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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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