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February 12, 2023Episode 731 - Red - "A" "B" "C"S - 20Th Century Inventions - The Sweet Spot - Do You Come Here Often?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 731, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Red
1: Founded by Clara Barton, this organization provides help in emergencies.

the Red Cross.

2: The name of this cosmetic that can turn your cheeks red mean "red".

rouge.

3: The people who hold this office are addressed as "Your Eminence" and wear red hats.

cardinals.

4: They make borscht red.

beets.

5: In "Grimm's Fairy Tales", she's Snow White's sister.

Rose Red.
Round 2. Category: "A" "B" "C"S
1: After a day of sunbathing, your mother might tell you you're as "red as" this vegetable.

a beet.

2: This Oriental pain-relieving method will have you on pins and needles, so to speak.

acupuncture.

3: The letters of this magic word were once worn on an amulet to ward off trouble.

abracadabra.

4: It's probably the only element to have a whole branch of chemistry devoted to it: organic chemistry.

carbon.

5: It's a synonym for beginning, or another term for a graduation ceremony.

commencement.
Round 3. Category: 20Th Century Inventions
1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Profession of Bob Burnside, who invented the following for his work:.

Lifeguard.

2: In 1996 the FDA approved Renova, the 1st prescription drug that claims to remove these.

Wrinkles.

3: In 1926 the 1st household pop-up one of these was marketed by the McGraw Electric Company.

Toaster.

4: In 1916 Northam Warren created the first liquid type of this, Cutex.

Nail Polish.

5: Dutch firm credited with inventing the compact audiocassette in 1963.

Phillips.
Round 4. Category: The Sweet Spot
1: 2-word term for benzosulfamide or aspartame, for example.

artificial sweetener.

2: You'd be wrong, but not alone in calling these yams.

sweet potatoes.

3: In "Peanuts" it's Sally's term of endearment for Linus.

"My Sweet Baboo".

4: It's the title of the 1970 album on which you can hear the song "Fire and Rain".

"Sweet Baby James".

5: In 1959 Elia Kazan directed this Tennessee Williams play.

Sweet Bird of Youth.
Round 5. Category: Do You Come Here Often?
1: Bring your pet to the USA's National Cathedral on Oct. 4 for "The Blessing of the Animals" for this saint's feast day.

St. Francis of Assisi.

2: Parents and kids gather each year at the White House for this event held on the Monday after Easter.

the Easter Egg Roll.

3: Hindi faithful make regular pilgrimages to and bathe in this 1,560-mile river of Northern India.

the Ganges.

4: In the 1820s thirsty explorers found an oasis here, Spanish for "the meadows"; 30 million now visit every year.

Las Vegas.

5: Traditionally, crowds gather in New Orleans and party hearty before this first day of Lent.

Ash Wednesday.
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February 11, 2023Episode 730 - Bear Feat - "Z" Abbreviations - Tv Occupations - The Contest - "Pun" Day
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 730, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bear Feat
1: At about 9 feet and 1,700 pounds, this large bear shares its name with an Alaskan island.

Kodiak.

2: The Asiatic black bear also bears the beary nice name of these Indian mountains where it dwells.

Himalayas.

3: Often named Bruin, this species is the most likely to be found in children's stories of Europe and Asia.

Brown bear.

4: This smallest bear species bears the name of a heavenly object.

Sun bear.

5: Spectacled bears are the only species found on this continent.

South America.
Round 2. 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 3. Category: Tv Occupations
1: Cliff Huxtable, Richard Kimble and Galen Adams.

physicians (doctors).

2: Benson DuBois, Giles French and Lurch.

butlers.

3: Charlie Moore, Gabe Kotter and Robinson Peepers.

teachers.

4: Jack Tripper, Wishbone and Hop Sing.

chefs.

5: Leland McKenzie, Ben Matlock and Bentley Gregg.

lawyers.
Round 4. Category: The Contest
1: 1984 Walter Mondale got his 13 electoral votes by winning D.C. and this state.

Minnesota.

2: In 1998 Rabbit Hash, Kentucky elected Goofy, one of these, as mayor; sadly, the mayor had to be "put down" in 2001.

a dog.

3: Peter Ueberroth finished sixth in a 2003 race for this state's highest office, just ahead of Larry Flynt.

California.

4: This George W. Bush Cabinet member lost his 2000 Senate race to a man who died a month before the election.

John Ashcroft.

5: In 1884 a booster's attack on democratic "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion" backfired on this Down Easter.

James Blaine.
Round 5. Category: "Pun" Day
1: A small hole or wound made by a sharp object.

a puncture.

2: Strong smelling or strong tasting.

pungent.

3: Lately this word has come to mean a TV talking head on political topics.

pundit.

4: A young rebel, or something to light fireworks.

a punk.

5: It precedes "Arenas" in the name of a Chilean city, one of the southernmost in the world.

Punta.
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February 10, 2023Episode 729 - Bits And Pieces - Name That Pope - "Tt"S Me - Eat Your Veggies! - "Pop" Culture
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 729, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let's "Split"
1: A house with floors that differ by about half a story.

split-level.

2: These singing and dancing animals hosted their own Saturday morning "Adventure Hour" from 1968 to 1970.

the Banana Splits.

3: On May 25, 2000 Sony investors suddenly had twice as many shares thanks to one of these actions.

stock split.

4: It could be slang for a town where divorced people live.

splitsville.

5: In football, you'll find them outside the offensive tackles or when the quarterback has a bad hair day.

split ends.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 729, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bits And Pieces
1: In addition to the cradle and handset, older ones of these included finger holes and a finger stop.

Telephones.

2: A 1998 32-cent stamp shows a woman as this type of performer in an "Attitude Derriere" pose.

ballet dancer.

3: Spankers, jiggers and jibs are types of these.

sails.

4: The spells of the magician in this Johnny Hart comic strip usually backfire...if they work at all.

The Wizard of Id.

5: In a compass, this swings on the pivot.

needle.
Round 2. Category: Name That Pope
1: This second pope shares his name with a male friend of Charlie Brown (but not the blanket).

Linus.

2: He was the first pope who wasn't born in Italy.

Saint Peter.

3: This name taken by 8 popes means of or relating to a city.

Urban.

4: His reign as pope, 34 days long, was the shortest in modern history.

John Paul I.

5: In 1964 this pope canonized 22 Christian Ugandan martyrs killed in the 19th century.

Paul VI.
Round 3. Category: "Tt"S Me
1: "Imitation is the sincerest form of" it.

Flattery.

2: This rocker is the leader of the Heartbreakers.

Tom Petty.

3: A diplomatic official, or his briefcase.

Attache.

4: On a male North American turkey it's that long, loose piece of red flesh that hangs from its neck.

Wattle.

5: It's the text of an opera, as opposed to the music.

Libretto.
Round 4. Category: Eat Your Veggies!
1: In the 1970s horticulturists developed sugar snaps by crossing the snow and green varieties of this.

peas.

2: If chives were chive talkin' they'd mention they were part of this veggie's family.

onions.

3: If these are too hot, drink milk: casein in milk wipes away capsaicin, the fiery compound that gives them heat.

chilies (chili peppers).

4: The French know this purple pear-shaped vegetable as an aubergine.

eggplant.

5: Red globes are radishes; yellow and white globes are varieties of this veggie.

onion.
Round 5. Category: "Pop" Culture
1: Fruit-flavored ice on one or 2 sticks.

popsicle.

2: Easy infield out in a baseball game.

a pop fly.

3: The Brits call it an ice lolly; we call it this.

a popsicle.

4: You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls.

poppy seeds.

5: It was the nickname of Eddie Egan, the cop whose life was the basis of "The French Connection".

"Popeye".
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February 09, 2023Episode 728 - Let's Put On An Opera! - Oscar Night 2005 - The Farmer In The Dell - Haiti - Put "It"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 728, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let's Put On An Opera!
1: We hope our tardy cellists show up for this instrumental prelude to the opera.

Overture.

2: We'll let Uncle Charlie be a "carrier" of one of these in the battle scene.

Spear carrier.

3: Let's move the duel upstage so no one falls onto the musicians in this area.

Orchestra pit.

4: We've got basses, we've got tenors, but we can't find one of these like the guy on the CD[audio clip].

Baritone.

5: From dealing with Betsy, I know why this 2-word Italian term can mean a diva or a real pain.

Prima donna.
Round 2. Category: Oscar Night 2005
1: Pulling no punches, it won awards for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actor and Director.

Million Dollar Baby.

2: On accepting his award for Best Actor, Jamie Foxx thanked this man "for living".

Ray Charles.

3: Sandy Powell must have been flying high after winning the Oscar for Costume Design for this film.

The Aviator.

4: Original Screenplay honors went to... I can't remember... ah, yes, the writers of this Jim Carrey-Kate Winslet film.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

5: Acknowledged for making such great movies as "Equus", "The Verdict" and "12 Angry Men", he received an honorary award.

Sidney Lumet.
Round 3. Category: The Farmer In The Dell
1: This bovine that's mentioned could star in "Farmer in the Dell: The Moovie".

Cow.

2: At the end of the song, it "stands alone".

The cheese.

3: The smallest creature in the rhyme; I'm beginning to smell one....

Rat.

4: Hi-ho the derry-o, it takes the cat.

Dog.

5: Of a flat plain, a small valley or the morning, what "the dell" is.

A small valley.
Round 4. Category: Haiti
1: This Haitian religion combines elements of Roman Catholicism and West African tribal religions.

Voodoo.

2: The 1st European structure on Haiti was a fort built from timbers of his wrecked flagship.

Columbus.

3: This South American liberator spent time as an exile in Haiti.

Simon Bolivar.

4: Haiti's "royal" capital city.

Port-au-Prince.

5: Made governor-general for life in January 1804, he declared himself emperor in September.

Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Jean Jacques I).
Round 5. Category: Put "It"
1: This command tells your dog it's confined to hindquarters.

Sit.

2: A homer, a murder or a visit to a World Wide Web site.

Hit.

3: Look a gift horse in the mouth and you'll see this part of its bridle.

Bit.

4: To move swiftly, like a butterfly, or a brand of insecticide.

Flit.

5: A Monty Python sketch honored the "Upper-Class" one "Of The Year".

Twit.
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February 08, 2023Episode 727 - I Want Candy! - Great People Of History - Punctuation Marks - Nonsense Words - The Law
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 727, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Radio Heroes
1: Don Ameche's brother Jim was one of the 1st actors to play this "All-American Boy".

Jack Armstrong.

2: On "Superman" Gary Merrill played this caped crusader.

Batman.

3: This show "came on" with the sounds of sirens, machine gun fire and marching feet.

Gang Busters.

4: Sergeant Preston's show was brought to you by this cereal "Shot from Guns".

(Quaker) Puffed Wheat.

5: This show featured the adventures of a rancher/pilot and his niece Penny.

Sky King.
Round 2. Category: Baseball In The '60s
1: This Braves slugger hit 375 of his 755 career home runs in the 1960s.

Hank Aaron.

2: On May 8, 1968 this "fishy" Oakland A's pitcher threw the only A.L. perfect game of the 1960s.

Catfish Hunter.

3: In 1968 this Cincinnati Reds player became the first catcher ever named Rookie of the Year.

Johnny Bench.

4: This St. Louis Cardinals pitcher was named MVP of the 1964 and 1967 World Series.

(Bob) Gibson.

5: In 1967 this Red Sox outfielder became the last Major Leaguer to win hitting's Triple Crown.

Yastrzemski.
Round 3. Category: When Benjy Was Prez
1: Toward the end of Benjamin Harrison's term, this man was elected president of the U.S. for a second time.

Grover Cleveland.

2: On August 24, 1891 he filed a patent for his motion picture camera.

Thomas Edison.

3: Founded by John D. Rockefeller, the university of this city opened in 1891 on land donated by Marshall Field.

University of Chicago.

4: The federal government began construction on one of these in Fort Leavenworth.

federal penitentiary/prison.

5: Paleontologist Eugene Dubois found fossil evidence of Pithecanthus erectus on this island.

Java (Java Man).
Round 4. Category: Paul Mccartney
1: On meeting this man, Paul asked to join his band, the Quarrymen.

John Lennon.

2: In January 1980 Paul was arrested for drug possession in this Asian capital.

Tokyo.

3: Of John, James, Elvis or Ringo, Paul McCartney's real first name.

James.

4: This superstar was Paul's duet partner for 1983's "Say Say Say".

Michael Jackson.

5: In a No. 1 song by Wings, "With" this "we can help it out, we can make this whole damn thing work out".

a little luck.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 727, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: I Want Candy!
1: Invented in 1948, the first dispenser for this candy resembled a lighter, to encourage people to quit smoking.

Pez.

2: These "tiny, tangy crunchy" candies from Wonka have a geeky name.

Nerds.

3: This word, a synonym for chewy, is found before "worms" and "bears" in the names of candy.

gummy.

4: Introduced in England in 1968, this candy bar is a caramel-coated shortbread cookie that's covered in chocolate.

Twix.

5: This British chocolatier makes a dairy milk bar as well as a milk tray.

Cadbury.
Round 2. Category: Great People Of History
1: Aristotle was a tutor of this world conqueror.

Alexander the Great.

2: It's the more familiar way that Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great is known.

Charlemagne.

3: King Darius the Great of this empire sent an army into Greece in 490 B.C., but it was defeated at Marathon.

the Persian Empire.

4: A prolific fighter and builder, he ruled Egypt from
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February 07, 2023Episode 726 - Nautical Trivia - Loni, Donny Or Yanni - Biblical Zoo - Club Hoppin' - Music In "Black" And "White"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 726, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nautical Trivia
1: Sailors once believed tattoos of pigs and roosters would prevent this, since both hated water.

drowning.

2: "Fiddler's Green" is where old sailors go after doing this.

dying.

3: If you're on a "Nantucket sleigh ride", 1 of these is pulling your boat.

whale.

4: A "crimp"s criminal specialty was doing this to sailors--even if they didn't end up in China.

Shanghaiing them.

5: San Francisco's infamous harbor district, it was the setting and title of a 1975 William Shatner TV series.

Barbary Coast.
Round 2. Category: Loni, Donny Or Yanni
1: Once married to Burt Reynolds.

Loni Anderson.

2: Hit No. 1 on the charts with "Go Away Little Girl".

Donny Osmond.

3: Wowed 'em at the Acropolis in September 1993.

Yanni.

4: Receptionist for "WKRP in Cincinnati".

Loni Anderson.

5: Born in Kalamata in 1954.

Yanni.
Round 3. Category: Biblical Zoo
1: In Luke 13:32, Jesus likened sly King Herod to 1 of these animals.

a fox.

2: It returned to Noah's ark with an olive leaf in its mouth.

dove.

3: The book of Amos says this animal "hath roared, who will not fear?".

the lion.

4: Symbolic animals in the KJV include the dragon and this single-horned animal mentioned in Numbers 23:22.

a unicorn.

5: The curtains of the Tabernacle were made of the hair of this animal that Jesus separated from the sheep.

goats.
Round 4. Category: Club Hoppin'
1: Are you ready to rumba? Head for the rumba room at this California theme park's Citywalk.

Universal Studios.

2: Tongues are wagging that Tongue and Groove on Peachtree Rd. is one of this city's top nightspots.

Atlanta.

3: For years you could find Pete Fountain playing the clarinet at his own club on Poydras St. in this Southern city.

New Orleans.

4: Perhaps because of its wall of fire, Rumjungle in this "Bay" hotel has been called "the hottest club in Vegas".

Mandalay Bay.

5: "Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits" at a Sunday gospel brunch at one of these clubs nicknamed HOB.

the House of Blues.
Round 5. Category: Music In "Black" And "White"
1: Marty Robbins wore it with "a pink carnation".

a white sport coat.

2: In a 1942 hit, this "has me in its spell".

that old black magic.

3: In 1965, pianist Horst Jankowski took a walk up the charts with "A Walk In" this German location.

the Black Forest.

4: Completes "The moon was all aglow and heaven was in your eyes, the night that you told me those...".

little white lies.

5: 1966 order from the Rolling Stones to an artist.

paint it black.
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February 06, 2023Episode 725 - Dance Fever - The Foot - "Ck" - Animal Young 'Uns - You Know What They Say...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 725, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 725, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Dance Fever
1: When you swing your partner and do-si-do.

square dancing.

2: '60s spud crusher.

the mashed potato.

3: Travolta and Debra Wing-ed their way around Gilley's, popularizing this.

Western two-step (Texas two-step).

4: B-boys do it, rappers rhyme to it, DJs control it.

break dancing.

5: Original version of this dance was only record to hit #1 two different times, in 1960 and 1962.

"The Twist".
Round 2. Category: The Foot
1: Your foot touches the ground only at the heel and the ball, unless this is "fallen".

arch.

2: Named for a Greek warrior, it runs from the heel bone to the calf muscle.

Achilles tendon.

3: Describing humans, it's from the Latin for "two-footed".

bipedal.

4: A wedge-shaped bone in the foot, it's also the term for ancient wedge-shaped writing.

cuneiform.

5: Like your thumb, an ape's big toe is this, meaning it can be moved toward the other digits.

opposable.
Round 3. Category: "Ck"
1: The "culture" type is emotional disruption caused by living in a society not one's own.

Shock.

2: Edmund Bergler, credited with inventing the term "writer's" this, must not have felt it -- he wrote several books.

Block.

3: A metal measuring rod that's poked into a car's crankcase.

Dipstick.

4: They're barrel's 2 partners in an expression meaning "the whole thing".

Lock and stock.

5: Athletic position in which the thighs are against the chest and the arms wrap around the shins.

Tuck.
Round 4. Category: Animal Young 'Uns
1: The zebra.

Colt.

2: The kangaroo.

Joey.

3: The rhinoceros.

Calf.

4: The squirrel.

Babies/infants.

5: The turkey.

Poult/chick.
Round 5. Category: You Know What They Say...
1: It's an Oreo enthusiast's version of "That's the way the ball bounces".

That's the way the cookie crumbles.

2: Guess correctly you've "hit" this "on the head".

nail.

3: "He who laughs last, laughs best" and "He who" does this "is lost".

hesitates.

4: They "come in threes", "must come to an end" and "come to those who wait".

good things.

5: For centuries fraidy-cats have insisted that this "is the better part of valor".

discretion.
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February 05, 2023Episode 724 - Things - Chldren's Literature - Starts With "E" - News 1991 - If You Can't Say Something Nice
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 724, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Things
1: You throw down a gauntlet to issue a challenge and throw this in to concede defeat.

towel.

2: After Eddie George won this football trophy in 1995, one of its fingers broke in an airport x-ray machine.

Heisman Trophy.

3: That little square or triangular flag on a sailboat's mast indicates the direction of this.

the wind.

4: This company's ThinkPad features a "butterfly" keyboard.

IBM.

5: Pedal-equipped conveyance that's the specialty of circusdom's King Charles Troupe.

a unicycle.
Round 2. Category: Chldren's Literature
1: The name of these J.R.R. Tolkien Middle-earth dwellers may have been suggested by Lewis' "Babbitt".

hobbits.

2: Her curiosity at seeing a rabbit with a waistcoat and pocket watch leads her down the rabbit hole.

Alice.

3: She is taken by her Aunt Dete to live with her grandfather on a peak named the Alm.

Heidi.

4: On an 1865 trip to Europe, she met a Polish youth on whom she modeled Laurie in "Little Women".

(Louisa May) Alcott.

5: The little locomotive in this Watty Piper book says "I think I can-I think I can".

The Little Engine That Could.
Round 3. Category: Starts With "E"
1: Anything relating to "Good Queen Bess" is known by this adjective.

Elizabethan.

2: The ES in ESP stands for this kind of perception, which we don't have to tell you if you have it.

Extra Sensory.

3: The Greek god of erotic love.

Eros.

4: Thousands of years ago in Egypt, "Cleopatra's Mines" were a source of these gems.

emeralds.

5: International language known by the pseudonym of its inventor, L.L. Zamenhof.

Esperanto.
Round 4. Category: News 1991
1: In April 1991 The Washington Post pointed out that this chief of staff seemed to fly free a lot.

John Sununu.

2: In August 1991 Shannon Lucid became the first U.S. woman to spend more than 430 hours here.

Space.

3: A 6,000-pound segment of this was put on display at the Reagan Library.

Berlin Wall.

4: On August 9, 1991, General Joseph Hoar replaced this man as chief of the U.S. Central Command.

Norman Schwarzkopf.

5: "60 Minutes" spent 14 of its minutes in a tribute to this newsman, August 11, 1991.

Harry Reasoner.
Round 5. Category: If You Can't Say Something Nice
1: On April 4, 1940 Neville Chamberlain said that this dictator had "missed the bus".

Adolf Hitler.

2: Margot Asquith said of Lloyd George, "He could not see" one of these "without hitting below it".

Belt.

3: Bartletts quotes this comedian: "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception".

Groucho Marx.

4: "I can sometimes deal with men as equals and therefore can afford to like them", she wrote in Ms..

Gloria Steinem.

5: Simon Cameron said "An honest" one of these "is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought".

Politician.
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February 04, 2023Episode 723 - Food Phrases - Laws And Rules - Oh, The Places You'll Go! - "Oops" - Sunken Ships
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 723, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Food Phrases
1: The saying "That's the way" this "crumbles" became popular in the fabulous '50s.

a cookie.

2: If a Frenchman calls you "mon petit chou", meaning this, it might go to your head.

my little cabbage.

3: A perfectly placid person is "as cool as" this member of gourd family.

a cucumber.

4: If you're really "a la mode", you keep your house in this kind of order.

apple pie.

5: Exodus 3:8 mentions "a land flowing with" these 2 things.

milk and honey.
Round 2. Category: Laws And Rules
1: He systematized the rules for whist, then backgammon, then chess....

Hoyle.

2: Under the laws of physics, when raised to 100Â° C. at sea level, water will do this.

boil.

3: His detective Holmes scrupulously followed the rules of deductive reasoning.

Arthur Conan Doyle.

4: According to the rules of fencing, this sword's target area is only the torso.

foil.

5: Under Jewish law, he is the person who performs the circumcision ritual.

mohel.
Round 3. Category: Oh, The Places You'll Go!
1: It's the country where you'd find Wahoo Bay Beach, Barbancourt Rum Distillery and Blvd. Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

Haiti.

2: Fairy tales can come true in Odense, Denmark when you visit the home and museum of this author.

Hans Christian Andersen.

3: In this city you can visit a tattoo museum, a sex museum and the Rijksmuseum all in one day.

Amsterdam.

4: The beautiful Butchart Gardens is one of the top draws in this capital of British Columbia.

Victoria.

5: At the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, you can see these famous white horses perform.

Lipizzaner stallions.
Round 4. Category: "Oops"
1: Kellogg's makes "Froot" ones.

Loops.

2: Cries of a crane, or a cry when you drop something, butterfingers!.

Whoops.

3: Soldiers trained to lead an attack are called shock these.

Troops.

4: They keep a barrel's staves together.

Hoops.

5: It's what Oliver Goldsmith's woman does "to conquer".

Stoops.
Round 5. Category: Sunken Ships
1: The anchor of this Civil War ironclad was recovered off the N. Carolina coast in 1983.

the Monitor.

2: A monument above the final resting place of this battleship was dedicated at Pearl Harbor in 1962.

the Arizona.

3: Germany justified the May 7, 1915 sinking of this ship by saying it carried munitions.

the Lusitania.

4: The bow of the Stockholm, constructed to cut through ice, cut through the side of this liner in 1956.

the Andrea Doria.

5: The Mary Rose, a ship built for this king in 1510, sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982.

Henry VIII.
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February 03, 2023Episode 751 - Lakes And Rivers - Music In "Black" And "White" - Autumn Leaves - '90s Oscar Winners - Dude, Where's My Czar?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 751, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Lakes And Rivers
1: 1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River.

Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City.

2: Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal.

Loch Ness.

3: It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon.

the Colorado River.

4: This lake in Manitoba, Ontario and Minnesota is a remnant of an extinct glacial lake.

Lake of the Woods.

5: This river rises in the Black Forest and empties into the Black Sea.

the Danube.
Round 2. Category: Music In "Black" And "White"
1: Marty Robbins wore it with "a pink carnation".

a white sport coat.

2: In a 1942 hit, this "has me in its spell".

that old black magic.

3: In 1965, pianist Horst Jankowski took a walk up the charts with "A Walk In" this German location.

the Black Forest.

4: Completes "The moon was all aglow and heaven was in your eyes, the night that you told me those...".

little white lies.

5: 1966 order from the Rolling Stones to an artist.

paint it black.
Round 3. Category: Autumn Leaves
1: Autumn 1893:This composer's death in St. Petersburg leaves rumors of suicide.

Tchaikovsky.

2: Though he died near Louisville in Autumn 1980, this honorary colonel still leaves a good taste in our mouths.

Colonel Sanders.

3: October 1972:This ballplayer leaves the epitaph "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives".

Jackie Robinson.

4: October 1964:His death at age 90 leaves Eisenhower and Truman as the only living ex-presidents.

Herbert Hoover.

5: November 2001:This musician leaves a son, Dhani.

George Harrison.
Round 4. Category: '90s Oscar Winners
1: His 12 nominations for movies of the decade produced 1 win, Best Original Score for Ã¢Â€ÂœSchindler's ListÃ¢Â€Â.

John Williams.

2: He won his first Oscar for directing Ã¢Â€ÂœUnforgivenÃ¢Â€Â.

Clint Eastwood.

3: She won for not saying much as Ada McGrath in Ã¢Â€ÂœThe PianoÃ¢Â€Â.

Holly Hunter.

4: Susan Sarandon won for Ã¢Â€ÂœDead Man WalkingÃ¢Â€Â and he won for Ã¢Â€ÂœLeaving Las VegasÃ¢Â€Â, which could have had the same title.

Nicolas Cage.

5: Some didn't applaud the honorary Oscar to this Ã¢Â€ÂœStreetcarÃ¢Â€Â director and HUAC witness.

(Elia) Kazan.
Round 5. Category: Dude, Where's My Czar?
1: Czar means "emperor", and is derived from this Latin word, the formal title of several Roman rulers.

Caesar.

2: One of those who killed this "mad monk" was a cousin of Nicholas II, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich.

Rasputin.

3: The first Russian to hold the title Czar, he was proclaimed Grand Prince of Moscow in 1533.

Ivan the Terrible.

4: Maximilian Schell starred in an Emmy-winning 1986 mini-series about this reformist czar.

Peter the Great.

5: Michael was the czar who ruled Russia from 1613 to 1645 and founded this dynasty.

the Romanov.
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