Episode 1194 - And the award goes to... - The old testament - 20th c. quotes - Let's go for a "spin" - Tools of the kitchen

Instant Trivia

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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