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June 22, 2024Episode 1229 - Raleigh - The 3 - Double "z" - Another shot at the title - Remember the titans
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1229, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Raleigh
1: In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh was tried and convicted of this for plotting to dethrone the king.
treason.
2: Raleigh introduced this tuber into Ireland; seemed like a good idea at the time.
the potato.
3: In 1569 Raleigh fought in France on the side of these French Protestants.
the Huguenots.
4: A poet himself, Raleigh encouraged this man to publish "The Faerie Queene".
Edmund Spenser.
5: In 1600 Raleigh was appointed governor of Jersey, part of this island group.
the Channel Islands.
Round 2. Category: The 3
1: The 3 Shakespeare plays whose titles are the names of famous couples.
Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida and Antony and Cleopatra.
2: The 3 West Coast states between Canada and Mexico.
California, Oregon and Washington.
3: The 3 U.S. manned capsule space flight programs before the Space Shuttle took over.
Gemini, Mercury and Apollo.
4: The 3 people to play Batman in live-action films of the 1990s.
Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.
5: The 3 countries whose names in English begin with "J".
Jamaica, Japan and Jordan.
Round 3. Category: Double Z. With Z in quotes
1: In 2005 one of these people crashed his car into Lindsay Lohan's.
the paparazzi.
2: This 2-word phrase for a large vehicle with poor fuel economy became popular in the 1970s.
gas guzzler.
3: Meteorologically speaking, it's a very light rain in which the droplets are less than 1/50" in diameter.
a drizzle.
4: This adjective refers to tightly kinked hair.
frizzy.
5: It means "snout", or a device used to cover a snout to prevent biting.
a muzzle.
Round 4. Category: Another Shot At The Title
1: Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber for the 2016 Ladies' Singles title at this event, but Angelique got her revenge in 2018.
Wimbledon.
2: After losing to the Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals, in 2016 LeBron and co. beat them to bring this city its first NBA title.
Cleveland.
3: After 5 previous World Series losses to these crosstown rivals, in 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat them for the title.
the New York Yankees.
4: Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967, Muhammad Ali won it back with a KO of this champ in 1974's Rumble in the Jungle.
George Foreman.
5: After losing to Toronto in 1918, this team won its first NHL title the next year and has now won more than any other team.
the Montreal Canadiens.
Round 5. Category: Remember The Titans
1: Aeschylus wrote of this "bound" Titan who was a hero to humankind.
Prometheus.
2: Mnemosyne, the Titan goddess of memory, was also the mother of these inspirational goddesses.
the Muses.
3: Goddess of the Earth, was was the mother of the Titans.
Gaia.
4: The youngest of the Titans, he found time to father the Olympians.
Kronos.
5: A South American birdie told me this Titan was Zeus' mother and mother-in-law.
Rhea.
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June 21, 2024Episode 1228 - The very old east - All saints days - "log" jam - That's show biz - Bring your "a" game
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1228, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Very Old East
1: Some 15 million years ago, what's now this country moved away from east Asia, and the same-named sea opened in its wake.
Japan.
2: This subcontinent collided with Eurasia some 40 to 50 million years ago.
India.
3: A long, long time ago, protoceratops roamed what's now this desert of China and Mongolia.
the Gobi.
4: The Himalayas became Earth's tallest mountains during this geologic epoch just before our current one.
the Pleistocene.
5: This first known Homo erectus specimen was discovered in the 1890s in what's now Indonesia.
Java Man.
Round 2. Category: All Saints Days
1: October 18: This third evangelist.
Luke.
2: October 4: This birdman of Assisi.
Francis.
3: December 29: This man for whom it was a bad day in the cathedral.
(Thomas à) Becket.
4: June 24: This man who had a good head on his shoulders before he met Salome.
John the Baptist.
5: June 22: This all-seasonable Sir.
(Thomas) More.
Round 3. Category: Log Jam. With Log in quotes
1: What's that noise? Oh, it's this wooden shoe dance; go, Grandma, go.
a clog dance.
2: To terminate communication with a computer system; please do it every night before you leave the office.
log out.
3: An accumulation of work or customer orders that should have been dealt with already.
backlog.
4: In mathematics, it's the exponent to which a base is raised.
logarithm.
5: Someone who completely buys into a belief of set of doctrines and follows it to the letter.
an ideologue.
Round 4. Category: That'S Show Biz
1: The 1966 film "Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo" is better known as this in the U.S..
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
2: In 2021 Jason Sudeikis let his daughter shave the mustache he wears as this title soccer coach.
Ted Lasso.
3: Ironically, Mel Blanc, who voiced Bugs Bunny, was allergic to these and would spit them out after recording a take.
carrots.
4: He wrote the first draft of his musical "In the Heights" when he was still in college.
(Lin-Manuel) Miranda.
5: Maybe he won an Oscar for "Syriana" in 2006 because he was in bed with host Jon Stewart (in the opening).
George Clooney.
Round 5. Category: Bring Your A Game. With A in quotes
1: This artery branches off into the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with blood.
the aorta.
2: The city of Hopewell in eastern Virginia is bounded by the James and this "Court House" river.
the Appomattox.
3: There are 441 red cards and 63 green cards in this Mattel game of comparisons.
Apples to Apples.
4: Give him a beer! This patriot became tax collector of Boston in 1756.
Samuel Adams.
5: "Valhalla" is a recent entry in this video game series with a killer title.
Assassin's Creed.
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June 20, 2024Episode 1227 - The missing man - The reformation - The new york knocks - Last words - It sounds like
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Missing Man
1: Aboard Apollo 11:Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin.
(Michael) Collins.
2: In a famous double-play combo:Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers.
Frank Chance.
3: In the name of an optical products company:John Jacob Bausch.
(Henry) Lomb.
4: In a legendary trio:Balthazar, Melchior.
Caspar.
5: On an 1896 Republican presidential ticket:Garret A. Hobart.
McKinley.
Round 2. Category: The Reformation
1: This king's demand for an annulment aided the spread of the Reformation to England.
Henry VIII.
2: Some reformers insisted that this initiatory rite be performed not on infants but on adults who had made a choice.
baptism.
3: The Reformation's greatest leaders were Martin Luther in Germany and this Geneva-based Frenchman.
Calvin.
4: Contrary to church doctrine, the Reformation declared that grace was a reward for this, not for works.
faith.
5: Around 1545 the Catholic Church launched this movement to oppose the Protestants.
the Counter-Reformation.
Round 3. Category: The New York Knocks
1: Anyone from Boston will tell you the New England type of this, with milk, tops Manhattan's, with tomatoes.
chowder.
2: The title of this Broadway musical that opened on May 5, 1955 makes its feelings about the local baseball team quite apparent.
Damn Yankees.
3: Tough times at this arena, the "Mecca of Basketball", as even Pixar dunked on the Knicks in "Soul", explaining decades of futility.
Madison Square Garden.
4: In their 1979 Top 40 hit "Shattered", this group sang, "Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots"... shadoobie.
The Rolling Stones.
5: A Yelper on this landmark connecting Canal St. and Jersey City: a "traffic jam tunnel. If you have a small bladder like me, good luck".
the Holland Tunnel.
Round 4. Category: Last Words
1: This 1892 Leoncavallo opera ends with "La commedia e finita", or "The comedy is finished".
I Pagliacci.
2: This term for "the end of the line" was once a god celebrated at the end of the Roman year.
terminus.
3: In Clement Moore poem, what Santa said after "Happy Christmas to all".
and to all a good night.
4: "Crito, I owe a cock to Aesculapius; do not forget to pay it".
Socrates.
5: Founder of Communism, he said, "last words are for fools who haven't said enough".
Karl Marx.
Round 5. Category: It Sounds Like
1: Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad.
Tonight.
2: A cylindrical storage container for grain, it sounds like an order to exhale quietly.
Silo.
3: A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring.
Relief.
4: It sounds like the kind of personality most likely to have a heart attack in the capital of Taiwan.
Taipei.
5: A runway material, it sounds like what you do before you feather your Apple computer.
Tarmac.
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June 19, 2024Episode 1226 - To the mountaintop! - February - Track - Cover me - Hope you're well read...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: To The Mountaintop!
1: The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe".
Mont Blanc.
2: Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this.
Mount Rainier.
3: It takes about 6 hours to hike up this via the Yoshida Trail from the Subaru Line 5th Station.
Mount Fuji.
4: The West Buttress Route is the standard way up this North American one of the 7 Summits.
Denali.
5: The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak.
Ararat.
Round 2. Category: February
1: As of Feb. 7, 1943, these were rationed to a limit of 3 leather pairs per civilian per year.
shoes.
2: His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines.
(Nelson) Mandela.
3: Date of the next leap year day.
February 29, 1992.
4: On February 23, 1863, Captains Speke and Grant announced they had found the source of this river.
the Nile.
5: Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919.
the Grand Canyon.
Round 3. Category: Track
1: On August 16, 1995 this country's Haile Gebrselassie set the world record in the 5,000-meter run at 12:44:39.
Ethiopia.
2: The "anchor" for this type of event is no dead weight; he's usually the team's fastest runner.
Relay race.
3: This track star's authorized hats and T-shirts sold in Europe and Asia proclaim him to be "King Carl".
Carl Lewis.
4: This 3,000-meter event consists of 28 3-foot-high hurdles and 7 12-foot-long water jumps.
steeplechase.
5: On June 1, 1997 Donovan Bailey defeated this sprinter in a special 150-meter match race to win $1.5 million.
Michael Johnson.
Round 4. Category: Cover Me
1: A bandage covering a wound, or a preparation covering a salad.
dressing.
2: Used to prevent soil erosion, rye and buckwheat are alliteratively planted as "cover" these.
crops.
3: "Easy, breezy, beautiful..." is a pitch of this makeup brand.
Cover Girl.
4: An independent record label of yore, or a pupal covering for butterflies.
a chrysalis.
5: In military slang, your "cover" refers to this article of clothing.
a helmet (or hat).
Round 5. Category: Hope You'Re Well Read...
1: In this 1903 book, Buck, a dog in California, is stolen and taken to the Klondike.
The Call of the Wild.
2: In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".
Coleridge.
3: Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place".
Brewster Place.
4: A 1980 Mordecai Richler novel told about this character "Then and Now".
Joshua.
5: With his Mommy Dearest, this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character moves to England and inherits a title.
Little Lord Fauntleroy.
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June 18, 2024Episode 1225 - Around the garden? - Elizabeth taylor - "atch", you! - Yes, you may - In country
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1225, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Around The Garden?
1: A reward is paired with a punishment in the phrase this veggie "and stick".
carrot.
2: It's the mysterious dying utterance of the title character of "Citizen Kane".
Rosebud.
3: This 2-word phrase refers to something unimportant, probably referring to a tuber that wasn't worth peeling.
small potatoes.
4: In a Simon and Garfunkel song, this quartet is in the line after "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?".
parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
5: On a military uniform, this "cluster" denotes further awards of a decoration already received.
the oak leaf cluster.
Round 2. Category: Elizabeth Taylor
1: When asked what she wanted on her tombstone, she replied, "Here lies Elizabeth. She hated to be called" this.
Liz.
2: This man married her in Montreal and then again in Botswana.
Richard Burton.
3: Elizabeth Taylor was the first star to earn a million dollars for a film, for this 1963 title role.
Cleopatra.
4: On January 15, 2001 this man who has been married 7 times interviewed Ms. Taylor on TV.
Larry King.
5: On New Year's Eve 1999, Queen Elizabeth awarded her this title.
Dame.
Round 3. Category: Atch, You!. With Atch in quotation marks
1: To emerge from an egg.
hatch.
2: A small wooden igniter.
a match.
3: A roof made with straw.
thatch.
4: To withdraw a horse from a race.
scratch.
5: A spring-loaded door lock.
a latch.
Round 4. Category: Yes, You May
1: AKA a dun, this 4-winged insect has multiple tails and does not eat.
a mayfly.
2: She collaborated with Warren Beatty on "Heaven Can Wait" (hooray!) and on "Ishtar" (did we mention "Heaven Can Wait"?).
Elaine May.
3: Swedes set these up for their midsummer festivals in June--a few weeks late, we think.
a maypole.
4: Cape May is a resort town in this state, down the shore from Point Pleasant.
New Jersey.
5: Her first novel, "Moods", was published in 1864.
Louisa May Alcott.
Round 5. Category: In Country
1: Tampico,Oaxaca,Mazatlan.
Mexico.
2: Kakata,Buchanan,Monrovia.
Liberia.
3: Zakinthos,Andros,Pappades.
Greece.
4: Uranium City,Inuvik,Yellowknife.
Canada.
5: Sao Luis,Manaus,Rio Verde.
Brazil.
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June 17, 2024Episode 1224 - Grease - We're going to the movies - Farewell to the chief - -oon - 2004 oscar nominations
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1224, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Grease
1: A Hawaiian greasy spoon might well serve a dish called musubi made with rice, seaweed and this Hormel product.
Spam.
2: Every March brings the national day named for this sometimes-greasy treat.
a corndog.
3: Though we doubt he did it in a "hut", a New Zealand man set a Guinness record by eating a 12" this in 1 min., 45 secs..
a pizza.
4: The photo here will settle this breakfast dish.
hash browns.
5: This sandwich with a city name is a French roll with thin slices of beef, sauteed onions and a certain dairy product.
a Philly cheesesteak.
Round 2. Category: We'Re Going To The Movies
1: My favorite part of going is watching the previews called these, like something a car pulls.
trailers.
2: I love this format that gives "up to 40% more image" and "highest quality 3D".
IMAX.
3: The ticket guy knows me, so I'm front row center for this 2016 monster movie sequel with an address for a title.
10 Cloverfield Lane.
4: I scream, you scream for these bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream treats with a double talk name.
bonbons.
5: Before we go, we should check out the ratings on this website that sounds like something you throw at a bad film.
Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com).
Round 3. Category: Farewell To The Chief
1: August 2, 1923 in San Francisco, California.
Harding.
2: July 4, 1826.
John Adams (or Thomas Jefferson).
3: December 14, 1799 at his home in Virginia.
George Washington.
4: December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri.
(Harry) Truman.
5: His ride ended on January 6, 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York.
Teddy Roosevelt.
Round 4. Category: -Oon
1: The name of this type of storm means "great wind".
a typhoon.
2: This 1947 musical is set in the highlands of Scotland.
Brigadoon.
3: This gold coin of Spain was once worth 8 escudos.
a doubloon.
4: This Saskatchewan city was named for a local red berry.
Saskatoon.
5: It's the French dialect spoken in the southern part of Belgium.
Walloon.
Round 5. Category: 2004 Oscar Nominations
1: This acclaimed film about a trip through wine country got 5 nominations, including Best Picture.
Sideways.
2: Clive Owen and Natalie Portman both received nominations for supporting roles in this drama.
Closer.
3: Brad Bird was nominated for his original screenplay for this animated hit.
The Incredibles.
4: Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke acted in this film, but were nominated for writing its screenplay.
Before Sunset.
5: Johnny Depp received his second Oscar nomination for playing this author in "Finding Neverland".
J.M. Barrie.
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June 16, 2024Episode 1223 - A disaster of biblical proportions - River damage - The royal they - Let's put on a play - 1951
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1223, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Disaster Of Biblical Proportions
1: There's a lot of smiting and destroying after this group steals the Ark of God; things don't end well for Goliath, either.
the Philistines.
2: After this man makes burnt offerings, "The Lord said... neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done".
Noah.
3: These insects "did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left".
locusts.
4: The Lord says, "Your children shall wander in the wilderness" for this length of time, "until your carcases be wasted".
40 years.
5: In 2 Kings this king of Babylon "cut in pieces all the vessels of gold... in the Temple of the Lord".
Nebuchadnezzar.
Round 2. Category: River Damage
1: A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is mainly caused by an excess of this element, much of it carried by the Mississippi.
nitrogen.
2: Sediment from erosion hurts rivers because this can't penetrate the water, hindering the ecosystem.
sunlight.
3: Surface runoff from farms or your lawn can add these chemicals, like chlordane, to your local river.
pesticides.
4: This country's Sarno river is the most polluted in Europe.
Italy.
5: You may not love the time of this disease that's been called the "archetype of waterborne illnesses".
cholera.
Round 3. Category: The Royal They
1: 1894 to 1918: blank II and blank.
Nicholas and Alexandra.
2: 1660 to 1683: this radiant royal and Marie-Therese.
Louis XIV.
3: 1956 to 1982:he and Grace.
Rainier.
4: 1924 to 1989: he and Nagako.
Hirohito.
5: 1677 to 1694:they.
William and Mary.
Round 4. Category: Let'S Put On A Play
1: Your cousin might know a friend of the roommate of a nephew of the lawyer of John Guare, who wrote this 1990 play.
Six Degrees of Separation.
2: A book is the example of the "hand" type of these; a bookcase is an example of the "set" type.
Props.
3: "Edible" name for a common type of water-soluble stage makeup.
Pancake.
4: From Greek for "entrance to a tent", it's the arch that separates the stage from the auditorium.
the proscenium.
5: Founded in 1913, this stage actors' union represents about 40,000 members in the U.S..
Equity.
Round 5. Category: 1951
1: In 1951 it celebrated its 175th anniversary and was sealed in a helium-filled case.
the Declaration of Independence.
2: On February 26 a constitutional amendment became law, limiting the holder of this office to 2 terms.
President of the United States.
3: In May, this utility co. became the 1st corporation in the world to have over 1,000,000 stockholders.
ATandT.
4: On Oct. 24,1951, Truman declared our state of war with this country had finally ended.
Germany.
5: 90 cadets at this academy were ousted in a cheating scandal.
West Point.
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June 15, 2024Episode 1222 - Water music - Hill of beans - Short story fill-in - "my" baby - Army "ant"s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1222, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Water Music
1: This song by Otis Redding mentions "the Frisco Bay" and "Watchin' the tide roll away".
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay".
2: Ike and Tina Turner were "rollin' on the river" with this song.
"Proud Mary".
3: In 2016 this British woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge".
Adele.
4: Carly Simon wrote "Let The River Run" for this film starring Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.
Working Girl.
5: Joe Jonas of this 4-letter group described "Cake By The Ocean" as a party anthem.
DNCE.
Round 2. Category: Hill Of Beans
1: In a 1910 toast J.C. Bossidy called this city "The home of the bean and the cod".
Boston.
2: Using the old bean, Old Bean, mean you're using this, Old Chap.
your brain (your head).
3: Of navy, green or pinto, the bean not named for its looks.
navy.
4: It's what Jack traded for those magic beans.
a cow.
5: This word comes from Mandarin Chinese for bean and curdled.
tofu.
Round 3. Category: Short Story Fill-In
1: Twain:"The blank Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
Celebrated.
2: Ambrose Bierce:"An Occurrence at blank Creek Bridge".
Owl.
3: Annie Proulx:"blank Mountain".
Brokeback.
4: Faulkner:"A Rose for blank".
Emily.
5: Flannery O'Connor:"A Good Man Is blank blank blank".
Hard to Find.
Round 4. Category: My Baby. With My in quotes
1: "My doctor said" to take this liquid antacid from Johnson and Johnson.
Mylanta.
2: It's the real first name of "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace.
Myron.
3: It's a trade name for biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate.
Mylar.
4: This white fatty material insulates brain nerves in sheaths and enables enhanced transmission of impulses.
myelin.
5: Agamemnon was from this region that was an important center in ancient Greece.
Mycenae.
Round 5. Category: Army AntS. With Ant in quotes
1: This branch of the U.S. Army is its principal land combat force.
infantry.
2: AAA is this type of artillery used to defend against attack from above.
anti-aircraft.
3: A 3-star general is also known as this type and somewhat surprisingly, outranks a major one.
lieutenant (lieutenant general).
4: The Army of the Potomac turned back the Army of Northern Virginia at this famously bloody 1862 battle.
Antietam.
5: In the U.S. Army, a WO1 is this type of officer, the army's tactical and technical experts.
a warrant officer.
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June 14, 2024Episode 1221 - That movie's genius - Internal rhyme verbs - Measure up - Art books - Umbrella potpourri
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1221, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: That Movie'S Genius
1: Doc Brown created the flux capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible, in this film.
Back to the Future.
2: Dr. Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission in this 2013 film.
Gravity.
3: An un-Gandhi-like Ben Kingsley takes a child chess prodigy under his wing in this 1993 film.
Searching for Bobby Fischer.
4: Hugh Jackman is super-hacker Stanley Jobson in this 2001 film; give us the password.
Swordfish.
5: Coal miner's son Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes up rocketry in this film.
October Sky.
Round 2. Category: Internal Rhyme Verbs
1: Hyphenated verb meaning to quaff an entire beer in one go.
chug-a-lug.
2: This gathering of Native Americans is also a verb meaning "to confer".
powwow.
3: To keep going on the same course, or to stay at the same weight.
maintain.
4: From the Chinese, it means to show excessive subservience.
kowtow.
5: To spend time with the rich and famous.
hobnob.
Round 3. Category: Measure Up
1: It was supposed to equal the distance from Henry VIII's nose to the tip of his outstretched thumb.
a yard.
2: It's really gross, man, when you have a gross which is this many dozen.
12.
3: The number of square inches in a square foot.
144.
4: 1 astronomical unit = about 93 million miles, the average distance between these 2 objects.
the Earth and the Sun.
5: This measure of booze equals .666 jigger or 1 ounce.
a shot.
Round 4. Category: Art Books
1: The diary of young Julie Manet has been published as "Growing Up With" this group of painters.
the Impressionists.
2: Great painters? Just tracers, per the book "Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old" these.
Masters.
3: "A Life Discovered" is the subtitle of a book about this enigmatic woman, the most famous portrait sitter of all time.
the Mona Lisa.
4: Hayden Herrera's biography of this Mexican woman was the basis for a movie.
Frida Kahlo.
5: The "Basic Genre" series includes "Landscape", "Self-Portraits" and this, with a cover showing fruit on a table.
Still Life.
Round 5. Category: Umbrella Potpourri
1: This umbrella-wielding Batman foe made his comic book debut in 1941 in Detective Comics No. 58.
the Penguin.
2: The sun is out,so the light umbrellas carried here are known by this word.
parasol.
3: In 2007 her "Umbrella" was named MTV's Monster Single of the Year.
Rihanna.
4: In 2011, his last full year as French president, he got a Kevlar-coated umbrella as part of his protection.
Nicolas Sarkozy.
5: This insurance company lost its umbrella logo when it merged with Citicorp in 1998 but later purchased it back.
Travelers.
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June 13, 2024Episode 1220 - Olde music - Anagrammed food and drink - Overcoming obstacles - Not making it to the end of the movie - We invented stuff
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1220, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Olde Music
1: Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" and 17 Polish songs.
(Frédéric) Chopin.
2: "Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death.
The Magic Flute.
3: Compositions by Bach include "Toccata and" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this.
Fugue.
4: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 and naturally preceded a display.
Fireworks.
5: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city.
Padua.
Round 2. Category: Anagrammed Food And Drink
1: If you're watching your carbs, eat these plain, not in cakes.
crabs (from carbs).
2: Let's shop for this beer ingredient.
hops.
3: We all scream for it:MICE CARE.
ice cream.
4: When I'm in a slump, these purple fruits perk me up.
plums (from slump).
5: I'll dine on this English custard and cake dessert, then let it filter through my body.
trifle.
Round 3. Category: Overcoming Obstacles
1: Diagnosed with ALS in the '60s and given a few years to live, he lived another 50+ to become one of the greatest scientific minds of all time.
Hawking.
2: Joe Biden used to read poetry for hours in front of a mirror to help overcome this speech disorder.
a stutter.
3: This Swedish teen activist says of her Asperger's, "I'm sometimes a bit different... and... being different is a superpower".
(Greta) Thunberg.
4: Legally deaf, this Oscar-winning actress was instrumental in getting closed captioning on TV and streaming.
(Marlee) Matlin.
5: Born without a right hand, he pitched with his left, playing 10 seasons for 4 different MLB teams.
Jim Abbott.
Round 4. Category: Not Making It To The End Of The Movie
1: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away and die in space than spend time with a woman his own age.
George Clooney.
2: Bad puddy tat! This evil uncle admits fratricide when he whispers, "I killed Mufasa" to Simba.
Scar.
3: Gwyneth Paltrow returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong, sickens and dies and this 2011 pandemic thriller is off and running.
Contagion.
4: Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film.
The Godfather.
5: Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you and a clone of your younger self up and kills you, like this 2017 guy.
Logan.
Round 5. Category: We Invented Stuff
1: By 1881 his Menlo Park home had been set up with a complete electric lighting system.
Edison.
2: In 1814 Robert Fulton developed "Fulton the First", the first warship powered by this force.
steam.
3: On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray attempted to file a patent for this invention; however, Bell beat him by hours.
the telephone.
4: In 1868 Carlos Glidden and Partners patented this 1st machine that wrote faster than one could write by hand.
a typewriter.
5: During WWII, this rocketry pioneer served as director of research for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics.
Goddard.
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