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November 28, 2023Episode 1034 - Bogey men - Money talk - Spelling casts - Before finals - Russellmania
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1034, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bogey Men
1: 1942:Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart.
Casablanca.
2: 1941:Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette.
The Maltese Falcon.
3: 1948:Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits and greed.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
4: 1954:Crazy Captain Queeg faces rebellious sailors aboard ship.
The Caine Mutiny.
5: 1954:Linus Larrabee becomes interested in the chauffeur's daughter.
Sabrina.
Round 2. Category: Money Talk
1: It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse.
Alimony.
2: It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim.
Ransom.
3: Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money.
Greed (Avarice).
4: It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a government to a scientist to "cary" on with research.
Grant.
5: From a Latin word for "booty", it's the payment you make to keep your booty insured.
Premium.
Round 3. Category: Spelling Casts
1: Tori Spelling,Shannen Doherty,Jason Priestley.
Beverly Hills, 90210.
2: Andrew Shue,Thomas Calabro,Heather Locklear.
Melrose Place.
3: Catherine Hicks,Jessica Biel,Stephen Collins.
7th Heaven.
4: John Forsythe,Heather Locklear,Joan Collins.
Dynasty.
5: John Forsythe,David Doyle,Kate Jackson.
Charlie's Angels.
Round 4. Category: Before Finals
1: The final event in the Olympic decathlon is the 1,500 meters; right before that is throwing this spear.
the javelin.
2: It was the next-to-last state to join the Union.
Alaska.
3: It was the next-to-last Harry Potter novel.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
4: Alexander III, who reigned from 1881 to 1894, was the next-to-last man to hold this post.
the Czar of Russia.
5: In the calendar year, it's the penultimate federal holiday.
Thanksgiving.
Round 5. Category: Russellmania
1: In 1966 this All-Star player became the first African-American head coach in the NBA.
Bill Russell.
2: Astronomers Henry Russell and Ejnar Hertzsprung devised a diagram displaying the luminosity of these.
stars.
3: "The Analysis of Mind" and "Marriage and Morals" are books by this thinker, grandson of a British prime minister.
Bertrand Russell.
4: Until 1931 members of this religious movement founded by Charles Russell were known as Russellites.
Jehovah's Witnesses.
5: A collection of this New York Times columnist's work was titled "Poor Russell's Almanac".
Russell Baker.
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November 28, 2023Episode 1021 - Music "c"lass - The roman god or goddess of... - Facts and numbers - You make my heart sing - A little food and drink
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1021, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Music CLass. With C in quotation marks
1: It has 4 strings, 5 letters and 6 Bach solo suites written just for it.
cello.
2: The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these.
chants.
3: Italian for "tail", this 4-letter word is a concluding part of a piece of music.
coda.
4: A male alto voice is also known as this 12-letter word.
a countertenor.
5: Joan Sutherland was one of these sopranos who decorated her arias with a "rainbow" of musical hues.
a coloratura.
Round 2. Category: The Roman God Or Goddess Of...
1: The sea, earthquakes and horses, 3 things that obviously go together.
Neptune.
2: Wine (women and song apparently went to other departments).
Bacchus.
3: Wisdom, spinning and weaving; this goddess could do it all.
Minerva.
4: Roads and travel, for that nifty messenger service of his.
Mercury.
5: Fire and metalworking, but not logic.
Vulcan.
Round 3. Category: Facts And Numbers
1: 3 is a common number for par in mini-this.
golf.
2: There are 31,536,000 seconds in one of these time periods; and 52 weeks too.
a year.
3: A typical adult has about 22 square feet and 8 pounds of this, the body's largest organ.
skin.
4: In the open ocean, one of these catastrophic waves can sometimes travel as fast as a jet plane.
a tsunami.
5: Sometimes called the world's driest place, the Atacama Desert on this continent gets less than 1 inch of rain a year.
South America.
Round 4. Category: You Make My Heart Sing
1: Billy Ray Cyrus found disfavor with country purists for this song, a No. 4 crossover pop hit.
"Achy Breaky Heart".
2: Celine Dion had to be convinced by her husband/manager to do a demo for this 1997 movie song; it worked out okay.
"My Heart Will Go On".
3: In 2020 Dua Lipa sang "Break My Heart"; in 1996 she gave the impossible demand "Un-Break My Heart".
Toni Braxton.
4: A 2015 song by her begins, "This is my heartbeat song and I'm gonna play it".
Kelly Clarkson.
5: Heart, a group formed by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, had a hit in 1977 with this song named for a predatory fish.
"Barracuda".
Round 5. Category: A Little Food And Drink
1: Though it triggered an E. coli scare in 2006, this leafy vegetable is generally safe to eat; ask Popeye.
spinach.
2: This "city" sandwich consists of thin slices of beef, slices of American, and often sauteed onions on a roll.
a Philadelphia cheesesteak.
3: Though often referred to as a wine, this Japanese alcohol is actually brewed more like a beer.
sake.
4: This candy bar of chocolate, nougat, peanuts and caramel was named for a horse.
Snickers.
5: This cereal once had a longer name; "oats" became "os".
Cheerios.
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November 27, 2023Episode 1020 - I'm serving "t" - Ballpark cuisine - Here comes the song title! - My dad - I'm posting that on telegram
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1020, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'M Serving T. With T in quotation marks
1: Hope you like fish:I'm serving the spotted, silver and speckled types of this--and I expect you to eat all of them.
trout.
2: You fool! This hot drink was named for 2 characters in the novel "Life in London", not for a cartoon cat-and-mouse duo.
Tom and Jerry.
3: Boring? You think this bean curd is boring? Try my Szechuan spiced version and you'll change your tune!.
tofu.
4: Try some of this clear liqueur flavored with orange peel; its name makes me want to drink it 3 times.
triple sec.
5: You look queasy; like most of my dinner guests, you need the Ultra 1000 version of this heartburn relief.
Tums.
Round 2. Category: Ballpark Cuisine
1: Sheffield Corner at this stadium offers the Chick-ago sandwich.
Wrigley Field.
2: For the 2018 season, Comerica Park in Detroit offered egg rolls filled with this hazelnut spread.
Nutella.
3: Minute Maid Park has the meats: pulled pork, chopped beef and smoked sausage, all atop this deep-fried spiral cake.
a funnel cake.
4: Head to ATandT Park for ahi tuna over rice, tortilla chips or fresh greens--this dish with a Hawaiian name that means "to slice".
poke.
5: Some of the best things to eat at Chase Field, home of this team, are green tamales and the Sonoran dog.
the Diamondbacks.
Round 3. Category: Here Comes The Song Title!
1: "You made me feel, yeah, you made me feel shiny and new... hoo!" this way.
"Like a Virgin".
2: "Now we got problems, and I don't think we can solve 'em, you made a really deep cut, and baby, now we got" this.
"Bad Blood".
3: "How does it feel to be on your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown...".
"Like A Rolling Stone".
4: "Baby, I've been, I've been praying hard, said no more counting dollars, we'll be" this.
"Counting Stars".
5: "And just when it hit me, somebody turned around and shouted" this.
"Play That Funky Music (White Boy)".
Round 4. Category: My Dad
1: Anna, founder of child psychoanalysis, was the youngest daughter of this man, founder of a similar field.
Sigmund Freud.
2: Mehli Mehta, conductor and founder of the American Youth Symphony, is the father of this famed conductor.
Zubin Mehta.
3: This leader of the Argonauts was raised by Chiron, a Centaur.
Jason.
4: (Hi, I'm Holly Robinson-Peete) My dad, Matt Robinson, played Gordon on this PBS series.
Sesame Street.
5: This author's dad was a missionary in China; she was a teacher there in the 1920s.
Pearl S. Buck.
Round 5. Category: I'M Posting That On Telegram
1: The death of this inventor of course brought telegrams, like Brigham Young's "My affections follow him to the spirit world".
Morse.
2: In 1964 he wired MLK offering to "dispatch some of our brothers" to give the KKK "a taste of its own medicine".
Malcolm X.
3: In April 1861 Robert Anderson cabled that, down to 4 barrels of powder and only pork to eat, he had surrendered this fort.
Sumter.
4: A panicky telegram about Native Americans dancing in the snow brought an influx of troops and led to this 1890 massacre.
Wounded Knee.
5: As World War II began, the Royal Navy was cheered up by a telegram saying this politician "is back".
Winston Churchill.
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November 26, 2023Episode 1019 - Literary tourism - Prawnography - "left", "right" or "center" - Character mashups - Stupid answers at the movies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1019, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Literary Tourism
1: This poet's birthplace in Alloway, Scotland is adjacent to a museum devoted to him.
Robert Burns.
2: The home of this "Ivanhoe" author is a tourist attraction in Abbotsford, Scotland.
Sir Walter Scott.
3: George Bernard Shaw's recently restored birthplace is a tourist attraction in this capital city.
Dublin.
4: A St. Helena, California museum displays the toy soldiers he wrote about in "A Child's Garden of Verses".
Robert Louis Stevenson.
5: The museum devoted to this playwright is a short walk from the National Theatre in Oslo.
Henrik Ibsen.
Round 2. Category: Prawnography
1: The word "prawn" is used loosely for a large one of these shellfish.
a shrimp.
2: The Muppet known as Pepe the Prawn did commercials for a restaurant chain named for this "Long" character.
Long John Silver.
3: Like many insects, prawns also feature pairs of these long, thin sensory organs on their heads.
antennae.
4: Prawns go through as many as 11 different metamorphoses during this stage of immaturity.
the larval stage.
5: From the Latin for "having a shell", it's the subphylum to which all prawns belong.
crustacean.
Round 3. Category: Left, Right Or Center. With Left", "Right" Or "Center in quotes
1: Current name of the branch of the U.S. Public Health Service charged with investigating and mitigating contagions.
the Centers for Disease Control.
2: Traffic precedence of one vehicle over another.
right of way.
3: Related to the sports world, it's a source for unexpected or strange insight.
left field.
4: The point within an object where its entire weight is evenly balanced.
the center of gravity.
5: Paris' Latin Quarter is found there.
the Left Bank.
Round 4. Category: Character Mashups
1: Huckleberry Finch (1884 and 1960).
Huckleberry Finn and Scout Finch.
2: Fredo Baggins(1969 and 1954).
Fredo Corleone and Bilbo Baggins.
3: Holden Copperfield (1951 and 1850).
Holden Caulfield and David Copperfield.
4: Rhett Smiley (1936 and 1961, '62, etc.).
Rhett Butler and George Smiley.
5: Sansa Panza(1996 and 1605).
Sansa Stark and Sancho Panza.
Round 5. Category: Stupid Answers At The Movies
1: This feel-good film starred Dennis Quaid as Jim Morris, a major league rookie at age 35.
The Rookie.
2: Dustin Hoffman is the graduate who's seduced by a middle aged woman in this 1967 classic.
The Graduate.
3: Kevin Costner was the bodyguard assigned to Whitney Houston in this 1992 romance.
The Bodyguard.
4: John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale meet serendiptously and dine at NYC's Serendipity Cafe in this 2001 romance.
Serendipity.
5: Dudley Moore thought Bo Derek was a perfect "10" in this 1979 romp.
10.
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November 25, 2023Episode 1018 - How to marry a millionaire - British children's authors - Hittite hodgepodge - Executive privilege - Presidential lifetimes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1018, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: How To Marry A Millionaire
1: Like Manilow's "Lola", Evelyn Nesbitt was one of these theater females; in 1906, her rich, crazy husband shot her ex-lover.
showgirl.
2: In 2005, 1,000 champagne corks popped as a Brazilian equestrian married Athina of this clan.
Onassis.
3: This "Sea of Love" actress had access to the finest of make-up when she married billionaire Ron Perelman.
Ellen Barkin.
4: This singer didn't keep shipping magnate Arne Naess hanging on; she met him in May 1985 and married him in October.
Diana Ross.
5: In 1895 this crusader married Robert Seaman, but after he died she had to return to reporting to make money.
Nellie Bly.
Round 2. Category: British Children'S Authors
1: He first wrote about Christopher Robin in the verse book "When We Were Very Young".
A.A. Milne.
2: He began his "Jabberwocky" poem, " 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves...".
Lewis Carroll.
3: Richard Adams originally told this rabbit tale to amuse his young daughters.
Watership Down.
4: This author famous for her Mary Poppins books passed away in 1996.
P.L. Travers.
5: Though written in 1906, her story of "The Sly Old Cat" wasn't published until 1971.
Beatrix Potter.
Round 3. Category: Hittite Hodgepodge
1: In Hittite myth, one of these insects is sent to find a missing god; sort of a game of "hive and seek".
a bee.
2: After a 16-year war, a treaty was signed with this country and its king, Ramses II, married a Hittite princess.
Egypt.
3: The army had 3-man crews and an elaborate system of horse training for these vehicles.
chariots.
4: Following the Bronze Age, the Hittites helped initiate this metal's age.
the Iron Age.
5: The Hittite language was written in this wedge-shaped system.
cuneiform.
Round 4. Category: Executive Privilege
1: If you are forced out of the company, a golden this clause will make sure you are well taken care of.
parachute.
2: For a good military "retreat", book an executive one at this service academy's Thayer Hotel in the Hudson Valley.
West Point.
3: It's the anatomical nickname for executive search consultants.
headhunters.
4: The Toyota Century is the limousine of choice for the person with this title (a new one took over in 2019).
emperor of Japan.
5: This brand became synonymous with a private jet after it debuted in 1963--Bombardier makes them now.
Learjets.
Round 5. Category: Presidential Lifetimes
1: 1732-1799.
George Washington.
2: 1882-1945.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
3: 1913-1994.
Richard M. Nixon.
4: 1843-1901.
William McKinley.
5: 1856-1924.
Woodrow Wilson.
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November 24, 2023Episode 1017 - I'll have thirds - What sort of establishment is this? - 1988 - Singers' shared first names - In life
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1017, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I'Ll Have Thirds
1: It says you can't be forced to let soldiers live in your house.
the Third Amendment.
2: This annual observance that's on the third Sunday in June should seem familial to you.
Father's Day.
3: This third book in the King James Bible says, "It shall be a perpetual statute... that ye eat neither fat nor blood".
Leviticus.
4: This general who died late in 1945 led the U.S. Third Army on major campaigns of World War II including Normandy.
(George S.) Patton.
5: In 1996 this Reform Party presidential candidate, a Texas businessman, got third place with 8 million votes.
Ross Perot.
Round 2. Category: What Sort Of Establishment Is This?
1: The type of roadhouse called a this joint lent its name to a coin-operated music machine.
a juke joint.
2: In Mexico, it's a bar; on Tatooine, it's also "an ideal spot to hire a starship's crew".
a cantina.
3: If you encounter a meat and three establishment in the American South, the "three" refers to these.
the side dishes.
4: Raw bars traditionally serve live, uncooked these.
oysters (shellfish, clams).
5: There's an alloy in this word for a type of casual restaurant, French for "brewery".
a brasserie.
Round 3. Category: 1988
1: The Thatcher government imposed a broadcast ban on this political wing of the IRA.
Sinn Fein.
2: Bone, Crossbeak and Bonnet, or, as the Eskimos called them, Pontu, Siku and Kannick.
gray whales that were trapped.
3: In August this Indiana senator was chosen as the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
Dan Quayle.
4: In mid-March, Midway Island will be midway along the path of one of these.
a solar eclipse.
5: Along with the Marcoses, this Saudi arms merchant was indicted in October on charges of racketeering.
Adnan Khashoggi.
Round 4. Category: Singers' Shared First Names
1: Chesney and Loggins.
Kenny.
2: Nicks and Wonder.
Stevie.
3: Trevi and Gaynor.
Gloria.
4: Bolton and Buble.
Michael.
5: Maines and Merchant.
Natalie.
Round 5. Category: In Life
1: In regard to benefits, ssa.gov says this period of your life begins at age 62.
retirement.
2: In common law, the age of this, signaling adulthood, is presumed to be 14 in boys and 12 in girls.
puberty.
3: In the Holmes-Rahe life stress inventory, the death of a spouse is tops, while this similar outcome is second.
divorce.
4: In Catholicism this sacrament, administered on baptized persons at least age 7, allows you to take communion.
confirmation.
5: "When age chills the blood", waxed Byron, "our sweetest memorial" will be the "first" this "of love".
kiss.
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November 23, 2023Episode 1016 - After "all" - Biblical police blotter - Not no. 1 - You "dy" - Cathay society
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1016, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: After All. With All in quotes
1: This unproved assertion or accusation.
an allegation.
2: No longer used, the first verse of Germany's national anthem follows "Deutschland" with this phrase meaning "over all".
Uber Alles.
3: "The Pilgrim's Progress" is an example of this symbolic literary form.
Allegory.
4: This adjective means formed by sand, silt or mud left by flowing water, like a plain or a deposit.
Alluvial.
5: This verb meaning to reduce in severity.
alleviate (or allay).
Round 2. Category: Biblical Police Blotter
1: Seems this perp was the first murderer in the Bible and to top it off he iced his own brother.
Cain.
2: When Herodias' burlesque-dancing daughter said she wanted to get ahead, she meant the head of this man.
John the Baptist.
3: We admire his faith, but it seems this guy almost knocked off his own son in Genesis 22.
Abraham.
4: Hey, we don't make the rules; this man's wife gazed back at Sodom against orders and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Lot.
5: We don't have to worry about collaring Uzzah; he was killed for touching this object in violation of divine law.
The Ark of the Covenant.
Round 3. Category: Not No. 1
1: As this, Abbie Rabine would become Miss America 2002 if Katie Harman throws in the sash.
first runner-up.
2: A major Red Sea port, Jeddah is this country's second most populous city.
Saudi Arabia.
3: For the Glen Campbell 45-rpm version of "Wichita Lineman", it was "True Grit".
flip side.
4: K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is also called this, after a geographer.
Mount Godwin Austen.
5: It's the position of the horse that comes in second.
place.
Round 4. Category: You Dy. With Dy in quotation marks
1: Term for a sports team that wins several championships in a row, like the Bulls in the 1990s.
a dynasty.
2: Implosion initiator for buildings past their prime.
dynamite.
3: Oh, Rob... the Petries were the family on this sitcom.
The Dick Van Dyke Show.
4: The DC41 Animal is a model from this manufacturer of high-tech bagless vacuum cleaners.
Dyson.
5: This 4-word "fabric" phrase means someone is extreme or unwilling to change an opinion.
dyed in the wool.
Round 5. Category: Cathay Society
1: What medieval Europeans knew of Cathay, or China, was largely from this Venetian's 1298 tales of his travels.
Marco Polo.
2: The merit-based civil servants of old Cathay were called these, from the language they spoke.
Mandarins.
3: One theory says this was created in China through accidental coagulation when curds formed in soybean soup.
tofu.
4: Guangzhou, a boomtown in the 1200s, is known to westerners as this.
Canton.
5: Ni Zan painted many landscapes featuring this grass, one of the "4 noble plants".
bamboo.
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November 22, 2023Episode 1015 - The 8 days of hanukkah - A hammer fest - Great beginnings - Angel potpourri - "day"s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1015, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The 8 Days Of Hanukkah
1: On the first day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / This candelabra--we don't have a tree.
a menorah.
2: On the second day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / Some gelt, this sweet-tasting "money".
chocolate.
3: On the third day of Hanuakkah, my true love gave to me / This seasonal toy that you see.
a dreidel.
4: On the fourth day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / These spud pancakes from her bubbie.
latkes.
5: On the fifth day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / A book about this greatest Maccabee.
Judas Maccabeus.
Round 2. Category: A Hammer Fest
1: Rapper MC Hammer got his nickname from his resemblance to this hammerin' home run king.
Henry Aaron.
2: In wrestling's hammerlock hold, this part of an opponent is pulled behind his back and twisted upward.
his arm.
3: "Hammer and" this grasping device means with tremendous effort.
tongs.
4: A UCLA museum named for this petroleum executive makes a good impressionist on visitors.
Armand Hammer.
5: The Soviet constitution of 1918 said that the coat of arms should include these 2 items, handles down.
a hammer and sickle.
Round 3. Category: Great Beginnings
1: In 1925 the first of these lodging places along highways and byways appeared in San Luis Obispo, California.
a motel.
2: In 1998 this relationship guru began his rise to fame by appearing on Oprah's show every Tuesday.
Dr. Phil (McGraw).
3: A donation of 120 pounds and 400 books helped the Mass. Bay Colony start a college in the 1600s, today known as this.
Harvard.
4: The Space Age began October 4, 1957 with the launch of this satellite.
Sputnik.
5: Following a crisis earlier in the decade, this cabinet department was created August 4, 1977.
Energy Department.
Round 4. Category: Angel Potpourri
1: In "Hamlet" Horatio's 4 words preceding "and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!".
"Good night, sweet prince".
2: Levels of the angelic hierarchy are called these, like groups of singers on Earth.
choirs.
3: Title question asked by a song from "The Heights" that hit the heights on the charts in 1992.
"How Do You Talk To An Angel?".
4: In the 1650s Rembrandt painted this biblical person "Wrestling with the Angel".
Jacob.
5: She played Roma Downey's angel boss on "Touched by an Angel".
Della Reese.
Round 5. Category: DayS. With Day in quotation marks
1: A convertible couch.
daybed.
2: June 6, 1944.
D-Day.
3: A Cincinnati nightclub owner changed this singer's name when she became famous locally for "Day by Day".
Doris Day.
4: Her name before she married actor Christopher George.
Lynda Day.
5: Title of the following, it was a hit for The Monkees in 1967 and for Anne Murray in 1980:.
"Daydream Believer".
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November 20, 2023Episode 1013 - Toy story - I played a real person - Cheesy name origins - Hey, 4 is! - Bean there
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1013, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Toy Story
1: In 1999 this Hasbro action figure celebrated his 35th year in the service.
G.I. Joe.
2: "Life in the Dreamhouse" is the subtitle of an online show named for this doll.
Barbie.
3: There are actually world championships for the trading card game and video game featuring these "pocket monsters".
PokÃƒÂ©mon.
4: In the late '60s Mattel took on Matchbox with this line of toy cars; today it owns both.
Hot Wheels.
5: Players stack and remove wooden blocks in this game whose name is from Swahili for "to build".
Jenga.
Round 2. Category: I Played A Real Person
1: "Super Pumped" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Travis Kalanick, founder of this rideshare service.
Uber.
2: Jesse Eisenberg played this guy, still at Harvard, in "The Social Network".
Zuckerberg.
3: This actor had his eyes glued shut daily to play Ray Charles in "Ray".
Jamie Foxx.
4: Josh Gad and Seth Rogen have both played this electrical engineer --in "Jobs" and "Steve Jobs", respectively.
Steve Wozniak.
5: Robert De Niro trained with the real Jake LaMotta for his portrayal of him in this 1980 film.
Raging Bull.
Round 3. Category: Cheesy Name Origins
1: It's often made from ewe's milk: from the Modern Greek for "slice".
feta.
2: It's made from goat's milk:French for "goat".
chevre.
3: This yellow cheddar: the Oregon county where it is produced.
Tillamook.
4: A soft, creamy cheese:Italian for "beautiful country".
Bel Paese.
5: This one similar to cheddar:the town in Wisconsin where the Steinwand family created it.
colby cheese.
Round 4. Category: Hey, 4 Is!
1: Anyone who thinks he's going to break up the United States needs to check out this word in the pledge of allegiance.
indivisible.
2: If you say "to boldly go", you've "split" this grammatical term.
the infinitive.
3: Inflammation of the gums.
gingivitis.
4: The organization NORML advocates this 4-"I" process with marijuana.
decriminalization.
5: One who enforces the rules in a strict manner is a stern this 14-letter word.
disciplinarian.
Round 5. Category: Bean There
1: Illinois leads the U.S. in production of these sources of tofu.
soybeans.
2: Chickpeas are also called these beans or just these, their usual name in Spain.
garbanzo beans.
3: Navy beans and molasses are traditional ingredients in this baked "metropolitan" offering.
Boston baked beans.
4: Native to India, mung beans are often used to grow these tender, edible seedlings.
bean sprouts.
5: Minnesota's Otter Tail County is a center for growing this bean named for its shape.
a kidney bean.
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November 20, 2023Episode 1012 - A gusty move - The "un" category - Indy 500 - Who you gonna call? - Works of art
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1012, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Gusty Move
1: Even the greatest golfers fear the notorious swirling wind at the 12th hole of this home course of The Masters.

Augusta.

2: In a 2005 game at Soldier Field, wind blew a 49ers' field goal wide, and this team's Nathan Vasher returned it 108 yards.

the Bears.

3: On a sailboat, an order to do this means it's time to lower sails to reduce the wind pressure, not time to run onto coral.

reef.

4: In 1965 this MLB team was accused of using its new dome's air conditioning to blow balls out when the home team was batting.

the Astros.

5: A 2016 bike race in Spain was called off after wind stopped this, the name for a group of riders, in its tracks and pushed some backwards.

peloton.
Round 2. Category: The Un Category. With Un in quotation marks
1: In the mid 1800s its stops were "stations" and its workers were called "conductors".

the Underground Railroad.

2: Among other places, "he" is buried under the Arc de Triomphe, in Westminster Abbey and at Arlington.

the Unknown Soldier.

3: Though often misquoted, these are the kinds of "rights" the Declaration of Independence guarantees.

unalienable rights.

4: They were called this because they used to write their names at the bottom of insurance contracts.

underwriters.

5: Dylan Thomas' radio play about a day in the life of the Welsh villagers of Llareggub.

Under Milk Wood.
Round 3. Category: Indy 500
1: In 1992, five years after his father won, this junior guy, Little Al, won the race by its closest margin, less than a car length.

Al Unser Jr..

2: The first woman to lead a lap in the race was the 2005 Rookie of the Year, this driver.

(Danica) Patrick.

3: After a scary 2017 crash, both men walked away, thanks in part to the HANS device; the acronym HANS refers to these two body parts.

head and neck.

4: This nickname for the Speedway comes from the material on the track; most of it has been covered over.

the Brickyard.

5: These famous four words that open the race were amended when Janet Guthrie became the first woman Indy driver.

Gentlemen, start your engines.
Round 4. Category: Who You Gonna Call?
1: If you've lost this credit card, call 1-800-847-2911 (really the card's name followed by 911).

Visa.

2: Sending flowers? Call 1-800-SEND-this 3-letter company founded in 1910.

FTD.

3: A "colorful" low-cost airline has the phone number 1-800-JET-this.

BLUE.

4: To reach this government service, call 1-800-829-1040.

the IRS.

5: A "Fifth Avenue" store is also available at 1-877-551-this.

SAKS.
Round 5. Category: Works Of Art
1: An 1871 painting of an old woman in a long black dress, sitting in a chair.

Whistler's Mother.

2: A statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ in her arms.

PietÃƒÂ .

3: A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse.

American Gothic.

4: An 1889 painting of a sky of blue and yellow swirling over a small village.

Starry Night.

5: An 1880 statue of a naked man with his arm on his knee and his chin resting on his hand.

The Thinker.
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