Episode 1220 - Olde music - Anagrammed food and drink - Overcoming obstacles - Not making it to the end of the movie - We invented stuff

Instant Trivia

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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