 species of this 6-letter variety of eel that can be 6 feet long.
the conger eel.
Round 2. Category: Rulers
1: Fredericksburg, Va. was founded in the 1720s and named after this king's father, Prince Frederick Louis.
George III.
2: This cousin of Julius Caesar committed suicide in August, 20 B.C. at Alexandria, Egypt.
Marc Antony.
3: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I was called Barbarossa, which means this.
red beard.
4: Philip V was the first Bourbon king of this country.
Spain.
5: When Solon ruled this city, he diminished the power of the aristocracy and freed those enslaved by debt.
Athens.
Round 3. Category: Colorful Cities
1: This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital.
Golden.
2: Football fans know it sits at the mouth of Wisconsin's Fox River.
Green Bay.
3: A Southern California city and a Northern New Jersey township share this citrusy name.
Orange.
4: Parlez-vous Francais? Then name this Louisiana port at the head of the Mississippi's deepwater navigation.
Baton Rouge.
5: This "ville" is across the Rio Grande from Matamoros.
Brownsville.
Round 4. Category: Texting In Class
1: IANAL, but if I were one I'd be part of this class, the opposite of amateur.
a professional.
2: Dad makes big $? Yr family is in this class w/name of a pie layer.
the upper crust.
3: This head servant OTD? BOL finding a new one.
the butler.
4: NK, this bureau sez 46m Americans now in poverty.
the Census.
5: Per treasury sec, L/T prosperity "depends on an expanding, vibrant" this class.
the middle class.
Round 5. Category: Movie Endings
1: "Independence","The Longest","Training".
Day.
2: "Police","Toy","Love".
Story.
3: "Safe","Road","Animal".
House.
4: "After","Battlefield","The Good".
Earth.
5: "Hollow","Rain","Inside".
Man.
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January 03, 2024Episode 1058 - '60s muscle cars - Top "ten" - "word" play - Hunger games - Write, patterson
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1058, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: '60s Muscle Cars
1: Ronny and the Daytonas wanted to "turn it on, wind it up" and "blow it out".
GTO.
2: This Plymouth named for a sharp-toothed fish really had some bite.
Barracuda.
3: This Chevy was still going strong into the '90s with a Z-28 model.
Camaro.
4: This Pontiac muscle car moves much faster than the Stravinsky ballet.
Firebird.
5: Later maker of the Pacer, this automaker's Javelin hit the mark.
American Motors (AMC).
Round 2. Category: Top Ten. With Ten in quotes
1: Squid have 8 arms and 2 of these longer limbs.
tentacles.
2: Once a teacher is granted this, it's hard to dismiss him.
tenure.
3: During the '90s Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and Jose Carreras performed together as "The Three" these.
Tenors.
4: Papaya contains an enzyme that breaks down connective tissue, so it is often used as one of these for meat.
a tenderizer.
5: It's the slender part of a vine that often wraps around another plant.
a tendril.
Round 3. Category: Word Play. With Word in quotes
1: Psychological "test" of verbal stimuli given to induce revelatory verbal responses.
word association.
2: The first of these was seen in the New York World newspaper Dec. 21, 1913.
Crossword puzzle.
3: An introductory chapter or essay.
Foreword.
4: This game show premiered on CBS Oct. 2, 1961.
Password.
5: At the turn of the 19th century, he penned the sonnet "The World Is Too Much With Us".
(William) Wordsworth.
Round 4. Category: Hunger Games
1: Nona Sivley won season 8 of this devil of a cooking competition that's on Fox.
Hell's Kitchen.
2: An "All Stars" version of this Bravo cooking show brought back 18 contestants who'd almost won in past seasons.
Top Chef.
3: "Ryori No Tetsujin" is the original title of this Japanese import.
Iron Chef.
4: Meals on wheels, indeed! Teams competed in a coast-to-coast culinary battle in a great race of these.
food trucks.
5: After each course, a chef is "cut" from the competition on this show hosted by Ted Allen of "queer eye".
Chopped.
Round 5. Category: Write, Patterson
1: James Patterson's first novel, "The Thomas Berryman Number", won this literary award named for Mr. Poe.
the Edgar Award.
2: Patterson's love of this sport inspired him to write "Miracle at Augusta".
golf.
3: Patterson came along in 1993 with "Along Came a Spider", his first book about this psychologist and detective.
Alex Cross.
4: While working in advertising, he wrote the slogan "I don't want to grow up, I'm a" this kind of kid.
Toys "R" Us.
5: Patterson's young adult series about siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood is titled "Witch and" this.
Witch and Wizard.
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January 02, 2024Episode 1057 - Astronomical rhyme time - Fill in the (mel) blanc - Monarchs of england - Literary couples - Biography
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1057, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Astronomical Rhyme Time
1: Any song about Earth's natural satellite.
a Moon tune.
2: Red planet pubs.
Mars bars.
3: Space telescope problem.
Hubble trouble.
4: Comet discoverer Edmond's narrow lanes.
Halley's alleys.
5: One who determines the age of meteorite impact holes.
a crater dater (crater rater accepted).
Round 2. Category: Fill In The (Mel) Blanc
1: This 3-word query might have been Mel Blanc's first words.
What's up, Doc?.
2: Blanc joined Hanna-Barbera to voice this character, Fred's neighbor and Betty's husband.
(Barney) Rubble.
3: It was Mel Blanc's catchphrase when voicing a crested bird of the southwest U.S..
Beep, beep.
4: For "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", Blanc revived 5 characters including Tweety and this other bird.
Daffy Duck.
5: As a railroad announcer on Jack Benny's radio and TV shows, Blanc called out the stations "Anaheim, Azusa and" this.
Cucamonga.
Round 3. Category: Monarchs Of England
1: The one with the second-longest reign.
Elizabeth II.
2: Harold II had been king less than 10 months when he was defeated by William the Conqueror in this year.
1066.
3: He was king not only during the American war of independence but during the War of 1812 as well.
George III.
4: This king, brother of Richard the Lionheart has a bad reputation; even his title, Count of Mortain, sounds evil.
John.
5: This restored king ruled during the great plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London the following year.
Charles II.
Round 4. Category: Literary Couples
1: Her book title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" refers to her husband's nickname for her.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
2: Dashiell Hammett modeled this lady sleuth after his lover, Lillian Hellman.
Nora Charles.
3: She wrote a book subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"; he wrote the drama "Prometheus Unbound".
Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley.
4: 2 of her novels contain barely fictionalized portraits of her lover, Jean-Paul Sartre.
Simone de Beauvoir.
5: At least 2 of her books are dedicated to Quintana, her daughter by John Gregory Dunne.
Joan Didion.
Round 5. Category: Biography
1: Born an Air Force brat in Germany in 1959, he won his first Wimbledon in 1981 and married Tatum O'Neal in 1986.
John McEnroe.
2: "Parting the Waters" is volume 1 in Taylor Branch's trilogy about this man's life and the civil rights movement.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..
3: She's the political wife profiled here.
Ethel Kennedy.
4: She was one of the last stars in the studio system"The tobacco farmer's daughter from North Carolina was awed and intimidated by the luxury of the MGM system.".
Ava Gardner.
5: Born into Philadelphia's "High Society" in 1929, became a princess in 1956, lived happily ever after until 1982.
Princess Grace/Grace Kelly.
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January 01, 2024Episode 1056 - The food chain - Rock 'n' roll history - Aim! - Fold it 5 ways - The magic word
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1056, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Food Chain
1: Black bears sometimes prey on the young of this big deer, Alces alces.
a moose.
2: The $6 Footlong Sub of the Day.
Subway.
3: This green stuff that encompasses diatoms and seaweed is the base of the food chain for almost all aquatic life.
algae.
4: This convenience store was born when the Southland Ice Co. sold milk and eggs after grocery stores closed.
7-Eleven.
5: Cottageblanksteak.
cheese.
Round 2. Category: Rock 'N' Roll History
1: It premiered on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 A.M. with John Lack saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll".
MTV.
2: In August 1994 about 30,000 gathered in Bethel, New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this festival.
Woodstock.
3: In 1967 this TV group became the only band other than The Beatles to have consecutive No. 1 albums.
The Monkees.
4: In January 1995 he became probably the only singer with a No. 1 record to serve in Congress.
Sonny Bono.
5: Kurt Cobain's suicide note quoted from this man's "My My, Hey Hey": "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
Neil Young.
Round 3. Category: Aim!
1: Shaq holds the NBA record for most attempts of these in a game without making one, going 0-for-11 on a rough night in 2000.
free throws.
2: Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years and 195 days old.
a hole-in-one.
3: Bull's-eye! On "Sport Science", QB Drew Brees of this team hit the center of a target 20 yards away 10 out of 10 times.
the New Orleans Saints.
4: Bull's-eye! You ski cross-country to return to a 50-meter shooting range in this competition.
the biathlon.
5: Bull's-eye! Cricket, baseball and 51 by 5s are varieties of this game.
darts.
Round 4. Category: Fold It 5 Ways
1: Kids make these from 1 sheet of typing paper; they use a lot less fuel than a Cessna.
Paper airplane.
2: The word origami means "paper folding" in this language.
Japanese.
3: It's black and white and read all over; it's also the perfect size to make a hat.
Newspaper.
4: Complex snout folds are needed to make this animal, whose next Chinese year is 2007.
Pig/boar.
5: A square sheet of paper can become a star to put on a Christmas tree, a triangle becomes this Jewish star.
Star of David.
Round 5. Category: The Magic Word
1: This 2-word rhyming phrase, a magical incantation, is also the name of a movie about 3 sister witches.
hocus pocus.
2: In 1923 Horace Goldin was awarded a patent for this illusion; he later incorporated a buzz saw.
sawing a person in half.
3: Ironically, this magician says he's never been able to finish the Dickens novel that gave him his stage name.
David Copperfield.
4: Bullwinkle tried this cliched magic trick, but his results were feline and ursine, not leporine.
pulling a rabbit out of his hat.
5: Author Peter Lamont traveled to India to write "The Rise of" this, called "the world's most famous illusion.
the Indian rope trick.
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December 31, 2023Episode 1055 - God - Tough tv trivia 2 - Music festivals - Sasha and malia - Got a wife and kids
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1055, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: God
1: This prophet tried to flee God's presence by shipping out to Tarshish -- didn't work.
Jonah.
2: In this speech Jesus said that God "knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him".
the Sermon on the Mount.
3: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" do this.
reap.
4: "And God looked upon the Earth, and behold, it was corrupt" is part of the story of this man.
Noah.
5: Nebuchadnezzar told him, "Your god is a god of gods, and a lord of kings".
Daniel.
Round 2. Category: Tough Tv Trivia 2
1: In the 1966-67 season, this Adam West superhero series aired 2 nights a week.
Batman.
2: Lisa Kudrow plays twin sisters, one on "Mad About You", one on this series.
Friends.
3: George Clooney has been a regular on 2 medical shows with this 2-letter title.
ER.
4: He was the second person to play Chester A. Riley on TV; Jackie Gleason was first.
William Bendix.
5: It was the second anthology series hosted by Rod Serling.
Night Gallery.
Round 3. Category: Music Festivals
1: Over 300,000 showed up for this August 1969 rock festival.
Woodstock.
2: The Beale Street Music Festival in this city has been called the "Mardi Gras of the mid-South".
Memphis.
3: It was billed as "an Aquarian exposition in White Lake, N.Y., 3 days of peace and music".
Woodstock.
4: When Beyoncé headlined this California music festival in 2018, some called it "Beychella".
Coachella.
5: For a 2018 festival Paul McCartney and Metallica were in the "City Limits" of this Texas "Live Music Capital of the World".
Austin.
Round 4. Category: Sasha And Malia
1: Like their mom, Sasha and Malia were born in this city, and they were living there when their dad was elected pres..
Chicago.
2: When they moved into the White House, Sasha was 7 and Malia was this age (like some kids in our Kids Week).
10.
3: Marian Robinson, who moved to the White House to help take care of Sasha and Malia, is this relative of theirs.
their grandmother.
4: On inaugural night, the girls had a White House scavenger hunt, and these singing brothers turned up at the end.
the Jonas Brothers.
5: At their dad's inauguration, Sasha and Malia wore cute coats made by Crewcuts, the kids' line from this fashion co..
J. Crew.
Round 5. Category: Got A Wife And Kids
1: If you're going to wed 5 times, you might as well have 5 sons, and then you might as well name them all George, like this boxer did.
George Foreman.
2: He was Mad Max beyond parenthood, fathering 7 kids with his now ex-wife.
Mel Gibson.
3: This twice-married actor is 7/9 of the way home to having a full "Field of Dreams" baseball team of his kids.
Kevin Costner.
4: Knowing when to hold 'em in 2004, this country singing legend and his 5th wife welcomed twins just shy of his 66th birthday.
Kenny Rogers.
5: All about "One Love" and wed at age 21, this late musician ended up having 13 kids.
Bob Marley.
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December 30, 2023Episode 1054 - Abolitionism - Historical transports - Divinity - Driving alexis - Genius: picasso
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1054, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Abolitionism
1: Between 1830 and 1860, this system transported many runaway slaves to southern Ontario.
the Underground Railroad.
2: Before the Harpers Ferry attack, he and his men killed 5 proslavers in Pottawatomie, Kansas.
John Brown.
3: This 1787 ordinance included a fugitive slave clause.
the Northwest Ordinance.
4: The first issue of this William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist paper was published January 1, 1831.
The Liberator.
5: By means of the Missouri Compromise, this New England state was admitted as a free state.
Maine.
Round 2. Category: Historical Transports
1: The V-8 Ford in which this criminal couple were gunned down in 1934 became an instant attraction.
Bonnie and Clyde.
2: Good grief! The Command Module and Lunar Module for Apollo 10 were named for these 2 characters.
Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
3: It made its final flight in April 1928 when Charles Lindbergh presented it to the Smithsonian.
the Spirit of St. Louis.
4: James Lawrence was referring to his frigate the Chesapeake when he gave this famous command in 1813.
"Don't give up the ship".
5: When this "Express" train crashed in 1900, Casey Jones died with his hand still on the brake lever.
the Cannonball Express.
Round 3. Category: Divinity
1: Born from a golden egg, this multifaced god of creation in Hinduism mediates between Vishnu and Shiva.
Brahma.
2: Shinto deities are called kami; Inari is the kami of this grain.
rice.
3: The Mahdi is an anticipated messianic spiritual figure who will restore this faith to its rightful purity.
Islam (or Muslim).
4: 1 John 4 says "God is" this and "perfect" this "casteth out fear".
love.
5: When Christian Science refers to the supreme being, it uses the term "divine" this 4-letter word.
mind.
Round 4. Category: Driving Alexis
1: In 1912 someone must have driven Alexis Carrel to give his Nobel lecture on suturing these, arteries and veins.
blood vessels.
2: If you're driving company founder Alexis Ohanian to Reddit's offices, head for the Tenderloin area of this city.
San Francisco.
3: If you're driving this actress, it may be to the set of "The Handmaid's Tale".
Alexis Bledel.
4: You'd want to drive the czarevich Alexis (born 1904) very carefully as he suffered from this condition.
hemophilia.
5: Driving this author of "Democracy in America" may have been rough as he complained, "Trail infernal, carriage without springs".
(Alexis) de Tocqueville.
Round 5. Category: Genius: Picasso
1: Living in Barcelona in 1899, Picasso befriended fellow artists and dodged police looking for these radicals against all government.
anarchists.
2: Young Picasso was influenced by bullfighting and the pageantry of this southern region that includes Malaga.
Andalusia.
3: Many of Picasso's motivations are dramatized, like how the horrors of the Spanish Civil War inspired this masterpiece.
Guernica.
4: As a young man, Picasso lived in Catalonia with a friend, painting and avoiding service in this 1898 conflict.
the Spanish-American War.
5: The suicide of a close friend in 1901 stimulated the emotional expressiveness of this period of Picasso's work.
the Blue Period.
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December 30, 2023Episode 1053 - Travel europe - Those are my initials, too - You can call me "al" - Anagrammed hobbies - From the german
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1053, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Travel Europe
1: Stops on this city's Metro Line B include Termini Station, Tiburtina Station and the Colosseum.
Rome.
2: The Friseurmuseum, a hairdressing museum in this German capital, has a lock of Bismarck's hair.
Berlin.
3: "Wax" nostalgic (or is that nostalgique?) at Musee Grevin, this capital's answer to Madame Tussaud's.
Paris.
4: It's the country from which you're most likely to bring home a souvenir bouzouki.
Greece.
5: For a great view of this capital city, climb to the top of Lykavittos Hill, or take the funicular from Kolonaki.
Athens.
Round 2. Category: Those Are My Initials, Too
1: Skinner,Goodrich.
B.F..
2: Milne,TV's Ron Balakay.
A.A..
3: Griffin,Du Bois.
W.E.B..
4: Woolworth,De Klerk.
F.W..
5: Hunley,Mencken.
H.L..
Round 3. Category: You Can Call Me Al. With Al in quotation marks
1: A dead end lane, or a line of thought that leads nowhere, is called a blind this.
an alley.
2: Italian for "to the tooth", it describes pasta cooked to be firm.
al dente.
3: It designates both a constellation's brightest star and the head male in a group.
alpha.
4: This bronchodilator helps ease breathing during an asthma attack.
albuterol.
5: From the French for "others", this word is the opposite of egoist.
altruist.
Round 4. Category: Anagrammed Hobbies
1: Not just for grannies these days:TINT KING.
knitting.
2: Get behind the wheel: TRY POET.
pottery.
3: It's what you yeast expect: GRIN WEB.
brewing.
4: Watch the fishies; NON RISK GEL.
snorkeling.
5: Don't let Fluffy see what you're doing; MY DIRT AXE.
taxidermy.
Round 5. Category: From The German
1: Put this 4-letter word after "gab" or "fun" and you get an event with lots of those.
fest.
2: If you say "he took a lot of" this, either he was criticized or his plane was shot at.
flak.
3: I can't sit still; I've got this 10-letter need to roam.
wanderlust.
4: Bringing extra defensive players to rush the passer.
a blitz.
5: In 1969 the first watch using this mineral to keep time came on the market.
quartz.
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December 29, 2023Episode 1052 - Canadian geography - Hits of the '80s - A kiss is still a kiss - Color tv - B off!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1052, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Canadian Geography
1: Slowly I turned towards this over 160-foot cataract found on the U.S.-Canadian border.
Niagara Falls.
2: The Klondike gold rush of the late 1890s took place in this territory that borders Alaska.
the Yukon.
3: Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866.
Vancouver.
4: In surface area, it's the largest lake within or on the borders of Canada.
Superior.
5: A popular children's book bear derived its name from this Canadian city of 600,000.
Winnipeg.
Round 2. Category: Hits Of The '80s
1: The only #1 pop hit for Kenny Rogers, it has a 1 word title.
"Lady".
2: "All Out Of Love", "Lost In Love" and "The One That You Love" were 3 hits by this Aussie group.
Air Supply.
3: No, they're the group that sang "Owner Of A Lonely Heart".
Yes.
4: This song originally released in 1968 became a posthumous hit for Elvis in 1981.
"Guitar Man".
5: Though he's better known as an actor/comedian, he had the following hit in 1985:"My girl wants to party all the time /Party all the time /Party all the time /My girl wants to party all the time /Party all the time...".
Eddie Murphy.
Round 3. Category: A Kiss Is Still A Kiss
1: In the fifth film of a series, this title guy had his first kiss, a magical one with girlfriend Cho Chang.
Harry Potter.
2: The kiss between Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in this 1953 movie seemed to go on forever.
From Here to Eternity.
3: A busy Tokyo street is the setting of a goodbye kiss between Bill Murray and her in a 2003 movie.
Scarlett Johansson.
4: A 2005 kiss between Heath Ledger and this actor was named "Best Screen Kiss of All Time" in a 2007 online vote.
Jake Gyllenhaal.
5: Natalie Portman was just shy of lip action in this 2005 movie, though she does smooch Hugo Weaving's Guy Fawkes mask.
V for Vendetta.
Round 4. Category: Color Tv
1: "blank Is the New blank".
Orange is the New Black.
2: "Murphy blank".
Murphy Brown.
3: "blank Acres".
Green Acres.
4: "blank Collar".
White Collar.
5: "blank Bloods".
Blue Bloods.
Round 5. Category: B Off!
1: Remove "B" from an unfortunate biblical spot to get this unfortunate biblical brother.
Abel.
2: Pluck "B" off a male swine (aren't they all?) to get this rowing implement.
oar.
3: Without "B", a verb meaning to hit suddenly becomes this sports official many would like to hit suddenly.
ump.
4: Empty "B" from a verb meaning to empty water from a boat to get this verb meaning to be unwell.
ail.
5: Remove "B" from a German composer to get this German equivalent of "Oh".
ach.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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