Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1013, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Toy Story
- 1: In 1999 this Hasbro action figure celebrated his 35th year in the service.
- G.I. Joe.
- 2: "Life in the Dreamhouse" is the subtitle of an online show named for this doll.
- Barbie.
- 3: There are actually world championships for the trading card game and video game featuring these "pocket monsters".
- Pokémon.
- 4: In the late '60s Mattel took on Matchbox with this line of toy cars; today it owns both.
- Hot Wheels.
- 5: Players stack and remove wooden blocks in this game whose name is from Swahili for "to build".
- Jenga.
Round 2. Category: I Played A Real Person
- 1: "Super Pumped" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Travis Kalanick, founder of this rideshare service.
- Uber.
- 2: Jesse Eisenberg played this guy, still at Harvard, in "The Social Network".
- Zuckerberg.
- 3: This actor had his eyes glued shut daily to play Ray Charles in "Ray".
- Jamie Foxx.
- 4: Josh Gad and Seth Rogen have both played this electrical engineer --in "Jobs" and "Steve Jobs", respectively.
- Steve Wozniak.
- 5: Robert De Niro trained with the real Jake LaMotta for his portrayal of him in this 1980 film.
- Raging Bull.
Round 3. Category: Cheesy Name Origins
- 1: It's often made from ewe's milk: from the Modern Greek for "slice".
- feta.
- 2: It's made from goat's milk:French for "goat".
- chevre.
- 3: This yellow cheddar: the Oregon county where it is produced.
- Tillamook.
- 4: A soft, creamy cheese:Italian for "beautiful country".
- Bel Paese.
- 5: This one similar to cheddar:the town in Wisconsin where the Steinwand family created it.
- colby cheese.
Round 4. Category: Hey, 4 Is!
- 1: Anyone who thinks he's going to break up the United States needs to check out this word in the pledge of allegiance.
- indivisible.
- 2: If you say "to boldly go", you've "split" this grammatical term.
- the infinitive.
- 3: Inflammation of the gums.
- gingivitis.
- 4: The organization NORML advocates this 4-"I" process with marijuana.
- decriminalization.
- 5: One who enforces the rules in a strict manner is a stern this 14-letter word.
- disciplinarian.
Round 5. Category: Bean There
- 1: Illinois leads the U.S. in production of these sources of tofu.
- soybeans.
- 2: Chickpeas are also called these beans or just these, their usual name in Spain.
- garbanzo beans.
- 3: Navy beans and molasses are traditional ingredients in this baked "metropolitan" offering.
- Boston baked beans.
- 4: Native to India, mung beans are often used to grow these tender, edible seedlings.
- bean sprouts.
- 5: Minnesota's Otter Tail County is a center for growing this bean named for its shape.
- a kidney bean.
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