Episode 974 - That 1870s show - Send me a letter - ”water” you saying? - French class - Oh, witty woman

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 974, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: That 1870s Show

• 1: This Norwegian's "Pillars of Society" debuted in Denmark in 1877.
• Ibsen.
• 2: "Yn Wyneb Y Nef" is one of the songs from 1878's "Blodwen", thought to be the first opera in this language.
• Welsh.
• 3: "Thespis", the first collaboration by this pair, opened in London in Dec. 1871 and ran for 2 months; they'd do better later.
• Gilbert and Sullivan.
• 4: This city just northeast of Nuremberg got on the opera map with the 1876 premiere of the full "Ring" cycle.
• Bayreuth.
• 5: Jacques Offenbach's 1875 operetta "Le Voyage Dans la Lune" was based on a novel by this man.
• (Jules) Verne.

Round 2. Category: Send Me A Letter

• 1: At Harvard, this letter grade indicates "satisfactory comprehension of the course material".
• a C.
• 2: Curl your little finger under your thumb and spread your other 3 fingers to make this letter in ASL.
• a W.
• 3: In Morse code it's 3 dots.
• S.
• 4: A 6-string guitar's low and high strings are typically tuned to this note.
• E.
• 5: It denotes the horizontal axis in a Cartesian coordinate system.
• X.

Round 3. Category: Water You Saying?. With Water in quotes

• 1: Scorpio or Pisces, for example.
• a water sign.
• 2: This was one of the sports Henry Winkler could do, so it's how Fonzie jumped the shark.
• water skiing.
• 3: Peppery salad vegetable.
• watercress.
• 4: Irish city famous for its crystal.
• Waterford.
• 5: Type of plain in Spain from which the rain mainly drains to one main vein.
• a watershed.

Round 4. Category: French Class

• 1: French for "evening", it now refers to a party held in the evening.
• soirée.
• 2: When the French cook with champignons, they're adding these to the dish.
• mushrooms.
• 3: From "chanter", to sing, it's a female singer.
• chanteuse.
• 4: When you ask someone to "Fermez la bouche", you want him to do this.
• shut his mouth.
• 5: The 2-word phrase meaning "by airplane" often found on int'l air mail envelopes.
• par avion.

Round 5. Category: Oh, Witty Woman

• 1: Lucille Ball once quipped, "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about" this.
• your age.
• 2: Funny lady Roseanne used to joke that she wouldn't do this chore "'til Sears makes one you can ride on".
• Vacuum.
• 3: This country singer said, "I was the first woman to burn my bra--it took the fire department 4 days to put it out".
• Dolly Parton.
• 4: Erma Bombeck advised, "Before you try to keep up with" them, "be sure they're not trying to keep up with you".
• the Joneses.
• 5: 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue".
• Dorothy Parker.

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