Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 8, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Parents
- 1: Maiden name of the mother of Martin Luther King III.
- Scott.
- 2: In the Bible, King Solomon takes the throne of this man, his father.
- David.
- 3: After his parents died, this poet was raised by his wealthy foster father, John Allan.
- Edgar Allan Poe.
- 4: A college student studying voice when her father was U.S. president, she went on to be a bestselling author.
- (Margaret) Truman.
- 5: Quite a writer herself, she was the mother of Mary Shelley.
- Mary Wollstonecraft.
Round 2. Category: Barry Manilow
- 1: Barry co-produced her Grammy-nominated album "The Divine Miss M".
- Bette Midler.
- 2: Johnson and Johnson is stuck on Barry for writing the jingle for this product.
- Band-Aids.
- 3: Give "without taking" the name of this, Barry's first No. 1 hit single.
- "Mandy".
- 4: 2 of the 3 characters named in Barry's tragic story song "Copacabana".
- Lola, Rico and Tony.
- 5: Geographic title of Barry's song that says, "When can I touch you....when will I hold you again".
- "Weekend In New England".
Round 3. Category: Tv Pilots
- 1: Type of craft piloted by Roger E. Mosely on “Magnum, P.I.” and James Farrentino on “Blue Thunder”.
- helicopter.
- 2: Before “Coach” he played Air Force colonel Raynor Sarnac on “Call To Glory”.
- Craig T. Nelson.
- 3: This TV superhero flies in an invisible plane, but how does she find it?.
- Wonder Woman.
- 4: Timothy Daly and Steven Weber played brothers and airline pilots on this sitcom.
- Wings.
- 5: Janine Turner played feisty air taxi pilot Maggie on this quirky series.
- Northern Exposure.
Round 4. Category: Celebrity Jeopardy!
- 1: I was the female 2nd banana on "The Garry Moore Show".
- Carol Burnett.
- 2: I once wanted to be a jockey, but ended up "Riding" Harvey Korman.
- Tim Conway.
- 3: I played football at Florida State and used my # 22 in all my movies, like "Semi-Tough".
- Burt Reynolds.
- 4: I'm not really Chef Paul Prudhomme's twin brother, but I was "Barber" to Dean Martin for 8 years.
- Dom DeLuise.
- 5: I played Capt. Parmenter, Sam Jones, and Vinton Harper.
- Ken Berry.
Round 5. Category: Conversions
- 1: A 4th c. statue of him and a cross read, "By this saving sign I have... restored liberty to the Senate and people of Rome".
- Constantine.
- 2: His biographers Tirechan and Muirchu credit him with converting the Irish to Christianity.
- Saint Patrick.
- 3: Around 1890 this licentious Russian underwent change at a monastery at Verkhoture.
- (Grigori) Rasputin.
- 4: In this novel subtitled "A Tale of the Christ", the title man's mom and sis are converted and cured of leprosy.
- Ben-Hur.
- 5: Stephen I, king and st. of this Central European country, converted its people to Christianity in the 11th century.
- Hungary.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
