Episode 1207 - 1990--25 years ago - Middle "g" - Gibson girls and guys - Potent history - The 5th beatle

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1207, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1990--25 Years Ago

• 1: This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces.
• Kuwait.
• 2: After 11 years in the job, this U.K. prime minister resigned.
• (Margaret) Thatcher.
• 3: For the first time Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo performed together as this supergroup.
• the Three Tenors.
• 4: Winnie (Churchill) got a ticker-tape parade on March 15, 1946; this Winnie was in one with her husband on June 20, 1990.
• (Winnie) Mandela.
• 5: This Brit created the first prototype web pages.
• (Tim) Berners-Lee.

Round 2. Category: Middle G. With G in quotes

• 1: Hear the howls and clanking chains from this dark underground chamber used to hold prisoners.
• a dungeon.
• 2: Merv Griffin used to play this word game with his sister and "Wheel of Fortune" is the result.
• hangman.
• 3: Fancy name for a list of movies a particular actor or director has made.
• a filmography.
• 4: The largest tree-dwelling mammal in the world, this ape from Sumatra and Borneo can weigh 220 pounds.
• an orangutan.
• 5: When vaulting, gymnasts use this flexible device.
• the springboard.

Round 3. Category: Gibson Girls And Guys

• 1: Cowboy star Edmund Gibson got this nickname as a boy either because he hunted owls or delivered for the Owl Drug Company.
• Hoot.
• 2: Tyrese Gibson has appeared as Roman Pearce, known for his banter and his driving, in this action film franchise.
• The Fast and the Furious.
• 3: "I need your love like a flame needs a fire", sang this '80s teen queen who also gave us "Only In My Dreams".
• Debbie Gibson.
• 4: He pitched for the Cardinals for 17 seasons and even briefly played with the Harlem Globetrotters.
• Bob Gibson.
• 5: In 1985 his "Neuromancer" won a Nebula and a Hugo.
• William Gibson.

Round 4. Category: Potent History

• 1: Sugar cane molasses was distilled into this liquor, a significant part of the "triangular trade" that promoted slavery.
• rum.
• 2: In 1729 and 1751 Britain passed acts aimed at curbing the consumption of this alcohol that originated in the Netherlands.
• gin.
• 3: Vodka was involved in 1994 as this white-haired Russian leader was found on a D.C. street in his underwear hailing cabs to go get pizza.
• Yeltsin.
• 4: The Whiskey Rebellion culminated in 1794 among farmers of the Monongahela Valley in this state.
• Pennsylvania.
• 5: In 1923 a beer hall called the Burgerbraukeller in this German city was the starting point of a failed putsch.
• Munich.

Round 5. Category: The 5Th Beatle

• 1: This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers.
• (Sir) George Martin.
• 2: After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, this man got a job in a bakery and then became a civil servant.
• Pete Best.
• 3: In "Backbeat" Stephen Dorff played this alliterative bassist who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962.
• (Stuart) Sutcliffe.
• 4: This manager who died in 1967 was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
• Brian Epstein.
• 5: This keyboardist, who died in 2006, sat in with the Beatles often and also wrote Joe Cocker's hit "You Are So Beautiful".
• Billy Preston.

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