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November 06, 2022Episode 634 - Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny - Tv's Supporting Actors - "Fire" - Sams And Samuels - The Male Of The Species
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 634, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny
1: The first of these were awarded in 1901 and they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace and 3 other disciplines.

the Nobel Prizes.

2: Walt Disney won a record 14 of these statuettes now given out in March.

Oscars.

3: In the category Best Rock Album, The Rolling Stones' "Voodoo Lounge" won this award for 1994.

Grammy.

4: A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this.

War.

5: In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher.

Pulitzer.
Round 2. Category: Tv's Supporting Actors
1: (Hi, I'm Gordon Clapp of NYPD Blue.) I won the 1998 Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for playing this character.

Greg Medavoy.

2: Her long-running variety show featured supporting actors Tim Conway and Harvey Korman.

Carol Burnett.

3: The first 3 Supporting Actor Emmys went to this man, Jackie Gleason's comic foil.

Art Carney.

4: On "The Waltons", Will Geer played Zeb, whom all the kids called this.

Grandpa.

5: In 1986 John Malkovich played Biff Loman in a CBS production of this play.

"Death of a Salesman".
Round 3. Category: "Fire"
1: In 2007 Marko Lisec of Slovenia built a 60,589-cubic foot one of these to celebrate Labor Day.

a bonfire.

2: Most widespread type of this is performed on embers from a wood fire, as in India.

walking on fire.

3: This software or hardware barrier is used to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing your computer.

a firewall.

4: To contain a forest fire, it's created by clearing a strip of land ahead of the flames.

fire break.

5: In this 1983 film, Nick Nolte played a journalist in Nicaragua during the 1979 revolution.

Under Fire.
Round 4. Category: Sams And Samuels
1: In 1871 U.S. telegraphers honored him with a bronze statue in NYC's Central Park.

Samuel Morse.

2: This playwright starred with girlfriend Jessica Lange in the movies "Country" and "Frances".

Sam Shepard.

3: He wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for a book of poetry co-written with William Wordsworth.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

4: The main goal of Paul Revere's ride was to warn John Hancock and this patriot that the British were out to capture them.

Samuel Adams.

5: He's Georgia's senior senator.

Sam Nunn.
Round 5. Category: The Male Of The Species
1: You've taken him "by the horns" if you've faced a situation head on.

bull.

2: Hey hen, it's kookie to ask this cock of the walk to lend you its comb.

a rooster.

3: This name for a male turkey might make you think he's especially hungry.

gobbler.

4: Doe, a rabbit, a female rabbit, and this, a male.

a buck.

5: When male badgers and pigs get together, the females think they're a bunch of these.

boars.
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November 05, 2022Episode 633 - Triple Talk - Not A National Capital - Early America - Famous Alma Maters - Hit Albums
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 633, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Triple Talk
1: Comes between "In the valley of the Jolly" and "Green Giant".

ho, ho, ho.

2: You do it to your boat, gently down the stream.

row, row, row.

3: In "The King and I", Yul Brynner's famous line that fits the category.

et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

4: According to The Teddy Bears' 1958 hit "To know, know, know him is" this.

To love, love, love him.

5: While the trolley went "clang, clang, clang" my heartstrings went this.

zing, zing, zing.
Round 2. Category: Not A National Capital
1: Rio de Janeiro,Buenos Aires,Asuncion.

Rio de Janeiro.

2: Calcutta,Thimphu,Phnom Penh.

Calcutta.

3: Port-au-Prince,Toronto,Nassau.

Toronto.

4: Katmandu,Kabul,Karachi.

Karachi.

5: Amman,Mecca,Damascus.

Mecca.
Round 3. Category: Early America
1: The words spook, cruller, boss and crib were introduced to America from this language.

Dutch.

2: In 1648 Margaret Jones from Charlestown, Mass., not Salem, was one of the first executed for this in America.

witchcraft.

3: The land granted to Sir George Calvert's son Cecilius was named this after Queen Henrietta Maria.

Maryland.

4: For "traducing the ministers", Anne Hutchinson was among the first to be "banned in" this capital.

Boston.

5: On his second voyage over, Jacques Cartier thought this river was the best choice for a route to Asia.

St. Lawrence.
Round 4. Category: Famous Alma Maters
1: Chester W. Nimitz(Class of '05).

U.S. Naval Academy.

2: Steve Young(B.S. '83,J.D. '94).

Brigham Young University.

3: James Meredith and Trent Lott.

Ole Miss (the University of Mississippi).

4: Woody Allen(did not graduate).

New York University.

5: Stephen Hawking(Ph.D., 1966).

Cambridge.
Round 5. Category: Hit Albums
1: "I Would Die 4 U" and "When Doves Cry" are songs on this 1984 soundtrack.

"Purple Rain".

2: (Hi, I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray.) My band's album title "14:59" is a reference to this man's quote about 15 minutes of fame.

Andy Warhol.

3: This girl group is waterskiing on the cover of 1982's "Vacation".

Go-Go's.

4: This Trent Reznor band's album "The Downward Spiral" debuted at No. 2 on the charts in 1994.

Nine Inch Nails.

5: "Learning to Crawl" was a hit album for this Chrissie Hynde group.

The Pretenders.
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November 04, 2022Episode 632 - Mysteries - Harrison Ford Movies - New Olympic Sports - "Irish" Stew - Daytime Dramas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 632, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Mysteries
1: 1st cousins Dannay and Lee wrote the Ellery Queen stories under this pen name.

Ellery Queen.

2: It's the last name of Tom, the psychopath Patricia Highsmith created in 1955: believe it or not!.

Ripley.

3: Although this former Pinkerton investigator only wrote 1 "Thin Man" novel, a series of 6 films was made.

Dashiell Hammett.

4: This agency's symbol of an unblinking eye gave birth to the phrase "private eye".

the Pinkerton agency.

5: Cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee both used this pen name, the name of their fictional detective.

Ellery Queen.
Round 2. Category: Harrison Ford Movies
1: "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?".

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

2: "Get off my plane!".

Air Force One.

3: "I didn't kill my wife!".

The Fugitive.

4: "Replicants are like any other machine -- they're either a benefit or a hazard".

Blade Runner.

5: "Something wrong with buttons?...got anything against zippers?".

Witness.
Round 3. Category: New Olympic Sports
1: In 2000, women will compete for the first time in this sport that uses a pool, 2 nets and an inflatable ball.

Water polo.

2: The devices used in this new Olympic sport can propel somersaulting gymnasts up to 30 feet in the air.

Trampoline.

3: The IOC recently granted provisional recognition to this ancient sport, one of Japan's most popular.

Sumo wrestling.

4: At the 1998 Winter Olympics, the USA's Ross Powers won the bronze in the halfpipe event in this new Olympic sport.

Snowboarding.

5: This new Olympic martial arts sport was founded in the 1950s by General Choi Hong Hi.

Taekwondo.
Round 4. Category: "Irish" Stew
1: According to the classic tune, they steal your heart away.

Irish eyes.

2: The St. George's Channel leads into this body of water.

Irish Sea.

3: In 1972 Colgate introduced this deodorant soap -- manly, yes, but I like it too.

Irish Spring.

4: In 1988 the Irish Lotto replaced this fund raiser.

Irish Hospital Sweepstakes.

5: It's the tallest dog known.

Irish wolfhound.
Round 5. Category: Daytime Dramas
1: Jack Wagner and K. Malandro, Frisco and Felicia, had one of these on "General Hospital" and in real life.

a child.

2: Jensen Buchanan spent 2 days in a 4'x4' vat of oatmeal that "One Life o Live" used in place of this hazard.

quicksand.

3: Soap Opera Update said in old photos this show's unlikely pair of Cruz and Eden looks like Barbie and G.I. Joe.

Santa Barbara.

4: The 2 current soaps with "and" in their titles and they're both on CBS.

The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.

5: Debbi Morgan left her role on "All My Children" to join this NBC soap.

Generations.
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November 03, 2022Episode 631 - National Parks - Theme Park Fun - Familiar Phrases - That's A Crime! - A Bad Mother
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 631, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: National Parks
1: In this southern national park you can take a boat ride on the underground Echo River.

Mammoth Cave.

2: Logs in this forest may be 150 million years old.

the Petrified Forest.

3: Bridalveil Fall is usually the first waterfall seen by visitors to this California Park's valley.

Yosemite.

4: The mailing address of this national park is Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

5: Located in Oregon, this deepest U.S. lake is in a national park of the same name.

Crater.
Round 2. Category: Theme Park Fun
1: The Slidewinder is a free-flow flume ride down a mountainside at her theme park, Dollywood.

Dolly Parton.

2: You'll get wet when you ride the Grand Canyon Rapids at MGM Grand Adventures in this Nevada city.

Las Vegas.

3: At Knott's Berry Farm, there's an area full of rides just for kids called Camp this, after Charlie Brown's beagle.

Snoopy.

4: Get away to Holiday World in Indiana to ride the Gobbler Getaway in the area named for this holiday.

Thanksgiving.

5: Ohio's Kings Island is the lair of "The Beast", the longest wooden one of these in the world.

a roller coaster.
Round 3. Category: Familiar Phrases
1: A task that's nearly impossible is compared to "looking for a needle in" one of these.

a haystack.

2: This "makes the heart grow fonder", though a dozen roses wouldn't hurt.

absence.

3: Putting one's affairs in order is called getting these birds "in a row".

ducks.

4: Something that provokes anger is said to "make this" fluid "boil".

your blood.

5: Noblemen riding steeds taller than the average mounts gave us this phrase.

on their high horse.
Round 4. Category: That's A Crime!
1: In a '90s NBC series title, this crime preceded "Life on the Streets".

Homicide.

2: A jury is the group you're tried before; this is lying under oath to them.

perjury.

3: This taking of a human life may be classified as "voluntary" or "involuntary".

manslaughter.

4: It's extortion by threat--like you'll send the photos to the newspaper if you don't receive $2 million.

blackmail.

5: Peculation is taking funds entrusted to you bit by bit through this fraudulent process.

embezzlement.
Round 5. Category: A Bad Mother
1: In the movie "Gone with the Wind", Rhett Butler tells her, "A cat's a better mother than you".

Scarlett O'Hara.

2: She fed her children "some broth without... bread" then "whipped them all soundly and put them to bed".

the old woman who lived in a shoe.

3: She not only condoned the crimes committed by sons Herman, Lloyd, Arthur and Fred, she may have participated.

Ma Barker.

4: In the 8th century Irene ruled alone over this empire after she had her son Constantine VI deposed and blinded.

the Byzantine Empire.

5: In mythology, after Jason walked out on her, she murdered their children.

Medea.
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November 02, 2022Episode 630 - "Po" Pourri - I Did My Time - Donald Duck - The 76Th Academy Awards - Doohickeys
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 630, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Po" Pourri
1: Its national anthem is "Jeszcze Polkska Nie Zginela".

Poland.

2: Connemara, Dartmoor, Exmoor or Shetland.

ponies.

3: Wm. Wordsworth accepted this honor on the understanding he would not have to write official verses.

Poet Laureate.

4: Someone who steals a wild duck or cooks the duck's leg in boiling water.

poacher.

5: Chiropody.

podiatry.
Round 2. Category: I Did My Time
1: After more than 27 years in jail, I was released by the South African government on Feb. 11, 1990.

Nelson Mandela.

2: I based my "Gulag Archipelago" in part on my own prison experience.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

3: During my time in a Genoese prison in 1298, I dictated a detailed account of my Asian travels.

Marco Polo.

4: Some thought I was Louis XIV's brother, some his son; either way I was locked up for 40 years.

The Man in the Iron Mask.

5: Jawohl, I was Spandau Prison's lone inmate from 1966 to 1987.

Rudolf Hess.
Round 3. Category: Donald Duck
1: The 1943 anti-Nazi release "Der Fuehrer's Face" was the only Donald Duck cartoon to win this award.

the Academy Award.

2: Donald's girlfriend, she was first known as Donna Duck but was renamed in her second film, "Mr. Duck Steps Out".

Daisy Duck.

3: In a 1938 cartoon, Donald's sister Dumbella sent these 3 nephews to visit him; chaos ensued.

Huey, Louie, and Dewey.

4: Introduced on TV in 1961, this uncle of Donald was a professor who spoke with a European accent.

Ludwig Von Drake.

5: In the opening of "The Mickey Mouse Club", Donald would strike this instrument, usually with disastrous results.

a gong.
Round 4. Category: The 76Th Academy Awards
1: Dominance by "LOTR" caused this host to quip, "People are moving to New Zealand just to be thanked".

Billy Crystal.

2: He took home the little bald guy for the first time in 4 tries, winning Best Actor for "Mystic River".

Sean Penn.

3: She had a "Monster" night, taking home Best Actress Honors.

Charlize Theron.

4: Part of this Best Animated Feature took place in an Australian dentist's office.

Finding Nemo.

5: This Defense Secy.'s career was the subject of "The Fog of War", winner for Documentary Feature.

Robert McNamara.
Round 5. Category: Doohickeys
1: It's a small swiveling wheel attached to the bottom of pieces of furniture.

a caster.

2: They're the raised bars on the neck of a guitar.

a fret.

3: The raised connector for the positive side of a car battery.

the terminal (or the cathode).

4: The 3-letter mouthpiece of a horse's bridle.

the bit.

5: That "CE" key on calculators... what's it stand for again?.

clear entry.
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November 01, 2022Episode 629 - The Times They Are A-Changin' - Sean Connery Films - That's So "Continental" - You Hit Me In The Face! - Astrology
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 629, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Times They Are A-Changin'
1: Ian Astbury of The Cult joined Robbie Krieger and Ray Manzarek for the retooling of this band "of the 21st Century".

The Doors.

2: In 2004 Veritas software's marketing dept. made news when it banned this type of communication on Fridays.

e-mail.

3: Beepcard Inc. is developing a talking 1 of these, slightly thicker than normal, that asks for your password.

a credit card.

4: Alison Bartlett, who plays Gina, a kindly vet on this PBS show, got overexposed with Steve Buscemi on "The Sopranos".

Sesame Street.

5: As the "M" word indicate, TMS uses these to stimulate the brain and treat neuropsychiatric conditions in a non-intrusive way.

magnets.
Round 2. Category: Sean Connery Films
1: He was a London publisher who loved a Russian girl in "The Russia House" and a Russian sub captain in this.

The Hunt for Red October.

2: Connery caught the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this 1987 film.

The Untouchables.

3: In this 1992 film, Connery finds and loses a cancer cure in a rainforest.

Medicine Man.

4: As Danny to Michael Caine's Peachy, Connery was this title character in a 1975 John Huston film.

The Man Who Would Be King.

5: Although he's Scottish, the luck of the Irish got Connery cast in this 1959 Disney film about the wee folk.

Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Round 3. Category: That's So "Continental"
1: It met for the first time in at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774.

Continental Congress.

2: Its main hub cities are Newark, Cleveland and Houston.

Continental Airlines.

3: Abbreviated CBA, it includes teams called the Yakima Sun Kings and the Gary Steelheads.

the Continental Basketball Association.

4: The theory of the slow tectonic movement of plates across the Earth.

continental drift.

5: To cartographers, it's known as CONUS.

the Continental United States.
Round 4. Category: You Hit Me In The Face!
1: In a battle between this talk show host's nose and a chair, he got a "20/20" view of his nose being broken.

Geraldo Rivera.

2: Beverly Hills cop Paul Kramer got a real slap in the face when she said no thanks, dahling, to a 1989 ticket.

Zsa Zsa Gabor.

3: "She's my sister (slap); my daughter (slap)"; forget it, Jake, it's this 1974 film.

Chinatown.

4: Love-struck in "Moonstruck", she struck Nicolas Cage to get him to "Snap out of it!".

Cher.

5: In a 1994 boxing match, Danny Bonaduce bloodied this "Puppy Love" singer's nose and won a decision.

Donny Osmond.
Round 5. Category: Astrology
1: The only sign of the zodiac that isn't represented by a living thing.

Libra.

2: Venus rules this 7th sign of the zodiac, but don't let that unbalance you.

Libra.

3: Perhaps appropriately, this quick-tempered sign is symbolized by an animal that stings it prey.

Scorpio.

4: This sign is represented by a maiden carrying a sheaf of wheat.

Virgo.

5: 2 of the 3 most important positions in any natal chart.

the sun, the moon, and your rising sign.
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October 31, 2022Episode 628 - Sitcoms - Geographical Words And Phrases - Around The Studio With Lou - Large Equipment - Illinois Me
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 628, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Sitcoms
1: In the 1st episode of this series, Cliff gave Theo an economics lesson with Monopoly money.

The Cosby Show.

2: A 1998 CD of music from this sitcom featured "Cleveland Rocks" and "Five O'Clock World".

The Drew Carey Show.

3: This series is a spin-off of "The Big Bang Theory" and also a prequel to it.

Young Sheldon.

4: He was the poor mountaineer who struck oil and became rich on "The Beverly Hillbillies".

Jed Clampett.

5: Onetime vampire players Evan Rachel Wood, Tilda Swinton, Danny Trejo and Wesley Snipes all had cameos on "What We Do in" these.

the Shadows.
Round 2. Category: Geographical Words And Phrases
1: A shade of grayish blue is named for this Danish capital.

Copenhagen.

2: This nationality precedes onyx, hairless, and jumping bean.

Mexican.

3: This nationality precedes uncle, treat, and elm disease.

Dutch.

4: This tuber with a city in its name is also called a sunchoke.

Jerusalem Artichoke.

5: This high quality black tea is named for a district in West Bengal.

Darjeeling.
Round 3. Category: Around The Studio With Lou
1: Lou cut down on the sex and violence in "Jewel of the Jungle" to avoid this rating that replaced X in 1990.

NC-17.

2: Lou treats his star well; he has a stand-in for lighting and one of these for the dangerous feats.

Stunt double.

3: When Lou reads the call sheet for the shoot, he knows "A.D." means assistant director and "MU" means this.

Make-up.

4: After "Jewel of the Jungle" wraps, Lou goes into this process of editing, dubbing, mixing and printing.

Post-production.

5: Lou's picked out the best scenes of "Jewel of the Jungle" to include in this pre-release ad in theaters.

Trailer.
Round 4. Category: Large Equipment
1: A hoisting machine, or a somewhat similar-looking wading bird.

a crane.

2: It's the most popular type of Tonka truck.

a dump truck.

3: For smooth travel, ballast tampers and ballast regulators keep the gravel at the right level among these.

railroad tracks.

4: To a farmer, it's a reaper that gathers crops; in forestry, it's a machine that turns a tree into a pile of logs.

a harvester.

5: A Middle English word for "pulley" gave us this term for a hoisting machine with a rope around a drum.

a winch.
Round 5. Category: Illinois Me
1: 14-year-old Orion Howe, a Civil War drummer boy from Waukegan, was awarded this high "honor" during that war.

Medal of Honor.

2: Before 1992, the last time Illinois voted for a Democrat in the presidential election was for this man in 1964.

Lyndon Johnson.

3: This Illinois event lasted 27 hours, killed 250 people and destroyed 17,450 buildings.

The Great Chicago Fire.

4: Kaskaskia Island may be the only part of Illinois that lies west of this river.

Mississippi River.

5: Known as the "Second City", Chicago actually ranks in this position by population in the U.S..

Third.
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October 30, 2022Episode 627 - It's A Girl! - Kids' Songs - Steven Spielberg - Shakespeare's Tragic Cast - Colorful Geography
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 627, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: It's A Girl!
1: This 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in a small Alabama town and narrated by a young girl.

To Kill a Mockingbird.

2: Short story shorter: "Grimm" girl, loves power colors and older relatives, has problems with wolf.

(Little) Red Riding Hood.

3: In this 1900 book a farm girl encounters some rough weather and ends up, well, not in Kansas anymore.

The Wizard of Oz.

4: Proving once again that pig's blood and proms just don't mix, this Stephen King title girl puts mind over matter.

Carrie.

5: This 9-year-old novel heroine has superhuman strength and lives in Sweden in her house, Villa Villekulla.

Pippi Longstocking.
Round 2. Category: Kids' Songs
1: "I'm a little" one of these "short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout".

a teapot.

2: According to the song title, it "helps the medicine go down, in a most delightful way".

a spoonful of sugar.

3: He "lived by the sea and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee".

Puff the Magic Dragon.

4: It includes the lines "Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn?".

"Working On The Railroad".

5: It's the question that precedes "do they wobble to and fro, can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow".

"Do your ears hang low?".
Round 3. Category: Steven Spielberg
1: As a child, the first film Steven ever saw was this Cecil B. DeMille circus extravaganza.

The Greatest Show on Earth.

2: Vilmos Zsigmond won an Oscar as Steven's cinematographer on this 1977 sci-fi hit.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

3: A critic once compared the panic on the beach scene in "Jaws" to this film's "Odessa Steps" sequence.

Battleship Potemkin.

4: Steven directed Joan Crawford in the pilot for this innovative Rod Serling anthology.

Night Gallery.

5: This 22-minute Spielberg film about 2 people who hitchhike west lends its name to one of his companies.

Amblin'.
Round 4. Category: Shakespeare's Tragic Cast
1: Duncan, Banquo, Macduff.

Macbeth.

2: Bianca, Iago, Desdemona.

Othello.

3: Cinna, Cassius, Cicero.

Julius Caesar.

4: Goneril, Regan, Cordelia.

King Lear.

5: Mercutio, Benvolio, Tybalt.

Romeo and Juliet.
Round 5. Category: Colorful Geography
1: Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap.

Greenland.

2: The city of Santa Ana is the seat of this southern California county.

Orange County.

3: No rivers flow into this sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Red Sea.

4: A 1951 agreement with Denmark gave the U.S. rights to military bases on this island.

Greenland.

5: Dijon is the largest city in this historic French region famous for its grapes and wine.

Burgundy.
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October 29, 2022Episode 626 - 1902 - French Menu - Where It's "At" - "X" Rated - Throwing The Book At You
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 626, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fountains
1: Architect Nicola Salvi designed this, often called the last great baroque monument in Rome.

Trevi Fountain.

2: A fountain in front of this kids' cable network's studios in Orlando spurts out green slime.

Nickelodeon.

3: Andrea Del Verrocchio sculpted his bronze "Boy With" this sea creature for a Medici villa.

Dolphin.

4: This statue in the Louvre once stood in a fountain on the Greek isle of Samothrace.

Winged Victory.

5: King Matyas Corvinus and his beloved Ilonka adorn the Matyas Fountain at this Hungarian city's Royal Palace.

Budapest.
Round 2. Category: Day Time
1: The first day of the week mentioned by name in "Robinson Crusoe" isn't Friday but this (1st day is a clue).

Sunday.

2: In English, it's alphabetically the last day of the week.

Wednesday.

3: J. Wellington Wimpy often said, "I will gladly pay you" this day "for a hamburger today".

Tuesday.

4: Day of the week that's the English equivalent to the Latin Saturni dies.

Saturday.

5: G.K. Chesterton wrote of a "Man Who Was" this day.

Thursday.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 626, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1902
1: When Cecil Rhodes died in 1902, his fortune went to establishing scholarships to this school.

Oxford University.

2: In 1902 he published his newest Sherlock Holmes tale, "The Hound of the Baskervilles".

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

3: He and Matthew Henson made their first serious attempt to reach the North Pole, but it would take 7 more years.

Robert Peary.

4: After 3 years of fighting, this South African war came to an end.

the Boer War.

5: In August this "Junior", son of a physician, poet and essayist, was appointed to the Supreme Court.

Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Round 2. Category: French Menu
1: Canard aux mangues is duck served with this tropical fruit.

mango.

2: I crave some sauce moutarde, named for this ingredient; I'll put in on everything.

mustard.

3: We know these squashes by an Italian name, but to the French they're courgettes.

zucchini.

4: In France this huge melon, called a pasteque, may be filled with wine before it's served.

watermelon.

5: Bifteck.

Steak.
Round 3. Category: Where It's "At"
1: Goldthwait's moniker.

Bobcat.

2: It's his political party.

Democrat.

3: Omar Khayyam's handiwork.

"The Rubaiyat".

4: This neck scarf is named for its resemblance to one worn by Croatian soldiers.

Cravat.

5: The Captain and Tennille sang of this kind of beastly love.

"Muskrat Love".
Round 4. Category: "X" Rated
1: The narration that opened this TV show began, "A mighty princess forged in the heat of battle...".

Xena: Warrior Princess.

2: Located in Cincinnati, it's one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Xavier.

3: The horizontal number line in a Cartesian plane coordinate system.

the x-axis.

4: William B. Davis played the mysterious Cigarette-Smoking Man on this Fox show.

The X-Files.

5: From the Greek, it's literally someone who likes foreigners and foreign things.

a xenophile.
Round 5. Category: Throwing The Book At You
1: "Alexey... was the
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October 28, 2022Episode 625 - Blank The Blank - The Kids' Table - The Brady Bunch - She's Canadian, Eh? - British Potpourri
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 625, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Blank The Blank
1: Written the night before it was recorded in 1962, it was Ray Stevens' 1st major hit.

"Ahab The Arab".

2: Look after a military installation while the troops are out.

guard the fort (hold the fort).

3: Obama told this Ohio blue-collar guy spreading the wealth was good; he became part of the McCain campaign.

Joe the Plumber.

4: This spokesbovine for Borden began extolling the virtues of milk back in the 1930s.

Elsie the Cow.

5: In "Portrait of a Killer", Patricia Cornwell contends that this killer was actor and artist Walter Sickert.

Jack the Ripper.
Round 2. Category: The Kids' Table
1: Don't have a cow, man, a baby elephant walks away with this term, too.

a calf.

2: For young horses, a colt is a male, this is a female.

a filly.

3: If this animal category aged a few years, we'd retitle it this.

the goats table.

4: As the ugly duckling was really a swan, he was in truth the beautiful this.

cygnet.

5: In its youth this "holy" fish can be a tinker or a blinker, or even a spike (if Mr. Lee doesn't sue it).

a mackerel.
Round 3. Category: The Brady Bunch
1: In 2017 he released his first book, "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance".

Tom Brady.

2: In a 1917 movie Alice Brady played this flag maker, with lines like "There can be no reward so great as the honor".

Betsy Ross.

3: A little jealous, this middle daughter bemoaned, "All I ever hear is 'Marcia, Marcia, Marcia'!".

Jan.

4: In 1999 Barry Williams released a CD, "The Return of" this pop star, his alter ego on the show.

Johnny Bravo.

5: When the 1993 bill named for him became law, it instituted background checks for gun purchases.

(James) Jim Brady.
Round 4. Category: She's Canadian, Eh?
1: This Windsor native's 2002 CD "Up!" offers pop and country versions of the same 19 songs.

Shania Twain.

2: We've got a hankering for this singer from Consort, Alberta.

k.d. lang.

3: As a kid, this angry alt-rocker from Ottawa starred on Nickelodeon's "You Can't Do That on Television".

Alanis Morissette.

4: This jazz vocalist from British Columbia lists Carmen McRae and Nat King Cole as her biggest influences.

Diana Krall.

5: This teen from Ontario sang about a "Sk8er Boi".

Avril Lavigne.
Round 5. Category: British Potpourri
1: When the British Crown Jewels aren't on the queen's head, they're on display here.

the Tower of London.

2: The daughter of an earl uses this title in front of her name, as Diana Spencer did.

Lady.

3: The 2 sphinxes at the base of this famous ancient obelisk were added during the Victorian Era.

Cleopatra's Needle.

4: The ancient baths in Bath, England were built by these people soon after they invaded Britain.

the Romans.

5: In England it is appropriate to fly the Union Jack on April 23, this saint's day.

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