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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1220, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Olde Music

1: Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" and 17 Polish songs. (Frédéric) Chopin. 2: "Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death. The Magic Flute. 3: Compositions by Bach include "Toccata and" this "in D minor" as well as "The Art of the" this. Fugue. 4: Handel's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 and naturally preceded a display. Fireworks. 5: One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city. Padua.

Round 2. Category: Anagrammed Food And Drink

1: If you're watching your carbs, eat these plain, not in cakes. crabs (from carbs). 2: Let's shop for this beer ingredient. hops. 3: We all scream for it:MICE CARE. ice cream. 4: When I'm in a slump, these purple fruits perk me up. plums (from slump). 5: I'll dine on this English custard and cake dessert, then let it filter through my body. trifle.

Round 3. Category: Overcoming Obstacles

1: Diagnosed with ALS in the '60s and given a few years to live, he lived another 50+ to become one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. Hawking. 2: Joe Biden used to read poetry for hours in front of a mirror to help overcome this speech disorder. a stutter. 3: This Swedish teen activist says of her Asperger's, "I'm sometimes a bit different... and... being different is a superpower". (Greta) Thunberg. 4: Legally deaf, this Oscar-winning actress was instrumental in getting closed captioning on TV and streaming. (Marlee) Matlin. 5: Born without a right hand, he pitched with his left, playing 10 seasons for 4 different MLB teams. Jim Abbott.

Round 4. Category: Not Making It To The End Of The Movie

1: Tina Fey said "Gravity" was about how this actor would rather float away and die in space than spend time with a woman his own age. George Clooney. 2: Bad puddy tat! This evil uncle admits fratricide when he whispers, "I killed Mufasa" to Simba. Scar. 3: Gwyneth Paltrow returns to the U.S. from Hong Kong, sickens and dies and this 2011 pandemic thriller is off and running. Contagion. 4: Look how they massacred my boy; James Caan wore 100-plus squibs to pay a heavy price at the tollbooth in this 1972 film. The Godfather. 5: Sometimes, you get older, adamantium in your body poisons you and a clone of your younger self up and kills you, like this 2017 guy. Logan.

Round 5. Category: We Invented Stuff

1: By 1881 his Menlo Park home had been set up with a complete electric lighting system. Edison. 2: In 1814 Robert Fulton developed "Fulton the First", the first warship powered by this force. steam. 3: On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray attempted to file a patent for this invention; however, Bell beat him by hours. the telephone. 4: In 1868 Carlos Glidden and Partners patented this 1st machine that wrote faster than one could write by hand. a typewriter. 5: During WWII, this rocketry pioneer served as director of research for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. Goddard.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1219, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: At The Museum

1: The Ulster Museum in Belfast displays treasures from the Girona and 2 other ships that were part of this famed fleet. the Spanish Armada. 2: An Oregon science museum has the USS Blueback, one of these; in addition to its navy days, it was in "The Hunt For Red October". a submarine. 3: (Alex Trebek reads the clue from the Smithsonian.) Higher than normal counters helped accommodate the 6'2" height of this chef, who used this very kitchen not only privately, but also to achieve television fame--bon appetit !. Julia Child. 4: Here's an early work by this artist, from the Pittsburgh museum that's devoted to him. (Andy) Warhol. 5: This specialized London museum has some 160,000 images of specific people, including 89 of Henry VIII and 116 of Elizabeth I. National Portrait Gallery.

Round 2. Category: Energy Sources

1: Used in reactors, this element's 239 isotope has a half-life of 24,360 years. plutonium. 2: It's the brand of battery that keeps going and going and going.... Energizer. 3: Today a barrel of crude oil yields about 19 gallons of it. gasoline. 4: It's harvested in blocks, dried and used for fuel in Ireland. peat. 5: Water power is hydropower; this is steam power produced from water heated naturally in the earth. geothermal power.

Round 3. Category: British Fictional Characters

1: Disraeli created Vivian Grey; he created Dorian Gray. Oscar Wilde. 2: He created Mrs. Flanders, also known as Moll. Daniel Defoe. 3: Griffin is the name of this H.G. Wells title character. the Invisible Man. 4: Richard Llewellyn novel with coal miner Gwilym Morgan and minister Mr. Gruffydd. How Green Was My Valley. 5: Self-described "singleton" whose bestselling "diary" was concocted by Helen Fielding. Bridget Jones.

Round 4. Category: Explorers And Travelers

1: It's the passage sought but not found by Cartier, Frobisher and Franklin. Northwest Passage. 2: This Venetian traveler believed he found the kingdom of legendary King Prester John. Marco Polo. 3: In 1799 Alexander Von Humboldt set out to prove the Orinoco connects to this longer river. Amazon. 4: Vitus Bering was born in Denmark, but explored the Arctic for this European power. Russia. 5: 19th century world traveler Isabella Bird was the first female member of this British society founded in 1830. Royal Geographical Society.

Round 5. Category: I'D Rather Have

1: Instead of any current politician, I'd have lunch with this 16th president and hear about frontier life. Lincoln. 2: Instead of a fancy restaurant meal, I'd rather have a backyard cookout serving up grilled these, like brats and chorizos. sausages. 3: For a good guard dog, I'd pick from the AKC's list of them that includes the Doberman one of these, but not the miniature one. A Pinscher. 4: I'd rather see this epic 1962 movie biography set in the desert in a theater at 70mm projection than on a cell phone. Lawrence of Arabia. 5: Instead of a beer, I'd rather have this French wine that Food and Wine Mag calls "the world's most popular white". chardonnay.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1218, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: All You Need Is Love. With Love in quotation marks

1: The Internet is full of tips to get rid of these, the bulges of fat at the sides of the waist. love handles. 2: Rawlings makes them for ballplayers. gloves. 3: It's also called a courting chair. a love seat. 4: Split, like some hooves. cloven. 5: It seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991. Slovenia.

Round 2. Category: Triple Alliteration

1: One of this organization's missions is "calling out and addressing substandard marketplace behavior". Better Business Bureau. 2: This pencil-and-paper game is also known as Xs and Os. tic-tac-toe. 3: Only around since the early 1990s, it takes you practically anywhere you want to go--on the Internet. the World Wide Web. 4: The movie "A Christmas Story" used this canine phrase to up the ante in a big challenge. double dog dare. 5: Relationship of Queen Elizabeth to Queen Victoria. great-great-granddaughter.

Round 3. Category: Magazines And Newspapers

1: This largest newspaper chain owns the Des Moines Register and about 100 other papers. Gannett. 2: Guideposts magazine was founded in 1945 by this "positive" minister and his wife Ruth. Norman Vincent Peale. 3: This magazine's "Marginal Thinking Department" features "drawn out dramas" by Sergio Aragones. Mad magazine. 4: In March 1983 this "Magnum P.I." star became the first male centerfold in McCall's history; he kept his clothes on. Tom Selleck. 5: This British humor magazine was named for a puppet, not for a drink. Punch.

Round 4. Category: 2018 College Football Names

1: Cameron Rising isn't an action movie, he's a QB who wants to "hook 'em" for the Longhorns of this school. University of Texas. 2: Rocky Jacques-Louis is a Panther at FIU, Shocky Jacques-Louis is a Panther at this university in the "Steel City". Pittsburgh. 3: Bumper Pool bounces running backs around as a linebacker for the Razorbacks of this school. the University of Arkansas. 4: On Saturdays Smoke Monday is a Tigers defensive back for this in-state rival of Alabama. the University of Auburn. 5: Linebacker Justice Dingle floats like a butterfly and stings like a Yellow Jacket for this Southern U.. Georgia Tech.

Round 5. Category: Bible Numbers

1: As depicted in Genesis, there were this many people on Noah's Ark. 8. 2: God spent this many days creating the heavens and the earth. 6. 3: David selected 5 smooth stones out of a stream before his encounter with this person. Goliath. 4: After fasting for this many days and nights, Jesus was tempted by Satan who challenged him to turn stones into bread. 40. 5: Jacob ended up serving this many years to win the hand of Rachel. 14.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1217, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Getting Jazzed

1: Introduced in 1948, these items let jazz become more complex by allowing longer performances on a single side. LPs. 2: Look away, look away, look away, it's a revivalist style of New Orleans jazz. Dixieland. 3: Billy Strayhorn composed classics like "Take The 'A' Train" during his collaboration with this bandleader. Duke Ellington. 4: In 1998 Ellis, patriarch of this jazz family, released his own trio album, "Twelve's It". Marsalis. 5: In the '70s Weather Report had "nuclear" results with this style that combined jazz and rock. fusion.

Round 2. Category: 1949

1: On August 23 a manslaughter charge was filed against the cabbie who killed this "Gone with the Wind" author. (Margaret) Mitchell. 2: On January 31 the U.S. formally recognized Transjordan and this country. Israel. 3: This camera which produced a print in 60 seconds went on sale May 11. a Polaroid. 4: There were about 40,000 horologists making these in the U.S.. clocks (watches). 5: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, shah of this country, was wounded when a reporter fired 5 shots at him. Iran.

Round 3. Category: Waist Up, Neck Down

1: "Breadbasket" is slang for the midsection or specifically this digestive organ. the stomach. 2: The cecum is part of the large intestine; animals use it to digest this kind of food, so in koalas, it's 3 times body length. plants (vegetation). 3: Filtering the entire contents of your blood as many as 40 times a day is the job of this pair of organs. the kidneys. 4: As part of the body's immune response, the spleen releases these proteins such as IgM that counteract pathogens. antibodies. 5: The formation of solid deposits also called choleliths is a common occurrence in this organ. the gallbladder.

Round 4. Category: Show Biz Shelleys

1: 3 "cheers" for this actress who played waitress Diane Chambers. Shelley Long. 2: While playing Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show, she had a #1 hit with "Johnny Angel". Shelley Fabares. 3: The TV boss she worked for and perfume she represented were both named Charlie. Shelley Hack. 4: He said, "I'm not a sick comedian; I'm a healthy actor". Shelley Berman. 5: When Clark Gable came to pick her up, she thinks her mother may have said, "Don't be careful". Shelley Winters.

Round 5. Category: America Literature

1: While walking, this Washington Irving character comes upon a party of odd-looking men playing ninepins. Rip Van Winkle. 2: In "Moby Dick" this captain dies when a harpoon line loops around his neck and pulls him overboard. Ahab. 3: In this Steinbeck work, dimwitted Lennie Small has a vision of his Aunt Clara. Of Mice and Men. 4: After Judge Pyncheon's death, this Hawthorne title home is left to Hepzibah and her brother Clifford. the House of Seven Gables. 5: Tom Sawyer is ordered to whitewash a fence because this brother tells Aunt Polly Tom played hooky. Sid.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1216, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ends In Oo. With Oo in quotation marks

1: Members of this Algonquian-speaking tribe live in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mexico, but not in Dogpatch. the Kickapoo. 2: Necromancy, Haitian-style. Voodoo. 3: It's sometimes a quadruped, but to move quickly it becomes a biped and leaps. a kangaroo. 4: Also. too. 5: Eskimo condo. an igloo.

Round 2. Category: I Know Ur

1: Ur is dominated by one of these stepped, pyramidal temple towers dating from the 3rd millennium B.C.. a ziggurat. 2: The first major excavations of Ur were made after WWI by H.R. Hall of this London institution. the British Museum. 3: One of the last kings to build at Ur was this "great" Persian, also called Koresh. Cyrus. 4: Now called Tall al-Muqayyar, modern Ur is about 10 miles from Nasiriyah in this troubled Mideast country. Iraq. 5: Founded in the 4th millennium B.C., Ur was a capital city of this oldest Mesopotamian civilization. Sumeria.

Round 3. Category: To And Fro. With To" And "Fro in quotation marks

1: This injury from low temperatures can lead to gangrene. frostbite. 2: You'll hear this when someone scores a hit in fencing. touché. 3: It's "An Irish Lullaby" me mother sang to me in Killarney. "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral". 4: Colloquial 5-letter title for a first-year college student. frosh. 5: Mais oui, it's French for "cheese". fromage.

Round 4. Category: Arts

1: The full title of this modernist Stravinsky ballet includes "Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts". The Rite of Spring. 2: Drummer Art Blakey was a real heavy cat in this style of music that preceded "Messengers" in his band's name. jazz. 3: Arthur Burns battled inflation as the chairman of this economic body from 1970 to 1978. The Fed (the Federal Reserve). 4: This architect fell in love with the Arizona desert and built Taliesin West, his winter home, in Scottsdale. Frank Lloyd Wright. 5: He attended UCLA on a tennis scholarship and in 1965 won the U.S. collegiate men's singles title. Arthur Ashe.

Round 5. Category: The Songs Of Max Martin

1: "and Juliet" imagines the Shakespeare story had the heroine lived and here she is performing this song, Britney Spears' first hit"I must confess, that my loneliness is killing me now...". "...Baby One More Time". 2: Juliet stops the show with "Roar", a 2013 hit from this artist"I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter / Dancing through the fire / 'Cause I am a...". Katy Perry. 3: Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway performs "That's The Way It Is", a Top 10 hit for this chanteuse in 2000"Don't give up on your faith / Love comes to those who believe it". Celine Dion. 4: The first musical number in "and Juliet" has William Shakespeare performing this Backstreet Boys song"All you people can't you see, can't you see / How your love's affecting our reality". "Larger Than Life". 5: The finale of "and Juliet" features the cast performing this Justin Timberlake hit"Come on / All those things I shouldn't do / But you dance, dance, dance /And ain't nobody leavin' soon, so keep dancin'". "Can't Stop The Feeling!".

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1215, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Shirley Booth

1: Before the closing of the theaters in 1642, James Shirley wrote about 30 plays during the reign of this king. Charles I. 2: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a Gothic novel by this author also known for her short stories. Shirley Jackson. 3: This Welsh singer sang the theme songs for 3 James Bond movies. Bassey. 4: In the miniseries "Mrs. America" about 1970s feminist wars, Uzo Aduba played this pioneering Black presidential candidate. Shirley Chisholm. 5: Post-Hollywood, Shirley Temple served as a U.S. ambassador and head of the office of this, diplomatic procedure. the office of protocol.

Round 2. Category: Sleepy

1: This sleepy Pennsylvania town is often called "The Most Famous Small Town in America". Gettysburg. 2: In 2010 the sleepy Hudson River town of Rhinebeck, N.Y. hosted the nuptials of this first kid. Chelsea Clinton. 3: Big Arm, Bigfork, and Big Sky are all little towns in this state. Montana. 4: A 1920s query asked, "Will it play in" this Illinois town that experts considered a bellwether?. Peoria. 5: Tim McGraw called this Colorado ski resort city southwest of Aspen and Vail a "sleepy little town". Telluride.

Round 3. Category: Major Generals

1: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, he's now a member of Bush's cabinet. Colin Powell. 2: For sure he was a major general at Fort Sumter; that bit about inventing baseball.... Abner Doubleday. 3: Eisenhower, MacArthur and Marshall all got big promotions in December of this year. 1944. 4: Some generals got better nicknames than others -- Joseph Hooker was "Fighting Joe" and he was "Mad Anthony". Anthony Wayne. 5: Lincoln took the command of the Army of the Potomac away from this man -- twice. George McClellan.

Round 4. Category: A Marriage In Ruins

1: Board the Hiram Bingham train in Cuzco and have your ceremony near these ruins with a shaman as your officiant. Machu Picchu. 2: There's an idea to turn the ruins of this old metropolis S. of Baghdad into a wedding venue, but you may want to wait for calm. Babylon. 3: Chichen Itza may be a good site for your nuptials; it's located in this Mexican state with the same name as a peninsula. the Yucatán. 4: Come clean with your bride at a wedding in Rome's baths of this emperor, opened in 216 A.D.. Caracalla. 5: Wed at the Talisay Ruins, once a sugar plantation on Negros Island, part of this Southeast Asian archipelago. the Philippines.

Round 5. Category: To L With Science. With L in quotes

1: On average, this organ produces up to 2.5 pints of bile every day. liver. 2: A tree branch, or a solar flare seen at the edge of the Sun. a limb. 3: Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds, including fats and oils. lipids. 4: When you activate a light stick, the chemicals within react to produce this type of cold light. luminescence. 5: 5-letter term for a center of activity, or the position of a gene on a chromosome. a locus.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1214, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Passion

1: Devotion to a cause, or in another way, "To Phil and Judie: I could not have written the clue without you". a dedication. 2: Mais oui and toujours, it's French for "love", mon.... amour. 3: We are obsessed, perhaps even crazed, about this suffix, from the Greek for "excessive desire". mania. 4: Zest is a 4-letter word starting with Z that fits the category; so is this. zeal. 5: These 2 passionate words make up the title of a 1965 film about Michelangelo. agony and ecstasy.

Round 2. Category: 1000

1: There was widespread fear that this would happen; people worried about the millennium back then, too. the world would end. 2: This sport can be traced back to c. 1000 when a monk named Eilmer jumped and sailed from Malmesbury Abbey. hang gliding. 3: This country's Stephen I was crowned in 1000 in his hometown of Esztergom and the crown is a national treasure. Hungary. 4: Piasts ruled this country in 1000; in 1919, a pianist ruled it: Ignace Paderewski. Poland. 5: Sweyn Forkbeard, King Olaf of Sweden and 2 others defeated and killed King Olaf I of this country at Svold. Norway.

Round 3. Category: Name The Seuss Title

1: "I will not eat them in the rain. I will not eat them on a train. Not in the dark! Not in a tree! Not in a car! You let me be!". Green Eggs and Ham. 2: Through the high jungle tree tops, the news quickly spread: "He talks to a dust speck! He's out of his head!". Horton Hears a Who. 3: "No! Not in the house!" said the fish in the pot, "They should not fly kites in a house! They should not". The Cat in the Hat. 4: "Silence!" the king of the turtles barked back. "I'm king, and you're only a turtle named Mack". Yertle the Turtle. 5: "Socks on chicks and chicks on fox. Fox on clocks on bricks and blocks". Fox in Socks.

Round 4. Category: The Original Language

1: "From the Earth to the Moon". French. 2: The diary of Anne Frank. Dutch. 3: "In this best of all possible worlds...Everything is for the best". French. 4: Kowtow, typhoon, and tycoon. Chinese. 5: The 1880s work "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". German.

Round 5. Category: Love Actuarily

1: They may be "single", "birth" or "helicopter", and a 2017 study says they live longer than other people. parents. 2: A U. of Miami study found married men survived the longest with this most common male gland cancer. prostate cancer. 3: I know, he snores and has morning breath, but Pitt researchers found doing this raises stress hormone levels. sleeping separately (or alone). 4: The A.H.A., short for this, says having a dog lowers your risk of the type of disease it fights. the American Heart Association. 5: The death rate in healthy men was found to double if they'd experienced this sad event from Old English reafian, "to steal". a bereavement.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1213, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: It Happened In The 20Th Century

1: On May 18, 1954 The New York Times headlined, "High Court Bans School" this divisive practice. segregation. 2: In 1981 Ananda Chakrabarty received a patent for a life form made of just 1 this. a cell. 3: In May 1940 he became prime minister and began inspiring the British people. Churchill. 4: John, Paul, George and Ringo arrived in the U.S., bringing this 11-letter contagion. Beatlemania. 5: In 1949 mainland China became a Communist state with this man as its leader. Mao Zedong.

Round 2. Category: He'S The Coach

1: UCLA Men's Basketball, 1949-1975. John Wooden. 2: Indiana Pacers, 1997-2000. Larry Bird. 3: Green Bay Packers, 1959-1967. Vince Lombardi. 4: University of Nebraska Football, 1973-1997. Tom Osborne. 5: Chicago Bears, 1920-1967 (with a few breaks). George Halas.

Round 3. Category: Playing Card Rhyme Time

1: A cruel royal female. Mean queen. 2: A fire iron used to prod a jester. Joker poker. 3: Building extension for a monarch. King wing. 4: Tautless knave. Slack jack. 5: Dental appliances for a pair of bullets. Aces' braces.

Round 4. Category: The Harvard Lampoon

1: Now a fixture as a late-night TV talk show host, in the 1980s, this very tall redhead was a two-year president of the "Harvard Lampoon". Conan O'Brien. 2: The style and irreverence of "Harvard Lampoon" had a huge impact in the '70s when alums Doug Kenney and Henry Beard found "National Lampoon" and Doug co-wrote this very popular college comedy film. Animal House. 3: Lisa Henson was the "Lampoons's" first female president, and she helped her dad Jim write the speech that was given by this Muppet during the Harvard commencement season in 1982. Kermit. 4: Ex-Lampooner Jim Downey not only wrote for "Saturday Night Live" longer than anybody else, he also created this perennial list read by David Letterman. the Top 10 List. 5: Writers and performers who've gone from the "Lampoon" to "Saturday Night Live" include this young fellow who co-hosts "Weekend Update" with Michael Che. Colin Jost.

Round 5. Category: The Deans List

1: Dean Moriarty is a memorable character in this Beat Generation novel. On the Road. 2: Much of this Rat Pack crooner's hard-drinking persona may have been just for the cameras. Dean Martin. 3: 1955's "East of Eden" launched the iconic status of this actor. James Dean. 4: Your parents might know Dean Cain as Superman, but you probably know him as Jeremiah Danvers, father of this other DC hero. Supergirl. 5: In the 1930s this "lightheaded" pitcher led the National League in strikeouts 4 times. Dizzy Dean.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1212, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Allusions Of Grandeur

1: An ancient city on the Euphrates River known for its magnificence, today it can also mean a place of vice and corruption. Babylon. 2: You're living in grand style if you have the "white" type of this strong-smelling underground fungus on your table. truffle. 3: The 19th century railroad sleeping car named for this man was a symbol of splendor equal to the finest hotel. Pullman. 4: In 1909 this French jeweler opened a store on Fifth Ave. in New York City and briefly became owner of the Hope Diamond. Pierre Cartier. 5: From the name of a Greek city home to fabulously wealthy inhabitants, this adjective means devoted to luxury. sybaritic.

Round 2. Category: Live Cams

1: Through a conservation center in New York, you can observe critically endangered red and Mexican gray ones of these. wolves. 2: Opened in 1919, this iconic golf course on the Monterey Peninsula offers stunning views of the 17th and 18th holes. Pebble Beach. 3: A webcam on Sicily allows you to monitor the activity of this highest active volcano in Europe. Etna. 4: From a webcam in Finland, you can see this nighttime phenomenon that's dependent on a strong solar wind. aurora borealis. 5: You can see people praying day and night at this holy site that was a part of a structure surrounding the Temple of Jerusalem. the Western Wall (Wailing Wall).

Round 3. Category: Psychological Problems

1: Just because you have this pervasive suspicion of others, doesn't mean they're not out to get you. Paranoia. 2: Maybe Alfred Adler didn't think he was good enough when he identified and named this complex. Inferiority complex. 3: This self-absorbed personality disorder is named for a mythical youth who loved his reflection. Narcissism. 4: Logorrhea, also called verbomania, is doing this excessively or uncontrollably. Speaking/talking. 5: Washers and hoarders are types of people with OCD, which stands for this. Obsessive compulsive disorder.

Round 4. Category: Anything Goes

1: Naval engineer Richard James invented this classic toy after watching a spring fall from a table. Slinky. 2: Appropriately, Bacchus is often depicted in art holding this fruit. grapes. 3: Young Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" was inspired by this author of "In Cold Blood". Truman Capote. 4: In 1962 he became the first Australian to win the Grand Slam of tennis; he won it again in 1969. Rod Laver. 5: In 2002 this South American country's Varig Airlines celebrated its 75th anniversary. Brazil.

Round 5. Category: World Of Religion

1: From the Arabic for "struggle", this word can mean a personal effort against sin, or a holy war in defense of Islam. jihad. 2: In February 1988, after confessing on live TV to be a sinner, this preacher stepped down from the pulpit. Jimmy Swaggart. 3: The Mahayana branch of this religion is more recent than the Theravada and includes the concept of adherents becoming Bodhisattvas. Buddhism. 4: The sacred shrine of Fushimi-Inari Tasha is dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of this foodstuff. rice. 5: Asgard was home to the Norse gods and this most famous palace. Valhalla.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1211, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Movie Menagerie

1: Bogie's 1941 "bird". The Maltese Falcon. 2: One of the top five films of 1986 was this little wonder from Down Under. Crocodile Dundee. 3: 2 of the 3 Marx brothers movies with a specific animal in the title. (2 of) Duck Soup, Horse Feathers and Monkey Business. 4: In 1944 Mickey Rooney trained the horse in "National Velvet"; in 1979, this title steed. The Black Stallion. 5: This 1975 Jack Nicholson film could use a cage, a bird cage, to hold its Oscars. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Round 2. Category: Monologues

1: In a courtroom:"Darwin moved us forward to a hilltop... we must abandon our faith in the pleasant poetry of Genesis". Inherit the Wind. 2: A modern tragedy:"Hundreds of salesmen and buyers were at his funeral. Things were sad on a lotta trains". Death of a Salesman. 3: A 1913 classic:"I'll have to learn to speak middle class language from you, instead of speaking proper English". Pygmalion. 4: A Shakespeare tragic hero:"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day". Macbeth. 5: From Tennessee:"I wore it on Sundays for my gentlemen callers! I had it on the day I met your father". The Glass Menagerie.

Round 3. Category: From Page To Stage

1: Gosh darn it! Douglass Wallop's "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" hit a home run as this musical. Damn Yankees. 2: Based on "The Berlin Stories", this musical is set at a nightclub where Sally Bowles sings. Cabaret. 3: Seeing the Artful Dodger sing on stage made lyricist Alain Boublil think of turning this Victor Hugo novel into a musical. Les Misérables. 4: Ron Chernow's biography of this man was adapted into a 2015 Broadway musical. Alexander Hamilton. 5: Bizet based this opera about a tempestuous gypsy girl on a novella by Prosper Merimee. Carmen.

Round 4. Category: Geek Love

1: The Woz, Steve Wozniak, built the first computer for this company. Apple. 2: Harmonix created Guitar Hero and, in 2007, released this other music-playing megahit. Rock Band. 3: Steve Ballmer has big geek shoes to fill for this Washington State software company. Microsoft. 4: This director's geek cred was sealed when he sold his film co.'s computer division and it later became Pixar. George Lucas. 5: Sexy Linus Torvalds made us melt when he created this freely distributed UNIX clone in 1991. Linux.

Round 5. Category: U.S. Airport Codes

1: SLC serves this state capital. Salt Lake City. 2: The codes for the 2 airports in Queens, NYC are LGA and this. JFK. 3: Thurgood Marshall Airport has the code BWI, for these 2 cities "International". Baltimore and Washington. 4: American Airlines' largest hub is the Texas airport with this code. DFW. 5: DTW serves this city; the airport's full name includes Wayne County. Detroit.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1210, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Shared Last Names

1: Governor Howard and pitcher Dizzy. Dean. 2: Musician Miles and actress MacKenzie. Davis. 3: Actresses Lana and Kathleen. Turner. 4: Singer James and chef Alton. Brown. 5: Actress Esther and pianist Roger. Williams.

Round 2. Category: Disguise

1: Participants in the famous Boston Tea Party were disguised as these. Indians. 2: Disguised as a clergyman, Thomas Blood stole the British crown from this site in 1671. the Tower of London. 3: He was a swan for Leda and a cuckoo for Hera. Zeus. 4: Dressed as a beggar, he discovered his wife Penelope had been faithful during his long trip. Odysseus. 5: Legend says in 878 this "Great" English king dressed up like a minstrel to spy on the Viking camp. Alfred (the Great).

Round 3. Category: A Century Ago: 1923

1: This facility hosts its first game, with Babe Ruth hitting a 3-run homer to beat the Red Sox. Yankee Stadium. 2: This constitutional amendment to ban discrimination based on sex is first proposed in Congress. the ERA. 3: At a conference of 20 nations in Vienna, this global law enforcement body is founded. INTERPOL. 4: Peering back millennia, this archaeologist opens King Tut's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings. Howard Carter. 5: This Russian immigrant files a patent for the iconoscope, the first television transmission tube. Vladimir Zworykin.

Round 4. Category: Girls With Guitars

1: In 1995 she won Grammys for Best New Artist, Pop Vocal, Female and Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do". Sheryl Crow. 2: This writer of "Both Sides Now" taught herself to play guitar from an instruction book. Joni Mitchell. 3: She got her start performing with her parents in Alaskan Eskimo villages. Jewel. 4: In 2002 she teamed up with Santana, singing lead on "The Game Of Love". Michelle Branch. 5: (I'm Wynonna.) One of my favorite songs is "I Can't Make You Love Me" by this sassy singer-guitar player. Bonnie Raitt.

Round 5. Category: Wanna Bet?

1: In Texas hold 'em, if the flop doesn't fit your hand, the experts say do this. fold. 2: If the bettor buys insurance after the dealer shows an ace, he's playing this game. blackjack. 3: In the '50s, Edward Thorp fed millions of hands of this game into a computer which figured out how to win at it. blackjack. 4: In 2016 a few happy bettors cashed in 5,000-1 tickets after Leicester City won the title in England's top league in this sport. soccer. 5: In this game a don't pass bet is a wager against the shooter. craps.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1209, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ancient Egypt

1: Paradise in the Egyptian afterlife was in this god's "field of reeds". Osiris. 2: In 332 B.C. he took possession of Egypt without a struggle. Alexander (the Great). 3: In 212 A.D., with few exceptions, the entire population was granted citizenship in this. the Roman Empire. 4: On Sept. 2, 31 B.C., Antony and Cleopatra lost the Battle of this Greek promontory to Octavian. Actium. 5: This flower was the symbol of rebirth and of the god Re. Lotus.

Round 2. Category: Put It On What?

1: Food to keep it chilled, or plans that have to be delayed. ice. 2: 10 bucks to win at Laurel Park. a horse. 3: A Kurt Adler star or angel finial. a Christmas tree. 4: Decca F.11940, released 1964. a turntable. 5: A kepi. your head.

Round 3. Category: HatS On!. With Hat in quotation marks

1: "Urban" cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth. a Manhattan. 2: A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open. a hatchback. 3: Internet place where users can communicate in real time. a chatroom. 4: Adjective for glass that resists splintering into many pieces when broken. shatter-proof. 5: In First Kings Judah is jumpin' with this man in charge. Jehoshaphat.

Round 4. Category: Wrap It Up!

1: This 4-letter seaweed that wraps up sushi is actually a type of red algae. nori. 2: At Subway the signature wraps come wrapped in one of these. tortilla. 3: The house here has this type of veranda that extends around the sides of the house. a wraparound. 4: According to Luke 2, Mary "brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in" these. swaddling clothes. 5: One of Christo's temporary works of art was the wrapping in fabric of this oldest Paris bridge. the Pont Neuf.

Round 5. Category: Around The Hospital

1: It's the "room" staffed 24 hours a day to aid those who arrive in need of immediate care. the emergency room. 2: An IV pole is the rack on which IVs are hung, IV standing for this. intravenous. 3: For deliveries go to this ward, not to the rear. obstetrics (maternity). 4: A doctor in his first year in a hospital; adding "ist" to it would make him a specialist. an intern. 5: It's the "ology" for the X-ray department. radiology.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1208, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Cello

1: This cellist founded a music collective called the Silkroad Ensemble, with whom he plays cello. Yo-Yo Ma. 2: When you think of a cello solo, you're probably thinking of this Baroque composer's cello prelude from around 1720. Bach. 3: The uncrowned king of the cello, David Popper has a work titled this, what you'd sing under the window of your beloved. a "Serenade". 4: An excellent piece for the cello is "The Swan", from this work by Camille Saint-Saens. The Carnival of the Animals. 5: Portrayed on film in "Hilary and Jackie", the life of this British cellist was cut short by MS at age 42. Jacqueline du Pré.

Round 2. Category: Shakespeare Play By Gradually Easier Character

1: Bianca,Roderigo,Desdemona. Othello. 2: Baptista Minola,Gremio, Lucentio,Hortensio,Petruchio. The Taming of the Shrew. 3: Doctor,Duke of Cornwall,Goneril. King Lear. 4: Snug, Helena,Oberon. A Midsummer Night's Dream. 5: Flavius,Cicero,Calpurnia. Julius Caesar.

Round 3. Category: Frontwords And Backwords

1: Bosses do this, to writers' dismay; also, what happens at sea twice a day. edit/tide. 2: A part of the body where the food goes; flip it around, it's a ship that tows. gut/tug. 3: This type of container can hold ale or mead; turn it around, it's a mouth part indeed. mug/gum. 4: Rivers do this, bend upon bend; reverse it for one who sends sheep to their end. flow/wolf. 5: Your colorless dress may earn this adjective, I fear; not so for this minstrel or other balladeer. drab/bard.

Round 4. Category: Stock Up On Candy

1: You definitely want to trick-or-treat at the house that gives out candy from this company with the stock symbol HSY. Hershey. 2: KRFT is Kraft Foods, maker of these Jet-Puffed treats that come in spooky shapes for Halloween. marshmallows. 3: Warren Buffett liked See's Candies so much that he bought it and folded it into BRK.B, this company. Berkshire Hathaway. 4: Mondelez, MDLZ, owns a slew of brands, including these Scandinavian candies. Swedish Fish. 5: If you're stocking up on candy at Costco (symbol COST), you'll know this house brand is named for a city in Washington. Kirkland.

Round 5. Category: On The Wall

1: ...of this museum is a portrait of Elizabeth Petrovna as a child (1712-13) by Ivan Nikitin. the Hermitage Museum. 2: A special black paint from Rust-Oleum will turn any wall into one of these writing slates. a chalkboard. 3: A large, concave one of these on your wall will make your room look bigger. a mirror. 4: Divided into 20 sections, it's often made of cork; take a shot!. a dartboard. 5: Perfect for your bedroom, this item is thought to provide protection through the night. a dream catcher.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1207, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1990--25 Years Ago

1: This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces. Kuwait. 2: After 11 years in the job, this U.K. prime minister resigned. (Margaret) Thatcher. 3: For the first time Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo performed together as this supergroup. the Three Tenors. 4: Winnie (Churchill) got a ticker-tape parade on March 15, 1946; this Winnie was in one with her husband on June 20, 1990. (Winnie) Mandela. 5: This Brit created the first prototype web pages. (Tim) Berners-Lee.

Round 2. Category: Middle G. With G in quotes

1: Hear the howls and clanking chains from this dark underground chamber used to hold prisoners. a dungeon. 2: Merv Griffin used to play this word game with his sister and "Wheel of Fortune" is the result. hangman. 3: Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made. a filmography. 4: The largest tree-dwelling mammal in the world, this ape from Sumatra and Borneo can weigh 220 pounds. an orangutan. 5: When vaulting, gymnasts use this flexible device. the springboard.

Round 3. Category: Gibson Girls And Guys

1: Cowboy star Edmund Gibson got this nickname as a boy either because he hunted owls or delivered for the Owl Drug Company. Hoot. 2: Tyrese Gibson has appeared as Roman Pearce, known for his banter and his driving, in this action film franchise. The Fast and the Furious. 3: "I need your love like a flame needs a fire", sang this '80s teen queen who also gave us "Only In My Dreams". Debbie Gibson. 4: He pitched for the Cardinals for 17 seasons and even briefly played with the Harlem Globetrotters. Bob Gibson. 5: In 1985 his "Neuromancer" won a Nebula and a Hugo. William Gibson.

Round 4. Category: Potent History

1: Sugar cane molasses was distilled into this liquor, a significant part of the "triangular trade" that promoted slavery. rum. 2: In 1729 and 1751 Britain passed acts aimed at curbing the consumption of this alcohol that originated in the Netherlands. gin. 3: Vodka was involved in 1994 as this white-haired Russian leader was found on a D.C. street in his underwear hailing cabs to go get pizza. Yeltsin. 4: The Whiskey Rebellion culminated in 1794 among farmers of the Monongahela Valley in this state. Pennsylvania. 5: In 1923 a beer hall called the Burgerbraukeller in this German city was the starting point of a failed putsch. Munich.

Round 5. Category: The 5Th Beatle

1: This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers. (Sir) George Martin. 2: After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, this man got a job in a bakery and then became a civil servant. Pete Best. 3: In "Backbeat" Stephen Dorff played this alliterative bassist who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962. (Stuart) Sutcliffe. 4: This manager who died in 1967 was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". Brian Epstein. 5: This keyboardist, who died in 2006, sat in with the Beatles often and also wrote Joe Cocker's hit "You Are So Beautiful". Billy Preston.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1206, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Society

1: A community of people who live near each other; Mister Rogers lives in one. a neighborhood. 2: It's a society led by women in which descent is traced through the female line. a matriarchy. 3: The rules of polite social interaction; Emily Post is a popular name in the field. etiquette. 4: Yuppie is a slang term which stands for this. young urban professional. 5: Better known name of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. the Hare Krishnas.

Round 2. Category: Prey Purview

1: The population of the lynx rises and falls with the availability of the snowshoe variety of this creature, its main prey. a rabbit. 2: The bombardier species of this insect ejects a vapor that pops when it hits the air, blinding and confusing its prey. a beetle. 3: Because they squeeze their prey to death, boas and pythons are this kind of nonvenomous snake. a constrictor. 4: The "ringed" species of this critter is a favorite prey of the polar bear. a (ringed) seal. 5: Fish, fish and more fish is on the menu for this bird of prey with long wings and a white head, also known as a fish hawk. the osprey.

Round 3. Category: Book Bindings

1: Eats, Shoots and blank of Grass. leaves. 2: Never Let Me blank Set a Watchman. go. 3: O'Neill, 1922 and Tolstoy, 1875-77:"Anna blank" and "Anna blank". Christie and Karenina. 4: The Art of blankand Peace. War. 5: Arms and blank blank Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. the man.

Round 4. Category: The Non-Adverb -Ly Word. With -Ly in quotes

1: A young female horse. a filly. 2: In scientific classification, it's between order and genus. family. 3: 2 independent countries lie within the borders of this nation. Italy. 4: 5-letter piece of ornamental lace or embroidery found on a table. doily. 5: Hospital attendant job with nonmedical duties. orderly.

Round 5. Category: Period Movies

1: On the "Gladiator" poster, Russell Crowe holds a sword; on the "Robin Hood" poster, he holds this weapon. a bow and arrow. 2: Keira Knightley, as "The Duchess", does not have exactly a warm and loving marriage with Ralph Fiennes, as him. the Duke of Devonshire. 3: "Grease" came out in 1978; that's already prehistoric to you, but it's set even longer ago, in this decade. the 1950s. 4: This comedy about long ago stars Jack Black, Michael Cera and Oliver Platt as the high priest of Sodom. Year One. 5: "Me and" this "Citizen Kane" director shows the great man when he was still directing plays. Orson Welles.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1205, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ad Verbs And Taglines

1: MandM's: "The milk chocolate blank in your mouth, not in your hand". melts. 2: Apple, beginning in the 1990s:"blank different". Think. 3: Target:"blank more.Pay less.". Expect. 4: Instagram: "blank and share the world's moments". Capture. 5: Jantzen swimwear:"blank into life". dive.

Round 2. Category: 7 Wonders Of The Ancient World

1: Made of bronze and honoring the sun god Helios, it stood about 100 feet high in the harbor of a Greek island. the Colossus of Rhodes. 2: To irrigate this ancient wonder, water from the Euphrates was pumped to the top of the hill. the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 3: It was the earliest built of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. the Great Pyramid. 4: Some sculptures from this marble tomb at Halicarnassus are in the British Museum in London. the Mausoleum. 5: A fire burned day and night at the top of this ancient wonder. the lighthouse at Alexandria.

Round 3. Category: Rite

1: In Judaism, this rite of passage is celebrated around the time of a boy's 13th birthday. a bar mitzvah. 2: The Catholic rite for this sacrament begins with asking the parents what they name their child. baptism. 3: In this religion, a book of the dead called the "Bardo Thodol" is read to the dying to help them prepare for a favorable rebirth. Buddhism. 4: Casting 7 stones at each of the 3 pillars of Mina is a rite enacted during the pilgrimage with this name. hajj. 5: This rite is a solo vigil by a Plains Indian boy to seek spiritual power and knowledge through an apparition. a vision quest (or spirit quest).

Round 4. Category: All You Need Is L-O-V-E. With L-O-V-E in quotation marks

1: A company called "London" this "tours" provides "a whirlwind tour of the history of the British public toilet". loo. 2: Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz", was fittingly born under this zodiac sign symbolized by a lion. a Leo. 3: Led Zeppelin warned that this type of wall is "going to break", while Don McLean lamented that it was dry. a levee. 4: This Swedish automaker's museum features a full-sized XC90 SUV made from Legos. Volvo. 5: As Charles Darwin could tell you, to do this is to gradually change or develop over time. evolve.

Round 5. Category: Differs By A Vowel

1: The pair found in the name of a large Scottish estuary that connects with the North Sea. the Firth of Forth. 2: A large, graceful tree and what a pig does in the mud to cool itself. wallow and willow. 3: A place to sit anda group of grapes. bench and bunch. 4: A mixture for making good old-fashioned pancakes and one of the ingredients. batter and butter. 5: A large British home in the country and a college student's secondary declared discipline. minor and manor.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1204, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Eddie Murphy Movies

1: 1990 sequel to his 1982 "48HRS.". Another 48HRS.. 2: He played the man with whom Eddie Murphy traded places in "Trading Places". Dan Aykroyd. 3: "A Nightmare on Elm Street"'s Wes Craven directed Eddie in this 1995 comedy-horror film. Vampire in Brooklyn. 4: Axel Foley was a cop on this midwestern city's payroll. Detroit. 5: Art Buchwald was awarded original story credit for this film in which Eddie played an African prince. Coming to America.

Round 2. Category: What'D You Catch?

1: A bullhead type of this, genus Ameiurus. a catfish. 2: After a struggle, not a fish, but an Eagle GT tire from this maker. Goodyear. 3: Not a starfish, but this heavenly one. a sunfish. 4: A cold, while fishing nearly 200-square-mile Flathead Lake in this northern state. Montana. 5: This fish with a beach city just south of Boca Raton named for it. a pompano.

Round 3. Category: Yes Sur. With Sur in quotation marks

1: Breaking sea swell. surf. 2: The 2007 influx of 20,000 more U.S. troops into Iraq. surge. 3: People get it from their fathers, usually. surname. 4: Churlish. surly. 5: To conjecture. surmise.

Round 4. Category: Cinematic Specters

1: The director of this 1988 Christmas film said he wanted the wires that lifted Carol Kane to be visible. Scrooged. 2: Geena Davis and Alex Baldwin haunted their own house in this 1988 hit film. Beetlejuice. 3: Seen briefly in "Ghostbusters", this little green guy is featured in the TV cartoon series. Slimer. 4: Steven Spielberg co-wrote and co-produced this 1st of 3 films about the Freeling clan's ghost trouble. Poltergeist. 5: Her list of roles includes a mermaid, a cave woman and in 1988's "High Spirits", a ghost. Daryl Hannah.

Round 5. Category: Remember 2016?

1: A Japanese company made the world's last one of these TV playback machines. a VCR. 2: On August 17th, she was named Donald Trump's campaign manager. Kellyanne Conway. 3: Protests began as the Standing Rock Sioux moved to block this pipeline that bears the name of a Sioux people. the Dakota Pipeline. 4: Aung San Suu Kyi's friend Htin Kyaw was inaugurated as this country's first freely elected president in decades. Myanmar. 5: This Silicon Valley entrepreneur revealed he had bankrolled the lawsuit that took down Gawker. Peter Thiel.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1203, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Music Icons

1: Valerie Bertinelli said of this rock icon that she loved him "more than I know how to explain. I loved his soul". Eddie Van Halen. 2: Fans the world over celebrate this reggae legend on February 6, his birthday. Bob Marley. 3: At the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, she delighted fans with her "Both Sides Now" and "Big Yellow Taxi", among others. Joni Mitchell. 4: On a historic day in 1976, Joe Strummer met Mick Jones in London, calling their legendary band this came later. The Clash. 5: Her recording career lasted less than 4 years; her final studio album was 1971's "Pearl", featuring "Me And Bobby McGee". Janis Joplin.

Round 2. Category: Crossword Clues D. With D in quotes

1: The usually wealthy widow of a king(7). a dowager. 2: Pre-Christian Celtic priest(5). a druid. 3: France's patron saint(5). Denis. 4: Touch-tone predecessor (4). dial. 5: Bird of peace(4). a dove.

Round 3. Category: Hairy

1: The short hairstyles worn by the men who fought the Cavaliers in 17th C. England earned them this name. the Roundheads. 2: The feet of this arctic ursine creature are partly webbed and have hairy soles to help with traction. polar bear. 3: This term for a knight's apprentice is also the name of a bobbed, usually jaw-length hairstyle. page boy. 4: This great ape's name comes from a Greek word referring to a legendary tribe of hairy women. gorilla. 5: The name of this type of insect larva is from the late Latin for "hairy cat". caterpillar.

Round 4. Category: Women'S Memoirs

1: "I Feel Bad About My Neck", about the travails of aging, is by this late, great writer and director of "You've Got Mail". Nora Ephron. 2: "Fight Like a Girl" and "Unbecoming" recount women's experiences in this "most masculine" branch of the U.S. military. Marines. 3: "My Life in France" is the story of how this chef found her true calling. Julia Child. 4: Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody's record of her time as one of these performers is titled "Candy Girl". a stripper. 5: This advisor to Barack Obama wrote "Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward". Valerie Jarrett.

Round 5. Category: Culinary Before And After

1: Finest olive oil grade whose British capital is Road Town and whose American capital is Charlotte-Amalie. extra Virgin Islands. 2: Round Southern fried cornmeal cake that's the object of a youthful crush. hush puppy love. 3: Chili's rib cut that stars in a Robert Zemeckis time-traveling comedy. Baby Back to the Future. 4: Bite-size French language dessert cake that wreaks havoc in the Book of Revelation. petit Four Horsemen of the Apocalyse. 5: French dish of chicken, onion, wine, mushrooms and pork blindly stewing onscreen as space opera anti-hero Riddick. coq au Vin Diesel.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1202, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Stop And Go. With Stop" And "Go in quotes

1: It's called the "peach of the tropics". a mango. 2: It's a brief appearance by a politician in a small town, traditionally on the rear platform of a train. a whistle stop. 3: In captivity this bird is fed a diet containing carotenoid pigments to maintain the color of its plumage. a flamingo. 4: On a camera, it's the setting of an adjustable lens aperture indicated by a number, such as 1.4 or 11. an f-stop. 5: A highlight of this 1956 film is a rendition of "That Old Black Magic" by Marilyn Monroe, who plays Cherie, a saloon singer. Bus Stop.

Round 2. Category: The Prophecies Of Nostradamus

1: "The faults of" this city "will be laid quite bare" must refer to the failure of the League of Nations--mustn't it?. Geneva. 2: Nostradamus very clearly predicted a new election of one of these for the year 1609--but Paul V failed to die. a pope. 3: The "Hister" who will "Vex Venice" is purportedly this 20th century fiend with a couple of letters changed. Hitler. 4: "The great camel" (your guess is as good as ours) will drink from these 2 longest rivers that pass through Germany. the Danube and the Rhine. 5: "More butcher than king in England" is seen as this leader born in 1599, 33 years after Nostradamus died. Oliver Cromwell.

Round 3. Category: The Nose Knows

1: One indicator of COVID infection learned of in recent years is anosmia, this impairment. a loss of smell. 2: Grab a hankie, an epistaxis is just one of these and can have many causes beyond trauma. a bloody nose. 3: Not just Great-Uncle Fred, but even you likely have nasal vibrissae, these. (nose) hairs. 4: The ethmoid and the sphenoid are two of these cavities that can drain into the nose. a sinus. 5: Part of an area known as the rhinarium in some mammals, it's the indentation below the nose and above the upper lip. a philtrum.

Round 4. Category: Names That Are Verbs

1: Mr. Nolte, or what he shouldn't do when he shaves. Nick. 2: Silent screen cowboy Tom, or what many people do at cocktail parties. Mix. 3: Gregory, or what his chickens might do. Peck. 4: Mr. Martindale, or what he might do if he likes you. Wink. 5: Mr. Owens, or what his horse might do to throw him. Buck.

Round 5. Category: The DisPatch. With Dis in quotes

1: Along with platform shoes, this was big in the '70s. a disco ball. 2: On its website, Columbia University offers doctoral students tips on completing this paper "without tears". dissertation. 3: Get off your high horse or off a piece of gymnastics equipment. dismount. 4: It's a comprehensive list of recordings by a composer or artist. discography. 5: It's the "dis" word in ADA, a law passed in 1990 prohibiting discrimination. Disabilities.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Decade Of Discovery

1: DNA's double helix. the 1950s. 2: Frank Sinatra by Harry James. the 1930s. 3: Quasars by astronomer and Faye Dunaway by Hollywood. the 1960s. 4: Hispaniola by Europeans. the 1490s. 5: Americium (atomic number 95). the 1940s.

Round 2. Category: To Grind

1: Keeping this body part "to the grindstone" means applying yourself. nose. 2: Most waiters consider this tool a real grind when using it to add seasoning to salads. a pepper grinder (or pepper mill). 3: Grinding guides can help you efficiently get to level 10 in this Blizzard game set in Azeroth. World of Warcraft. 4: To grind their food, birds use this organ that also starts with "G". gizzard. 5: Mt. Suribachi was the site of a famed flag raising on this WWII island; Meat Grinder Hill was also a tough battle there. Iwo Jima.

Round 3. Category: The Edgars

1: Part of "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", "Obits" won the 2016 Short Story Edgar Award for my Maine man, this horror master. Stephen King. 2: "G" is for grand master as well as this woman who received the 2009 Grand Master Award. Sue Grafton. 3: 2018's best episode in a TV series was "Somebody to Love" by Noah Hawley for this Midwestern-set show spun off from a film, you betcha. Fargo. 4: This pseudonym of 2 authors got a special Edgar in 1950 for a "Mystery Magazine". Ellery Queen. 5: The Scotch was good. Too good. I tried to remember. It was 1955, and this writer had won for "The Long Goodbye". and now he had my gun. (Raymond) Chandler.

Round 4. Category: Refugees

1: Turkey has more than 3 million refugees from this country racked by Civil War since 2011. Syria. 2: In 2021 the area called "Little" this city in Fremont, California prepared for a new wave of Afghan refugees. Little Kabul. 3: Many refugees from Africa dwell in Kara Tepe II, a refugee camp on this Greek island also known for its poetic heritage. Lesbos. 4: Political instability and other causes have sent thousands of refugees from this country into its neighbors. Burundi. 5: Term for the largest Muslim group of mainly Buddhist Myanmar; many of them have become refugees. the Rohingya.

Round 5. Category: Sports Franchises' Previous Homes

1: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Brooklyn. 2: The Indianapolis Colts. Baltimore. 3: The Los Angeles Rams. St. Louis. 4: The Colorado Avalanche, oui, oui!. Quebec City. 5: The Atlanta Braves. Milwaukee.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1200, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Map Happy

1: Its name says where it's at. South Africa. 2: "Zone" in on this country important to world commerce. Panama. 3: Zone in on this country, important to world commerce. Panama. 4: A bit of serendipity will lead you to this country's name. Sri Lanka. 5: Nation where Bolivar is buried. Venezuela.

Round 2. Category: Tea Time Movie

1: Disney's "Johnny Tremain" takes part in this Dec. 16, 1773 incident. the Boston Tea Party. 2: Johnny Depp is at least eccentric as this tea party guest in 2010's "Alice in Wonderland". the Mad Hatter. 3: The title character of "Rikyu" teaches this painstaking routine to the fierce warlord Hideyoshi. the Japanese tea ceremony. 4: Jack Black as this character has tea with the dolls of a Brobdingnagian girl. Gulliver. 5: In "Tea with Mussolini", Cher plays a character based on this American art patron who spent a lot of time in Italy. Peggy Guggenheim.

Round 3. Category: Phrases That Sell

1: "Obey your thirst" and drink this. Sprite. 2: "Be all that you can be" in this military branch. the Army. 3: This network says it's "The most trusted name in news". CNN. 4: This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?". UPS. 5: It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads. Can you hear me now?.

Round 4. Category: Pat. With Pat in quotation marks

1: Let's take our drinks outside onto this paved lounge area. patio. 2: Adjective meaning characteristic of being a father. paternal. 3: Want a good pastry? Go to this French type of store that specializes in them. a patisserie. 4: A regional form of a language, not necessarily French. patois. 5: It's the murder of one's own father. patricide.

Round 5. Category: Babes

1: In his career, he walked a record 2,056 times. Babe Ruth. 2: If Paul Bunyan sang "I Got You Babe", he'd be referring to one of these animals. an ox. 3: It's where Victor Herbert set his "Babes". Toyland. 4: She set records in the 1932 Olympics in the javelin throw and the 80-meter hurdles. Babe Didrikson. 5: Nicknamed "Babe", this early film comedian played The Tin Woodsman in 1925's "The Wizard of Oz". Oliver Hardy.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Round 1. Category: What'S He Like?

1: It's the national capital a Sinophile would most like to visit. Beijing (Peking). 2: A discophile doesn't particularly like discos but does like these, which are used there. records. 3: A logophile is a lover of these: long or short, Latinate or Anglo-Saxon.... words. 4: 1 of the 2 letters that can begin the standard term for a lover and connoisseur of wine. O or E (oenophile or enophile). 5: From the French, it's someone who wouldn't miss a Samuel Fuller or Alain Resnais festival. cinephile.

Round 2. Category: Grammar A-Z

1: S:The set of rules for the proper arrangement of a sentence from the Greek for "orderly arrangement". syntax. 2: P: The building blocks of a sentence are subject and this, what is said of the subject. the predicate. 3: I: To be this form of a verb, some say, means to never split it. an infinitive. 4: M: Nouns, adjectives and adverbs can be these qualifiers. modifiers. 5: R:Essential info comes in a clause that's relative as well as this adjective. restrictive.

Round 3. Category: World Place Names

1: The Arabic name of this biblical town means "house of meat"; the Hebrew name--"house of bread". Bethlehem. 2: Legend says this sea is named for Theseus' father, who flung himself into the waters when he thought his son was dead. the Aegean. 3: We're bullish on this Spanish city that tradition says was founded by and named for Pompey. Pamplona. 4: Ah, can you smell it? The name of this former British colony is Chinese for "fragrant harbor". Hong Kong. 5: This Indian capital was so named to distinguish it from the older city of the same name. New Delhi.

Round 4. Category: The Hall Of Fame Position

1: Kareem, Moses,Wilt. center (in basketball). 2: Dizzy, Lefty, Pud,Cy. pitcher. 3: Magic,Isiah, John(okay, John Stockton). point guard. 4: Tony Esposito,Vladislav Tretiak, Ken Dryden. goalie (in hockey). 5: Lawrence "L.T." Taylor, Ted "The Mad Stork" Hendricks,Harry "no cool nickname" Carson. linebacker.

Round 5. Category: Short Subjects. With Short in quotation marks

1: A cropped permanent, a brief gesture of farewell, or a radio band. a short wave. 2: Puritan, Wesson or Crisco. types of shortening. 3: It could be said that a hapless person is always "a day late and" this. a dollar short. 4: What you are when you get short of breath very quickly. short-winded. 5: Comedian who plays the character for whom life holds no greater thrill than meeting the following:. Martin Short.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1179, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: State Of The Book

1: "The Help". Mississippi. 2: "The Last Picture Show". Texas. 3: "Washington Square". New York. 4: "Centennial" by James Michener. Colorado. 5: "The Grapes of Wrath"--2 states please, where the story begins and ends. Oklahoma and California.

Round 2. Category: Tell

1: Although he may be legendary, William Tell is one of the best-known heroes of this nation. Switzerland. 2: This form of "William" is in the German title of Friedrich Schiller's play about Tell. Wilhelm. 3: In the traditional William Tell story, this is the cause of death of the cruel governor Gessler. shot with an arrow. 4: It was Tell's response when Gessler asked what the extra arrow was for. to kill him if he missed with the first one. 5: The overture to this Italian composer's opera about William Tell is used to speed things up. Rossini.

Round 3. Category: Guinness Animal Records

1: The largest one ever made by birds was built by bald eagles and weighed over 6,700 lbs.. a nest. 2: A Texas cat named Dusty must have been the cat's meow as she had 420 of these. kittens. 3: Some of these arthropods have as many as 750 legs, not a thousand as their name implies. a millipede. 4: The Gaboon viper has the longest of any snake, nearly 2". the fang. 5: It's the slowest-moving land mammal, and its name is a synonym for laziness. a sloth.

Round 4. Category: The New York Times Style

1: An nytimes.com slide show on this woman's style included the red and black number from Election Night 2008. Michelle Obama. 2: Disco hoops and other styles of extravagant these "suggest you are taking the party with you". earrings. 3: A blog post notes that Junya Watanabe's Spring '09 collection continues to rely on this basic type of working pants. jeans. 4: In May 2008 the times reported on a more modest look in this wear, including boy shorts and halter tops. swimwear. 5: The times said this "NY" designer became "a Seventh Avenue original" using tights as a foundation for skirts and shirts. Donna Karan.

Round 5. Category: A Success With Brush

1: In "The Story of Painting" Sister Wendy says, "He is much more than a painter of the fair and fat". (Peter Paul) Rubens. 2: An early 1730s work by Canaletto shows this canal city's "Quay of the Piazzetta". Venice. 3: There are 2 versions of John Singleton Copley's "Watson and" this sea predator in U.S. galleries. the Shark. 4: For your information, no, your six-year-old could not make paintings just like this man's 1952 "Convergence". (Jackson) Pollock. 5: Victorine Meurent, his favorite model, is the nude in his "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe". Edouard Manet.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1178, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tv Businesses

1: Ewing Oil. Dallas. 2: Duff Brewery. The Simpsons. 3: Bluth's Original Frozen Banana. Arrested Development. 4: Luthercorp. Smallville. 5: Los Pollos Hermanos--best chicken in New Mexico!. Breaking Bad.

Round 2. Category: A Visit From St. Nicholas

1: '"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even" this one. a mouse. 2: It completes the line "but I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, 'Happy Christmas to all,...'". and to all a good night. 3: "He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with" these 2 items. ashes and soot. 4: St. Nick's nose is described as resembling this fruit. a cherry. 5: Of Santa's 8 reindeer, it's the last one named. Blitzen.

Round 3. Category: Black

1: If your black piano keys are shiny, they're probably plastic; if they dull with age, probably this wood. ebony. 2: This company cleaned up when it introduced the Dustbuster in 1979. Black and Decker. 3: A black monolith mysteriously appears at different times in human history in this classic sci-fi film. 2001: A Space Odyssey. 4: The Black Death that killed many in Europe in the 1300s is believed to have been caused by this type of organism, Yersinia pestis. a bacterium. 5: Their home ice is located at 1901 West Madison Street. the Blackhawks.

Round 4. Category: Field Of DreamS. With Dream in quotation marks

1: Someone considered very good-looking is said to be one of these "ships". Dreamboat. 2: Collective name for the 1992 U.S. men's Olympic basketball squad. "The Dream Team". 3: In 1983 Eurythmics hit No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts with this song. "Sweet Dreams". 4: This popular musical was supposedly based in part on the lives and careers of the Supremes. Dreamgirls. 5: Freud published this landmark study in 1899. The Interpretation Of Dreams.

Round 5. Category: Name The Parent Company

1: Post-it notes. 3M. 2: Fisher-Price toys. Mattel. 3: Cheerios andBetty Crocker products. General Mills. 4: Crest toothpaste. Procter and Gamble. 5: Velveeta. Kraft.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1177, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: On The Pga Tour

1: Out on an island in 2001, a downhill 60-foot triple-break putt at TPC Sawgrass' famed 17th was better than most for this superstar. Tiger Woods. 2: Here's Bubba Watson cutting loose with this type of 5-letter shot that veers to the side of the dominant hand of the player. a slice. 3: The long chip at the 1978 Jackie Gleason Classic was one of 5 straight birdies to seal the win for this Golden Bear. Jack Nicklaus. 4: Here's Phil Mickelson putting for birdie at the gorgeous par-5 18th to claim the 2012 Pro-Am title at this California beach. Pebble Beach. 5: Check out the $10 million putt that won the 2016 FedEx Cup bonus for this man, also known as Wee Mac. Rory McIlroy.

Round 2. Category: Ageless Quotes

1: Whale tale author who wrote, "Youth is immortal; 'tis the elderly only grow old!". Melville. 2: In "The Brook" this "Light Brigade" author wrote, "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever". Tennyson. 3: About this queen, Shakespeare wrote, "age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety". Cleopatra. 4: Oscar Wilde wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one" this; she "would tell one anything". her real age. 5: Betty Friedan wrote, "to keep... life-giving ties alive... is our" this, the opposite of Ponce de Leon's legendary quest. "fountain of age".

Round 3. Category: America'S Most Haunted

1: The white-haired ghost of this fiery leader walks alongside a black dog at Harpers Ferry in West Virginia. John Brown. 2: Ghosts may account for a mysterious chill in cell 14-D of this former California island prison. Alcatraz. 3: The father of Jennie Wade, the lone civilian casualty of this PA. battle, haunts the home in which she was killed. Gettysburg. 4: Some say the ghost in this city's Hilton Hotel may be a murder victim or the volcano goddess Madame Pele. Honolulu. 5: The Shaft Alley Spectre is one of many ghosts haunting this Long Beach luxury liner first launched in 1936. Queen Mary.

Round 4. Category: World Theatre

1: This "War and Peace" author's play "The Power of Darkness" was once banned in his native Russia. Leo Tolstoy. 2: Conor McPherson's haunting play "The Weir" is set in a pub in this country. Ireland. 3: The first known play presented at this British university was "St. Katherine" in 1490. Oxford. 4: The Olivier Theatre opened in this city in 1976 with a production of "Tamburlaine the Great". London. 5: Israeli playwright Nathan Alterman called his first play "Kineret, Kineret...", Kineret being Hebrew for the Sea of this. Sea of Galilee.

Round 5. Category: Where Is That, Pierre?

1: If you're visiting the Cannes Film Festival, you're on this sea. the Mediterranean. 2: The Jura Mountains straddle the border between France and this country. Switzerland. 3: This region of NW France derives its name from Celts fleeing the Anglo-Saxon invasion of England. Brittany. 4: This region of France between the Seine and Marne Valleys is famous for its soft white cheese. Brie. 5: A northern member of the Windward Islands, this volcanic isle has been a possession of France since 1635. Martinique.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1176, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Alphanumerics

1: The first swine flu, identified in 1930, was caused by this alphanumeric virus; in 2009 it was back. H1N1. 2: This company makes scotchlite reflective material. 3M. 3: This astromech droid served 2 Skywalkers. R2-D2. 4: Talk about primo and to the point! It was the alpanumeric license plate--London's first--issued December 1903. A1. 5: A young Anakin Skywalker created this droid to help his mother with household chores. C-3PO.

Round 2. Category: Indian Chiefs

1: This Chiricahua leader joined the Dutch Reformed Church in 1903 but was expelled for gambling. Geronimo. 2: It's said that Hiawatha started this league of the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Cayuga tribes. Iroquois League. 3: Called "Curly" as a boy, this great Oglala Sioux chief died a year after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Crazy Horse. 4: In 1903 he pleaded with Pres. Roosevelt for the return of his Nez Perce to their home. Chief Joseph. 5: A monument to this Mohegan chief was erected on the site of the home of J.F. Cooper. Uncas.

Round 3. Category: Fictional Witches

1: In "The Thirteenth Sacrifice", witches have returned to this city and Boston cop Samantha Ryan is hunting them. Salem. 2: Cho Chang and Fleur Delacour are 2 of the many witches in this book series. Harry Potter. 3: In "Macbeth" the three witches who prophesy his success and doom are appropriately also known as these "sisters". the weird sisters. 4: Jadis of Charn is the evil White Witch laying chilly havoc to this C.S. Lewis land. Narnia. 5: Jane, Alexandra and Sukie are the 3 title uninhibited magical mavens in this Updike novel. The Witches of Eastwick.

Round 4. Category: Geographic Crossword Clues B. With B in quotes

1: Look out "B" low country(7). Belgium. 2: Strait through Istanbul(9). Bosphorus. 3: French Frenchvolcanic volcanicisland island(4-4). Bora-Bora. 4: "Common" place city(6). Boston. 5: Cream center of Germany(7). Bavaria.

Round 5. Category: What A Beast!

1: Bigger than Jerseys, this U.K. cow breed from its own isle produces lots of slightly yellowish milk. a Guernsey. 2: Here's a close-up of one of the 30,000 quills on this animal; they slide in easy, but back-facing barbs make removal difficult. a porcupine. 3: Unlike the hippo, which has fully developed 4 of these, the rhino only has 3 with which to test water daintily. toes. 4: A flap of skin and fur called a bell hangs from the throat of this largest member of the deer family. moose (elk accepted). 5: This "hairless" breed of cat developed from a kitty born in Canada, not Egypt. Sphynx.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1175, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Original 31 Flavors

1: Sour item that precedes Crisp, Custard and Sherbet in 3 of Baskin-Robbins' original 31 flavors. Lemon. 2: Varieties of this flavor included French and Burnt Almond. Vanilla. 3: This traditional Christmas drink was available. Egg Nog. 4: Flavors included this type of "Stick" (but not this type of "Patty"). Peppermint. 5: Nuts to you! and marshmallows, too, with this alliterative original flavor. Rocky Road.

Round 2. Category: Wintry Reading

1: In a kids' book, on a snowy day Nicki loses this item of clothing, just like the 3 little kittens. mittens. 2: Dostoyevsky's autobiographical novel "The House of the Dead" has been published with the subtitle "or, Prison Life" here--brrr!. Siberia. 3: The 2019 book "The Enchanted Forest" is a tie-in with this long-awaited animated sequel. Frozen 2. 4: Set in Iceland, the sixth novel in the Detective Erlendur series is titled not "Frostbite" but this condition. hypothermia. 5: It's 1954 and tensions are high on an island with a lot of Japanese Americans in David Guterson's novel "Snow Falling on" these. Cedars.

Round 3. Category: Ancient Science

1: The ancient Sumerian number system, based on 60, is still used today to measure this. time. 2: Around 400 B.C. Democritus proposed that all matter is composed of these tiny units. atoms. 3: Considered 1st universal genius, this student of Plato believed goats breathed through their ears. Aristotle. 4: Chinese general Huang-ti used a lodestone as one of these around 300 B.C., perhaps by floating it in a bowl. a compass. 5: Delta city with automatic door openers, washing machines, and a world-famous library. Alexandria.

Round 4. Category: London On Film

1: Guinness says this current resident of 10 Downing Street was 1st portrayed on film in "For Your Eyes Only". Margaret Thatcher. 2: R. Chandler's novel was set in L.A., but this '77 remake was "curiously and ineffectively set in London". The Big Sleep. 3: In "My Fair Lady", Eliza Doolittle peddled her posies here, in front of the opera house. Covent Garden. 4: The bird woman in "Mary Poppins" sells feed for birds in front of this church build by Wren. St. Paul's. 5: 1973 film in which George Segal trysts with Glenda Jackson in a Garrard St. flat. A Touch of Class.

Round 5. Category: He Was Senator And President

1: Though he served Penn. in the Senate from 1834 to 1845, he supported pro-slavery Southern positions; he didn't get better as pres.. Buchanan. 2: His nickname "Tricky Dick" dates back to the 1950s California campaign that put him in the Senate. Nixon. 3: Though the Senate failed by one vote to de-president him, his later return to the body was met with flowers and applause. (Andrew) Johnson. 4: This Ohioan found the Senate "far more to my liking than" being pres. could be; scandal and death in office followed. Warren G. Harding. 5: This New Yorker and future president joined the Senate in 1821 and soon led the fight against imprisonment for debt. Martin Van Buren.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1174, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Online And Texting Abbrev.

1: If I want you to call, hmu stands for this... say, tomorrow?. hit me up. 2: Someone sliding into your DMs is trying to reach you via these. direct messages. 3: Making an OTP, one true this, means figuring out ideal character matches. pairing. 4: Want to know if others are experiencing the same? dae is short for this question starter. does anybody else?. 5: eli5 is shorthand for this expression, so use small words to clarify. explain it to me like I'm 5.

Round 2. Category: Tv Theme Song Hits

1: 1962:"The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" from this show. The Beverly Hillbillies. 2: 1995:"I'll Be There For You". Friends. 3: 1993:"Bad Boys". Cops. 4: 1976:"Making Our Dreams Come True". Laverne and Shirley. 5: 1981:"Believe It Or Not". The Greatest American Hero.

Round 3. Category: Med. Abbrev.

1: CTS, carpal tunnel syndrome, can be an RSI, this kind of injury. repetitive stress injury. 2: On a prescription, q.i.d. is a Latin abbreviation indicating the medication should be taken this often. four times a day. 3: In the event of SCA (Sudden Cardiac Arrest), a life can be saved by an AED (an Automated External one of these devices). defibrillator. 4: To decrease swelling from an injury, a doctor may order you to be on BR, short for this. bed rest. 5: Don't get all stressed out by an EKG, which stands for this. electrocardiogram.

Round 4. Category: Ard Stuff. With Ard in quotation marks

1: A large drinking vessel with a single handle and often a hinged cover. a tankard. 2: Payment offered and made for the return of lost property. a reward. 3: 7-letter word for a grove of fruit or nut trees. orchard. 4: Clumsy, or hard to handle. awkward. 5: An explosive device used to break down a wall; you might be "hoisted with your own" if you're unlucky. a petard.

Round 5. Category: Anagram Pairs

1: Japan's capital, now and then. Tokyo and Kyoto. 2: A short sleep anda dish to cook eggs. nap and pan. 3: Cut calories and cut and splice a film. edit and diet. 4: A personal journal about working in a milk-producing facility. a dairy diary. 5: An adult female horse and 500 sheets of paper. a mare and a ream.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1173, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Historic Classifieds

1: "FSBO." this "vast region including Aleutian Islands. $7.2 million OBO". Alaska. 2: In 431 he would have jumped at the ad "Bishop needed for Celtic island. Must have shamrock". St. Patrick. 3: Situation wanted: this "ex-naval minister seeks post, nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, sweat". Winston Churchill. 4: In 1508 he may have successfully responded to "Chapel painter needed. Strong neck a must". Michelangelo. 5: In the 1660s she could have advertised, "Experienced queen seeks throne. Catholic countries only". Queen Christina of Sweden.

Round 2. Category: 1995 Cars

1: This company has a new ragtop Celica. Toyota. 2: Pontiac's Sunfire replaced this other "Sun" model. the Sunbird. 3: Its new XJ6 sedan has a base price of $53,450; its XJ12, $77,250. Jaguar. 4: This Japanese automaker's Odyssey is its first minivan. Honda. 5: Its Integra LS is Consumer Reports' top recommended small car. Acura.

Round 3. Category: Tough Chicks

1: Yvonne Craig on TV and Alicia Silverstone on film played this hero. Batgirl. 2: This New Zealander hung up her chakram in 2001. Lucy Lawless. 3: As this hero, Lynda Carter was in her satin tights, fighting for her rights. Wonder Woman. 4: She was played on TV by Diana Rigg and on film by Uma Thurman. Emma Peel. 5: She was a kick as Yu Shu Lien in "Crouching Tiger" and Wai Lin in "Tomorrow Never Dies". Michelle Yeoh.

Round 4. Category: Comedians

1: Comic whose "trial by fire" fueled his comedy routines. Richard Pryor. 2: Michael Palin was one of "the knights who say 'Ni'" in a 1975 film by this comedy troupe. Monty Python. 3: His teaming with Dean Martin lasted 10 years - 1946 to 1956. Jerry Lewis. 4: Before he became Mork from Ork, he studied acting with John Houseman at Juilliard. Robin Williams. 5: After walking the beat with Nick Nolte, he's on his own in "Beverly Hills Cop". Eddie Murphy.

Round 5. Category: Transportation In Song

1: In "The Christmas Song, "They know that Santa's on his way, he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on" this. his sleigh. 2: A hotel party inspired Steven Tyler to write, "Love In" one of these, "livin' it up when I'm goin' down". an elevator. 3: In "Dead Man's Curve" the driver of a Jaguar XK-E challenged the driver of this Chevy sports car to a drag race. a (Stingray) Corvette. 4: Day-o! This Harry Belafonte calypso favorite was featured in a raucous dinner scene in the film "Beetlejuice". the "Banana Boat" (song). 5: In "The Letter" the Box Tops didn't have "time to make the fast train", so they got a ticket on this. an airplane.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1172, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 20Th Century Poets

1: In 1917, at age 52, this Irishman got married and published his book "The Wild Swans Of Coole". William Butler Yeats. 2: This author of the poem "Daddy" committed suicide in 1963, before she could work out her parental issues. Sylvia Plath. 3: In 2000 the Librarian of Congress announced that 95-year-old Stanley Kunitz would take up this post. poet laureate. 4: He read almost as well as he wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night...". Dylan Thomas. 5: Trees figured in many of his poems, like "Birches", "Dust of Snow" and "Good-Bye and Keep Cold". Robert Frost.

Round 2. Category: Cooking Methods

1: To pass dry ingredients like flour through a fine-meshed sieve; doing so removes large pieces and incorporates air. to sift. 2: Highly seasoned meat is seared so that the surface forms a crust in this "colorful" Cajun technique. blackening. 3: This synonym for perspire is also a method of cooking over low heat to soften ingredients without browning. sweating. 4: To cook fish en papillote, you'll need this type of paper to seal in the flavor and juices. parchment paper. 5: From the Latin for "to make soft", it's soaking food, usually fruit, in a liquid in order to infuse it with the liquid's flavor. macerate.

Round 3. Category: Grape Jam

1: In an Aesop tale this animal decided the grapes he couldn't reach had to be sour. the fox. 2: Grape Island in this Massachusetts harbor was the site of a skirmish over hay during the Revolutionary War. Boston Harbor. 3: Mae West's famous order in "I'm No Angel". "Peel me a grape!". 4: Greek stuffed grape leaves, or dolmades, are usually stuffed with this grain. rice. 5: This dentist and prohibitionist began selling his "unfermented wine" in 1869; in 1890 he renamed it "Grape Juice". Thomas B. Welch.

Round 4. Category: I Played A Doctor And Some Other Guy On Tv

1: Dr. Doogie Howser andEthan Burdick. Neil Patrick Harris. 2: Dr. Derek Shepherd andAaron Brooks. (Patrick) Dempsey. 3: Dr. Doug Ross andChic Chesbro. George Clooney. 4: Quincy, M.E. andOscar Madison. Jack Klugman. 5: Marcus Welby andJim Anderson (the "Father" who "Knows Best"). Robert Young.

Round 5. Category: Johnny Gilbert Goes Country

1: "...Found new thread for my old spool, just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb, 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool". Dolly Parton. 2: "I hear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when". Johnny Cash. 3: "The red headed stranger had eyes like thunder, his lips they were sad and tight". Willie Nelson. 4: "Just two good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born". Waylon Jennings. 5: "Take this job and shove it, I ain't workin' here no more, my woman done left and took all the reason I was workin' for". (Johnny) Paycheck.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1171, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: He'S The Coach

1: UCLA Men's Basketball, 1949-1975. John Wooden. 2: Indiana Pacers, 1997-2000. Larry Bird. 3: Green Bay Packers, 1959-1967. Vince Lombardi. 4: University of Nebraska Football, 1973-1997. Tom Osborne. 5: Chicago Bears, 1920-1967 (with a few breaks). George Halas.

Round 2. Category: Weather Gear

1: To avoid the sun's glare at the beach, wear these tinted accessories. sunglasses. 2: In winter these are often connected by a string that runs through the sleeves of a child's coat. mittens. 3: Protective device the French call un parapluie and the British call a brolly. an umbrella. 4: A small cylinder of fur or cloth into which the hands are inserted for warmth. Muff. 5: A raincoat, often yellow, named for its glossy appearance. a slicker.

Round 3. Category: We'Re An American Land

1: Annexed in 1867, this island may be only 2 square miles but a 1942 battle there proved to be a key moment in the Pacific in WWII. Midway. 2: This Caribbean island that became a commonwealth in 1952 covers more than 3,400 square miles. Puerto Rico. 3: 2,300 miles SW of Hawaii, this territory that has "American" in its name is administered by the Interior Dept.. (American) Samoa. 4: This became a territory on Aug. 1, 1950 and the focus of a possible nuclear confrontation in 2017. Guam. 5: This term that precedes "Guinea" is also found before "Islands" that include U.S. possessions like Kingman Reef. equatorial.

Round 4. Category: Letter Words

1: If you think of something to add after you've finished a letter, put it in one of these, abbreviated P.S.. postscript. 2: Letter writers must really mean what they say, as they often sign off pairing this 9-letter adverb with "yours". sincerely. 3: This word for the greeting that begins a letter comes from Latin for "health". salutation. 4: With certified mail and this 10-letter type, the postal service provides proof of mailing. registered. 5: The address and date at a letter's beginning, it's also a word for a ship's direction. a heading.

Round 5. Category: Wild Things. With Wild in quotes

1: Before marriage, many a man is said to "sow" these. wild oats. 2: Popularly served with poultry, its scientific name is Zizania aquatica. wild rice. 3: The domesticated pig is believed to be descended from this animal. the wild boar. 4: It was President Truman's 1948 campaign song. "I'm Just Wild About Harry". 5: This 1969 western is considered Sam Peckinpah's best work. The Wild Bunch.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: At The Bookstore

1: Kathryn Glasgow's first novel, "Another Song About the King", features a mom obsessed with this singer. Elvis Presley. 2: 2 men travel America with this man's brain in a Tupperware bowl in the true story "Driving Mr. Albert". Albert Einstein. 3: This prolific novelist proved her "metal" once again with her 2000 bestseller "The House on Hope Street". Danielle Steel. 4: "Dark Eagle" by historian John Ensor Harr is called "A Novel Of" this traitor "And the American Revolution". Benedict Arnold. 5: The front cover of "Hooking Up" by this "Bonfire of the Vanities" author shows his name but not the book's title. Tom Wolfe.

Round 2. Category: Ends In Ola. With Ola in quotation marks

1: It's what you ride along the canals of Venice. a gondola. 2: It often includes rolled oats, wheat germ, honey, fruit and nuts. granola. 3: This early phonograph began cranking out music in 1906. a Victrola. 4: Italy's Lombardy region is famous for producing this soft (and smelly) blue cheese. Gorgonzola. 5: Haiti occupies a third of this island; the Dominican Republic covers the rest. Hispaniola.

Round 3. Category: Classic Country

1: 1 of 3 original members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. (1 of) Hank Williams, Sr., Jimmie Rodgers and Fred Rose. 2: To make it as "A big star in the movies", Buck Owens said he had to "act" this way. naturally. 3: Lefty Frizzell told his honey, "If you've got the money, I've got" this. the time. 4: Migrants leaving this state's "Dust Bowl" helped bring country music to the West. Oklahoma. 5: In 1958, the first country music Grammy Award went to this Kingston Trio song. "Tom Dooley".

Round 4. Category: The Last Word Said In Classic Films

1: "The Wizard of Oz". home. 2: "Gone with the Wind". day. 3: "Casablanca". friendship. 4: "King Kong", from 1933. beast. 5: "Apocalypse Now". Horror.

Round 5. Category: Ute Tell Me. With Ute in quotation marks

1: To water down. dilute. 2: Drive in from the burbs. commute. 3: Hairy. hirsute. 4: In a proper one of these, the forefinger touches the hat just to the right of the right eye. salute. 5: Jekyll calls Hyde this type of rough fellow "that slept within me". brute.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1169, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: What'S The Gossip?

1: In the 1950s the New York Evening this newspaper became a tabloid and "National" , eventually moving to Florida. the Enquirer. 2: The name of the tabloid website and TV show TMZ refers to a 30-mile zone centering on this major city. Los Angeles. 3: This word also used for gossip is a drinking fountain aboard ship. a scuttlebutt. 4: In 1977 Rupert Murdoch launched a gossip column originally found at and named for this page of the New York Post. Page Six. 5: Famous feuding gossip columnists in the golden age of Hollywood were Louella Parsons and this alliterative lady. Hedda Hopper.

Round 2. Category: Starbuck

1: Starbuck was a native of this Massachusetts island, like that man in the limerick. Nantucket. 2: Starbuck serves as chief mate aboard the Pequod in the most famous work by this author. Herman Melville ("Moby Dick"). 3: Starbuck openly spoke against this captain's mad quest. Captain Ahab. 4: Because Starbuck was a member of this religious group, anyone on board could call him "Friend". Quakers (Society of Friends). 5: "I will have no man in my boat", said Starbuck, "who is not afraid of" one of these. Whale.

Round 3. Category: New Country

1: The 2 Saudi-adjacent countries called this (Aden) and this (Sanaa) merged in 1990 to form a new nation. North and South Yemen. 2: With independence in 1993, Eritrea made Ethiopia landlocked, cutting off its access to this sea. the Red Sea. 3: A 24-year armed conflict led to the independence of this nation from South Africa in 1990. Namibia. 4: Until 1994 the nation of Palau was part of this "small" Pacific island group. Micronesia. 5: Russia and China do not recognize the sovereignty of this Muslim majority nation that broke away from Serbia in 2008. Kosovo.

Round 4. Category: Something'S Looming Over Me

1: In the state of Querétaro, this country's largest monolith looms over the town of Bernal. Mexico. 2: In Norwich, England it's Norwich Castle, which for 500 years was repurposed as this type of institution, for sure using its keep. a prison. 3: Historic cog railway line and all, in Manitou Springs, Colorado it's this peak that looms. Pikes Peak. 4: Looming over San Francisco, this landmark that opened in 1972 was sold in 2020 for the first time. the Transamerica Pyramid. 5: The cliffs of the Dodecanese Islands, a popular place for rock climbers, loom over this sea. the Aegean.

Round 5. Category: Harry Potter And The Chapter Titles

1: In book 1,"The blank Hat". Sorting. 2: In book 4,"The blank World Cup". Quidditch. 3: In book 6,her "Helping Hand". Hermione. 4: In book 7,"The Elder blank". Wand. 5: In book 2,"The Whomping blank". Willow.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1168, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Finish The Line

1: The Beatles:"Yesterday all my troubles seemed...". so far away. 2: Francis Scott Key:"Oh! Say, can you see...". By the dawn's early light. 3: President Bush:"Read my lips...". no new taxes. 4: Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind": "Frankly, my dear...". I don't give a damn. 5: Your mom:"Penny wise...". pound foolish.

Round 2. Category: My Tv Dads

1: James Gandolfini led 2 types of families, each with their own unique sets of problems, on this HBO drama. The Sopranos. 2: In "Two and a Half Men", he was just Duckie playing Alan Harper, dad to the half-man. (Jon) Cryer. 3: On this show, Will moved in with his Auntie Viv and Uncle Phil, parents to Hilary, Ashley, Nicky and dance master Carlton. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. 4: Taiwanese immigrant Louis Huang makes a go of it in 1990s Orlando with his wife and 3 sons on this ABC sitcom. Fresh Off the Boat. 5: His 2017 Emmy award as dad and son on "This Is Us" was his second in two years--for your information, the "K" is for Kelby. (Sterling K.) Brown.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Play Clue

1: This murder weapon could also light up the table in the dining room. Candlestick. 2: In the 1985 film based on Clue, this "Rocky Horror" actor played Wadsworth the butler. Tim Curry. 3: It's the main claim to fame of Anthony E. Pratt, a fire warden in Leeds, England. He invented the game ("Cluedo"). 4: He's the only academic among the 6 suspects. Professor Plum. 5: In the U.S. version, the game of Clue starts when this man is found dead in his mansion. Mr. Boddy.

Round 4. Category: National Velvet. With Velvet in quotes

1: Bobby Vinton revived this Tony Bennett song and took it to No. 1 in 1963. Blue Velvet. 2: "Dark" mixed drink of stout beer and champagne. Black Velvet. 3: Holy Roman emperor Charles V spoke of power as "An iron hand in" one of these. a velvet glove. 4: Classic songs by this '60s band include "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties". The Velvet Underground. 5: 1989 Czechoslovakian uprising that led to democratic elections. the "Velvet Revolution".

Round 5. Category: Soft Rock

1: This French-Canadian woman topped the adult contemporary charts with "The Power Of Love" and "All By Myself". Céline Dion. 2: Putting the "easy" into easy listening, Lionel Richie sang, "That's why I'm easy, I'm easy like" this. Sunday morning. 3: Now known as Yusuf Islam, he embarked on the Peace Train Tour in 2014. Cat Stevens. 4: In the '80s this duo had a string of hits beginning with "Lost In Love" and "All Out Of Love". Air Supply. 5: Seals and Crofts made us feel fine with this tune, "blowing through the jasmine in my mind". "Summer Breeze".

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1167, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: It'S The End Fer You!. With Fer in quotes

1: A pine, fir or spruce. a conifer. 2: Troy Aikman did this from Oklahoma to UCLA--good move. transfer. 3: A box or chest for valuables; fill it now!. coffer. 4: To steal, purloin or filch. pilfer. 5: A geological formation conducting ground water. aquifer.

Round 2. Category: Their Last No. 1 Hit

1: "Sledgehammer". Peter Gabriel. 2: "Cathy's Clown". The Everly Brothers. 3: "I'm Henry VIII, I Am". Herman's Hermits. 4: "I'll Be There". The Jackson 5. 5: 1987:"La Bamba". Los Lobos.

Round 3. Category: Kansas City: News Clues

1: (Hi, I'm John Holt.) It was an exciting but sobering event in 2006 when Kansas City opened the USA's official museum of this event, with features for visitors to ponder like a field of 9,000 silk poppies. World War I. 2: (Hi, I'm Pat McGonigle.) Hollywood came to Kansas City to film a biopic starring Gary Sinise as this man; locations included Lee's Summit and of course, Independence. Truman. 3: (Hi, I'm Nick Vasos.) In 1997, the 100th anniversary of her birth, her hometown of Atchison, Kansas unveiled a 42,000-square foot earth work portrait of this globe-trotting heroine. Amelia Earhart. 4: (Hi, I'm Karli Ritter.) A highlight of the holiday season each year is the lighting of the mayor's 100-foot Christmas tree at Crown Center, opened in 1971 by the same Kansas City businessman who founded this card company. Hallmark. 5: (Hi, I'm Christel Bell.) In 1997, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened its new permanent home under the leadership of Buck O'Neill, who had been a star for this Kansas City Negro Leagues team, as had greats like Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson. the Monarchs.

Round 4. Category: Stadiums

1: This baseball team will soon leave Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for a new home across the street. Braves. 2: Maryland crab cakes are a specialty of this team's ballpark at Camden Yards. Orioles. 3: When a member of this team homers at Shea Stadium, a big apple pops out of a hat in center field. Mets. 4: Originally called the Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium, the Silverdome is home to this football team. (Detroit) Lions. 5: This Boston Park is Major League Baseball's only single-deck stadium. Fenway.

Round 5. Category: Presidential Soldiers

1: Revolutionary War,Creek War,War of 1812,First Seminole War. Andrew Jackson. 2: WWI,WWII. Eisenhower. 3: The Spanish-American War. Teddy Roosevelt. 4: The Mexican War,The Civil War. Grant. 5: War of 1812,Second Seminole War,Black Hawk War,Mexican War. (Zachary) Taylor.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1166, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hollywood Ugly

1: This actress was quite ugly before her transformation in "Miss Congeniality". Sandra Bullock. 2: No one wants to date Julia Stiles in this 1999 movie except Heath Ledger, and he does it on a lark. 10 Things I Hate About You. 3: Of the frumpy sorority girls led by Anna Faris in "The House Bunny", this "American Idol" runner-up sure stands out. Katharine McPhee. 4: When this loner gets a makeover in "The Breakfast Club", we realize she was pretty all the time. Ally Sheedy. 5: Rachael Leigh Cook, the "ugly duckling", is pursued by Freddie Prinze Jr. in this high school comedy. She's All That.

Round 2. Category: While Henry Viii Was King

1: Cosimo I refounded the university of this city and parents of the time leaned towards sending their kids there. Pisa. 2: In his 1512 "Commentariolus" he stated the planets travel around the sun. Copernicus. 3: In 1534, after working on the tomb of the Medici, this artist moved from Florence to Rome. Michelangelo. 4: In 1534 he published "Gargantua", part 2 of "Pantagruel". Rabelais. 5: In 1526 Babar set up this dynasty in Delhi. Mogul.

Round 3. Category: Lead Singer Of The Band

1: Chris Martin. Coldplay. 2: Gwen Stefani. No Doubt. 3: Rob Thomas. Matchbox 20. 4: For much of the '80s and '90s, Michael McDonald. The Doobie Brothers. 5: Pat Monahan. Train.

Round 4. Category: 20Th Century Bestsellers

1: The concept of a "whisperer" who calms animals was popularized by this Nicholas Evans novel. The Horse Whisperer. 2: 1916's "Mr. Britling Sees It Through" by this author tried to make sense of the madness of WWI; no time travel involved. H.G. Wells. 3: The disaster movie genre really took off when this 1968 novel about Trans America flight No. 2 out of Chicago came to the screen. Airport. 4: This Edith Hull bestseller about forbidden love in the desert became a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino. The Sheik. 5: In a 1952 book a craftsman fashions "The Silver" this title drinking vessel to house the Holy Grail. chalice.

Round 5. Category: Crown Plaza

1: This queen has been on more coin types of numerous countries than any other human being. Elizabeth II. 2: King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz reversed policy and allowed foreign fighters in this country in 1990. Saudi Arabia. 3: In 2006 the first male in over 40 years was born into this land's Chrysanthemum Throne imperial family. Japan. 4: The last English king with this name reigned less than a year, in 1936. Edward (VIII). 5: Rudolf II moved this dynastic family's royal court from Vienna to Prague in the late 1500s. the Hapsburgs.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1165, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: What Does It Prevent?

1: Higher-octane gasoline: this "kn"oise, partner of the dreaded pinging. knocking. 2: Bounce dryer sheets, symbolized by a tee shirt and a lightning bolt. static cling. 3: The compound levonorgestrel, in products like Mirena. pregnancy. 4: A living trust: this court procedure to carry out the terms of a will. probate. 5: Ladybugs and lacewings: these garden menaces also known as plant lice. aphids.

Round 2. Category: Right Here In River City

1: 38 years before she lost her head, Marie Antoinette was born in this capital on the Danube River. Vienna. 2: Its 3,400-square-mile metropolitan area extends over 8 administrative units known as parishes. New Orleans. 3: Amsterdam is at the junction of the IJ and this river where you can enjoy the same-named beer. Amstel. 4: The area between this city's Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers is called the Golden Triangle. Pittsburgh. 5: 2 steamboats race annually on the Mississippi between St. Louis and this city about 700 miles away. New Orleans.

Round 3. Category: So, What Have You Been Up To?

1: A picture of your new dog? Uh, that's this type of canine that's big in LA canyons. Is it in your house?. a coyote. 2: On coach Lionel Scaloni's staff for this team at the 2022 World Cup? I thought I saw you celebrating after the final. Argentina. 3: Wait, you became the leader of this Cabinet department that oversees the Transportation Security Admin.? When was that?!. the Department of Homeland Security. 4: In 2022 you were on the U.S. team that made the first nuclear this reaction resulting in a net energy gain... congrats!. fusion. 5: Becoming fluent in this artificial language constructed by a Polish oculist? Fabela! (Fabulous!). Esperanto.

Round 4. Category: The Astronaut Hall Of Fame

1: State in which the Hall of Fame is located. Florida. 2: His historic 1962 orbital flight was marked by drama over a possibly loose heat shield. John Glenn. 3: While others moonwalked, this vehicle was piloted by Michael Collins on Apollo 11 and Ronald Evans on Apollo 17. the command module. 4: The other Mercury astronauts knew him as "Wally". Wally Schirra. 5: This astronaut's sunken Mercury capsule was recovered in 1999. Gus Grissom.

Round 5. Category: Oscar Best Picture Partial Marquees

1: The thirdBest-Picture winner. All Quiet on the Western Front. 2: From 1993. Schindler's List. 3: Set in Atlanta. Driving Miss Daisy. 4: Directed by Ron Howard. A Beautiful Mind. 5: A 1971 thriller. The French Connection.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1164, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Mtv Video Of The Year Artists

1: 1988:"Need You Tonight/Meditate". INXS. 2: 2009:"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)". Beyoncé. 3: 1984:"You Might Think". The Cars. 4: 2004:"Hey Ya!". OutKast. 5: 1993:"Jeremy". Pearl Jam.

Round 2. Category: Classic Country Music

1: In 1963 Johnny Cash sang, "And it" this, this, this, "the ring of fire, the ring of fire". burns, burns, burns. 2: No "Dumb Blonde" (the name of her first hit in 1967), this buxom beauty was Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1978. (Dolly) Parton. 3: In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast and died young that same year. Hank Williams, Sr.. 4: In a 1975 crossover hit, Freddy Fender put this word before his "Days" and "Nights". Wasted. 5: This country music legend didn't weigh "Sixteen Tons", but he was known as "The Ol' Pea Picker". Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Round 3. Category: Egypt

1: It was closed June 6, 1967 and re-opened June 5, 1975. The Suez Canal. 2: Construction of this began in 1960 and cost about $1 billion. the Aswan Dam. 3: 1 of 3 men who each built one of the pyramids of Giza. (1 of) Cheops (Khufu) or (Khefren and Mykerinos). 4: Though this dam controls the Nile's flood waters, some say it's harmed the environment. Aswan High Dam. 5: While the pharaohs built ancient wonders, Ferdinand de Lesseps built this "modern" one. the Suez Canal.

Round 4. Category: Fold It 5 Ways

1: Kids make these from 1 sheet of typing paper; they use a lot less fuel than a Cessna. Paper airplane. 2: The word origami means "paper folding" in this language. Japanese. 3: It's black and white and read all over; it's also the perfect size to make a hat. Newspaper. 4: Complex snout folds are needed to make this animal, whose next Chinese year is 2007. Pig/boar. 5: A square sheet of paper can become a star to put on a Christmas tree, a triangle becomes this Jewish star. Star of David.

Round 5. Category: A World To Kiss

1: In this French pilgrimage city, many have kissed the stone in the cave where St. Bernadette had her vision. Lourdes. 2: In Spanish churches, besamanos and besapiés are the customs of kissing these 2 parts of religious statues. the hands and the feet. 3: Kissing this at a castle in County Cork will get you the gift of gab, or so they say. the Blarney Stone. 4: In the 1930s newly single women were known to kiss the Washoe County courthouse pillars in this divorce-friendly Nevada city. Reno. 5: It's traditional at this venerable state university to streak across the space known as the Lawn and kiss the Homer statue. University of Virginia.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1163, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Yesterday'S Hotties

1: This lovely's look was all the rage on college campuses in the 1940s. Veronica Lake. 2: This actress who played opposite Victor Mature in "Samson and Delilah" invented the technology used in cell phones. Hedy Lamarr. 3: Some child mannequins of the 1920s were designed to look like this sweetheart of an actress. Mary Pickford. 4: This groundbreaking actress was played by Halle Berry in an acclaimed TV biopic. Dorothy Dandridge. 5: The alluring star of a number of classic films, this Kansas native was equally famous for her haircut. Louise Brooks.

Round 2. Category: Take A Nee. With Nee in quotation marks

1: Someone in the running for an Emmy or a Tony. a nominee. 2: A scornful, lip-curling facial expression. a sneer. 3: A Native American people who lived on the Platte River, or Leslie Knope's fictional Indiana town. Pawnee. 4: Captain Bligh suffered the wrath of a group of them. mutineers. 5: Stanley makes these long-jawed pliers. needle-nose.

Round 3. Category: Pound Key. With Pound in quotes

1: This word can come before microscope or fracture; the first is definitely better. compound. 2: Traditionally, one of these requires 16 ounces each of butter, sugar and flour. a pound cake. 3: Where you go to retrieve your car after it gets towed for being parked in front of a fire hydrant. the impound lot. 4: 2-word official name for the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom. pound sterling. 5: A harsh debt payment insisted upon, it was Antonio's obligation to Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice". a pound of flesh.

Round 4. Category: Names For Your Dog

1: Give your male Rottweiler a strong name like Apollo or that of this supreme Greek god. Zeus. 2: If you have a small brown dog, try this 4-letter name, the seed of a legume. Bean. 3: If it's black and white, how about Tuxedo or this, the name of Nabisco's classic sandwich cookie. Oreo. 4: Thanks to "Twilight", this has been the most popular name for female dogs for the last few years. Bella. 5: Hey, pal! You can't go wrong with this name that Bill Clinton gave his chocolate lab in 1997. Buddy.

Round 5. Category: Script Tease

1: 1969:"I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man". True Grit. 2: 1946:"Every time you hear a bell ring, it means some angel's just got his wings". It's A Wonderful Life. 3: 1939:"You should be kissed -- and often -- and by someone who knows how". Gone with the Wind. 4: 1962:"Bond. James Bond". Dr. No. 5: 1964:"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!". Dr. Strangelove.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1162, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Anagrammed Birds

1: Illinois' state bird:CLAN RAID. cardinal. 2: A real show-off:COP CAKE. peacock. 3: A holiday standard:KEY RUT. turkey. 4: Seen at the seashore:DARN PIPES. sandpiper. 5: It's game if you are:HATE NAPS. pheasant.

Round 2. Category: Are You Eating Right?

1: You can eat ice cream from a dull, ordinary cone, or from one named for this breakfast food. waffle cone. 2: It's cooking food by immersing it in hot oil; it's a Scottish practice to do it to Mars bars. deep-fat frying. 3: Sweet and sour sauce is a popular dip for these fried Chinese dumplings for which a soup is also named. won tons. 4: It can be an apparatus to make a popular movie snack, or a jalapeno and cheese concoction. popper. 5: Popular in Cajun cooking, this sausage with a French name is full of tripey goodness. Andouille.

Round 3. Category: I'M On The Money

1: His smiling face beams on a 5-rand coin released in 2008 to honor his 90th birthday. Nelson Mandela. 2: Maybe if you climb Mt. Everest you can get your face on a New Zealand $5 bill, like him. Hillary. 3: Starting in 1975, you could nurse a beer or two with a British 10-pound note featuring her. Florence Nightingale. 4: It's a scientific fact--this physicist, who died in 1962, was on a Danish note. Niels Bohr. 5: Indonesia's 100,000-rupiah note features Prime Minister Hatta and the first president, him--an airport is named for them, too. Sukarno.

Round 4. Category: The Four Seasons

1: It's the 7-word first line of "Richard III". "Now is the winter of our discontent". 2: The fall guy in the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert Fall, was born November 26, 1861 in this season. the fall. 3: In the northern hemisphere, the first day of fall falls in this month. September. 4: "The Four Seasons" consists of 4 concertos for this instrument and orchestra. Violin. 5: According to "You've Got A Friend", it's when you can call your "friend" James Taylor. winter, spring, summer, or fall.

Round 5. Category: 1950s People

1: In 1954 he ran unoppposed for president of Cuba. (Fulgencio) Batista. 2: Israel offered this physicist the presidency in 1952; feeling he didn't have the personality for the job, he declined. Einstein. 3: In 1950 this sen. said there were 205 Communists in the State Dept. but in Sen. testimony gave no proof of a single card carrier. Joe McCarthy. 4: William M. Gaines wasn't worried when he launched this irreverent humor magazine in 1952. Mad. 5: Born in New York, she moved with her family to Greece and was back for her Metropolitan Opera debut as Norma in 1956. Maria Callas.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1161, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: What A Month!

1: It shares its name with a type of musical piece: Forward--Move It!. March. 2: The United States celebrates its birthday during this month. July. 3: Timewise, it's the shortest month. February. 4: It's National Dental Hygiene Month, and with all that candy at month's end, it's a good thing!. October. 5: The U.S. presidential election takes place in this month. November.

Round 2. Category: The Name On The Airport

1: What a wonderful world! In 2001 the New Orleans airport was renamed to honor this jazz great's 100th birthday. Louis Armstrong. 2: The airport code for Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is SPI, which stands for this state capital. Springfield. 3: The airport serving Grand Rapids, Michigan is named for this 38th president. Gerald Ford. 4: The smallest of the 3 major airports serving NYC, it's named for the mayor who oversaw its construction. LaGuardia. 5: A 9-foot statue of this actor graces the terminal building of the Orange County, California airport named for him. John Wayne.

Round 3. Category: Ebony And Ivory

1: The white tops of its keys were once made of ivory, hence the phrase "tickle the ivories". a piano. 2: Ancient kings of India used ebony for drinking vessels because it supposedly neutralized this. poison. 3: Most commercial ivory still comes from this continent. Africa. 4: Some of the best ebony is grown in the flat country west of Trincomalee on this "teardrop island". Sri Lanka. 5: Ivory comes not only from elephants but also from hippos, walruses and these small tusked whales. narwhals.

Round 4. Category: 4Th And Goal

1: Launched to recapture this city from the Muslims, the Fourth Crusade ended up sacking Constantinople instead. Jerusalem. 2: Denis Diderot suggested that actors imagine a fourth this to help them behave more realistically. a wall. 3: Greek scholars celebrate the fourth of this month as Exelauno Day because exelauno means to do this "forth". March. 4: University of Arizona students know that "The Ave" is Fourth Avenue in this city, fun by day and night. Tucson. 5: The goal of this was to capture the ferocious Erymanthian boar. Hercules' fourth labor.

Round 5. Category: 6-Letter Birds

1: This "clock" bird's scientific name is Cuculus canorus. cuckoo. 2: The flightless New Zealand kakapo is the heaviest type of this bird; the macaw is the largest. parrot. 3: Eagles and hawks can also be used in the sport named for this bird. falcon. 4: In New England it's often called a partridge while southerners call it a pheasant. grouse. 5: This diving bird of the auk family is distinguished by its colorful, triangular beak. puffin.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1160, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Where Does It Hurt?

1: Myalgia (these parts). muscles. 2: Dermatalgia. skin. 3: Hepatalgia. the liver. 4: Odontalgia. teeth. 5: Arthralgia (these parts, whether hinge or ball-and-socket). joint.

Round 2. Category: Will You Still Feed Me?

1: Och aye! Haggamuggie is a simplified version of this, but with fish liver--sounds even better. haggis. 2: Rachael Ray has a 22-minute recipe for burgers of this "cordon bleu"; 10 minutes of prep and 12 to cook. chicken. 3: From the Dutch for "to curl", this doughnut-style dough is fried and brushed with a sweet glaze. a cruller. 4: "Why don't you dance with me? I'm not no" this cheese described as "devastatingly odorous". limburger. 5: "Polska" precedes the name of this sausage in a Hillshire Farm product. kielbasa.

Round 3. Category: Japanese Food

1: Tonyu is the liquid left over when this bland substance is made from soybeans. Tofu. 2: Surimi, meaning "formed fish", turns up in packages labeled this type of "crabmeat" and "lobster". imitation. 3: It's traditional for the host to serve a meal called kaiseki before this ceremony. The Tea Ceremony. 4: Tendon is a one-dish meal of rice topped with this mix of battered and fried seafood and vegetables. tempura. 5: Umeboshi are plums that are pickled, not tickled, this color. pink.

Round 4. Category: Shakespeare'S Lovers

1: "The barge she sat in, like a burnisht throne burned on the water...". Cleopatra. 2: Bassanio found this lady lawyer's picture inside a leaden casket. Portia. 3: In 3rd play in which he appears, he becomes king and gets a girl, but she can't speak English. Henry V. 4: After he murdered her husband, Lady Anne spit in his face and then agreed to wear his ring. Richard III. 5: In "12th Night" it's Maria, not Olivia, who writes him the love not about his yellow stockings. Malvolio.

Round 5. Category: Name That Tunesmith

1: 1967:"Ruby Tuesday"(both men, please). Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. 2: 2012, with Yoo Gun Hyung:"Gangnam Style". Psy. 3: 1957:"Peggy Sue"(along with Jerry Allison and Norman Petty). Buddy Holly. 4: 1980:"(Just Like) Starting Over". John Lennon. 5: 2006:"Waiting On The World To Change". John Mayer.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1159, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Requiem For A Skyline

1: In November of 1972, the Kingdome was dedicated in this West Coast city. In March 2000, the Kingdome was demolished in this West Coast city. Seattle. 2: In 1978, New Jersey's Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel got checked out to make way for a casino in this city. Atlantic City. 3: Northwestern University's old Prentice Women's Hospital, an example of Brutalist architecture, was demoed in 2013-2014 in this big city. Chicago. 4: Sunset Boulevard isn't the same since the bulldozer came for the home and playground of many movie stars called the Garden of this. the Garden of Allah. 5: Demolished in 1999, the Jorba Labs near Madrid was often called this general 6-letter term for a sacred building in China. a pagoda.

Round 2. Category: Can You Digit?

1: John Stossel, a co-anchor of this ABC News show, overcame stuttering and has won 19 Emmys. 20/20. 2: Number of stories on each of the 1,483-foot-high Petronas towers, or of keys on a standard piano keyboard. 88. 3: For the records, translate these 2 Roman numerals, XLV and LXXVIII. 45 and 78. 4: Tennyson's "Valley of Death" chargers minus the total number of U.S. senators. 500. 5: In print journalism this number is traditionally used to mark the end of a piece of copy. 30.

Round 3. Category: Interviewing The Interviewer

1: About his famous interviews with Richard Nixon, he said he felt empathy, not sympathy, for Nixon. David Frost. 2: In February 2011 he sat down for a somewhat grumpy interview with his replacement, Piers Morgan. Larry King. 3: (Hi. I'm Anderson Cooper.) Hosting a 2009 special on the Time 100, I got to interview Barbara Walters and her co-hosts on this show about their influence. The View. 4: This late "Meet the Press" host told the N.Y. Times he sometimes felt like shaking his guests and saying, "Answer the question". (Tim) Russert. 5: In 2005 Mike Wallace got the treatment he'd often dished out--from this "Fox News Sunday" interviewer. Chris Wallace (his son).

Round 4. Category: James K. Polk

1: Mrs. Polk banned this in the White House so you couldn't have waltzed into James' office. dancing. 2: Polk's was the first inauguration reported via this communications device; Morse was at the key. the telegraph. 3: While Speaker of the House Polk was called this president's lackey and nicknamed "Young Hickory". Andrew Jackson. 4: During Polk's term of office the border of the United States was extended west to this natural boundary. the Pacific Ocean. 5: In 1845 Polk reaffirmed this president's "Doctrine" against European colonization of America. the Monroe Doctrine.

Round 5. Category: Storm

1: Hurricane Camille leaves only one operational shrimping boat in Bayou La Batre in this 1994 Oscar winner. Forrest Gump. 2: This 2000 film was based on Sebastian Junger's bestseller about a hurricane that meets a cold front. The Perfect Storm. 3: Bogey and Bacall's final film together was this one that saw them waiting out a storm in Florida. Key Largo. 4: The probe used to investigate tornados in this film is aptly named Dorothy. Twister. 5: In this cool 2004 film, climatologist Dennis Quaid is right and much of the U.S. evacuates to Mexico. The Day After Tomorrow.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1158, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Numeric Words And Phrases

1: The Lakers won championships in 1987 and '88, so before the next season, Pat Riley trademarked this. a three-peat. 2: You're too old for the single-piece type of underwear that Gerber trademarked under this name. a onesie. 3: Hyphenated term for a contest that's really no contest. one-sided. 4: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" is traditionally sung in this break. the seventh-inning stretch. 5: Alliterative term for a married person having an affair. a two-timer.

Round 2. Category: Bulfinch'S Mythology

1: These part-leonine beasts built their nests from gold; Merv might be interested. griffins. 2: Pliny said this mythical beast had "a single black horn... standing out in the middle of its forehead". a unicorn. 3: As the porter of Heaven, he opened the year, so our first month is named for him. Janus. 4: She left Menelaus for Paris—the man, not the city. Helen (of Troy). 5: Camilla and this Roman goddess of the hunt got along famously, unlike the British women who bear their names today. Diana.

Round 3. Category: Drew Barrymore Loves Music

1: (Drew Barrymore delivers the clue one last time.) Bernie Taupin was a teenager when he answered an ad looking for songwriters, this future partner of his did the same, and the rest is rock and roll history. Elton John. 2: (Drew Barrymore gives the clue again.) The music and lyrics of these famous brothers posed the "fever"ish question "How Deep Is Your Love". the Bee Gees. 3: (Drew Barrymore gives the clue once more.) The ever-popular "Evergreen" has lyrics by Paul Williams and music by this singer who introduced it in "A Star Is Born". Barbra Streisand. 4: (Drew Barrymore gives the clue again.) "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" swings with the lyrics of Irving Mills and the music of this jazzman. (Duke) Ellington. 5: (Drew Barrymore gives the clue.) Some of the most romantic songs of all time, including "Embraceable You", were written by these brothers. George and Ira Gershwin.

Round 4. Category: Place Your Bet. With Bet in quotation marks

1: Your present spouse is your this 2-word phrase. better half. 2: Your future spouse is your this word. betrothed. 3: To hurt someone who trusts you. betrayal. 4: It designates any constellation's second-brightest star. beta. 5: Pair it with "between" to mean in an awkward middle position. betwixt.

Round 5. Category: Silent K Words

1: Sir Francis Bacon wrote, "ipsa scientia potestas est", often translated to this phrase. knowledge is power. 2: It's a type of backpack. a knapsack. 3: In a Chumbawamba song, this happens, "but I get up again". (I get) knocked down. 4: In an epic takedown in "King Lear", Oswald is called a this, "a rascal... filthy, worsted-stocking" this (again). knave. 5: This aptly named brand calls itself a "wedding marketplace that connects couples with local wedding professionals". the Knot.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1157, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Name The Work

1: Melville:"Captain Vere was an exceptional character". Billy Budd. 2: Cervantes:"At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember". Don Quixote. 3: Verne:"Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner". Around the World in Eighty Days. 4: Jack London:"'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind". The Sea Wolf. 5: O. Henry:"Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present". "The Gift of the Magi".

Round 2. Category: Earth, Wind And Fire

1: On the Beaufort scale, winds range from 0 for calm to 12 to 17 for these powerful storms. hurricanes. 2: About 80% of energy released by quakes comes from events with epicenters in the Circum-Pacific belt, AKA this, AKA a Johnny Cash tune. Ring of Fire. 3: In the '90s home fires caused by these nearly doubled, with almost half of them starting in the bedroom. candles. 4: A devastating forest fire swept through Peshtigo, Wisconsin on the very same day in 1871 as this city's "Great" fire. Chicago. 5: Oh, "Boy"! This warming of the Pacific that causes unusual weather patterns occurs about every 2 to 7 years. El Nino.

Round 3. Category: Remember Reruns?

1: In reruns and syndication, "Mystery Science Theater" was followed by "Hour", replacing this number. 3000. 2: "The Andy Griffith Show" came back around as "Andy of" here. Mayberry. 3: Her "and Friends"--Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and others--was a half-hour rerun of her "Show". Carol Burnett. 4: Ponderosa was a ranch on and a rerun title of this show. Bonanza. 5: "The Best of Groucho" was a rerun title of this game show. You Bet Your Life.

Round 4. Category: Gay Blades

1: The mark left by George Hamilton's "gay blade". a Z. 2: Its use was abolished in France in 1981, 188 years too late for Marie Antoinette. the guillotine. 3: The sword in the stone from the Lady of the Lake. Excalibur. 4: You'd need an undertaker, not a styptic pencil after this was used by Sweeney Todd. a straight razor. 5: Ridley Scott's dim futuristic film view of Los Angeles. Blade Runner.

Round 5. Category: Women Of Myth

1: Courtesy of Perseus, her snaky severed head was placed on the shield of Athena. Medusa. 2: This daughter of Zeus and Leda was considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Helen of Troy. 3: After she died of a snakebite, her husband Orpheus tried to rescue her from Hades. Eurydice. 4: According to Ovid, this jealous goddess turned the nymph Callisto into a bear for being Jupiter's lover. Juno. 5: After she spurned Apollo, he made sure no one would believe her prophecies. Cassandra.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1156, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: That Old Time Television

1: This 1950s Nelson family sitcom ran for 14 years. Ozzie and Harriet. 2: 2 of the 3 full-time "Tonight Show" hosts before Jay Leno. (2 of 3) Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. 3: This actress' TV character Alexis Carrington was once described as "starts with B, rhymes with rich". Joan Collins. 4: With boxing as her category, Dr. Joyce Brothers won the top prize on this TV quiz show. The $64,000 Question. 5: Jeepers, Dr. Smith! On TV's "Lost in Space", this actor played the youngest Robinson. Billy Mumy.

Round 2. Category: Soccer

1: At the beginning of a game, the choice of goal and kickoff is decided by this. a toss of a coin. 2: =. =. 3: Like a castle, a soccer field in Rio is surrounded by this to keep out overzealous fans. a moat. 4: First held in Uruguay in 1930, it's the largest single-sport tournament in the world. the World Cup. 5: International competition for this trophy began in 1930. World Cup.

Round 3. Category: African-American Biography

1: "The Road to Freedom" is the subtitle of Catherine Clinton's bio of this 19th century woman. Harriet Tubman. 2: Jonathan Eig's bio of this champ who passed away in 2016 is one of the "Greatest" sports biographies. Ali. 3: "The New Negro" is "The Life of Alain Locke", the first African American to earn this honor that sent him to Oxford. a Rhodes Scholarship. 4: "Talking at the Gates" is "A Life of" this "If Beale Street Could Talk" novelist. James Baldwin. 5: Published in 2007, "Supreme Discomfort" is a portrait of this jurist. Clarence Thomas.

Round 4. Category: Country Groups

1: The "Lady" in this group that won 5 2010 ACM Awards is Hillary Scott, daughter of country singer Linda Davis. Lady Antebellum. 2: Randy Owen fronted this "stately" group whose hits include "Christmas in Dixie" and "Born Country". Alabama. 3: This organization was formed in April 1949 to counter the Soviet Union. NATO. 4: This country group stays in motion with hits like "I'm Movin' On" and "Life Is A Highway". Rascal Flatts. 5: In 1981 they burned up the pop and country charts singing, "My heart's on fire, Elvira". The Oak Ridge Boys.

Round 5. Category: Where It'S At. With At in quotation marks

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".

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1155, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Those Phabulous Phoenicians

1: Seaport city known for its very expensive purple dye. Tyre. 2: The Phoenician city of Berytus is known known by this name. Beirut. 3: The ancient city of Byblos was known for its production of this material, hence bible, meaning book. papyrus. 4: The Phoenicians were known for this skill; even the Greeks called the North Star the Phoenician Star. navigation. 5: Zeno, a Phoenician, founded this "Greek" school of philosophy. Stoicism.

Round 2. Category: Parts Of The Body

1: This organ has a mitral valve and semilunar valves. the heart. 2: Condyles are the rounded ends of bones that meet up at joints--the femur has one where it meets up with the tibia in this joint. the knee. 3: The brain region known as the parietal this 4-letter area contains the sensory cortex. lobe. 4: The Palatine type of these masses in your throat are the ones often removed--the pharyngeal types are called adenoids. tonsils. 5: The gallbladder stores this greenish fluid that aids in the digestion of fats. bile.

Round 3. Category: QuadS. With Quad in quotes

1: Examples include dogs, cats, rats, crocodiles, horses, and salamanders. quadrupeds. 2: You'll find these muscles in the front of your thighs. quadriceps. 3: Adjective for something that occurs every four years. quadrennial. 4: ¼ of a circle. a quadrant. 5: The name for this 19th c. dance originally meant a group of horsemen performing riding maneuvers. a quadrille.

Round 4. Category: Takes The Cake

1: Angel food cake uses only this part of an egg. the white. 2: Light and dark batters combined give this cake the appearance of the rock it's named for. marble cake. 3: This classic Viennese torte is filled with apricot jam. Sachertorte. 4: Trademarked name for a fluted tube pan or the cake baked in it. a Bundt. 5: A Baba is most commonly flavored with this potent potable. rum.

Round 5. Category: Always Broadway

1: "Joseph Smith American Moses" is a song in this musical. The Book of Mormon. 2: In 2010 this "Avenger" won a Best Actress Tony for "A View from the Bridge". Scarlett Johansson. 3: In 2017 Broadway met its matchmaker when she was "divine" as the title star of "Hello, Dolly!". Bette Midler. 4: In 1990 this musical about a musical closed after 6,137 shows; God, I hope you get it! I hope you get it!. A Chorus Line. 5: I've got a lead for you... Alan Alda portrayed Shelly Levene in this Mamet play in 2005. Glengarry Glen Ross.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1154, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Poke Out An I

1: Whether acrylic or watercolor, an art supply without its "I" becomes this--breathe hard. a pant. 2: A word towards the end of an auctioneer's spiel sells its "I" to ring out as this instrument. gong. 3: Without its "I", a synonym for "landed" becomes this computer key. alt. 4: Poke out the "I" from a ghostly apparition to get this intense anger. wrath. 5: Drop the "I" from the start of a word for one's likeness to get this synonym for sorcerer. mage.

Round 2. Category: '70s Pop Culture

1: In 1972 he spread a 200,000 square-foot curtain across a mountain valley in Colorado. Christo. 2: One day he woke up to find his 1973 book "Awakenings" on the bestseller list. Oliver Sacks. 3: You could say this French Olympian went downhill as a ski instructor turned thief in the 1972 film "Snow Job". Jean-Claude Killy. 4: She was 13 when she became Broadway's original "Annie" in 1977. Andrea McArdle. 5: Barbra Streisand's fans know this is her middle name, because it's in the title of a 1971 album. Joan.

Round 3. Category: I Got 3 As!

1: This word is properly plural, but you can use it for just one. candelabra. 2: It's Japanese for "goodbye". sayonara. 3: Any big waterfall. a cataract (or Niagara). 4: You fraud! You quack! You this 9-letter word!. charlatan. 5: It's kind of a mash-up of comradeship and bonhomie. camaraderie.

Round 4. Category: Stories Of The South

1: In "The Night the Lights Went Out" by Karen White, Merilee Dunlap fittingly moves to Sweet Apple in this state. Georgia. 2: Fannie Flagg wrote of Idgie and Ruth, who ran the Whistle Stop Cafe, known for this "colorful" title fare. fried green tomatoes. 3: After graduating from Ole Miss in this Kathryn Stockett novel, Skeeter can't find her former maid and nanny. The Help. 4: "Black Thunder" is about one of these events in 1800 planned by Gabriel Prosser, with the goal of seizing Richmond. a slave uprising. 5: In Rebecca Wells' tale of this "Sisterhood", Siddalee Walker returns to uncover some "Divine Secrets". Ya-Ya.

Round 5. Category: Celebrities

1: As spokesman for Champ Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookies, he's the greatest. Muhammad Ali. 2: Alyssa Milano plays Tony's college co-ed daughter on this sitcom. Who's the Boss. 3: Tracy Pollan played his girlfriend on "Family Ties" before marrying him in real life. Michael J. Fox. 4: "Time" described "King of the Night" as "a scandal-mongering biography" of this talk show host. Johnny Carson. 5: He's the pop star who has thrilled fans with such albums as "Bad" and "Thriller". Michael Jackson.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1153, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Stupid Show Biz Answers

1: It's the role Danny Bonaduce played on "The Partridge Family". Danny. 2: Mike Myers flexed his powers to play Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell in this 1998 film. 54. 3: Andrea McArdle, who starred in a production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 2006, first became famous playing this role. Annie. 4: Greer Garson became the Mrs. of actor Richard Ney after he played her son Vin Miniver in this 1942 film. Mrs. Miniver. 5: It was the title of the last big-screen remake of "Beau Geste", released in 1977. The Last Remake of Beau Geste.

Round 2. Category: Sharp

1: Cardsharp is an old term for a gambler who is notorious for doing this. cheating. 2: This synonym for a sniper has the same first and last letters as "sniper". a sharpshooter. 3: Be a sharp dresser by ironing your pants to keep these sharp. the creases. 4: Patricia Clarkson won a Golden Globe for playing Amy Adams' mom on this HBO miniseries. Sharp Objects. 5: This Chikara line of knives from this company is made of "premium Japanese stainless steel". Ginsu.

Round 3. Category: Occupational Homonyms

1: A job like a chauffeur, or a part of your PC that needs to be updated occasionally. a driver. 2: It can mean highest in rank or value, as well as someone of high rank at your school. principal. 3: Not just an occupation, it's also a type of fruity pie. a cobbler. 4: A certain member of our military forces, or an adjective that refers broadly to the sea. Marine. 5: Someone who oversees construction work, or a muscle that becomes shorter. contractor.

Round 4. Category: Add Some Consonants

1: Numbered explanatory comment at a page's bottom: OOOE. a footnote. 2: MPH indicator: EEOEE. speedometer. 3: A John Lennon classic: IAIE. "Imagine". 4: A portable musical instrument: AOIO. an accordion. 5: Old MacDonald had this point in a planet's orbit when it's nearest to the Sun: EIEIO. perihelion.

Round 5. Category: Renting

1: In Alaska, a failure to pay utility bills can be grounds for this process against a tenant within 5 days. eviction. 2: Many states limit this required upfront sum to an amount equal to 1 or 2 months rent. a (security) deposit. 3: Renters with low incomes can seek assistance through the Section 8 program of this U.S. govt. department. HUD. 4: Discrimination against renting to families with children is illegal except for housing reserved for these only. senior citizens. 5: California rental agreements have implied warranties that the apt. isn't rotten, verminous or otherwise this 13-letter word. uninhabitable.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1152, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Cities Through Time

1: A brief civil war took place in this capital after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917. Helsinki. 2: Before 1918 Guangzhou was known by this name; a Chinese language still reminds us of it. Canton. 3: A team name came from this word that preceded "67" in the name of a 1967 Montreal happening. Expos. 4: In 1535 Lima was founded by Pizarro as Ciudad de los Reyes, meaning this. City of Kings. 5: About 1,000 years ago, Casablanca was a village of these double-talk people. the Berbers.

Round 2. Category: Gangsters

1: While Bugsy Siegel was being shot in B. H., Meyer Lansky's goons were walking into a hotel in this city and taking over. Las Vegas. 2: He's quoted as saying, "They've hung everything on me but the Chicago Fire". Al Capone. 3: Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein was accused of masterminding the big fix of this in 1919; it wasn't proved. World Series. 4: Gangster Louis Amberg was just "Pretty" while Charles Floyd was nicknamed this. "Pretty Boy". 5: His brother Buck was part of his gang, as was his moll Bonnie. Clyde Barrow.

Round 3. Category: .Organizations

1: uncf.org: where "a mind is a terrible thing to waste". the United Negro College Fund. 2: pbk.org: it's an honor--society. Phi Beta Kappa. 3: kofc.org: these "Knights" who contribute more than $150 million to charitable needs and projects annually. the Knights of Columbus. 4: nrdc.org: the "Defense Council" for these. Natural Resources. 5: cfa.org: the "Association" of these people, lovers of felines. Cat Fanciers'.

Round 4. Category: The Lore Of The Land

1: The feathers of this creature of Russian legend that lent its name to a ballet were said to provide beauty and protection upon the earth. firebird. 2: We pulled some strings to tell you about Dagda, a deity in Irish folklore who played this instrument to put enemies to sleep. the harp. 3: He wrote a verse play about the Scandinavian folk hero Peer Gynt and Edvard Grieg wrote music to go with it. Ibsen. 4: Georgia's state flower is this people's rose; legend says one grew along the trail at each spot where their tears fell. Cherokee. 5: A spider and a trickster god whose origins are in West Africa lives as Mr. Nancy in "Anansi Boys" by this writer. Neil Gaiman.

Round 5. Category: Rainy Day P.E.

1: I'm so good at catching the rubber ball in this game that all my teammates are getting back in. dodgeball. 2: In half-court basketball, you do this to start the game, pass the ball to the defender who passes it back to you. checking. 3: Rope climbing today! It looks so easy on the NBC show called this "warrior". American Ninja. 4: We have to practice this "shapely" dance, because I haven't do-si-doed very much. square dancing. 5: Badminton is fun indoors, where you are less likely to lose the "birdie", AKA this projectile. the shuttlecock.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel

1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets. dogs. 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital. Dublin. 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction. Queen Mary. 4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site. the Venetian. 5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony. the Roosevelt.

Round 2. Category: Significant Old Books

1: Dating from the 5th century B.C., this Asian philosopher's "Analects". Confucius. 2: This ancient Greek playwright's comedies, which include "The Frogs". Aristophanes. 3: This German's 18th century coming of age classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther". Goethe. 4: Greek historian and soldier Thucydides' firsthand account "The History of" this peninsular war. the Peloponnesian War. 5: This Swiss-French writer's 18th century political covenant "The Social Contract". Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Round 3. Category: The Last Category. With Last in quotes

1: Something about to tumble down is standing on these. its last legs. 2: Type of final effort that might be required to finish a trench. last-ditch. 3: It breaks a camel's back. the last straw. 4: It's what you have when your joke succeeds when all told you it would fail. the last laugh. 5: A desperate attempt, such as defending the endmost trench. a last ditch effort.

Round 4. Category: It'S A Flat-Out Fact

1: All babies have flat feet, but if you develop the condition later in life, it's called fallen these. arches. 2: Please pass over this bread in unleavened form or now that I think of it, as a ball in some delicious soup. matzah. 3: "Tortilla Flat", a 1935 novel set in Monterey, established him as a successful author. Steinbeck. 4: In 2021 a vehicle aptly named Speed Demon hit 466 mph at these salt flats in Utah. Bonneville. 5: Some Native Americans practiced skull binding for a rounded look; Lewis and Clark called the Salish this because they didn't. the Flathead.

Round 5. Category: China Patterns

1: Ruins of this run from Bo Hai, a gulf of the Yellow Sea, to the Gansu province in the west. The Great Wall. 2: This former crown colony is partly on the southeast coast of China and partly on over 200 islands. Hong Kong. 3: The Hainan province has this type of climate, hence the coconut trees and pineapple plants. Tropical. 4: The 3 Gorges Dam, over 1 mile long, is being built to control the flooding of this river. Yangtze. 5: Immensely popular in China, this paddle sport is known as the "national game". ping pong.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1150, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Liberty Bell Rang...

1: On Feb. 3, 1757, when the Assembly directed this man to go to England to address colonial grievances. Benjamin Franklin. 2: on July 8, 1776 to announce the first public reading of this. the Declaration of Independance. 3: on February 4, 1771 to summon the Pennsylvania assembly into session to repeal the duty on this commodity. tea. 4: on July 8, 1763 to give notice of the end of this war. the French and Indian War. 5: on Feb. 11, 1915; a recording was transmitted to the opening of the Pan Pacific Exposition in this West Coast city. San Francisco.

Round 2. Category: States And Territories Of Australia

1: The one state named for a man. Tasmania. 2: An Australian territorial claim covers 42% of this continent. Antarctica. 3: 95% of the population of the small enclave known as the Australian Capital Territory resides in this city. Canberra. 4: Australia's most populous city, Sydney, is in this state with a 3-word name. New South Wales. 5: One of the 2 states named in honor of a woman. Victoria (or Queensland).

Round 3. Category: Silent Consonant Words

1: A prominent rounded hill, or a rounded control switch or dial. knob. 2: Her unrequited love for Narcissus reverberates through mythology. Echo. 3: Jesus had 12 of these special disciples, from the Greek for "messenger". apostles. 4: To bite or chew persistently, like an animal with a bone. gnaw. 5: This 6-letter synonym for self-assurance comes from the French; we hope you respond to the clue "with" it. aplomb.

Round 4. Category: Brando

1: Rebellious naval Lt. Fletcher Christian. Mutiny on the Bounty. 2: "Family" man Don Vito Corleone. The Godfather. 3: Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender. On the Waterfront. 4: Johnny, leader of the Black Rebels. The Wild One. 5: Blanche's brother-in-law Stanley. A Streetcar Named Desire.

Round 5. Category: Yestercareer

1: A vintager was a harvester of these. grapes. 2: Essential before an extended journey, a caulker made sure this, the frame of a ship, was watertight. the hull. 3: A spinner made this. thread. 4: The knocker-upper, with a long pole or a peashooter to aim at windows, has been replaced by this bedside device. an alarm clock. 5: Author/magistrate Henry Fielding professionalized this job when he started the Bow Street runners. a policeman.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1149, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Coffees All Around

1: This "Good to the last drop" brand lets you choose among smooth, rich and bold. Maxwell House. 2: At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew. espresso. 3: The press you can use to infuse your coffee bears the name of this country that invented the infusion method. France (a French press accepted). 4: If you feel a chill in Chinchina, Colombia, you may be passing the factory where instant coffee is made this way. freeze-dried. 5: This "heavenly coffee", a New York institution, is the official coffee of Radio City Music Hall. Chock Full O' Nuts.

Round 2. Category: BottomS Up. With Bottom in quotation marks

1: This type of boat lets you view undersea life while keeping your feet dry. Glass-Bottomed. 2: It's your net profit or loss as shown on an income statement. Bottom Line. 3: This '60s TV series was set aboard the Seaview, an atomic sub built by Harriman Nelson. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. 4: Miners first adapted this term for a hard place to mean as low as one can get. rock bottom. 5: Contadicting its foreboding name, this feature of Mammoth Cave is only 105 feet deep. Bottomless Pit.

Round 3. Category: College Life

1: To be "official", this detailed academic record should be sent from the school in a sealed envelope. a transcript. 2: This 2-word Latin phrase means you graduated with distinction. cum laude. 3: Classes in the semester system last 15 to 18 weeks; in this other system, they run about 10 weeks. the quarter system. 4: grammarly.com has a program that can compare an essay against academic databases to detect this dishonest act. plagiarism. 5: The 2 major learning management systems for American colleges are canvas and this, another name for a slate. blackboard.

Round 4. Category: The Family Business

1: In 1990 they became the first father and son to be Major League teammates. Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr.. 2: The first half of this greeting card company's name is the family that founded it in 1910. Hallmark. 3: In 1985 Bob Haas took this jeans company founded by his great- great-granduncle from public back to private. Levi Strauss. 4: In 2006 the new CEO of this beverage company was August IV, great-great-grandson of co-founder Adolphus. Anheuser-Busch. 5: Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt is in the "Saddle" at this underwear maker. Jockey.

Round 5. Category: Turkey, The Bird

1: Turkey carving step 1: Cut the band of skin holding the legs which are known as these. Drumsticks. 2: This 19th C. British author is credited with making the turkey a popular choice for Christmas dinners. Charles Dickens. 3: A male turkey's snood hangs directly over this part of its body. Beak/nose. 4: Turkey that joined Henny-Penny's "Sky is Falling" campaign. Turkey-Lurkey. 5: This top-selling U.S. turkey brand turned 45 in 1999. Butterball.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1148, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Big Battalions

1: This country's nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world's largest standing force. China. 2: Russia leads the world with more than 20,000 of these, like the new T-14 with an automated turret and 125mm cannon. tanks. 3: The U.S. rules the seas with 11 of these mighty ships, more than the rest of the world's fleets combined. aircraft carriers. 4: North Korea has one of the largest fleets of these craft, including the Yono class midget type. submarines. 5: Together, these 2 countries that fought a late 1940s war over Kashmir now deploy about 2 million active troops. India and Pakistan.

Round 2. Category: Cliches

1: This cliche referring to callousness in the face of calamity was inspired by the emperor Nero. Fiddling While Rome Burns. 2: This expression meaning away from turmoil became popular after Thomas Hardy used it as a book title. Far from the Madding Crowd. 3: Meaning you can't make sense of it, to not be able to do this "of" something, may refer to a flipped coin. make heads or tails of it. 4: =. =. 5: When you accept something you don't want to, you do this to your pride⁠—gulp!. swallow.

Round 3. Category: Scrambled Greek Gods

1: Rose. Eros. 2: Deter me. Demeter. 3: Noise pod. Poseidon. 4: Run USA. Uranus. 5: Hair depot. Aphrodite.

Round 4. Category: The '50s

1: Year in which the Soviets launched Sputnik. 1957. 2: First racehorse to win a million dollars when he took the Hollywood Gold Cup in '51. Citation. 3: In May 1956 India observed the 2,500th anniversary of this person's death. the founder of Buddhism (Buddha). 4: Before playing Pete Nolan on TV's "Rawhide", he had a major hit with this:"Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky / It had the one long horn, and one big eye / I commenced to shakin' and I said "Ooh-eee" / It looks like a purple people eater to me / It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater / (One-eyed, one-horned...". Sheb Wooley. 5: According to a popular ad, to keep your pompadour in place, a "little dab" of this would do you. Brylcreem.

Round 5. Category: Something To Wear

1: They have metal plates at heel and toe to increase sound. tap shoes. 2: Put this pretend-tious French word before "rabbit" or "fox" to keep yourself warm. faux. 3: In 1884 the U.S. Army introduced these tired-sounding casual clothes. fatigues. 4: GQ says these suits typified by an extra row of buttons don't have to be boxy, 1930s gangster-style. double breasted suits. 5: For Muslim women, a burqa covers the face; a niqab leaves the eyes uncovered; this five-letter word is a headscarf. hijab.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1147, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hymns And Spirituals

1: Title that precedes "How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me". "Amazing Grace". 2: It's where "I'm goin' to lay down my burden", and "my sword and shield". "down by the riverside". 3: A hymn and anthem, "Lift" this "and sing, till earth and heaven ring". every voice. 4: "We shall come rejoicing, bringing in" these. the sheaves. 5: Asking for comfort and guidance, do this, "fast falls the eventide", "in life, in death, O Lord" do this. abide with me.

Round 2. Category: Presidents And Baseball

1: On April 19, 1909 Taft attended a home game of this team and probably had a hot dog or 9. the Washington Senators. 2: Saying it was in the national interest, he kept baseball going during World War II. FDR. 3: It's the only team that has a U.S. president on its roster of former owners. the Texas Rangers. 4: One of his first jobs was re-creating Cubs games over the radio in Iowa. Ronald Reagan. 5: Before his Army years, he played baseball under an assumed name in the Kansas minor leagues. (Dwight) Eisenhower.

Round 3. Category: Abbreviated States

1: This state that acts as a conjunction between Nevada and Washington has an abbreviation that is a conjunction. Oregon. 2: The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California. Louisiana. 3: Show me that the abbreviation for this state means the habits of a predictable criminal. Missouri. 4: When abbreviated before the number 47, this state becomes an assault weapon. Alaska. 5: State whose abbreviation is also a cabinet department that was formed in 1989. Virginia.

Round 4. Category: American Food And Drink

1: Maryland and Mississippi both "got" this as their state drink or beverage. milk. 2: This type of bread made from a starter has been a San Francisco specialty since the gold rush days. sourdough. 3: Packets of this fruity soft drink were first sold through the mail in 1927 for 10 cents apiece. Kool-Aid. 4: Some recipes for this sweet treat call for beets instead of food coloring. red velvet cake. 5: They're the 2 beverages that are combined to make an Arnold Palmer. iced tea and lemonade.

Round 5. Category: Top Seeds

1: As the picture proves, you don't need the luck of the Irish for this plant; just scatter the seed about. clover. 2: This plant of genus Nicotiana has tiny seeds that use light to germinate so they can grow after top seeding. tobacco. 3: As Porky Pig's gal knows, seeds of these flowers should stay on top of the soil as they need light to germinate. petunia. 4: The seeds of this edible plant, whether Butterhead or Burgundy Boston, are planted on top. lettuce. 5: Just place the seeds of this flower on top of your soil and they'll be sprouting in no time. snapdragons.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1146, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Cousin It. With It in quotation marks

1: A person serving in place of another, perhaps as a teacher. a substitute. 2: A group of 3, with or without a Holy Ghost. a trinity. 3: The state of living alone, even for 100 years... in a fortress. solitude. 4: A coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz and feldspar. granite. 5: Reparation made by giving compensation for loss or damage. restitution.

Round 2. Category: Poetic Feet

1: This word for an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one actually has the reverse pattern. Iamb. 2: This word for a type of spoken stress pattern is from Greek for "finger"; it's also found after "ptero". Dactyl. 3: A foot of 2 unstressed syllables or a costly type of "victory". pyrrhic. 4: This word for the poetic movement including Keats and Byron is an example of an amphibrach. Romantic poets. 5: A fine example of verse written in anapests is this first line of "That's Amore". "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie".

Round 3. Category: The Evolutionary War

1: Orderly people are bothered by the idea of thse random changes in genetic material helping evolution along. mutations. 2: In 1995 Alabama Gov. James Mocked evolution theory by imitating this type of animal whose name means "to imitate". an ape. 3: "Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object... the production of the higher animals, directly follows."That was the final paragraph of a famous work by this man. (Charles) Darwin. 4: He surprised many in 1996 when he told the Pontifical Academy of Science that evolution was no mere hypothesis. Pope John Paul II. 5: A 1981 Arkansas law called for balanced teaching of evolution and this opposite type of "science". creationism.

Round 4. Category: All Around The World

1: A gigantic 3/4 dome, Montreal's biosphere was designed by this American for the city's 1967 Expo. (Buckminster) Fuller. 2: When visiting this Vatican basilica, you might want to spring for a ticket to the dome, which includes a guided tour. St. Peter's. 3: A national park in Australia gets its name from basalt columns called these, components of a musical instrument. organ pipes. 4: You'll catch the Baseball Hall of Fame in this village that was settled by the dad of the author of "The Deerslayer". Cooperstown. 5: Be wary around Mont St. Michel of this substance, sables mouvants in French, which is perhaps not as deadly as films portray. quicksand.

Round 5. Category: The Johnny Gilbert BlueS. With Blue in quotes

1: Johnny has left the building wearing these"You can knock me down /Step on my face /Slander my name all over the place...". "Blue Suede Shoes". 2: Linda Ronstadt, brace yourself for this tune"I feel so bad / I got a worried mind / I'm so lonesome all the time / Since I left my baby behind on...". "Blue Bayou". 3: Witness the birth of "Captain Fantastic 2" with this song"Laughing like children /Living like lovers /Rolling like thunder /Under the covers...". "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues". 4: Completes this "Crystal"ine line"I'll be fine when you’re gone / I'll just cry all night long / Say it isn't true and don't it...". "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". 5: This 1968 classic features the Man in Black, Johnny... Gilbert"My mama always told me son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns / But I shot a man in Reno just to

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Wacky Math

1: Strings on a standard guitar times the Oscars won by Pauly Shore. 0. 2: Number of "golden rings" in a Christmas song plus the number of rings in Ringling's circus. 8 (5 3). 3: Days in a leap year minus the title "route" number of a TV show starring Martin Milner. 300 (366 - 66). 4: Joe Namath's Jet uniform No. divided by the title number of a TV police car driven by Martin Milner. 1 (12/Adam-12). 5: No. of "islands" in a mayo-based salad dressing plus a "baker's dozen" of cookies made by Martin Milner. 1,013.

Round 2. Category: Who Sang It First?

1: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that before Marvin Gaye's version hit, this singer and her Pips took the song to No. 2. Gladys Knight. 2: This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 and for Ben again in 1986. "Stand By Me". 3: Manfred Mann made "Blinded By The Light" a hit after it was introduced on a 1973 album by this rocker who wrote it. (Bruce) Springsteen. 4: On their "Mother's Milk" album, the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered this Motown great's "Higher Ground". Stevie Wonder. 5: In 2004 the White Stripes had a U.K. hit with a live version of her "Jolene". Dolly Parton.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Go For A Swim

1: A swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm in the "Australian" this. crawl. 2: Simultaneously bring both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions to do this stroke. the butterfly. 3: World Book says it's "a restful stroke because your face is always out of the water and breathing is easy". the backstroke. 4: This stroke is made in the prone position using both hands simultaneously and doing a frog kick. the breaststroke. 5: Your head rests on your lower arm, extended with the palm turned downward in this stroke. the sidestroke.

Round 4. Category: Beastly Movies

1: 1988:Sigourney Weaver battles primate poachers. Gorillas in the Mist. 2: 2000:"blank Ugly". Coyote. 3: 1980:Robert De Niro battles his way to the top of the middleweight boxing world. Raging Bull. 4: 1978:Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress. The Deer Hunter. 5: 1986:Paul Hogan faces the jungle of New York City. Crocodile Dundee.

Round 5. Category: Surprise!

1: A striking disclosure, or the final book of the New Testament; it should come as a.... revelation. 2: We've found it! It being this exclamation of finding something, perhaps its namesake California city. Eureka. 3: Proverbially, this type of pitch mastered by Bert Blyleven is a deceptive trick. a curveball. 4: It can mean a sudden burst of electricity and it rhymes with an electrical unit of measure. a jolt. 5: It can be an experience resulting in a sudden realization and also an early A.M. drink of liquor. an eye-opener.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1144, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Pull

1: You "pull a few" of these to get a favor done. Strings. 2: From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on. Pull up stakes. 3: Since the 8th century, it's what churchmen have pulled to ring their bells. Ropes. 4: Word on the 2 buttons that preceded this one:(Curly in a "Three Stooges" clip showing a button marked "Pull"). Press. 5: Ermal Fraze holds the 1963 patent for part of the "tear strip opener" better known to pop drinkers as this. Pull tab.

Round 2. Category: Sounds Like An Irish County

1: You may be asked to sniff one of these removed by a sommelier. Cork. 2: It's something "held" on sandwiches. Mayo. 3: "de Lune" or Danes. Claire. 4: Young doctor played by Lew Ayres and Richard Chamberlain. Kildare. 5: Route Julius Caesar took to France; too hard? Okay, flutist James. Galway (or "Gaul way").

Round 3. Category: In The Air

1: In a Khaled Hosseini book, the "real fun began" when the string of one of these "was cut". a kite. 2: In Genesis this man is told to take "fowls...of the air" by sevens. Noah. 3: At a 1914 air show, Lawrence Sperry stood on the wing as the plane he was flying stayed on course using this invention. autopilot. 4: A murmuration of these stellar birds is seen in Spain making some pretty shapes. starlings. 5: In 1979 this craft made news when it entered the atmosphere and broke apart over Australia. Skylab.

Round 4. Category: You Keep Me Hangin' On

1: These fasteners were patented by Walter Hunt in 1849 and made diapering a cinch. safety pins. 2: The trademarked name of this hook and loop fastener is from the French for "hooked velvet". Velcro. 3: "Manly" name for the fasteners that go through the front of formal dress shirts. studs. 4: From Old French for "attach", it's a short metal fastener used to join 2 sheets of metal together. a rivet. 5: Around 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, which today we call this. the zipper.

Round 5. Category: The Anthony Quinn Film Festival

1: In 1962 Anthony Quinn played a fierce Bedouin leader in this desert epic. Lawrence of Arabia. 2: Anthony Quinn is best remembered for his role as this earthy title peasant in a film based on a Kazantzakis novel. Zorba the Greek. 3: In this 1943 film "Incident", Anthony Quinn and Dana Andrews are mistakenly lynched by a mob. The Ox-Bow Incident. 4: Kirk Douglas was Vincent Van Gogh and Anthony Quinn played Paul Gauguin in this artsy 1956 big screener. Lust for Life. 5: In 1962 Quinn played this title criminal set free so that Christ could be crucified. Barabbas.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1143, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: An Arm Or A Leg. With Arm" Or A "Leg in quotation marks

1: 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river. Army of the Potomac. 2: Assembled in the 1580s, it was commanded by Medina Sidonia. the Spanish Armada. 3: He's known for one-man shows like "Mambo Mouth" and for film roles like Chi Chi in "To Wong Foo...". John Leguizamo. 4: In 1913 a major exhibit of modern art was held at NYC's 69th Regiment one of these. an armory. 5: Chaps are a type of these protective outer garments. leggings.

Round 2. Category: Stop The Presses!

1: A phone-hacking scandal forced this British tabloid to close in 2011. News of the World. 2: A kids magazine survey found out this fairy tends to leave girls about 25 cents more than boys. the tooth fairy. 3: A British paper claimed Prince Charles puts toothpaste in his nose to prevent this nocturnal noise. snoring. 4: People Magazine reported that Clint Black wears size 7 1/4 while Garth Brooks' is 7 5/8. a cowboy hat. 5: In 1992 she not only left her ministry but divorced her jailed husband. Tammy Faye Bakker.

Round 3. Category: A Cy Of Relief. With Cy in quotation marks

1: If this monster of Greek mythology had an eye on you, that was all the eyes he had. Cyclops. 2: In 2004 this island nation joined the European Union. Cyprus. 3: Business and spin are types of this. a cycle. 4: This "Insane in the Brain" Latino hip-hop group was named after a street in L.A.. Cypress Hill. 5: Isn't that sweet? It's just short for cyclohexylsulfamate. Cyclamate.

Round 4. Category: Dylan Thomas

1: The radio play "Under Milk Wood" is set in Llareggub in this U.K. country where Thomas was born. Wales. 2: Dylan may have died as a result of this activity, defined for a male in college as having 5 in a row. Binge drinking. 3: Thomas addressed the Blitz in "A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in" this city. London. 4: In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", the poet addresses this man. His father. 5: Dylan riffed on one of this author's titles in the book "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog". James Joyce.

Round 5. Category: 3-Word Responses

1: Feathers flew in the business world in 1991 when a fast food chain slimmed down to 3 letters from this name. Kentucky Fried Chicken. 2: In 1737 Boston held its first parade celebrating what became this annual event. St. Patrick's Day. 3: This 2018 film had a wealth of talent that included Awkwafina, Gemma Chan and Lisa Lu. Crazy Rich Asians. 4: The Natl. Highway Traffic Safety Admin.'s family of these includes 50th percentile adult male and 6-year-old weighted child. crash test dummy. 5: This Elizabeth Gilbert title/set of commands spent 57 weeks as a No. 1 on the N.Y. Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list. Eat Pray Love.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1142, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Dead Precedents

1: In 1943 the Supreme Court overruled a 1940 decision and said students couldn't be required to salute this. the flag. 2: In 1987 the Supreme Court overruled an 1861 decision that courts couldn't do this, order a suspect handed over to another state. extradite. 3: Agostini v. Felton reversed a 1985 ruling that prohibited public school teachers from teaching in these schools. parochial. 4: 1961's Mapp v. Ohio overturned a 1949 ruling and said this amendment bars illegally seized evidence from state courts. the 4th Amendment. 5: This controversial 2010 decision overruled a precedent that had barred certain political contributions. Citizens United.

Round 2. Category: Hot Films, Cool Films

1: George Kennedy won an Oscar in part for beating the heck out of Paul Newman in this movie. Cool Hand Luke. 2: A brutal murder is solved in this 1967 Oscar winner. In the Heat of the Night. 3: Judith Anderson played Big Mama Pollitt, the matriarch of a greedy Southern family, in this film. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 4: After "Body Heat" steamed up the screen, Lawrence Kasdan cooled down and directed this movie next. The Big Chill. 5: As Rev. Clayton Brooks, Dick Van Dyke led a townwide effort to quit smoking in this 1971 film. Cold Turkey.

Round 3. Category: Take The Kids!

1: Toon Lagoon at Universal Studios Florida boasts a white-knuckle raft ride named for Bluto and this sailor. Popeye. 2: In part of Disney's Animal Kingdom, no glass separates you from the giant fruit type of this flying mammal. Bat. 3: The kids love "Pecos Goofy's Frontier Revue" at this Asian city's Disneyland. Tokyo. 4: At Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park, watch out for the marsh-mugger type of this gator relative. Crocodile. 5: This West Coast city boasts museums devoted to Asian art, cartoon art and cable cars. San Francisco.

Round 4. Category: I Learned It Online

1: freetranslation.com taught me "Your eyes shine like oysters" in this language--"I suoi occhi brillano come le ostriche". Italian. 2: wendys.com informed me that the "3/4 lb. triple with" this has 980 calories, but plenty of calcium. cheese. 3: americanheart.org tells us that a "hands-only" version of this procedure is fine --no need for rescue breaths. CPR. 4: howstuffworks.com told me each Apache one of these can carry 16 Hellfire missiles--cool. a helicopter. 5: The "This Day in History" feature on history.com taught me Dec. 25 is the day in 1991 when he quit as Soviet leader. Mikhail Gorbachev.

Round 5. Category: 2 Types Of China

1: Shallow 7-letter dish used to serve food; maybe we should have served you the clue on one. a platter. 2: It's the animal of the Chinese year beginning in 2008. the rat. 3: In the Chinese Civil War, 1945 to 1949, it was the Communists versus these. the Nationalists. 4: In 1998 this Chinese org. abbreviated PLA was ordered to sell off all its non-defense assets. the People's Liberation Army. 5: Henry James compared his character Miss Pansy Osmond to a China figurine from this German city. Dresden.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1141, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: On My Dog'S Ipod

1: The first song my dog downloaded was "Atomic Dog" by this funky member of Parliament. George Clinton. 2: My dog can't help it-- he salivates every time he listens to the disco classic "Ring My" this. "Bell". 3: For inspiration, my dog listens to "Bark At The Moon", the title track of a 1983 album by this metal man. Ozzy Osbourne. 4: My dog really sinks his teeth into the George Thorogood classic "Bad To" this. "The Bone". 5: My dog loves the upbeat chorus of this Grammy-winning song by the Baha Men. "Who Let The Dogs Out".

Round 2. Category: J Movies. With J in quotation marks

1: 2009:Meryl Streep prepares a chicken. Julie and Julia. 2: 1979:Steve Martin is "born a poor black child". The Jerk. 3: 1995:An old magic board game comes to life. Jumanji. 4: 1985:Glenn Close/Jeff Bridges thriller. Jagged Edge. 5: 1990:Vietnam messed with Tim Robbins' head. Jacob's Ladder.

Round 3. Category: I Like Ike. With Ike in quotation marks

1: To solicit a free ride along a road. hitchhike. 2: Myers,Ditka, orWallace. Mike. 3: A sharp rise on a graph followed by a sharp decline. a spike. 4: A proverb says that powerful cerebrums "think..." this way. alike. 5: Unbecoming conduct on the gridiron. unsportsmanlike (conduct).

Round 4. Category: Fruits

1: Two fruits that combine to breed tangelos. tangerine and grapefruit. 2: This fruit plant can grow 20 feet high and produce a dozen hands. a banana plant. 3: This golfball-sized fruit, Citrus aurantifolia swingle, is now grown mostly in Mexico, not Southern Florida. the key lime. 4: This largest South American country is the world's largest producer of oranges. Brazil. 5: "Swedish" Lingonberries are closely related to this American fruit grown in bogs. cranberries.

Round 5. Category: Happy Trails

1: An important commercial route, this trail to New Mexico was started in 1821. the Santa Fe Trail. 2: Completed in 1937, this 2,000-mile hiking trail passes through 14 states. the Appalachian Trail. 3: Starting in this state, the Chisholm Trail was the principal route to take Longhorn cattle to Kansas. Texas. 4: California's Highway 101 follows El Camino Real, which linked 4 presidios with 21 of these. missions. 5: The Bozeman Trail was closed in 1868 by a treaty with this Indian nation. the Sioux.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1140, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Asian Bodies Of Water

1: Although called a sea, it's actually a large salty lake between Israel and Jordan. the Dead Sea. 2: According to Hindu myth, this river once flowed in the heavens but was ordered to go down to Earth. the Ganges. 3: This holy river of India was named for the daughter of the Mountain God Himalaya. the Ganges. 4: Arabs call this river Nahr Al-Urdun; the Hebrew name is Ha-Yarden. the Jordan (River). 5: This Siberian lake contains around 20% of the fresh water on the world's surface. Baikal.

Round 2. Category: Eat Your Foreign Vegetables

1: In Italy these are distinguished as peperoni rossi and peperoni verdi. red and green peppers. 2: In Espanol it's espinaca (and I'm still not eating it). spinach. 3: In French they're petits pois and weird people use a knife and honey to eat them. peas. 4: In Polish it's cebula; you can cry out your response now. onions. 5: In a Caribbean mood in Sweden? You might serve your svarta bonor, these, with kokat ris, "white rice". black beans.

Round 3. Category: The Girls In The Group

1: Emma, Geri, Mel B, Mel C, and Victoria. the Spice Girls. 2: LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelly Rowland and some singer with the last name Knowles. Destiny's Child. 3: Anita, June and Ruth, so excited to be these eponymic siblings. the Pointer Sisters. 4: "Don't Cha" remember Ashley, Carmit, Jessica, Kimberly, Melody and Nicole, these kittens?. the Pussycat Dolls. 5: Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey, who were really saying something in the 1980s and still in the 20-teens. Bananarama.

Round 4. Category: Austen-Tatious

1: While prince regent during his father's madness, this king had a set of Austen's novels in each of his residences. George IV. 2: Jane Austen said Elizabeth Bennet, the hero of this novel, was "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". "Pride and Prejudice". 3: After her unsuccessful and meddlesome matchmaking, this title character realizes she loves Mr. Knightley. Emma Woodhouse. 4: This author of "Orlando" said, "Of all the great writers" Jane "is the most difficult to catch in the act of greatness". Virginia Woolf. 5: This title abbey is the home of clergyman Henry Tilney. "Northanger Abbey".

Round 5. Category: 20Th Century Authors

1: In 1974 this Brit turned out another novel like clockwork, "The Clockwork Testament". Anthony Burgess. 2: Pennsylvania-born expatriate author depicted here in a 1917 sculpture by Jo Davidson. Gertrude Stein. 3: Ancestors of this elusive modern author protested after Hawthorne used their name in "The House of the Seven Gables". Thomas Pynchon. 4: This "Humboldt's Gift" author won both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes in 1976. Saul Bellow. 5: "There is no contentment on the road" says this CBS correspondent in "A Life on the Road". Charles Kuralt.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1139, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hard Wood

1: Ted Turner said these have no future because there aren't enough trees left to keep making wood pulp. newspapers. 2: This eating utensil's name is from Old English for a "chip of wood". spoon. 3: Only National Hockey League with a type of tree mentioned in their name. (Toronto) Maple Leafs. 4: The power ring of the 1940s version of this super hero was useless against wood. Green Lantern. 5: If God had taken this day off in creating the world we wouldn't have wood today. 3rd day.

Round 2. Category: Literary Characters' Ads

1: Paralyzed British landowner seeks gamekeeper for Wragby estate. Sir Chatterley (Lady Chatterley's husband). 2: Swiss student seeks companion for scavenger hunts in graveyards and dissecting rooms. Victor Frankenstein. 3: Young Russian count wanted for affair with married woman; open to pregnancy and train travel. Anna Karenina. 4: Seeking nymphet to be light of my life, fire of my loins. Must answer to "Lolita". Humbert Humbert. 5: Seeking governess for ward Adele at Thornfield; must not snoop in the attic. Rochester.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Go Camping!

1: This type of small, 2-man tent sounds like it's designed for your young dog. pup tent. 2: These soft feathers from geese or ducks are a lightweight insulating material for camping clothes. down. 3: Be careful hiking through the woods and avoid brushing up against this itchy 3-leafed plant, Rhus radicans. poison ivy. 4: The mummy variety of this camping equipment is perfect for cold weather. sleeping bag. 5: Small cans of this trademarked flammable hydrocarbon jelly are used as a heat source for camp cooking. Sterno.

Round 4. Category: We Have A New State Capital

1: Replacing Wheeling. Charleston. 2: Replacing Tuscaloosa. Montgomery. 3: Replacing Williamsburg. Richmond. 4: Replacing New Castle. Dover. 5: Replacing Portland, in 1832. Augusta.

Round 5. Category: Squid

1: The squid is better at hugging than the octopus, as it has this many appendages. ten. 2: A squid has teeth on its tongue, but its main weapon is this, which it uses to dismember prey. its beak. 3: Squids have sacs full of this used for distraction and yum! It's edible. ink. 4: Loligo opalescens is this 6-letter squid, a word that also follows "stock" or "farmers". market. 5: Though boneless, squids have a rudimentary type of this substance that serves as a sort of backbone. cartilage.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1138, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Did I Hear That Right?

1: "Saturday Night Live" editorialist Emily Litella wasn't sure why all the fuss about these "on television". Violins. 2: A coming-of-age novel by Bruce Ducker is titled "Lead Us Not Into" this NYC train depot. Penn Station. 3: (Hi, I'm Tony Danza) On "Friends", Lisa Kudrow was convinced that this man's song "Tiny Dancer" was really "Tony Danza". Elton John. 4: George W. Bush once referred to these 2 trade obstacles as "terriers and bariffs". Tariffs and barriers. 5: In a 2000 film, the idiomatically challenged "Trixie" speaks of "drinking yourself into" this South American country. Bolivia (instead of "oblivion").

Round 2. Category: You'Re Going In. With In in quotation marks

1: It's a polypeptide hormone produced by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans. insulin. 2: Any of the 4 anterior teeth in the jaw used for cutting. incisors. 3: It's found after "Disco" in a Top 40 song and "Dante's" in story. inferno. 4: It's a 10-letter verb meaning to introduce into public use by some formal ceremony. inaugurate. 5: From the Latin for "deceitful", it means "stealthily treacherous". insidious.

Round 3. Category: As You Like It. With As in quotation marks

1: A fibrous mineral formerly used to make fireproof articles. asbestos. 2: A paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration characterized by bronchospasm and wheezing. asthma. 3: A village in Berkshire, England or a scarf with broad ends. an ascot. 4: In TV, this ratio of the width of an image to its height can be 4 to 3. an aspect ratio. 5: A secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for the instruction of Hinduism. an ashram.

Round 4. Category: Music Industry Terms

1: This is taking a snippet of one song and using it in another; "Funky Drummer" by James Brown is often used. a sample. 2: Incorporating part of an old song into a new song, or trying a free piece of cheese at the deli. sampling. 3: In digital music sales, this method used to be about 20% of purchases and downloads were 70%; now it's flipped. streaming. 4: A hit song from one genre of music that also achieves commercial success in another genre. a crossover. 5: Non-reserved general admission seating at a performance venue; it sounds like a celebration. festival seating.

Round 5. Category: Completes The Movie Title

1: "Down and Out...". ...In Beverly Hills. 2: "Dog Day...". ...Afternoon. 3: "Kind Hearts and...". ...Coronets. 4: "Jim Thorpe...". ...All-American. 5: "Heaven Knows...". ...Mr. Allison.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: B.C. Vips

1: In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation". Socrates. 2: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life. Hannibal. 3: Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten and this beautiful queen, married King Tut. Nefertiti. 4: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt.. the republic. 5: One of the 7 wise men of Greece, his code of laws formed the foundation of Athens' democracy. Solon.

Round 2. Category: Christmas Stories

1: Dickens wrote it for the money but said he laughed and cried over it more than any other story. A Christmas Carol. 2: In Luke's version of Christ's birth, the angel brings them "tidings of great joy". the shepherds. 3: Recounting his early years in Wales, this author said, "One Christmas was so like another". Dylan Thomas. 4: In his short story "The Gift of the Magi", a young husband and wife sacrifice to give each other gifts. O. Henry. 5: Truman Capote's story of his childhood holidays, he narrated the TV movie version. A Christmas Memory.

Round 3. Category: Arnold

1: Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players. the Black Sox Scandal. 2: Natl. hero Arnold von Winkelried of this mountainous country helped it achieve a victory over the Austrians in 1386. Switzerland. 3: Inspired by his years in India, Sir Edwin Arnold's blank-verse epic "The Light of Asia" told of this religion founder. Buddha. 4: English educator Thomas Arnold was the longtime headmaster of this boys school that shares its name with a sport. Rugby. 5: This poet's feelings of spiritual isolation are reflected in works like "Dover Beach". Matthew Arnold.

Round 4. Category: Bottom Feeders

1: This animal has no head, arms or internal organs and belongs to the phylum Porifera, meaning "pore-bearer". sponge. 2: The long-necked species of this bivalve is also known as the steamer. a clam. 3: In the Pacific and Atlantic halibuts, both of these organs are usually on the right side. eyes. 4: Although this echinoderm usually has 5 arms, some may have more than 40. a starfish. 5: The tube type of these live near deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and can reach 6' in length. worms.

Round 5. Category: Sting Like A Be. With Be in quotes

1: Your garden variety this veggie is often eaten pickled; the sugar type, not. a beet. 2: Meaning small, round and glittering, this adjective is usually applied to the eyes of the untrustworthy. beady. 3: A warning signal or radar device that helps you determine your position. a beacon. 4: Not Paul or Ringo, but a synagogue caretaker or a minor church official. a beadle. 5: This name is combined with Hawker in a Wichita-based airplane company. Beechcraft.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1136, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: State Sandwich

1: It's sandwiched between Mississippi and Georgia. Alabama. 2: It's sandwiched between California and Utah. Nevada. 3: It's the cheesy filling between Illinois and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Wisconsin. 4: It's sandwiched between Oregon and Wyoming. Idaho. 5: It's sandwiched between Minnesota and Missouri. Iowa.

Round 2. Category: I'M Latin Intolerant

1: I cannot tolerate this Latin phrase abbreviated A.D. when referring to the time since Jesus was born. Anno Domini. 2: I don't care that it's only 4 letters long; I'm not using this abbrev. phrase meaning "and others" in a crossword clue. et al.. 3: I certainly won't call you this word meaning "retired but still retaining the title of your old position". emeritus. 4: Not that I care but...it means "for the time being"; you'll find it as part of a Senate job title. pro tem. 5: It's a fact; there's no way I'm saying this phrase that means "in fact" (as in the man behind the scenes, perhaps). de facto.

Round 3. Category: Beatlewomania

1: Lady Gaga was among the stars who joined her new "Plastic" band for a 2010 rendition of "Give Peace A Chance". Yoko Ono. 2: Ringo Starr wed first wife Maureen Cox in London in 1965; she'd been born in this Mersey River city in 1946. Liverpool. 3: Buddy Clark's 1947 chart-topping song "Linda" was written about the future wife of this Beatle (when she was 5 years old). Paul McCartney. 4: "Half of what I say is meaningless", John Lennon sang on "Julia", which bears the name of this woman in his life. his mother. 5: Before she was married to Eric Clapton, George Harrison wrote the song "Something" about her. Pattie Boyd.

Round 4. Category: Current Monarchs

1: He spoke Catalan at the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics. King Juan Carlos (of Spain). 2: He is the reigning prince of Monaco. Prince Rainier. 3: Princess Stephanie of Monaco is his youngest child. Prince Rainier. 4: Bhumibol Adulyadej, not Yul Brynner, current rules this country. Thailand. 5: OPEC nation ruled by King Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz. Saudi Arabia.

Round 5. Category: Pick A Number From 1-10

1: The prefix kilo signifies 10 to the power of this. 3. 2: Number of singers in the group that hit No. 1 in 1970 with "ABC". (Jackson) 5. 3: You should know this number is an anagram and a homophone of the German word for "no". nine. 4: Legend says only Adrastus survived out of a group of this many heroes who took on Thebes. 7. 5: In 1816 Ferdinand I ruled over the kingdom of this many Sicilies. 2.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1135, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues M. With M in quotation marks

1: Bede was one; so was Mendel (4). monk. 2: "La boheme" femme(4). Mimi. 3: Thoroughly modern girl(6). Millie. 4: Mickey and Minnie (4). mice. 5: Merry month (3). May.

Round 2. Category: Snacks On A Plane

1: Bon appetit! On long flights, this airline serves baguettes, cheese and champagne in the "affaires" cabin. Air France. 2: Allergy concerns have caused most carriers to discontinue these snacks, but Northwest still serves 'em. peanuts. 3: USA! USA! This red-white-and-blue carrier will sell you a 4-ounce chocolate chip cookie for just 3 bucks. American Airlines. 4: United's "classic snackbox" includes this brand of gourmet jelly beans. Jelly Belly. 5: This Atlanta-based airline's "flight delights" includes hummus, pita chips and a deck of miniature playing cards. Delta.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Rock!

1: Her father is Fred; her mother, Wilma. Pebbles Flintstone. 2: Keith, Brian, Mick, Bill and Charlie on drums. The Rolling Stones. 3: The Rolling Stones were inducted into it in 1989; meanwhile, The Comateens remain unjustly excluded. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 4: In 1969 CCR had 3 No. 2 hits: "Bad Moon Rising", "Green River" and this one that kept on "rollin', rollin', rollin'". "Proud Mary". 5: "Large rock" city northwest of Denver. Boulder, Colorado.

Round 4. Category: What'S The DealIo?. With Io in quotes

1: A Brit might bid farewell to an "old chap" using this word. cheerio. 2: It's a large-scale musical work for voices and orchestra usually based on a religious theme. an oratorio. 3: It adds some spicy bitterness to a salad. radicchio. 4: Type of cabinet in which to display your knickknacks, bizarre or otherwise. a curio. 5: From the Latin for "messenger", it's a papal ambassador to a foreign government. nuncio.

Round 5. Category: Specs And The City

1: Its airport, named for 2 of its past mayors, is the world's busiest passenger airport. Atlanta. 2: Of the 10 most populous U.S. cities, this Michigan city has the highest percentage of African-Americans. Detroit. 3: With 126,000 daily copies, this city's La Opinion is the USA's top-selling non-English newspaper. Los Angeles. 4: About 600 miles from the mouth of the river, this Tennessee city of 650,000 is the largest on the Mississippi. Memphis. 5: Home to the Air Force Academy, this city has the highest elevation of any city that's home to a U.S. service academy. Colorado Springs.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1134, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ways To Play. With Play in quotation marks

1: To cut class or skip school. To play hooky. 2: It's a 3-word synonym for a pun. Play on words. 3: A person who doesn't date anyone exclusively does this; so do some baseball players. Play the field. 4: A detailed verbal account of an event, not necessarily a sporting event. Play-by-play. 5: New ideas that please the regular folk in Illinois are said to do this. To play in Peoria.

Round 2. Category: Their First Billboard No. 1 Hit

1: "Rock Around The Clock". Bill Haley and His Comets (Bill Haley and The Comets accepted). 2: "I Get Around". The Beach Boys. 3: "Heart Of Glass". Blondie. 4: "Dancing Queen". ABBA. 5: "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter". Herman's Hermits.

Round 3. Category: Lewis And Clark

1: =. =. 2: A week after his election, this president offered Lewis a post as his private secretary. Jefferson. 3: Named for a structural section, it's the type of boat the boys set off in; it ran aground on day 2. a keelboat. 4: As a member of the militia, Lewis went to Pennsylvania in 1794 to suppress this rebellion. the Whiskey Rebellion. 5: This man, one of William Clark's brothers, captured Vincennes during the Revolution. George Rogers Clark.

Round 4. Category: Double That Double S!

1: Murderer of a politically prominent person. assassin. 2: 14-letter way to describe a facial look without emotion. expressionless. 3: A society with no social demarcations (and no sessions of school). classless. 4: To oust someone from owning a piece of property. dispossess. 5: To evaluate, or to impose a tax. assess.

Round 5. Category: WindY Talk. With Wind in quotation marks

1: A bassoon or oboe, for example. woodwind. 2: This jacket often has elastic cuffs and waistband. windbreaker. 3: 3 principal types of these devices are the multivane, the propeller and the S rotor. windmills. 4: The Maui Makani Classic is a competition in this sport. windsurfing. 5: A proper British bug would get squished on this. windscreen.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1133, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Da, You Speak Russian

1: Also called the great sturgeon, this species lends its name to a type of caviar. beluga. 2: A Russian monarch, or an American policy expert appointed by the government to tackle a particular problem. a czar. 3: These thin pancakes are similar to crepes and traditionally made with buckwheat flour and served with sour cream. blinis. 4: Meaning "set of three", it's also a wagon or sleigh pulled by 3 horses. a troika. 5: This word borrowed from Russian refers to the influential educated social and political classes. intelligentsia.

Round 2. Category: European Museums

1: A U.K. museum dedicated to this author has a ball made of chocolate bar foil wrappers. Roald Dahl. 2: The Richelieu wing of this Paris art museum houses the apartments of Napoleon III. the Louvre. 3: Opened in 1993, this Danish capital's Tivoli Museum documents the history of Tivoli Amusement Park. Copenhagen. 4: This city boasts a Byzantine museum and an Acropolis museum. Athens. 5: This Swiss city's Palais des Nations houses a stamp museum and the League of Nations Museum. Geneva.

Round 3. Category: Songs Of The '80s

1: She was the Dionne of Dionne and Friends who recorded "That's What Friends Are For". Dionne Warwick. 2: With "Ev'ry breath you take, every move you make...," Sting said he'd be doing this. "I'll Be Watching You". 3: Written by Jan Hammer the them of this TV cop show hit No. 1 in 1985. Miami Vice. 4: Though "Fame" won the 1980 Oscar, this song beat it on the pop charts:. "9 To 5". 5: In a 1984 Cyndi Lauper hit, it follows "If you're lost, you can look and you will find me...". "Time After Time".

Round 4. Category: Leann Rhymes?

1: In a Beatles hit, the title words preceding "Work It Out". We Can. 2: Though the characters never mention it, the film "mash" takes place during this war. the Korean War. 3: The Enbridge Stairclimb goes up this Toronto tower. the CN Tower. 4: "By the power of Grayskull!" Prince Adam becomes this hero. He-Man. 5: "Borstal Boy" is the autobiography of this Irish author named Brendan. Behan.

Round 5. Category: Hispanic-American Firsts

1: He's the first labor leader and the first Hispanic American to be honored with a public legal holiday. (César) Chávez. 2: In 1982 Richard Cavazos became the first Hispanic American with this many stars as a full general in the Army. 4 stars. 3: In 1973 this late Pittsburgh Pirate became the first Hispanic American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Roberto) Clemente. 4: This onetime husband of Rosemary Clooney was the first Hispanic American to win the Oscar for Best Actor. José Ferrer. 5: In the 1990s he was the first Hispanic Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy. Federico Peña.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Books For The Young

1: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar and bad" but "all their children admired him". Huckleberry Finn. 2: This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the great green room...". Goodnight Moon. 3: He illustrated "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". Eric Carle. 4: Discovered in 1993 an asteroid was named Besixdouze, an homage to this title character who lives on Asteroid B-612. the Little Prince. 5: Russell Hoban wrote 6 picture book stories about this little badger and her family. Frances.

Round 2. Category: Pipe Dreams. With Pipe in quotes

1: It stretches from the larynx to the bronchi. the windpipe. 2: This head covering is named for its shape. a stovepipe hat. 3: In 2006 and again in 2010 it was all golden for Shaun White in this Olympic event. the halfpipe. 4: The yagua of the Peruvian Amazon are skilled in using these weapons to bring down game. a blowpipe. 5: Also known as a syrinx, this variety of flute is popular in the Pyrenees. a panpipe.

Round 3. Category: Scrambled Kegs

1: Cheers, mate:FORESTS. Fosters. 2: It's been known to shed a little light:A/C OR NO. Corona. 3: Not just for the stoutest:INN GUESS. Guinness. 4: Weekends were made for it:CLIMB HOE. Michelob. 5: Perfect for award season:PROBABLE BIB NUTS. Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Round 4. Category: Genesis Basics

1: In Genesis 40 he takes a job as a dream interpreter. Joseph. 2: It sets sail in Genesis 7. Noah's Ark. 3: He is slain in Genesis 4. Abel. 4: These metropolises are destroyed in Genesis 19. Sodom and Gomorrah. 5: Thestartofthis structureis found inGenesis 11. the Tower of Babel.

Round 5. Category: Country Confusion

1: Togo is in Africa; Tobago is just off the coast of this continent. South America. 2: Slovakia was once part of Czechoslovakia; Slovenia was part of this country until 1991. Yugoslavia. 3: Mauritania is in northwest Africa; this island nation lies 500 miles east of Madagascar. Mauritius. 4: In Africa, there is Guinea and Guinea-this, a neighbor of Guinea. Bissau. 5: The Dominican Republic is part of Hispaniola; Dominica is part of these "Lesser" islands. the Antilles.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1131, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Better Known As...

1: Marion Morrison. John Wayne. 2: "Stardust" man David Jones. David Bowie. 3: Funnyman Cornelius Chase. Chevy Chase. 4: WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino. "Tokyo Rose". 5: Norma Jean Baker. Marilyn Monroe.

Round 2. Category: Famous Flops

1: McDonald's hope for meatless Friday was the Hula Burger, this fruit topped with cheese and grilled. a pineapple. 2: In 1959 only 2,846 of this oversized and overpriced car's 1960 line were made before it was discontinued. the Edsel. 3: Businesses stuck with carbon paper because this company's 1949 Model A was slow, messy and hard to use. the Xerox. 4: Consumers didn't warm up to the nonrefrigerated milk in this company's 1998 cereal-and-milk combo product. Kellogg's. 5: This company's 1983 Lisa died because it was slow and pricey, but the graphical user interface lived on in other products. Apple.

Round 3. Category: National Sites

1: The Golden Spike historic site in this state commemorates the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Utah. 2: This island that was home to a notorious prison is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. Alcatraz. 3: This D.C. national historic site is the only one that's also an active theater. Ford's Theatre. 4: Commemorating a 1965 civil rights march is the Selma to this city National Historic Trail in Alabama. Montgomery. 5: This state's only national memorial honors clergyman Roger Williams. Rhode Island.

Round 4. Category: Katie Couric, Witness To History

1: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In 2006, on my first broadcast as anchor of the CBS Evening News, I reported that this group that formerly ruled Afghanistan was "back with a vengeance". the Taliban. 2: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) On "60 Minutes" in 2009 I conducted the first interview with this pilot, who vividly described "birds filling the entire windscreen". Sullenberger. 3: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In a 2008 foreign policy interview, I asked this candidate, "Have you ever been involved with any negotiations with the Russians?" -- it seemed like a reasonable question. (Sarah) Palin. 4: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) My first network job was as deputy correspondent at this site, preparing me for interviewing the Petraeuses and Odiernos of the world. the Pentagon. 5: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) This Saudi royal was still Crown Prince when he did an exclusive interview with me in 2003; now he's king. Abdullah.

Round 5. Category: G.I. Joe

1: Because '60s boys didn't play with dolls, Hasbro coined this 2-word term to describe Joe. an action figure. 2: 1967's female G.I. Jo(e), now worth thousands in mint condition, wasn't a warrior but had this caring job. a nurse. 3: The original 11-1/2" long Joe began a long hiatus (or was he undercover?) the year after this real conflict ended. the Vietnam War. 4: In the '80s this pro wrestler with a rank in his name became the first real person to join the G.I. Joe corps. Sgt. Slaughter. 5: In the '70s Joe took up martial arts and learned this "grip". kung fu.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1130, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 7

1: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C. on one of a group of 7 hills. Rome. 2: In the Romanian language, this group includes Duminica, Luni and Vineri. days of the week. 3: Shivah in this religion is a 7-day period of mourning. Judaism. 4: Lust, sloth and gluttony are 3 of the 7 of these. the 7 deadly sins. 5: Bryn Mawr, Vassar and Barnard are among this scholarly septet. Seven Sisters.

Round 2. Category: The State Governed

1: Bill Clinton. Arkansas. 2: George Pataki. New York. 3: William McKinley. Ohio. 4: Christine Todd Whitman. New Jersey. 5: Janet Napolitano. Arizona.

Round 3. Category: Got Milk?

1: AKA "America’s Dairyland", it’s one of the leading U.S. states in milk production. Wisconsin. 2: This "MMMBop" trio pushes "MMMMilk". Hanson. 3: 1 of this unit of milk weighs about 8 pounds. a gallon. 4: This Chicago Bulls forward sports golden-colored hair as well as a white mustache. Dennis Rodman. 5: A Frenchman created this process that kills microorganisms in milk by heating it. pasteurization.

Round 4. Category: Band With

1: Freddie Mercury andBrian May. Queen. 2: Mike Love,Al Jardine andthe Wilson brothers. the Beach Boys. 3: Eddie Vedder on vocals. Pearl Jam. 4: Richie Sambora on guitar. Bon Jovi. 5: Donald Fagen andWalter Becker. Steely Dan.

Round 5. Category: The Anthony Quinn Film Festival

1: In 1962 Anthony Quinn played a fierce Bedouin leader in this desert epic. Lawrence of Arabia. 2: Anthony Quinn is best remembered for his role as this earthy title peasant in a film based on a Kazantzakis novel. Zorba the Greek. 3: In this 1943 film "Incident", Anthony Quinn and Dana Andrews are mistakenly lynched by a mob. The Ox-Bow Incident. 4: Kirk Douglas was Vincent Van Gogh and Anthony Quinn played Paul Gauguin in this artsy 1956 big screener. Lust for Life. 5: In 1962 Quinn played this title criminal set free so that Christ could be crucified. Barabbas.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1129, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Writing Stuff

1: "Passing away" is this kind of term, an indirect substitute for something harsh or offensive. a euphemism. 2: "Uneven" 2-word term for an early version; Jefferson used it about one pass at the Declaration of Independence. a rough draft. 3: Aunt Grace wants 1 more copy; good thing you put out your poems using P.O.D., short for this. printing on demand. 4: Add a dose of this quality to your novel, the incongruity between what was expected and what actually occurs. irony. 5: Orson Scott Card said this is never solved by "writing through it" because you haven't solved the original problem. writer's block.

Round 2. Category: It'S Hyphenated

1: The Venerable Bede said they were descendants of 3 different Germanic peoples--the Jutes and the 2 in their name. the Anglo-Saxons. 2: "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself", Emerson wrote in this essay. "Self-Reliance". 3: Named for a cave in France, these prehistoric humans were skillful artists and toolmakers. Cro-Magnon. 4: It's a synonym for Old English, spoken before about 1150. Anglo-Saxon. 5: This city is home to Hanesbrands, the Hanes Mall and Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem.

Round 3. Category: Let'S Take A World Tour

1: It's the sacred river that runs through Kanpur and Allahabad. Ganges. 2: Heaviest of the parrots, the flightless kākāpō, of this Down Under island nation, can weigh up to nine pounds. New Zealand. 3: Southern Cross University and Lake Tuggeranong College are found in this large country. Australia. 4: Newspapers in this Asian kingdom include the Phuket Gazette and The Chiangmai Trader News. Thailand. 5: Originally settled by the Dutch, this country of NE South America came under British control in the 19th century. Guyana.

Round 4. Category: What'S In A Dog'S Name?

1: The name terrier goes back to the Latin word for this. earth (terra). 2: Rottweil, home of the Rottweiler, is a city in this country. Germany. 3: This silky-haired, droopy-eared variety is just a "Spanish" dog. spaniel. 4: Some claim it's the plural of mosenji, a Lingala word for "native". basenji. 5: This royal dog of Egypt was named for a town in Arabia. saluki.

Round 5. Category: Cheers

1: Yalies once cheered, "Brek-ek-ek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ax", the chorus of these creatures in an Aristophanes play. frogs. 2: Tequila and lime juice go into this cocktail that's served in a salt-rimmed glass. Margarita. 3: It's the booze that's in both a Bloody Mary and a screwdriver. vodka. 4: Mayday! This "Cheers" star's films include "Dad", "Getting Even with Dad" and "Three Men and a Baby". Ted Danson. 5: Equal parts of champagne and this juice make up a mimosa. Orange juice.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1128, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Quotable Einstein

1: "Life is like riding" one of these; "to keep your balance you must keep moving". a bicycle. 2: This "is more important than knowledge". imagination. 3: "I never think of" this period of time. "It comes soon enough". the future. 4: This "cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding". peace. 5: "As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power," this "is inevitable". war.

Round 2. Category: Begins And Ends With The Same Vowel

1: Golden and triple double chocolate are varieties of this sandwich cookie. an Oreo. 2: One who lives in Haifa or Tel Aviv. an Israeli. 3: It's the area of study where kids make the acquaintance of polynomials. algebra. 4: For the Latin for "fox mange", it's the loss of hair. alopecia. 5: To take in marriage, or to speak in favor of a cause. espouse.

Round 3. Category: Presidents' Speeches: One Word Off

1: Reagan:"Mr. T, open this gate! Mr. T, tear down this wall!". Gorbachev. 2: LBJ:"The Great Pumpkin rests on abundance and liberty for all". Society. 3: Lincoln:"A world divided against itself cannot stand". house. 4: FDR:"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good time". neighbor. 5: George H.W. Bush:"A thousand points of purchase, of all the community organizations... doing good". light.

Round 4. Category: Classical Dance

1: Jean-Baptiste Lully pioneered music for this dance whose name, from the Latin for "small", comes from its small, dainty steps. a minuet. 2: Not "sausage" but this dance follows "Vienna Blood" in a Johann Strauss Jr. title. waltz. 3: Between 1915 and 1917, after traveling among rural people, Bela Bartok wrote 6 "Romanian" these "Dances". Folk. 4: Bach's keyboard suites include music for this happy dance, 5 letters long (not 3) and starting with "G" (not "J"). a gigue. 5: The gopak or hopak from Tchaikovsky's "Mazeppa" is a dance of these people who really know their steppes. the Cossacks.

Round 5. Category: Numbers In Song

1: The Beatles promised they'd love their girl this many days a week. 8. 2: It's the length of the Camptown racetrack. 5 miles long. 3: Biggest hit for The Crests was about a birthday cake with this many candles. 16. 4: According to Bobby Vee, the night has this many eyes. a thousand. 5: ? and the Mysterians' only #1 hit was about crying this many tears. 96.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1127, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Asian Capitals

1: This capital is named for a religion. Islamabad. 2: In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later. Islamabad. 3: On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city. Jakarta. 4: King Rama I built this city's Grand Palace, which contains the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. Bangkok. 5: The Ming rulers gave this city its name, which means "northern capital". Beijing.

Round 2. Category: At A Loss For Worlds

1: This 1963 work was published in English with the title "Monkey Planet". "Planet of the Apes". 2: This 1963 work was published in England with the title "Monkey Planet". Planet of the Apes. 3: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End", this world is destroyed. Earth. 4: Anne McCaffrey's written about "The Dragonriders of", "The Skies of" and "The Renegades of" this imaginary planet. Pern. 5: It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel. Arrakis.

Round 3. Category: At The Dentist'S Office

1: Drill speed is measured in these; Dr. Morrison's in 1871 did about 600, today's turbine-powered ones about 300,000. RPMs. 2: The ADA says this is perfectly safe as the basis for amalgam fillings--it combines with other materials to make it stable. mercury. 3: Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel. acid. 4: Modern lead aprons worn during X-raying have a collar to protect this gland from the radiation. the thyroid gland. 5: From the Latin for "to close", it's the alignment and spacing of your upper and lower teeth when you bite. occlusion.

Round 4. Category: Everyone Into The Pool!

1: "Swimming World" magazine named him Male World Swimmer of the Year eight times. Michael Phelps. 2: One of the most popular swimming pool games bears the name of this Venetian traveler. Marco Polo. 3: He found relief from his polio swimming in the mineral pools of Warm Springs, Georgia, where he had a little "White House". FDR (Franklin Roosevelt). 4: Once known as water ballet, it became an Olympic sport in 1984. synchronized swimming. 5: You can enjoy some spectacular backdrops from this type of pool, also called a vanishing or negative edge pool. an infinity pool.

Round 5. Category: Hits Of The '80s

1: This song by Olivia Newton-John "worked out" to be No. 1 longer than any other song in '81. "Physical". 2: The only #1 pop hit for Kenny Rogers, it has a 1 word title. "Lady". 3: The profits from this Sager/Bacharach Grammy-winning 1986 single go to AIDS research. "That's What Friends Are For". 4: Diana Ross dedicated "Missing You" to this late singer with whom she had 2 Top 40 hits in the '70s. Marvin Gaye. 5: "All Out Of Love", "Lost In Love" and "The One That You Love" were 3 hits by this Aussie group. Air Supply.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1126, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Going For Ward. With Ward in quotation marks

1: Former name for what we today call a flight attendant. a stewardess. 2: All the clothes belonging to you, or a tall piece of furniture to put them all in. a wardrobe. 3: Michael S. Evans holds this top administrative position at Folsom Prison. warden. 4: It precedes "Christian Soldiers" in a 19th century hymn. "Onward". 5: "Cavalcade" and "Conversation Piece" are 2 of his most popular plays. Noël Coward.

Round 2. Category: Old Testament Heroes

1: When presented with this son's bloodstained coat, Jacob assumed that "an evil beast hath devoured him". Joseph. 2: This man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman". Adam. 3: This prophet "prayed unto the Lord his god out of the fish's belly". Jonah. 4: When he came to present the Israelites with the tablets of the law, they were dancing around a golden calf. Moses. 5: Because of the many psalms he wrote, this king was called "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel". David.

Round 3. Category: Sounds Serious

1: Alcohol and spicy foods can cause pyrosis, better known as this painful sensation. heartburn. 2: Cutis anserina is nothing to worry about; it's just this "fowl" reaction to cold or fear. goose bumps. 3: If you have pollinosis, you have this seasonal allergy and not necessarily to the crop in its name. hay fever. 4: Diplopia is what doctors call this, also the title of a Foreigner hit. double vision. 5: Runners know medial tibial stress syndrome better by this 2-word name; ice may help. shin splints.

Round 4. Category: Legendary Creatures

1: It's a multiheaded sea serpent in Psalms and the title of a masterwork of political philosophy by Thomas Hobbes. Leviathan. 2: In heraldry a dragon is often depicted sticking this barbed feature out of its mouth; how rude. its tongue. 3: The hideous basilisk can be killed by showing it this, something a vampire can't see. its reflection in the mirror. 4: In ancient China they came in different colors, and yellow ones were superior. dragons. 5: After going to a lot of trouble building a nest of fragrant boughs and spices, the Phoenix does this to it. burns it.

Round 5. Category: Broadway Musicals By Setting

1: In and around the royal palace in Bangkok in the 1860s. The King and I. 2: The land of Oz, before and after Dorothy dropped in. Wicked. 3: A junkyard on the night of the Jellicle Ball. Cats. 4: The small village of Anatevka in Russia. Fiddler on the Roof. 5: Mushnik's skid row florists. Little Shop of Horrors.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Lakers

1: Locals in this Upstate New York City know it hosted the 1980 winter Olympics. Lake Placid. 2: Folks on the Nevada border know this lake took its name from the Washoe word for "Big Water". Lake Tahoe. 3: Workers are way above average in ports such as Duluth on this Great Lake. Lake Superior. 4: People walk like Egyptians around this lake formed by the creation of the Aswan High Dam. Lake Nasser. 5: U.N. office workers in Switzerland overlook this lake and have a view of the Alps. Lake Geneva.

Round 2. Category: Nyc Authors

1: Walt Whitman, Henry Miller, and Betty Smith's "tree" all grew up in this borough. Brooklyn. 2: Tho he "looked homeward" to North Carolina, he lived in NYC because "You Can't Go Home Again". Thomas Wolfe. 3: James Baldwin called this "the only human part of New York", but left it anyway. Harlem. 4: Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas and Arthur Miller all lived in this famed hotel named for a London district. The Chelsea. 5: The Algonquin Hotel apparently threw this "Borstal Boy" out when he chased the maids thru the halls. Brendan Behan.

Round 3. Category: 20Th Century Books

1: "What is fire? It's a mystery", says this novel; "Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences". Fahrenheit 451. 2: In a Steinbeck tale this title object is thrown back into the water after causing trouble. the pearl. 3: Modern Library's pick as one of this century's top English-language novels is this 1969 Philip Roth book. "Portnoy's Complaint". 4: This novel begins on the porch of Tara. Gone with the Wind. 5: Lucy steps into this part of the title in a 1950 tale and discovers a "second row of coats hanging up behind the first". a wardrobe.

Round 4. Category: Statuesque Authors

1: Much of her 6th century B.C. poetry is lost, but her reputation as a female writing pioneer remains. Sappho. 2: That's not such an ugly duckling beside the statue of this Dane in Central Park. Hans Christian Andersen. 3: Never mind the "Nevermore",he's been in Baltimore since 1921. (Edgar Allan) Poe. 4: As you might expect, this author's statue is relaxing at the bar in the El Floridita in Havana. Hemingway. 5: The statue of this Victorian author, born Mary Ann Evans, is in Warwickshire, where she set many of her novels. George Eliot.

Round 5. Category: Smarties

1: In 1800 William Nicholson managed to break water molecules into atoms of these 2 elements. hydrogen and oxygen. 2: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.. Anders Celsius. 3: We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798. ammonia. 4: In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face. muscle. 5: Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars. Michelin.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Books For The Young

1: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar and bad" but "all their children admired him". Huckleberry Finn. 2: This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the great green room...". Goodnight Moon. 3: He illustrated "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?". Eric Carle. 4: Discovered in 1993 an asteroid was named Besixdouze, an homage to this title character who lives on Asteroid B-612. the Little Prince. 5: Russell Hoban wrote 6 picture book stories about this little badger and her family. Frances.

Round 2. Category: Pipe Dreams. With Pipe in quotes

1: It stretches from the larynx to the bronchi. the windpipe. 2: This head covering is named for its shape. a stovepipe hat. 3: In 2006 and again in 2010 it was all golden for Shaun White in this Olympic event. the halfpipe. 4: The yagua of the Peruvian Amazon are skilled in using these weapons to bring down game. a blowpipe. 5: Also known as a syrinx, this variety of flute is popular in the Pyrenees. a panpipe.

Round 3. Category: Scrambled Kegs

1: Cheers, mate:FORESTS. Fosters. 2: It's been known to shed a little light:A/C OR NO. Corona. 3: Not just for the stoutest:INN GUESS. Guinness. 4: Weekends were made for it:CLIMB HOE. Michelob. 5: Perfect for award season:PROBABLE BIB NUTS. Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Round 4. Category: Genesis Basics

1: In Genesis 40 he takes a job as a dream interpreter. Joseph. 2: It sets sail in Genesis 7. Noah's Ark. 3: He is slain in Genesis 4. Abel. 4: These metropolises are destroyed in Genesis 19. Sodom and Gomorrah. 5: Thestartofthis structureis found inGenesis 11. the Tower of Babel.

Round 5. Category: Country Confusion

1: Togo is in Africa; Tobago is just off the coast of this continent. South America. 2: Slovakia was once part of Czechoslovakia; Slovenia was part of this country until 1991. Yugoslavia. 3: Mauritania is in northwest Africa; this island nation lies 500 miles east of Madagascar. Mauritius. 4: In Africa, there is Guinea and Guinea-this, a neighbor of Guinea. Bissau. 5: The Dominican Republic is part of Hispaniola; Dominica is part of these "Lesser" islands. the Antilles.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1124, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Dr. Alex' Old-Time Feel-Good Medicine Show

1: Muscles inflamed?Joints in pain?Dr. Alex' Youth Elixir clears away the ol' rheumatiz, or osteo- this (and it ain't "porosis"!). arthritis. 2: Make your mucous membranes merry and mirthful! Enjoy Dr. Alex' Cure-All to fight these, be they duodenal or gastric. ulcers. 3: Ate too much MSG or feelin' a megrim, or one of these, comin' on? Beta-blocker, shmeta-blocker! Try Dr. Alex' Head Cream!. migraine. 4: For this inherited trait in men, sure, you can use Propecia--or my amazing new "Trebektophan". baldness. 5: Step right up!I got me an "L" of an ointment for the chronic lower back pain known as this 7-letter malady. lumbago.

Round 2. Category: VAcation Spots. With V in quotes

1: A town 14 miles southwest of Paris developed around this 17th century palace that tourists flock to. Versailles. 2: Covering only 44 hectares, this country is found on the west bank of the Tiber River. Vatican City. 3: Ferdinand III made this city his royal residence in 1248, maybe to be near his barber. Seville. 4: The Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe in this state welcome skiers as well as superfans of "The Sound of Music". Vermont. 5: Brothers of the Sword merged with the Teutonic Knights and conquered this Baltic nation in the 13th century. Latvia.

Round 3. Category: 5 Guys Named Moe

1: Last name of Moe of the Three Stooges. Howard (real name Moses Horvitz). 2: Moe Strauss founded this auto parts chain along with Manny Rosenfield and Jack Jackson. Pep Boys. 3: Major league catcher Moe Berg was also a WWII spy for this agency, precursor of the CIA. OSS (Office of Strategic Services). 4: Term for the type of country music Moe Bandy plays, the clubs where he began, or the "Queen" he sang of in 1981. Honky Tonk. 5: This "Kool" rapper's album "How Ya Like Me Now" began a rivalry with LL Cool J. Kool Moe Dee.

Round 4. Category: Cable Dramas

1: Please refer to this actor as "Boss", his title role on a Chicago-set drama. Kelsey Grammer. 2: Denis Leary has to deal with fires and ghosts as Tommy Gavin on this show. Rescue Me. 3: CIA officer Claire Danes suspects that a U.S. marine sergeant is working for al Qaeda on this Showtime drama. Homeland. 4: Starz entered the arena with an ultra-bloody take on this character once played by Kirk Douglas. Spartacus. 5: The Starz series about this title swordsman has subtitles like "Blood and Sand" and "Gods of the Arena". Spartacus.

Round 5. Category: The Lost World. With World in quotation marks

1: The American League's Boston Pilgrims won the first of these in 1903. World Series. 2: This NYC complex is noted for its huge twin towers of 110 stories each. World Trade Center. 3: Peter Jennings hosts this show on ABC. World News Tonight. 4: Abbreviated the WTO, it promotes and enforces international commerce laws. World Trade Organization. 5: A giant panda is the symbol of this international organization. the World Wildlife Fund.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1123, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Colors Of The Rainbow

1: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music. bluegrass. 2: Sad or gloomy. blue. 3: In the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, Ralph Nader ran as a member of this party. the Green Party. 4: In a sad mood. blue. 5: IBM is known informally as Big this. Blue.

Round 2. Category: She Blinded Me With Science

1: Dorothy Hodgkin's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was for her work on this vitamin, whose deficiency causes pernicious anemia. B12. 2: Alice Ball was 23 and a college instructor in Hawaii in 1915 when she developed the first successful treatment for this, also known as Hansen's disease. leprosy. 3: Pioneering computer programmer Grace Murray Hopper coined this term for a mysterious computer problem. bug. 4: Nobel laureate Gertrude Elion helped develop drugs to treat herpes, gout and this, cancer of the bone marrow. leukemia. 5: In 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer received a Nobel Prize in Physics for her "shell model" of this part of an atom. Nucleus.

Round 3. Category: Guardians

1: U.S. Coast Guard units based in Cleveland, Ohio are known as the "Guardians of" these bodies of water. the Great Lakes. 2: 4-letter term for a person, usually a minor, legally placed in the charge of a guardian. a ward. 3: "Keeping it safe" is the motto of this red-bereted group founded by Curtis Sliwa. the Guardian Angels. 4: The scarlet and gold dress uniforms of these guardians of the Tower of London date back to 1552. the Beefeaters (or Yeoman Warders). 5: In Arthurian legend this wounded monarch is the guardian of the Holy Grail. the Fisher King.

Round 4. Category: Unfinished Operas

1: This composer finished just 3 scenes of "Olav Trygvason"; they're sometimes performed as a cantata. Edvard Grieg. 2: Make an exodus from the theatre after seeing Schoenberg's incomplete opera about this man and his brother Aaron. Moses. 3: Biondello hides inside a mechanical goose in Mozart's unfinished opera "The Goose of" this Egyptian city. Cairo. 4: Let's wax philosophical and wonder why Rousseau left only fragments of his opera about Daphnis and her. Chloe. 5: Smetana's "Viola", with just 365 bars of music, is based on this play. Twelfth Night.

Round 5. Category: Songs

1: Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything". "Can't Smile Without You". 2: 1930s song to which the Marcels added the following over 25 years later:"Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom ba ba bom ba ba bom ba ba dang a dang dang / Ba ba ding a dong ding". "Blue Moon". 3: 2 of the 3 Top 10 Fats Domino songs with "Walk" in the title. "I'm Walkin'", "I Want to Walk You Home", and/or "Walking to New Orleans". 4: "Under the Sea" from this Disney animated feature won the 1989 Oscar for Best Song. The Little Mermaid. 5: He's told to "mind the music and the step, and with the girls be handy". Yankee Doodle Dandy.

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