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Episode 1222 - Water music - Hill of beans - Short story fill-in - "my" baby - Army "ant"s
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1222, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Water Music
- 1: This song by Otis Redding mentions "the Frisco Bay" and "Watchin' the tide roll away".
- "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay".
- 2: Ike and Tina Turner were "rollin' on the river" with this song.
- "Proud Mary".
- 3: In 2016 this British woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge".
- Adele.
- 4: Carly Simon wrote "Let The River Run" for this film starring Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.
- Working Girl.
- 5: Joe Jonas of this 4-letter group described "Cake By The Ocean" as a party anthem.
- DNCE.
Round 2. Category: Hill Of Beans
- 1: In a 1910 toast J.C. Bossidy called this city "The home of the bean and the cod".
- Boston.
- 2: Using the old bean, Old Bean, mean you're using this, Old Chap.
- your brain (your head).
- 3: Of navy, green or pinto, the bean not named for its looks.
- navy.
- 4: It's what Jack traded for those magic beans.
- a cow.
- 5: This word comes from Mandarin Chinese for bean and curdled.
- tofu.
Round 3. Category: Short Story Fill-In
- 1: Twain:"The blank Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
- Celebrated.
- 2: Ambrose Bierce:"An Occurrence at blank Creek Bridge".
- Owl.
- 3: Annie Proulx:"blank Mountain".
- Brokeback.
- 4: Faulkner:"A Rose for blank".
- Emily.
- 5: Flannery O'Connor:"A Good Man Is blank blank blank".
- Hard to Find.
Round 4. Category: My Baby. With My in quotes
- 1: "My doctor said" to take this liquid antacid from Johnson and Johnson.
- Mylanta.
- 2: It's the real first name of "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace.
- Myron.
- 3: It's a trade name for biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate.
- Mylar.
- 4: This white fatty material insulates brain nerves in sheaths and enables enhanced transmission of impulses.
- myelin.
- 5: Agamemnon was from this region that was an important center in ancient Greece.
- Mycenae.
Round 5. Category: Army AntS. With Ant in quotes
- 1: This branch of the U.S. Army is its principal land combat force.
- infantry.
- 2: AAA is this type of artillery used to defend against attack from above.
- anti-aircraft.
- 3: A 3-star general is also known as this type and somewhat surprisingly, outranks a major one.
- lieutenant (lieutenant general).
- 4: The Army of the Potomac turned back the Army of Northern Virginia at this famously bloody 1862 battle.
- Antietam.
- 5: In the U.S. Army, a WO1 is this type of officer, the army's tactical and technical experts.
- a warrant officer.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1342 episodes
Manage episode 423780011 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1222, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Water Music
- 1: This song by Otis Redding mentions "the Frisco Bay" and "Watchin' the tide roll away".
- "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay".
- 2: Ike and Tina Turner were "rollin' on the river" with this song.
- "Proud Mary".
- 3: In 2016 this British woman had a hit with "Water Under The Bridge".
- Adele.
- 4: Carly Simon wrote "Let The River Run" for this film starring Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford.
- Working Girl.
- 5: Joe Jonas of this 4-letter group described "Cake By The Ocean" as a party anthem.
- DNCE.
Round 2. Category: Hill Of Beans
- 1: In a 1910 toast J.C. Bossidy called this city "The home of the bean and the cod".
- Boston.
- 2: Using the old bean, Old Bean, mean you're using this, Old Chap.
- your brain (your head).
- 3: Of navy, green or pinto, the bean not named for its looks.
- navy.
- 4: It's what Jack traded for those magic beans.
- a cow.
- 5: This word comes from Mandarin Chinese for bean and curdled.
- tofu.
Round 3. Category: Short Story Fill-In
- 1: Twain:"The blank Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
- Celebrated.
- 2: Ambrose Bierce:"An Occurrence at blank Creek Bridge".
- Owl.
- 3: Annie Proulx:"blank Mountain".
- Brokeback.
- 4: Faulkner:"A Rose for blank".
- Emily.
- 5: Flannery O'Connor:"A Good Man Is blank blank blank".
- Hard to Find.
Round 4. Category: My Baby. With My in quotes
- 1: "My doctor said" to take this liquid antacid from Johnson and Johnson.
- Mylanta.
- 2: It's the real first name of "60 Minutes" reporter Mike Wallace.
- Myron.
- 3: It's a trade name for biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate.
- Mylar.
- 4: This white fatty material insulates brain nerves in sheaths and enables enhanced transmission of impulses.
- myelin.
- 5: Agamemnon was from this region that was an important center in ancient Greece.
- Mycenae.
Round 5. Category: Army AntS. With Ant in quotes
- 1: This branch of the U.S. Army is its principal land combat force.
- infantry.
- 2: AAA is this type of artillery used to defend against attack from above.
- anti-aircraft.
- 3: A 3-star general is also known as this type and somewhat surprisingly, outranks a major one.
- lieutenant (lieutenant general).
- 4: The Army of the Potomac turned back the Army of Northern Virginia at this famously bloody 1862 battle.
- Antietam.
- 5: In the U.S. Army, a WO1 is this type of officer, the army's tactical and technical experts.
- a warrant officer.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1342 episodes
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