Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1163, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Yesterday'S Hotties
- 1: This lovely's look was all the rage on college campuses in the 1940s.
- Veronica Lake.
- 2: This actress who played opposite Victor Mature in "Samson and Delilah" invented the technology used in cell phones.
- Hedy Lamarr.
- 3: Some child mannequins of the 1920s were designed to look like this sweetheart of an actress.
- Mary Pickford.
- 4: This groundbreaking actress was played by Halle Berry in an acclaimed TV biopic.
- Dorothy Dandridge.
- 5: The alluring star of a number of classic films, this Kansas native was equally famous for her haircut.
- Louise Brooks.
Round 2. Category: Take A Nee. With Nee in quotation marks
- 1: Someone in the running for an Emmy or a Tony.
- a nominee.
- 2: A scornful, lip-curling facial expression.
- a sneer.
- 3: A Native American people who lived on the Platte River, or Leslie Knope's fictional Indiana town.
- Pawnee.
- 4: Captain Bligh suffered the wrath of a group of them.
- mutineers.
- 5: Stanley makes these long-jawed pliers.
- needle-nose.
Round 3. Category: Pound Key. With Pound in quotes
- 1: This word can come before microscope or fracture; the first is definitely better.
- compound.
- 2: Traditionally, one of these requires 16 ounces each of butter, sugar and flour.
- a pound cake.
- 3: Where you go to retrieve your car after it gets towed for being parked in front of a fire hydrant.
- the impound lot.
- 4: 2-word official name for the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom.
- pound sterling.
- 5: A harsh debt payment insisted upon, it was Antonio's obligation to Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice".
- a pound of flesh.
Round 4. Category: Names For Your Dog
- 1: Give your male Rottweiler a strong name like Apollo or that of this supreme Greek god.
- Zeus.
- 2: If you have a small brown dog, try this 4-letter name, the seed of a legume.
- Bean.
- 3: If it's black and white, how about Tuxedo or this, the name of Nabisco's classic sandwich cookie.
- Oreo.
- 4: Thanks to "Twilight", this has been the most popular name for female dogs for the last few years.
- Bella.
- 5: Hey, pal! You can't go wrong with this name that Bill Clinton gave his chocolate lab in 1997.
- Buddy.
Round 5. Category: Script Tease
- 1: 1969:"I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man".
- True Grit.
- 2: 1946:"Every time you hear a bell ring, it means some angel's just got his wings".
- It's A Wonderful Life.
- 3: 1939:"You should be kissed -- and often -- and by someone who knows how".
- Gone with the Wind.
- 4: 1962:"Bond. James Bond".
- Dr. No.
- 5: 1964:"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!".
- Dr. Strangelove.
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