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June 21, 2023Episode 861 - colonial america - fun with colors - tv goes to work - by 2000 - last name's the same
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 861, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: colonial america
1: A 1561 hurricane destroyed the Spanish settlement at what is now Pensacola in this state.

Florida.

2: David Rittenhouse invented a device in 1767 showing the positions of several of these in the solar system.

planets.

3: This style of architecture named for England's first 4 Hanoverian kings was quite popular.

Georgian.

4: In May 1732 he founded the Philadelphische Zeitung, the first foreign-language newspaper in the English colonies.

Benjamin Franklin.

5: In 1765 the Colonists burned Cadwallader Colden in effigy because he tried to administer and enforce this "act".

the Stamp Act.
Round 2. Category: fun with colors
1: Possibly from the Latin for "sky", cerulean is a shade of this color.

blue.

2: It can also mean a place that's extremely putt upon.

a green.

3: The Cincinnati Bengals have used black, white and this as their team colors since 1968.

orange.

4: A great horned owl has large eyes with irises of this color, which helps amplify incoming light.

yellow.

5: Now illegal, this "contract" stipulates that a worker will not join a union during his course of employment.

"yellow dog" contract.
Round 3. Category: tv goes to work
1: He's the assistant director of personnel at Cleveland's Winfred-Louder Department Store.

Drew Carey.

2: Bill McNeal and Catherine Duke are behind the mikes at WNYX on this sitcom.

NewsRadio.

3: Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson played editor and reporter for the New York Sun on this CBS sitcom.

Ink.

4: It's the literary cafe where Joe Farrell, Audrey Penney and Ellen Morgan worked.

Buy the Book.

5: Captain John Sheridan and ambassadors from all over the galaxy work at this space station.

Babylon 5.
Round 4. Category: by 2000
1: Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Nu are 2 of these that are trying to ban alcohol by 2000.

Fraternities.

2: Computers that recognize 00 as this date have to be fixed by the year 2000.

1900.

3: British musicologist Jonathan Del Mar hopes to have fully restored this composer's 9 symphonies.

Ludwig van Beethoven.

4: Ukraine has promised to close this nuclear plant by 2000.

Chernobyl.

5: A 500-foot-tall one of these fair attractions is planned to be built across the Thames from Parliament.

Ferris wheel.
Round 5. Category: last name's the same
1: Kurt,Rosalind,Nipsey.

Russell.

2: Brenda,Michele,Spike.

Lee.

3: Rapper Kanye and "Miss Lonelyhearts" writer Nathanael.

West.

4: Vanessa,Treat,Anson.

Williams.

5: Roy, Dick, Petula.

Clark.
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June 20, 2023Episode 860 - corporal punishment - named for - lions, tigers and bears - we love the theatre - paperback writer
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 860, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: corporal punishment
1: In 1994 Singapore's punishment for vandalism by U.S. citizen Michael Fay was flogging with a rattan one of these.

cane.

2: This instrument of torture, a wooden frame with moveable bars, stretches the body until the bones separate.

a rack.

3: One superstition says that a trinity of trinities would be more efficient, hence the number of lashes on this whip.

a cat-o-nine-tails.

4: This device doesn't sound as ominous when it's called a thumbkin.

a thumbscrew.

5: The name of this medieval instrument of torture is a translation of Eiserne Jungfrau.

iron maiden.
Round 2. Category: named for
1: The company formerly called "Alonzo Richmond, Agents for Onondaga Salt" now bears his name.

Morton.

2: While Asa Gray was known for his books on botany, Henry Gray was known for his books on this science.

anatomy.

3: While John Bartlett put his name on a book of quotes, Enoch Bartlett put his name on this.

a pear.

4: Textile manufacturer whose big donation got the N.Y. Institute of Musical Art named for him.

Augustus Juilliard.

5: Captain Cook gave this name to a Pacific island group in honor of Earl John Montagu.

the Sandwich Islands.
Round 3. Category: lions, tigers and bears
1: The 2 you'd find naturally in Siberia.

Bears and tigers.

2: The website for this spokes-animal includes "Campfire Rules" and "Preventing Wildfires".

Smokey Bear (Smokey the Bear).

3: This Ivy League university began using a tiger as its mascot in part because its school colors are orange and black.

Princeton.

4: An early version of this Mississippi author's story "The Bear" was published under the title "Lion".

Faulkner.

5: The Leone d'oro, or the Golden Lion, is the top prize awarded at this Italian city's film festival, the world's oldest.

Venice.
Round 4. Category: we love the theatre
1: A '97 musical told the story of a kid who was half-boy and half-one of these bloodsucking flying animals.

bat.

2: Plays written by teens are featured in HYPE, this "space"y Texas city's Young Playwrights Exchange Festival.

Houston.

3: Written about teens for a teen audience, "Generation Why?" premiered in Costa Mesa in this West Coast state in 1999.

California.

4: Son of a gun! Bernadette Peters won her second Tony in 1999, for playing Annie Oakley in this musical revival.

Annie Get Your Gun.

5: The New York Times called the hero of this Disney musical "a cross between Quasimodo and a buffalo".

Beauty and the Beast.
Round 5. Category: paperback writer
1: Sales of the paperback of Steinbeck's "East of Eden" skyrocketed when she picked it for her book club.

Oprah Winfrey.

2: Crush your enemies and name this Robert E. Howard barbarian whose "Collected Adventures" are collected in paperback.

Conan.

3: His bestselling paperback "The No Spin Zone" chronicles his confrontations with the powerful and the famous.

Bill O'Reilly.

4: This crime novelist wrote the 1961 paperback Western classic "Hombre".

Elmore Leonard.

5: This man who's given us "Goosebumps" has sold more than 400 million books.

(R.L.) Stine.
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9min
June 19, 2023Episode 859 - it's my party - adjectives of the young and the restless - "m"-brace me - marine life - name game
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 859, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: it's my party
1: "Honest Abe" was the first U.S. chief executive from this political party.

Republican Party.

2: This country's controversial new prime minister Vajpayee is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

India.

3: A Conservative Party member in Canada or a loyalist during the American Revolution.

Tory.

4: Strom Thurmond,1956.

Democrat.

5: Strom Thurmond,November 1948.

Dixiecrat.
Round 2. Category: adjectives of the young and the restless
1: "Abby, I hear The Naked Heiress is gonna be on Jeopardy! that's huge!""Mom, please. I am rich and famous." [Sighs]"Honey, don't you think you're being..."...this adjective that means "world-weary" and "cynical"--it doesn't mean "covered in green gemstones".

jaded.

2: "Please, Lily, understand, everything I did was to keep you and the twins safe.""Cane, you pretended that you were dead and made me think that I was sleeping with a ghost. I ended up in an insane asylum. You're..."...this 10-letter adjective from the Latin for "look down on" (and favored by Daffy Duck on occasion).

despicable.

3: ...this 3-word type of punishment outlawed by the 8th Amendment.

cruel and unusual.

4: (Mishael Morgan and Bryton James give the clue as Hilary and Devon from The Young and the Restless.) "Devon, please! You're like a teenage boy, we have the whole night to ourselves""I know, Hilary. I'm sorry. It's just that my passion for you, sometimes it's so overwhelming, so undeniable. It's this adjective, from the Latin for 'devour'".

voracious.

5: ...this passionate type of love named for the Greek god of love.

erotic.
Round 3. Category: "m"-brace me
1: Funnel-shaped amplifying device that's an essential cheerleader accessory.

a megaphone.

2: Where your name is if it's up in lights in front of a theater.

the marquee.

3: 1 of these equals 39.97 inches.

meter.

4: From the French, it's a group of wild animals on exhibit.

a menagerie.

5: This stateÃ¢Â€Â™s university has its main campus in College Park.

Maryland.
Round 4. Category: marine life
1: The red algae pepper dulse and landlady's wig are types of this found in the North Atlantic.

seaweed.

2: The green type of this reptile gained protection in the 20th century because of its popular use in soup.

the turtle.

3: The last of many books by Jacques Cousteau was titled "The Human, the Orchid, and" this other "O" creature.

octopus.

4: Term for the individual animals that make up coral; it also has a less benign medical meaning.

a polyp.

5: Natl. Geographic says without this small shrimplike crustacean, most "life forms in the Antarctic would disappear".

krill.
Round 5. Category: name game
1: Based on the 1990 census, this color is also the fifth most common last name in the U.S..

Brown.

2: Around the time of this war, Kimberley was a popular name for British boys.

the Boer War.

3: This Russian form of George was in the headlines in 1961.

Yuri (as in Yuri Gagarin).

4: The name of this villain in "Othello" is a Spanish version of James.

Iago.

5: This presidential first name was originally used as a given name to honor Protestant reformer John.

Calvin.
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June 18, 2023Episode 858 - the american west - the big cats - "sour" - broadway lyrics - home improvement
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 858, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the american west
1: San Geronimo de Taos, an ancient Pueblo Indian village, lies north of the town of Taos in this state.

New Mexico.

2: Part of the world's largest stand of Ponderosa pines is in Prescott National Forest in this state.

Arizona.

3: If you have a "grain" of sense, you'll know the Navajo are noted for this art also known as dry painting.

sand painting.

4: Utah was once known as the state of Deseret, a name that came from this book.

Book of Mormon.

5: This Texas city of 935,000 is named for a saint of Padua.

San Antonio.
Round 2. Category: the big cats
1: Of the order "Carnivora", it's presently the largest African carnivore.

lion.

2: These, not khaki fatigues, provide the leopard camouflage.

spots.

3: This New World big cat, Panthera onca, swims and climbs well but usually stalks prey on the ground.

jaguar.

4: After a kill, this central organ is generally the only one a tiger will not eat.

the stomach.

5: Unlike most big cats, this, also known as the hunting leopard, is active during the day.

cheetah.
Round 3. Category: "sour"
1: An old prospector in Alaska or what he made his bread from.

sourdough.

2: Concluding he couldn't get them, Aesop's fox disparaged what he originally wanted, calling them this.

sour grapes.

3: A morose man or a fermented feline.

sourpuss.

4: Grain beaten to a pulp to make bourbon scalded with fresh hot "slop" left over from previous distillation.

sour mash.

5: Candy the British sometimes call acid drops.

sour balls.
Round 4. Category: broadway lyrics
1: The song from "Fiddler on the Roof" that asks, "Is this the little girl I carried?".

Sunrise, Sunset.

2: This song from "Fiddler on the Roof" begins, "Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play?".

"Sunrise, Sunset".

3: "You make me smile with my heart, your looks are laughable, unphotographable".

"My Funny Valentine".

4: In "A Chorus Line", Cassie sings "All I ever needed was the music and" this.

the mirror.

5: "Isn't it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, you in mid-air". Do this.

send in the clowns.
Round 5. Category: home improvement
1: After tiling a floor, let the adhesive set before applying this between the tiles.

grout.

2: When "hanging" this, be sure to draw a chalk plumb line so that the rolls align properly.

wallpaper.

3: This type of paint whose resin was once rubber-based is the top choice for most home paint jobs.

latex.

4: To prevent drafts around a door frame, install this; spring metal and rolled felt are popular types.

weather stripping.

5: Tools needed to lay this include a knee kicker, power stretcher and trimmer.

rug (or carpeting).
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8min
June 17, 2023Episode 857 - universal studios florida - u.s place names - bio hazard - "o" no! - bo, moe or po
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 857, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: universal studios florida
1: You'll find Universal Studios Florida in this city, not too far from Disney World.

Orlando.

2: Watch out for the green slime geyser when you visit this "Nick at Nite" network's studio on the lot.

Nickelodeon.

3: You'll careen through time and space on the thrill ride based on this trilogy of Michael J. Fox films.

Back to the Future.

4: 4 stories tall, this ape, star of his own ride, is the largest computer-animated figure ever built.

King Kong.

5: The ride based on this 1975 film starts out as peaceful tour of Amity Harbor but something is "fishy".

Jaws.
Round 2. Category: u.s place names
1: Anne Arundel County in this state is named for the wife of the second Lord Baltimore.

Maryland.

2: A city near L.A. is named for this novelist from New England; wonder how many "scarlet" women live there.

(Nathaniel) Hawthorne.

3: This New Mexico city was named for a railroad paymaster, not for a pollster.

Gallup.

4: Motley County in this state wasn't named for Motley Crue but for a man wounded in the Battle of San Jacinto.

Texas.

5: A dozen U.S. counties are named for this 19th century politician, a "Little Giant" indeed.

(Stephen) Douglas.
Round 3. Category: bio hazard
1: Roy Jenkins, a leader in the UK's Labour Party, wrote a bio of this great wartime Conservative leader.

Churchill.

2: Ibn Ishaq scored in the 8th century with his biography of this Muslim leader.

Mohammed.

3: 1922:"Seven Pillars of Wisdom".

T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia).

4: 1991:"Lady Day".

Billie Holiday.

5: 1975:"Why Not the Best?".

Jimmy Carter.
Round 4. Category: "o" no!
1: These bivalves breed in beds.

oysters.

2: The word that opens the Lord's Prayer.

our.

3: The Greek word for "bird" gave us this word for the study of birds.

ornithology.

4: A hospital attendant, even if he's not tidy.

an orderly.

5: Founded in 1878, Lady Margaret Hall is this European university's oldest women's college.

Oxford.
Round 5. Category: bo, moe or po
1: She had a sheep location problem.

Little Bo Peep.

2: "Kid Gorgeous", "Kid Presentable", "Kid Gruesome" and finally "Kid" this were boxing nicknames of this "Simpsons" barkeep.

Moe (Szyslak).

3: Italy's longest river.

Po.

4: First name of the leader of a film trio of "Knuckleheads".

Moe (Howard of the Three Stooges).

5: John Schneider first played this "Good Ol' Boy" in 1979.

Bo Duke.
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9min
June 16, 2023Episode 856 - places for animals - russian heads of state - eagle hodgepodge - tv workplaces - magic
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 856, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: places for animals
1: It can precede "anemone" or "cow".

sea.

2: This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia.

a snow leopard.

3: Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat.

the earth.

4: Grassy field that joins with "lark".

meadow.

5: This word refers to extreme opposites or a type of bear.

polar.
Round 2. Category: russian heads of state
1: 1985-1991.

Mikhail Gorbachev.

2: 1894-1917.

Czar Nicholas II.

3: 1917-1924.

Vladimir Lenin.

4: 1958-1964.

Nikita Khrushchev.

5: 1547-1584.

Ivan the Terrible.
Round 3. Category: eagle hodgepodge
1: In 1782 the U.S. chose this eagle as its national bird.

Bald eagle.

2: Young eagles are called eyases or these.

Eaglets.

3: It's a synonym for sprawl.

Spreadeagle.

4: The chapters of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are called these after the nests of eagles.

Aeries.

5: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards won the hearts of Englanders in 1988 competing in this Olympic event.

Ski jumping.
Round 4. Category: tv workplaces
1: Vought International employs this show's ethically challenged superheroes.

The Boys.

2: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".

a (TV) newsroom.

3: This drama was set at the firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak.

L.A. Law.

4: "Alice" and her fellow waitresses worked at this eatery.

Mel's Diner.

5: On this show, Mae Whitman works at Fine and Frugal, but helps rob it.

Good Girls.
Round 5. Category: magic
1: In 2008 2 Italian magicians pulled 300 of these out of a hat.

rabbits.

2: In the 1930s Harry Blackstone "improved" this trick by using a buzz saw.

cutting a lady in half.

3: Sometimes heard in magical chants, this rhyming term now refers to deception or trickery of any kind.

hocus-pocus.

4: "Magic Man" and "Street Magic" are TV specials featuring this young trickster.

David Blaine.

5: Born in New Jersey in 1956, this magician has "A Christmas Carol" in his top 10 books list, not the 1850 book he's named for.

David Copperfield.
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8min
June 15, 2023Episode 855 - 3-letter abbreviations - college nicknames - caribbean cuisine - ye gods! - filthy rich
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 855, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 3-letter abbreviations
1: Your car's tachometer measures them.

RPM (revolutions per minute).

2: If you're half an hour away at 2:47, your this is 3:17.

ETA (estimated time of arrival).

3: This group had a Top 10 hit when it joined Olivia Newton-John for "Xanadu".

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra).

4: Classic radio and TV messages of this type include "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk".

PSA (Public Service Announcement).

5: On June 24, 1996 it reintroduced the "Bucket" that's made many families' mouths water.

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken).
Round 2. Category: college nicknames
1: Longhorns.

Texas.

2: Wolverines.

Michigan.

3: Crimson Tide.

Alabama.

4: Jayhawks.

Kansas.

5: Ducks.

Oregon.
Round 3. Category: caribbean cuisine
1: Grenadans love to eat ice cream made from this main guacamole ingredient.

Avocado.

2: Puerto Ricans make mofongo by frying and mashing these "cooking bananas".

Plantains.

3: In the Dominican Republic, la bandera ("the flag") is made with red beans, meat and this white grain.

Rice.

4: In Haiti, lambi is this big spiral-shelled sea snail (If I eat it, can I hear the ocean?).

Conch.

5: In Barbados, you'll go cuckoo for cou-coo, a mix of cornmeal and this essential gumbo veggie.

okra.
Round 4. Category: ye gods!
1: Famous for enticing Amaterasu out of hiding, Uzume is a goddess of mirth and dancing from this Asian country.

Japan.

2: 2 giants, Otus and Ephialties, once kept this Greek war god in a bronze jar for 13 months.

Ares.

3: Depicted as both a cobra and a lioness, the goddess Wadjet protected royal authority in this ancient land.

Egypt.

4: Invoked by seal hunters, Nerrivik is the mother of all sea creatures as a goddess of this North American people.

the Inuit.

5: The forger of Achilles' armor, some accounts say this Greek god also created Pandora.

Hephaestus.
Round 5. Category: filthy rich
1: In April 1999 his net worth hit $100 billion.

Bill Gates.

2: Worth over $15 billion, Robson, son of Sam, runs this company, the USA's largest private employer.

Wal-Mart.

3: The Sultan of Brunei has air-conditioned stables housing his 200 animals for this sport.

Polo.

4: With $50,000 of his $30 or so billion, Paul Allen bought a guitar this "Purple Haze" star had shattered.

Jimi Hendrix.

5: "Direct From" the Times of London is a quote calling him "The Avon Lady of the Microchip".

Michael Dell.
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8min
June 14, 2023Episode 854 - chicken Ã£Â€ la king shopping list - world skyline tours - "junior" collage - here's "johnny" - freedom fighters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 854, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: chicken Ã£Â€ la king shopping list
1: You may want chicken described with these 2 words, meaning the bird lived relatively unconfined.

free range.

2: This fortified wine you'll cook with is in a separate section from other Spanish wines.

sherry.

3: Weighty name for a standard ingredient in the sauce.

heavy cream.

4: For the mushrooms, try this type named for something found on a shirt.

button mushrooms.

5: To catch the eyes of guests, use these peppers that can be spelled with 1 or 2 I's.

pimentos or pimientos.
Round 2. Category: world skyline tours
1: This city has been a port since the Roman period.

London.

2: This city has one of the world's largest single-span bridges across its harbor.

Sydney, Australia.

3: This city was nearly destroyed twice in the 20th century by an earthquake and then by bombing.

Tokyo.

4: The first mayor of this city led a rebellion against the Canadian governor after being unseated in Parliament.

Toronto.

5: This South American city's name comes from early explorers who thought the bay was a river.

Rio de Janeiro.
Round 3. Category: "junior" collage
1: Student athletes know it's abbreviated JV.

junior varsity.

2: James Welch named this popular movie theater candy in 1949.

Junior Mints.

3: The All Stars backed up this rockin' frontman.

Junior Walker.

4: It was founded in 1901 in New York City by a debutante wanting to help the less fortunate.

the Junior League.

5: It was started in 1919 as a collection of small, after-school business clubs in Massachusetts.

Junior Achievement.
Round 4. Category: here's "johnny"
1: This former nightclub singer is the announcer on "Jeopardy!".

Johnny Gilbert.

2: One who is on hand and ready to perform a service or respond to an emergency.

"Johnny-On-The-Spot".

3: Jane Wyman won her only Oscar playing a young deaf-mute girl in this film.

Johnny Belinda.

4: Because of its rapid rate of growth, the European pansy is also known by this name.

Johnny Jump-Up.

5: In the '50s he set a high jump record in college and had his 3rd Top 10 hit with the following:"You asked how much I love you...".

Johnny Mathis.
Round 5. Category: freedom fighters
1: Benito Juarez established land reforms and fought against French rule in this country.

Mexico.

2: Mario Savio set off the free speech movement when political activities were banned on this U.C. campus in 1964.

U.C. Berkeley.

3: In 1998 Fred Korematsu was given this highest civilian award for his resistance to being interned during WWII.

Medal of Freedom.

4: Many consider Justin Dart Jr., who contracted polio as a child, to be the father of this 1990 federal law.

Americans with Disabilities Act.

5: This NAACP lawyer won a landmark decision in 1946 overturning segregation in interstate transportation.

(Thurgood) Marshall.
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9min
June 13, 2023Episode 853 - let's mess with texas - breaking up - blue and the gray - maltin on the movies - in the bible
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 853, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: let's mess with texas
1: Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale and Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946.

George W. Bush.

2: Since 1935 this agency that originated in the 1820s has operated as a branch of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety.

the Texas Rangers.

3: This state bird of Texas belongs to the family Mimidae.

the mockingbird.

4: From 1846 to 1859 this ex-Tennessee governor was a U.S. senator from Texas.

Sam Houston.

5: Born in 1921, this Mission, Tex.-born senator served with Jack Kennedy, knew Jack Kennedy and hey! you're not Jack Kennedy!.

Lloyd Bentsen.
Round 2. Category: breaking up
1: The Doors recorded for 2 years after the death of this lead singer before calling it quits.

Jim Morrison.

2: This duo fell apart after Annie Lennox went on sabbatical.

Eurythmics.

3: This "Heart of Glass" group fronted by Debbie Harry shattered in 1982.

Blondie.

4: The death of lead singer Kurt Cobain put an end to this band in 1994.

Nirvana.

5: This "amphibious" Santa Barbara band that sang "All I Want" and "Walk On The Ocean" croaked in 1998.

Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Round 3. Category: blue and the gray
1: Daniel Hough, the Civil War's first fatality, died not in battle but in an accident at this fort.

Fort Sumter.

2: The siege of Vicksburg in 1863 gave the Union control of this river.

Mississippi River.

3: Less than a month after graduating last in his class from West Point, he made his first stand at Bull Run.

George Custer.

4: Though relieved as Union Army chief in March 1862, he continued to lead the Army of the Potomac until November.

George McClellan.

5: Robert E. Lee lost nearly a quarter of his troops in this bloody Maryland battle of 1862.

Antietam (or Sharpsburg).
Round 4. Category: maltin on the movies
1: (Leonard Maltin starts things off.) I once wrote that only a real-life Grumpy could fail to love this 1937 animated feature.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

2: Steve Martin's first starring feature, Maltin describes it as "The misadventures of a terminally stupid man".

The Jerk.

3: (Leonard Maltin continues.) I've called this 1941 classic "A stunning film in every way" and Orson Welles was only 25 years old when he made it!.

Citizen Kane.

4: Maltin tells us this 1951 classic was "gorgeously filmed on location in the Belgian Congo".

The African Queen.

5: (Leonard Maltin wraps up the category for us.) What Hitchcock did with this 1960 film was brilliant. Imagine, killing off your major star in the first portion of the film.

Psycho.
Round 5. Category: in the bible
1: Jesus cleansed the temple by casting out all that was sold within and said, "Ye have made it a den of" these.

thieves.

2: "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?" he asks in chapter 7 of his book.

Job.

3: In the Book of Judges, his Nazirite vows brought him great power but his passions brought his downfall.

Samson.

4: According to Deuteronomy 7:25, neither the silver nor gold of these shall be desired, for they are an abomination.

idols (or graven images).

5: In I Kings 2, this man sat "upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly".

Solomon.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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June 12, 2023Episode 852 - talk show hosts - i saw it in vogue - martha my dear - cities of new york - pro stadiums and arenas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 852, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: talk show hosts
1: TV Guide said, with an estimated worth of at least $250 million, she may be the richest woman on TV.

Oprah Winfrey.

2: He recorded the album "Large and in Charge" as Chunky A, a 300-pound rapper.

Arsenio Hall.

3: In 1989 this "Can we talk" comedienne took another shot at a talk show.

Joan Rivers.

4: Before becoming talk show hosts, Pat Sajak and David Letterman did this on local newscasts.

weather.

5: Kathie Lee Gifford spends her weekday mornings with this man, her co-host.

Regis Philbin.
Round 2. Category: i saw it in vogue
1: A dermatologist warns beach bunnies that these lose effectiveness in 2-4 hours.

Sunscreens.

2: Though she's posed in them, Elizabeth Hurley says "I never stand up in" this type of bathing suit.

Bikini.

3: This "Working Girl" actress is wearing Revlon "Age Defying Makeup" (Psst! She's 41).

Melanie Griffith.

4: Peter Fogg designed the "Lace Tuck" found on this part of your Nikes.

Tongue.

5: Vogue's editor was turned off by the reactionary 1998 fall collections in these 2 European cities.

Milan and Paris.
Round 3. Category: martha my dear
1: Her "Everyday" line is sold at K-Mart.

Martha Stewart.

2: Her father, Col. John Dandridge, was a wealthy landowner.

Martha Washington.

3: Backed by the Vandellas, she had hits with "Heat Wave" and "Dancing in the Street".

Martha Reeves.

4: "The Dirty Duck" and "The Case Has Altered" are mysteries by this woman.

Martha Grimes.

5: This woman depicted here by Al Hirschfeld "could have danced all night".

Martha Graham.
Round 4. Category: cities of new york
1: It's "The Capital of the Empire State" and "The Edinburgh of America".

Albany.

2: It's "The Bison City".

Buffalo.

3: "The Birthplace of Baseball".

Cooperstown.

4: "The Honeymoon City".

Niagara Falls.

5: It's "The Kodak City" and "The Photo Capital of the World".

Rochester.
Round 5. Category: pro stadiums and arenas
1: Fenway Park.

Boston Red Sox.

2: Busch Stadium.

St. Louis Cardinals.

3: Foxboro Stadium.

New England Patriots.

4: Alamodome.

San Antonio Spurs.

5: Molson Centre.

Montreal Canadiens.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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