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January 24, 2023Episode 712 - The World Of Lounge - South American Cities - Army, Navy Or Marines - File Under "O" - India
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 712, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Brit Speak
1: It's what a Brit calls his raincoat (or his Apple computer).

a Mac.

2: It's the 4-letter term Londoners use for the subway.

the Tube.

3: Pedestrian crossings like one on Abbey Road are named for this animal.

a zebra.

4: The OED's definitions for this 10-letter slang word include "flabbergasted" and "speechless".

gobsmacked.

5: For sports and working out, you need a good pair of trainers, which are these.

(running) shoes.
Round 2. Category: The Garfield Era
1: 9 days after Garfield's inauguration, Alexander II of this country was assassinated.

Russia.

2: This institute in Alabama opened July 4, 1881 as a school to train black teachers.

Tuskegee Institute.

3: Turkey ceded Thessaly to this country.

Greece.

4: On April 5, 1881 the Treaty of Pretoria granted independence to this country.

South Africa.

5: This British bacteriologist born August 6, 1881 "molded" the lives of future generations.

(Sir Alexander) Fleming.
Round 3. Category: Lightning
1: In the 1931 film, he used lightning to bring his monster to life.

Dr. Frankenstein.

2: Of 25, 50, or 100 miles, the longest length lightning strokes can reach.

100 miles.

3: Florida is a good place to find a fulgurite, most commonly formed when lightning hits this substance.

sand.

4: Aided by lightning each year, 100 million tons of this gas washes into the soil and becomes fertilizer.

nitrogen.

5: The saying that lightning doesn't do this is not strictly accurate; the Empire State Building gets at least 25 hits a year.

strike twice.
Round 4. Category: Holy Blank
1: Bovine.

cow.

2: City in Ohio.

Toledo.

3: Fish of the genus Scomber.

mackerel.

4: Son of Amram and Jochebed.

Moses.

5: Last Supper chalice.

grail.
Round 5. Category: Famous Lasts
1: In 1936 Kentuckian Rainey Bethea was the condemned man in the USA's last public one of these.

Hanging/execution.

2: Mary Kelly, whose body was found in London in November 1888, was his last victim.

Jack the Ripper.

3: Last episode of this TV series was called "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" and ran 2 1/2 hours.

M*A*S*H.

4: On May 26, 1927 the last Ford of this model rolled off the Highland Park, Michigan assembly line.

Model T.

5: He married his 11th and last wife January 11, 1960.

Tommy Manville.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 712, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The World Of Lounge
1: Much lounging is done on this vinyl-covered fabric named for Naugatuck, Connecticut.

Naugahyde.

2: The primo cocktail of the cocktail nation is this one favored by James Bond.

a martini.

3: You can't go wrong if you make this man your model of style and demeanour:"The last thing I need is a dame around me who says she's my wife. You know how I operate.".

Dean Martin.

4: 1996 film that popularized lines like "You're money, baby".

Swingers.

5: With hits like "Somewhere My Love", this bandleader brought a "Ray" of light to '60s lounge.

Ray Conniff.
Round 2. Category: South American Cities
1: In this city's Plaza de Armas, you're walking in the footsteps of Francisco Pizarro.

Lima, Peru.

2: Sou
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January 23, 2023Episode 711 - June 1969 - Wed To The Idea - Name The Playwright - Red, White Or Blue - What The "H" Is It?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 711, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: June 1969
1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras.

soccer/football.

3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months.

Cyprus.

4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in.

Warren Burger.

5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket".

John L. Lewis.
Round 2. Category: Wed To The Idea
1: The sacrament of marriage, it's "holy".

matrimony.

2: "Marry in" this color "and you will always be true", hence the requirement for "something" of it.

blue.

3: Apparel usually tied to the back of the newly-married couple's carriage.

(baby) shoes.

4: Once, a groom paid a sum to the bride's family and she came with a collection of money and property known as this.

a dowry.

5: A married couple may start off as a DINK couple, an acronym for this.

double income, no kids.
Round 3. Category: Name The Playwright
1: "A Doll's House".

Henrik Ibsen.

2: "Summer And Smoke".

Tennessee Williams.

3: "The Sisters Rosensweig".

Wendy Wasserstein.

4: "Rhinoceros".

Eugene Ionesco.

5: "Murder In The Cathedral".

T.S. Eliot.
Round 4. Category: Red, White Or Blue
1: It's a synonym for Bolshevik.

Red.

2: The largest living animal on earth has this color in its name.

a blue whale.

3: The one that's not a label of Johnnie Walker.

White.

4: It's the color of the flag that stops an auto race before the finish.

red.

5: Jack London's follow-up doggie tale to "The Call of the Wild".

White Fang.
Round 5. Category: What The "H" Is It?
1: These phenomena are also known as tropical cyclones.

hurricanes.

2: Hawaii favorite flowering here.

Hibiscus.

3: Das kapital of das Keystone State.

Harrisburg (Pennsylvania).

4: The pagan New Year festival of Samhain evolved into this current observance.

Halloween.

5: The government departments, jurisdiction and authority associated with the Vatican.

the Holy See.
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January 22, 2023Episode 710 - Gravesites - Warren G. Harding - Our Avian Friends - The Dreaded Oprah Category - "My" Songs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 710, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Gravesites
1: This "Believe It or Not" creator is buried in an Odd Fellows cemetery in Santa Rosa, Calif..

(Robert) Ripley.

2: It's true; Sojourner Truth is buried in this Michigan cereal city.

Battle Creek.

3: The grave of the creator of Poor RIchard's Almanack is at this city's Christ Church.

Philadelphia.

4: This American Indian woman's gravesite is in Gravesend, England; she died there in 1617.

Pocohontas.

5: This 1930s criminal pair is buried in Dallas, but he's in one cemetery, she's in another.

Bonnie and Clyde.
Round 2. Category: Warren G. Harding
1: Some claim that Harding coined this alliterative phrase for the leaders of the American Revolution.

Founding Fathers.

2: Harding's veep, he succeeded Harding as president.

Calvin Coolidge.

3: In 1903 Warren was elected lieutenant governor of this state; later he was one of its U.S. senators.

Ohio.

4: It's what Warren Harding's middle initial G. stood for.

Gamaliel.

5: Albert Fall, Harding's secretary of this cabinet dept., took the fall for the Teapot Dome scandal.

Interior.
Round 3. Category: Our Avian Friends
1: Only the extinct 10-foot-tall moas of New Zealand were taller than this 8-foot African bird.

Ostrich.

2: The deepest diver among birds is the emperor species of this bird which may reach depths of 900 feet.

Penguin.

3: This tiny bird drinks nectar at the rate of about 13 licks per second.

Hummingbird.

4: The sapsucker, a group of birds in this family, drills holes in trees to stimulate the flow of sap.

Woodpeckers.

5: The name of this black bird of Asia, a superb mimic of human speech, is from the Sanskrit for "passion".

Mynah bird.
Round 4. Category: The Dreaded Oprah Category
1: Saleswoman Oprah has tote bags specially for the items you saw on this popular segment of her show.

Oprah's Book Club.

2: Healthy Oprah lost 33 lbs. in one of these military-sounding programs with Sgt.--er, trainer Bob Greene.

a boot camp.

3: Career woman Oprah has said marriage wouldn't work with this beau she calls "a traditional black man".

Stedman Graham.

4: Educator Oprah taught a graduate course on leadership at this university based in Evanston.

Northwestern University.

5: Mogul Oprah co-founded this media company, a breath of fresh air with its women's cable network.

Oxygen.
Round 5. Category: "My" Songs
1: This theme from "Titanic" anchored itself to the top of the adult contemporary chart for 10 weeks.

"My Heart Will Go On".

2: According to songwriters Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen, it's what Chicago is.

"My Kind Of Town".

3: (Weird Al delivers the clue.) This parody of a Knack song, which I recorded in a bathroom, was introduced on the Dr. Demento Radio Show.

"My Bologna".

4: Mary Martin became closely identified with this tune after singing it in Cole Porter's "Leave it to Me".

"My Heart Belongs To Daddy".

5: 1991 hit that contains the lines, "I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing...".

"Losing My Religion".
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January 20, 2023Episode 709 - Let's Go To Florida - Army, Navy Or Marines - Bahrain - Approbation - Handy Technology
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 709, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let's Go To Florida
1: You can see a miniature replica of this city's Forbidden City at Splendid China, a park in Kissimmee.

Peking/Beijing.

2: The "Terrors of the Deep" attraction at this park might even scare Shamu.

Sea World.

3: The Cypress Roots Museum traces the history of this famous floral site.

Cypress Gardens.

4: For years Gomek the giant crocodile was the big attraction at this oldest Florida city's alligator farm.

St. Augustine.

5: The Wallendas' poles, rigging and costumes are on view at the Circus Museum in this Florida city.

Sarasota.
Round 2. Category: Army, Navy Or Marines
1: Chester Nimitz.

the Navy.

2: World War I flying ace Frank Luke.

the Army.

3: John Glenn.

the Marines.

4: Roger Staubach.

the Navy.

5: Comedian Drew Carey.

the Marines.
Round 3. Category: Bahrain
1: This Iberian power occupied Bahrain from 1521 until the locals asked for Persian help in 1602.

Portugal.

2: Bahrain is known as this "of the Arabian Gulf", although cultured ones are banned in the market of the same name.

the Pearl.

3: The 5 triangular shapes on the Bahraini flag represent these "foundations" of Islam.

pillars.

4: Bahrain's capital, it shares most of its letters with a Central American country.

Manama.

5: In 1971 Bahrain joined this regional organization that was formed in Cairo in 1945.

the Arab League.
Round 4. Category: Approbation
1: In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river.

Potomac.

2: Fittingly, CNN broke the news in 1997 when this man decided to give $1 billion to the U.N..

Ted Turner.

3: Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons.

land mines.

4: In 1997, 5 decades late, 7 black soldiers received this highest award for bravery during WWII.

the Congressional Medal of Honor.

5: Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved hundreds of Jews in WWII, bears the title "Righteous" this.

Gentile.
Round 5. Category: Handy Technology
1: The Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is a device which plays music in this alphanumeric format.

MP3.

2: "N-Gage" with this company's cell phone, wihch is also a portable game.

Nokia.

3: You can feel your way around a game using the Dualshock controller for this video game console.

PlayStation.

4: This company that sells Dimension computers now sells a GPS system for the Axim PDAs.

Dell.

5: With its Ofoto online service and Easyshare cameras, you'll never have to develop this company's film.

Kodak.
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January 20, 2023Episode 708 - Pugilistic Sobriquets - Did You Notice? - "Hat" Check - Mottos - "Ff"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 708, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Pugilistic Sobriquets
1: Once known as "The Louisville Lip", he later became "The Greatest".

Muhammad Ali.

2: When asked about his future plans, this boxer known as "Iron Mike" said, "I don't know...I might just fade into Bolivian".

Mike Tyson.

3: Lightweight champ Ray Mancini received this nickname that his father also used as a top contender.

"Boom Boom".

4: This nickname of Oscar De La Hoya is the title of a 1939 film with William Holden as a boxer.

Golden Boy.

5: "Killer" nickname of Thomas Hearns, who held world titles in 4 different weight classes.

"Hit Man".
Round 2. Category: Did You Notice?
1: 1 of 3 American League teams with a mascot but no letters on its caps.

(1 of) the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays or Baltimore Orioles).

2: The 1st names of your 2 opponents.

Meg and Sue.

3: To have a Friday the 13th, a month has to start on this day of the week.

Sunday.

4: This album's cover was the 1st on which all 4 Beatles sported mustaches.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

5: 6 of these animals are found on the Cadillac crest.

birds.
Round 3. Category: "Hat" Check
1: Legendary feudin' enemies of the McCoys.

the Hatfields.

2: Ms. McDaniel, an Oscar winner for 1939.

Hattie.

3: Eastern North Carolina cape renowned for treacherous weather.

Hatteras.

4: A car with a hinged rear door.

a hatchback.

5: From Sanskrit, it's literally "force yoga".

hatha.
Round 4. Category: Mottos
1: Completes Kentucky's state motto, "United we stand...".

divided we fall.

2: The surgical unit in this long-running CBS comedy series had the motto, "Best Care, Anywhere".

"M*A*S*H".

3: Per its advertising motto, the insecticide Raid does this.

"Kills Bugs Dead".

4: "All the news that fits" is the motto of this rock music magazine.

"Rolling Stone".

5: The motto of this movie company is "Ars Gratia Artis", or Art for Art's Sake.

MGM.
Round 5. Category: "Ff"
1: This Arizona city was named for an object created there in 1876 for a Fourth of July fair.

Flagstaff.

2: You won't sleep soundly with this in your coffee.

Caffeine.

3: Area bared here:.

Midriff.

4: Variety might report this, abbreviated "B.O.", as boffo.

Box office.

5: During threshing you separate the wheat from it.

Chaff.
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January 19, 2023Episode 707 - Cowboy Life - Bo, Moe Or Po - Hammurabi's Code - "Summer" - 4 Years
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 707, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cowboy Life
1: Nickname given to orphaned calves, sometimes urged to git along.

dogie.

2: To stop one of these, get ahead of the pack and force the cattle to mill in a tightening circle.

a stampede.

3: For the New Book of Knowledge, Gene Autry wrote the article on this cowboy skill.

roping.

4: He takes a green group of cowhands, prepares them for the drive and then leads it.

the trail boss.

5: The spiked wheel on the back of this is called a rowel.

a spur.
Round 2. 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.
Round 3. Category: Hammurabi's Code
1: Rule 200 says if a man knocketh these out of an equal, his shall be knocked out, too.

Teeth.

2: This number is missing from the code's 282 rules; Babylonians thought it was evil and unlucky.

13.

3: Rules 104-106 warn you to be sure to get one of these when dealing with a merchant.

Receipt.

4: If a man hires a substitute to serve for him as one of these and doesn't pay, he's killed and the sub gets his house.

Soldier.

5: If you hired one of these and broke a horn off or cut off its tail, you owe 1/4 of its value in money.

Cow, bull, ox....
Round 4. Category: "Summer"
1: The crookneck or the zucchini, for example.

summer squash.

2: A heels-over-head body roll.

summersault.

3: While it sounds like corporate shares traded in July, it's actually Strawhat Theater.

summer stock.

4: Seals and Crofts had this hit in the fall of 1972.

"Summer Breeze".

5: 1972 book by Roger Kahn about the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1950s.

The Boys of Summer.
Round 5. Category: 4 Years
1: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years.

February.

2: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes.

Marathon.

3: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years.

John Adams.

4: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death.

Dr. Seuss.

5: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these.

Jamborees.
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January 18, 2023Episode 706 - Religious Festivals - The Philadelphia Story - This Land Is Your Land - The National Park System - Crossword Clues: "H"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 706, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Yum Yum!
1: Inspired by the Harry Potter books, these beans come in odd flavors like grass, sardine and earwax.

Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.

2: Introduced in 2002, Slimy Ghoul is a glow-in-the-dark dispenser for this 3-letter candy.

Pez.

3: York introduced these yummy "patties" in 1940, but they weren't distributed nationally until 1975.

peppermint patties.

4: H.B. Reese made Johnny Bars and Lizzie Bars before coming up with these famous "Cups" in the 1930s.

Peanut Butter Cups.

5: Pop Rocks pop in your mouth because they contain bubbles of this gas.

carbon dioxide.
Round 2. Category: Wild West
1: After playing for Queen Victoria, his Wild West Show's billing read "From prairie to palace".

Buffalo Bill (Cody).

2: He killed 21 men and was himself killed at age 21.

Billy the Kid.

3: During the stagecoach era, these birds reportedly sprinted ahead of the coaches at 18 mph.

roadrunners.

4: Slang word for cowboy, from Spanish "vaquero".

buckaroo.

5: Once bigger than Delaware, the King Ranch, largest in the U.S., is located in this state.

Texas.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 706, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Religious Festivals
1: Purim,Sukkot.

Judaism.

2: Assumption,Ascension.

Roman Catholicism.

3: Eid al-Fitr,Laylat al-Qadr.

Islam.

4: Diwali,Holi.

Hinduism.

5: Wesak,Navam.

Buddhism.
Round 2. Category: The Philadelphia Story
1: The city's motto, "Philadelphia maneto", means "Let" this "continue".

Brotherly love.

2: A statue of this film character once stood at the top of the Art Museum steps; now it's outside of the Spectrum.

Rocky Balboa.

3: In the 1770s she lived on Arch Street in Philly, where she and husband John ran an upholstery business.

Betsy Ross.

4: On Market Street, between 5th and 6th, you can see this, which bears an inscription from Leviticus 25:10.

the Liberty Bell.

5: In 1774 this assembly met for the first time in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.

the First Continental Congress.
Round 3. Category: This Land Is Your Land
1: The Golden Gate Bridge is found in this state.

California.

2: You'll find this "Great" 1,700-square-mile body of water in northwest Utah.

the Great Salt Lake.

3: Of the 4 presidents pictured here [rest of clue unavailable].

-----------------------------------.

4: Of Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit, the city that's farthest east.

Pittsburgh.

5: This U.S. island of the north Pacific with a 4-letter name is only about 30 miles long and 8 miles wide.

Guam.
Round 4. Category: The National Park System
1: The former Julia Dent is buried in this memorial with her husband.

Grant's Tomb.

2: To oversimplify, it's a really big hole in the ground in Arizona--1 mile deep and 277 river miles long.

the Grand Canyon.

3: A natl. historic site, the Hubbell Trading Post in Arizona on this tribe's land has been in business since 1878.

the Navajo tribe.

4: Check out the glistening dunes at White Sands National Monument in this state.

New Mexico.

5: Idaho's Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument has several miles of fossil-bearing cliffs along this river.

the Snake River.
Round 5. Category
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January 17, 2023Episode 705 - The Pilgrims - In A Word - -Isms - Salad Days - The Ends In "X" Files
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 705, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Pilgrims
1: Prior to settling in America, the Pilgrims sought religious freedom in Leiden, in this country, in 1609.

Holland (or the Netherlands).

2: He came over on the Mayflower with his wife, Rose, and worked with the Pilgrims; the courtship poem is fictional.

Myles Standish.

3: This last surviving signer of the Mayflower Compact died in 1687; wife Priscilla is believed to have preceded him.

John Alden.

4: This Pawtuxet Indian who taught the Pilgrims how to plant crops is said to have lived in England from 1605 to 1614.

Squanto.

5: A war with the Indians that broke out in 1675 was named for the Wampanoag leader called King this.

Philip.
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: -Isms
1: Betty Friedan was frequently called "The Mother of" this 1960s and '70s movement.

feminism.

2: To keep an industry safe from foreign competition, the government might impose quotas or tariffs, examples of this -ism.

protectionism.

3: Novelist Israel Zangwill was an early leader of this back-to-Palestine movement.

Zionism.

4: Saint-Simon was a founder of the "Christian" type of this, also a movement to redistribute property.

Socialism.

5: Donald Judd and Robert Morris were important figures of this "scaled-down" art movement that began in the '60s.

Minimalism.
Round 4. Category: Salad Days
1: A Waldorf salad usually contains this type of nut.

walnut.

2: This type of lettuce is used to make a Caesar salad.

romaine.

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

endive.

4: Some say this salad of crabmeat on a bed of lettuce in a chili sauce was created at Seattle's Olympic Club.

Crab Louie.

5: This type of orange adds a sweet tang to the classic Chinese chicken salad.

mandarin.
Round 5. Category: The Ends In "X" Files
1: Dude! It's a Keanu movie!.

The Matrix.

2: A 2-tenant dwelling with separate entrances.

duplex.

3: Oh my gosh! It's the most exciting point in a dramatic narrative!.

Climax.

4: This bacterial cattle disease whose name is from the Greek for "coal" can be transmitted to humans.

Anthrax.

5: It can be the highest point in someone's career or the highest point of a building.

Apex.
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January 16, 2023Episode 704 - You Could Hurt Someone - Wine - A "War And Peace" Quiz - Historic Trios - Newspaper Towns
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 704, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You Could Hurt Someone
1: Roy Blunt of Missouri is the majority one in the House of Representatives.

a whip.

2: Playing Lieutenant Howard Hunter, James B. Sikking led this team on "Hill Street Blues".

a SWAT team.

3: A cord used on laundry day in sunny weather.

a clothesline.

4: On a standard computer keyboard it shares a key with the question mark.

a slash.

5: It precedes "Monaco" in this name of a brand owned by Ralph Lauren.

club.
Round 2. Category: Wine
1: Vin Santo, a sweet specialty of this country's Tuscany region, is made with semi-dried grapes.

Italy.

2: The Coonawarra is a top wine region in this down under country.

Australia.

3: The Douro Valley in this country is an important port producer.

Portugal.

4: Lacrima Christi, or "tears of Christ", is made from grapes grown on this Italian volcano.

Vesuvius.

5: The area surrounding this seaport of SW France is the most important fine wine region in the world.

Bordeaux.
Round 3. Category: A "War And Peace" Quiz
1: When it comes to "War And Peace", he wrote the book.

Leo Tolstoy.

2: In Part XI we see "The grand and inevitable event of the abandonment and burning of" this city.

Moscow.

3: First name of Ms. Pavlovna, at whose party the book opens; the author also used it for Ms. Karenina.

Anna.

4: Pierre, a prisoner set to be executed facing one of these, watches 5 die before he is reprieved.

firing squad.

5: Nikolay and Andrey Bolkonsky were princes; Ilya Rostov had this title, 2, 3, 4....

Count.
Round 4. Category: Historic Trios
1: In music history, they're known as "The Three B's".

Bach, Brahms and Beethoven.

2: Crassus, Pompey and this guy made up the first Roman triumvirate.

Caesar.

3: It was the slogan of the French Revolution.

"Liberte, egalite, fraternite".

4: These three men who formed the first triumvirate in 60 B.C. had no official sanction.

Caesar, Crassus and Pompey.

5: With Israel's Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, this man won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize.

(Yasser) Arafat.
Round 5. Category: Newspaper Towns
1: The Arizona Republic.

Phoenix.

2: Pravda,shut down in 1996.

Moscow.

3: The Inquirer,founded 1829.

Philadelphia.

4: Jornal do Brasil.

Rio de Janeiro.

5: The Rocky Mountain News.

Denver.
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January 15, 2023Episode 703 - The Son Also Rises - Retailers' Home States - The University Of... - "O" No! - The Civil War Years
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 703, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Son Also Rises
1: In 2000, after completing his studies at Eton, this heir headed for the jungles of Central America.

Prince William.

2: He directed his dad Walter in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre".

John Huston.

3: Her son Christopher set his first novel, "A Density of Souls", where else but New Orleans.

Anne Rice.

4: This president's son Charles Francis was the third generation of his family serve as minister to Great Britain.

John Quincy Adams.

5: His namesake became mayor of Chicago; another son, William, was Commerce Secretary in the '90s.

Richard Daley.
Round 2. Category: Retailers' Home States
1: CompUSA,Tandy,Southland.

Texas.

2: Walgreen,Spiegel,Sears.

Illinois.

3: Woolworth,Barnes and Noble,Saks.

New York.

4: Safeway,Ralphs,Vons.

California.

5: A and P,Toys "R" Us,Pathmark.

New Jersey.
Round 3. Category: The University Of...
1: Its logo shows the same tree as on the state flag.

South Carolina.

2: Aside from this school's main campus, it has branches in Southhaven and Tupelo.

the University of Mississippi.

3: The incoming freshmen of 2001 at this Philadelphia university had averaged 1,412 on their SATs.

the University of Pennsylvania.

4: Pope Boniface VIII founded it in 1303.

the University of Rome.

5: It has an Eastern Shore campus in the town of Princess Anne.

the University of Maryland.
Round 4. Category: "O" No!
1: The word that opens the Lord's Prayer.

our.

2: From Chinese for "black dragon", it's tea that's partly fermented before drying.

oolong.

3: This London theatre was once known as the Royal Victoria.

the Old Vic.

4: An overstuffed, armless sofa, whether or not you bought it in Turkey.

an ottoman.

5: Last name of Ambrosio and Bernardo, father and son politicians of Chile.

O'Higgins.
Round 5. Category: The Civil War Years
1: This 4-word motto was first stamped on U.S. coins during the war, in 1864.

In God We Trust.

2: U.S. diplomat Charles Francis Adams. this president's son, sought to keep the British neutral.

John Quincy Adams.

3: "Little Women" author who became famous when letters she wrote as a Civil War nurse were published in 1863.

Alcott.

4: In 1861 the war ended his career as a steamboat pilot; he adopted his famous pseudonym 2 years later.

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens).

5: This county with a famous Court House hosted the main event of April 9, 1865 and is reenacting it in April 2015.

Appomattox.
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