Episode 655 - Presidential Demises - Henry - The "Lightning" Round - The Beatles - Actresses' Middle Names

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 655, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Presidential Demises

• 1: He preferred to be buried at West Point, but thought his wife couldn't be buried there, so NYC became his final resting place.
• Ulysses S. Grant.
• 2: At 46 years, 177 days, he died at the youngest age of any president.
• John F. Kennedy.
• 3: At his death on October 20, 1964, he had survived his presidency longer than any other president: 31 years, 231 days.
• Herbert Hoover.
• 4: In March 1930, a month after he retired from the Supreme Court, his funeral was one of the first heard on radio.
• William Howard Taft.
• 5: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated during Act 3, Scene 2 of this stage comedy starring Laura Keene.
• "Our American Cousin".

Round 2. Category: Henry

• 1: Nominated for 18 Oscars, one of his first jobs was composing music for an Abbott and Costello movie.
• Mancini.
• 2: In 1957 he produced and starred in the landmark drama "12 Angry Men".
• Henry Fonda.
• 3: Flowery poems by Henry Gibson were often featured on this wacky 1960s sketch-comedy show.
• Laugh-In.
• 4: King Henry VIII had Anne Boleyn's head chopped off so he could take up with this lady-in-waiting, his next wife.
• Jane Seymour.
• 5: Henry Pu Yi's last years as the ruler of China were the basis of this 1987 film.
• The Last Emperor.

Round 3. Category: The "Lightning" Round

• 1: It's another name for moonshine, cousin.
• White lightning.
• 2: A substance called Luciferin helps these creatures light up for their mates.
• Lightning bugs.
• 3: Blitzkrieg!.
• "Lightning war".
• 4: It's the full name of the only NHL team that fits the category.
• Tampa Bay Lightning.
• 5: Richard Pryor played race car driver Wendell Scott in this "fast" 1977 biopic.
• "Greased Lightning".

Round 4. Category: The Beatles

• 1: Tommy Smothers, Timothy Leary and others joined this Beatle and his new wife in the following 1969 hit:Ev'rybody's talking aboutBagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, TagismThis-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ismAll we are saying is give peace a chance.
• John Lennon.
• 2: This 1964 film is a fictional account of 2 days in the life of The Beatles.
• A Hard Day's Night.
• 3: It's "waiting...", "hoping...", "coming...", and "dying to take you away".
• "The Magical Mystery Tour".
• 4: Since "Sgt. Pepper" was released in 1967, this was the year Pepper taught the band to play.
• 1947.
• 5: The girl of his dreams "called herself Lil, but everyone knew her as Nancy".
• Rocky Raccoon.

Round 5. Category: Actresses' Middle Names

• 1: Mary Moore.
• Tyler.
• 2: Mary Place.
• Kay.
• 3: Mary Mobley.
• Ann.
• 4: Mary Hurt.
• Beth.
• 5: Mary Mastrantonio.
• Elizabeth.

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