Episode 1222 - Water music - Hill of beans - Short story fill-in - "my" baby - Army "ant"s

Instant Trivia

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.

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