Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1084, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Don'T Be Afraid Of The Dark
- 1: Umbra is the Latin word for this dark area that can follow you around.
- shadow.
- 2: Crepuscule is another word for this 8-letter moment just before darkness falls.
- twilight.
- 3: In the first line of Poe's "The Raven", this dark adjective describes midnight.
- dreary.
- 4: Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world".
- candle.
- 5: Preserved in Jerusalem, "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" is one of the 7 original these.
- Dead Sea Scrolls.
Round 2. Category: Lights! Camera! Action Movie!
- 1: This actor was "Missing in Action" and feeling "Silent Rage" before he became TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger".
- Chuck Norris.
- 2: As Annie, the reluctant bus driver, Sandra Bullock ground through the gears in this 1994 action hit.
- Speed.
- 3: Like Scotland in 1995, the American colonies are defended by Mel Gibson in this jingoistic 2000 epic.
- The Patriot.
- 4: Randy Quaid and Will Smith help save the Earth in this 1996 action thriller.
- Independence Day.
- 5: Arnold Schwarzenegger has come back several times as one of these deadly title movie robots.
- The Terminator.
Round 3. Category: Frequently Asked Questions
- 1: This question that traditionally follows "Halt!" might also be asked about an unlikely destination.
- Who goes there?.
- 2: Abbreviated WWJD, this question was popularized by the book "In His Steps".
- What would Jesus do?.
- 3: "Medical" catchphrase used when a performer takes ill on stage.
- Is there a doctor in the house?.
- 4: In 2001 Jared Martin of TV's "Dallas" was featured under this heading in People magazine.
- Where are they now?.
- 5: You can put a male friend's courage in doubt with this rodent-related query.
- Are you a man or a mouse?.
Round 4. Category: Don'T Songs. With Don'T in quotes
- 1: Bobby Brown's first solo hit, it's also the title of an Elvis hit.
- "Don't Be Cruel".
- 2: Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand recorded this song individually before performing it as a duet.
- "You Don't Bring Me Flowers".
- 3: In the Broadway musical, Evita asks for the support of her country in this song.
- "Don't Cry For Me Argentina".
- 4: This Andrews Sisters request precedes "with anyone else but me".
- "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree".
- 5: This Cole Porter song in the style of a cowboy ballad was based on a poem.
- "Don't Fence Me In".
Round 5. Category: Sub Category. With Sub in quotation marks
- 1: A smaller residential community, like Scarsdale, New York or Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Suburb.
- 2: The one associated with "Oliver Twist" is "The Parish Boy's Progress".
- Subtitle.
- 3: The voices of John, Paul, George and Ringo were dubbed by actors for most of this film.
- Yellow Submarine.
- 4: Examples of these are protons and neutrons.
- Subatomic particles.
- 5: Bob Dylan was no longer "underground" with this song, his first Top 40 hit.
- "Subterranean Homesick Blues".
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