Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 130, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: String * 1: A gutbucket is a bass fiddle consisting of a stick on an inverted tub with this many strings. * 1. * 2: A joke goes, modern kids play cell phones by using 2 of these with no string between them. * Tin cans. * 3: From the French for "Little Mary", it's another name for a string puppet. * Marionette. * 4: This toy is a rudimentary airfoil whose height is controlled by playing out the string. * Kite. * 5: 1726 character who awoke after a shipwreck to find himself tied down with string. * Gulliver.

Round 2. Category: Dickens Novels By Characters * 1: Noah Claypole,Mr. Bumble,The Artful Dodger. * "Oliver Twist". * 2: Jarvis Lorry,Lucie Manette,Sydney Carton. * "A Tale of Two Cities". * 3: Clara Peggotty,Mr. Murdstone,Uriah Heep. * "David Copperfield". * 4: Uncle Pumblechook,Mr. Wopsle,Miss Havisham. * "Great Expectations". * 5: Newman Noggs,Miss La Creevy,Wackford Squeers. * "Nicholas Nickleby".

Round 3. Category: All Over The World * 1: Once a Byzantine Christian cathedral, then a mosque and today a museum, the Hagia Sophia is in this Turkish city. * Istanbul. * 2: Mainland Australia's northernmost point, Cape York, is in this "royal" state. * Queensland. * 3: One of the world's leading exporters of coffee is the port city of Santos in this South American country. * Brazil. * 4: With about 500,000 souls, this city is the most populous in Slovakia. * Bratislava. * 5: This country named for its latitude is the 43rd largest in Africa but in the continent's top 10 in oil production. * Equatorial Guinea.

Round 4. Category: Battles * 1: In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians. * Marathon. * 2: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end and the start of Sparta's rise. * Athens. * 3: This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War. * the Charge of the Light Brigade. * 4: England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year. * 1066. * 5: "2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner and 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812. * the Battle of Lake Erie.

Round 5. Category: Kelsey Grammer * 1: Last name of the TV character Grammer's been playing since 1984. * Crane. * 2: Though raised in New Jersey and Florida, Kelsey was born in this U.S. island group in the Caribbean. * U.S. Virgin Islands. * 3: In 1995 Grammer hosted a TV tribute to one of his heroes, this violin-playing comedian. * Jack Benny. * 4: On Broadway in 1982, Grammer as Cassio supported James Earl Jones in this Shakespeare play. * Othello. * 5: The male lead in "Yentl", he gave without taking when he recommended Kelsey for a part on "Cheers". * Mandy Patinkin.

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