Episode 941 - Female superheroes - Bio picks - New to the oxford english dictionary - Rock 'n' roll history - Playing professor

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 941, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: female superheroes

• 1: Zoe Saldana teams up with Rocket and Groot as Gamora, the green-skinned member of this superhero team.
• the Guardians of the Galaxy.
• 2: This superhero's magical weapons include a lasso of truth and indestructible bracelets able to deflect bullets.
• Wonder Woman.
• 3: A member of the X-Men, Ororo Munroe is this weather-controlling mutant.
• Storm.
• 4: It's the superhero name of Natasha Romanova, a big screen butt-kicker played by Scarlett Johansson.
• Black Widow.
• 5: Being widowed by Yakuza began the journey of this Suicide Squad member whose name means a samurai sword.
• Katana.

Round 2. Category: bio picks

• 1: "Yesterday" and "Linda" are chapters in "Fab: An intimate life" of this man.
• Paul McCartney.
• 2: "Radioactive", subtitled "A Tale Of Love and Fallout", tells the romantic story of this scientific pair.
• the Curies.
• 3: A book subtitled "The Richest Man In The World" profiles Carlos Slim of this country.
• Mexico.
• 4: "Rebel From Main Street" tells the story of this American author and Nobel Prize winner.
• Sinclair Lewis.
• 5: "The Man Who Gave His Name To America" is the subtitle of a 2007 bio of this Italian.
• (Amerigo) Vespucci.

Round 3. Category: new to the oxford english dictionary

• 1: High-quality marbled beef, or an NBA MVP.
• Kobe.
• 2: This casual term for a beer comes from North American college slang, not Polish.
• brewski.
• 3: This, Spanish for "rice with chicken".
• arroz con pollo.
• 4: This painful verb--don't do it to me, bro!.
• tase.
• 5: This hyphenated term describing a political environment in which facts are less important than belief.
• post-truth.

Round 4. Category: rock 'n' roll history

• 1: It premiered on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 A.M. with John Lack saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll".
• MTV.
• 2: In August 1994 about 30,000 gathered in Bethel, New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this festival.
• Woodstock.
• 3: In 1967 this TV group became the only band other than The Beatles to have consecutive No. 1 albums.
• The Monkees.
• 4: In January 1995 he became probably the only singer with a No. 1 record to serve in Congress.
• Sonny Bono.
• 5: Kurt Cobain's suicide note quoted from this man's "My My, Hey Hey": "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
• Neil Young.

Round 5. Category: playing professor

• 1: This Harrison Ford character tells a class, "Forget any ideas you got about lost cities, exotic travel".
• Indiana Jones.
• 2: Russell Johnson was best known for playing the Professor on this series.
• Gilligan's Island.
• 3: On Netflix she's Ji-Yoon Kim, "The Chair" of a struggling English department.
• Sandra Oh.
• 4: On "How to Get Away with Murder", she played a professor at Middleton Law School.
• Viola Davis.
• 5: Judith Light is among those who have portrayed the professor stricken with cancer in this Pulitzer-winning play.
• Wit.

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