Episode 1245 - Dancing with the stars winners - The energy biz - The actor who said it - Broadway revivalism - From "g" to "g"

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1245, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Dancing With The Stars Winners

• 1: In Season 11 she had the time of her life and the right moves to take the prize.
• Jennifer Grey.
• 2: In 2011 this Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver scored the win with his fancy moves.
• Hines Ward.
• 3: A frontrunner from the beginning, this pussycat strutted her stuff to win Season 10.
• Nicole Scherzinger.
• 4: "She's got the look", she's got the co-host gig and she's also got the trophy from Season 7.
• Brooke Burke.
• 5: It's no myth--this champion speed skater took the gold in Season 4.
• Apolo Ohno.

Round 2. Category: The Energy Biz

• 1: In 1972 Standard Oil of New Jersey got a double X rating and became this corporation.
• Exxon.
• 2: The name of this "always prepared" battery company was once 2 words.
• Eveready.
• 3: In 2020 the U.S. added more energy capacity from this type of power than any other, with plans for more offshore.
• wind.
• 4: This Texas company agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle claims from the Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2010.
• Halliburton.
• 5: This company that bought Texaco in 2001 had a bit of a rough year in 2020, if you consider losing $5.5 billion rough.
• Chevron.

Round 3. Category: The Actor Who Said It

• 1: 1976: "You talkin' to me?".
• Robert De Niro.
• 2: 1999: "I see dead people".
• Haley Joel Osment.
• 3: As Norman Bates: "A boy's best friend is his mother".
• Anthony Perkins.
• 4: 2012: "That's my secret, Cap. I'm always angry".
• Mark Ruffalo.
• 5: In a Tarantino film: "You know somethin', Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece".
• Brad Pitt.

Round 4. Category: Broadway Revivalism

• 1: It's always "the Age of Aquarius" in this musical that lets the sun shine in again in 2009.
• Hair.
• 2: The original ran for 2 years, but the revival of this Illinois-set musical had a 12th anniversary party in 2008.
• Chicago.
• 3: This classic Rodgers and Hammerstein show set in WWII Polynesia came back to Broadway in 2008.
• South Pacific.
• 4: In April 2009 Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane began "Waiting for" him (P.S. They're still waiting).
• Godot.
• 5: Hey, genius, it's the genus of your pony--also a play revived on Broadway in 2008.
• Equus.

Round 5. Category: From G To G. With G" To "G in quotation marks

• 1: During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Mao's wife and 3 others were known as this "of Four".
• Gang.
• 2: Despite its name, this marmot can climb trees and swim just like the squirrels to which it's related.
• a groundhog.
• 3: This term for the Soviet forced labor camps takes its name from an acronym for the agency that ran them.
• the Gulag.
• 4: This Swedish shipbuilding port is known for its canals.
• Gothenburg.
• 5: The turbulent ending of a regime or institution, it's German for "twilight of the gods".
• Goetterdaemmerung.

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