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December 26, 2022Episode 684 - Fictional Females - Describing The Recent Movie - Fashionable Common Bonds - Happy Birthday! - Double Talk
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 684, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fictional Females
1: Syrena is a mermaid in "On Stranger Tides" in this movie series.

Pirates of the Caribbean.

2: Lydia is a housecarl given by Jarl Balgruuf the Greater in this "Elder Scrolls" game.

Skyrim.

3: Appropriately, Victoria Justice stars as aspiring singer Tori Vega on this Nickelodeon show.

Victorious.

4: Cortana makes A.I. sexy in this video game series.

Halo.

5: That's the young Sarah Jessica Parker as this optimistic little orphan girl.

Annie.
Round 2. Category: Describing The Recent Movie
1: There's no queen like snow queen; Sven the non-red-nosed reindeer.

Frozen.

2: Alabama at sea; makes me rethink a trip to Somalia.

Captain Phillips.

3: Tina Fey: "Clooney would rather float away... and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age".

Gravity.

4: Lee Daniels' White House film; Lee Daniels' look at U.S. history; "Lee Daniels"' this.

The Butler.

5: J.J. Abrams, an enterprise-ing director; Pike's Peak; Khaaaaaaaaan!.

Star Trek Into Darkness.
Round 3. Category: Fashionable Common Bonds
1: Relaxed fit,boot cut,skinny.

jeans.

2: Cowboy,combat,waders.

boots.

3: Cap,Kimono,3/4.

sleeves.

4: Knee high,crew,peds.

socks.

5: Fisherman's,Aran Isle,shrug.

sweaters.
Round 4. Category: Happy Birthday!
1: You're 2! Here's a video called "Learning About Letters", made in 1969 for this show and co-directed by Jim Henson.

Sesame Street.

2: You're 21, so enjoy a $429 1996 bottle of this from Dom Perignon.

Champagne.

3: You're 40; that's old enough to get the cake you want, and you want this layered one whose name means "refrigerator"!.

icebox cake.

4: You're 100 and celebrating your 75th wedding anniversary, so here's this pricey stone that marks 75 years.

diamond.

5: You're 16 and thrilled with your new Accent, from this car company that uses the voice of Jeff Bridges.

Hyundai.
Round 5. Category: Double Talk
1: In his hit song, "Spanish Eyes", what Al Martino wanted the girl to say.

Please say "si, si".

2: This breed was kept by fierce Asian tribes for hunting and guarding.

the chow chow.

3: From Chinese, this piece of double talk can be a toast or casual, light chatter.

chin-chin.

4: At foodnetwork.com recipes for this fish include Macadamia Nut Crusted and Grilled Tacos.

mahimahi.

5: Done around 1640, the painting here may be one of the last illustrations made of a live one of these.

a dodo.
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December 25, 2022Episode 683 - A First Name Basis - Bring It - Musical Geography - Paging All Primates - Other Great Decades
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 683, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A First Name Basis
1: "I didn't know him from" this name (except for you, of course, Mr. Sandler).

Adam.

2: A flat, springlike metal hairpin.

a bobby pin.

3: Meaning people in general, the phrase with these 3 male names dates back to the 1700s.

Tom, Dick and Harry.

4: This name is found in a painful leg muscle cramp.

Charley.

5: Lyndon Johnson called some folks uncomfortable with his Vietnam policy these nervous types.

Nervous Nellies.
Round 2. Category: Bring It
1: To school:A mechanical one of these, like the Paper Mate Sharpwriter with a yellow barrel.

a pencil.

2: On a picnic:This sweet gourd fruit that comes in Desert King and Dixie Queen varieties.

a watermelon.

3: To a Little League game:A Nokona Alpha Select one of these, made with buffalo leather.

a glove.

4: On a hike:An Odwalla "Monster" drink with 20 grams of this muscle-building amino-acid-based stuff.

protein.

5: To band practice: oOne of these small flutes with a name that's Italian for "small".

a piccolo.
Round 3. Category: Musical Geography
1: Roger Miller says it "swings like a pendulum do".

England.

2: Though "the Midwest farmers' daughters...make you feel alright", The Beach Boys prefer these.

California girls.

3: It's where "Matilda run" after "she took me money".

Venezuela.

4: In "Arthur's Theme", "The best that you can do is fall in love" when caught between the moon and here.

New York City.

5: In 1977, Glen Campbell asked, "Have you ever felt" these, y'all.

"Southern Nights".
Round 4. Category: Paging All Primates
1: In the books not Cheetah the chimp but Nikma the monkey was the companion of this man.

Tarzan.

2: In book titles this monkey "Goes Camping" and hangs "at the Aquarium"; what could possibly go wrong?.

Curious George.

3: Shift the ape convinces a donkey to don a lion's skin so as to be Aslan in "The Last Battle" of this series.

The Chronicles of Narnia.

4: Chee-Chee was an organ grinder's monkey rescued by this doctor.

Doctor Dolittle.

5: A gorilla kept at a mall narrates "The One and Only" him.

Ivan.
Round 5. Category: Other Great Decades
1: The Suez Canal is opened and the Emancipation Proclamation is issued.

the 1860s.

2: The first successful human heart transplant and the invention of 8-track tapes.

the 1960s.

3: Ray Kroc opens the first franchised McDonald's.

the 1950s.

4: Conan Doyle introduces Sherlock Holmes.

the 1880s.

5: Leonardo da Vinci paints "The Last Supper".

the 1490s.
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December 24, 2022Episode 682 - Thanks For The Kind Words - Notre Dame - Presidential Middle Names - Everything's Ok - Tv Eateries
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 682, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Thanks For The Kind Words
1: You do this delicate word to your resignation as you offer it.

tender.

2: Meaning courteous, it's a bit oxymoronic when it refers to a type of "war".

civil.

3: This 8-letter word meaning friendly and agreeable often precedes "divorce".

amicable.

4: Meaning merciful, it describes good weather; in a kind words category, we need it without the "in" at the start.

clement.

5: Before "society", it denotes sympathy for animals and their treatment.

humane.
Round 2. Category: Notre Dame
1: More than 30 statues housed in Notre Dame hail this woman to whom the cathedral is dedicated.

Mary.

2: Hanging in the south tower is "Emmanuel", one of these weighing more than 13 tons.

a bell.

3: Notre Dame is home to the shrine for this holy relic forced upon the head of Jesus.

the crown of thorns.

4: The 2 main towers are connected by the Grand Gallery, which could be called the Grand Gallery of these "G" beasts.

gargoyles.

5: Botanical name for this masterpiece more than 30 feet across and still containing 13th century glass.

a rose window.
Round 3. Category: Presidential Middle Names
1: Baines.

Lyndon Johnson.

2: Earl.

Jimmy Carter.

3: His actual first name was Hiram while his middle name was Ulysses.

Ulysses Grant.

4: Howard.

Taft.

5: Abram.

(James Abram) Garfield.
Round 4. Category: Everything's Ok
1: This nickname for Oklahomans stems from those who jumped the homesteading starting gun in 1889.

Sooners.

2: It's Oklahoma's leading crop and is especially big in the north, near the Kansas border.

wheat.

3: Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the tribal capital of this Native American nation.

the Cherokee.

4: This humorist and native son lends his name to Oklahoma City's main airport.

(Will) Rogers.

5: The National Weather Service's storm prediction center is in this city, also home to the University of Oklahoma.

Norman.
Round 5. Category: Tv Eateries
1: Monk's Cafe, home of "The Big Salad".

Seinfeld.

2: The Williamsburg Diner in Brooklyn.

2 Broke Girls.

3: The Peach Pit, where Brandon worked.

Beverly Hills, 90210.

4: Mel's Diner in Phoenix, where you could kiss Flo's grits.

Alice.

5: The Minuteman Cafe and Gift Shop, next door to the Stratford Inn in Vermont.

Newhart.
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8min
December 23, 2022Episode 681 - Official State Mottoes - Who Makes It? - The New York Public Library - The Vice Presidency - From Page To Musical
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 681, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Official State Mottoes
1: Michigan's motto mentions this type of land area.

a peninsula.

2: This 6-word phrase about sticking together is Kentucky's state motto.

"United we stand, divided we fall".

3: Sic semper tyrannis, "Thus always to tyrants", is the motto of this state.

Virginia.

4: South Carolina's motto is "Dum spiro spero", or "While I" do this, "I hope".

breathe.

5: This 3-word motto of Indiana refers to its place as a hub of highways.

"Crossroads of America".
Round 2. Category: Who Makes It?
1: Doublemint gum.

Wrigley's.

2: Post-it notes.

3M.

3: Classic Yellow Mustard.

French's.

4: 420 Series Backhoe Loaders.

Caterpillar.

5: Preference hair color.

L'Oreal.
Round 3. Category: The New York Public Library
1: The library's Manhattan location is at 42nd Street and this famous thoroughfare.

5th Avenue.

2: To enter the main branch, you can pass between 2 statues of these named patience and fortitude.

lions.

3: Among portraits on display is one of John Jacob Astor IV, probably the richest victim of this early 20th century disaster.

the Titanic.

4: In 1901 this steel baron donated millions to the library to help establish 39 branches around the city.

(Andrew) Carnegie.

5: The library's holdings include this female author's walking stick; do they keep it in "A Room of One's Own"?.

Virginia Woolf.
Round 4. Category: The Vice Presidency
1: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) The vice president is a member of the Board of Regents of this, "America's Attic".

The Smithsonian.

2: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) In 1789, as this man became the first VP, he said that he was more used to engaging in debates than presiding over them.

John Adams.

3: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) The first VP to become president on the death of the incumbent, this man shocked many by insisting on wielding the full presidential powers.

John Tyler.

4: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) Since 1974 the official residence of the vice president has been on the grounds of this astronomical agency of the United States.

the Naval Observatory.

5: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) In 1832, after ticking off President Jackson and defending a state's right to nullify an act of the Congress, this proud Southerner became the first vice president to resign.

(John C.) Calhoun.
Round 5. Category: From Page To Musical
1: Damon Runyon's story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" rolled the dice as this musical.

Guys and Dolls.

2: It was a 75-year journey, but "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" stepped out as this musical with an all-black cast.

The Wiz.

3: The Tony-winning musical "Big River" was based on this Mark Twain classic.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

4: Welcome, old chum, to this musical based on Christopher Isherwood's "Berlin Stories".

Cabaret.

5: Lerner and Loewe adapted this musical from T.H. White's "The Once and Future King".

Camelot.
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December 22, 2022Episode 680 - "Fire" - Secret Service Code Names - Former Occupation - Politicians - Fire!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 680, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Fire"
1: The oldest portable one, invented about 1837, used soda-acid.

fire extinguisher.

2: It's as old as the code of Hammurabi, which didn't mention what the rates were.

fire insurance.

3: Term for a meteor brighter than Venus in the morning or evening sky.

a fireball.

4: A British fighter plane of WWII, or a fierce-tempered woman.

a Spitfire.

5: This 3-word phrase means taking a risk while engaging in what seems like a game.

playing with fire.
Round 2. Category: Secret Service Code Names
1: This vice president from Tenn. joked he was so dull, his code name was simply his name, but officially, he was "Sundance".

Al Gore.

2: The Secret Service also protects foreign dignitaries; "Halo" was this late man's code name.

Pope John Paul II.

3: Fittingly, Fraction is the Secret Service code name for this cabinet post.

Secretary of Education.

4: This late Massachusetts senator was "Sunburn"; his mom, "Coppertone".

Ted Kennedy.

5: Sarah Palin was assigned this code name, the native name of the tallest mountain in her state.

Denali.
Round 3. Category: Former Occupation
1: Former N.Y. lawyer who stated his case on Monday Night Football for 13 years.

Howard Cosell.

2: Our last president without a bachelor's degree, once a Kansas City haberdasher.

Harry Truman.

3: Altar boy and seminarian who became infamous Soviet dictator.

Stalin.

4: Former Washington Senators' pitching prospect, now long-time Caribbean dictator.

Fidel Castro.

5: While observing "God and Man at Yale", this conservative spokesman taught Spanish there.

(William F.) Buckley (Jr.).
Round 4. Category: Politicians
1: Here's this representative handing off a cherished item in 2011; we think she wants it back.

(Nancy) Pelosi.

2: John Nance Garner held this job 1933-1941 and said it isn't worth "a bucket of warm spit" (or something else, in other sources).

vice president.

3: (I'm George Stephanopoulos.) After seeing Bill Clinton speak for the first time, I thought, this is the guy who can bring blacks and whites together the way that this senator promised to do back in 1968.

RFK (Bobby Kennedy).

4: As a senator from this state, 1985-2015, Jay Rockefeller pushed for health and safety measures for coal miners.

West Virginia.

5: In 2006 Deval Patrick was elected to succeed this man as governor of Massachusetts.

Mitt Romney.
Round 5. Category: Fire!
1: On Oct. 10, 1871, after 2 days, unbuilt lots, rainfall and Lake Michigan quelled a huge fire in this city.

Chicago.

2: On March 18, 1925 this woman's house of wax in London went up in smoke; the models within could be heard sizzling.

Madame Tussaud.

3: This general was blamed for the fire that destroyed Columbia, South Carolina, but he denied setting it and tried to put it out.

(William Tecumseh) Sherman.

4: Genesis 19 says, "the Lord rained upon" these 2 cities "brimstone and fire ...out of heaven".

Sodom and Gomorrah.

5: The 1911 fire in the NYC shirtwaist factory with this geometric name led to improvements in working conditions.

the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.
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December 21, 2022Episode 679 - Professors - Anagrandma - Not Exactly Human - People Of Faith - Second Book In The Series
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 679, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Professors
1: In 2010 the U. of Idaho celebrated the 100th birthday of chemist Malcolm Renfrew, holder of this type of professorship.

emeritus.

2: Professor Asaph Hall, who discovered Deimos and Phobos, taught math and this at Harvard.

astronomy.

3: This "Do the Right Thing" filmmaker teaches directing at NYU.

Spike Lee.

4: As Bill Ayers was in a '60s radical group called this, maybe he forecast later being an Illinois education professor.

the Weathermen.

5: This radical professor and "People's" historian died aged 87 in 2010.

Howard Zinn.
Round 2. Category: Anagrandma
1: When grandma's looking for these, sometimes they're on top of her head: sag less.

glasses.

2: If the lumbago comes back, grandma's grateful for this program: ice dream.

Medicare.

3: Grandma had a mania for this singer in the '60s: my nuclear pact.

Paul McCartney.

4: Hoping to meet her friend Juan from college, grandma's taking a cruise to this city: canal robe.

Barcelona.

5: Once a Democrat, and once a Republican, grandma leans this way now: retail brain.

libertarian.
Round 3. Category: Not Exactly Human
1: Per Bram Stoker, they cast no shadow; it's not that big a help in recognizing them, as they don't come out in daylight.

vampires.

2: Amazingly lifelike, Repliee Q2 is this type of robot that shares its name with a popular mobile platform.

android.

3: You could think a Roman satyr is human if he's wearing pants to hide the part that's this animal.

a goat.

4: A Haitian named Clairvius Narcisse said he was turned into a real-life one of these resuscitated terrors.

a zombie.

5: Stephenie Meyer says this werewolf "was my first experience with a character taking over".

Jacob Black.
Round 4. Category: People Of Faith
1: In their youth Rick Santorum and Antonin Scalia each served as this, helping a priest celebrate mass.

an altar boy.

2: In this major branch of Islam, an Ayatollah is an important teacher or leader.

Shiite.

3: The Gideons say these last an average of 6 years.

Bibles.

4: In a synagogue this person also called a hazzan leads the congregation in chanting and singing.

the cantor.

5: Another term for a heathen, originally it meant a follower of ancient religions.

a pagan.
Round 5. Category: Second Book In The Series
1: "The Two Towers".

The Fellowship of the Ring.

2: "Force 10 from Navarone".

The Guns of Navarone.

3: "Insurgent".

Divergent.

4: "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe".

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

5: "Prince Caspian".

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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December 20, 2022Episode 678 - For The Sole - Fruits And Vegetables - Name The Faith - African Cities - Women In History
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 678, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 678, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: For The Sole
1: The name of these soft leather loafers comes from an Algonquin word for "shoes".

moccasins.

2: The Kyrie 2 and the Kobe XI are basketball shoes from this company.

Nike.

3: "Digital" name for a ballerina's slippers that can take her to the ends of her feet.

toe shoes.

4: Part of this online retailer's logo looks like a shoe with a "Z" in the sole.

Zappos.

5: In 1989 Reebok introduced this hot-selling inflatable sports shoe.

Pumps.
Round 2. Category: Fruits And Vegetables
1: A veggie that comes in spears, or the genus it belongs to.

asparagus.

2: In most U.S. grocery stores, you should assume you are purchasing these, even if the sign says "yams".

sweet potatoes.

3: The fruit sold under this name, from that of an Italian estate, is a muskmelon.

cantaloupe.

4: Almost all California raisins are produced from this seedless grape named for an English immigrant.

Thompson seedless grapes.

5: Pickled pods of this have been called "a standard hors d'oeuvre at... every Southern cocktail party".

okra.
Round 3. Category: Name The Faith
1: The Shema, recited morning and night.

Judaism.

2: The Church of Norway.

Lutheran.

3: Speaking in tongues (it's named for a festival).

Pentecostalism.

4: The learned class called ulama.

Islam.

5: St. Gregory Palamas.

Greek Orthodox.
Round 4. Category: African Cities
1: The name of this largest Moroccan city combines 2 Spanish words.

Casablanca.

2: Several bridges, including El Tahrir, cross the Nile in this capital.

Cairo.

3: This port is the southernmost of South Africa's 3 capitals.

Cape Town.

4: Wooden 2-story verandas in this Liberian capital are an architectural link to the U.S. south.

Monrovia.

5: Named for a 19th century queen, this capital of the Seychelles has fewer than 30,000 people.

Victoria.
Round 5. Category: Women In History
1: She said of refusing to give up her seat, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in".

Rosa Parks.

2: This 18th-century Russian ruler hinted that none of her three children was fathered by her hubby--ouch.

Catherine the Great.

3: Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of a corrupt man who got this title in 1492.

pope.

4: Elizabeth Kennycame up with a method seen in use here to treat this disease.

polio.

5: (Hi, I'm Ken Burns.) My documentary "Not for Ourselves Alone" explored the lives of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 2 of our country's greatest these, from the Latin for "voting tablet".

suffragettes.
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December 19, 2022Episode 677 - 19Th Century Literature - General Food - Ernie - Living At The Watergate - Tv Is Really Cooking
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 677, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 19Th Century Literature
1: Essays making up this 1854 work include "Reading", "Solitude" and "The Pond in Winter".

Walden; or, Life in the Woods.

2: Akela the wolf and Baloo the brown bear are 2 of the animals featured in this collection of stories.

The Jungle Book.

3: Early in this Jules Verne tale, professor Otto Lidenbrock, his nephew and a guide descend into a volcano.

Journey to the Center of the Earth.

4: Wordsworth began a poem, "I wandered lonely as" this "that floats on high o'er vales and hills".

a cloud.

5: 2 expatriates come to Boston to visit relatives in his 1878 novel "The Europeans".

Henry James.
Round 2. Category: General Food
1: A term for grain from grass, it follows "breakfast" in your morning routine.

cereal.

2: General term for the edible kernel of a one-seeded fruit.

a nut.

3: Food in the Old West, perhaps from the wagon of the same name.

chuck.

4: Despite its name, this storeroom similar to a pantry is not specifically for keeping hog fat.

a larder.

5: Sometimes "K" or "C", they're food supplies for soldiers.

rations.
Round 3. Category: Ernie
1: On "Sesame Street", Ernie sang of his great affection for this bathtub accessory.

the rubber ducky.

2: As Stinky, Ernie Weckbaugh was a cast member of this group that also included Spanky and Alfalfa.

the Little Rascals (or Our Gang).

3: Famous Ernie's in State College, Pennsylvania is famous for the sandwiches "wit or witout onions".

a cheesesteak.

4: In 1961 Ernie Davis of Syracuse won this trophy; no African American had before, not even Ernie's idol Jim Brown.

the Heisman.

5: Cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller created this mischievous young girl.

Nancy.
Round 4. Category: Living At The Watergate
1: This Kansas senator was head of the RNC and living at the Watergate during the '72 break-in but was in Chicago that night.

Bob Dole.

2: Ironically, in 1969 Rose Mary Woods, this man's secretary, was the victim of one of the Watergate's first burglaries.

Richard Nixon.

3: In 1996 this Supreme Court justice from N.Y. and Watergate resident had her purse snatched outside the building.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

4: At the center of a pres. scandal herself, she left neighbors apology notes for the fuss she brought to the building in the '90s.

Monica Lewinsky.

5: This Secretary of State often played chamber music piano accompanied by 4 friends in her apartment.

Condoleezza Rice.
Round 5. Category: Tv Is Really Cooking
1: Tortellini with Bolognese sauce and pizza Margherita were featured in "Mario Eats Italy", Mario being this guy.

Mario Batali.

2: Bam! In 1990 he opened his first restaurant; bam! Later that decade, Food Network gave us the "Essence of" him.

Emeril.

3: Chairman Kaga oversaw culinary "battles" that were held in Kitchen Stadium on this show.

Iron Chef.

4: On this Fox show where you best not mess up the risotto, cooks vied to be the new head chef at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant.

Hell's Kitchen.

5: Adam Richman hit New Orleans to eat 180 oysters in under an hour in a challenge on this Travel Channel show.

Man v. Food.
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December 18, 2022Episode 676 - Blank Um - Rock Group Names - Flashback Friday - Alphabet Soup - How Odd
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 676, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Blank Um
1: It's the course of study at a college.

curriculum.

2: To feign sleep or death is "to play" this marsupial.

possum.

3: This ancient Roman amphitheater was built on the grounds of Nero's Golden House.

the Colosseum.

4: It's this state of balance when a chemical reaction and its reverse reaction proceed at the same rate.

equilibrium.

5: Here are a variety of these Chinese dumplings.

dim sum.
Round 2. Category: Rock Group Names
1: This band's name was inspired by gym teacher Leonard Skinner, who disliked long-haired students.

Lynyrd Skynyrd.

2: One story says Jerry Garcia found this band's name in a dictionary.

The Grateful Dead.

3: This "Up All Night" British boy band chose its name because it would sound good when announced on "The X Factor".

One Direction.

4: The concept that mankind is regressing gave this new wave "Whip It" band its name.

Devo.

5: This British synth rock band took its name from a French fashion magazine.

Depeche Mode.
Round 3. Category: Flashback Friday
1: This man who didn't have "no quarrel with them Viet Cong" refused military induction on Friday, April 28, 1967.

Muhammad Ali.

2: On Friday, Dec. 27, 1935, he issued a manifesto calling for an alliance of the Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang.

Mao (Tse-tung).

3: An uprising in Bogota on Friday, July 20, 1810 is celebrated as this country's independence day.

Colombia.

4: On Friday, March 6, 1953 Georgy Malenkov took over for this man, who'd died on Thursday.

Stalin.

5: The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 at least for a time ended Northern Ireland's period of strife known as these.

the Troubles.
Round 4. Category: Alphabet Soup
1: Served with or without matzo balls, C is for this soup "for the Soul".

chicken soup.

2: T is for this soup that's paired with grilled cheese on the Campbell's Kitchen website.

tomato.

3: "F" is for this soup with a little cheesy goodness on top.

French onion soup.

4: B is for this thick 6-letter soup, perhaps lobster or mushroom.

bisque.

5: A is for this spicy Mexican soup whose name is Spanish for "meatball".

albÃƒÂ³ndigas.
Round 5. Category: How Odd
1: The little known and bloodless "Pork and Beans War" was a border dispute between the U.S. and this neighbor.

Canada.

2: Though it sounds like it should be the norm, it's now only in place for a third of the year, November to March.

standard time.

3: All 50 states have a designated state this 4-letter word; for Kansas, it's Harney silt loam.

soil.

4: This bank was originally called the Bank of Italy, as it helped immigrants who couldn't get loans elsewhere.

Bank of America.

5: The classes of this kind of ship relate to their length, not height; class A is over 40 meters.

tall ships.
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December 17, 2022Episode 675 - 2 Kinds Of "Esque" - Dad Tv - Fitness And Exercise - U.s News And World Report Best Of 2014 - Science Update
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 675, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 2 Kinds Of "Esque"
1: A variety of bawdy stage show, or reminding one of Mr. Ives.

burlesque.

2: Pertaining to an Italian Renaissance painter, or in a very different mood, to TV's Sally Jessy.

Raphaelesque.

3: "Goddess" term meaning stately, or something a lot like that Ellen Page film.

Junoesque.

4: Solid term suggesting massive, majestic beauty, or referring to Christ the Redemer.

statuesque.

5: It refers specifically to an author who died in 1924, or broadly to senseless, menacing complexity.

Kafkaesque.
Round 2. Category: Dad Tv
1: Ricky Ricardo.

I Love Lucy.

2: Howard Cunningham.

Happy Days.

3: Charles Ingalls.

Little House on the Prairie.

4: Ponderosa rancher Ben Cartwright.

Bonanza.

5: Tim Taylor.

Home Improvement.
Round 3. Category: Fitness And Exercise
1: Drop and give me 2,220 of these, like world record holder Carlton Williams did in one hour in 2015.

push-ups.

2: Keep your knees bent and your lower back on the floor while doing this exercise that isolates your abs, cap'n.

a crunch.

3: NFL prospects run this dash, roughly the distance they'd have to run to cover an average punt.

40 yards.

4: This workout regimen that has trademarked "sport of fitness" calls its gyms "boxes".

CrossFit.

5: Wood you like to hold this abdominal exercise position for 4 hours and 26 mins. like Mao Weidong did in 2014?.

the plank.
Round 4. Category: U.s News And World Report Best Of 2014
1: The best "elementary particles/fields/string theory" grad school? This New Jersey Ivy League school.

Princeton.

2: For part-time law programs, think D.C.; George Washington U. was No. 2 and this university topped the list.

Georgetown.

3: On 2014's hospital "Honor Roll", the Mayo Clinic was No. 3, Mass. General No. 2 and this Baltimore facility the leader.

Johns Hopkins.

4: Let's get down to business--for undergrads, this City of Brotherly Love university was tops.

the University of Pennsylvania.

5: When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field.

Carnegie Mellon.
Round 5. Category: Science Update
1: A single "leap" of this time unit was added to June 30, 2015; we hope you used it well.

second.

2: A 2016 report says the world's food supply is in trouble with the decline of bees and others who do this important job.

pollinators.

3: Boo! The 2012 Chem. Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of how cells respond to this "emergency hormone" and others.

adrenalin.

4: in 2015 a team of Harvard scientists announced a breakthrough using anti-malarial drugs to treat this neuron disease.

Parkinson's.

5: In 2015 the earliest known case of this blood cancer was identified in a 7,000-year-old skeleton from Germany.

leukemia.
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