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July 31, 2023Episode 901 - music of the '60s - irish stars - 1982 - utter nonsense - three cheers!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 901, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: music of the '60s
1: In 1969 "Something" became the only No. 1 hit he composed for The Beatles.

George Harrison.

2: In 1969 B.J. Thomas had the biggest hit of his career with this song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head".

3: In this 1965 hit, Roger Miller tells us that "Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room".

"King of the Road".

4: In 1968 his "Hurdy Gurdy Man" came singing songs of love.

Donovan.

5: In the 1960s she reached the Top 20 3 times with duets: twice with Lee Hazelwood and once with her father.

Nancy Sinatra.
Round 2. Category: irish stars
1: This Bond of "Die Another Day" was born in County Meath.

Pierce Brosnan.

2: The youngest man to play Henry V for the Royal Shakespeare Company, he starred in the 1989 film, too.

Kenneth Branagh.

3: This Irish star of "Michael Collins" stretched his acting abilities to play Scottish legend Rob Roy.

Liam Neeson.

4: In July of 2001 he stunned the world when he announced he was putting out his "Feet of Flames" forever.

Michael Flatley.

5: In 1976 he returned as John Morgan in "The Return of a Man Called Horse".

Richard Harris.
Round 3. Category: 1982
1: Spain joined NATO under the stipulation that none of these weapons would be based on its soil.

nuclear weapons.

2: In August 1982 Svetlana Savitskaya became the second woman to be sent here by Russia.

Space.

3: After 11 months of internment by the Polish government, this Solidarity leader went home in November.

Lech WaÃ…Â‚Ã„Â™sa.

4: By the time he died in 1982, he'd been top Soviet leader longer than anyone except Stalin.

Brezhnev.

5: Family name of the father and daughter who created the following music:"I do not talk funny... /I'm sure (Valley Girl) /Whatsa matter with the way I talk? (Valley Girl)".

Zappa.
Round 4. Category: utter nonsense
1: This Irish stone gives you the power of persuasion.

the Blarney Stone.

2: Luncheon meat named for a city in Italy.

Bologna.

3: A bed built on a shelf over another bed.

a bunk bed.

4: A tower in Genesis 11:9.

(the Tower of) Babel.

5: Helium or this can be used to raise a balloon from which a gondola is suspended.

hot air.
Round 5. Category: three cheers!
1: It's the breakfast cereal pitched by the animated elves Snap, Crackle and Pop.

Rice Krispies.

2: The 3 U.K. countries that make up the island of Great Britain.

England, Scotland and Wales.

3: The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat.

racing's Triple Crown.

4: Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S..

Three-Mile Island.

5: Mythical monstrosity manifested here.

Cerberus.
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July 30, 2023Episode 900 - monday night football - bill shakespeare, p.i. - first names - science briefs - in the thesaurus
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 900, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: monday night football
1: He started as a play-by-play man in 1971 and became an analyst in 1986.

Frank Gifford.

2: This Dallas quarterback was quite "Dandy".

Don Meredith.

3: The current play-by-play commentator, he's remembered for calling the Olympic hockey games in the '80s.

Al Michaels.

4: He played himself in the films "Bananas" and "The 500-Pound Jerk" and was a lawyer before becoming a sportscaster.

Howard Cosell.

5: This quarterback's real first name is Norman and he was stormin' as an analyst during the 1998-99 season.

Boomer Esiason.
Round 2. Category: bill shakespeare, p.i.
1: Tailed this title kid to a balcony, heard his chippie say, "Deny thy father and refuse thy name".

Romeo.

2: This title guy thinks his wife's cheatin'; says "She with Cassio hath the act of shame a thousand times committed".

Othello.

3: Investigating a possible regicide by this fella; got his address, Dunsinane, but his wacked-out wife worries me.

Macbeth.

4: Something's rottin' in Denmark and it's the 2 corpses of these courtiers; an ambassador tells of their deaths in 5.2.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

5: Impressive trail of corpses in this title guy's wake: the Dukes of Clarence and York and the Prince of Wales.

Richard III.
Round 3. Category: first names
1: This Irish name became popular for women after it was used as the name of Scarlett O'Hara's home.

Tara.

2: Barack, related to the Hebrew Baruch, means this.

blessed.

3: The name of this one of the 4 gospel writers means "gift of God".

Matthew.

4: This first name, like that of the guy who married Medea, is from a Greek word for "healer".

Jason.

5: This French name means "reborn", a reference to Christian baptism.

Renee.
Round 4. Category: science briefs
1: "K" can stand for kelvin or for this type of energy, from the Greek for "to move".

kinetic.

2: It's the international name for the Centigrade scale.

Celsius.

3: In 1909 Soren Sorensen came up with this scale to measure acidity.

pH scale.

4: The unit of magnetic flux density, abbreviated "T", is named for this scientist.

(Nikola) Tesla.

5: This element's name is from the Latin for "charcoal".

carbon.
Round 5. Category: in the thesaurus
1: If Jefferson had a thesaurus, he could have written of "The Pursuit of Oblectation" instead of this.

Happiness.

2: This word or a "flight of" it is a common synonym for "imagination".

Fancy.

3: On the road, it's on triangular signs; in the thesaurus, it's listed with "submit" and "kowtow".

Yield.

4: "Cretaceous" and "lactescent" are fancy ways of describing this color.

White.

5: 5-letter synonym for "maledict" or "swear".

Curse.
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July 29, 2023Episode 899 - pope-pourri - camels - "z" abbreviations - "c" in shakespeare - seashore life
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 899, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: pope-pourri
1: Gerbert picked this name, not Tweety, when he became pope in 999.

Sylvester.

2: In Manila on Jan. 15, 1995 the Pope honored World Youth Day by celebrating this with over 4 million people.

a mass.

3: Around 1508 Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to decorate this room with frescoes.

the Sistine Chapel.

4: Pope Urban II told the crusaders to fight not for honor or money but for this act of religious self-punishment.

penance.

5: On Christmas 800 the III pope of this name "lionized" Charlemagne by crowning him emperor of the Romans.

Leo.
Round 2. Category: camels
1: Alternate name of the Arabian camel or a brand of cake mix, dates or pimientos.

dromedary.

2: 2 of the 4 New World relatives of the camel.

(2 of) the llama, the guanaco, the alpaca and the vicuÃƒÂ±a.

3: Famous Egyptian leader whose 1st name meant "camel".

(Gamal Abdel) Nasser.

4: Camel was one of 1st brands of cigarettes combining domestic tobacco w/tobacco from this country.

Turkey.

5: This ethnic group, whose name is from the Arabic for "desert dwellers", uses camels for riding and racing.

Bedouins.
Round 3. 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 4. Category: "c" in shakespeare
1: Juliet's maiden name.

Capulet.

2: Tragic tramp who two-timed Troilus.

Cressida.

3: Co-conspirator who says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves...".

Cassius.

4: In "Hamlet", he's the king of Denmark.

Claudius.

5: This play about a king of Britain contains the famous poem "Hark, hark! the lark...".

Cymbeline.
Round 5. Category: seashore life
1: An edible type of this seaweed seen at low tide grows up to 10 feet long on the Atlantic coast.

Kelp.

2: Blubber and the tufts at the base of their densely packed feathers keep them warm while diving.

Penguins.

3: The American species of this crustacean has a 6-segmented tail.

Lobster.

4: They hang around in bars, feed on plankton and produce those famous little spheres of nacre.

Oysters.

5: Scallops swim for their lives when they sense these 5-armed creatures approaching.

Starfish.
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9min
July 28, 2023Episode 898 - men behaving badly - paint it black - horton hears the who - union labels - reality shows of the past
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 898, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: men behaving badly
1: In an 1804 duel Aaron Burr shot this man who had insulted him.

Hamilton.

2: During a U.N. Assembly session in 1960 this Soviet premier banged his shoe on a desk.

Khrushchev.

3: This public enemy No. 1 bragged that he had escaped from jail using a fake gun carved from wood.

(John) Dillinger.

4: In 1868 George Hull had this fake "fossil" man buried on an upstate New York farm.

Cardiff Giant.

5: [Video] Hi, I'm Rob Schneider. 2 outlaws who behaved badly were Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh, better known as this pair.

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
Round 2. Category: paint it black
1: It's the lucrative product referred to by the slang term "black gold".

oil.

2: American feathery friend of the Icteridae family, such as the red-winged type.

a blackbird.

3: The Black Hills are an isolated, eroded mountain region in the western part of this state.

South Dakota.

4: Edward, the son of Edward III of England, was known by this dark sobriquet.

the Black Prince.

5: This river forms the southern and western borders of Germany's Black Forest region.

the Rhine.
Round 3. Category: horton hears the who
1: In 1969 The Who had a major hit with "Pinball Wizard", a track from this concept album.

"Tommy".

2: "Let My Love Open The Door" was this artist's only Top 10 solo hit.

Pete Townshend.

3: In 1990 The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by this group's Adam Clayton.

U2.

4: In 1990 The Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Adam Clayton and this Irish group.

U2.

5: This 1970 live album contained extended versions of "Magic Bus" and "My Generation".

Live at Leeds.
Round 4. Category: union labels
1: The DGA, this guild, gives awards for achievement in commercials as well as feature films.

Directors Guild of America.

2: Arturo Rodriguez heads the UFW, this union once led by Cesar Chavez.

United Farm Workers.

3: The NALC, National Association of these, says its members each deliver 41.5 tons of mail a year.

Letter Carriers.

4: 1.3 million strong, the AFSCME is the American Federation of State, County and these employees.

Municipal.

5: The ILA, the union of these "men", is headquartered near the Hudson on NYC's Battery Place.

Longshoremen.
Round 5. Category: reality shows of the past
1: On the 1830s "Survivor: Texas", Susanna Dickinson and her child won the immunity challenge at this epic battle.

the Alamo.

2: In 1944's version of "The Apprentice", Von Stauffenberg was fired by a squad after he tried to fire this leader.

Hitler.

3: On the 1880s "The Osbournes", this author amused stepson Lloyd Osbourne with tales of a boy on the high seas.

Robert Louis Stevenson.

4: On "American Idol", Creek and Cherokee Indians performed the Busk ceremony when this crop was ready for roasting.

maize (or corn).

5: Indian Ocean "Big Brother" saw Kasyapa kill dad and build Sigiriya Fort as defense from his sibling on this island.

Sri Lanka.
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9min
July 27, 2023Episode 897 - european cities - literary relatives - howdy, partner! - actual mlb announcer quotes - he was in that?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 897, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: european cities
1: This capital lies 5 miles from the Bay of Phaleron, an arm of the Aegean Sea.

Athens.

2: This city is central to works by James Joyce; after all, he was born there.

Dublin.

3: The World Health Organization is headquartered in this Swiss city.

Geneva.

4: In Krakow, Poland you'll find the former factory, now a museum, of this righteous businessman.

(Oskar) Schindler.

5: Signed in 1975, the accord named for this city was an effort to ease tensions between the Soviet Bloc and the West.

Helsinki.
Round 2. Category: literary relatives
1: Their father, an Irish-born clergyman named Patrick Brunty, changed the spelling of the family name.

Brontandeuml; Sisters (The Brontandeuml;s).

2: Sara Coleridge wrote children's verse but was best known for editing the works of this man, her father.

Samuel Coleridge.

3: Her mother, feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft, died 11 days after her birth.

Mary Shelley.

4: "Lord Jim" author whose father, Apollo Korzeniowski, was a Polish poet.

Joseph Conrad.

5: Quaker novelist Jessamyn West was a second cousin of this Quaker president.

(Richard) Nixon.
Round 3. Category: howdy, partner!
1: 19th century printing partner of Nathaniel Currier.

Ives.

2: After his partner's death in 1809, he partnered with Nicholas Biddle to complete the expedition report.

(William) Clark.

3: Born in 1895, this lyricist partnered with composers Friml, Romberg, Kern and Rodgers.

Hammerstein.

4: He partnered with Edward Williams in 1866 to "Cover the Earth" with paint.

Sherwin.

5: In 1673, he and his exploring partner Joliet became the first Europeans to visit the area of Chicago.

Marquette.
Round 4. Category: actual mlb announcer quotes
1: "Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like" this king of beasts.

a lion.

2: "Today is Father's Day, so everyone out there, Happy" this, a 1968 Beatles tune.

Birthday.

3: "The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's" this 2-word term, "low and outside".

ball one.

4: "Winfield goes back... He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling" to here, the usual position of Robbie Alomar.

second base.

5: "If Don Mattingly isn't the American League MVP, something isn't kosher in" this Asian country.

China.
Round 5. Category: he was in that?
1: He appeared fleet-ingly in "Sailor Beware" with Martin and Lewis before "East of Eden" made him a star.

James Dean.

2: Kevin Spacey played a sleazy businessman in this Melanie Griffith film about an ambitious secretary.

Working Girl.

3: This boxing champ played a bartender in "The Hustler", and that's no "Raging Bull".

(Jake) LaMotta.

4: Wayne Knight, who played Newman on "Seinfeld", got to interrogate Sharon Stone in this revealing thriller.

Basic Instinct.

5: Before "Starsky and Hutch", Paul Michael Glaser played Perchik in this movie musical (Hint: Topol got top billing).

Fiddler on the Roof.
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9min
July 26, 2023Episode 896 - villages - now that's inventive! - when in scotland... - doc talk - winnie-the-pooh's entourage
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 896, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: villages
1: Washington Square Park is the hub of this area of New York City.

Greenwich Village.

2: A famous hard cheese is named for this Somerset, England village in which it was first developed.

Cheddar.

3: Jacques Cartier gave this name to the hill behind the village of Hochelaga.

Montreal (Mount Royal).

4: At the start of the play, Macbeth is the thane of this Scottish village and lives in its castle.

Glams and Cawdor.

5: The name of this California village near Monterey goes back to a group of monks, not a candy.

Carmel (Carmelite monks).
Round 2. Category: now that's inventive!
1: Around 1862 this doctor invented a machine gun that could fire about 350 rounds per minute.

(Dr. Richard) Gatling.

2: For astronomy, not hunting, William Gascoigne created the telescopic site with these strands.

crosshairs.

3: In 1866 a physician invented one of these that took a few minutes to take a reading instead of the normal 20.

a thermometer.

4: At the funeral of Sylvan Goldman, who invented this, there wasn't one wonky pallbearer who went in an odd direction.

the shopping cart.

5: In the '40s ATandT used a radio with no conventional vacuum tubes to demonstrate this device invented in its lab.

a transistor.
Round 3. Category: when in scotland...
1: Scots call this bird a hoolet; we hope you give a hoot.

Owl.

2: A sporran is a large pouch with fur on it that highland men wear in front of this garment.

Kilt.

3: In some parts of Scotland, this children's game with "Scotch" in its name is called peever.

Hopscotch.

4: If you have this job, you're a flesher -- vegetarians need not apply.

Butcher.

5: If a Scotsman tells you he's a Dundonian, you know he's from this city.

Dundee.
Round 4. Category: doc talk
1: Meaning a feeding apparatus, IV stands for this.

Intravenously.

2: Acute, meaning sudden and brief, is the opposite of this term that means persistent.

Chronic.

3: A complaint of S.O.B. means shortness of this.

breath.

4: It's not a backup for a farm machine, but a device to pull back tissue so a surgeon can look inside you.

Retractor.

5: It's the C in a C-section.

Caesarean.
Round 5. Category: winnie-the-pooh's entourage
1: His human friend.

Christopher Robin.

2: His creator.

A.A. Milne.

3: Tiny Pooh friend who went to school in a pocket.

Piglet.

4: Mother and son marsupials.

Kanga and Roo.

5: The imaginary creature who one night "set a trap" for Pooh.

Heffalump.
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9min
July 25, 2023Episode 895 - the 4th - at the "y" - classic ads and slogans - famous halls - name that body part
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 895, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the 4th
1: The 4th Gospel of the New Testament.

John.

2: The 4th dimension according to the theory of relativity.

time.

3: The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet.

delta.

4: The 4th oldest college in the United States, it's found in New Jersey.

Princeton.

5: The 4th most populous country in the world, it follows China, India and the U.S..

Indonesia.
Round 2. Category: at the "y"
1: When this song title American stuck a feather in his hat, he called it Macaroni.

Yankee Doodle.

2: This type of boat's name is from a word meaning "hunting ship" and will take up your whole driveway if you park it there.

yacht.

3: The jumble sale held in an English garden would be called one of these in an American suburb.

yard sale.

4: The 1945 conference in this Crimean city determined that a defeated Germany would be divided into 4 zones.

Yalta.

5: Incorporated as a city in 1970, this city is the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories.

Yellowknife.
Round 3. Category: classic ads and slogans
1: "Look Ma, No Cavities".

Crest.

2: "I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing".

Alka-Seltzer.

3: It's "Two--Two--Two Mints in One".

Certs.

4: "They Plump When You Cook 'Em".

Ball Park Franks.

5: "We'll Leave the Light on for You".

Motel 6.
Round 4. Category: famous halls
1: Founding brothers Joyce, Rollie and William Hall put their stamp on this greeting card company.

Hallmark.

2: Time was on Jerry Hall's side in 1990 as she married this singer after a long romance.

Mick Jagger.

3: In 1987 she testified to altering and shredding documents for her boss Oliver North.

Fawn Hall.

4: As head of the National Theatre, Peter Hall oversaw its 1976 move out of this "old" home.

the Old Vic.

5: The 1995 movie "Kids" was written by the grandson of Huntz Hall, one of these tough movie kids.

the Bowery Boys (or the Dead End Kids or the East Side Kids).
Round 5. Category: name that body part
1: Dentine,Pulp,Crown.

Tooth.

2: Calcaneus,Plantar arch, Sole.

Foot.

3: Parietal lobe,Thalamus,Cerebellum.

Brain.

4: Phagocytes,Alveoli,Bronchioles.

Lungs.

5: Glomeruli,Nephron,Renal cortex.

Kidney.
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8min
July 24, 2023Episode 894 - singers and their roles - "pole"s - "the" movies - '90s kids' names - reptiles
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 894, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: singers and their roles
1: When Sonny gets blue, he can think of "Good Times", the film in which he and this partner played themselves.

Cher.

2: She earned an Oscar nomination for starring in "The Rose" and an Emmy nomination for playing Mama Rose in "Gypsy".

Bette Midler.

3: Reba McEntire hit her marks as this markswoman in the 1995 TV miniseries "Buffalo Girls".

Annie Oakley.

4: He made 2 films, "Come September" and "That Funny Feeling", with his wife, Sandra Dee.

Bobby Darin.

5: She acted and sang in "Pete Kelly's Blues" and provided the voices of the Siamese cats in "Lady and the Tramp".

Peggy Lee.
Round 2. Category: "pole"s
1: Santa's ho-ho-home.

North Pole.

2: Northwest Indians used to ridicule someone by carving that person's face upside-down on one of these.

totem pole.

3: 2 scientists having completely opposite views about magnets may be described as this.

at opposite poles (poles apart).

4: Each spring, women at Bryn Mawr College participate in a ritual dance around 5 of these.

maypoles.

5: One of these might indicate the establishment operated by Sweeney Todd.

barber pole.
Round 3. Category: "the" movies
1: Humphrey Bogart won his only Oscar for this film, but his co-star Kate Hepburn lost.

The African Queen.

2: This 1963 Disney film got its title from the object Arthur removed to become king.

The Sword in the Stone.

3: 1980 film in which Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were "on a mission from God".

The Blues Brothers.

4: This western was about Billy the Kid, but publicity centered on Jane Russell's cleavage.

The Outlaw.

5: Tyrone Power and Billy Murray starred in films based on this Somerset Maugham novel.

The Razor's Edge.
Round 4. Category: '90s kids' names
1: Proper etiquette says we "post" this girl's name, one of the most popular of the '90s.

Emily.

2: Ms. Parker of "Sex and the City" sports both of these top names for girls.

Sarah and Jessica.

3: One letter different from an Eric Clapton Top 40 hit, it's in the Top 20 among girls' names.

Kayla.

4: Brian has morphed into this feminine name, one of the 10 most popular.

Brianna.

5: Wat? This 10th president's last name was a top boy's name? I don't believe it.

Tyler.
Round 5. Category: reptiles
1: The eastern diamondback species of this snake is the heaviest of all poisonous snakes.

Rattlesnake.

2: The rhinoceros iguana of Haiti is so named because it has 3 of these on its face.

Horns.

3: It's reported Capt. Cook gave one of these to the King of Tonga in the 1770s and it lived into the 1960s.

a tortoise.

4: It's the only U.S. state where you'll find both alligators and crocodiles in their native habitats.

Florida.

5: Though called a "toad", this North American desert creature is actually a lizard and subsists mainly on ants.

horned toad.
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9min
July 21, 2023Episode 891 - kiss your lass goodbye - invisible men - bob dylan - board games - rock Ã¢Â€Â˜n roll
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 891, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: kiss your lass goodbye
1: In a 1965 epic this Omar Sharif character keeps getting separated from his beloved Lara.

Dr. Zhivago.

2: In "Casablanca" this Bogart character reminds Ilsa as they part, "We'll always have Paris".

Rick Blaine.

3: This actor keeps parting and getting back together with Andie MacDowell in "Four Weddings And A Funeral".

Hugh Grant.

4: Lucy Westenra is the first English woman to fall victim to him in Bram Stoker's novel.

Count Dracula.

5: In this film Monty Clift says goodbye to Donna Reed and returns to duty as Pearl Harbor is attacked.

"From Here To Eternity".
Round 2. Category: invisible men
1: As Nick in "Memoirs of an Invisible Man", all he wants are his molecules back and Daryl Hannah.

Chevy Chase.

2: These days Goldie Hawn sees a lot of this "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" star.

Kurt Russell.

3: In a 1951 film this comedy pair joins forces with invisible man Arthur Franz.

Abbott and Costello.

4: He wasn't seen very long on TV as "The Invisible Man"; his tenure as Illya Kuryakin lasted longer.

David McCallum.

5: You may remember seeing him in "Cocoon" and "Police Academy" but not in "The Man Who Wasn't There".

Steve Guttenberg.
Round 3. Category: bob dylan
1: Jenna Elfman played drums when Bob made an appearance on this ABC sitcom.

Dharma and Greg.

2: In 1998 a man with "Soy Bomb" marked on his chest interrupted Bob's performance at this awards show.

Grammy Awards.

3: In 1975 Bob spoke out for this imprisoned boxer; in 1999 Denzel Washington played him on film.

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

4: When this Robbie Robertson group first backed Dylan in the '60s, it was known as The Hawks.

The Band.

5: Bob's "Lay Lady Lay" was considered for this 1969 Jon Voight film, but didn't make the soundtrack.

Midnight Cowboy.
Round 4. Category: board games
1: The L.A. Times called this the "sport of kings, queens and pawns".

chess.

2: Guinness says Con McCarrick once played 154 games of this, also called draughts, simultaneously.

checkers.

3: Shape of the windowed piece that players - or spirits - move around the Ouija board.

heart-shaped (triangular).

4: Mia Farrow used the letters in this game to decipher a witchy anagram in "Rosemary's Baby".

Scrabble.

5: In backgammon, each player starts out with this number of men on the board.

15.
Round 5. Category: rock Ã¢Â€Â˜n roll
1: This rock group featuring Belinda Carlisle has now officially gone-gone.

The Go-Go's.

2: Beatles song about purchasing affection that was 1st to hit #1 in U.S. and Britain at same time.

"CanÃ¢Â€Â™t Buy Me Love".

3: Release of this Jacksons album was held up until Ã¢Â€ÂœThrillerÃ¢Â€Â sales peaked.

Victory.

4: Van Morrison sang of Ã¢Â€Âœmaking love in the green grass, behind the stadiumÃ¢Â€Â with her.

"Brown Eyed Girl".

5: In 1985, Tears for Fears said Ã¢Â€Âœeverybody wants toÃ¢Â€Â do this.

rule the world.
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July 20, 2023Episode 871 - rhythm and booze - 5-letter capitals - a heavenly category - "bril"-liant! - warner bros. cartoons
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 871, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: rhythm and booze
1: His beach bum anthem "Margaritaville" made its Top 40 debut in 1977.

Jimmy Buffett.

2: This 1958 hit by The Champs with a liquor as its title has been covered by numerous artists.

"Tequila".

3: "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a classic song by this First Lady of Country Music.

Loretta Lynn.

4: This country legend recorded the hits "Fifteen Beers" and "Take This Job and Shove It".

Johnny Paycheck.

5: Willie Nelson often begins his live shows with his 1979 hit about this alcoholic "River".

"Whiskey River".
Round 2. Category: 5-letter capitals
1: 12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city.

Paris.

2: Bridges crossing the Nile River in this capital include El Gama'a and El Giza.

Cairo.

3: The ancient Greeks called this Jordanian capital Philadelphia.

Amman.

4: In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital.

Quito.

5: Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port.

Hanoi.
Round 3. Category: a heavenly category
1: A Lerner and Lowe song lyric goes, "Thank heaven for" these people, "they grow up in the most delightful way".

little girls.

2: The Indian game moksha-patamu (heaven and hell) gave us this Milton Bradley game that has its ups and downs.

Chutes and Ladders.

3: The John Jakes novel "Heaven and Hell" takes place directly following this war.

the Civil War.

4: In Genesis 1, God gave the name Heaven to this, from the Latin for "support".

the firmament.

5: The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy, this film starred Hiep Thi Le and Tommy Lee Jones.

Heaven and Earth.
Round 4. Category: "bril"-liant!
1: A rapid chaotic beating of the heart muscles in a nonsynchronous way.

fibrillation.

2: 1964buildingblocksfor a wackyWarholwork.

Brillo.

3: A crude cart used to carry the condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution.

a tumbril.

4: Miles Franklin was only a teenager when she penned this bestseller about growing up in Australia's outback.

My Brilliant Career.

5: 12-letter word for an oily men's hair cream to keep hair in place and make it look glossy.

brilliantine.
Round 5. Category: warner bros. cartoons
1: "Carnivorous vulgaris" is one of this Roadrunner-chasing rascal's "scientific" names.

the (Wile E.) Coyote.

2: This "scent-imental" skunk was named after Charles Boyer's character in the film "Algiers".

PepÃƒÂ© Le Pew.

3: This "fastest mouse" made his debut in 1953's "Cat-Tails for Two".

Speedy Gonzales.

4: This "roughest, toughest he-man hombre that's ever crossed the Rio Grande" could never beat Bugs Bunny.

Yosemite Sam.

5: This animal is the symbol of the new Warner Bros. network.

Michigan J. Frog.
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