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December 06, 2022Episode 664 - Mild-Mannered Reporters - I Represent - State Fish - Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Direct To Video
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 664, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Mild-Mannered Reporters
1: (Hi, I'm Wolf Blitzer.) From 1990 to 1992 my beat for CNN was this building where I had to see all sides of an issue, not just 5.

Pentagon.

2: Sportswriter Grantland Rice wrote that the "Great Scorer" marks "Not that you won or lost" but this.

How you played the game.

3: His book "Another City, Not My Own" is based on his time covering the Simpson trial for Vanity Fair.

Dominick Dunne.

4: Roscoe was the middle name of this man known for his calm radio reportage during WWII.

Edward R. Murrow.

5: This king of gonzo journalism wrote of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and in the 1972 campaign.

Hunter S. Thompson.
Round 2. Category: I Represent
1: Rep. Dick Gephardt.

Missouri.

2: Sen. Joseph Biden.

Delaware.

3: Rep. Dick Armey.

Texas.

4: Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell.

Colorado.

5: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr..

Illinois.
Round 3. Category: State Fish
1: Though this "regal" salmon is Alaska's state fish, it doesn't wear a crown.

king salmon.

2: A Massachusetts cape is named for this state fish, a valuable food source.

cod.

3: Called a muskie for short, it's Wisconsin's state fish.

a muskellunge.

4: This largest species of salmon, Oregon's state fish, shares its name with an Indian tribe and may grow to 3 feet.

the Chinook salmon.

5: South Dakota chose the walleye, while North Dakota chose the northern type of this fish.

a pike.
Round 4. Category: Take Me Out To The Ballgame
1: In 1968 the Kansas City A's moved to this city.

Oakland.

2: This pitcher hurled the first of his record 7 no-hitters in 1973 and his last 18 years later.

Nolan Ryan.

3: In 1941 this outfielder had a 56-game hitting streak, a Major League record.

Joe DiMaggio.

4: Inn 1993 this player "Mr. October", was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Reggie Jackson.

5: This Boston Red Sox player won back-to-back titles 3 times:1941 and '42, 1947 and '48, and 1957 and '58.

Ted Williams.
Round 5. Category: Direct To Video
1: You can order a copy of this fitness guru's "Sweatin' To The Oldies" from his web site.

Richard Simmons.

2: This singing group is featured on a video subtitled "One Hour Of Girl Power!".

The Spice Girls.

3: This company offers a motivational tape for experienced users of its exercise ski machines.

NordicTrack.

4: This talk show host's video of clips edited from his show is subtitled "Too Hot For TV".

Jerry Springer.

5: This animated dinosaur film by Don Bluth spawned 4 video sequels.

The Land Before Time.
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December 05, 2022Episode 663 - Director Directory - Country Songs - Fragrances - 'Allo, Governor! - Proverbially Speaking
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 663, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Director Directory
1: Profession of Joseph (of Christmas, not Halloween, fame).

Carpenter.

2: What an angry mob might have done to David's "Blue Velvet".

Lynch.

3: This castle in Brno used as a Hapsburg prison didn't make "Schindler's List".

Spielberg Castle.

4: Tragic 1846-47 pioneer "party" that could have used "Superman" to rescue them.

Donner (as in Richard) Party.

5: This popular stencil-bearing wood chair of 19th century America can make a cameo in your house.

Hitchcock chair.
Round 2. Category: Country Songs
1: In "Coward of the County", these boys, tho not necessarily Larry, Steve and Rudy, did Becky wrong.

Gatlin brothers.

2: In this song Roger Miller told us, "They oughta take a rope and hang me high from the highest tree".

"Dang Me".

3: U.S. state that's the actual title of the Tanya Tucker song often called "When I Die".

Texas.

4: A Top 20 country hit for Elvis in 1973, Willie Nelson took it to No. 1 in 1982.

"Always On My Mind".

5: (Hi, I'm Joe Nichols.) It may sound "unlikely", but in 2003 this song earned me a Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal.

"The Impossible".
Round 3. Category: Fragrances
1: Her No. 5 perfume was later joined by Nos. 22 and 19.

Coco Chanel.

2: C'mon, get this, the bestselling women's fragrance in the Clinique line.

Happy.

3: Tattoo artist Kat von D has a scent called Saint as well as this alter ego.

Sinner.

4: Eternity, Truth, Obsession: they're all fragrances from this designer.

Calvin Klein.

5: You might say this man's cologne, introduced by Bijan in 1996, is a real slam dunk.

Michael Jordan.
Round 4. Category: 'Allo, Governor!
1: Henry S. Thibodaux,P.B.S. Pinchback.

Louisiana.

2: Al Smith,Mario Cuomo.

New York.

3: Calvin Coolidge,Michael Dukakis.

Massachusetts.

4: Beauford Jester,John B. Connally, Jr..

Texas.

5: Karl F. Rulvagg,Floyd Bjornsterne Olson,Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus.

Minnesota.
Round 5. Category: Proverbially Speaking
1: "Laughter is the best" this.

medicine.

2: It "makes the heart grow fonder".

absence.

3: An Old English proverb says, "beauty is only" this, to which someone added, "ugly goes to the bone".

skin deep.

4: "Where ignorance is" this, "'tis folly to be wise".

bliss.

5: "A watched pot never" does this.

boils.
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December 04, 2022Episode 662 - Cities Of New York - Beloved Poems - Space Missions - Russellmania - Michelangelo
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 662, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cities Of New York
1: It's "The Capital of the Empire State" and "The Edinburgh of America".

Albany.

2: It's "The Bison City".

Buffalo.

3: "The Birthplace of Baseball".

Cooperstown.

4: "The Honeymoon City".

Niagara Falls.

5: It's "The Kodak City" and "The Photo Capital of the World".

Rochester.
Round 2. Category: Beloved Poems
1: "If I should die" wrote WWI poet Rupert Brooke, "... some corner of a foreign field ... is forever" this jolly old place.

England.

2: Completes the final lines of a Longfellow poem: "Thy fate is the common fate of all, into each life some ...".

rain must fall.

3: Auden's "Funeral Blues" became a favorite of mourners after it was featured in this Hugh Grant film.

Four Weddings and a Funeral.

4: "Breathes there the man, with" this "so dead, who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!".

soul.

5: 19th century bard George Pope Morris wrote the poem urging, "Woodman", do this.

spare that tree.
Round 3. Category: Space Missions
1: The U.S. Ranger spacecrafts were designed to crash-land on this heavenly body.

Moon.

2: All the nicknames of the Mercury capsules ended in this number, honoring the first group of astronauts.

7.

3: In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander found ice on this region of the planet.

the poles.

4: The New Horizons mission was launched to explore this planet before it was downgraded to a dwarf.

Pluto.

5: The Cassini project is exploring Titan and Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet.

Saturn.
Round 4. Category: Russellmania
1: In 1966 this All-Star player became the first African-American head coach in the NBA.

Bill Russell.

2: Astronomers Henry Russell and Ejnar Hertzsprung devised a diagram displaying the luminosity of these.

stars.

3: "The Analysis of Mind" and "Marriage and Morals" are books by this thinker, grandson of a British prime minister.

Bertrand Russell.

4: Until 1931 members of this religious movement founded by Charles Russell were known as Russellites.

Jehovah's Witnesses.

5: A collection of this New York Times columnist's work was titled "Poor Russell's Almanac".

Russell Baker.
Round 5. Category: Michelangelo
1: The left arm of this over 14-foot marble statue was broken in 1527 and not repaired until later.

David.

2: Born in Caprese, Michelangelo was taken to this city while still an infant.

Florence.

3: 'Bacchus", his first surviving large statue, led to a commission for this sculpture now in St. Peter's.

the Pieta.

4: Michelangelo's enormous statue of Pope Julius II in this metal was later recast into a cannon.

bronze.

5: In 1489 Michelangelo enrolled at an art school established by this "Magnificent" Medici.

Lorenzo.
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December 03, 2022Episode 661 - Invisible Men - More Celebrity Rhyme Time - "Andy" - Stained Glass - Impossible
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 661, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Invisible Men
1: As Nick in "Memoirs of an Invisible Man", all he wants are his molecules back and Daryl Hannah.

Chevy Chase.

2: These days Goldie Hawn sees a lot of this "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" star.

Kurt Russell.

3: In a 1951 film this comedy pair joins forces with invisible man Arthur Franz.

Abbott and Costello.

4: He wasn't seen very long on TV as "The Invisible Man"; his tenure as Illya Kuryakin lasted longer.

David McCallum.

5: You may remember seeing him in "Cocoon" and "Police Academy" but not in "The Man Who Wasn't There".

Steve Guttenberg.
Round 2. Category: More Celebrity Rhyme Time
1: Jagger's pranks.

Mick's tricks.

2: Maher's medications.

Bill's pills.

3: Carney's roles.

Art's parts.

4: Blythe's flags.

Danner's banners.

5: Kerri's embraces.

Strug's hugs.
Round 3. Category: "Andy"
1: The black and white bear of Walter Lantz cartoons.

Andy Panda.

2: "A Family Affair" was the 1st of 15 films in this Mickey Rooney series.

the Andy Hardy series.

3: Reg Smythe's pub-crawling comic strip husband of Flo.

Andy Capp.

4: Donny Osmond made his debut at the age of 4 on his show.

The Andy Williams Show.

5: An 8-hour static film of the Empire State Building was done by this pop artist.

Andy Warhol.
Round 4. Category: Stained Glass
1: In the 16th c., creation of a tool with this gem at the tip made cutting glass easier.

diamond.

2: Traditionally, stained glass is joined by "cames", strips of this metal.

lead.

3: This city's remarkable Sainte Chapelle, built in the 13th c., has walls almost entirely of stained glass.

Paris.

4: Famed for pieces such as lampshades, this artist was born into a family of N.Y. jewelers.

(Louis) Tiffany.

5: An animated short subject, or the term for a full-sized pattern of a stained glass window.

cartoon.
Round 5. Category: Impossible
1: Lewis Carroll's White Queen said of this girl's age, she "believed as many as 6 impossible things before breakfast".

Alice.

2: Jesus said, "If you have" this, "nothing will be impossible unto you".

Faith.

3: "When you have excluded the impossible" Holmes said, "whatever remains, however improbable, must be" this.

The truth.

4: The quote: "In two words: Im-possible" is attributed to this legendary Hollywood mogul.

Samuel Goldwyn.

5: This suave Brit played a psychiatrist with a nubile young daughter in the 1968 farce "The Impossible Years".

David Niven.
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8min
December 02, 2022Episode 660 - Military Matters - Tv Friends - Ends In "Ff" - Movie Themes - This Should Sound Familiar
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 660, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Military Matters
1: All 28 members of this international organization have sent troops to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.

NATO.

2: Ready to fight at a moment's notice, the Minutemen were militia soldiers in this war.

the American Revolution.

3: A broad area where explosive devices have been concealed; it can be in water as well as on land.

a minefield.

4: Some in the military jokingly call this building "The Five-Sided Puzzle Palace".

the Pentagon.

5: The three elements that make up the Marine Corps seal are a globe, an eagle holding a scroll and this naval symbol.

an anchor.
Round 2. Category: Tv Friends
1: (Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt.) I used to play D.J. Connor's boring friend George on this sitcom.

Roseanne.

2: Grant Show appeared as Dylan's friend Jake on this series before he was spun off to "Melrose Place".

Beverly Hills, 90210.

3: In 1995 it was finally revealed that this kooky character does have a first name: it's Cosmo.

Kramer.

4: He's the friend Matt LeBlanc plays on "Friends".

Joey Tribbiani.

5: Claire Danes and A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela and Rayanne on this acclaimed series.

My So-Called Life.
Round 3. Category: Ends In "Ff"
1: It's commonly found at the end of a sleeve.

a cuff.

2: The use of this word as a slang term for a corpse dates back to the mid-19th century.

stiff.

3: At Cape Canaveral, it follows a countdown.

blast/lift/takeoff.

4: From the Middle English for "mockery", it means to express derision or scorn.

scoff.

5: This annual cooking contest first took place in 1949 at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Pillsbury Bake-Off.
Round 4. Category: Movie Themes
1: [audio].

Love Story.

2: [This time, the clue is this music (identify the film):]"When you get caught between the Moon and New York City...".

Arthur.

3: [audio].

The Great Escape.

4: [audio].

Valley of the Dolls.

5: [The last clue in that column is this piece of music--listen:].

Lawrence of Arabia.
Round 5. Category: This Should Sound Familiar
1: In 1975, using her grandkids' ages, a Pennsylvania woman won about $28,000 with this alliterative racetrack bet.

a daily double.

2: Anything that gives you a solution to a mystery, or a Parker Brothers board game.

a clue.

3: 5-letter term used to show feelings of regret, or a Parker Brothers board game; ooo....

sorry.

4: From the French for "rotten pot", it's any mixture of unrelated objects.

potpourri.

5: Don't look now, but from the Latin for "balcony", it's a small platform for a public speaker.

a podium.
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December 01, 2022Episode 659 - Are You Addressing Me? - Florida - Bear Facts - Cinematic Title Pairs - Striking
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 659, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Are You Addressing Me?
1: The personal pronoun of the second person in the nominative case; people often act holier than it.

thou.

2: A surgeon in England is simply addressed as this, not Dr..

Mr..

3: Miss came from the first syllable of this word and mrs. is a shortened form of it.

mistress.

4: From the Arabic for "old man", it's the head of a family, tribe or village.

sheik.

5: As tovarishch means this, we guess you could be a tovarishch-in-arms.

comrade.
Round 2. Category: Florida
1: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's this teen of steel, the 1st TV series made at the Disney-MGM Florida Studios.

Superboy.

2: Interstate 10 enters Florida at the west end of the Panhandle from this adjacent state.

Alabama.

3: In the movie "Where the Boys Are", it's the city where the boys are.

Fort Lauderdale.

4: A revolving platform called Kodak's Island in the Sky provides panoramic views of these gardens near Winter Haven.

Cypress Gardens.

5: The Sunshine Skyway crosses this bay to connect St. Petersburg to the Tamiami Trail.

Tampa Bay.
Round 3. Category: Bear Facts
1: In song, Davy Crockett was said to have "Kil't him a bar when he was only" this age.

three.

2: The original Smokey the Bear became a popular attraction at this city's zoo.

Washington, D.C..

3: The constellation Ursa Major, meaning the "great bear", is better known by this name.

Big Dipper.

4: In their structure and tooth formation, bears are most closely related to this family of animals.

dogs.

5: Few Americans got to see this mascot at the 1980 Olympics.

Misha.
Round 4. Category: Cinematic Title Pairs
1: 1958:"...and the Dead".

The Naked.

2: 1971:"...and Maude".

Harold.

3: 1989:"...and Hooch".

Turner.

4: 1945:"...and the Amazons".

Tarzan.

5: 1976:"...and the Dirtwater Fox".

The Duchess.
Round 5. Category: Striking
1: Abbreviated the WGA, this entertainment union went on strike in 1981, 1985 and 1988.

Writers Guild of America.

2: A major 1970 strike by federal employees in this "service" helped change it to an independent gov't agency.

U.S. Postal Service.

3: International Women's Day on March 8 honors a famous 1857 strike began by textile workers in this city.

New York City.

4: In 1892 a workers' strike at this steel magnate's Homestead, Penn. plant led to several injuries and deaths.

Andrew Carnegie.

5: In May of 1926, unions in this nation banded together and quit work in support of striking coal miners.

Great Britain.
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November 30, 2022Episode 658 - Thomas Aquinas, Advice Columnist - I Won - It's Always About "U" - Location, Location, Location - Cooking Terms
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 658, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Thomas Aquinas, Advice Columnist
1: Dear Uncertain:Christ didn't break the laws against working on this day; they apply to human, not divine work.

the sabbath.

2: Dear Worried:It's a slippery slope -- a venial one of these disposes you to a mortal one.

sin.

3: Dear Struggling:Sorry, but the poor must pay these, whether the traditional tenth of income or more.

tithes.

4: Dear Confused:Baptism is the sacrament of faith; the sacrament of charity is this, the Lord's supper.

the eucharist.

5: Dear Baffled:As St. Augustine says, the image of this in man is in the 3 parts mind, knowledge and love.

the trinity.
Round 2. Category: I Won
1: Pitted against Clarence Darrow, this man won his case on July 21, 1925 and then died 5 days later.

William Jennings Bryan.

2: One of the few victories the Romans ever won against this Carthaginian general was at Zuma in 202 B.C..

Hannibal.

3: As the Dixiecrat nominee, this South Carolina senator, then governor, won 39 electoral votes in 1948.

Strom Thurmond.

4: The author of "A Beggar In Jerusalem", this concentration camp survivor won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

Elie Wiesel.

5: This "hazardous" naval officer won the decisive 1813 Battle of Lake Erie over the British.

Oliver Hazard Perry.
Round 3. Category: It's Always About "U"
1: In 1949 Harry Truman traveled to New York to help lay a cornerstone for this body.

the United Nations.

2: Seats are reserved in the Indian parliament for this group that falls outside of the caste system.

the Untouchables.

3: Now a democratic republic of central Asia, in 1992 it ratified its first post-Soviet constitution.

Uzbekistan.

4: Its atomic weight is 238.

uranium.

5: The language known as Hindi is very close to this official language of Pakistan.

Urdu.
Round 4. Category: Location, Location, Location
1: Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country.

Switzerland.

2: Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807.

Gotham.

3: There are only 31 states and 1 federal district in this North American country.

Mexico.

4: The Tasman Sea separates Australia and this nation.

New Zealand.

5: Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district.

Nottingham.
Round 5. Category: Cooking Terms
1: To brush melted butter on the Thanksgiving turkey at regular intervals.

baste.

2: Adding hot or tangy seasonings to food, it's Satan's favorite method of cooking ham or eggs.

deviled.

3: This term refers to making sugar brown by heating in a skillet over low heat until melted and golden.

caramelizing.

4: This term for vegetables cut into long, thin strips to accompany a salad comes from a French first name.

julienne.

5: To do this to herring or salmon, you must split, salt and smoke it.

kipper.
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November 29, 2022Episode 657 - "K" Mart - City Nicknames - Poland - Gangster Movies - Blank Of The Blank
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 657, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "K" Mart
1: In 1883 more than 36,000 died following an explosion on this volcanic Indonesian island.

Krakatoa.

2: The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

kappa.

3: After criminal activities by this secret society, Oklahoma was placed under martial law in September 1923.

Ku Klux Klan.

4: These tiny shrimp-like crustaceans are the primary food of baleen whales.

krill.

5: It's the structure where you'll find the black stone, a revered object believed to have been given to man by God.

the Kaaba.
Round 2. Category: City Nicknames
1: "The Golden Gate City".

San Francisco.

2: Though Motown Records is now in L.A., "Motown" itself refers to this city.

Detroit.

3: "The Big Apple".

New York City.

4: "Big D".

Dallas.

5: "Kodak City".

Rochester, New York.
Round 3. Category: Poland
1: After WWII, over 80% of the buildings in this capital were uninhabitable.

Warsaw.

2: The 2 longest of these in Poland are the Oder and Vistula.

rivers.

3: The city of Torun is famous for its honey cakes and as the birthplace of this astronomer.

Copernicus.

4: Of 1 out of 5, 1 out of 15, or 1 out of 50, approximate ratio of Polish families who own cars.

1 out of 50.

5: These currency units come in notes of up to 2,000,000.

zlotys.
Round 4. Category: Gangster Movies
1: In gangster gab, they're "choppers", "rods" and "gats".

guns.

2: Shelley Winters' "Bloody Mama".

Ma Barker.

3: "Asphalt Jungle's" gorgeous golden-haired gun moll.

Marilyn Monroe.

4: Color of the "Heat" that Jimmy Cagney felt in classic '49 flick.

White.

5: His gangster characters terrorized "The Petrified Forest" and "High Sierra".

Humphrey Bogart.
Round 5. Category: Blank Of The Blank
1: Hannibal Lecter is supposed to help the FBI find a serial killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill in this bestseller.

Silence of the Lambs.

2: To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this.

benefit of the doubt.

3: This local public officer with judicial powers may accept payment for your speeding ticket.

a justice of the peace.

4: Here's an illustration from this mortuary text.

the Book of the Dead.

5: In 1961 British critic Martin Esslin used this phrase to describe the plays of Beckett and Ionesco.

theatre of the absurd.
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November 28, 2022Episode 656 - African Americans - 4-Letter Words - Authors' Native Lands - Let's Eat Italian! - Sports 2004
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 656, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: African Americans
1: Crispus Attucks, called the first American to die for independence, was killed in this 1770 incident.

the Boston Massacre.

2: This Harlem-born singer-dancer-actor was a member of the 1960s "Rat Pack" with Frank and Dino.

Sammy Davis, Jr..

3: An award for African-American authors and illustrators is named for this wife of Martin Luther King Jr..

Coretta Scott King.

4: "I cannot offer you money, position or fame", he said when he offered George Washington Carver a job at Tuskegee.

Booker T. Washington.

5: 8 years before she won Olympic gold, this gymnast was a 2004 Virginia State champion.

Gabby Douglas.
Round 2. Category: 4-Letter Words
1: Bacall's last word on how to whistle.

blow.

2: From Greek for "single", a single man who lives in a monastery.

monk.

3: This word commonly follows cuff or missing.

link.

4: A boy who bears a bride's train, or a bellboy calling out a name.

page.

5: A collection of tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne were "Twice" this.

Told.
Round 3. Category: Authors' Native Lands
1: Godot waiter Samuel Beckett.

Ireland.

2: "The Remains of the Day" novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.

Japan.

3: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicler of a death foretold.

Colombia.

4: Celebrator of imperialism Rudyard Kipling.

India.

5: Deptford trilogist Robertson Davies.

Canada.
Round 4. Category: Let's Eat Italian!
1: Served before the pasta, it's an appetizer plate of meats, cheese, fish and vegetables.

antipasto.

2: Long, very thin pasta called capellini is also known by this "divine" name.

angel hair pasta.

3: This blue-veined cheese is named for a suburb of Milan, not a snake-haired monster.

Gorgonzola.

4: From the Italian for "knot of wood", these potato dumplings may have cheese or spinach in them.

gnocchi.

5: It's a layered ice cream dessert usually containing chopped fruits and nuts.

spumoni.
Round 5. Category: Sports 2004
1: These big cats gave the Patriots all they could handle in Super Bowl XXXVIII.

the (Carolina) Panthers.

2: All "Hale" this 58-year-old who won his fourth Senior PGA championship by a str--a shot.

Hale Irwin.

3: He was the winning pitcher in the clinching game of all 3 series in the Red Sox' magical run.

Derek Lowe.

4: Women from this country won tennis' Wimbledon and French and U.S. Opens.

Russia.

5: This team's Chauncey Billups was MVP of the NBA Finals.

the Detroit Pistons.
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November 27, 2022Episode 655 - Presidential Demises - Henry - The "Lightning" Round - The Beatles - Actresses' Middle Names
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 655, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Presidential Demises
1: He preferred to be buried at West Point, but thought his wife couldn't be buried there, so NYC became his final resting place.

Ulysses S. Grant.

2: At 46 years, 177 days, he died at the youngest age of any president.

John F. Kennedy.

3: At his death on October 20, 1964, he had survived his presidency longer than any other president: 31 years, 231 days.

Herbert Hoover.

4: In March 1930, a month after he retired from the Supreme Court, his funeral was one of the first heard on radio.

William Howard Taft.

5: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during Act 3, Scene 2 of this stage comedy starring Laura Keene.

"Our American Cousin".
Round 2. Category: Henry
1: Nominated for 18 Oscars, one of his first jobs was composing music for an Abbott and Costello movie.

Mancini.

2: In 1957 he produced and starred in the landmark drama "12 Angry Men".

Henry Fonda.

3: Flowery poems by Henry Gibson were often featured on this wacky 1960s sketch-comedy show.

Laugh-In.

4: King Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's head chopped off so he could take up with this lady-in-waiting, his next wife.

Jane Seymour.

5: Henry Pu Yi's last years as the ruler of China were the basis of this 1987 film.

The Last Emperor.
Round 3. Category: The "Lightning" Round
1: It's another name for moonshine, cousin.

White lightning.

2: A substance called Luciferin helps these creatures light up for their mates.

Lightning bugs.

3: Blitzkrieg!.

"Lightning war".

4: It's the full name of the only NHL team that fits the category.

Tampa Bay Lightning.

5: Richard Pryor played race car driver Wendell Scott in this "fast" 1977 biopic.

"Greased Lightning".
Round 4. Category: The Beatles
1: Tommy Smothers, Timothy Leary and others joined this Beatle and his new wife in the following 1969 hit:Ev'rybody's talking aboutBagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, TagismThis-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ismAll we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon.

2: This 1964 film is a fictional account of 2 days in the life of The Beatles.

A Hard Day's Night.

3: It's "waiting...", "hoping...", "coming...", and "dying to take you away".

"The Magical Mystery Tour".

4: Since "Sgt. Pepper" was released in 1967, this was the year Pepper taught the band to play.

1947.

5: The girl of his dreams "called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy".

Rocky Raccoon.
Round 5. Category: Actresses' Middle Names
1: Mary Moore.

Tyler.

2: Mary Place.

Kay.

3: Mary Mobley.

Ann.

4: Mary Hurt.

Beth.

5: Mary Mastrantonio.

Elizabeth.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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