Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: State Capital Nicknames
- 1: "The Bluegrass Capital".
- Frankfort.
- 2: "The Charter Oak City".
- Hartford.
- 3: "Arkopolis".
- Little Rock.
- 4: "The Gateway to Glacier Bay National Park".
- Juneau (Alaska).
- 5: "The Cradle of the Confederacy" and "The Birthplace of Civil Rights".
- Montgomery, Alabama.
Round 2. Category: Actors In Political Films
- 1: In 1993 he was "In the Line of Fire" as Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan.
- Clint Eastwood.
- 2: This star of "Grumpy Old Men" played a grumpy Supreme Court justice in "First Monday in October".
- Walter Matthau.
- 3: Laurence Harvey and Frank Sinatra starred in this 1962 political thriller based on a novel by Richard Condon.
- The Manchurian Candidate.
- 4: In "All the President's Men", Hal Holbrook played this informer whose true identity is still a mystery.
- "Deep Throat".
- 5: This British actor, JFK's brother-in-law, played a U.S. senator in "Advise and Consent".
- Peter Lawford.
Round 3. Category: One-Word Film Titles
- 1: Ice Cube gave rise to a catchphrase with the dismissive "Bye, Felicia" in this 1995 comedy.
- Friday.
- 2: If Keanu Reeves' bus went under 50 mph in this flick, it'd like, totally explode.
- Speed.
- 3: This 2009 film is the all-time top-grossing movie in the U.S. and the world.
- Avatar.
- 4: Sly Stallone knocks the stuffing out of a slab of beef and Apollo Creed in this movie.
- Rocky.
- 5: (I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I played a Ford Fairlane who was at the racetrack in this Pixar film.
- Cars.
Round 4. Category: -Mancy Pants
- 1: What's that giant talking octopus smoking a cigar mean? Use oneiromancy, the practice of interpreting these.
- dreams.
- 2: A necromancy can mean this 5-letter magical word that is "cast" by wizards.
- a spell.
- 3: Tasseomancy, the reading of these, must be popular in England in the late afternoon.
- tea leaves.
- 4: A state of temporary inactivity like hibernation.
- dormancy.
- 5: Chiromancy is this method of telling someone's fortune.
- palm reading.
Round 5. Category: Letters In Sequence
- 1: 18-19-20:Explode, in air, perhaps.
- burst.
- 2: 7-8-9:A type of hyena.
- laughing.
- 3: 4-5-6:Transfer one's allegiance to another nation.
- defect.
- 4: 8-9-10:Forcibly seize control of a moving vehicle.
- hijacking.
- 5: 19-20-21:Dampness.
- moisture.
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