Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1105, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: They Don'T Live On Sesame Street
- 1: South African-born Ernie Els is a longtime standout performer in this pro sport.
- golf.
- 2: Bert wasn't a doctor, but Dr. Paul Bert made important studies of divers with decompression sickness, also known as this.
- the bends.
- 3: Accompanying him on his post-White House trek to the Amazon, Kermit was the second son of this U.S. president.
- Theodore Roosevelt.
- 4: Big birds of the world include the 6-foot, 30-pound Dalmatian variety of this avian with a large bill and an elastic throat pouch.
- a pelican.
- 5: The grandfather of this Broadway lyricist was a major impresario of Vaudeville and opera.
- Oscar Hammerstein.
Round 2. Category: Yes, I'Ve Eton
- 1: He hopefully had a ball at Eton before going on to write "Thunderball".
- Fleming.
- 2: We know he revisited his "Brave New World" in 1958, but we don't know if he attended any Eton reunions.
- (Aldous) Huxley.
- 3: Marshall Field III, who had fun times at Eton, merged his Sun and Times papers in this city in 1948.
- Chicago.
- 4: James Oglethorpe went to Eton, did other stuff, then founded this colony in America.
- Georgia.
- 5: As a student at Eton, he did not have his own laptop computer, despite being second in line to the British throne.
- Prince William.
Round 3. Category: Consumer Products
- 1: Released in 1956 as a "house and garden bug killer", it uses the ad line "Kills Bugs Dead".
- Raid.
- 2: In 1989 this shoemaker introduced The Pump, a hot-selling inflatable sports shoe.
- Reebok.
- 3: During WWII this 100% whole wheat breakfast cereal contained "12 Large Biscuits" in every box.
- Shredded Wheat.
- 4: Originally just an apple, this firm's trademark became one of the first used for textiles in 1871.
- Fruit of the Loom.
- 5: This all-purpose "Formula" for cleaning is named after the number of tries it took to get it right.
- Formula 409.
Round 4. Category: Composers All Around
- 1: Music Tim Carleton wrote at age 16 was used by phone maker Cisco and has been heard by millions as this--your call is important to us.
- hold music.
- 2: A 1974 march for tuba by Luciano Michelini became the circusy-sounding theme to this HBO comedy.
- Curb Your Enthusiasm.
- 3: Known as "The Bong", the 5-note theme for this chip maker "Inside" a lot of computers was composed in 1994 by Walter Werzowa.
- Intel.
- 4: BJ Leiderman wrote themes for NPR programs like "Morning Edition" and this Saturday and Sunday counterpart.
- Weekend Edition.
- 5: Adam Schlesinger of this "Stacy's Mom" band also composed 157 songs for TV's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend".
- Fountains of Wayne.
Round 5. Category: How Inspirational
- 1: When your prom date leaves the dance without you, recall the proverb, this "heals all wounds".
- time.
- 2: This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope".
- Francis.
- 3: Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business".
- forgive.
- 4: In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin.
- peace.
- 5: This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good".
- Voltaire.
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