Episode 1116 - Taking the driving test - Phi beta kappa - Water sports - Medal of honor winners - Mr. mike

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Taking The Driving Test

• 1: This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test.
• the Department of Motor Vehicles.
• 2: This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test.
• parallel parking.
• 3: To take the test in most states, you'll need this proof of financial responsibility in case anything goes wrong.
• insurance.
• 4: Mirrors aren't enough--look over your shoulder to check these areas before changing lanes.
• blind spots.
• 5: Failing to give this 3-word clearance to pedestrians can be an automatic failure.
• right of way.

Round 2. Category: Phi Beta Kappa

• 1: 1904: deaf, blind and a Radcliffe Phi Beta Kappa.
• Helen Keller.
• 2: 1997: Tennessee it to believe it! a Colts and now Broncos quarterback.
• Peyton Manning.
• 3: 1941: what a Betty, 22 years before "The Feminine Mystique".
• (Betty) Friedan.
• 4: 1916: at Bowdoin, a 1948 researcher on sex (but not drugs and rock and roll).
• Kinsey.
• 5: 1842: at Bowdoin, a novelist from Salem, Massachusetts.
• Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Round 3. Category: Water Sports

• 1: Cypress Gardens show done on water, not on snow.
• water skiing.
• 2: Fishing from a moving boat.
• trolling.
• 3: What an unlucky surfer has just experienced in this song.
• wipeout.
• 4: Competitor in this sport was the model for nude male torso atop L.A.'s Olympic gate.
• water polo.
• 5: Synchronized swimming used to be called "water" this, though it's hard to be "en pointe" in the pool.
• ballet.

Round 4. Category: Medal Of Honor Winners

• 1: Francis Flaherty saved shipmates and lost his own life aboard the Oklahoma during this infamous 1941 attack.
• Pearl Harbor.
• 2: During WWI Eddie Rickenbacker shot down 22 planes and 4 of these used for observation.
• balloons.
• 3: Back in 1932 Donald Truesdale earned his medal during the Marines' campaign against Sandinistas in this country.
• Nicaragua.
• 4: Veteran James Stockdale was the running mate of this wealthy third-party presidential candidate in 1992.
• H. Ross Perot.
• 5: Jacob Parrott, the first winner, was among the men who stole this "high-ranking" Confederate locomotive.
• the General.

Round 5. Category: Mr. Mike

• 1: On November 22, 1986 at age 20, he became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion ever.
• Mike Tyson.
• 2: He's been Lothar, Dieter, Wayne and Austin Powers.
• Mike Myers.
• 3: He became the lead vocalist of the Beach Boys in 1961.
• Mike Love.
• 4: One of the senior journalists on U.S. television, he's been the leading host of "60 Minutes" since 1968.
• Mike Wallace.
• 5: A 3 time league MVP, this former Phillie hit a career total 548 home runs.
• Mike Schmidt.

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