Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 922, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: baseball managers
- 1: IN '72 Ted Williams became the 1st manager of this team that plays its home games in Arlington, TX..
- the Texas Rangers.
- 2: Since taking over the Yankees in 1996, he's guided the team to 6 World Series appearances, winning 4 times.
- Joe Torre.
- 3: After retiring as the Dodgers' manager, he guided the 2000 U.S. Olympic baseball team to the gold medal.
- Tommy Lasorda.
- 4: This San Francisco Giants manager has the same name as a 49ers running back.
- Roger Craig.
- 5: Hall of Fame manager George Anderson receved this nickname because of his scrappy determination.
- "Sparky".
Round 2. Category: "union"s
- 1: This country's breakup December 25, 1991 made headlines.
- the Soviet Union.
- 2: It's what ads for the International Ladies' Garment Workers want you to "Look for".
- the union label.
- 3: Nickname for the flag of Great Britain.
- the Union Jack.
- 4: It's a co-op banking association in which members pool their savings and lend to each other.
- credit union.
- 5: This company erected the first transcontinental telegraph line.
- Western Union.
Round 3. Category: "i", "ay", "eye"
- 1: Portugal's peninsula.
- Iberian.
- 2: Bart Simpson's foreign catch phrase.
- "Ay Caramba!".
- 3: Mr. Merchant's movie partner.
- James Ivory.
- 4: On the Cuban Missile Crisis, Dean Rusk said "We're" this "and the other fellow just blinked".
- Eyeball to eyeball.
- 5: Title for a scholar in Islamic law and religion; he may be a young up and "Khomeini".
- Ayatollah.
Round 4. Category: beauty queens
- 1: The Miss America Pageant stopped giving this award for friendliness in 1974.
- Miss Congeniality Award.
- 2: He was involved with 1972's Miss Tennessee, Linda Thompson, while he and Priscilla were divorcing.
- Elvis Presley.
- 3: She was Miss Mississippi and Miss America, and now she's Mrs. Gary Collins.
- Mary Ann Mobley.
- 4: A scandal involving her lover lost this ex-Miss America her job with Mayor Koch's office.
- Bess Myerson.
- 5: She won Miss World-USA in '73 --but the headband, bracelets and red, white and blue costume came later.
- Lynda Carter.
Round 5. Category: hits of the '90s
- 1: This 1996 dance hit was actually an English remix by the Bayside Boys using the Spanish chorus by Los Del Rio.
- "The Macarena".
- 2: TLC "don't want no" these; one of these "is a guy that can't get no love from me".
- "Scrubs".
- 3: In Spetember 1995 this artist's "You Are Not Alone" became the first single in history to enter the Hot 100 chart at No. 1.
- Michael Jackson.
- 4: Toni Braxton asked her lover to do this to "my heart, say you'll love me again".
- un-break.
- 5: The refrain of his hit "Lullaby" is "Everything's gonna be all right, rock-a-bye...".
- Shawn Mullins.
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