Episode 893 - hollywoodspeak - east on the map - art for art's sake! - jeopardy! 101 - montreal expose

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 893, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: hollywoodspeak

• 1: The popular films of this genre can be known as "oaters" or "horse operas".
• westerns.
• 2: Also known as a "tenpercenter", a good one of these can open doors in Tinseltown.
• agent.
• 3: Erica Kane could tell you it's the dramatic form known as a "sudser" in Hollywood.
• soap opera.
• 4: In the lingo of Variety, a "diskery" is a company that produces these.
• records.
• 5: This TV network is "The Eye Web".
• CBS.

Round 2. Category: east on the map

• 1: This nation was once a province known as East Pakistan and before that, East Bengal.
• Bangladesh.
• 2: East Cape is the easternmost mainland point on this island, the world's second largest.
• New Guinea.
• 3: Walter Ulbricht had his fingers in this country's strudel for over 20 years.
• East Germany.
• 4: This city with a 2-word name grew around Michigan State University.
• East Lansing.
• 5: As a geopolitical term it was coined in 1902 by U.S. Naval Officer Alfred Mahan to describe an Asian-African area.
• the Middle East.

Round 3. Category: art for art's sake!

• 1: Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister.
• American Gothic.
• 2: In David's 1801 painting "Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard Pass", the general is crossing this mountain range.
• the Alps.
• 3: The crushing foot used in this TV show's opening is from Bronzino's 1545 painting, "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid".
• Monty Python's Flying Circus.
• 4: Titian portrayed Ariadne and this god of wine falling in love at first sight.
• Dionysus (or Bacchus).
• 5: Title of the 15th century work depicting the Virgin Mary and the angel Gabriel thought to be da Vinci's first completed work.
• The Annunciation.

Round 4. Category: jeopardy! 101

• 1: From beautiful downtown Culver City, it's the name of the studios where "Jeopardy!" is taped.
• Sony Pictures Studios.
• 2: He was the host of the first version of "Jeopardy!" in the '60s.
• Art Fleming.
• 3: Of $183,000, $283,000 or $383,000, it's closest to the highest amount you can win in one regular game.
• $283,000.
• 4: Including Final Jeopardy!, it's the total number of possible questions in one game.
• 61.
• 5: Frequent viewers know my hometown of Sudbury is in this Canadian province.
• Ontario.

Round 5. Category: montreal expose

• 1: The Basilique Notre-Dame has one of the largest ones of these in North America; it weighs 12 tons.
• bell.
• 2: A bagpiper at Ogilvy's Department Store plays to announce this hour.
• noon.
• 3: Since 1984 over 37 million people have seen performances by this circus headquartered in Montreal.
• Cirque du Soleil.
• 4: Each summer Montreal hosts a Juste Pour Rire Festival, called "Just for" these in English.
• Laughs.
• 5: A street in Mount Royal Park is named for this great American landscape artist who designed NYC's Central Park.
• (Frederick Law) Olmsted.

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