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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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May 13, 2024Episode 1189 - Bill clinton - "song" of poets - Rewriting hamlet - The 19th century - Ad-jectives
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1189, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bill Clinton
1: Clinton won first chair in this instrument in the Arkansas state band.
the saxophone.
2: His birthplace; it's where he lived the first 7 years of his life.
Hope, Arkansas.
3: The day before taking office, Clinton prayed at this president's Arlington, Va. grave.
John F. Kennedy.
4: Bill Clinton met Hillary Rodham while both were attending this law school.
Yale.
5: Clinton got his bachelor's degree at this D.C. school, the only college he applied to.
Georgetown.
Round 2. Category: Song Of Poets. With Song in quotation marks
1: William Blake published this collection in 1789; "Experience" would come a few years later.
Songs of Innocence.
2: Sections of this 1855 poem include "The Peace Pipe", "The White-Man's Foot" and "Blessing the Corn Fields".
The Song of Hiawatha.
3: Read during Passover, it's also referred to as the "Canticle of Canticles".
Song of Songs.
4: Before the 1881 edition, it was simply titled "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American".
"Song of Myself".
5: An insignificant battle between Charlemagne and the Basques at Roncesvalles is the basis for this French epic poem.
The Song of Roland.
Round 3. Category: Rewriting Hamlet
1: Fair one, thy dad had thee repel my letters and deny me access to thee... but a restraining order? What is uppeth with that?.
Ophelia.
2: Zounds! I saw thee not behind that arras! Denmark needeth a new minister to the king! My bad!.
Polonius.
3: Though I did say of thee "Frailty, thy name is woman", Mother, I hope thou acceptest my wedding gift from Pottery Barn.
Gertrude.
4: 'Tis okay ye killed Dad and wed Mom--thou said thy "offence is rank, it smells to heaven", but I'm a live and let live kind of guy.
Claudius.
5: You "two-school-fellows, whom I will trust as I will adders fanged" ...Aw, I ain't mad atcha! Giveth me hugs!.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
Round 4. Category: The 19Th Century
1: Much of the fighting in this war, 1853 to 1856, took place on a peninsula in the Black Sea.
the Crimean War.
2: In 1893 this labor leader founded the American Railway Union.
(Eugene) Debs.
3: In 1825 patriots crossed the Rio de la Plata from Argentina to fight for this country's freedom from Brazil.
Uruguay.
4: King John VI of this country died in 1826 and left his throne to Dom Pedro of Brazil who became Pedro I.
Portugal.
5: This family was restored to power in the 1870s when Alfonso XII ascended the Spanish throne.
the Bourbons.
Round 5. Category: Ad-Jectives
1: In other words this common pair of advertising adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated".
new and improved.
2: In a slogan almost a century old, Maxwell House coffee is this "to the last drop".
"good".
3: In other words, this common pair of adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated".
new and improved.
4: Taking this adjective literally, the ads say that BMW is the last driving machine that'll be made.
ultimate.
5: Since 1975 BMW has been touting its vehicles as this kind of "driving machine".
"ultimate".
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May 12, 2024Episode 1188 - Single t, double t - Where are you "at"? - Let's be secure - Scrambled u.s. history - The body in question
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1188, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Single T, Double T
1: The winner of the battle for survival per Darwin.
the fittest.
2: A short, half-suppressed laugh or giggle.
titter.
3: Miss Manners is an expert on this standard of appropriate behavior in social settings.
etiquette.
4: This women's underskirt has been worn since the Middle Ages.
a petticoat.
5: Crenels are the empty parts and merlons are the solid parts in this structure, a type of parapet.
a battlement.
Round 2. Category: Where Are You At?. With At in quotation marks
1: You ran the light and are liable for causing the accident, so you're said to be this.
at fault.
2: You're no longer at attention, and are now permitted to scratch yourself.
at ease.
3: You're out of patience, or in the position of a lassoed steer.
at the end of your rope/at your rope's end.
4: You're being sold below cost, or you're perplexed.
at a loss.
5: You're helpless before someone; in his power.
at his/her mercy.
Round 3. Category: Let'S Be Secure
1: (Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.) I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat".
yellow.
2: DHS is charged with protecting "critical" this--from subways to satellites, the systems we rely on every day.
infrastructure.
3: (Tom Ridge reads.) I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, and this whole military service into the DHS.
the Coast Guard.
4: Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001.
the TSA.
5: (Tom Ridge reads one last time.) Our front line of defense against a terrorist attack is local police and firefighters, known as "first" these.
responders.
Round 4. Category: Scrambled U.S. History
1: 1820s announcement:NO CREDO ON MERIT.
the Monroe Doctrine.
2: 1930s calamity: O DESPERATE GRINS.
the Great Depression.
3: Big deal in 1803: A USUAL HIP SCENARIO.
the Louisiana Purchase.
4: 1794 uprising: SOBER WHINE LIKELY.
the Whiskey Rebellion.
5: One was on the radio April 28, 1935: CHIEFS TIRADE.
a fireside chat.
Round 5. Category: The Body In Question
1: Marilyn Monroe's breathiness and John Wayne's slow speech were, says 1 expert, ways to correct this.
stuttering.
2: Part of the body on which you might get enamel bonding.
your teeth.
3: The 2 main gases exchanged in the alveoli of the lungs.
oxygen and carbon dioxide.
4: PBS series from which this category takes its name was hosted by this actor/director/satirist/M.D..
Jonathan Miller.
5: The technical term for it is "alopecia", and one of the remedies is a "rug".
baldness.
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May 11, 2024Episode 1187 - Other bond film characters - Ad council classics - Symphonies - "b"ooks - Every day's a holiday
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Other Bond Film Characters
1: Miss Moneypenny is the personal assistant of this character, the head of MI6.
M.
2: First name of American spy Mr. Leiter, who often helped James Bond defeat the bad guys.
Felix.
3: Ben Whishaw is the new computer-savvy version of this character.
Q.
4: Supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld shows up in "Thunderball" as the head of this criminal organization.
SPECTRE.
5: The giant metal-mouthed assassin "Jaws" chews up the scenery in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and this film in space.
Moonraker.
Round 2. Category: Ad Council Classics
1: The Ad Council began in 1942 as the War Advertising Council; its first campaign urged the sale of war these.
bonds.
2: A 1983 campaign introduced the phrase "Friends don't let friends" do this.
drive drunk.
3: In 1979 the Council unleashed McGruff the Crime Dog, who urged Americans to do this 6-word thing.
take a bite out of crime.
4: A 1988 campaign that said "Help stop AIDS. Use" one of these was the first in America to use the word.
a condom.
5: The Council's 1960s recruiting campaign for this JFK program called it "the toughest job you'll ever love".
the Peace Corps.
Round 3. Category: Symphonies
1: This Soviet superstar subtitled his third symphony "May First".
(Dmitri) Shostakovich.
2: In 1889 Cesar Franck shocked some French critics by using this "English" instrument in a symphony.
the English horn.
3: The "Pathetic" Symphony is by this Russian who also gave us the celebratory "1812 Overture".
Tchaikovsky.
4: "Merry Gathering of the Peasants" is one movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" symphony.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
5: In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music.
the Pulitzer Prize.
Round 4. Category: BOoks. With B in quotation marks
1: This children's classic is subtitled "A Life in the Woods".
Bambi.
2: The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing.
bel canto.
3: This classic kids' book by Felix Salten is subtitled "A Life in the Woods".
Bambi.
4: It's the huge 1992 bestseller about a photographer, a farm wife and 4 days in Iowa.
Bridges of Madison County.
5: "Fleeing playgirl traced to Rio" is a headline about Holly Golightly in this Truman Capote tale.
Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Round 5. Category: Every Day'S A Holiday
1: On January 12 have a cuppa on National Hot this Day.
Tea.
2: In Japan, November the 11th is a holiday celebrating this art form.
origami.
3: National Thank You Note Day is on this date, the day after opening lots of gifts.
December 26th.
4: August 13 is a special day for these folks, including Barack Obama, Paul McCartney and Clayton Kershaw.
southpaws (left-handers).
5: Held in October at the end of the week, this alliterative day celebrates Mary Shelley and her famous creation.
Frankenstein Friday.
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May 10, 2024Episode 1186 - Fete offensive - Polyhymnia - 4 top men - Working with a beatle - From movie to musical
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1186, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fete Offensive
1: 1953 and 2009 were years of riots in France on this festive day that was violent back in 1789, too.
Bastille Day.
2: After this war hero's 1829 inauguration, crowds nearly crushed him and the White House was trashed.
Andrew Jackson.
3: Beijing feted 70 years of Communist rule on "National Day" in 2019, but protests in this administrative region turned ugly.
Hong Kong.
4: 30 years after the original concert, this reboot featured overpriced water and arson.
Woodstock.
5: Netflix' documentary about this ill-conceived Bahamian romp is subtitled "The Greatest Party that Never Happened".
the Fyre Festival.
Round 2. Category: Polyhymnia
1: "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!" Joan Baez sang this national hymn on a 1963 concert album.
"Battle Hymn Of The Republic".
2: "In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes" is in the second part of their hymn.
the Marine Corps.
3: Also meaning a commonly repeated word or phrase, this term originally referred to a Hindu vedic hymn.
mantra.
4: A processional is sung as clergy and laity enter a church; this type of hymn, as they leave.
recessional.
5: Bede recorded this earliest-known Anglo-Saxon Christian poet's "Hymn" in prose.
Cædmon.
Round 3. Category: 4 Top Men
1: You know it would be true, you know I wouldn't be a liar, to say this band turned down $50K from Buick to use "Light My Fire".
The Doors.
2: This foursome was "Runnin' With The Devil" but runnin' without brown MandMs, excluded in their concert contracts.
Van Halen.
3: For a track on "Quadrophenia", this band had to bribe a train driver to blow his whistle departing Waterloo station.
The Who.
4: Bob Geldof on the show-stopping performance by this band at Live Aid: "It was the perfect stage for Freddie".
Queen.
5: At the 2017 Grammys, this hard rocking quartet of dudes went (Lady) Gaga to play "Moth Into Flame".
Metallica.
Round 4. Category: Working With A Beatle
1: In a 1995 Pizza Hut ad, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Davy Jones welcomed Ringo as this band's new drummer.
the Monkees.
2: "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", a 1971 No. 1, is credited to Paul and this woman.
Linda Eastman (McCartney).
3: In 1997 Ringo said, "Baby, I Love Your Way" and had this ex-Humble Pie guy in the All-Starr Band.
Peter Frampton.
4: "Handle with Care"! Along with George, this '80s group featured Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan.
the Traveling Wilburys.
5: On Thanksgiving 1974, John joined this man at Madison Square Garden to perform "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".
Elton John.
Round 5. Category: From Movie To Musical
1: This musical based on a 1933 film is currently tapping away on the NYC thoroughfare of the same name.
42nd Street.
2: Tony Curtis took the Joe E. Brown role, not the Tony Curtis part, in a new musical based on this Billy Wilder film.
Some Like It Hot.
3: You could say John C. Reilly butchered the role in the 2002 musical based on this Ernest Borgnine film.
Marty.
4: It had to happen: this 1962 classic in which Bette Davis tormented Joan Crawford became a musical in 2002.
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.
5: "Illya Darling" was based on this foreign film about a woman who worked only Monday through Saturday.
Never On Sunday.
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May 09, 2024Episode 1185 - Odd american history - Comic actors - Brushed up your shakespeare - It's me, margaret - Stupid geographic answers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Odd American History
1: In 1833 this 35-inch-tall millionaire wed the 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren (P.T. had his hand in it...).
Tom Thumb.
2: Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals.
pigs.
3: In 1801 this American boat designer tried to sell his submarine to Napoleon.
Fulton.
4: Dexter Pratt, a neighbor of Longfellow, had this job (and presumably, sinewy hands).
blacksmith.
5: Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses and draw the birds.
Audubon.
Round 2. Category: Comic Actors
1: He was a star in British Vaudeville before creating the "Little Tramp" onscreen.
Charlie Chaplin.
2: His title roles have included "Ace Ventura" and half of "Dumb and Dumber".
Jim Carrey.
3: Martin Short, John Candy and Dan Aykroyd were all born in this country.
Canada.
4: 20 years after playing Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", she's become a respected film director.
Diane Keaton.
5: Seen in "Evita", this sex symbol from Malaga gained fame in the offbeat comic films of Pedro Almodovar.
Antonio Banderas.
Round 3. Category: Brushed Up Your Shakespeare
1: In a "seasonal" play, young Mamillius tells us, "A sad tale's best for" this season.
A Winter's Tale.
2: This villain says, "Now, sir, be judge yourself whether I in any just term am affined to love the Moor".
Iago.
3: In "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this comic character courts both Mistress Ford and Mistress Page.
Falstaff.
4: These scaredy-cats "die many times before their deaths", says Julius Caesar.
a coward.
5: In "Much Ado About Nothing", she and Benedick carry on a "merry war".
Beatrice.
Round 4. Category: It'S Me, Margaret
1: She entered the House of Commons in 1959; a higher post awaited.
(Margaret) Thatcher.
2: On "mash" Loretta Swit played head nurse Margaret Houlihan, better known by this nickname.
Hot Lips.
3: Works by this anthropologist include "Growing up in New Guinea".
Margaret Mead.
4: Season 2 of this Netflix show featured the lavish wedding of Princess Margaret, played by Vanessa Kirby.
The Crown.
5: In 1939 this actress starred with Judy Garland in "Babes in Arms" in black-and-white and "The Wizard of Oz" in green.
(Margaret) Hamilton.
Round 5. Category: Stupid Geographic Answers
1: It was once called the Union of South Africa.
South Africa.
2: This seaport is the capital of Djibouti.
Djibouti.
3: This sea lies to the north of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
the North Sea.
4: The Arabian Sea lies between India on the east and this peninsula on the west.
the Arabian peninsula.
5: Kansas City is at the confluence of the Missouri River and this river.
the Kansas River.
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May 08, 2024Episode 1184 - Washington today - Alexander the great - New testament - "blue" plate special - The impassable dream
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1184, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Washington Today
1: She's the mother of 5, grandmother of 9 and minority leader in the House of Representatives.
Nancy Pelosi.
2: "Pork barrel spending" is among the "issues" at the website of this Arizona senator and 2008 candidate for president.
John McCain.
3: This congressman finished 2nd in the 2012 New Hampshire primary with 23% of the vote.
Ron Paul.
4: This Connecticut man who ran for vice president in 2000 announced that 2012 would be his last year in the Senate.
(Joseph) Lieberman.
5: GOP house members who don't follow the party program can feel the lash of Kevin McCarthy, house majority this.
whip.
Round 2. Category: Alexander The Great
1: Alexander tried to look to the future by consulting the this "of Zeus-Ammon" in the Sahara but never revealed what he had learned.
the Oracle.
2: William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jane Alexander.
3: In "Parallel Lives", this Greek paired Alexander's biography with Julius Caesar's.
Plutarch.
4: He's pictured on the $10 bill.
Alexander Hamilton.
5: In 332 B.C. Alexander founded a city called Alexandria on the delta of this river.
the Nile.
Round 3. Category: New Testament
1: "Blessed are" these "for they shall be called the children of God".
the peacemakers.
2: 1 of the 3 Roman emperors specifically mentioned by name in the New Testament.
Augustus, Tiberius or Claudius.
3: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called" this.
the children of God.
4: In Mark 6 and 8 a total of about 9000 people are fed these 2 foods.
loaves and fishes.
5: Though born in Bethlehem, Jesus was raised about 70 miles north from there in this city.
Nazareth.
Round 4. Category: Blue Plate Special. With Blue in quotes
1: Come on in for our Monday special: flapjacks topped with this official state fruit of New Jersey.
the blueberry.
2: Ma found the recipe for Tuesday's special, a tasty garden scramble, on this margarine's website.
Blue Bonnet.
3: Yum, yum! Wednesday's special is this crustacean that has its own festival in Panacea, Florida.
a blue crab.
4: Ma looked for the Maytag type of this in appliances instead of the grocery aisle before she put it in Thurs.'s salad.
blue cheese.
5: For Friday, we're frying up some of these oysters named for a place on Long Island.
Blue Point oysters.
Round 5. Category: The Impassable Dream
1: Dams and other barriers to migration have reduced the Atlantic species of this food fish to a fraction of historic numbers.
salmon.
2: In October 1962 the U.S. put a naval this, an 8-letter word meaning obstruction, around Cuba.
blockade.
3: In 1611 this English navigator sought the Northwest Passage but ended up trapped in the bay that would bear his name.
(Henry) Hudson.
4: When you swallow, this flap covers the larynx to keep food out of the respiratory tract.
epiglottis.
5: This 90-mile stretch of California south of Monterey is known for its scenic highway that sometimes does become impassble.
Big Sur.
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May 07, 2024Episode 1183 - Dickens book by character - All hail the creator - In the mouth - Which time zone? - Ron howard films
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1183, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Dickens Book By Character
1: Bob Cratchit.
A Christmas Carol.
2: Bill Sikes.
Oliver Twist.
3: Esther Summerson.
Bleak House.
4: Dr. Alexandre Manette.
A Tale of Two Cities.
5: Uriah Heep.
David Copperfield.
Round 2. Category: All Hail The Creator
1: This Mindy of "The Mindy Project" was named after Mindy in "Mork and Mindy".
Mindy Kaling.
2: Its creator Phil Rosenthal summed it up as "a guy with this family who lives across the street from his parents".
Everybody Loves Raymond.
3: In 1998 this man played up "Sports Night"; the next year, he came up with "The West Wing".
Sorkin.
4: The initials of this creator of "Alias", also a big-time movie director, stand for Jeffrey Jacob.
Abrams.
5: Ronald D. Moore co-created the 2005 version of this frakkin' awesome sci-fi show featuring Adama and Starbuck.
Battlestar Galactica.
Round 3. Category: In The Mouth
1: Muscle which extends up and forward from the hyoid bone to, and sometimes past, the lips.
the tongue.
2: They're "set" in the mouths of fish.
hooks.
3: This company claimed they had 50% of the chewing gum market's sales in 1986.
Wrigley's.
4: 3 of the 4 general types of teeth in the adult human mouth.
(3 of) molars, incisors, cuspids, or bicuspids.
5: Comprised of a hard and soft portion, it's the roof of the mouth.
the palate.
Round 4. Category: Which Time Zone?
1: Portland, Oregon.
Pacific.
2: Medford, Oregon.
Pacific.
3: Vancouver, British Columbia.
Pacific.
4: Wichita, Kansas.
Central.
5: Omaha, Nebraska.
Central.
Round 5. Category: Ron Howard Films
1: He reprised the role of Robert Langdon in "Angels and Demons".
Tom Hanks.
2: He played math genius John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind".
Russell Crowe.
3: He's worked with Ron Howard twice, playing astronaut Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13" and Jack Brennan in "Frost/Nixon".
Kevin Bacon.
4: Ron Howard was on fire with this film in which Kurt Russell and William Baldwin starred as firefighting brothers.
Backdraft.
5: This actor and Nicole Kidman light out for the Oklahoma territory in 1992's "Far and Away".
Tom Cruise.
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May 06, 2024Episode 1182 - Known by one name - That movie's genius - A word in your ear - World city walk - 1951
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Known By One Name
1: He's often called the "Father of Geometry".
Euclid.
2: Before he could exact his revenge, he was taken prisoner by Cortes and died after an attack.
Montezuma.
3: He recently announced that he plans to step down as Japan's emperor in April 2019.
Akihito.
4: After her baptism and marriage, she went by the name Lady Rebecca Rolfe.
Pocahontas.
5: The Venus in his "Venus of Urbino" painting has hair of the red-gold color for which his art was known.
Titian.
Round 2. Category: That Movie'S Genius
1: Doc Brown created the flux capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible, in this film.
Back to the Future.
2: Dr. Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission in this 2013 film.
Gravity.
3: An un-Gandhi-like Ben Kingsley takes a child chess prodigy under his wing in this 1993 film.
Searching for Bobby Fischer.
4: Hugh Jackman is super-hacker Stanley Jobson in this 2001 film; give us the password.
Swordfish.
5: Coal miner's son Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes up rocketry in this film.
October Sky.
Round 3. Category: A Word In Your Ear
1: It's a 4-letter word for the soft part of the external ear.
lobe.
2: Let's hear you nail this other word for the malleus.
a hammer.
3: It precedes "membrane" to designate the eardrum.
the tympanic.
4: The curved fold of the external ear is called this spiral shape--just single, not double.
a helix.
5: I predict you will know this 7-letter word for the visible part of the outer ear.
the auricle.
Round 4. Category: World City Walk
1: It's the city (also a country) that's home to St. Peter's Basilica.
Vatican City.
2: In the 17th century the Corsairs controlled this current capital of Morocco.
Rabat.
3: The first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics, it's also famous for its beer and its Snow Festival.
Sapporo.
4: In 1942 Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein led a failed effort to assist surrounded German forces in this Soviet city.
Stalingrad.
5: Found in the Dong Cheng district, this capital city's main railway station connects to Harbin and Qingdao.
Beijing.
Round 5. Category: 1951
1: In 1951 it celebrated its 175th anniversary and was sealed in a helium-filled case.
the Declaration of Independence.
2: On February 26 a constitutional amendment became law, limiting the holder of this office to 2 terms.
President of the United States.
3: In May, this utility co. became the 1st corporation in the world to have over 1,000,000 stockholders.
ATandT.
4: 90 cadets at this academy were ousted in a cheating scandal.
West Point.
5: On Oct. 24,1951, Truman declared our state of war with this country had finally ended.
Germany.
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May 05, 2024Episode 1181 - Tv comedies - Kjpy hit radio - Raise the britannic! - Reading with jenna bush hager - What's their sport?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1181, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Comedies
1: In 2001 this "Friends" character married Chandler Bing.
Monica.
2: Much like "Lost", the TBS comedy "Wrecked" begins with one of these mishaps.
a plane crash.
3: HBO's "Avenue 5" stars Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad, stuck on one of these for a while.
a spaceship.
4: On a classic sitcom Lenny and Squiggy were a couple of friends of this title pair from Milwaukee.
Laverne and Shirley.
5: Gavin Belson was the conniving chief innovation officer of tech company Hooli on this show.
Silicon Valley.
Round 2. Category: Kjpy Hit Radio
1: Your KJPY T-shirt gets you half off to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", featuring Joey Fatone of this band.
'N Sync.
2: KJPY is sponsoring an in-store appearance by this young lady and we know you'd "Walk a Thousand Miles" to be there.
Vanessa Carlton.
3: Caller number 99, you're going to Manhattan to see Dave Matthews at this 7th Avenue and 31st Street arena.
Madison Square Garden.
4: In the next hour we'll chill out with this band whose hits include "Yellow".
Coldplay.
5: We've got a listener poll -- is this "Fell in Love with a Girl" duo brother or sister, or exes.
The White Stripes.
Round 3. Category: Raise The Britannic!
1: Now lying in 400' of Mediterranean water, the mighty Britannic was the largest ship sunk during this 20th century war.
World War I.
2: Higher bulkheads for flotation were one lesson the Britannic took from this doomed sister ship; didn't help.
the Titanic.
3: Some survivors and war propaganda said the ship was sunk by a torpedo, but a German field of these was the real culprit.
mines.
4: The ship sank in 55 minutes partly due to an ill-fated dash to try to make Kea, an island of this country.
Greece.
5: This Frenchman found the wreck in 1975.
(Jacques) Cousteau.
Round 4. Category: Reading With Jenna Bush Hager
1: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I developed my love of books as a child; my parents always made sure we were surrounded by plenty, and a favorite they used to read to me aloud was this author's "James and the Giant Peach".
Roald Dahl.
2: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) One of my club picks for 2023 is "Black Candle Women" by Diane Marie Brown, about four generations of women who live under one roof and have a big secret--a love curse relating to a Voodoo sorceress in this Southern city that links the story back to the 1950s.
New Orleans.
3: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) The perfect vacation read and one my sister Barbara and I still talk about is "Summer Sisters", a novel for adults by this woman who is beloved for her young adult fiction.
Judy Blume.
4: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) One book that I have read multiple times and chose for my book club is "The Bluest Eye" by this woman, my all-time favorite author.
Toni Morrison.
5: (Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I recommended a 2022 novel that's as Gothic and mysterious as you can get; it's named for and set at this branch of the Met that's dedicated to the art of the Middle Ages.
the Cloisters.
Round 5. Category: What'S Their Sport?
1: The Indiana Fever, whose star Tamika Catchings retired in 2016.
basketball.
2: The New York Empire, coached by Patrick McEnroe.
tennis.
3: The Durham Bulls.
baseball.
4: The Portland Timbers.
soccer.
5: Hoosier Team Pineapple, 2016 men's champs of the PVL, the "Premier" this "League".
volleyball.
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