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May 23, 2024Episode 1199 - Greek alphabet puzzlers - Here come the brides - The coat closet - "an" the beginning - Nelson mandela
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1199, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Greek Alphabet Puzzlers
1: It's a symbol of the all-american way of life.
apple pie.
2: What baby needs, according to craps players.
a nu pair of shoes.
3: Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system.
Hi-Fi.
4: In song, she's asked, "What's that flower you have on?".
Delta Dawn.
5: A type of violent windstorm.
a psi-clone.
Round 2. Category: Here Come The Brides
1: In 1993 this "Pretty Woman" who was once engaged to Kiefer Sutherland married singer Lyle Lovett.
Julia Roberts.
2: In a 1993 TV movie, she married her childhood sweetheart Bamm-Bamm Rubble.
Pebbles (Flintstone).
3: "Our reception was most enthusiastic", she wrote in her diary of her 1840 marriage to her beloved Albert.
Queen Victoria.
4: She was Mickey Rooney's first bride, and Frank Sinatra's second.
Ava Gardner.
5: In Genesis Jacob was tricked into taking this woman as his bride, even though he loved Rachel.
Leah.
Round 3. Category: The Coat Closet
1: In 1988 Claude Montana designed a coat named for this wrap that's worn after taking a shower.
a bathrobe.
2: The coat named for this time of day is also called a cutaway.
a morning coat.
3: It's an evening coat that wraps around the body like the larval moth covering of the same name.
a cocoon (coat).
4: This Scotsman started making raincoats after he invented a rubberized fabric in 1823.
Macintosh.
5: This great French couturier debuted his A-Line coat in 1955.
(Christian) Dior.
Round 4. Category: An The Beginning. With An in quotation marks
1: An iron block on which metals are hammered into shapes; it also hammers roadrunner-chasing coyotes.
an anvil.
2: With the stress on the first syllable, a building add-on; on the second, to incorporate another country's territory.
an annex.
3: A collection of writings by various authors, often from a specific period.
an anthology.
4: The runner who goes last for a team in a relay race.
the anchor leg.
5: A sometimes fatal allergic reaction to bee venom is this type of "shock".
anaphylactic.
Round 5. Category: Nelson Mandela
1: In 1993 Mandela shared this prize with white South African president F.W. De Klerk.
the Nobel Peace Prize.
2: Mandela was already 45 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison early in this decade.
the 1960s.
3: For 18 years of his 27-year imprisonment, Nelson was held in Robben Island Prison near this South African city.
Cape Town.
4: Recounting his life and his struggles, Nelson's autobiography is titled "Long Walk to" this.
Freedom.
5: Nelson was a leading member of this long-banned political party, the ANC.
the African National Congress.
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May 22, 2024Episode 1198 - Poetic animals - 2011 news - Ben and jerry's flavors - Famous amos's - A clash of symbols
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1198, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Poetic Animals
1: These animals "couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again".
the king's horses and king's men.
2: When asked "Is there balm in Gilead?", this bird replied in the negative.
the raven.
3: Thomas Gray wrote an "Ode on the Death of" 1 of these pets, "drowned in a tub of goldfishes".
"a Favourite Cat".
4: In William Blake's poem, it was "burning bright in the forests of the night".
Tyger Tyger.
5: By the end of "The Walrus and the Carpenter", the title gluttons have eaten every 1 of these.
oysters.
Round 2. Category: 2011 News
1: He fell out of the top 50 world golf rankings for the first time since 1996.
Tiger Woods.
2: Acting under Chapter VII of their charter, the U.N. voted to institute one of these over Libya, grounding Qaddafi's aircraft.
a no-fly zone.
3: Starting Sept. 17, part of Lower Manhattan was occupied 24/7 by the protest group "Occupy" this.
Wall Street.
4: This homeless man from Ohio stepped into the batter's box of fame thanks to his golden voice.
Ted Williams.
5: Democratic state senators fled this state to stall Gov. Walker's union-busting budget bill.
Wisconsin.
Round 3. Category: Ben And Jerry'S Flavors
1: There are almond cookies in the flavor called "Mission to" this confection.
Marzipan.
2: This fan-suggested flavor is the first named for a rock legend.
Cherry Garcia.
3: The U.K. was treated to "Bohemian Raspberry", a flavor in honor of this band.
Queen.
4: In a Ben and Jerry's flavor, this candy bar comes between "Coffee" and "Crunch".
Heath.
5: It's the rhyming name of the flavor that includes fudge-covered peanut butter-filled pretzels.
Chubby Hubby.
Round 4. Category: Famous Amos'S
1: John Amos got an Emmy nomination for playing this character as an adult in.
Kunta Kinte.
2: Living to age 102, pioneer coach Amos Alonzo Stagg was acclaimed as this sport's "Grand Old Man".
football.
3: Before he became "Famous" for cookies, Wally Amos was 1 of these with William Morris.
an agent.
4: This comedian of Lebanese descent, aka Amos Jacobs, was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for humanitarianism.
Danny Thomas.
5: On "The Real McCoys", he was Grandpappy Amos "Head of the clan, he roars like a lion, but he's gentle as a lamb".
Walter Brennan.
Round 5. Category: A Clash Of Symbols
1: The eagle on the one-dollar bill grasps in its talons these seemingly antithetical items.
arrows and an olive branch.
2: In 2013 France's Communist party said adieu to this pair of symbols, saying "It isn't so relevant to a new generation".
the hammer and sickle.
3: In the NFL, both the Raiders and the Buccaneers have these weapons clashing on their logos.
swords.
4: In an 1874 cartoon Thomas Nast drew this creature scaring other animals, including an elephant.
a donkey.
5: The shield of Mars and the mirror of Venus are symbols for these, often known to clash.
men and women.
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May 21, 2024Episode 1197 - Books of the dead - Study abroad - African-american playwrights - "season" - Festivals and celebrations
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1197, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Books Of The Dead
1: The first volume of her poems didn't appear until 1890, 4 years after death stopped for her.
(Emily) Dickinson.
2: Irene Nemirovsky's "Suite Francaise" was a bestseller 6 decades after her 1942 death in this infamous camp in Poland.
Auschwitz.
3: Samuel Butler's "The Way of All" this was published in 1903, the year after his death.
The Way of All Flesh.
4: He died of a heart attack in 2004, shortly before the first novel in his mega-selling thriller trilogy was published.
(Stieg) Larsson.
5: Franz Kafka told an executor to destroy the manuscript of the 1925 novel "Der Prozess", this title in English.
The Trial.
Round 2. Category: Study Abroad
1: The University of Queensland offers a BMid, a bachelor's degree certifying you as one of these baby deliverers.
a midwife.
2: You can get a master of music degree from the Sibelius Academy at this European capital's university.
Helsinki.
3: You can earn a Ph.D. in pedagogy at Masaryk University in this Central European republic.
the Czech Republic.
4: It's safe now to attend Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a battlefront in this 1930s conflict.
the Spanish Civil War.
5: Bite into the university of this meaty Italian city, like Copernicus did.
Bologna.
Round 3. Category: African-American Playwrights
1: Playwright Langston Hughes formed the Suitcase Theater in Harlem and the New Negro Theater in this Calif. city.
L.A. (Los Angeles).
2: With its strong political message, Amiri Baraka's play "Dutchman" won one of these off-Broadway awards in 1964.
an OBIE.
3: This play about a family moving to the suburbs was the first Broadway play written and directed by African Americans.
A Raisin in the Sun.
4: James Baldwin loosely based his play "Blues for Mister Charlie" on the '55 murder of Emmitt Till in this southern state.
Mississippi.
5: This playwright of "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" founded Pittsburgh's Black Horizon Theatre Company.
August Wilson.
Round 4. Category: Season. With Season in quotation marks
1: Winter to a baseball player, and a good time to visit a resort to avoid peak tourist times.
off-season.
2: Herbs and spices will be these in our stew.
seasonings.
3: This Vivaldi work begins with "spring".
"The Four Seasons".
4: Paul Scofield won an Oscar as the "year-round" Thomas More in this 1966 film.
A Man For All Seasons.
5: This Jason Miller play about a basketball team's reunion was a slam-dunk with critics in 1973.
That Championship Season.
Round 5. Category: Festivals And Celebrations
1: "Mountaineers are always free" to attend Mountaineer Week in Morgantown in this state.
West Virginia.
2: Corbin in this "Bluegrass State" is home to the Nibroc (Corbin spelled backward) festival.
Kentucky.
3: This state has a rose festival in Jackson and a lilac festival on Mackinac Island.
Michigan.
4: Don't "space out" or you'll miss Panoply, a spring celebration of the arts in this Alabama city.
Huntsville.
5: A fire ant mating call contest is part of the Fire Ant Festival in Marshall in this southwest state.
Texas.
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May 20, 2024Episode 1196 - April fools' day - Trees - Science puns - Back to basics - Highways and byways
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1196, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: April Fools' Day
1: The United States sent up Tiros I, the 1st satellite of this kind, April 1, 1960.
weather satellite.
2: Rachmaninoff and Rostand, to name two.
April 1 Birthdays.
3: This silent movie "hunchback" whose parents were deaf mutes was born April 1, 1883.
Lon Chaney.
4: The "core" of this computer company goes back to its founding, April 1, 1976.
Apple Computer.
5: This Motown star was shot by his father April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday.
Marvin Gaye.
Round 2. Category: Trees
1: This "chestnut" is scientifically known as Aesculus hippocastanum.
the horse chestnut.
2: “Botanical” name of this Scott Joplin tune:.
"The Maple Leaf Rag".
3: The blue gum, which has been introduced into the U.S., and the Sydney peppermint are species of this tree.
the eucalyptus.
4: This is the better-known Genus and species name of the maidenhair tree, used in Chinese medicine to boost memory.
Gingko biloba.
5: Type of tree mentioned in the chorus of the following song:"As I went walking that ribbon of highway / I saw above me that endless skyway / I saw below me that golden valley...".
a redwood.
Round 3. Category: Science Puns
1: Do bees build these from scratch or does the scratch come later.
hives.
2: When a woman in labor yells out "Can't!", "Don't!" or "Won't!", she's having these.
contractions.
3: When you are "under" this, a manometer will measure it.
pressure.
4: Wyatt Earp gave these creatures the O.K. to build a reef in Tombstone's lake.
coral.
5: At lunch whales commit murder on a massive scale when they're "going in for" this.
the krill.
Round 4. Category: Back To Basics
1: This word for "basic" is also a 3rd grade type of school.
primary (or elementary).
2: RIF, short for "Reading is" this, has aided children's literacy since 1966.
fundamental.
3: The timeless line "when in doubt, go basic" this appeared in a 2017 Vogue feature.
black.
4: "Watery" term for the dominant trend, perhaps describing big media.
mainstream.
5: "R" you ready? This 11-letter word means "basic", like skills everyone should have.
rudimentary.
Round 5. Category: Highways And Byways
1: The Tour de France ends on this boulevard.
the Champs-Élysées.
2: In 1961, part of this city's Stalinallee was renamed Karl-Marx-Allee.
East Berlin.
3: Gulag labor was used to build this 7,000-mile highway with the same name as a famous railroad.
the Trans-Siberian Highway.
4: Peace, Hope and Friendship are streets in this state capital named in honor of God.
Providence, Rhode Island.
5: As Wall Street is associated with stocks, this NYC street is associated with advertising.
Madison Avenue.
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May 19, 2024Episode 1195 - "win" win situation - Soft words - Reportage - Analogies - Pun-ishing clues
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1195, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Win Win Situation. With Win in quotes
1: Flavor of Life Saver that may set off sparks in your mouth.
wint o green.
2: Native Americans who lived in the Green Bay area (Their name is now on mobile homes).
Winnebago.
3: Buzz Aldrin's real first name.
Edwin.
4: Charming, in a childlike way.
winsome.
5: Separating the wheat from the chaff by air.
winnowing.
Round 2. Category: Soft Words
1: The King James Bible sayeth, "A soft answer turneth away" this synonym for anger.
wrath.
2: "The Long Goodbye" finds this gumshoe describing various blondes, including a shadowy one who "speaks softly out of nowhere".
Philip Marlowe.
3: In a poem by this 3-named guy, Evangeline whispers to Gabriel, "If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us".
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
4: In "Thus Spake Zarathustra", he wrote, "The voice of beauty speaks softly: it steals only into the most awakened souls".
Friedrich Nietzsche.
5: In Poe's "The Raven", her whispered name is heard in the darkness.
Lenore.
Round 3. Category: Reportage
1: (I'm Hiroko Tabuchi.) In 2015 I reported on the Japanese company Takata's delay investigating why inflators on these in cars were exploding.
air bags.
2: James Whitaker, royal reporter for the Daily Mirror, shocked Britain with the news of this woman's eating disorder.
Lady Diana (Princess Diana).
3: "An age-old journalistic dilemma": getting the story or protecting this "S"-person.
a source.
4: The thrilling Zachary Taylor/Lewis Cass contest of 1848 was the first presidential election for this new wire service.
the Associated Press.
5: The first reporter in space, Japanese journalist Akiyama Toyohiro trained at Star City in this country.
Russia.
Round 4. Category: Analogies
1: Dog is to bark as duck is to this.
quack.
2: A ruler is to length as this is to body temperature.
a thermometer.
3: Foot is to feet as datum is to this.
data.
4: Car is to garage as airplane is to this.
hangar.
5: Santiago is to Chile as this is to Peru.
Lima.
Round 5. Category: Pun-Ishing Clues
1: "To live until you are very, very old", or to widen one's pupils.
to dilate/die late.
2: "Things that can be seen from the Eiffel Tower", or animals that live and feed on other animals.
Paris sites/parasites.
3: "What a female softball player catches the ball with", or a religious recluse.
her mitt/hermit.
4: "What a chicken does to an egg", or a small ax.
hatch it/hatchet.
5: "Former circus big top enclosure", or the distance something encompasses.
ex-tent/extent.
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May 18, 2024Episode 1194 - And the award goes to... - The old testament - 20th c. quotes - Let's go for a "spin" - Tools of the kitchen
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1194, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: And The Award Goes To...
1: This nutty comic won a 1996 National Society of Film Critics award for his role as "The Nutty Professor".
Eddie Murphy.
2: Barbara Walters' "20/20" co-host, in 1998 he was awarded the Children's Champion Award from UNICEF.
Hugh Downs.
3: While president of the Philippines, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize.
Corazon Aquino.
4: Category for which James Tobin, Gary Becker and Milton Friedman all won Nobel Prizes.
Economics.
5: This Spanish cellist was among the first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Pablo Casals.
Round 2. Category: The Old Testament
1: Potiphar's wife tries to seduce this dream translator, who resists and ends up being sent to jail.
Joseph.
2: Recipient of God's bad news "Thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither".
Moses.
3: One lie he told was "If they bind me with 7 green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak".
Samson.
4: He interpreted the "handwriting on the wall" for Belshazzar.
Daniel.
5: In Exodus 21, 2 of the 4 body parts that follow "Thou shalt give life for life...".
(2 of) an eye, a tooth, a hand and a foot.
Round 3. Category: 20Th C. Quotes
1: A remark attributed to Eldridge Cleaver states, "You're either part of the solution or part of" this.
the problem.
2: In a 1969 speech, he was 1st to refer to "The Great Silent Majority".
Richard Nixon.
3: This clergyman wrote from a Birmingham jail, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere".
Martin Luther King, Jr..
4: Establishing scholarships in his will he said, "Educational relations make the strongest tie".
Cecil Rhodes.
5: This famed WWII correspondent stated, "I write from the worm's-eye point of view".
Ernie Pyle.
Round 4. Category: Let'S Go For A Spin. With Spin in quotes
1: "Melrose Place" was one for "Beverly Hills 90210".
a spin-off.
2: Here are the rules: if the soda container stops rotating and faces you, it's time to pucker up.
spin the bottle.
3: It can be a yarn maker, or a woman who never married.
a spinster.
4: It's the rotating skid of a car losing control.
a spinout.
5: The bowman on a yacht is there to set this sail.
a spinnaker.
Round 5. Category: Tools Of The Kitchen
1: Different types of these can remove hot stuff from the oven or catch baseballs.
a mitt.
2: A pair of hinged metal griddles with a honeycombed interior make up one of these.
a waffle iron.
3: Both a product such as Adolph's and a kitchen tool have this name, referring to what they do to meat.
a tenderizer.
4: You'll be draining without straining using a Williams-Sonoma one of these holey items.
a colander.
5: The name of this perforated pasta prep bowl is from the Latin for "strain".
a colander.
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May 17, 2024Episode 1193 - Phrases literally translated - That's "super"! - I still like cartoons - Not a current national capital - "m" tv
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1193, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Phrases Literally Translated
1: Don't overcook the pasta--I like it "to the tooth".
al dente.
2: I was just walking down the street and I had a sudden sense of "already seen".
déja vu.
3: I see you've positioned the bed according to the principles of "wind water".
feng shui.
4: Step outside, pal--it's you and me, "hand to hand".
mano a mano.
5: Gerry Adams is the leader of "Ourselves Alone".
Sinn Fein.
Round 2. Category: That'S Super!. With Super in quotes
1: In the days following Hurricane Katrina, this venue sheltered nearly 25,000 evacuees.
the Superdome.
2: The first one was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
the Super Bowl.
3: These enormous cargo ships can hold over 300,000 tons of oil.
supertankers.
4: When a massive star dies out, it may explode and become one of these, billions of times as bright as the sun.
a supernova.
5: Here's a crossword clue: One-word movie song title(34 letters).
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
Round 3. Category: I Still Like Cartoons
1: This guy's theme song tells us "Absorbent and yellow and porous is he".
SpongeBob SquarePants.
2: This Great Dane was introduced in 1969, and you'd have gotten away with $400 if it weren't for those meddling kids.
Scooby-Doo.
3: These 2 title kids get to torment the Grim Reaper after winning a limbo contest against him.
Billy and Mandy.
4: He leads Ed and Edd in trying to carry out various adolescent schemes.
Eddy.
5: Looking like a refugee from "Pac Man", Blooregard Q. Kazoo hangs out with his pal, Mac, on this show.
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
Round 4. Category: Not A Current National Capital
1: Asmara,Addis Ababa,Aswan.
Aswan.
2: Ljubljana,Bratislava,Barcelona.
Barcelona.
3: Quito,Sao Paulo,Bogota.
São Paulo.
4: Istanbul,Ottawa,Amman.
Istanbul.
5: Sofia,Sarajevo,Saigon.
Saigon.
Round 5. Category: M Tv. With M in quotation marks
1: This series' title character worked for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
2: This James Garner western once broadcast a satire of "Gunsmoke" titled "Gunshy".
Maverick.
3: The novel it was derived from was written by a doctor who'd actually served in the Korean War.
mash.
4: Guy Fieri hosted this TV competition in which contestants had 60 seconds to perform tasks for cash.
Minute to Win It.
5: In a 1987 show, Matt Frewer played a dual role, Edison Carter and this title character.
Max Headroom.
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May 16, 2024Episode 1192 - The century of the crime - January 1, 1993 - Of the nile - Words of the year - 3
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1192, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Century Of The Crime
1: Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to money laundering, fraud and a bunch of other stuff.
the 21st century.
2: Charlotte Corday kills Marat, is not sad.
the 18th century.
3: Lewis Payne causes William Seward pain, but even wounding the Secretary of State is not the biggest crime that day.
the 19th century.
4: The Salem witch trials burn into history.
the 17th century.
5: William Wallace is condemned as a traitor, though he said he never swore allegiance to Edward.
the 14th century.
Round 2. Category: January 1, 1993
1: These 2 countries came into existence.
Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
2: This country knocked 3 zeros off its pesos.
Mexico.
3: President Bush spent the day wishing happy new year to the U.S. troops in this country.
Somalia.
4: This college team became No. 1 by defeating the Miami Hurricanes 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl.
the University of Alabama.
5: Robert Eaton took over as this automaker's CEO.
Chrysler.
Round 3. Category: Of The Nile
1: The Nile runs through Cairo and this other national capital city.
Khartoum, Sudan.
2: The first of the 10 Biblical plagues of Egypt occurred when the waters of the Nile were turned into this.
blood.
3: The High Dam across the Nile at this city creates Lake Nasser, one of the largest reservoirs in the world.
Aswan.
4: He was knighted in 1886 in part for his journeys in search of the source of the Nile.
Sir Richard Burton.
5: There's no denial, Act III of this Verdi opera takes place on the banks of the Nile.
Aida.
Round 4. Category: Words Of The Year
1: dictionary.com:Xenophobia, meaning "fear of" these.
foreigners (or strangers).
2: The Cambridge Dictionary picked this adjective meaning having delusions of persecution.
paranoid.
3: Merriam-Webster:Not merely "real" but this word meaning weirdly unreal, like a dream.
surreal.
4: Collins Dictionary:This word with a useful suffix to indicate leaving.
Brexit.
5: Oxford:Post-truth, edging out this 4-letter adjective meaning alert to injustice.
woke.
Round 5. Category: 3
1: The 3-tiered crown of this personage stands for spiritual power, temporal power and ecclesiastical power.
the pope.
2: Ned Nederlander, Dusty Bottoms and Lucky Day go up against El Guapo in this 1986 movie.
¡Three Amigos!.
3: This secretary in Ronald Reagan's cabinet shares his name with one of the 3 men in a tub.
(James) Baker.
4: The 3 main classifications of these are active, dormant and extinct.
volcanoes.
5: The 3 orders of these monks are the Friars Minor, the Poor Clares and the Brothers and Sisters of Penance.
the Franciscans.
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May 15, 2024Episode 1191 - Go to "h" - With a sculpture on top - Traditional eastern medicine - Shocking art - And span "d_x"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Go To H. With H in quotation marks
1: It's the medical term for bad breath.
halitosis.
2: Buzz in when you know this one -- in ancient times, this sweet, sticky liquid was used to treat wounds.
Honey.
3: At best, it's a computer enthusiast; at worst, it's one who illegally taps into your computer.
Hacker.
4: Established in 1519, this capital is the largest city in the West Indies.
Havana (Cuba).
5: This small nocturnal mammal covered with spines rolls into a ball when threatened.
a hedgehog.
Round 2. Category: With A Sculpture On Top
1: Commissioned by brewer Carl Jacobsen, a sculpture of this fairy-tale figure sits atop a rock in Copenhagen harbor.
the Little Mermaid.
2: A classical statue called "Freedom" sits atop the dome of this Washington, D.C. building.
the U.S. Capitol.
3: Philly's city hall is topped by a 37-foot tall statue of this colony founder; for a time no building there was built higher than his hat.
William Penn.
4: The colossal Christ the Redeemer Statue on Mount Corcovado towers over this South American city.
Rio de Janeiro.
5: A column topped by a 17-foot statue of this man is the centerpiece of London's Trafalgar Square.
Nelson.
Round 3. Category: Traditional Eastern Medicine
1: Most acupuncture points relate to pathways along the body called these, like the ones connecting poles on a globe.
meridians.
2: Cupping stimulates acupuncture points by applying suction through a glass jar, creating a partial one of these.
a vacuum.
3: Acupuncture needles, now steel and as thin as a hair, were once made of the woody stem of this giant grass.
bamboo.
4: Research shows that acupuncture increases brain production of these hormones, natural painkillers.
endorphins.
5: Once in weight-loss products, ma huang is the Chinese name for this herbal stimulant used to treat asthma.
ephedra.
Round 4. Category: Shocking Art
1: His mural at Rockefeller Center was destroyed because it included a depiction of Lenin.
Diego Rivera.
2: 1485 Florence was shocked by this artist's large nude painting of the birth of a goddess.
Botticelli.
3: In 1892 Berlin authorities screamed and closed the exhibit by this Scandinavian artist.
(Edvard) Munch.
4: This impressionist's Christ paintings of 1864 and 1865 were crucified for being unidealized.
Édouard Manet.
5: Marcel Duchamp's "Nude Descending a Staircase" caused a stir at this 1913 show in New York City.
the Armory Show.
Round 5. Category: And Span D_X. With D_X in quotes
1: This 2-word term for a spiral shape dates to 1954.
double helix.
2: A house with 2 living units, or an apartment with 2 floors.
duplex.
3: Type of treatment to help someone recover from drug or alcohol abuse.
detox.
4: Numerical 2-word term for getting rid of something, perhaps by sending it to Davy Jones' locker.
deep six.
5: U.S. patent 4194846 is for this kind of printer.
dot-matrix.
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May 14, 2024Episode 1190 - Languages of india - Jeopardy! acceptable responses - Historic figures - Presidential pooches - Animated movie plots
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1190, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Languages Of India
1: Some dialects are characteristic of one of these Indian social divisions, like Ahirani, spoken by cattle herders.
a caste.
2: Spoken by some 50 million, Gujarati was the first language of this "Father of Modern India".
Mahatma Gandhi.
3: Works like the Bhagavad Gita were written in this ancient language.
Sanskrit.
4: Marathi is the home language of this city, the financial and commercial center of India.
Mumbai.
5: The written language of about 100 million people, it's basically Hindi, but with Arabic script.
Urdu.
Round 2. Category: Jeopardy! Acceptable Responses
1: While we eternally accept Holland, this is the more accurate name for the country.
the Netherlands.
2: We've never even heard anyone say the name Goyathlay, but we'd accept it for this Apache leader.
Geronimo.
3: He went by a shorter name, but William Claude Dukenfield is an acceptable answer when referring to this actor.
W.C. Fields.
4: You don't have to be high society to know that Society of Friends is an acceptable alternative name for this group.
the Quakers.
5: When asking for the name of this mid-20th century British author, we will of course accept his real name, Eric Blair.
George Orwell.
Round 3. Category: Historic Figures
1: Liu Pang, a man of humble birth, founded this country's Han Dynasty circa 202 B.C..
China.
2: Forced from Mainland China in 1949, he established a nationalist government on Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek.
3: This English seaman was known to the Spaniards as "The Dragon".
(Sir Francis) Drake.
4: Only the core of this 13th century conqueror's army consisted of Mongols.
Genghis Khan.
5: Wayzaro Menen, a great-granddaughter of Emperor Menelik II, was the wife of this Ethiopian ruler.
Haile Selassie.
Round 4. Category: Presidential Pooches
1: Thomas Jefferson owned 2 briards that were a gift from this Frenchman.
LaFayette.
2: In the early 1860's, his dog Fido became the first presidential dog to be photographed.
Abraham Lincoln.
3: Garfield named his dog this to warn Congress not to send him any bills that he didn't want to sign into law.
Veto.
4: A pup of liberty, this "golden" breed owned by Gerald Ford, became a guide dog for the blind.
a golden retriever.
5: This chocolate lab was First Dog from 1997 to 2001.
Buddy.
Round 5. Category: Animated Movie Plots
1: In this 2008 film Jedi Knights try to restore peace as the droid army rampages.
The Clone Wars.
2: 4 musicians help Lord Admiral save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies and their anti-music missiles in this classic.
Yellow Submarine.
3: Mrs. Brisby gets help from some super-smart rats who've escaped from a lab in this Don Bluth film.
The Secret of NIMH.
4: 50-foot-tall, metal-eating, talking robot befriends boy in this 1999 film.
Iron Giant.
5: In this 2007 film things don't get better for young Marjane after the Shah is supplanted by the Islamic Revolution.
Persepolis.
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