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June 11, 2023Episode 851 - also a bar drink - they all played hamlet - tv bars and restaurants - classic movies - what a year!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 851, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: also a bar drink
1: Flathead or Phillips head.

a screwdriver.

2: With so much brainpower on stage today, this "Living Dead" movie monster wouldn't know where to start.

a zombie.

3: It was last call for this Scottish outlaw on Dec. 28, 1734.

Rob Roy.

4: Take a flying leap and name this type of reconnaissance plane or insect of the family Acrididae.

a grasshopper.

5: G'day! This wooden weapon can also be a scheme that does injury to its originator.

a boomerang.
Round 2. Category: they all played hamlet
1: Fans from around the world sped to Winnipeg to see this "Speed" star play Hamlet there in 1995.

Keanu Reeves.

2: He's only 9 years younger than Glenn Close, but he called her Mom in Zeffirelli's 1990 version.

Mel Gibson.

3: The role of Obi-Wan Kenobi was light-years away when he played Hamlet at the Old Vic in 1938.

Sir Alec Guinness.

4: This star of "A Fish Called Wanda" not only starred in but directed a 1990 production of "Hamlet".

Kevin Kline.

5: He played Hamlet at the New York Shakespeare Festival before he hammed it up as Mike Hammer:.

Stacy Keach.
Round 3. Category: tv bars and restaurants
1: On this sitcom Duff Beer is on tap at Moe's Tavern where the clientele is always "animated".

"The Simpsons".

2: Head north, far north, to visit The Brick, this show's restaurant.

"Northern Exposure".

3: On this sitcom you could have seen Jay Thomas take a few "Potts" shots in the Blue Shamrock.

"Love And War".

4: On this sitcom you may find the Crane brothers having coffee at Cafe Nervosa.

"Frasier".

5: The Lunch Box in Lanford, Ill. is one of this sitcom's settings.

"Roseanne".
Round 4. Category: classic movies
1: It's the first rule of Fight Club.

you do not talk about Fight Club.

2: Crime film that features Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow.

Bonnie and Clyde.

3: Charlie Chaplin befriends a millionaire and falls in love with a blind girl in this 1931 film.

City Lights.

4: Film in which De Niro as Travis Bickle asks, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?".

Taxi Driver.

5: In it, reporter Rosalind Russell tells Cary Grant, "I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you if they were just lighting it up".

His Girl Friday.
Round 5. Category: what a year!
1: Dewaele won the Tour de France, Coco Chanel was the toast of Paris and Sacre Bleu!, the market crashed in this year.

1929.

2: The Titanic set off on maiden voyage.

1912.

3: In this year, Teddy became president, Eddie became king and Nicky became father of Anastasia.

1901.

4: Rosa Parks sat down for freedom.

1955.

5: (Hi, I'm Tyler Christopher of General Hospital.) In this year, ABC gave "G.H." a shot on TV, "He's So Fine" shot up to No. 1 and JFK visited the Berlin Wall.

1963.
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June 10, 2023Episode 850 - -ologies - "r"t - female athletes - leading "roll"s - ballpark figures
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 850, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: -ologies
1: Biology is generally divided into 2 branches: botany and this study of animals.

Zoology.

2: A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life.

biology.

3: Buzz in if you know that apiology is the study of these.

bees.

4: Although it sounds like it deals with oil, it's the study of rocks.

petrology.

5: A book with a mix of various authors writing on various topics.

an anthology.
Round 2. Category: "r"t
1: Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china.

Renoir.

2: He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance.

Raphael.

3: Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style.

Rococo.

4: His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum.

Rembrandt.

5: An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master.

Rubens.
Round 3. Category: female athletes
1: Cammi Granato played 205 games for the U.S. women's team in this sport and has been a rinkside reporter for NBC.

ice hockey.

2: This track star was nicknamed "Flo-Jo".

Florence Griffith Joyner.

3: In the 1980s Katarina Witt dominated women's figure skating competing for this country that no longer exists.

East Germany.

4: This tennis player won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 2000 and 2001, but lost to her little sister in 2002.

Venus Williams.

5: On July 30, 2002 Lisa Leslie became the first woman to do this in a pro game.

a slam dunk.
Round 4. Category: leading "roll"s
1: Some people use spray deodorants, but many conservationists prefer this non-aerosol kind.

roll-on.

2: If you have lots of dough, you can buy a really nice one of these implements to smooth out your dough.

a rolling pin.

3: Your supply of ready cash, or what a financial backer does when he provides funding for a film.

bank roll.

4: Because of its name, we'd expect this hairstyle to be popular in Paris.

French roll.

5: The kind of sandwich bread that's most appropriate for a German emperor.

Kaiser roll.
Round 5. Category: ballpark figures
1: In 2004 he published "My Prison Without Bars".

Pete Rose.

2: With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league.

Lou Gehrig.

3: Baseball's "Mr. October", he generated headlines for his cantankerous personality and his athletic prowess.

Reggie Jackson.

4: Famous nickname of Leon Goslin, who played in all 19 World Series games with the Washington Senators.

"Goose".

5: Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004.

Tug McGraw.
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June 09, 2023Episode 849 - what's my line? - in a word - the "west" is the best - leftovers - branded
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 849, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: what's my line?
1: Mickey D's doesn't have a maitre d', which is short for this.

maitre d'hotel.

2: In the Who song "My Generation", this line follows and rhymes with "Things they do look awful cold".

"Hope I die before I get old".

3: Longfellow called this Italian city a "white phantom city whose untrodden streets are rivers".

Venice.

4: Nelson Algren advised, "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called" this.

Mom's.

5: As one of these, The Toledo Blade might feature a banner line.

a newspaper.
Round 2. Category: in a word
1: It's how you play certain instruments, like a guitar.

strum (in instruments).

2: In ligament you'll find this slang term for a woman's shapely leg.

a gam (in ligament).

3: What she felt when she wasn't hired.

ire (in hired).

4: Hidden in the chandelier is the name of this famous composer.

Handel (in chandelier).

5: Take your medicine and tell us the name of this once powerful family of Florence, Italy.

Medici (in medicine).
Round 3. Category: the "west" is the best
1: All Don Knotts' greatness lay ahead of him when he was born July 21, 1924 in Morgantown in this state.

West Virginia.

2: Jim and Artie's most diabolical for on this TV show was the evil Dr. Loveless, played by Michael Dunn.

Wild Wild West.

3: It's the southernmost city in the 48 contiguous states.

Key West, Florida.

4: This large territory would make up the majority of a proposed Palestinian state.

the West Bank.

5: Paul Baumer is the literary narrator of this classic novel of World War I.

All Quiet on the Western Front.
Round 4. Category: leftovers
1: His remains lie in the main entrance of the original Smithsonian building.

(James) Smithson.

2: Andy Warhol said of these, "Plastic's better than dirty, used money".

credit cards.

3: Though it's usually called "deadly", this solanum plant is eaten as a vegetable in the West Indies.

nightshade.

4: This has been the official name of the Mounties since 1920.

the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

5: In a church or cathedral, it's the main or central hall.

nave.
Round 5. Category: branded
1: "I Am Stuck On" this brand and it's "Stuck On Me".

Band-Aid.

2: In the classic ad jingle, these hot dogs are even enjoyed by kids with chickenpox.

Armour hot dogs.

3: An ex-Dupont chemist from New Hampshire introduced this brand of popular food storage containers in 1946.

Tupperware.

4: It's the nationality that follows "K" in the name of the sneaker brand founded by the Brunner Brothers.

Swiss.

5: Toyota dropped this provocative name for its new Celica sports model days after a December 2004 natural disaster.

a Tsunami.
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June 08, 2023Episode 848 - "hang" time - washington d.c. - happy new year! - key stones - virginia woolf
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 848, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "hang" time
1: It's a place to park your airplane.

a hangar.

2: "Hair of the dog" is taken as a remedy for this.

a hangover.

3: It's the type of look worn by a browbeaten or defeated person.

hang dog.

4: To be completely candid in expressing one's feelings, or to live without inhibitions.

let it all hang out ("to hang loose" accepted).

5: A contest in which the outcome is uncertain until the last moment.

a cliffhanger.
Round 2. Category: washington d.c.
1: What the "D.C." stands for.

the District of Columbia.

2: 287 miles long, it flows past Washington and induces "fever" in ambitious politicians.

the Potomac River.

3: Though this mound rises only 88', it's synonymous with building which stands upon it.

Capitol Hill.

4: This floral festival takes place in late March or early April, even if the trees aren't in bloom yet.

the Cherry Blossom.

5: Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named.

John Foster Dulles.
Round 3. Category: happy new year!
1: In 1998 November 1 is a Sunday; therefore, this date will be election day for Congress.

November 3 (the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday).

2: Some believe 1998 signals the end of the world because 1998 is 3 times this number.

666.

3: May 14, 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of this nation's independence; Mazel Tov!.

Israel.

4: This ex-president turns 74 on October 1, 1998.

Jimmy Carter.

5: 1998 marks the centennial of this U.S. war.

Spanish-American War.
Round 4. Category: key stones
1: A small round glass toy; don't lose yours!.

marble.

2: It's also the field of play in baseball.

diamond.

3: Bamm Bamm's baby babe.

Pebbles.

4: A Michigan city of 130,000 that you can use to start a fire.

Flint.

5: A list of political candidates that when swept clean signifies a new beginning.

slate.
Round 5. Category: virginia woolf
1: Woolf was active in this cause which she wrote "roused in man an extraordinary desire for self-assertion".

women's suffrage.

2: This gathering of artsy types that flourished between 1907 and 1930 sometimes met at Virginia's house.

the Bloomsbury Group.

3: A 1931 novel ends with the line: these, also the novel's title, "Broke on the Shore".

Waves.

4: This event claims the life of the title character of "Jacob's Room", as it did of millions of real-life young men.

World War I.

5: First name of Virginia's husband; he survived her by 28 years.

Leonard.
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8min
June 07, 2023Episode 847 - "ling"o - oceans and seas - how about a revival? - clubs - i dunno
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 847, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "ling"o
1: A sister or brother.

a sibling.

2: If you can "spare" the time, try this, the USA's biggest participatory sport.

bowling.

3: It can be a small savory lump of dough served in soup, or a baked treat filled with apples.

a dumpling.

4: I've got a feeling you'll know it's a vague idea or notion.

an inkling.

5: Fire starter.

kindling.
Round 2. Category: oceans and seas
1: It's the invisible divider that creates the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic.

the equator.

2: You cross this sea sailing from Tripoli to Napoli.

the Mediterranean.

3: Principal ports of this sea include Port Sudan, Suez and Jiddah.

the Red Sea.

4: Its greatest length, about 930 miles, is between Lubeck, Germany and Haparanda, Sweden.

the Baltic.

5: The Bay of Bengal lies on the east side of India; this sea lies on the west side.

the Arabian Sea.
Round 3. Category: how about a revival?
1: "Unchain The Dogs Of War" was a song featured in this March King's operetta "The Bride-Elect".

(John Philip) Sousa.

2: In a song from 1930's "Simple Simon", it's the title rate of "A Dance".

Ten Cents (A Dance).

3: The 1910 musical "Hans the Flute Player" was inspired by this legend.

the Pied Piper.

4: With song like "And So He Died" and "A Cup Of Tea", 1950's "Happy as Larry"starred this man, later a penguin on TV.

Burgess Meredith.

5: Producer George White's show called these "of 1925" included the song "Beware Of The Girl With A Fan".

The Scandals.
Round 4. Category: clubs
1: AAA in the states and the R.A.C. in England helped promote safety regarding these, the "a" in the middle of their names.

automobile.

2: It's the correct term for a member of a Rotary Club.

Rotarian.

3: Wal-Mart opened the first one in 1983; today there are 47 million U.S. members.

Sam's Club.

4: Fittingly, this organization was founded in 1892 for outings in "mountain regions of the Pacific coast".

the Sierra Club.

5: In the early 1930s this Harlem nightclub made Cab Calloway the leader of its house orchestra.

the Cotton Club.
Round 5. Category: i dunno
1: Alicia Silverstone's 1995 breakthrough film.

"Clueless".

2: "To draw" this is said to have originally referred to a non-winning lottery ticket.

A blank.

3: This phrase for a mind with no empirical knowledge is Latin for "scraped tablet".

Tabula rasa.

4: Shakespeare wrote, "There is no darkness but" this; having it "of the law is no excuse".

Ignorance.

5: In the Iran-Contra affair, George Bush was "out of" this, like a Chicago suburbanite.

The Loop.
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8min
June 06, 2023Episode 846 - '60s british rock - in the news - celebrity spouses - words of the '80s - describing the sport
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 846, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: '60s british rock
1: Herman's Hermits hit #1 telling Mrs. Brown she had a lovely one.

a daughter.

2: Other category on this board which could be a group in this one.

ANIMALS.

3: Group whose song titles included "Do The Freddie" and album titles, "Frantic Freddie".

Freddie and the Dreamers.

4: Last names Stuart and Clyde, they were better known by their first.

Chad and Jeremy.

5: Though they've done 30 albums, their biggest single in the U.S., "Tired Of Waiting For You" only made #6.

the Kinks.
Round 2. Category: in the news
1: He called Mayor Clint Eastwood to ask "What's an actor who once played with a monkey doing in politics?".

Ronald Reagan.

2: "The Last Brother", Joe McGinniss' book about this man, caused a controversy.

Ted Kennedy.

3: This great composer has outlived his U.S. copyright on "Alexander's Ragtime Band".

Irving Berlin.

4: This U.N. Secretary General negotiated a cease-fire between Iraq and Iran.

Javier Perez de Cuellar.

5: An oil spill on this Pennsylvania river on Jan. 2, 1980 forced thousands to melt snow for drinking water.

Monongahela.
Round 3. Category: celebrity spouses
1: Joanne Woodward.

Paul Newman.

2: Lauren Holly.

Jim Carrey.

3: Meg Ryan.

Dennis Quaid.

4: Rita Wilson.

Tom Hanks.

5: Iman.

David Bowie.
Round 4. Category: words of the '80s
1: Divorce after which couple continue living together, it's named for an Aborigine's weapon.

a boomerang.

2: Hip hop includes rapping, bombing--or spray graffiti--and this type of street dancing.

breakdancing.

3: Street term for smokable cocaine, it describes what it can do to your wallet and your brain.

crack.

4: It's a set of rules by a company's board of directors to ward off unwanted mergers, not "Jaws".

shark repellent.

5: MIPS is a computer term meaning "millions of" these "per second".

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

Ice hockey.

3: Take 16-foot-long object, run 150 feet, pray object doesn't snap, utilize object.

pole vaulting.

4: Bust butt learning the "triple salchow", hope Guam judge doesn't hate your costume and give you a 5.

figure skating.

5: Go 500 miles but only turn left, score points for Winston Cup, be very prepared to talk about your sponsors.

Auto racing (NASCAR).
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8min
June 05, 2023Episode 845 - the bee - forestry - theatre history - cuba - entertaining canadians
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 845, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: the bee
1: Bees gather this flower secretion to make honey.

Nectar.

2: Bees are found on every continent but this one.

Antarctica.

3: Young bees are fed beebread, made from honey and this plant product.

Pollen.

4: On their heads bees have 5 of these -- 2 compound and 3 simple.

Eyes.

5: Karl von Frisch won a Nobel Prize for deciphering the circling and wagging types of this form of bee communication.

Dancing.
Round 2. Category: forestry
1: It's the term for baby trees used to reforest areas.

seedlings.

2: This president established the U.S. Forest Service.

Teddy Roosevelt.

3: In forest management, it's a group of trees of the same age and type; Custer's last one is famous.

a stand.

4: Fire, mostly man-made, diseases and these destroy as many trees each year as are cut down.

insects.

5: Brazil is second to this country in total forest area.

the Soviet Union.
Round 3. Category: theatre history
1: In 1904 Daphne du Maurier's father, Gerald, became the first actor to play this villain in "Peter Pan".

Captain Hook.

2: Pisistratus established a tragedy contest as part of this city's Great Dionysia Festival around 534 B.C..

Athens.

3: Victorien Sardou wrote the 1882 play "Fedora" for this great French actress who triumphed in it.

Bernhardt.

4: In the 1640s these supporters of Oliver Cromwell closed all the theatres in London.

the Roundheads (Puritans).

5: London's Royal Coburg Theatre was renamed the Royal Victoria and affectionately nicknamed this.

the Old Vic.
Round 4. Category: cuba
1: In the news in 1961, this bay in the Cuban province of Las Villas is also called Bahia de los Cochinos.

Bay of Pigs.

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

Ernest Hemingway.

3: Cuba's first big screen role was in this 1988 film starring Eddie Murphy as a transplanted African prince.

Coming to America.

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 5. Category: entertaining canadians
1: Last name of Canadian-born actress Meg, Jennifer's sister.

Tilly.

2: Most know William Shatner is Canadian, but so is James Doohan, who played this "Star Trek" engineer.

Scotty.

3: Joshua Jackson, a star of this Massachusetts-set WB series, is a Vancouver native.

Dawson's Creek.

4: On screen he's been Studio 54 founder Steve Rubell and would-be world dominator Dr. Evil.

Mike Myers.

5: It's no longer news that this current "60 Minutes" correspondent hails from north of the border.

Morley Safer.
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8min
June 04, 2023Episode 844 - ecology - "down" - wales - toys and games - salad days
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 844, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: ecology
1: CFCs, believed to damage the ozone layer, are commonly used in this kitchen appliance.

Refrigerator.

2: Of insectivores, herbivores or carnivores, the group whose food source is most likely to live to be fed on again.

herbivores.

3: The Environmental Defense Fund has proposed new forests be planted to absorb this gas.

Carbon dioxide.

4: In a parasitic relationship, this organism doesn't put out chips and soda; it provides nourishment unwillingly.

a host.

5: Fallen branches from these trees are key to nourishing marine ecosystems.

mangroves.
Round 2. Category: "down"
1: This narrow London street runs from Whitehall to St. James Park.

Downing Street.

2: A sensible, practical person is said to be this.

down-to-earth.

3: According to the title of a 1986 film, Nick Nolte was this "in Beverly Hills".

Down and Out.

4: A transmission path for data from a communications satellite to an Earth station.

a downlink.

5: This Chicago-based music magazine was founded in 1934.

Downbeat.
Round 3. Category: wales
1: Caernarvon Castle was the site of his 1969 investiture as Prince of Wales.

Prince Charles.

2: The Welsh flag features this red beast with a forked tongue and tail.

a dragon.

3: Despite a decline in production, it remains Wales' most important mineral resource.

coal.

4: In Laugharne you can visit the grave of this famous poet, as well as his home, the "Boathouse".

Dylan Thomas.

5: This largest city of Wales grew up around a Norman fortress.

Cardiff.
Round 4. Category: toys and games
1: How you pay for your "stamps" in the game of post office.

kisses.

2: Ruth Handler named this doll, introduced in 1959 as a teenage fashion model, for her daughter.

Barbie.

3: This letter has the most tiles in ScrabbleÃ¢Â€Â”12.

E.

4: Liquid plastic used to make "Creepy Crawlers" in the 1960s.

Plasti-Goop.

5: Alfred M. Butts called his game "Criss Cross", but it was redesigned in 1948 and sold under this name.

Scrabble.
Round 5. Category: salad days
1: Salad nicoise contains the ripe, black Nice type of these.

olives.

2: The German type of this salad is served hot and has bacon in its dressing.

potato salad.

3: A traditional Waldorf salad contains cubes of this fruit.

apples.

4: A Waldorf salad usually contains this type of nut.

walnut.

5: This "Belgian" salad ingredient is also called witloof, meaning "white leaf".

endive.
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9min
June 03, 2023Episode 843 - from here to maternity - money songs - hop, skip or jump - women - mind your manners
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 843, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: from here to maternity
1: This French doctor called his childbirth preparation method psychoprophylaxis: mental prevention.

Fernand Lamaze.

2: Doctors can assess an unborn baby's health by testing this fluid that surrounds the fetus.

amniotic fluid.

3: Usually 16 to 24 inches long, this ropelike structure consists of 2 arteries and a vein surrounded by Wharton's jelly.

umbilical cord.

4: This kind of scanning is often performed about 16 to 18 weeks into pregnancy.

ultrasound.

5: A newborn given a 1-minute score of 7-10 on this scale is in excellent condition.

Apgar scale.
Round 2. Category: money songs
1: "Every time it rains, it rains" these.

"Pennies From Heaven".

2: What Teresa Brewer asked someone to do when she wanted "Music! Music! Music!".

put another nickel in, in the nickelodeon.

3: Reason The Beatles said, "I don't care too much for money".

money can't buy me love.

4: This Glen Campbell character had $1.00 and a subway token tucked in his shoe.

the "Rhinestone Cowboy".

5: Lefty Frizzell said, "We'll go honky tonkin"', but only under these terms.

if you've got the money, honey, I've got the time.
Round 3. Category: hop, skip or jump
1: The "ball" that starts a basketball game.

jump.

2: To not attend an event on purpose.

skip.

3: To start your friend's dead car.

jump.

4: Flowers from this vine are used to make beer.

hops.

5: The captain of a curling team.

the skip.
Round 4. Category: women
1: For axing her stepdaughter, in 1899 Martha Place was 1st woman in U.S. executed in one of these.

an electric chair.

2: On May 16, 1975 Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach its peak.

Mount Everest.

3: Cindy Crawford is one of "The Most Unforgettable Women in the World" who wear this makeup brand.

Revlon.

4: In 1940 Ida Fuller received the first government check in this program.

Social Security.

5: Helen Gurley Brown has been the editor of this magazine since 1965.

Cosmopolitan.
Round 5. Category: mind your manners
1: In this sport it's a common courtesy to replace the divots you create.

golf.

2: If a birthday child acknowledges the giver of a gift at the time he opens it, there's no need to send this.

thank you note.

3: "Etiquette for Dummies" says an index finger flat and firm against your upper lip may forestall one of these.

a sneeze.

4: At a formal dinner, don't sit until the host, hostess or this person does.

the guest of honor.

5: Acceptable "finger foods" include bacon, but only if it's crisp, and spears of this vegetable.

asparagus.
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8min
June 02, 2023Episode 842 - i was a teenage... - tough geography - in the backyard - balloons - things to do with carrots
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 842, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: i was a teenage...
1: In 1979 at the age of 18, this "Great One" began playing in the NHL.

Wayne Gretzky.

2: As a teenager and president-yet-to-be this man met JFK in 1963.

Bill Clinton.

3: In his late teens, this "Top Gun" star played a loony military cadet in "Taps".

Tom Cruise.

4: This unfortunate "Lady" was only 15 years old when she began her 9-day reign over England in 1553.

Lady Jane Grey.

5: As a teenager, this current British PM shone as an actor and an athlete at Fettes College in Scotland.

Tony Blair.
Round 2. Category: tough geography
1: Bangkok is the leading port on this gulf, an inlet of the South China Sea.

Gulf of Thailand.

2: This European country's most populous province is Katowice in the south.

Poland.

3: This south Pacific nation has over 800 islands and islets, but Viti Levu and Vanua Levu provide more than 85% of its area.

Fiji.

4: It precedes "kush", which means "killer", in the name of a central Asian mountain range.

Hindu.

5: This area that was created in 1960 and has oil companies licking their chops is dominated by the Brooks Range.

ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge).
Round 3. Category: in the backyard
1: One of these devices stocked with thistle seeds may attract goldfinches.

a birdfeeder.

2: It's a good idea to regularly test the pH and chlorine levels of the water in one of these.

a swimming pool.

3: Children help spread this common lawn weed when they blow off its white, puffy seeds.

dandelion.

4: A craze in the '50s, these bunkers were built in case of nuclear war.

fallout shelters.

5: This game played across a net became a medal sport at the 1992 Olympics.

badminton.
Round 4. Category: balloons
1: Propane-fueled burners provide this to lift balloons; politicians make their own.

Hot air.

2: In 1984 Joe Kittinger in Rosie O' Grady's matched this Lindbergh feat in the Spirit of St. Louis.

Crossing the Atlantic, non-stop and solo.

3: In 1783 Jacques Charles took flight No. 1 of a balloon filled with this gas, atomic No. 1.

Hydrogen.

4: In one type of race the hare takes off first and is "dogged" by competing balloons called these.

Hounds.

5: The basket a balloon carries and its contents are called this, like a rocket's cargo.

Payload.
Round 5. Category: things to do with carrots
1: Have your mom cut your carrots into these for your lunchbox and you can play a "pick up" game with them.

sticks.

2: A man named Mel Blanc crunched carrots while providing the voice of this carrot-loving rabbit.

Bugs Bunny.

3: In February 1999 people in Bethel, Maine made one 113 feet tall with an 8-foot-long "carrot" nose.

a snowman.

4: This popular dessert is usually topped with a cream cheese frosting.

carrot cake.

5: Carrots go into one version of this side dish, shredded cabbage and a mayonnaise-based sauce.

cole slaw.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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