Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 425, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Seeing Red * 1: Moscow girls know it's where you go to hang out at the famous Gum Department Store. * Red Square. * 2: These horses of these symbolic figures are red, white, black and pale. * the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. * 3: In 1964 the new constitution of this nation on Hispaniola changed its flag's colors from red and blue to red and black. * Haiti. * 4: Shade for a Pimpernel or an O'Hara. * scarlet. * 5: Bugs Bunny's standard insult that fits the category. * (What a) maroon.
Round 2. Category: 5 Bands * 1: Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?". * The Cars. * 2: 2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart and within 3 blocks of each other. * The Allman Brothers Band. * 3: "Fun", "sleazy" and "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee. * Mötley Crüe. * 4: "Remember when we traveled 'round the world, we met a lot of people and girls", sang this Joey McIntyre boy band. * New Kids on the Block. * 5: "Welcome to Paradise"; Tre Cool drums for this punk-pop band who performed at 2005's Live 8. * Green Day.
Round 3. Category: 1987 Obits * 1: ...And away he went June 24, 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. * Jackie Gleason. * 2: In February, a heart attack following gallbladder surgery claimed the life of this pop artist. * Andy Warhol. * 3: In September it was goodbye, we'll miss you and "All That Jazz" to this choreographer and film director. * (Bob) Fosse. * 4: This 2-term governor of Kansas and 1936 Republican candidate for president passed away at age 100. * Alf Landon. * 5: Go tell it on the mountain that he passed away in St. Paul de Vence, France on December 1. * (James) Baldwin.
Round 4. Category: Size Matters * 1: As a rule, the length of this item should be 3 times the thickness of the board being fastened with it. * Nail. * 2: A 1.5-liter champagne bottle, or sometimes a .357 round of ammunition. * Magnum. * 3: Olive oil with oleic acid content under 1% is graded "Extra" this. * Extra Virgin. * 4: American ones are 53 to 57 inches long and hang to the top of the belt buckle; the longer British ones hang lower. * Ties. * 5: To keep the ratios, for a 1:12 scale dollhouse buy a smaller dollhouse in this scale to put inside it. * 1:144.
Round 5. Category: "Stick"S And "Stone"S * 1: A manually operated transmission for a car. * Stick shift. * 2: "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" are songs from this Rolling Stones album. * "Sticky Fingers". * 3: Paired with "fire", it "rained" upon Sodom and Gomorrah. * Brimstone. * 4: 3' 9" high, 2' 4 1/2" across and nearly 1' thick, it was key to deciphering hieroglyphics. * The Rosetta Stone. * 5: The game of cricket gives us this phrase for a difficult situation. * Sticky wicket.
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