Episode 1136 - State sandwich - I'm latin intolerant - Beatlewomania - Current monarchs - Pick a number from 1-10

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1136, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: State Sandwich

• 1: It's sandwiched between Mississippi and Georgia.
• Alabama.
• 2: It's sandwiched between California and Utah.
• Nevada.
• 3: It's the cheesy filling between Illinois and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
• Wisconsin.
• 4: It's sandwiched between Oregon and Wyoming.
• Idaho.
• 5: It's sandwiched between Minnesota and Missouri.
• Iowa.

Round 2. Category: I'M Latin Intolerant

• 1: I cannot tolerate this Latin phrase abbreviated A.D. when referring to the time since Jesus was born.
• Anno Domini.
• 2: I don't care that it's only 4 letters long; I'm not using this abbrev. phrase meaning "and others" in a crossword clue.
• et al..
• 3: I certainly won't call you this word meaning "retired but still retaining the title of your old position".
• emeritus.
• 4: Not that I care but...it means "for the time being"; you'll find it as part of a Senate job title.
• pro tem.
• 5: It's a fact; there's no way I'm saying this phrase that means "in fact" (as in the man behind the scenes, perhaps).
• de facto.

Round 3. Category: Beatlewomania

• 1: Lady Gaga was among the stars who joined her new "Plastic" band for a 2010 rendition of "Give Peace A Chance".
• Yoko Ono.
• 2: Ringo Starr wed first wife Maureen Cox in London in 1965; she'd been born in this Mersey River city in 1946.
• Liverpool.
• 3: Buddy Clark's 1947 chart-topping song "Linda" was written about the future wife of this Beatle (when she was 5 years old).
• Paul McCartney.
• 4: "Half of what I say is meaningless", John Lennon sang on "Julia", which bears the name of this woman in his life.
• his mother.
• 5: Before she was married to Eric Clapton, George Harrison wrote the song "Something" about her.
• Pattie Boyd.

Round 4. Category: Current Monarchs

• 1: He spoke Catalan at the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics.
• King Juan Carlos (of Spain).
• 2: He is the reigning prince of Monaco.
• Prince Rainier.
• 3: Princess Stephanie of Monaco is his youngest child.
• Prince Rainier.
• 4: Bhumibol Adulyadej, not Yul Brynner, current rules this country.
• Thailand.
• 5: OPEC nation ruled by King Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz.
• Saudi Arabia.

Round 5. Category: Pick A Number From 1-10

• 1: The prefix kilo signifies 10 to the power of this.
• 3.
• 2: Number of singers in the group that hit No. 1 in 1970 with "ABC".
• (Jackson) 5.
• 3: You should know this number is an anagram and a homophone of the German word for "no".
• nine.
• 4: Legend says only Adrastus survived out of a group of this many heroes who took on Thebes.
• 7.
• 5: In 1816 Ferdinand I ruled over the kingdom of this many Sicilies.
• 2.

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