Episode 611 - The Boris Yeltsin File - I Read The Articles, Too - Name The Musical - Countries - Smooching In Shakespeare

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 611, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Boris Yeltsin File

• 1: 1931:Boris Yeltsin is born in Sverdlovsk, an industrial region in these mountains.
• the Ural Mountains.
• 2: 1985:This new General Secretary of the Communist Party brings Yeltsin to Moscow.
• Gorbachev.
• 3: 1986:Yeltsin is inducted into this national executive and policymaking committee.
• the Politburo.
• 4: 1994:Yeltsin orders Russian troops into this rebellious republic.
• Chechnya.
• 5: 1999:Yeltsin names this 15-year KGB veteran his successor.
• Putin.

Round 2. Category: I Read The Articles, Too

• 1: "When they eat your dog, they're not so cute" was the headline on a USA Today article on these from Miami.
• alligators.
• 2: Scottish-born John Muir wrote the 1902 Ency. Britannica article on this valley in the Sierra Nevada of California.
• Yosemite.
• 3: In the 1945 magazine article "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", Arthur C. Clarke suggested these devices be used.
• satellites.
• 4: You can't escape the fact that the 1926 Encyclopedia Britannica article on conjuring was done by him.
• Houdini.
• 5: In an 1850 article, Dickens described his visit to this "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street".
• the Bank of England.

Round 3. Category: Name The Musical

• 1: "Let the Sunshine in".
• Hair.
• 2: King Arthur,Merlin,Morgan Le Fey.
• Camelot.
• 3: Magaldi,Peron's mistress,People of Argentina.
• Evita.
• 4: "The Music of the Night".
• Phantom of the Opera.
• 5: "Luck Be a Lady".
• Guys and Dolls.

Round 4. Category: Countries

• 1: North American mainland country which straddles the Tropic of Cancer.
• Mexico.
• 2: In the famous play, "Charlie's Aunt" was from this country "where the nuts come from".
• Brazil.
• 3: This food crop, Burma's most important, is pictured on its flag.
• rice.
• 4: You can say just Bosnia or Bosnia and this, the southern part of the country.
• Herzegovina.
• 5: Ras Dashen, this African country's highest peak, has been translated as "General Who Fights in Front of the Emperor".
• Ethiopia.

Round 5. Category: Smooching In Shakespeare

• 1: He claims that the sleeping Michael Cassio kissed him hard while dreaming of Desdemona.
• Iago.
• 2: He says, "Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft" while holding Yorick's skull.
• Hamlet.
• 3: "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Henry VI, Part III" both mention the kiss of this Biblical traitor.
• Judas Iscariot.
• 4: In this comedy Petruchio says, "Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday".
• Taming of the Shrew.
• 5: "We have kiss'd away kingdoms and provinces" says Scarus in the play about this title couple.
• Antony and Cleopatra.

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