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September 20, 2023Episode 952 - "r"ock music - South park - Snl on film - Quite the cast of tv characters - The "ss" word
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 952, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "r"ock music
1: Title adjective describing Dion's "Sue".

Runaround.

2: The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can".

"Ramblin' Man".

3: UB40 sang that this makes me "feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time".

Red Red Wine.

4: This alternative rock band's "Stand" served as the theme song to the sitcom "Get a Life".

R.E.M..

5: 4 of this Swedish pop duo's first Top 40 hits reached No. 1, including "It Must Have Been Love".

Roxette.
Round 2. Category: south park
1: Everglades National Park in this Southern state is the USA's largest subtropical wilderness.

Florida.

2: National parks in the south of this state include Sitka and Glacier Bay.

Alaska.

3: S. Montana's Electric Peak, named for the electrical charge experienced by climbers in 1872, is in this natl. park.

Yellowstone.

4: Southeast of Mt. Rushmore lies Badlands National Park in this state.

South Dakota.

5: Eisenhower's home in southern Pennsylvania is next to this national military park, site of an 1863 battle.

Gettysburg.
Round 3. Category: snl on film
1: Jake and Elwood are on a mission from God in this film.

Blues Brothers.

2: 2 friends are on a mission with their Illinois public access show in this film.

Wayne's World.

3: 2 aliens from the planet Remulak are on a mission to raise their teen daughter in this film.

Coneheads.

4: Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan are on a mission to get into the best club in town and open their own in this film.

A Night at the Roxbury.

5: Julia Sweeney is on a mission to have a relationship with Chris, a person of indeterminate sex in this film.

It's Pat.
Round 4. Category: quite the cast of tv characters
1: This title doc is a lifesaver, but Drs. Lawrence Kutner and Amber Volakis both died after working for him.

House.

2: Gil Grissom and Raymond Langston both went after the bad guys (with science!) on this show.

CSI.

3: Jamie-Lynn Sigler (played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and Mrs. Ari were characters on this HBO show.

Entourage.

4: Supporting roles on this show include Glenn Quagmire and Death, the latter voiced by Adam Carolla.

Family Guy.

5: Lutz, Frank and Toofer help make a variety show on this TV show.

30 Rock.
Round 5. Category: the "ss" word
1: One who goes along for the ride.

Passenger.

2: To study in minute detail or take apart; some people draw the line at doing it to frogs.

Dissect.

3: It's the highest rank of diplomat.

Ambassador.

4: The pressure is on to make this coffee, quick.

Espresso.

5: The name of this thin, sheer fabric preceded condor and albatross in the names of pedal-driven planes.

Gossamer.
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September 19, 2023Episode 951 - Playwrights - Howdy, "buster" - Best picture oscar winners - Nice "ab"s - Comparing
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 951, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: playwrights
1: Dustin Hoffman reincarnated his "Salesman" on Broadway in 1984.

Arthur Miller.

2: Wrote "The Man in the Glass Booth" but acted in "Jaws" and "The Deep".

Robert Shaw.

3: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical for penning this show.

The Book of Mormon.

4: Won Tonys for "Torch Song Trilogy" and "La Cage aux Folles".

Harvey Fierstein.

5: "You Never Can Tell", the initial literary work of this "Pygmalion" author, earned him less than 10 shillings a year.

George Bernard Shaw.
Round 2. Category: howdy, "buster"
1: This video chain began in Dallas in 1985; it now has more than 4,000 U.S. stores and 2,000 overseas.

Blockbuster.

2: Who ya gonna call? Well, in this 1984 film it was Bill Murray and his cohorts.

Ghostbusters.

3: This commercial spokeskid of the 1950s lived in a shoe with his dog Tige, who lived there too.

Buster Brown.

4: In 1964 Russell Long and other senators led one that lasted a record 74 days against a civil rights bill.

a filibuster.

5: This 1895 sculpture was the first of 25 Western art bronzes by Frederic Remington.

Bronco Buster.
Round 3. Category: best picture oscar winners
1: In this 1977 Woody Allen-Diane Keaton film, author Truman Capote had an uncredited bit as a Truman Capote look-alike.

Annie Hall.

2: In this film, Clint Eastwood says, "Hell of a thing, killin' a man. Ya take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have".

Unforgiven.

3: This Best Picture winner for 2006 is Martin Scorsese's highest-grossing film to date.

The Departed.

4: Mel Gibson won Oscars for producing and directing this 1995 Best Picture.

Braveheart.

5: Temperance groups and the liquor industry both pleaded with Paramount not to release this 1945 Oscar winner.

The Lost Weekend.
Round 4. Category: nice "ab"s
1: To give up the throne.

abdicate.

2: A not so nice collection of pus caused by infection.

an abscess.

3: Military term for a 180.

an about face.

4: Servile or wretched, like poverty.

abject.

5: A summary of a document or text.

an abridgment (or an abstract).
Round 5. Category: comparing
1: A math axiom says a line is this superlative distance between 2 points on a flat surface.

shortest.

2: This irregular comparative describes a wise, experienced "statesman".

elder.

3: Superlative in the Queen's question to her mirror in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".

fairest.

4: Boxer Bob Fitzsimmons gets credit for the line that contains "bigger" and this other comparative.

harder.

5: Toni Morrison titled a novel "The" this superlative "Eye".

Bluest.
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September 18, 2023Episode 950 - Food science - Speaking words of wisdom - The most popular netflix movies - A little reading - Chop wood
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 950, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: food science
1: To combat hypothyroidism, iodine was first added in the 1920s to this common seasoning.

salt.

2: One theory for why tomatoes were thought to be poisonous--their acidity leached this toxic metal out of pewter plates.

lead.

3: 1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains 5 billion units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteria.

yogurt.

4: Mustard can act as one of these agents that allow oil and water to stay blended.

an emulsifier.

5: From the French for "sour wine", this liquid will go bad over time, so it should be stored in a cool, dark place.

vinegar.
Round 2. Category: speaking words of wisdom
1: This folk and rock troubadour's gems include the 1965 lyric "He not busy being born is busy dying".

(Bob) Dylan.

2: This playwright penned the line "A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory".

(Arthur) Miller.

3: In an encyclical he wrote, "Earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most... maltreated of our poor".

Pope Francis.

4: Max Ehrmann's much-reprinted "Desiderata" says, "With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still" this kind of world.

a beautiful world.

5: In 1934 this humorist said, "Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion".

Will Rogers.
Round 3. Category: the most popular netflix movies
1: Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy in this feel-good film that became the most popular to get from Netflix.

The Blind Side.

2: One thing to do before dying is rent this 2007 Jack Nicholson-Morgan Freeman buddy movie.

The Bucket List.

3: The title of this 2010 film refers to planting an idea in someone's subconscious during the dream state.

Inception.

4: The popularity of this Coen Brothers film has nothing to do with Javier Bardem's bowl cut as killer Anton Chigurh.

No Country for Old Men.

5: Jeff Bridges played the delightfully evil Obadiah Stane in this superhero film.

Iron Man.
Round 4. Category: a little reading
1: First and last name of E.B. White's adventurous mouse-like boy from a 1945 story.

Stuart Little.

2: 4-word rallying mantra repeated by the "Little Engine that Could" to inspire it to persevere.

I think I can.

3: "Little Women" detailed the passage from childhood to womanhood of these 4 March sisters.

Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy.

4: The first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's series was "Little House in" this place with more shade than the prairie.

the Big Woods.

5: This 1886 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel inspired a fad of dressing young boys in velvet suits.

Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Round 5. Category: chop wood
1: The History Channel show "Ax Men" centers on guys in this job, and they're OK.

lumberjacks.

2: Shel Silverstein poetically waxed that you could hear this mythic logger's axe "ring for a mile and a half".

Paul Bunyan.

3: In a quirky 2012 movie, this president chops wood and quite a few vampires.

Abraham Lincoln.

4: The Wicked Witch of the East maliciously enchants his axe over his love for a munchkin maiden.

the Tin Man.

5: Chopping down a tree starts with making this V-shaped cut; open-faced and Humboldt are 2 styles.

a notch.
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September 17, 2023Episode 949 - U.s. flags - The tonys - The muppet name - Maybe some oscar winners - Domain extensions matter
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 949, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: u.s. flags
1: The last year the presidential flag was altered was 1960 when this was added.

a Hawaii star.

2: This color standing for justice on the American flag is missing from the flag of Washington, D.C..

blue.

3: This state's flag is yellow with the sun symbol of the Zia Indian Pueblo in red.

New Mexico.

4: While he was vice president in 1975, the office's flag was redone, giving it a bolder bird.

Nelson Rockefeller.

5: By exec. order the width of each stripe on the U.S. flag should be this fraction of the height of the flag.

1/13th.
Round 2. Category: the tonys
1: At a 1977 concert he stunned Dawn and the crowd by announcing his (short-lived) retirement:.

Tony Orlando.

2: He's led the National League in batting 8 times, with averages like .394 in '94.

Tony Gwynn.

3: This founder of a chain has been giving diners a good ribbing since 1972.

Tony Roma.

4: Friends call Antonin Scalia Nino; this Supreme Court colleague appointed in 1988 is Tony.

(Anthony) Kennedy.

5: In 1997 National Security Advisor Tony Lake got spooked and withdrew his nomination to head this agency.

the CIA.
Round 3. Category: the muppet name
1: Architect of lyrics Hammerstein and man of architecture Niemeyer.

Oscar.

2: Hello, Cleveland! and Hello, anti-tax activist Norquist too!.

Grover.

3: Saldana and Kazan, acting the parts.

Zoe.

4: Blyleven and Campaneris, because our writers absolutely love old-school baseball.

Bert.

5: World War II journalist Pyle and "Ghostbuster" Hudson.

Ernie.
Round 4. Category: maybe some oscar winners
1: After his win for "Wall Street", he thanked dad Kirk for helping him step out of Dad's shadow.

Michael Douglas.

2: He won an Oscar for his turn as Winston Churchill in "Darkest Hour".

Gary Oldman.

3: Mahershala Ali won an Oscar for this 2016 film that won Best Picture...eventually.

Moonlight.

4: This lyricist named Oscar won 2, for Best Song in "Lady Be Good" and "State Fair".

(Oscar) Hammerstein.

5: For 1993 Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" won 3 technical Oscars and this other film of his won Best Picture.

Schindler's List.
Round 5. Category: domain extensions matter
1: Visit this.gov and you get the current hour and minute; visit this.com and you get the current news.

time.

2: this.com shows you the Navigator and Continental; this.org shows you tourist sites in a Midwest state capital.

Lincoln.

3: these.gov takes you to Atlantic marine forecasts; these.com takes you to Carolina NHL action.

hurricanes.

4: this.gov is an agency that polices Wall Street; this.org takes you to a college sports organization.

SEC.

5: this.com is an outdoor clothing company; this.edu is an Ivy League school.

Columbia.
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September 16, 2023Episode 948 - Atom - Describing the sport - It's the end "fer" you! - You can't fight - Running a marathon
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 948, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: atom
1: The first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare used an isotope of this element as its explosive.

uranium.

2: Early atomic theorist Democritus said this color results from smooth, flat atoms that cast no shadow.

white.

3: In a nice, stable early 1900s model, the atom was like a plum pudding with electrons distributed like these.

raisins.

4: The atomic number refers to the number of these in an atom.

protons.

5: An atom may become more stable by releasing this Greek letter particle, identical to a helium atom nucleus.

an alpha particle.
Round 2. Category: describing the sport
1: Hit tiny spheroid into woods, curse, hit into lake, curse, score round of 120, go to clubhouse for needed beer.

Golf.

2: Get 3/4 naked, use 12-ounce mittens to beat opponent senseless.

boxing.

3: Run back and forth on 94 feet of wood, hit twine to score but don't choke coach when upset.

basketball.

4: Throw spheroid called horsehide, but not always made of such, run 360 feet to score, get $252 million contract.

Baseball.

5: Swat at disk of vulcanized rubber, hit twine to score, spend 5 minutes in the box for fighting, feel shame.

Ice hockey.
Round 3. Category: it's the end "fer" you!
1: A pine, fir or spruce.

a conifer.

2: Troy Aikman did this from Oklahoma to UCLA--good move.

transfer.

3: A box or chest for valuables; fill it now!.

coffer.

4: To steal, purloin or filch.

pilfer.

5: A geological formation conducting ground water.

aquifer.
Round 4. Category: you can't fight
1: Jesus' words "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right" one, "turn to him the other" have been taken as a pacifist message.

cheek.

2: His first major nonviolent satyagraha action was protesting salt taxes imposed by the British.

Gandhi.

3: This religious group founded in the 1600s is dedicated to pacifism and to following the "inward light".

the Quakers (Society of Friends).

4: 2-word military draft registration status that means you can serve, but without fighting.

conscientious objector.

5: Last name of brothers Daniel and Philip, pacifist priests known for their opposition to the Vietnam War.

Berrigan.
Round 5. Category: running a marathon
1: The modern marathon race was first held at the revival of the Olympic games in 1896 in this city.

Athens.

2: This marathon runs from Hopkinton to the Back Bay.

the Boston Marathon.

3: To the nearest minute, what you'll have to average per mile to run a 2:10 marathon like the champs.

5 minutes.

4: The last American man to win the Olympic marathon was Frank Shorter in 1972 in this city.

Munich.

5: In Beijing in 2008, Sammy Wanjiru of this nation broke the Olympic record by almost 3 minutes.

Kenya.
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September 15, 2023Episode 947 - I made it through the reign - Behold the power of cheese - Familial phrases - "tas"-mania - Geographical words and phrases
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 947, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: i made it through the reign
1: For 164 years, 1610 to 1774, France was ruled by just 3 kings, all of this name.

Louis.

2: Franz Joseph got plenty of new clothes when he ruled Austria for 68 years with this loftier title than king.

emperor.

3: Fath Ali Shah ruled this country from 1797 to 1834 and led it in disastrous wars against Russia.

Iran.

4: Averaging 23 years per reign, the last 5 Russian czars were named either Nicholas or this.

Alexander.

5: Otto, who ruled Greece from 1832 to 1862, was the son of King Ludwig of this German state.

Bavaria.
Round 2. Category: behold the power of cheese
1: "On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when" this happened.

somebody sneezed.

2: Things concocted in 1915 include Corning's Pyrex and this company's processed cheese.

Kraft.

3: Bearing the name of a Belgian province, it's a cheese with a really strong aroma.

Limburger.

4: It's wonderful to do this to cheese, reducing it to fragments by rubbing it against an abrasive surface.

grating.

5: Salata is the dense processed form of this "recooked" Italian cheese.

ricotta.
Round 3. Category: familial phrases
1: Here's this figure personified.

Father Time.

2: Enacting this 2-word phrase of concession can sometimes stop a tickle attack.

saying uncle.

3: The stars of this reality series on TLC marched on the Utah capitol to protest a ban on polygamy.

Sister Wives.

4: All of a computer's components and peripherals connect to this; ATX is the main design today.

a motherboard.

5: Term for a ready target of criticism, or the female relative who wants to adopt Huck Finn.

Aunt Sally.
Round 4. Category: "tas"-mania
1: Another word for disaster; in drama, it's a synonym for denouement.

catastrophe.

2: Hypokalemia is a deficiency of this mineral.

potassium.

3: It's the group of threadlike strings on the top of a stalk of corn.

tassel.

4: This Mexican dish whose name means "little meats" is shredded pork.

carnitas.

5: This lake is considered the main source of the Mississippi River.

Itasca.
Round 5. Category: geographical words and phrases
1: A shade of grayish blue is named for this Danish capital.

Copenhagen.

2: This nationality precedes onyx, hairless, and jumping bean.

Mexican.

3: This nationality precedes uncle, treat, and elm disease.

Dutch.

4: This tuber with a city in its name is also called a sunchoke.

Jerusalem Artichoke.

5: This high quality black tea is named for a district in West Bengal.

Darjeeling.
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September 14, 2023Episode 946 - Random house defines it as... - Them literature type facts - Unions online - Literary gems - In case you're thirsty
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 946, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: random house defines it as...
1: "Strangle" or "to enrich the fuel mixture of".

choke.

2: "Slang... a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians".

roadie.

3: "The withdrawal from the Union of 11 southern states in the period 1860-61".

secession.

4: (2 words) "a deep...color" or "woolen cloth of this color, used esp. for U.S. Army uniforms".

olive drab.

5: (2 words)"Goal achieved at too great a cost".

Pyrrhic victory.
Round 2. Category: them literature type facts
1: In 1928 A.A. Milne published "House at" this title character's "Corner".

Pooh.

2: You'll find "Time is now to be dreaded - since once he put that mark upon your throat" in this 1897 novel.

Dracula.

3: The Knight's Tale, the Friar's Tale, and the Nun's Priest's Tale are part of this larger group.

The Canterbury Tales.

4: It's no mystery that she was born in 1890 in Devon, England, wrote 67 novels under this name and 6 as Mary Westmacott.

Agatha Christie.

5: In the 1830s he wrote, "'But he has nothing on at all,' said a little child at last".

Hans Christian Andersen.
Round 3. Category: unions online
1: In any weather you can visit nalc.org, for the National Association of these Carriers.

letter carriers.

2: ilwu.org is for the International Longshore and this type of storage facility Union.

warehouse.

3: Go behind the scenes at iatse.net, the International Alliance of Theatrical these Employees.

stage employees.

4: You can learn a lot at nea.org, NEA being short for this.

the National Education Association.

5: afge.org belongs to the American Federation of these Employees, more than 700,000 of them.

government employees.
Round 4. Category: literary gems
1: The Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above" these red gems.

rubies.

2: In Tennyson's "Idylls of the King", knights fight for diamonds at this king's diamond jousts.

King Arthur.

3: The "ice, mast-high, came floating by, as green as emerald" in this Coleridge "Rime".

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

4: Shakespearean teenager who "hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear".

Juliet.

5: The title gem brings tragedy to a Mexican fisherman in this Steinbeck novelette.

The Pearl.
Round 5. Category: in case you're thirsty
1: The logo of this sports drink is a capital "G" with an orange lightning bolt in it.

Gatorade.

2: The name of this lemon-lime soda means an elf or a fairy.

Sprite.

3: Created in Atlanta, this soft drink was being sold in every state and territory of the U.S. by 1895.

Coca-Cola.

4: This brand known for its vegetable juices has a line of V-Fusion juices.

V8.

5: Glaceau makes a bottled beverage called "Vitamin" this.

water.
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September 13, 2023Episode 945 - Business abbrev. - 30 something - Food "e" - Fruits and veggies - Sams club
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 945, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: business abbrev.
1: Getting a car loan? Check that APR, this.

annual percentage rate.

2: The way sales of a product change in relation to its price is its P.E.D., or price elasticity of this.

demand.

3: The C.T.O. is this officer who might deal with data and cloud storage.

the chief technical officer (chief technology officer).

4: A company's profits divided by its outstanding units of stock are its E.P.S., this.

earnings per share.

5: Corporate citizenship is also known as corporate this, CSR for short.

corporate social responsibility.
Round 2. Category: 30 something
1: In the Gospels, Judas Iscariot receives this payoff for betraying Jesus.

30 pieces of silver.

2: This-millimeter film has long been a standard gauge for photography and motion pictures, but digital has made huge inroads.

35-millimeter.

3: There are this many months of the year with 31 days.

7.

4: Extending playing time to more than 20 minutes a side, Columbia Records released its first LP record at this speed in 1948.

33 1/3.

5: Youngest age at which you can be sworn in for the U.S. Senate.

30.
Round 3. Category: food "e"
1: Beginning sushi eaters often start out with unagi, this fish that's been cooked and basted with a sweetish sauce.

eel.

2: All we need is some wine and crackers to go with this cheesy import.

Edam.

3: A recipe for the world's largest one of these calls for 750 lbs. of ground corn for the tortilla and 175 lbs. of cheese.

an enchilada.

4: Chambers Dictionary describes this cream-filled pastry as "long in shape but short in duration".

an eclair.

5: This spicy Cajun stew is made with crayfish and served over rice.

ÃƒÂ©toufÃƒÂ©e.
Round 4. Category: fruits and veggies
1: Broccoflower is a cross between these 2 veggies.

broccoli and cauliflower.

2: The Santa Claus melon is so named because its peak season is in this month.

December.

3: Jalapeno, habanero and bell are types of these.

peppers.

4: Alphabetically, veggies run from acorn squash to this cucumber lookalike.

zucchini.

5: In Latin a pirum is one of these fruits, not two.

a pear.
Round 5. Category: sams club
1: In ads for Capital One, he has asked, "What's in your wallet?".

(Samuel L.) Jackson.

2: He's the Sam who founded the Sam's Club retail chain.

Sam Walton.

3: This funny lady left "The Daily Show" to host her own TV show.

Bee.

4: In 2015, he took home four Grammys, including one for the song "Stay With Me".

Sam Smith.

5: 3 years before his death in a car crash, he made the cover of Rolling Stone as "Comedy's Wild Thing".

Sam Kinison.
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September 12, 2023Episode 944 - "me" tv - Taking a "bath" - They planned their own funeral - Which english monarch? - Pulitzer-winning characters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 944, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "me" tv
1: From 1992 to 1999 you could visit this title "Place" on Fox.

Melrose Place.

2: Chuck Todd hosts this longest-running show on network television.

Meet the Press.

3: Rachael Ray began making them on Food Network in 2001.

30-minute meals.

4: This series starts with Linda Cardellini and Christina Applegate meeting in a grief support group and becoming friends.

Dead to Me.

5: Flower and Mozart were 2 of the title "kats" of the manor on this docudrama.

Meerkat Manor.
Round 2. Category: taking a "bath"
1: It attracts feathered friends.

Birdbath.

2: It's what the baby shouldn't be thrown out with.

the bathwater.

3: This vehicle can take you under the sea.

Bathyscape.

4: Extreme sentimentality.

Bathos.

5: It's the chemical rinse that keeps photographic film from overdeveloping.

Stop bath.
Round 3. Category: they planned their own funeral
1: This "Cleopatra" actress requested that she arrive 15 minutes late for her own funeral.

Liz Taylor.

2: Guests this First Lady invited to her own Simi Valley funeral included Wayne Newton and Mr. T.

Nancy Reagan.

3: Known by this title, the royal who died aged 101 in 2002 had viewed rehearsals of her funeral and reportedly had 1 horse replaced.

the Queen Mum.

4: At his request, everyone wore jeans as this Southern rocker was laid to rest near brother Duane in 2017.

Gregg Allman.

5: Instructions by this American that his body was not to lie in state were found a few days too late in 1945.

Franklin Roosevelt.
Round 4. Category: which english monarch?
1: Lost the 13 American colonies to independence.

George III.

2: Crossed the English Channel in 1066.

William the Conqueror.

3: Was the brother of Richard the Lionheart.

John.

4: Was sometimes known as "Crookback".

Richard III.

5: Ruled at the start of the English Reformation.

Henry VIII.
Round 5. Category: pulitzer-winning characters
1: Angelica Schuyler and Aaron Burr (2016).

Hamilton.

2: Mitch Mitchell and Blanche DuBois (1948).

A Streetcar Named Desire.

3: Scoop Rosenbaum and Heidi Holland (1989).

The Heidi Chronicles.

4: Corporate bigwig J.B. Biggley and former window washer J. Pierrepont Finch (1962).

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

5: Aaronow and Moss, real estate salesmen (1984).

Glengarry Glen Ross.
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September 11, 2023Episode 943 - 20th century campaign slogans - Chipping in - Ends in "u" - "key" words - Mything in action
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 943, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 20th century campaign slogans
1: Voters were told "He's the one".

Nixon.

2: "Not just peanuts" and "A leader, for a change" for his 1976 campaign.

Carter.

3: In 1988 this reverend and Democratic hopeful reminded us to "Keep hope alive".

(Jesse) Jackson.

4: "Dew it with" him in 1948 did not lead to victory.

Dewey.

5: His mid-century second term bid used the slogan "Peace, progress and prosperity".

Eisenhower.
Round 2. Category: chipping in
1: Many donate to the United Way thanks to Nnamdi Asomugha, a player in this league.

the NFL.

2: Help the Nature Conservancy by adopting one of these diverse offshore ecosystems off Palau.

coral reefs.

3: The wife of the CEO of this company donated $90 million to the Salvation Army to start Kroc Centers.

McDonald's.

4: You can donate to this charity mainstay, but when you shop at its retail stores, it sounds like that Affleck/Damon film.

Goodwill.

5: Punning on a newsreel name, this charity that helped defeat polio made its first appeal in 1938.

March of Dimes.
Round 3. Category: ends in "u"
1: This outdoor Hawaiian feast often features a roast pig.

a luau.

2: Off-the-cuff, without preparation, such as a speech.

impromptu.

3: From the Old French for "bundle", it's the bundle of clothing and linens a bride collects for her marriage.

a trousseau.

4: This world capital is located about 180 miles southeast of Miami.

Nassau.

5: These Bantu-speaking people make up the largest language group in the Republic of South Africa.

the Zulu.
Round 4. Category: "key" words
1: The earliest authentic copy of his "Star-Spangled Banner" sold at public auction in 1934.

Francis Scott Key.

2: The part of a door you spy through, or the Eta Carinae nebula you might spy in the sky.

a keyhole.

3: Qwerty is a standard format for one of these.

a keyboard.

4: Democrat Zell Miller of Georgia delivered this address at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

the keynote.

5: In musical notation, it's the grouping of sharps and flats at the beginning of each staff.

the key signature.
Round 5. Category: mything in action
1: Maori legend says the South Island of this country is the canoe of the Polynesian demi-god Maui.

New Zealand.

2: The Irish word luchorpan, meaning "little body", gives us this word for a little mythical Irish creature.

leprechaun.

3: This woman whose prophecies were disbelieved was one of Agamemnon's spoils after Troy fell.

Cassandra.

4: In Incan myths from South America, this camel relative warns man of an impending great flood.

llama.

5: This creature whose name means "round eye" may be inspired by workers with concentric circle forehead tattoos.

Cyclops.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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