Episode 1164 - Mtv video of the year artists - Classic country music - Egypt - Fold it 5 ways - A world to kiss

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1164, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Mtv Video Of The Year Artists

• 1: 1988:"Need You Tonight/Meditate".
• INXS.
• 2: 2009:"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)".
• Beyoncé.
• 3: 1984:"You Might Think".
• The Cars.
• 4: 2004:"Hey Ya!".
• OutKast.
• 5: 1993:"Jeremy".
• Pearl Jam.

Round 2. Category: Classic Country Music

• 1: In 1963 Johnny Cash sang, "And it" this, this, this, "the ring of fire, the ring of fire".
• burns, burns, burns.
• 2: No "Dumb Blonde" (the name of her first hit in 1967), this buxom beauty was Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1978.
• (Dolly) Parton.
• 3: In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast and died young that same year.
• Hank Williams, Sr..
• 4: In a 1975 crossover hit, Freddy Fender put this word before his "Days" and "Nights".
• Wasted.
• 5: This country music legend didn't weigh "Sixteen Tons", but he was known as "The Ol' Pea Picker".
• Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Round 3. Category: Egypt

• 1: It was closed June 6, 1967 and re-opened June 5, 1975.
• The Suez Canal.
• 2: Construction of this began in 1960 and cost about $1 billion.
• the Aswan Dam.
• 3: 1 of 3 men who each built one of the pyramids of Giza.
• (1 of) Cheops (Khufu) or (Khefren and Mykerinos).
• 4: Though this dam controls the Nile's flood waters, some say it's harmed the environment.
• Aswan High Dam.
• 5: While the pharaohs built ancient wonders, Ferdinand de Lesseps built this "modern" one.
• the Suez Canal.

Round 4. Category: Fold It 5 Ways

• 1: Kids make these from 1 sheet of typing paper; they use a lot less fuel than a Cessna.
• Paper airplane.
• 2: The word origami means "paper folding" in this language.
• Japanese.
• 3: It's black and white and read all over; it's also the perfect size to make a hat.
• Newspaper.
• 4: Complex snout folds are needed to make this animal, whose next Chinese year is 2007.
• Pig/boar.
• 5: A square sheet of paper can become a star to put on a Christmas tree, a triangle becomes this Jewish star.
• Star of David.

Round 5. Category: A World To Kiss

• 1: In this French pilgrimage city, many have kissed the stone in the cave where St. Bernadette had her vision.
• Lourdes.
• 2: In Spanish churches, besamanos and besapiés are the customs of kissing these 2 parts of religious statues.
• the hands and the feet.
• 3: Kissing this at a castle in County Cork will get you the gift of gab, or so they say.
• the Blarney Stone.
• 4: In the 1930s newly single women were known to kiss the Washoe County courthouse pillars in this divorce-friendly Nevada city.
• Reno.
• 5: It's traditional at this venerable state university to streak across the space known as the Lawn and kiss the Homer statue.
• University of Virginia.

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