Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 609, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Juan
- 1: Days out of prison in 1945, he married Maria Eva Duarte; we now know her as Evita.
- Juan Peron.
- 2: While trying to colonize what's now this state, Juan Ponce de Leon received a mortal wound from the natives.
- Florida.
- 3: Juan Belmonte is considered the founder of the modern version of this sport, ole!.
- Bullfighting.
- 4: 1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team.
- Texas Rangers (now with the Tigers).
- 5: In 1995 he was named ASCAP's Latin Songwriter of the Year and in 1996, sang a duet with Paul Anka.
- Juan Gabriel.
Round 2. Category: "Out Of "
- 1: Sign for a broken soda machine.
- Out of order.
- 2: Al Fresco.
- Out of doors.
- 3: According to the proverb, something "out of sight" is this.
- Out of mind.
- 4: Taboo, or beyond the basketball sidelines.
- Out of bounds.
- 5: 1985's "Best Picture".
- "Out Of Africa".
Round 3. Category: Swimmers
- 1: This other name of the ocean's devil ray comes from the Spanish for "blanket" or "cloak".
- manta ray.
- 2: Ichthyosaurs swam by undulating; plesiosaurs, mainly by moving these.
- fins.
- 3: These fish that sound like players of a pub game are named for the way they zip around the stream bottom.
- darters.
- 4: Qualified Navy submariners wear these creatures on their uniforms; sonar operators sometimes hear them in the deep.
- dolphins.
- 5: The crabeater type of this aquatic mammal doesn't eat crabs but mainly krill.
- a seal.
Round 4. Category: Been There
- 1: ZIP codes beginning 007 won't get mail to James Bond but to this Caribbean commonwealth.
- Puerto Rico.
- 2: This South Dakota city settled in 1876 got its name from the fast-running creek it's on.
- Rapid City.
- 3: St. Louis, Missouri is on the Mississippi; Saint-Louis, Senegal is a port on this ocean.
- Atlantic.
- 4: You can survey Rio from Pao de Acucar, "Sugarloaf", and Quito from Panecillo, meaning this kind of roll.
- Bread roll.
- 5: In the 1700s Vientiane, now capital of this Asian country, was capital of its own kingdom.
- Laos.
Round 5. Category: Smart Choices
- 1: After hitting .202 in the minors in '94, he went back to his day job of all-universe NBA star.
- (Michael) Jordan.
- 2: When God told him to get a-buildin' in Genesis 6:14, he was smart enough to say yes.
- Noah.
- 3: In 1989 the people at Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts were smart cookies to acquire RJR this.
- Nabisco.
- 4: He married Catherine Zeta-Jones.
- Michael Douglas.
- 5: In a prudent move, he ran for the vice presidency and his Senate seat in 2000.
- Joe Lieberman.
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