Episode 1187 - Other bond film characters - Ad council classics - Symphonies - "b"ooks - Every day's a holiday

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Other Bond Film Characters

• 1: Miss Moneypenny is the personal assistant of this character, the head of MI6.
• M.
• 2: First name of American spy Mr. Leiter, who often helped James Bond defeat the bad guys.
• Felix.
• 3: Ben Whishaw is the new computer-savvy version of this character.
• Q.
• 4: Supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld shows up in "Thunderball" as the head of this criminal organization.
• SPECTRE.
• 5: The giant metal-mouthed assassin "Jaws" chews up the scenery in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and this film in space.
• Moonraker.

Round 2. Category: Ad Council Classics

• 1: The Ad Council began in 1942 as the War Advertising Council; its first campaign urged the sale of war these.
• bonds.
• 2: A 1983 campaign introduced the phrase "Friends don't let friends" do this.
• drive drunk.
• 3: In 1979 the Council unleashed McGruff the Crime Dog, who urged Americans to do this 6-word thing.
• take a bite out of crime.
• 4: A 1988 campaign that said "Help stop AIDS. Use" one of these was the first in America to use the word.
• a condom.
• 5: The Council's 1960s recruiting campaign for this JFK program called it "the toughest job you'll ever love".
• the Peace Corps.

Round 3. Category: Symphonies

• 1: This Soviet superstar subtitled his third symphony "May First".
• (Dmitri) Shostakovich.
• 2: In 1889 Cesar Franck shocked some French critics by using this "English" instrument in a symphony.
• the English horn.
• 3: The "Pathetic" Symphony is by this Russian who also gave us the celebratory "1812 Overture".
• Tchaikovsky.
• 4: "Merry Gathering of the Peasants" is one movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" symphony.
• Ludwig van Beethoven.
• 5: In 1983 Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Symphony No. 1 made her the first woman to win this prize for music.
• the Pulitzer Prize.

Round 4. Category: BOoks. With B in quotation marks

• 1: This children's classic is subtitled "A Life in the Woods".
• Bambi.
• 2: The title of this bestseller by Ann Patchett refers to a smooth style of opera singing.
• bel canto.
• 3: This classic kids' book by Felix Salten is subtitled "A Life in the Woods".
• Bambi.
• 4: It's the huge 1992 bestseller about a photographer, a farm wife and 4 days in Iowa.
• Bridges of Madison County.
• 5: "Fleeing playgirl traced to Rio" is a headline about Holly Golightly in this Truman Capote tale.
• Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Round 5. Category: Every Day'S A Holiday

• 1: On January 12 have a cuppa on National Hot this Day.
• Tea.
• 2: In Japan, November the 11th is a holiday celebrating this art form.
• origami.
• 3: National Thank You Note Day is on this date, the day after opening lots of gifts.
• December 26th.
• 4: August 13 is a special day for these folks, including Barack Obama, Paul McCartney and Clayton Kershaw.
• southpaws (left-handers).
• 5: Held in October at the end of the week, this alliterative day celebrates Mary Shelley and her famous creation.
• Frankenstein Friday.

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