Episode 864 - rock stars - stripes - dateline: 1903 - india - crossword clues "l"

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 864, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: rock stars

• 1: "Two Hearts" links his two careers: acting in the film "Buster", and singing with Genesis.
• Phil Collins.
• 2: In Oct. 1995 her "Jagged Little Pill" became the first album by a Canadian female to reach No. 1 in the U.S..
• Alanis Morissette.
• 3: This Marilyn Monroe "wanna-be" was once a dancer with the Alvin Ailey Troupe.
• Madonna.
• 4: The New York Times called this headman of Talking Heads the "thinking man's rock star".
• David Byrne.
• 5: In the following duet, Michael Jackson blends so well with her, it's hard to tell them apart: "My life ain't worth living / If I can't be with you / I just can't stop loving you / I just can't stop loving you / And if I stop / Then tell me just what will I do...".
• Siedah Garrett.

Round 2. Category: stripes

• 1: Trying to locate this title character in books by illustrator Martin Handford? Look for his 2-toned striped shirt and hat.
• Waldo.
• 2: This form of pool is also known as stripes and solids.
• 8-ball.
• 3: Now in light and lemon varieties, Red Stripe beer was first brewed in this Caribbean nation in 1928.
• Jamaica.
• 4: He composed "The Stars and Stripes Forever", now the official march of the United States.
• Sousa.
• 5: This dark pigment gives a zebra its black stripes.
• melanin.

Round 3. Category: dateline: 1903

• 1: This giant of automaking introduces his namesake automobile company.
• Henry Ford.
• 2: This President creates the Department of Commerce and Labor.
• Theodore Roosevelt.
• 3: With U.S. support, this nation declares its independence from Colombia.
• Panama.
• 4: Leo XIII dies and is replaced with the tenth Pope to bear this Papal name.
• Pius.
• 5: This man becomes head of the Bolsheviks at a summer socialist symposium in London.
• Lenin.

Round 4. Category: india

• 1: This classical Indian musical instrument is most closely associated with Ravi Shankar.
• the sitar.
• 2: This city has a population density of about 79,000 people per square mile, the country's highest.
• Calcutta.
• 3: The largest mosque in India is in this city, the site of a deadly 1984 gas leak.
• Bhopal.
• 4: The British jailed him 9 times between 1921 and 1945; in 1947 he became prime minister.
• (Jawaharlal) Nehru.
• 5: This capital of the state of West Bengal is India's largest city.
• Calcutta.

Round 5. Category: crossword clues "l"

• 1: Any new car that breaks down 60 times a day(5).
• a lemon.
• 2: A maze (9).
• a labyrinth.
• 3: Trees to "rest on" (7).
• laurels.
• 4: A lariat's shorter name(5).
• a lasso.
• 5: Mario, of movie musicals(5).
• Lanza.

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