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August 10, 2023Episode 911 - "z" abbreviations - panda-monium - zoology - movie sportsmen - entertaining critters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 911, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "z" abbreviations
1: Z.Hr.; it's time to go.

Zero.

2: The Z in ZIP code is short for this.

Zone (Improvement Plan).

3: Book of the Bible abbreviated Zech..

Zechariah.

4: You may answer with zeal that zl is short for this currency.

Zloty.

5: The abbreviations for the 2 elements whose names begin with Z.

Zn and Zr (Zinc and Zirconium).
Round 2. Category: panda-monium
1: Because they can't digest cellulose, pandas may eat 90 pounds a day of the shoots of this plant.

Bamboo.

2: To aid in feeding, pandas have evolved an elongated wrist bone that functions like this digit in humans.

a thumb.

3: In 2011 martial artist Po transitioned from the big screen to big-screen TVs in this title: "Legends of Awesomeness".

Kung Fu Panda.

4: The red panda's funny walk is usually described as this 6-letter gait, due to its front legs being angled inward.

waddle.

5: The first live giant panda to come to the west was Su-Lin, who in 1936 came to live at the Brookfield Zoo in this U.S. city.

Chicago.
Round 3. Category: zoology
1: It's the spotted variety of this African carnivore, not the striped, that's known for its laugh.

a hyena.

2: The term for a female rabbit, it can also refer to a female deer.

Doe.

3: Many experts believe this dandy household pest may have been Earth's 1st flying creature.

cockroach.

4: Named for the sound it makes, the dik-dik is the smallest member of this group in the bovid family.

antelope.

5: North American porcupines who gnaw the bark off trees are part of this "gnawing" order.

rodents.
Round 4. Category: movie sportsmen
1: 1942: Gary Cooper as this dependable New York Yankee.

Lou Gehrig.

2: 1977: Muhammad Ali as this man he knows quite well.

Muhammad Ali.

3: 1984: Dorian Harewood as this Olympic hero of 1936.

Jesse Owens.

4: 1940: Pat O'Brien as this Norwegian-born coach.

Knute Rockne.

5: 1999: Denzel Washington as this imprisoned pugilist.

Hurricane Carter.
Round 5. Category: entertaining critters
1: Fred Flintstone's boisterous pet dinosaur.

Dino.

2: This breakfast cereal ursine character hawked Super Sugar Crisps.

Sugar Bear.

3: Featured in the Van Amburgh Circus of the 1850s, Hannibal was a giant one of these animals.

an elephant.

4: Dr. Seuss put this animal "in Socks".

Fox.

5: He voiced a dragon in "Mulan".

Eddie Murphy.
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August 09, 2023Episode 910 - the nfl's star quarterbacks - fruit - sounds like an irish county - thriller - starts with a pronoun
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 910, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the nfl's star quarterbacks
1: Steve Young.

San Francisco 49ers.

2: Brett Favre.

Green Bay Packers.

3: Dan Marino.

Miami Dolphins.

4: Doug Flutie.

Buffalo Bills.

5: Drew Bledsoe.

New England Patriots.
Round 2. Category: fruit
1: Technically, a raspberry isn't a berry, but these common vineyard fruits are.

grape.

2: They're called Mandarin oranges from their origin in China, or this from the port that shipped them.

tangerines.

3: The Royal Ann type of this fruit is often canned or used to make maraschinos.

cherries.

4: The Agen, one of these dried fruits, can be eaten out of hand or stewed.

a prune.

5: This Japanese apple was created in part from the Ralls Janet, an antique apple that dates back to Thomas Jefferson.

the Fuji.
Round 3. Category: sounds like an irish county
1: It's something "held" on sandwiches.

Mayo.

2: "de Lune" or Danes.

Claire.

3: Young doctor played by Lew Ayres and Richard Chamberlain.

Kildare.

4: Route Julius Caesar took to France; too hard? Okay, flutist James.

Galway (or "Gaul way").

5: You may be asked to sniff one of these removed by a sommelier.

Cork.
Round 4. Category: thriller
1: This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear and Present Danger".

Tom Clancy.

2: This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons".

(John) Grisham.

3: You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity".

(Robert) Ludlum.

4: "The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt.

Clive Cussler.

5: "The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author.

Steve Martini.
Round 5. Category: starts with a pronoun
1: The laying on of hands is a key part of the practice of "faith" this.

healing.

2: In this job, at a wedding, you'll be called upon to ask, "Friend of the bride or groom?".

usher.

3: One who interlaces cloth, or an African bird that interlaces grass to make its elaborate nest.

a weaver.

4: It can mean transparently thin, or perfectly vertical, like a cliff.

sheer.

5: It's a printed-out schedule or outline of one's travel plans.

an itinerary.
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August 08, 2023Episode 909 - the body bovine - robert louis stevenson - movie classics - "cat" egory - "j" walking
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 909, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the body bovine
1: Cattle use this long body part to shoo away insects.

the tail.

2: A cow has 32 of these but none in the front part of its upper jaw.

teeth.

3: In beef cows this suspended milk-storing organ is smaller than in dairy cows.

udder.

4: The rumen is the largest of the 4 compartments that make up this organ in cattle.

stomach.

5: This breed whose ancestor is the Indian Zebu has a fleshy hump over its shoulders.

Brahma.
Round 2. Category: robert louis stevenson
1: This title character was an "M.D., D.C.L., LL.D....".

Dr. Jekyll.

2: (Hi Ho, Kermit the Frog here) As Captain Smollet, I followed the map to this Robert Louis Stevenson island.

"Treasure Island".

3: "Deacon Brodie, or the Double Life", a play co-written by Stevenson, led to this 1886 novel.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

4: "The Silverado Squatters" was an 1883 tale about Stevenson's experiences in one of these camps in California.

mining camp.

5: Around 1890 Stevenson bought 300 acres in what's now this country, where he was called tusitala, or "teller of tales".

Samoa.
Round 3. Category: movie classics
1: 1941 classic in which Bogart tells Peter Lorre, "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it".

The Maltese Falcon.

2: The only Alfred Hitchcock film to win an Oscar as Best Picture, it was partially set in Monte Carlo.

Rebecca.

3: In "Gentleman's Agreement", he played a writer posing as a Jew to expose anti-semitism.

Gregory Peck.

4: Kirk Douglas dines with James Mason on sautee of unborn octopus in this Disney film.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

5: In "Gone with the Wind", these 2 relatives of Scarlett's died from falling off horses.

her daughter and her father (Gerald O'Hara and "Bonnie Blue" Butler).
Round 4. Category: "cat" egory
1: Malcolm McDowell and Nastassja Kinski's "purr"fect roles in 1982.

cat people.

2: It's not a bunch of cats, but a bunch of cows.

cattle.

3: Ancient weapon kept a stone's throw from its target.

a catapult.

4: It gets things going in a chemical reaction.

a catalyst.

5: Elizabeth Taylor character that could have burnt her paws on a hot tin roof.

Maggie the Cat.
Round 5. Category: "j" walking
1: Anatomically, an elbow or a knee.

a joint.

2: The month of June is named for the Roman Goddess Juno, the wife of this other god.

Jupiter.

3: Bartenders use this small cup or glass to measure 1 1/2 ounces of liquor.

a jigger.

4: This group of 12 people is sworn to render a verdict.

a jury.

5: On the eastern end of I-10 is this city, home to the Gator Bowl.

Jacksonville, Florida.
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August 07, 2023Episode 908 - submarines - al gore rhythms - veggies - this is i country - state nickname fun
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 908, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: submarines
1: By the mid-1950s this country had about 375 subs in various oceans and seas.

the Soviet Union.

2: After WWI the Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee developed this to detect subs.

sonar.

3: Until this arrived in the 1950s, almost all subs used diesel-electric power.

nuclear power.

4: Subs usually have 2 of these optical devices, 1 for general use, 1 for the attack.

periscopes.

5: Air trapped in these tanks makes a sub float.

ballast tanks.
Round 2. Category: al gore rhythms
1: His home state.

Tennessee.

2: His job from 1985 to 1993.

U.S. Senator.

3: His wife's most famous nickname.

Tipper.

4: The East Coast school where he got his B.A. in 1969.

Harvard.

5: The foreign country where he worked as a journalist from 1969 to 1971.

Vietnam.
Round 3. Category: veggies
1: You don't have to know the language to know the Swedes call it a "baggy root".

a rutabaga.

2: The name of this immature onion is from Ascalon, a port in Palestine.

a scallion.

3: You'll often see a red variety of this vegetable used as a garnish and carved into "roses".

a radish.

4: The more common name for colorful "flint" corn.

Indian corn.

5: Carrots are rich in carotene, which the body uses to produce this vitamin.

vitamin A.
Round 4. 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 5. Category: state nickname fun
1: These 2 states with a precious metal in their nicknames border each other.

California and Nevada.

2: The nickname of this state includes a greeting in a non-English language.

Hawaii.

3: A ride at the Albuquerque Int'l Balloon Fiesta might show you why New Mexico is the "land of" this.

Enchantment.

4: Minnesota may have gotten this nickname from a cartoon showing railroad organizers as tunneling mammals.

Gopher State.

5: In 2004 a biologist caused great excitement when he photographed an actual wild one of these in Michigan.

a wolverine.
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8min
August 06, 2023Episode 907 - home sweet home - world almanac 1868 - sculpture - day time - so. cal.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 907, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: home sweet home
1: The house where she wrote "Silent Spring" is a National Historic Monument in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Rachel Carson.

2: Spanish for "Sea to Lake" this Palm Beach estate was home to Donald Trump and earlier, Marjorie Merriweather Post.

Mar-a-Lago.

3: Her Silver Spring, Maryland home where she wrote "Silent Spring", is now a national landmark.

Rachel Carson.

4: Notables who have called this NYC apartment building home include Judy Garland, John Lennon and Lauren Bacall.

The Dakota.

5: In 1839, this president bought Lindenwald, the estate he would retire to, in Kinderhook.

Van Buren.
Round 2. Category: world almanac 1868
1: The book lists 2 of these solar phenomena, including a total one.

an eclipse.

2: It's the chief wool-producing state, and we're not pulling the wool over your buckeyes.

Ohio.

3: On Nov. 14, 1867 there were meteor showers and this volcano near Naples erupted.

Vesuvius.

4: There are about 1,250,000 free and accepted ones of these around the world, including 100,000 in Scotland.

Masons.

5: This U.S. president earns a big $25,000 a year.

Andrew Johnson.
Round 3. Category: sculpture
1: A prehistoric sculpture of a bison licking itself was found in this country's cave of La Madeleine.

France.

2: After Degas' death, many of the statues he'd modeled in clay or wax were cast in this alloy.

bronze.

3: Antoine Louis Barye became expert in sculpting wild animals through regular visits to this place in Paris.

the zoo.

4: The Kamakura period, 1185-1338, is considered by many to be this country's great age of sculpture.

Japan.

5: His famous sculpture "The Thinker" resulted from his unfinished "The Gates of Hell" project.

Auguste Rodin.
Round 4. Category: day time
1: The first day of the week mentioned by name in "Robinson Crusoe" isn't Friday but this (1st day is a clue).

Sunday.

2: In English, it's alphabetically the last day of the week.

Wednesday.

3: J. Wellington Wimpy often said, "I will gladly pay you" this day "for a hamburger today".

Tuesday.

4: Day of the week that's the English equivalent to the Latin Saturni dies.

Saturday.

5: G.K. Chesterton wrote of a "Man Who Was" this day.

Thursday.
Round 5. Category: so. cal.
1: Specialty of Rubin's Red Hots and Tail O' The Pup.

hot dogs.

2: On the Warner Bros. lot tour you can see the water tower that this cartoon trio calls home.

the Animaniacs.

3: In 1929 most of the canals Abbot Kinney added to this community were filled in.

Venice.

4: The original and current homes of the Oscar ceremony are on opposite sides of this street.

Hollywood Blvd..

5: Every spring the Toyota Grand Prix races through the downtown streets of this city.

Long Beach.
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August 05, 2023Episode 906 - creepy crawly things - cuba - stage names - rhyme right - life of the party
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 906, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: creepy crawly things
1: A sailor's superstition says that these creatures desert a ship they know will sink.

rats.

2: This creepy creature might be lug, inch or book.

worm.

3: These pre-moth creatures eat constantly.

caterpillars.

4: Related to the snail, these gastropods climb trees and lower themselves back down on a mucous thread.

slugs.

5: Trying to humanize these big kitchen bugs, model Paulina Porizkova co-wrote a kids' book about them.

cockroaches.
Round 2. Category: cuba
1: If you have a sweet tooth, you'll probably know that this is Cuba's most important crop.

sugarcane.

2: This Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning novelist's home in pre-Castro Cuba was called "Finca Vigia".

Ernest Hemingway.

3: The presidential palace last used by this dictator is now called The Museum of the Revolution.

Fulgencio Batista.

4: In 1997 this magazine chose Cuba as one of its "50 Most Beautiful".

People.

5: In a 1995 TV movie Cuba soared with this first squadron of black combat pilots.

the Tuskegee Airmen.
Round 3. Category: stage names
1: In 2000 he ditched that weird symbol, so now he's the Artist Formerly Known as the Artist Formerly Known as this.

Prince.

2: "Peyton Place" star Dorothy Eloise Maloney.

Dorothy Malone.

3: Elliott Goldstein.

Elliott Gould.

4: These "boys" go by the names King Ad-Rock, Mike D and MCA.

The Beastie Boys.

5: Henry Montgomery Jr., Elizabeth's father.

Robert Montgomery.
Round 4. Category: rhyme right
1: Horse-headed chess piece.

a knight.

2: One set of stairs between floors.

a flight.

3: A perceived snub or act of contempt.

a slight.

4: It's a bend in a coastline that forms a bay.

a bight.

5: Isle where Victoria shuffled off her mortal throne.

the Isle of Wight.
Round 5. Category: life of the party
1: This party was named at a Michigan convention, 1854; still going strong.

the GOP (or Republican Party).

2: In 2000 its 97,000 Florida votes left it at a Nader of popularity with Al Gore fans.

the Green Party.

3: In 2006 this party, no longer "progressive", came back into power in Canada.

the Conservatives.

4: Led by Begin and Sharon, among others.

the Likud Party.

5: Formed to oppose "King Andrew" Jackson; named after the British party for limits on royal power.

the Whigs.
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8min
August 04, 2023Episode 905 - homework - buy a vowel - it borders both - "m"tv - dumb criminals
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 905, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: homework
1: For starters you can read the first entry, dated June 14, 1942, in this girl's diary.

Anne Frank.

2: Continue working on your math problems and give us this square root of 121.

11.

3: For science, classify rocks according to their 3 main types: metamorphic, sedimentary and this.

igneous.

4: Write one of these 3-line, 17-syllable Japanese poems; any subject.

a haiku.

5: For week's end, brush up on your Spanish and translate "Gracias a Dios es viernes" for us.

Thank God it's Friday.
Round 2. Category: buy a vowel
1: This "A" word means to relinquish power or give up the throne.

abdicate.

2: We're looking for an "I"; it's an animal without any backbone.

invertebrate.

3: This "O" is the medical branch that deals with the anatomy and treatment of the eye.

opthamology (optometry accepted).

4: It's what the Greeks call the letter "E".

epsilon.

5: "U" may not be aware that this Florentine palace was originally built for Cosimo I de Medici.

the Uffizi Palace.
Round 3. Category: it borders both
1: Maine and Vermont: this state.

New Hampshire.

2: Belgium and the Czech Republic.

Germany.

3: Costa Rica and Colombia.

Panama.

4: Kansas and South Dakota.

Nebraska.

5: Missouri and Louisiana.

Arkansas.
Round 4. Category: "m"tv
1: This long-running series centered on the adventures of mystery author Jessica Fletcher.

Murder, She Wrote.

2: The title character of this series is "F.Y.I."'s veteran star reporter.

Murphy Brown.

3: On this '80s cop show, Det. Sonny Crockett shared his boat with a pet alligator named Elvis.

Miami Vice.

4: The 2 Paul Reiser sitcoms that fit the category.

Mad About You and My Two Dads.

5: In 1993 Russell Baker took over as host of this PBS anthology series.

Masterpiece Theater.
Round 5. Category: dumb criminals
1: While robbing a West Virginia home, a man logged into this social network site but did not log out.

Facebook.

2: A vending machine thief had a hard time claiming innocence after paying $400 bail in this currency with Washington on it.

quarters.

3: In 2009 a thief broke into an NBC news van; in failing to steal a bolted-down camera, he hit this button by mistake.

record.

4: A Minnesota man got a DUI for driving not a car but a redesigned recliner from this hyphenated Co.; it could go 20 mph.

a La-Z-Boy.

5: Robert Ligon got 15 months for repacking these as "low fat" when each had 530 calories--as Homer says, Mmm, these.

donuts.
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9min
August 03, 2023Episode 904 - royal female nicknames - wine for dummies - the jep-tones world tour 2006 - where is every "body"? - macy's parade
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 904, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: royal female nicknames
1: Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess".

Princess Diana.

2: She was "The Untamed Heifer" and "The Virgin Queen".

Elizabeth I.

3: Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens".

Cleopatra.

4: The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor".

Queen Victoria.

5: "The Catholic" of 15th century Spain.

Queen Isabella.
Round 2. Category: wine for dummies
1: Though its name means "black pinot", Pinot noir is a wine of this color.

red.

2: Devotees call this wine Zin for short.

Zinfandel.

3: This country's wine regions include the Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills.

Australia.

4: In 1973, after a 50-year battle with the French government, this baron got his Mouton graded first growth.

Rothschild.

5: "Quack" open a bottle of this sweet, sparkling wine meant for people who were raised on soda pop.

Cold Duck.
Round 3. Category: the jep-tones world tour 2006
1: More popular than Regis, the Jeps play their last stadium gig in San Francisco, like this band did on Aug. 29, 1966.

The Beatles.

2: After a stint with the Maharishi, the group tries Kaballah with this singer whose hits include "Beautiful Stranger".

Madonna.

3: The Jeps cover this group's 1988 Top 10 hit "Welcome To The Jungle", until the inevitable cease-and-desist order.

Guns N' Roses.

4: No way! The Jeps' "Potpourri" video isn't the 2005 VMA Viewer's Choice; this band's "American Idiot" is.

Green Day.

5: Oops... the 'Tones hire Mensa's Angels as security at this speedway in California, site of a 1969 free concert by the Stones.

Altamont.
Round 4. Category: where is every "body"?
1: A person who meddles or pries into the affairs of others.

Busybody.

2: The process of developing human musculature especially for competitive exhibition.

Bodybuilding.

3: To ride the waves to shore without a board.

Bodysurfing.

4: One whose interests center on his dwelling place.

Homebody.

5: A substance produced in the blood in response to a specific toxin.

Antibody.
Round 5. Category: macy's parade
1: In '86 parade, the Chipmunks rode a "floloon", a combination of these 2 parade standards.

float and a balloon.

2: The 1st time this group of toe-tapping women lined up and high kicked in a Macy's Parade was in 1958.

The Rockettes.

3: A train rolled off this 50-year-old game's board and into the parade in 1985.

Monopoly.

4: Other than humans, most live animals in the parade nowadays are these.

Horses.

5: All floats are built so they can fit through this on the trip from N.J. to N.Y..

Lincoln Tunnel.
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August 02, 2023Episode 903 - one word off - hall of famer by position - a world of beer - bobs and roberts - 18 years of leftovers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 903, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: one word off
1: Oh, to be in Yonkers,/now that April's there.

Yonkers (for England).

2: Had we but world enough, and time,/This coyness, baby, were no crime.

baby (for lady).

3: An earnest man's the noblest work of God.

earnest (for honest).

4: I should have been a pair of ragged jaws/scuttling across the floors of silent seas.

jaws (for claws).

5: Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/to strive, to seek, to dive and not to yield.

dive (for find).
Round 2. Category: hall of famer by position
1: Joe Namath,Joe Montana.

quarterback.

2: Bill Russell,Bill Walton.

center.

3: Bob Feller,Bob Lemon,Bob Gibson.

pitcher.

4: Jack Lambert,Jack Ham.

linebacker.

5: Gump Worsley,Shrimp Worters,Rat Westwick.

hockey goalie.
Round 3. Category: a world of beer
1: Foster's.

Australia.

2: Beck's.

Germany.

3: Asahi.

Japan.

4: Moosehead.

Canada.

5: Harp.

Ireland.
Round 4. Category: bobs and roberts
1: Since 1960 this comedian's Desert Golf Classic has raised more than $20 million for charity.

Bob Hope.

2: He's the national poet of Scotland.

Robert Burns.

3: In June he captured a Tony Award for his performance in "Tru".

Robert Morse.

4: The original Clarabell on "Howdy Doody", he later became "Captain Kangaroo".

Bob Keeshan.

5: In 1986 he was elected Florida's first Hispanic governor.

Bob Martinez.
Round 5. Category: 18 years of leftovers
1: From Season 3:This "Pretty Baby" once suggested wearing red mascara, because it's "perfect for the disco".

Brooke Shields.

2: From Season 14:21-year-old Frances Folsom married 49-year-old Grover Cleveland in this "colorful" room.

the Blue Room.

3: From Season 12:Horace's quote "Permitte divis cetera" means "Leave the rest to" these beings.

the gods.

4: From Season 11:British nonsense poet who wrote the 1877 poem "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo".

Edward Lear.

5: From Season 10:This count who commanded a French force at Yorktown had almost become a priest.

Rochambeau.
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August 01, 2023Episode 902 - see you in court - secret service code names - noun to verb - name the james - tv title pairs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 902, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: see you in court
1: Deaths in its Pinto made it the first U.S. corporation to face criminal charges over product design.

Ford.

2: The government sued Frank Snepp over his 1977 book based on his years with this agency.

CIA.

3: Perhaps because no one could figure out what he'd been trying to do, Aaron Burr was acquitted of this in 1807.

treason.

4: Carol Burnett's suit against the National Enquirer for this hinged on whether the Enquirer was really a newspaper.

libel.

5: In 1977 the Supreme Court ruled that John Bates, in this profession, had the right to advertise low fees.

lawyer/law.
Round 2. Category: secret service code names
1: This vice president from Tenn. joked he was so dull, his code name was simply his name, but officially, he was "Sundance".

Al Gore.

2: The Secret Service also protects foreign dignitaries; "Halo" was this late man's code name.

Pope John Paul II.

3: A Baptist president:Deacon.

Carter.

4: Eisenhower was Providence; oddly, this president was General.

President Harry Truman.

5: A religious visitor:Halo.

Pope John Paul II.
Round 3. Category: noun to verb
1: One state of water; as a verb, it can mean to decorate a cake or to ensure a victory.

ice.

2: From the French for "to cut", it can mean a small piece or the whole or to do careful work on your car.

detail.

3: Natural event sometimes used as a verb; there's a form of it in Prissy's famous line in "Gone with the Wind".

birth.

4: "Relatively" speaking, it means to exempt someone already in business from new regulation.

grandfather.

5: When launched in 1998, it was just a noun; now it's a verb meaning to check up on somebody online.

Google.
Round 4. Category: name the james
1: "The Godfather of Soul".

James Brown.

2: The fourth and fifth U.S. Presidents.

James Madison and James Monroe.

3: Discovered the Hawaiian islands.

(James) Cook.

4: Led the first bombing raid on Tokyo in World War II.

James Doolittle.

5: Founded Savannah and the Georgia colony.

James Oglethorpe.
Round 5. Category: tv title pairs
1: Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain.

"Lois and Clark".

2: Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin.

"Kate and Allie".

3: NBC rebooted this sitcom whose title characters have the surnames Truman and Adler.

Will and Grace.

4: Cop Billy Gardell and teacher Melissa McCarthy.

Mike and Molly.

5: Streetwise cops Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul.

Starsky and Hutch.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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