Episode 1256 - My tv dads - That book was a horror! - The brightest stars - Nom nom nominations - Uniquely american literature

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1256, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: My Tv Dads

• 1: James Gandolfini led 2 types of families, each with their own unique sets of problems, on this HBO drama.
• The Sopranos.
• 2: In "Two and a Half Men", he was just Duckie playing Alan Harper, dad to the half-man.
• (Jon) Cryer.
• 3: On this show, Will moved in with his Auntie Viv and Uncle Phil, parents to Hilary, Ashley, Nicky and dance master Carlton.
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
• 4: Taiwanese immigrant Louis Huang makes a go of it in 1990s Orlando with his wife and 3 sons on this ABC sitcom.
• Fresh Off the Boat.
• 5: His 2017 Emmy award as dad and son on "This Is Us" was his second in two years--for your information, the "K" is for Kelby.
• (Sterling K.) Brown.

Round 2. Category: That Book Was A Horror!

• 1: Anne Rice, 1976: "Interview with" him.
• the Vampire.
• 2: Ira Levin, 1967: her "Baby".
• Rosemary.
• 3: Stephen King, 2009: "Under" this.
• the Dome.
• 4: Shirley Jackson, 1959: "The Haunting of" this "House".
• Hill.
• 5: John Wyndham, 1951: "The Day of" these invading plants.
• the Triffids.

Round 3. Category: The Brightest Stars

• 1: Regulus, from the Latin Rex, for "king", is in this king of beasts.
• Leo.
• 2: It's brighter than its twin, Castor.
• Pollux.
• 3: This brightest star in our night sky shares its name with a Keanu Reeves grunge band.
• Dogstar.
• 4: This red supergiant in Orion is over 300 light years away from you, but it's much closer to Michael Keaton's heart.
• Betelgeuse.
• 5: Proxima, a component of this constellation's brightest star system, is a super close 4.3 light years away.
• the Centaur (Centaurus).

Round 4. Category: Nom Nom Nominations

• 1: Alaska's Copper River Fish Market got a 2023 Good Food Award nom for its locally sourced Copper River sockeye this.
• salmon.
• 2: From 2001 to 2006, Emmy voters didn't quite get the "essence of" this chef, but in 2017... bam! he got a trophy for "Eat the World".
• Emeril Lagasse.
• 3: A 2022 Beard nominee for Outstanding Restaurant, Brennan's in New Orleans is famed for this flambéed fruit and rum dessert.
• bananas Foster.
• 4: "Beat" this chef? as a 1991 and '92 nominee for Beard's rising chef of the year, yes, but in '93? Winner winner barbecue dinner!.
• Bobby Flay.
• 5: She got a BAFTA TV must-see moment nomination for her pronunciation of "microwave" on "Cook, Eat, Repeat".
• Nigella Lawson.

Round 5. Category: Uniquely American Literature

• 1: A brutal 1959 mass murder was the basis of this Truman Capote nonfiction novel.
• In Cold Blood.
• 2: A battle to keep a girl from the clutches of Satan takes place in this William Peter Blatty novel that turned heads in '71.
• The Exorcist.
• 3: In this Tom Robbins novel, Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs and hitchhikes across America.
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues .
• 4: One of the 2 Erskine Caldwell novels of the 1930s that were censored for their portrayals of poor whites.
• Tobacco Road (or God's Little Acre).
• 5: This American's stories like "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" are in a style some have called K-Mart Realism.
• Raymond Carver.

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