Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Odd American History
- 1: In 1833 this 35-inch-tall millionaire wed the 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren (P.T. had his hand in it...).
- Tom Thumb.
- 2: Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals.
- pigs.
- 3: In 1801 this American boat designer tried to sell his submarine to Napoleon.
- Fulton.
- 4: Dexter Pratt, a neighbor of Longfellow, had this job (and presumably, sinewy hands).
- blacksmith.
- 5: Declaring bankruptcy to get out of jail in 1819, he now had time to smell the roses and draw the birds.
- Audubon.
Round 2. Category: Comic Actors
- 1: He was a star in British Vaudeville before creating the "Little Tramp" onscreen.
- Charlie Chaplin.
- 2: His title roles have included "Ace Ventura" and half of "Dumb and Dumber".
- Jim Carrey.
- 3: Martin Short, John Candy and Dan Aykroyd were all born in this country.
- Canada.
- 4: 20 years after playing Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", she's become a respected film director.
- Diane Keaton.
- 5: Seen in "Evita", this sex symbol from Malaga gained fame in the offbeat comic films of Pedro Almodovar.
- Antonio Banderas.
Round 3. Category: Brushed Up Your Shakespeare
- 1: In a "seasonal" play, young Mamillius tells us, "A sad tale's best for" this season.
- A Winter's Tale.
- 2: This villain says, "Now, sir, be judge yourself whether I in any just term am affined to love the Moor".
- Iago.
- 3: In "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this comic character courts both Mistress Ford and Mistress Page.
- Falstaff.
- 4: These scaredy-cats "die many times before their deaths", says Julius Caesar.
- a coward.
- 5: In "Much Ado About Nothing", she and Benedick carry on a "merry war".
- Beatrice.
Round 4. Category: It'S Me, Margaret
- 1: She entered the House of Commons in 1959; a higher post awaited.
- (Margaret) Thatcher.
- 2: On "mash" Loretta Swit played head nurse Margaret Houlihan, better known by this nickname.
- Hot Lips.
- 3: Works by this anthropologist include "Growing up in New Guinea".
- Margaret Mead.
- 4: Season 2 of this Netflix show featured the lavish wedding of Princess Margaret, played by Vanessa Kirby.
- The Crown.
- 5: In 1939 this actress starred with Judy Garland in "Babes in Arms" in black-and-white and "The Wizard of Oz" in green.
- (Margaret) Hamilton.
Round 5. Category: Stupid Geographic Answers
- 1: It was once called the Union of South Africa.
- South Africa.
- 2: This seaport is the capital of Djibouti.
- Djibouti.
- 3: This sea lies to the north of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
- the North Sea.
- 4: The Arabian Sea lies between India on the east and this peninsula on the west.
- the Arabian peninsula.
- 5: Kansas City is at the confluence of the Missouri River and this river.
- the Kansas River.
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