Episode 1229 - Raleigh - The 3 - Double "z" - Another shot at the title - Remember the titans

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1229, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Raleigh

• 1: In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh was tried and convicted of this for plotting to dethrone the king.
• treason.
• 2: Raleigh introduced this tuber into Ireland; seemed like a good idea at the time.
• the potato.
• 3: In 1569 Raleigh fought in France on the side of these French Protestants.
• the Huguenots.
• 4: A poet himself, Raleigh encouraged this man to publish "The Faerie Queene".
• Edmund Spenser.
• 5: In 1600 Raleigh was appointed governor of Jersey, part of this island group.
• the Channel Islands.

Round 2. Category: The 3

• 1: The 3 Shakespeare plays whose titles are the names of famous couples.
• Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida and Antony and Cleopatra.
• 2: The 3 West Coast states between Canada and Mexico.
• California, Oregon and Washington.
• 3: The 3 U.S. manned capsule space flight programs before the Space Shuttle took over.
• Gemini, Mercury and Apollo.
• 4: The 3 people to play Batman in live-action films of the 1990s.
• Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.
• 5: The 3 countries whose names in English begin with "J".
• Jamaica, Japan and Jordan.

Round 3. Category: Double Z. With Z in quotes

• 1: In 2005 one of these people crashed his car into Lindsay Lohan's.
• the paparazzi.
• 2: This 2-word phrase for a large vehicle with poor fuel economy became popular in the 1970s.
• gas guzzler.
• 3: Meteorologically speaking, it's a very light rain in which the droplets are less than 1/50" in diameter.
• a drizzle.
• 4: This adjective refers to tightly kinked hair.
• frizzy.
• 5: It means "snout", or a device used to cover a snout to prevent biting.
• a muzzle.

Round 4. Category: Another Shot At The Title

• 1: Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber for the 2016 Ladies' Singles title at this event, but Angelique got her revenge in 2018.
• Wimbledon.
• 2: After losing to the Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals, in 2016 LeBron and co. beat them to bring this city its first NBA title.
• Cleveland.
• 3: After 5 previous World Series losses to these crosstown rivals, in 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat them for the title.
• the New York Yankees.
• 4: Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967, Muhammad Ali won it back with a KO of this champ in 1974's Rumble in the Jungle.
• George Foreman.
• 5: After losing to Toronto in 1918, this team won its first NHL title the next year and has now won more than any other team.
• the Montreal Canadiens.

Round 5. Category: Remember The Titans

• 1: Aeschylus wrote of this "bound" Titan who was a hero to humankind.
• Prometheus.
• 2: Mnemosyne, the Titan goddess of memory, was also the mother of these inspirational goddesses.
• the Muses.
• 3: Goddess of the Earth, was was the mother of the Titans.
• Gaia.
• 4: The youngest of the Titans, he found time to father the Olympians.
• Kronos.
• 5: A South American birdie told me this Titan was Zeus' mother and mother-in-law.
• Rhea.

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