Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1101, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: An Imp Of A Rhyme
- 1: To spend time making adjustments to one's appearance.
- primp.
- 2: "Snoopy One" was one for Metlife.
- blimp.
- 3: 6-letter word meaning to economize.
- scrimp.
- 4: Crangon crangon is the scientific name for the common European one.
- shrimp.
- 5: To connect 2 wires by squeezing the ends together.
- crimp.
Round 2. Category: One Man'S Meat. With Meat in quotation marks
- 1: This term for anything essential or basic could also refer to steak and home fries.
- Meat and potatoes.
- 2: Bill Murray summer camped it up in this 1979 comedy.
- Meatballs.
- 3: (Hi, I'm Earl Brown.) In 1978 two out of three wasn't bad for this singer who I played on VH1 in 2000.
- Meat Loaf.
- 4: Slang term for a singles bar, or any place with a similar atmosphere.
- Meat market.
- 5: For example: bonbons, chocolate, toffee...anyone hungry yet?.
- Sweet meats.
Round 3. Category: It'S A Special Day
- 1: Made a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, it's also known as Black Independence Day.
- Juneteenth.
- 2: Every March brings a holiday in Iran on the date in 1951 when the country nationalized this industry.
- the oil industry.
- 3: This U.S. territory celebrates Flag Day on April 17, the day in 1900 that Old Glory was raised in Fagatogo on Tutuila Island.
- American Samoa.
- 4: Jerusalem's November 29 Street is named for the day in 1947 the U.N. voted to partition this British-controlled land.
- Palestine.
- 5: If you're in Peru in June, head to Cuzco on the 24th for Inti Raymi, "Sun Festival" in this language.
- Quechuan.
Round 4. Category: Beauty And The Greek
- 1: Her name comes from the Greek for "gift"; Zeus gift-boxed her for the human race as punishment.
- Pandora.
- 2: Cheating Zeus hung his jealous wife Hera by her wrists on this mountain.
- Mount Olympus.
- 3: Plato said this Greek love goddess was actually 2 individuals: Urania and Pandemos.
- Aphrodite.
- 4: "Mourning becomes" this nymph who became one of the Pleiades.
- Elektra.
- 5: Zeus allowed this underworld goddess to spend part of her time in the world above.
- Persephone.
Round 5. Category: Mr. Dwayne Johnson
- 1: Channeling his Pacific island heritage, Dwayne was the voice of Maui in this animated movie.
- Moana.
- 2: In the last 4 films in this speedy franchise, Dwayne has played Luke Hobbs.
- Fast and Furious.
- 3: D.J. flew a rescue chopper and saved lives in this "fault"-y disaster film.
- San Andreas.
- 4: In "Central Intelligence", Dwayne teamed up to catch a spy with this actor of smaller stature.
- Kevin Hart.
- 5: Still billed as "The Rock" in his film debut "The Mummy Returns", Dwayne played this ruler restored to life by ancient magic.
- the Scorpion King.
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