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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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January 14, 2023Episode 733 - Grains And Staples - Names In Sports - Canadian Cities - Teens At Work - Howdy Doody
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 733, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Grains And Staples
1: The name of this food, not a true grain, comes from the Dutch meaning "beech wheat".

buckwheat.

2: The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer.

oats.

3: Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in India.

rice.

4: Millet seed, an important food for North Africans, is most often fed to these pets in the U.S..

birds.

5: The pot type of this grain retains more of the bran than the pearl type.

barley.
Round 2. Category: Names In Sports
1: This legendary jockey was known as "The Shoe".

Willie Shoemaker.

2: (Hi, I'm Tim Dwight.) At Iowa I was one of these, like the sneaky scout in "The Last of the Mohicans".

a Hawkeye.

3: L.A. Ram defensive end David Jones was better known by this nickname.

"Deacon".

4: (Hi, I'm James Worthy.) In the 1980s my L.A. Lakers got this "entertaining" nickname, also the name of a cable television network.

"Showtime".

5: First name of Mr. Boyer, the Yankee 3B who played against his brother Ken in the 1964 World Series.

"Clete" (or Cletis).
Round 3. Category: Canadian Cities
1: English is also widely spoken in this largest French-speaking city outside of Paris.

Montreal.

2: The North Saskatchewan River divides this Albertan capital in half.

Edmonton.

3: The CFL's B.C. Lions play their home games in this city.

Vancouver.

4: Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory in 1953.

Yukon Territory.

5: This Ontario city's underground walkway system can get you from Eaton Centre to Union Station.

Toronto.
Round 4. Category: Teens At Work
1: At 14, this fairy tale author worked for a director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen.

Hans Christian Andersen.

2: At 16, Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert to win this tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows.

U.S. Open.

3: In the 1720s at age 16, this statesman and inventor wrote popular articles for the New England Courant newspaper.

Benjamin Franklin.

4: At 13, this march composer became an apprentice with the U.S. Marine Band.

John Philip Sousa.

5: At 16, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service between Staten Island and this famous 31-square-mile-island.

Manhattan.
Round 5. Category: Howdy Doody
1: "He" was made up of dachshund, elephant, spaniel, duck, cat, giraffe, seal and pig.

Flub-a-dub.

2: This 4 word question was asked at the top of every show, following the words "Say kids...".

What time is it?.

3: Original number of Howdy's freckles, they equaled the number of U.S. states.

48.

4: Job held by Mr. Cobb in Doodyville; Mr. Hooper on "Sesame Street" did the same thing.

grocer (general store keeper).

5: Last name of triplets Don Jose, Hector Hamhock and Phineas T..

Bluster.
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January 14, 2023Episode 702 - Try "Star" - Smooching In Shakespeare - Tubes - Famous Franks - Directors On Film
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 702, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Try "Star"
1: Overly awed and fascinated in the presence of celebrities.

starstruck.

2: Structure from which the 3-year-olds fly forward at Churchill Downs.

starting gate.

3: Banner carried by the attackers during Pickett's Charge.

"Stars and Bars".

4: An asteroidean echinoderm found in tidepools.

starfish.

5: It's composed mainly of amylose and amylopectin.

starch.
Round 2. Category: Smooching In Shakespeare
1: He claims that the sleeping Michael Cassio kissed him hard while dreaming of Desdemona.

Iago.

2: He says, "Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft" while holding Yorick's skull.

Hamlet.

3: "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Henry VI, Part III" both mention the kiss of this Biblical traitor.

Judas Iscariot.

4: In this comedy Petruchio says, "Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday".

Taming of the Shrew.

5: "We have kiss'd away kingdoms and provinces" says Scarus in the play about this title couple.

Antony and Cleopatra.
Round 3. Category: Tubes
1: Submarines have fixed tubes in the bow to shoot these underwater weapons.

torpedoes.

2: If a surfer rides the tube in London, he's on this.

the subway.

3: Every little breeze seems to whisper the name of this first test tube baby.

Louise (Brown).

4: The gas-filled Geissler tube of the late 1850s was adapted for use in these advertising signs.

neon signs.

5: Like you, a frog has this tube connecting the middle ear and the throat.

the Eustachian tube.
Round 4. Category: Famous Franks
1: This "Wizard of Oz" author edited a trade magazine for store window decorators.

L. Frank Baum.

2: Frank Fitzsimmons took control of this union when Jimmy Hoffa was imprisoned in 1967.

Teamsters.

3: This musical satirist founded the Mothers of Invention in 1964.

Frank Zappa.

4: In Gemini 7 he and Jim Lovell set a 14-day endurance record.

Frank Borman.

5: This Idaho Democratic senator was active in investigating abuses by the CIA.

Frank Church.
Round 5. Category: Directors On Film
1: He not only was "The Outlaw Josey Wales", he was the director, too.

Clint Eastwood.

2: When you watch his direction of himself and Jack Nicholson, he hopes you "Hoffa" good time.

Danny DeVito.

3: He's seen in John Landis' "The Blues Brothers" and Landis is seen in his "1941".

Steven Spielberg.

4: He was Mookie the delivery boy in "Do the Right Thing".

Spike Lee.

5: 1 of the 2 directors who play the 2 main husbands in "Husbands and Wives".

(1 of) Sydney Pollack (or Woody Allen).
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January 13, 2023Episode 701 - When I Was Your Age... - Famous Seniors - "Sun"S And "Moon"S - The Virtues - Meet The Flintstones
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 701, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: When I Was Your Age...
1: People went out and bought records; why, in 1956, this man sold 10 million singles, proving he was "The King".

Elvis (Presley).

2: These devices, like the Univac, took up whole rooms.

computers.

3: Baseball players didn't go on strike; they pulled off feats like this one by pitcher Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series.

throwing a perfect game.

4: We didn't have SUVs, we had cars like this company's Edsel.

Ford.

5: The Russians weren't sending tourists into space, they were sending this first manmade satellite to orbit the Earth.

Sputnik.
Round 2. Category: Famous Seniors
1: This retiree founded Kentucky Fried Chicken at age 66 and was an ambassador for the firm when he died at 90.

Colonel Sanders.

2: Known as the "Ol' Perfesser", he became the 1st manager of the New York Mets in 1962 at age 70.

Casey Stengel.

3: When she was 75, this educator of the blind published the book "Teacher" about Anne Sullivan.

Helen Keller.

4: He wrote his last play, "Buoyant Billions", at age 91, 35 years after "Pygmalion".

George Bernard Shaw.

5: He used his Nobel Prize winnings to improve his hospital in Gabon and set up a leper colony.

Albert Schweitzer.
Round 3. Category: "Sun"S And "Moon"S
1: He's nicknamed the "father of modern China".

Sun Yat-sen.

2: The name of this Unification Church leader fits the category.

Sun Myung Moon.

3: She was TV's Punky Brewster.

Soleil Moon Frye.

4: In The Who's Who's Who, he'd be listed under Late Drummer.

Keith Moon.

5: We assume her brother Dweezil would be a Valley guy.

Moon Unit Zappa.
Round 4. Category: The Virtues
1: It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU.

Temperance.

2: It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance.

justice.

3: We assume that Bill Clinton was born with it; we know he was born in it.

Hope.

4: You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael.

Faith.

5: This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island and of prim, cautious women.

Prudence.
Round 5. Category: Meet The Flintstones
1: "The Flintstones" was modeled on this Jackie Gleason series.

The Honeymooners.

2: In the 1993 primetime special "I Yabba-Dabba Do!", these 2 kids got married.

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm.

3: In 1996, after years of exclusion and a national vote, she joined the rest of the gang as a Flintstone vitamin.

Betty Rubble.

4: "The Flintstones" theme is based on the chord changes of this song; "Who Could Ask for Anything More?".

"I Got Rhythm".

5: 2 Stone Age movie heartthrobs were Stoney Curtis and this suave star, perhaps born Archiboulder Leach.

Cary Granite.
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January 12, 2023Episode 700 - New York - 14-Letter Words - Artists - Webster's 3Rd P. 2004 - Famous Kims
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 700, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: New York
1: The top of the Skylon Tower soars 775' above this natural landmark.

Niagara Falls.

2: This building in Albany is bounded by Washington Avenue and Swan, State and Eagle Streets.

Capital building.

3: Troy, New York was home to the meatpacker who inspired this national symbol.

"Uncle Sam".

4: A N. Tarrytown bridge named for this Washington Irving rider once stood where US9 crosses the Pocantico River.

The Headless Horseman.

5: Val-Kill in Hyde Park was this first lady's retreat.

Eleanor Roosevelt.
Round 2. Category: 14-Letter Words
1: The American colonists complained to England about "taxation without" this.

representation.

2: In arithmetic this operation yields a product.

multiplication.

3: Passports and drivers' licenses are forms of this.

identification.

4: It was a time of rebuilding after the Civil War, and before all the Confederate states were readmitted.

Reconstruction.

5: In the 1950s, the RF-101 was the first supersonic aircraft built for this observation purpose.

reconnaissance.
Round 3. Category: Artists
1: In July 1954 her coffin was draped with a hammer and sickle flag while lying in state in Mexico's Palace of Fine Arts.

Frida Kahlo.

2: Eugene Delacroix wrote "The first virtue of painting is to be a feast for" these.

eyes.

3: This Spanish surrealist once broke the window of a 5th Avenue gallery after it had rearranged a display of his art.

Salvador Dali.

4: Edward Hicks, best known for "The Peaceable Kingdom", was a minister of this religion.

Friends (Society of Friends, Quakers).

5: One of America's most noted illustrators, he was Andrew Wyeth's father.

N.C. Wyeth.
Round 4. Category: Webster's 3Rd P. 2004
1: A cowboy might mosey into one of these bars.

a saloon.

2: A sock in the eye hurts; a sockeye is this fish.

salmon.

3: Meaning to leap or burst "forth", it's also the name of famous astronaut Ride.

sally.

4: The living room of a fashionable French home, it's also a place your mom may go for a beauty treatment.

a salon.

5: This genus of bacteria found on poultry and eggs can also be spread by pet turtles.

salmonella.
Round 5. Category: Famous Kims
1: As photojournalist Vicki Vale, she got the scoop on Batman.

Kim Basinger.

2: This "Picnic" star is known for the menagerie she keeps on her ranch in Carmel, California.

Kim Novak.

3: This KGB mole in the British government fled to Moscow in 1963.

Kim Philby.

4: This Kim was born in Detroit but she wound up on the "Planet of the Apes".

Kim Hunter.

5: He's been head of the Communist Party in North Korea since the 1940s.

Kim Il-sung.
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January 11, 2023Episode 699 - Pick One - International Actors - Past Tense - Rodent, Marsupial Or Primate - Money
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 699, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Pick One
1: Of hippo, rhino or croc, the one whose common name has the most letters.

hippopotamus.

2: Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings.

the Osbournes.

3: Of Woolworth, Wordsworth or Wadsworth, the one who was a stamp distributor in Westmoreland County.

Wordsworth.

4: Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953.

Army (Archerd).

5: Of Walter Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet or Ransom Olds, the one who raced in the Indy 500.

Chevrolet.
Round 2. Category: International Actors
1: Her relative Sydney Kidman was a cattle baron who owned huge swaths of outback.

Nicole Kidman.

2: Toshiro Mifune and this director with whom he made 16 films died less than a year apart.

Akira Kurosawa.

3: This British veteran's films include "Tom Jones", "Under the Volcano" and "Erin Brockovich".

Albert Finney.

4: This blonde beauty from South Africa gained notice when she grappled with Teri Hatcher in "2 Days in the Valley".

Charlize Theron.

5: Seen here, she was born in Paris and starred in "An American Werewolf in Paris".

Julie Delpy.
Round 3. Category: Past Tense
1: Before the fall, Humpty Dumpty did it "on a wall".

sat.

2: Meaning "manufactured", it was in a famous telegraph message after "What hath God...".

wrought.

3: If you missed the big day, go online; Blue Mountain has a whole section of this kind of birthday e-card.

belated.

4: On pepper boxes, it means "milled".

cracked.

5: This synonym for "haggard" is also past tense for having pulled out your weapon.

drawn.
Round 4. Category: Rodent, Marsupial Or Primate
1: The Tasmanian Devil.

Marsupial.

2: The kangaroo rat.

rodent.

3: The chinchilla.

Rodent.

4: The wombat.

Marsupial.

5: The aye-aye.

primate.
Round 5. Category: Money
1: The common U.S. coin that's named for the metal it contains.

Nickel.

2: If you've still got these "jolly jolly" coins of England, they're no longer legal tender.

sixpence.

3: Canadians as well as U.S. 10-cent pieces are called this.

dimes.

4: The British called this now-obsolete coin a "bob".

the shilling.

5: In 1909 he became the first U.S. president ever to appear on a coin.

Lincoln.
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January 10, 2023Episode 698 - Prime Numbers - Cereal Characters - Common Bonds - The Law Of The Land - Spot The Math Term
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 698, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Name's The Same
1: Writers Kilmer and Carol Oates.

Joyce.

2: Fashion designer Lagerfeld and car designer Benz.

Karl.

3: Ford who starred in "Gilda" and Close who starred in "Damages".

Glenn.

4: Schnabel of the art world and civil rights leader Bond.

Julian.

5: First Lady Coolidge and computer whiz Hopper.

Grace.
Round 2. Category: The Oscar-Winning Role
1: 1987:Getting greedy as Gordon Gekko.

Michael Douglas.

2: 2008:For his brilliant and deranged Joker.

Heath Ledger.

3: 1982:Her as refugee Sophie.

Meryl Streep.

4: 1996:As Rod Tidwell, he could've said, "Show me the Oscar!".

Cuba Gooding, Jr..

5: 1962:Atticus! Atticus! (Finch).

Gregory Peck.
Round 3. Category: Fruit And Vegetable Vendors?
1: For the third quarter of fiscal 2013, this tech company posted revenue of $35.3 billion.

Apple.

2: This Italian restaurant chain boasts a "never ending pasta bowl".

Olive Garden.

3: HQ'd somewhat ominously in Waterloo, Canada, the company now known as this debuted its first smartphone in 2003.

BlackBerry.

4: This yoga clothing company was founded in Vancouver in 1998--watch your step! the first one's a lulu!.

Lululemon.

5: This clothing company wasn't monkeying around when it was founded in 1978 in Mill Valley.

Banana Republic.
Round 4. Category: There's No Place Like Home
1: Steel titan Andrew Carnegie helped transform American industry but was born in this country.

Scotland.

2: Architect Julia Morgan designed a home with 61 bathrooms for William Randolph Hearst at this Calif. town.

San Simeon.

3: The Vandals conquered parts of Italy, Spain and Africa but their first home may have been this Danish peninsula.

Jutland.

4: In 1926 Zane Grey built an elaborate home on this island off Los Angeles, where he spent most of the rest of his life.

Catalina.

5: Henry Flagler's Palm Beach, Florida estate was named this, also the name of a "pale" London palace.

Whitehall.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 698, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Prime Numbers
1: To get a brief respite, you "take" it.

five.

2: This many diners attend da Vinci's "Last Supper".

13.

3: The First Battle of Bull Run was in this year.

1861.

4: It's the largest 3-digit prime.

997.

5: Number "Against Thebes" in a work by Aeschylus.

seven.
Round 2. Category: Cereal Characters
1: This trio has been helping sell Rice Krispies since the 1930s.

Snap, Crackle, and Pop.

2: For many years it's been this creature for Cocoa Puffs.

a cuckoo.

3: The silly spokes-creature for Trix cereal is this type of animal.

a rabbit.

4: Cornelius is one of these animals selling Kellogg's corn flakes.

a rooster.

5: First name of the leprechaun mascot of a popular cereal.

Lucky.
Round 3. Category: Common Bonds
1: Loving,measuring,sippy.

cup.

2: Mediterranean,South Beach,paleo.

diets.

3: All Soul's Day,Eat a Cranberry Day,The Great American Smokeout.

things in November.

4: Accent,Adirondack,office.

types of chairs.

5: A cat,a Scottie dog,a wheelbarrow.

Monopoly playing pieces.
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January 09, 2023Episode 697 - All Things Golden - Beverages - Lewis Or Clark - Quotes/ Magazines - Put On Your Disco Shoes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 697, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: All Things Golden
1: In a fable, a farmer discovers that this bird lays golden eggs.

a hen (or a goose).

2: The American Society of Civil Engineers chose this landmark as one of the 7 wonders of the modern world.

the Golden Gate Bridge.

3: Happy golden anniversary! Congratulations on this many years of marriage.

50.

4: According to the AKC, in 2013 it was the third most popular breed of dog.

golden retriever.

5: In Exodus 32 he fashions a golden calf.

Aaron.
Round 2. Category: Beverages
1: This brand's Cranberry Juice Cocktail first appeared in 1933.

Ocean Spray.

2: Alpine mountains appear on the label of this ConAgra brand of hot cocoa.

Swiss Miss.

3: Back in 1898 a guy named Edward created this biting "olde tyme" root beer.

Barq's.

4: This juice brand calls itself "100% pure squeezed Florida sunshine".

Tropicana.

5: This soft drink once used the slogan "It'll tickle yore innards".

Mountain Dew.
Round 3. Category: Lewis Or Clark
1: In 1982 Barney Clark got the first permanent, completely artificial one of these organs, the Jarvik-7.

a heart.

2: Between 1981 and 1991 he won 65 consecutive long jump competitions.

Carl Lewis.

3: In 1994 James H. Clark co-founded this company known for its Navigator web browser.

Netscape.

4: Chemist Gilbert Lewis suggested that a chemical bond involves 2 atoms sharing a pair of these, as in a covalent bond.

electrons.

5: This pen name was made by Latinizing the author's 1st 2 names, reversing their order and then translating them back to English.

Lewis Carroll.
Round 4. Category: Quotes/ Magazines
1: In a song by The Temptations: "Papa was a blank blank ".

rollin' stone.

2: The movie "Network": "I'm as blank as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!".

mad.

3: Ecclesiastes: "To every thing there is a season, and a blank to every purpose under heaven".

time.

4: Alcuin: "The voice of the blank is the voice of God".

people.

5: The mirror from Disney's "Snow White": "Lips red as the rose, hair black as blank ".

ebony.
Round 5. Category: Put On Your Disco Shoes
1: This group with a construction worker, cop, G.I., cowboy and Indian sang "San Francisco (You've Got Me)".

The Village People.

2: "I'm Your Boogie Man" by KC and this group hit No. 1, but their "Boogie Shoes" could only dance to No. 35.

the Sunshine Band.

3: To everything there is a season: the first Top 40 hit for this "Queen of Disco" was "Love To Love You Baby".

Donna Summer.

4: The Trammps wanted to "burn that mother down" with this song from "Saturday Night Fever".

"Disco Inferno".

5: Don't "Freak Out", but Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" has a bass line similar to "Good Times" by this "stylish" band.

Chic.
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January 08, 2023Episode 696 - The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln - Science Timeline - Metal - The Steaks - Actual 911 Calls
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 696, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
1: (Alex walks the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) Illustrating the difference in memories, some people said that Booth shouted this Latin phrase right from here, center stage; others said, "No, it was from the box"; Booth himself wrote that he spoke the words before shooting Lincoln; perhaps he said these words more than once.

Sic semper tyrannis.

2: (Alex walks the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) President Lincoln arrived late at Ford's Theatre; the show was already under way, but when he was spotted walking down the stairs toward the presidential box, everything here stopped; then the orchestra struck up "Hail To The Chief", the audience gave him a thunderous round of applause, the president waved and bowed, and then the performance of this play continued.

Our American Cousin.

3: (Alex stands on the stage of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.) Police work in those days could be a little bit shoddy: hours after the murder, a man named William Kent came back to the presidential box looking for his keys; what he found was the murder weapon, the small .44-caliber single-shot pistol bearing the name of this Philadelphia gunsmith who invented it.

Henry Deringer.

4: (Alex reports from the Petersen House in Washington, D.C.) While Mrs. Lincoln and her friends sat vigil here in the front parlor, in the back parlor, this energetic Secretary of War took charge of the investigation and worked tirelessly through the night, coordinating the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices.

Edwin Stanton.

5: (Alex reports from the Petersen House in Washington, D.C.) At 7:22 on the morning of April 15, 1865, President Lincoln died in this small bedroom; a prayer was said, and then, according to tradition, Edwin Stanton uttered these six famous words.

"Now he belongs to the ages".
Round 2. Category: Science Timeline
1: Around 480 B.C.:Anaxagoras explains the cause of these events, one of which darkened Greece in 478 B.C..

eclipses.

2: 1600:William Gilbert concludes that the Earth is a huge lodestone that acts as a bar one of these.

a magnet.

3: 1608:Hans Lippershey applies for a patent for this, which he calls a "looker"; Galileo is all eyes.

a telescope.

4: Around 450 B.C.:Empedocles posits that all matter is made of these 4 classical elements.

earth, fire, air and water.

5: 1842:This Austrian physicist relates the observed frequency of a wave to the motion of its source.

Doppler.
Round 3. Category: Metal
1: Psalm 135 describes the idols of the heathen as not of God and merely made from these 2 metals.

silver and gold.

2: The so-called tinfoil you buy at the supermarket is probably made from this metal.

aluminum.

3: Legend says that the metal used to make these highest British military awards came from cannons captured in the Crimean War.

the Victoria Cross.

4: Noted for its natural magnetism, magnetite is an important ore of this metal.

iron.

5: In 1252 in Kamakura, Japan, all 93 tons of the Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, was cast in this alloy.

bronze.
Round 4. Category: The Steaks
1: This steak sauce was created in the 1820s by the chef to England's King George IV.

A.1..

2: Sometimes wrapped in bacon, this choice cut of boneless steak with a French name is from the end of the loin.

filet mignon.

3: Found in the bottom sirloin and on the Sizzler's menu is this cut whose name comes from its geometry.

tri-tip.<
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January 07, 2023Episode 695 - Ring Magazine's Greatest Title Fights - There's No Place Like Home - On Broadway - Nfl Team Mascots - File Under "Q"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 695, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Ring Magazine's Greatest Title Fights
1: No. 1:from 1975, the 3rd and final "thrilla" between these 2 heavyweights.

Ali and Frazier.

2: Marvin Hagler's 1985 demolition of Thomas Hearns, nicknamed this 2-word synonym for "assassin".

"Hit Man".

3: 155-lb. Rocky Graziano's 1947 defeat of 159-lb. Tony Zale for the world title in this weight class.

middleweight.

4: Jack Dempsey's 1923 2nd-round thumping of Luis Firpo, the "Wild Bull of" these Argentine plains.

the Pampas.

5: The 1941 bout between Billy Conn and this "Brown Bomber".

Joe Louis.
Round 2. Category: There's No Place Like Home
1: Steel titan Andrew Carnegie helped transform American industry but was born in this country.

Scotland.

2: Architect Julia Morgan designed a home with 61 bathrooms for William Randolph Hearst at this Calif. town.

San Simeon.

3: The Vandals conquered parts of Italy, Spain and Africa but their first home may have been this Danish peninsula.

Jutland.

4: In 1926 Zane Grey built an elaborate home on this island off Los Angeles, where he spent most of the rest of his life.

Catalina.

5: Henry Flagler's Palm Beach, Florida estate was named this, also the name of a "pale" London palace.

Whitehall.
Round 3. Category: On Broadway
1: This mane event of all musicals that opened in 1997 is Disney's longest-running show on Broadway.

The Lion King.

2: (Hi, I'm Josh Gad.) I played Elder Cunningham, who had a strange trip to Uganda, in this Tony Award-winning musical.

The Book of Mormon.

3: This musical about a silent screen star eager for a comeback was based on a Billy Wilder film.

Sunset Boulevard.

4: Bradley Cooper won rave reviews for his recent portrayal of the severely deformed John Merrick in this drama.

The Elephant Man.

5: Ruth Gordon played Nora Helmer in this play in 1938; Liv Ullmann played her in 1975.

A Doll's House.
Round 4. Category: Nfl Team Mascots
1: Sir Purr, who vacations at Kitty Hawk.

the Carolina Panthers.

2: Gumbo the Dog.

the New Orleans Saints.

3: Staley da Mascot.

the Chicago Bears.

4: A big bird named Big Red.

the Arizona Cardinals.

5: Captain Fear.

the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Round 5. Category: File Under "Q"
1: It's the piece that plucks a harpsichord; good luck plucking one from a porcupine.

a quill.

2: Its density exceeds that of the human body, so you can't really sink below its surface--but it can still be dangerous.

quicksand.

3: Founded in 1920, it was named Queensland and Northern Territorial Aerial Services.

Qantas.

4: This fruit's name can be traced back to the name of an ancient city on Crete.

a quince.

5: It's the familiar name of the tremulous American aspen.

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