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Episode 656 - African Americans - 4-Letter Words - Authors' Native Lands - Let's Eat Italian! - Sports 2004
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 656, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: African Americans
- 1: Crispus Attucks, called the first American to die for independence, was killed in this 1770 incident.
- the Boston Massacre.
- 2: This Harlem-born singer-dancer-actor was a member of the 1960s "Rat Pack" with Frank and Dino.
- Sammy Davis, Jr..
- 3: An award for African-American authors and illustrators is named for this wife of Martin Luther King Jr..
- Coretta Scott King.
- 4: "I cannot offer you money, position or fame", he said when he offered George Washington Carver a job at Tuskegee.
- Booker T. Washington.
- 5: 8 years before she won Olympic gold, this gymnast was a 2004 Virginia State champion.
- Gabby Douglas.
Round 2. Category: 4-Letter Words
- 1: Bacall's last word on how to whistle.
- blow.
- 2: From Greek for "single", a single man who lives in a monastery.
- monk.
- 3: This word commonly follows cuff or missing.
- link.
- 4: A boy who bears a bride's train, or a bellboy calling out a name.
- page.
- 5: A collection of tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne were "Twice" this.
- Told.
Round 3. Category: Authors' Native Lands
- 1: Godot waiter Samuel Beckett.
- Ireland.
- 2: "The Remains of the Day" novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
- Japan.
- 3: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicler of a death foretold.
- Colombia.
- 4: Celebrator of imperialism Rudyard Kipling.
- India.
- 5: Deptford trilogist Robertson Davies.
- Canada.
Round 4. Category: Let's Eat Italian!
- 1: Served before the pasta, it's an appetizer plate of meats, cheese, fish and vegetables.
- antipasto.
- 2: Long, very thin pasta called capellini is also known by this "divine" name.
- angel hair pasta.
- 3: This blue-veined cheese is named for a suburb of Milan, not a snake-haired monster.
- Gorgonzola.
- 4: From the Italian for "knot of wood", these potato dumplings may have cheese or spinach in them.
- gnocchi.
- 5: It's a layered ice cream dessert usually containing chopped fruits and nuts.
- spumoni.
Round 5. Category: Sports 2004
- 1: These big cats gave the Patriots all they could handle in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
- the (Carolina) Panthers.
- 2: All "Hale" this 58-year-old who won his fourth Senior PGA championship by a str--a shot.
- Hale Irwin.
- 3: He was the winning pitcher in the clinching game of all 3 series in the Red Sox' magical run.
- Derek Lowe.
- 4: Women from this country won tennis' Wimbledon and French and U.S. Opens.
- Russia.
- 5: This team's Chauncey Billups was MVP of the NBA Finals.
- the Detroit Pistons.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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Manage episode 348277951 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 656, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: African Americans
- 1: Crispus Attucks, called the first American to die for independence, was killed in this 1770 incident.
- the Boston Massacre.
- 2: This Harlem-born singer-dancer-actor was a member of the 1960s "Rat Pack" with Frank and Dino.
- Sammy Davis, Jr..
- 3: An award for African-American authors and illustrators is named for this wife of Martin Luther King Jr..
- Coretta Scott King.
- 4: "I cannot offer you money, position or fame", he said when he offered George Washington Carver a job at Tuskegee.
- Booker T. Washington.
- 5: 8 years before she won Olympic gold, this gymnast was a 2004 Virginia State champion.
- Gabby Douglas.
Round 2. Category: 4-Letter Words
- 1: Bacall's last word on how to whistle.
- blow.
- 2: From Greek for "single", a single man who lives in a monastery.
- monk.
- 3: This word commonly follows cuff or missing.
- link.
- 4: A boy who bears a bride's train, or a bellboy calling out a name.
- page.
- 5: A collection of tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne were "Twice" this.
- Told.
Round 3. Category: Authors' Native Lands
- 1: Godot waiter Samuel Beckett.
- Ireland.
- 2: "The Remains of the Day" novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.
- Japan.
- 3: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicler of a death foretold.
- Colombia.
- 4: Celebrator of imperialism Rudyard Kipling.
- India.
- 5: Deptford trilogist Robertson Davies.
- Canada.
Round 4. Category: Let's Eat Italian!
- 1: Served before the pasta, it's an appetizer plate of meats, cheese, fish and vegetables.
- antipasto.
- 2: Long, very thin pasta called capellini is also known by this "divine" name.
- angel hair pasta.
- 3: This blue-veined cheese is named for a suburb of Milan, not a snake-haired monster.
- Gorgonzola.
- 4: From the Italian for "knot of wood", these potato dumplings may have cheese or spinach in them.
- gnocchi.
- 5: It's a layered ice cream dessert usually containing chopped fruits and nuts.
- spumoni.
Round 5. Category: Sports 2004
- 1: These big cats gave the Patriots all they could handle in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
- the (Carolina) Panthers.
- 2: All "Hale" this 58-year-old who won his fourth Senior PGA championship by a str--a shot.
- Hale Irwin.
- 3: He was the winning pitcher in the clinching game of all 3 series in the Red Sox' magical run.
- Derek Lowe.
- 4: Women from this country won tennis' Wimbledon and French and U.S. Opens.
- Russia.
- 5: This team's Chauncey Billups was MVP of the NBA Finals.
- the Detroit Pistons.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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