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October 10, 2023Episode 972 - Africa's official languages - Argentina - Exotic wildlife - Musicals - The empire strikes plaque
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 972, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Africa'S Official Languages
1: In Benin:this.

French.

2: In Gabon:this.

French.

3: In Cameroon:English and this.

French.

4: In Equatorial Guinea:Spanish and this.

French.

5: In Rwanda:Kinyarwanda, French and this.

English.
Round 2. Category: Argentina
1: The president of Argentina works at the Casa Rosada or Pink House in this city.

Buenos Aires.

2: In September 1955 General Eduardo Lonardi succeeded this man as leader of Argentina.

(Juan) Peron.

3: In March 1985, the annual rate for this stood at 850%.

inflation.

4: Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, lies on this island territory of Argentina.

Tierra del Fuego.

5: Both Argentina and the Rio de la Plata derive their names from the Latin word for this.

silver.
Round 3. Category: Exotic Wildlife
1: One happy girl on a Costa Rica expedition remarked that this animal "was a lot faster than I thought".

a sloth.

2: Seals, beware of orcas working together in this 3-letter group--the orcas' strategies can be most effective.

a pod.

3: Komodo dragons' tongues touch air, then touch chemoreceptors in the mouth as part of this smelling system.

the olfactory system.

4: Polar bear cubs stay with Mom for two and a half years, ultimately going through this process of moving off her milk.

weaning.

5: The calf of the Svalbard subspecies of this animal can be quite playful.

a caribou (or reindeer).
Round 4. Category: Musicals
1: Title amusement park ride owned by Mrs. Mullin.

carousel.

2: Richard Burton played this king in "Camelot"; Tim Curry has played him in "Spamalot".

King Arthur.

3: Harve Presnell played Johnny Brown, the miner husband of this title character.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

4: City The Boys" were from in musical based on "A Comedy of Errors".

Syracuse.

5: "Illya, Darling" wasn't based on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", but on this Melina Mercouri film.

Never on Sunday.
Round 5. Category: The Empire Strikes Plaque
1: The British Dental Association says that most adults in the U.K. suffer from periodontal, aka this, disease.

gum.

2: U.K. dentists recommend no less than 1,000 ppm of this in your 3-year-old's toothpaste.

fluoride.

3: British dentistry has advanced since medieval barbers performed this procedure using a tool called the pelican.

an extraction.

4: The British Dental Association says there is little danger from this element that's always present in amalgams.

mercury.

5: Missing a molar in Manchester? Contact the NHS, short for this, and get a list of hospitals with a dentist on call.

the National Health Service.
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October 09, 2023Episode 971 - Key - Sixth sense - Celebrity biographies - Time to "re"-up - Twain
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 971, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Key
1: It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key observed "the rockets' red glare".

Fort McHenry.

2: If you're shooting from the top of the key, you're trying to score in this sport.

basketball.

3: His most famous work was completed in a Baltimore hotel room in 1814.

Francis Scott Key.

4: This ornithologist visited Key West in the 1830s; here's the house that's now named in his honor.

Audubon.

5: What the priest uses to lock doors after mass, or a slang term for a bottle opener.

a church key.
Round 2. Category: Sixth Sense
1: Her predictions, including the JFK assassination, earned her the epithet "Seeress of Washington".

Jeane Dixon.

2: French for "seeing clearly", it's the ability to "see" or envision images and events.

clairvoyance.

3: Scientist Joseph Banks Rhine popularized this term for the sixth sense.

ESP (extrasensory perception).

4: Also called mind-to-mind communication, it's the sending of thoughts from one person to another.

telepathy.

5: This southern seer, who died in 1945, was famous for making medical diagnoses while in a trance.

Edgar Cayce.
Round 3. Category: Celebrity Biographies
1: "Norma Jean".

Marilyn Monroe.

2: "His Way".

Frank Sinatra.

3: "A Rocky Life".

Sylvester Stallone.

4: "Mr. Strangelove".

Peter Sellers.

5: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Rebel".

James Dean.
Round 4. Category: Time To Re-Up. With Re in quotes
1: To resurface a piece of furniture with some new varnish.

refinish.

2: To increase your efforts--specifically twofold.

redouble.

3: 6 letters: hairlines do this, get farther away into the distance.

recede.

4: To follow the title command of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's biggest hit.

relax.

5: Refusal to accept someone or something; in basketball, it's a blocked shot.

reject.
Round 5. Category: Twain
1: Twain claimed it was easy to give up this habit, saying "I've done it a thousand times".

smoking.

2: The grave of Laura H. Frazer, Twain's childhood friend, also bears the name of this character she inspired.

Becky Thatcher.

3: As a teenager Twain, like Ben Franklin, was apprenticed to one of these.

printer.

4: Mark Twain's grave is in Elmira in this state.

New York.

5: Twain was on the staff of this Nevada town's Territorial Enterprise.

Virginia City.
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October 08, 2023Episode 970 - Let me be perfectly frank - 2005 fiction bestsellers - Oscars since 2000 - The tales of hoffman - Softball
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 970, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let Me Be Perfectly Frank
1: This Rat Packer gained prominence in the singing group The Hoboken Four.

Frank Sinatra.

2: Unlike his brother, he surrendered to Missouri authorities in 1882.

Frank James.

3: He was the subject of a book subtitled "The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman".

Barney Frank.

4: You can see the preliminary sketches for the Panama Puente de Vida Museo on this architect's website.

Frank Gehry.

5: Among this graphic novelist's revisions to the Batman story was making Robin a teenage girl.

Frank Miller.
Round 2. Category: 2005 Fiction Bestsellers
1: As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list.

The Da Vinci Code.

2: Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer.

(Jimmy) Buffett.

3: The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear".

Michael Crichton.

4: This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends.

I Am Charlotte Simmons.

5: The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover and shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale.

The Broker.
Round 3. Category: Oscars Since 2000
1: In 2009 this supporting actor Oscar winner's award was accepted by his mother, father and sister.

Heath Ledger.

2: The title of this best screenplay winner refers to the pregnant lead character, not a mythic queen of the heavens.

Juno.

3: When Helen Mirren won in 2007 for playing "The Queen", he won best actor for "The Last King of Scotland".

Forest Whitaker.

4: Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for playing this 4-time Oscar-winning actress in "The Aviator".

Katharine Hepburn.

5: He followed up his 2003 Oscar for "Mystic River" with a best actor win for 2008.

Sean Penn.
Round 4. Category: The Tales Of Hoffman
1: In this film Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt habitually watches "Jeopardy!".

Rain Man.

2: Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, played himself in this Hoffman film.

All the President's Men.

3: Posters for this 1982 film featured Hoffman in a red sequined dress.

Tootsie.

4: "Everybody's Talkin'" served as the theme to this 1969 film in which Hoffman played street hustler Ratso Rizzo.

Midnight Cowboy.

5: In this 1997 film a Washington spin doctor and a Hollywood producer team up to stage a phony war.

Wag the Dog.
Round 5. Category: Softball
1: In 1900 the 1st softball league was organized in this largest Minnesota city.

Minneapolis.

2: The 2 official types of softball.

slow pitch and fast pitch.

3: In the '30s this newspaper mogul sponsored world championships and donated a gold trophy.

(William Randolph) Hearst.

4: Any player can use a glove, but only these 2 positions can use a mitt.

catcher and first base.

5: In men's softball, it's located 46 feet from home plate.

pitcher's mound.
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October 07, 2023Episode 969 - You're on a roll - Houses - Movie theater gimmicks - The top teen list - What had happened was
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 969, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You'Re On A Roll
1: A newspaper covering Congress since 1955, or the act of going down a list as you check class attendance.

Roll Call.

2: Nicholas McKay invented this 4-letter roller using a toilet paper roll and tape to spruce up his suit for a dance.

a lint roller.

3: "Roll Tide" is a trademarked phrase used by supporters of this state school... a lot.

the University of Alabama.

4: Photographers and videographers set this "speed" to avoid the distorting effect called "rolling" this.

shutter.

5: This appetizer got its name as it is traditionally served during a specific time of the year--the first day of Chinese New Year.

a spring roll.
Round 2. Category: Houses
1: A small cottage, its name may come from a Hindi word meaning "of Bengal".

a bungalow.

2: Chalets have low-pitched roofs to allow for the accumulation of this, which acts as an insulation.

snow.

3: In May 1987 PTL auctioned off Jim and Tammy Bakker's air-conditioned one for $4,500.

a dog house.

4: The house in which a Roman Catholic parish priest lives.

a rectory.

5: In a song from 1933, it's the type of house I want to go back to in Kealakekua, Hawaii.

a little black shack.
Round 3. Category: Movie Theater Gimmicks
1: The Odorama process added smells to movies using this 3-word process that involves a card and your fingernail.

scratch and sniff.

2: In 1985 3 versions of this mystery comedy were released in theaters with 3 different people killing Mr. Boddy.

Clue.

3: Psycho-Rama films used these, split-second hidden images or words, to unsettle the audience.

subliminal messages.

4: Some theaters showed this 2019 Will Smith clone movie in 60 frames per second, which made the action look smoother.

Gemini Man.

5: This director took his "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" across the country on a roadshow.

Kevin Smith.
Round 4. Category: The Top Teen List
1: At 16, he joined the soccer club Manchester United, but he didn't get his first goal for another 3 years.

Beckham.

2: Miley Cyrus plays this TV teen.

Hannah Montana.

3: This nationalist leader who used nonviolent techniques to help create a free India was married when he was 13.

Mohandas Gandhi.

4: Legend says at 13, she saved Capt. John Smith from warriors of Powhatan, her father.

Pocahontas.

5: At 17, this "Little Women" author wrote her first novel, "The Inheritence".

(Louisa May) Alcott.
Round 5. Category: What Had Happened Was
1: In 2000 this man won the popular vote for U.S. president by 500,000 but did not get the job.

Al Gore.

2: "Guests" of this fortress who checked out the hard way included Sir Thomas More, Edmund Dudley and Anne Boleyn.

the Tower of London.

3: In 1687 the Ottomans found that storing gunpowder at this Acropolis building was a ridiculously terrible idea.

the Parthenon.

4: In 1989 he succeeded his late father as emperor of Japan.

Akihito.

5: On this mission Pete Conrad said, "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me".

Apollo 12.
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October 06, 2023Episode 968 - On ice - Classic monopoly tokens - Althing - Capitals at statehood - Mayor garcetti's los angeles
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 968, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: On Ice
1: Put this letter on "ice" and you get what Mickey and Minnie are.

M (mice).

2: Put this letter on "ice" and you get gaming material that may be loaded.

D (dice).

3: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the kind of "guys" who "finish last".

N (nice).

4: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the type of crime Crockett and Tubbs fought.

V (vice).

5: Put this letter on "ice" and you get a grain grown in paddies.

R (rice).
Round 2. Category: Classic Monopoly Tokens
1: You wear one of these to protect your fingers when sewing.

a thimble.

2: The one Lincoln wore to Ford's Theatre is in the Smithsonian.

a top hat.

3: Awaiting the inevitable is like "waiting for the other" this "to drop".

the shoe.

4: On May 30, 2010 Dario Franchitti claimed a big victory in one.

a racecar.

5: It's also a classic combat game from Milton Bradley.

the battleship.
Round 3. Category: Althing
1: Formed in 930 A.D., the Althing of this country is one of the oldest legislative assemblies in the world.

Iceland.

2: There are this many members of the Althing--they'll always fall one short of filling an entire checkerboard.

sixty-three.

3: This position that has the country's real power (and the cabinet) is appointed by the president with the Althing's approval.

the prime minister.

4: In 1874 the king of this nearby Scandinavian country vested the Althing with legislative power in internal affairs.

Denmark.

5: The Althing had an upper and lower house until 1991; now it's this type of legislature, meaning "one chamber".

unicameral.
Round 4. Category: Capitals At Statehood
1: Augusta.

Georgia.

2: San Jose.

California.

3: Huntsville.

Alabama.

4: Guthrie.

Oklahoma.

5: Wheeling.

West Virginia.
Round 5. Category: Mayor Garcetti'S Los Angeles
1: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Just north of Hollywood and Vine, the studios at Capitol Records have been used by Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Sam Smith and this band, who recorded their "Surfin' Safari" album in the tower.

the Beach Boys.

2: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) The Hollywood Sign was originally the Hollywoodland Sign, a $21,000 billboard in 1923, for this 2-word type of development owned by the publisher of the L.A. Times.

real estate.

3: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Using the term "California romanza" to mean "freedom to make one's own form", this 3-named architect's first L.A. project, Hollyhock House, was completed in 1921.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

4: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) At L.A.'s Griffith Observatory, the Astronomers Monument features 6 giants of the field: Hipparchus, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel and this Italian genius.

Galileo.

5: (His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Between 1921 and 1955 Italian immigrant Simon Rodia constructed a collection of 17 structures he called Nuestro Pueblo or "Our Town"; today, it's a National Historic Landmark known as this.

the Watts Towers.
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October 05, 2023Episode 967 - The hudson - Trade names - If you can't beat 'em... - Double double letters - Lost in yonkers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 967, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Hudson
1: A bridge named for this fictional snoozer crosses the Hudson at Catskill.

Rip Van Winkle.

2: In 1802 a military academy was established at this site.

West Point.

3: In 1807 the first practical steamboat, commonly known by this name, was launched on the Hudson.

Clermont.

4: This interstate park on the Hudson features 300-500 foot high cliffs.

Palisades.

5: It was on this ship that Henry Hudson was first sent up the river.

Half Moon.
Round 2. Category: Trade Names
1: As Roosevelt was called Teddy, and motion pictures called movies, the new wheat flakes were named this.

Wheaties.

2: Originally introduced as "Celluwipes", it's now a common brand of tissues.

Kleenex.

3: White soap which got its name when Harvey Procter heard this word from a Psalm quoted in a sermon.

Ivory.

4: This trade name for a fluorescent paint has come to be used for any bright, shocking color.

Day-Glo.

5: Japanese for "three-diamond", this company's name can be seen in its symbol.

Mitsubishi.
Round 3. Category: If You Can'T Beat 'Em...
1: At the Buick Invitational from 2005 to 2008, many were invited but no one was beating this golfer.

Tiger Woods.

2: Many on our staff were sad to see the Astros invade Chavez Ravine and beat this team in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series.

the Dodgers.

3: From 2005 to 2008 and again from 2010 to 2014, no man was beating this Spaniard for the French Open men's singles title.

(Rafael) Nadal.

4: This storied franchise was the last north-of-the-border team to win the Stanley Cup, back in 1993.

the (Montreal) Canadiens.

5: Over 4 straight Super Bowls, it was the rest of the NFL 139, this team 73.

the Buffalo Bills.
Round 4. Category: Double Double Letters
1: He raises and tends the honey kind.

beekeeper.

2: A gathering at which Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, or an owl and a goat might sing.

hootenanny.

3: Quality of ice, eels, and banana peels.

slipperiness.

4: Locusts are actually short-horned ones of these insects.

grasshoppers.

5: It's another word for pirate, arrgh.

buccaneer.
Round 5. Category: Lost In Yonkers
1: Ms. Levi, the matchmaker, has her eye on Mr. Vandergelder of Yonkers in this 1964 musical.

Hello, Dolly!.

2: The city's website claims the USA's first game of this took place at Yonkers' St. Andrew's Club.

golf.

3: You can get to Yonkers from NYC by taking the parkway named for this man, like the nearby river.

the Henry Hudson Parkway.

4: The 85-mile-long Delaware one of these structures runs from a reservoir in the Catskills to one in Yonkers.

aqueduct.

5: Like the adjacent Bronx, Yonkers was settled by people from this European nation in 1639.

Holland (the Netherlands).
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October 04, 2023Episode 966 - Solve for x - Take a stab - Punk'd - Big 4 sports team names irl - Presidential wit
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 966, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Solve For X
1: 500 - X 1 = 381.

120.

2: 99 - x = the number of keys on a standard piano.

11.

3: 105/x = blackjack!.

5.

4: âˆš25 3X = 29.

8.

5: 20 - x = days in a fortnight.

6.
Round 2. Category: Take A Stab
1: To protect Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp stabs Anthony Michael Hall with his "hands" in this Tim Burton film.

Edward Scissorhands.

2: In this John Boorman film, Mordred pierces Arthur with his spear, but Arthur gets him anyway.

Excalibur.

3: In a 1976 horror film, this telekinetic teen uses her powers to "throw" cutlery at her uber-religious mom.

Carrie.

4: Lucy Liu looks great as a Yakuza leader, but gets a little off the top courtesy of "The Bride" in this movie.

Kill Bill.

5: John Conner's foster father comes to a stabby, milky end in this 1991 sequel.

Terminator 2.
Round 3. Category: Punk'D
1: This word for something bad or unfair is a homophone of what you do to a burrowing mammal in an arcade game.

wack.

2: This 4-letter word for a journey or to stumble now means to overreact.

trip.

3: If you fail to give someone proper deference, you do this 3-letter word to them.

dis.

4: While a Betty is attractive, someone who's like this husband of Betty on "The Flintstones" is a dork.

Barney.

5: A tree-hugger is a nature lover; a tree this, like what Butterfly Hill did in a redwood, is an extremist.

tree-sitter.
Round 4. Category: Big 4 Sports Team Names Irl
1: In 2015 Iran's city of Bandar Mahshahr hit a near-record 165 on this index.

the heat index.

2: Vermilion, burgundy,scarlet.

reds.

3: Canada has 105 of these lawmakers.

senators.

4: In song Gene Autry had these "that jingle jangle jingle".

spurs.

5: Moyers,Nye,Pecos.

the Bills.
Round 5. Category: Presidential Wit
1: Arriving at the hospital on March 30, 1981, he told one of his doctors, "I hope you're a Republican".

Ronald Reagan.

2: In 1953 he told visitors, "There is one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down".

Eisenhower.

3: In a January 6, 1947 diary entry, he called the White House the "great white jail".

Harry Truman.

4: This 16th pres. said about a lawyer, "He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met".

Lincoln.

5: He said he made his brother attorney general "to give him...experience before he goes out to practice law".

JFK.
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October 03, 2023Episode 965 - Movies' main cities - Superlatives - Not quite oscar-nominated films - Geek holidays - Stocks, symbolically
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 965, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Movies' Main Cities
1: "The Cooler" and"Ocean's Eleven".

Las Vegas.

2: "Pretty Baby" and"A Streetcar Named Desire".

New Orleans.

3: "Chinatown" and"Crash".

Los Angeles.

4: "The Maltese Falcon" and"Dirty Harry".

San Francisco.

5: "Avalon" and"Diner".

Baltimore.
Round 2. Category: Superlatives
1: A traditional yearbook senior superlative is this alliterative "couple".

cutest.

2: "I'm losin' you, I'm losin' you", sang U2, "ain't love the" this "thing".

sweetest.

3: Nobody wants to be called this 5-letter superlative; change its only vowel to a "U" and it becomes a sausage.

the worst.

4: A book of records came about after a Guinness executive wondered if among game birds, the one he had just missed shooting was this.

the fastest.

5: In TV ads the Maytag repairman was the this "guy in town".

loneliest.
Round 3. Category: Not Quite Oscar-Nominated Films
1: Keanu Reeves hopped off the bus and didn't board the ship for this "2: Cruise Control".

Speed.

2: Calling it an "infamous failure", even one of the writers admitted this Halle Berry pic was not purr-fect.

Catwoman.

3: His work as Casey Ryback in "Under Siege 2: Dark Territory" was overlooked by the Academy, as was the film itself.

Steven Seagal.

4: Though The Rock gave his all as Mitch Buchannon, this film was not up for an Oscar; a Razzie or 4? Ohhh, yes.

Baywatch.

5: Leonard Maltin, on No. 5 in this series about cops: "What can you say about a sequel... Steve Guttenberg won't even appear in?".

Police Academy.
Round 4. Category: Geek Holidays
1: If you missed March 14, you can always wait until July 22 or 7/22, this number's approximation Day.

pi.

2: There is much cosplay on FCBD, "Free" this kind of publication "Day" each May.

Free Comic Book Day.

3: 2015 has come and gone, but you can still celebrate every October 21, the date from a sequel to this 1985 film.

Back to the Future.

4: Leslie Knope of this show created the girls-only Galentine's Day (Feb. 13) and it's taken off in the real world.

Parks and Recreation.

5: If it's October 23 between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, it's Mole Day, on which chemists celebrate this man's number.

Avogadro.
Round 5. Category: Stocks, Symbolically
1: MMM: that kind of says it all.

3M.

2: AFL: if it walks like a duck....

Aflac.

3: SCHW: we're invested in your response.

Charles Schwab.

4: CMCSA: your technician will arrive between 7 A.M. and 11 P.M. (We kid, there's a 2-hour window).

Comcast.

5: GIS: Cheerios and Yoplait are on us!.

General Mills.
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October 02, 2023Episode 964 - Bottom dwellers - Here come the monsters! - State / prison - Kid stuff - My movies
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 964, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bottom Dwellers
1: These porous creatures from the phylum Porifera go from the bottom of the Mediterranean to bathtubs.

sponges.

2: One of the largest of these bewhiskered bottom-dwelling fish is the European Wels at 15'.

catfish.

3: The crayfish found in this famous Kentucky landmark are blind.

Mammoth Cave.

4: The American species of this bottom-dwelling crustacean is usually caught in a "pot".

lobster.

5: Scientists have found 5' long ones near hydrothermal vents in the ocean.

tube worns.
Round 2. Category: Here Come The Monsters!
1: This nickname of the demonic villain in the "Hellraiser" franchise is also a term for someone not so sharp.

a pinhead.

2: In a 1998 movie the spawn of this reimagined monster hatched in Madison Square Garden.

Godzilla.

3: In "The Host", something is living in the River Han and is set to wreak havoc on this capital city.

Seoul.

4: In this Guillermo del Toro movie, Doug Jones played both "El Fauno" and "The Pale Man" who had eyes on his hands.

Pan's Labyrinth.

5: This term for hatred or malice is also the beast kept in a pit by Jabba the Hutt and defeated by Luke.

Rancor.
Round 3. Category: State / Prison
1: Attica! and Southport Correctional Facility!.

New York.

2: You're off to the land of Lincoln Correctional Center and also Dixon (but no Mason).

Illinois.

3: Hey! You! Get off of my correctional facility at St. Cloud! Rush City, too, for that matter!.

Minnesota.

4: Cedar Junction and Framingham are wicked excellent prisons for the wicked.

Massachusetts.

5: It's another Pleasant Valley State Prison Sunday, no one's flying out of Pelican Bay, either.

California.
Round 4. Category: Kid Stuff
1: They were first allowed to play Little League ball in 1974.

girls.

2: In Mexico kids take a whack at cracking open these, candy-filled papier-mache figures.

a piÃƒÂ±ata.

3: "The Incredible Journey" described the incredible journey of 2 dogs and 1 of these.

Siamese cat.

4: Military term for a living room structure with sofa-cushion walls.

fort.

5: This game, also called jackstraws, is mentioned in they rhyme, "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe".

pick-up sticks.
Round 5. Category: My Movies
1: A musical:"My blank Lady".

Fair.

2: "My blank Foot ".

Left.

3: "My blank blank Greek Wedding".

Big Fat.

4: "My blank Is an Alien".

Stepmother.

5: "My blank Laundrette".

Beautiful.
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October 01, 2023Episode 963 - States by city trash-talking - Financial gobbledygook - Double talk names - Fly countries - Contrary to popular belief
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 963, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: States By City Trash-Talking
1: "Truth or Consequences isn't a choice! and Los Alamos may be the bomb, but it's Roswell that ends well!".

New Mexico.

2: "Sure, Ogden and Orem are nice, but I prefer Brigham City-- gee, I've really got to work on my trash-talking".

Utah.

3: "I get no kick from Champaign! I'm not Havana a good time! I only play in Peoria!".

Illinois.

4: "I'm not Spokane for, and I ain't putting on the Ritzville! Everybody loves Raymond!".

Washington.

5: "Stick Three Forks in it, it's done! and kiss our Butte, Bozeman!".

Montana.
Round 2. Category: Financial Gobbledygook
1: The most widely used interest rate in the world, LIBOR is this city's "interbank offered rate".

London.

2: Don't get them mixed up: ETF means "exchange-traded" these; EFT means "electronic" these "transfer".

funds.

3: An unregulated statement of profit, EBITDA stands for these before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.

earnings.

4: CAGR, short for an investment's compound annual this rate, basically just averages what it did over time.

growth.

5: In the VIX index, "V" is for this measure of how much an investment's value fluctuates.

volatility.
Round 3. Category: Double Talk Names
1: Neuwirth of "Cheers".

Bebe.

2: Bean or Cool J.

L.L..

3: Michelle Pfeiffer's sister who was in "Vamp" and "Falling Down".

Dedee.

4: Poet cummings, whose first book of poetry, "Tulips and Chimneys", came out in 1923.

e.e..

5: Singer Peniston or Winans.

CeCe.
Round 4. Category: Fly Countries
1: Iberia Airlines.

Spain.

2: Aer Lingus.

Ireland.

3: Olympic Airlines.

Greece.

4: Belavia (Its first terminal was in Minsk).

Belarus.

5: KoninklijkeLuchtvaartMaatshappij(you might know it by its abbreviation).

The Netherlands (KLM).
Round 5. Category: Contrary To Popular Belief
1: When Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero was 35 miles away and couldn't have played this, as it wasn't invented until the 15th c..

a fiddle.

2: This "ground lion" reptile rarely changes its color for camouflage: it's usually signifying its emotional state.

chameleon.

3: By some measures, the largest organism isn't a blue whale, but a 2,385-acre Oregon mushroom, the "humongous" this.

fungus.

4: Some argue there are 46 states, not 50, as Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are all these.

Commonwealths.

5: Some think America was named for Richard Ameryk, one of Cabot's investors, not for this Italian who died in 1512.

Amerigo Vespucci.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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