Episode 485 - Comic Strips - Six Million-Dollar Men - Goin' Monaco A Monaco - Movie Title Translations - Tv Shows On Tv Shows

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 485, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Comic Strips

• 1: Jim Davis named this cat after his grandfather, not the 20th president.
• Garfield.
• 2: Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean and the little red-haired girl.
• Charlie Brown.
• 3: John Steinbeck wrote the preface of a book about this Al Capp character.
• Li'l Abner.
• 4: Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean and the little red-haired girl.
• Charlie Brown.
• 5: On December 8, 1980 Berkeley Breathed began his magnum opus with the debut of this strip.
• Bloom County.

Round 2. Category: Six Million-Dollar Men

• 1: In 1939 he and Bill Hewlett started a business in his garage with $538.
• (David) Packard.
• 2: John N., of this R.I. university-endowing family, was known as "The World's Richest Baby" when his uncle died in 1900.
• the Brown family.
• 3: He moved into Las Vegas' Desert Inn in 1966 and bought the whole hotel a short time later.
• Howard Hughes.
• 4: Kemmons Wilson had already made a pile with his jukebox franchise when he founded this "festive" family hotel chain.
• Holiday Inn.
• 5: Decorated with marble brought from India, the London home of tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has this punning name.
• the Taj Mittal.

Round 3. Category: Goin' Monaco A Monaco

• 1: A 1918 treaty said if the royal family produced no male heirs, Monaco would come under this country's rule.
• France.
• 2: Of roughly 1, 5 or 10 square miles, it's the country's area.
• 1.
• 3: Rich foreigners like to make Monaco home as it doesn't have this, begun in the U.S. in 1913 via the 16th Amendment.
• an income tax.
• 4: Citizens of Monaco are not admitted to the casino founded in 1856 in this district.
• Monte Carlo.
• 5: Taking bodyguarding to a new level, 2 of this royal's protectors have fathered her 3 kids.
• Princess Stephanie.

Round 4. Category: Movie Title Translations

• 1: In Malaysia Tom Hanks was the "Boy Wearing Man's Body" for this film.
• Big.
• 2: In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love and Amnesia".
• 50 First Dates.
• 3: This Oscar-winning film set in Somalia became "Helicopter on Fire" in Poland.
• Black Hawk Down.
• 4: The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens".
• Hellboy.
• 5: Translating this title, the Czech Republic thought Eddie Murphy was in charge of a "Crazy Kindergarten".
• Daddy Day Care.

Round 5. Category: Tv Shows On Tv Shows

• 1: (Hi. I'm Debbe Dunning.) It's the name of the home improvement show that's featured on "Home Improvement".
• Tool Time.
• 2: Like "Meet the Press", Murphy Brown's fictional news show "F.Y.I." tapes in this city.
• Washington, D.C..
• 3: This "Simpsons" TV clown has worked with Sideshow Bob, Sideshow Mel and Sideshow Luke Perry.
• Krusty the Klown.
• 4: He plays talk show host Larry Sanders on HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show".
• Garry Shandling.
• 5: The TV producer he plays on "The Tom Show" was dumped by Shannon Tweed, not Roseanne.
• Tom Arnold.

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