Episode 770 - Location, Location, Location - Have Fun - Hoop-La - This Land Is Your Land - Adventure Movies. With Adventure in quotation marks

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 770, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Location, Location, Location

• 1: Suisse is the French name for this mountainous country.
• Switzerland.
• 2: Washington Irving gave New York City this nickname in 1807.
• Gotham.
• 3: There are only 31 states and 1 federal district in this North American country.
• Mexico.
• 4: The Tasman Sea separates Australia and this nation.
• New Zealand.
• 5: Robin Hood's nemesis was the sheriff of this district.
• Nottingham.

Round 2. Category: Have Fun

• 1: It's what you're doing when you're "cutting a rug".
• dancing.
• 2: Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this.
• merry.
• 3: You've let loose when this animal precedes "around" or "play".
• horse.
• 4: Spelled one way, it's to have casino fun; spelled another, it's delightful skipping.
• gamble/gambol.
• 5: Fancy, as in what's tickled when you are amused, is a shortened form of this word.
• fantasy.

Round 3. Category: Hoop-La

• 1: In 1981 Houston's Calvin Murphy sank 95.8 % of these shots, an all-time NBA record.
• free throws.
• 2: (Hi, I'm Julius Erving) During its final season in 1975-76 I led this league in scoring and won its slam dunk competition.
• the ABA.
• 3: In 1990 this Nevada school's team became the first in history to score over 100 points in the NCAA championship game.
• UNLV.
• 4: ( Hi, I'm Malik Rose of the NBA.) I attended the same Philadelphia high school as this late, great 7 foot 1 center.
• Wilt Chamberlain.
• 5: In 1979 the NBA's New Orleans Jazz moved to this state less well known for its jazz.
• Utah.

Round 4. Category: This Land Is Your Land

• 1: The Golden Gate Bridge is found in this state.
• California.
• 2: You'll find this "Great" 1,700-square-mile body of water in northwest Utah.
• the Great Salt Lake.
• 3: Of the 4 presidents pictured here [rest of clue unavailable].
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• 4: Of Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Detroit, the city that's farthest east.
• Pittsburgh.
• 5: This U.S. island of the north Pacific with a 4-letter name is only about 30 miles long and 8 miles wide.
• Guam.

Round 5. Category: Adventure Movies. With Adventure in quotation marks

• 1: Elementary, my dear Watson! It's a 1939 movie starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• 2: In the 1960 version, Jim the runaway slave was played by boxer Archie Moore.
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
• 3: Yup, in this film Gary Cooper played the explorer whose name gets shouted out in pools worldwide.
• The Adventures of Marco Polo.
• 4: 1948 film about a legendary lover played by legendary lover Errol Flynn.
• The Adventures of Don Juan.
• 5: The title character of this 1984 movie was a rock star, brain surgeon, and nuclear physicist.
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.

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