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Episode 1242 - The lyin' king - A samantha bee - Books and their movies - Mountain / man - A tough food category
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1242, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Lyin' King
- 1: This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades.
- Sisyphus.
- 2: The False Dmitrys were 3 men who tried to rule Russia by pretending to be sons of this brutal czar.
- Ivan the Terrible.
- 3: One story says this king of Ithaca told Clytemnestra her daughter could marry Achilles, but it was a lie.
- Odysseus.
- 4: Leopold II of this country created the Congo Free State, which the world would later realize was anything but free.
- Belgium.
- 5: Troubadour Bertran said of this man who tried to steal the throne from crusading brother Richard, "No man may ever trust him".
- King John.
Round 2. Category: A Samantha Bee
- 1: Elizabeth Montgomery had viewers in a spell as the magical Samantha Stephens on this classic sitcom.
- Bewitched.
- 2: Before going "Full Frontal", Samantha Bee was a correspondent for this Comedy Central series.
- The Daily Show.
- 3: Samantha, the operating system in this 2013 film, shares a name with Samantha Morton, who was its original voice.
- Her.
- 4: After her years as Kelly Bundy, she played the amnesiac title character of "Samantha Who?".
- Christina Applegate.
- 5: She played the lusty Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City".
- Kim Cattrall.
Round 3. Category: Books And Their Movies
- 1: The title of this 2007 film adapted from a novel comes from a Yeats poem that says, "An aged man is but a paltry thing".
- No Country for Old Men.
- 2: The first line of Winston Groom's novel about this guy mentions a box of chocolates; the Tom Hanks film mentioned them too.
- Forrest Gump.
- 3: The title of this Michael Ondaatje novel and film actually refers to a Hungarian count, badly burned after a plane crash.
- The English Patient.
- 4: When Hitler saw this 1940 movie based on a Steinbeck novel, he saw Americans as pushovers; Stalin relished the misery of the proletariat.
- The Grapes of Wrath.
- 5: This Ridley Scott film based on Eric Jager's true story of medieval France saw Matt Damon tilting against Adam Driver.
- The Last Duel.
Round 4. Category: Mountain / Man
- 1: Why ask about this mountain named for a British surveyor in 1865? Because it's there.
- Everest.
- 2: A 16,000-foot Venezuelan mountain is known as Pico this last name, honoring a noted liberator.
- Bolívar.
- 3: In 1792 George Vancouver named this mountain, the tallest in Wash., after a British navy man who never even saw it.
- Rainier.
- 4: In 1792 William Broughton named this mountain, the tallest in Oregon, after a British navy man who never even saw it.
- Mount Hood.
- 5: Around 1890 I.C. Russell named this mountain, the tallest in Canada, for a geologist.
- Logan.
Round 5. Category: A Tough Food Category
- 1: Biltong is a South African version of this tough and salty 5-letter food, thin strips of meat that's been dried.
- jerky.
- 2: Eating this organ meat can be tough but does help ward off anemia; an oil is also made from the cod's.
- liver.
- 3: Large pods of this gumbo ingredient may be tough and fibrous.
- okra.
- 4: It's the Italian name for squid, whose meat is firm and chewy.
- calamari.
- 5: Tough and requiring long cooking, it's the lining of beef stomach.
- tripe.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1311 قسمت
Manage episode 427417072 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1242, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Lyin' King
- 1: This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades.
- Sisyphus.
- 2: The False Dmitrys were 3 men who tried to rule Russia by pretending to be sons of this brutal czar.
- Ivan the Terrible.
- 3: One story says this king of Ithaca told Clytemnestra her daughter could marry Achilles, but it was a lie.
- Odysseus.
- 4: Leopold II of this country created the Congo Free State, which the world would later realize was anything but free.
- Belgium.
- 5: Troubadour Bertran said of this man who tried to steal the throne from crusading brother Richard, "No man may ever trust him".
- King John.
Round 2. Category: A Samantha Bee
- 1: Elizabeth Montgomery had viewers in a spell as the magical Samantha Stephens on this classic sitcom.
- Bewitched.
- 2: Before going "Full Frontal", Samantha Bee was a correspondent for this Comedy Central series.
- The Daily Show.
- 3: Samantha, the operating system in this 2013 film, shares a name with Samantha Morton, who was its original voice.
- Her.
- 4: After her years as Kelly Bundy, she played the amnesiac title character of "Samantha Who?".
- Christina Applegate.
- 5: She played the lusty Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City".
- Kim Cattrall.
Round 3. Category: Books And Their Movies
- 1: The title of this 2007 film adapted from a novel comes from a Yeats poem that says, "An aged man is but a paltry thing".
- No Country for Old Men.
- 2: The first line of Winston Groom's novel about this guy mentions a box of chocolates; the Tom Hanks film mentioned them too.
- Forrest Gump.
- 3: The title of this Michael Ondaatje novel and film actually refers to a Hungarian count, badly burned after a plane crash.
- The English Patient.
- 4: When Hitler saw this 1940 movie based on a Steinbeck novel, he saw Americans as pushovers; Stalin relished the misery of the proletariat.
- The Grapes of Wrath.
- 5: This Ridley Scott film based on Eric Jager's true story of medieval France saw Matt Damon tilting against Adam Driver.
- The Last Duel.
Round 4. Category: Mountain / Man
- 1: Why ask about this mountain named for a British surveyor in 1865? Because it's there.
- Everest.
- 2: A 16,000-foot Venezuelan mountain is known as Pico this last name, honoring a noted liberator.
- Bolívar.
- 3: In 1792 George Vancouver named this mountain, the tallest in Wash., after a British navy man who never even saw it.
- Rainier.
- 4: In 1792 William Broughton named this mountain, the tallest in Oregon, after a British navy man who never even saw it.
- Mount Hood.
- 5: Around 1890 I.C. Russell named this mountain, the tallest in Canada, for a geologist.
- Logan.
Round 5. Category: A Tough Food Category
- 1: Biltong is a South African version of this tough and salty 5-letter food, thin strips of meat that's been dried.
- jerky.
- 2: Eating this organ meat can be tough but does help ward off anemia; an oil is also made from the cod's.
- liver.
- 3: Large pods of this gumbo ingredient may be tough and fibrous.
- okra.
- 4: It's the Italian name for squid, whose meat is firm and chewy.
- calamari.
- 5: Tough and requiring long cooking, it's the lining of beef stomach.
- tripe.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1311 قسمت
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