Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 297, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Been There...
- 1: This country is in the east of a subcontinent.
- Bangladesh.
- 2: This nation sticks out like a sore thumb.
- Denmark.
- 3: It extends about 3,200 miles from east to west.
- Indonesia.
- 4: You don't hear so much about the East Bank where this country is.
- Jordan.
- 5: Formerly a British protectorate, it's the republic outlined here.
- Zambia.
Round 2. Category: Storytellers
- 1: "Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick".
- Ishmael.
- 2: Some sources say it was Carnegie Hall; others say it was the '67 Newport Festival where he first sang "Alice's Restaurant".
- Arlo Guthrie.
- 3: In addition to her "Fairie Tale Theatre", she now has "Tall Tales and Legends" playing on cable.
- Shelly Duvall.
- 4: He wrote his first 2 novels, "A Time to Kill" and "The Firm", while serving in the Mississippi legislature.
- John Grisham.
- 5: His "True at First Light", about an African safari, was published in 1999, 38 years after his suicide.
- Hemingway.
Round 3. Category: Beatle Wannabes?
- 1: This prosecutor struck up the band for Bill Clinton's impeachment with his report.
- (Kenneth) Starr.
- 2: Known as a great orator, this president sang the praises for the Sherman Antitrust Act he signed into law.
- Benjamin Harrison.
- 3: Bill McCartney's harmony with Jesus led him to quit as football coach of this University's Buffaloes.
- Colorado.
- 4: Imagine Thomas Lennon's success with this Comedy Central show he co-created in which he plays Lt. Dangle.
- Reno 911!.
- 5: Son of Constantine I, Paul I became a solo act after succeeding George II as king of this country.
- Greece.
Round 4. Category: Projectiles
- 1: In this sport you carry your projectiles in a quiver.
- archery.
- 2: At the end of "The Dating Game", Jim Lange invited couples to throw these "projectiles" to the audience.
- kisses.
- 3: Star-shaped projectiles were in the arsenal of these feudal Japanese mercenaries similar to samurai.
- ninjas.
- 4: The projectiles fly at 150 mph and can kill in this fronton-based game.
- jai alai.
- 5: It's the discharge of several projectiles or a return tennis shot made before the ball hits the ground.
- a volley.
Round 5. Category: Good Doggie
- 1: The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty.
- corgis.
- 2: Lord Tweedsmuir bred some yellow these to produce the breed we know as golden these.
- retrievers.
- 3: This breed was originally raised by the Romans to fight lions.
- a Rottweiler.
- 4: The pharaohs bred this ancient dog, also called the gazelle hound.
- salukis.
- 5: The name of this breed comes from a Slavic word meaning "swift".
- a Borzoi.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
