Episode 925 - note-able women - art and artists - esoterica - the world of lounge - ”n”veloped

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 925, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: note-able women

• 1: In 1999 this singer who once tore up the Pope's picture was ordained the first female priest in the Latin Tridentine Church.
• Sinead O'Connor.
• 2: Emily Watson earned an Oscar nomination for playing cellist Jacqueline du Pre in this 1998 film.
• Hilary and Jackie.
• 3: She sang on Broadway in "Damn Yankees" and "Bells Are Ringing" before playing TV's screechy-voiced Edith Bunker.
• Jean Stapleton.
• 4: The violin virtuoso known by the single name Midori was born in this country in 1971.
• Japan.
• 5: Patti Page played Sister Rachel in this Burt Lancaster film based on a Sinclair Lewis novel.
• Elmer Gantry.

Round 2. Category: art and artists

• 1: This "American Gothic" artist was an asst. professor of fine arts at the Univ. of Iowa in 1934.
• Grant Wood.
• 2: This Spanish surrealist collaborated on 2 films with Luis Bunuel, "Un Chien Andalou" and "L'Age D'Or".
• Salvador Dali.
• 3: A Canaletto view of this square shows the Doge's palace and the Loggia of Sansovino.
• Saint Mark's Square.
• 4: Otto Dix did several of this type of portrait, including one "As a Soldier" and one as the war god Mars.
• self-portrait.
• 5: Though the Spanish court painter, he portrayed the vulgarity of the family of Charles IV.
• Francisco Goya.

Round 3. Category: esoterica

• 1: This Poe poem has a scholar seeking solace in ancient, esoteric writings, but he's disturbed by a "rapping at my chamber door".
• "The Raven".
• 2: The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these.
• glaciers.
• 3: Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, brought esoteric Shingon Buddhism to this country.
• Japan.
• 4: For Louis XV from 1769 to 1774 it was Marie DuBarry.
• mistress.
• 5: Pemba, one of the world's leading suppliers of clove oil, is an island near Zanzibar in this ocean.
• Indian Ocean.

Round 4. Category: the world of lounge

• 1: Much lounging is done on this vinyl-covered fabric named for Naugatuck, Connecticut.
• Naugahyde.
• 2: The primo cocktail of the cocktail nation is this one favored by James Bond.
• a martini.
• 3: You can't go wrong if you make this man your model of style and demeanour:"The last thing I need is a dame around me who says she's my wife. You know how I operate.".
• Dean Martin.
• 4: 1996 film that popularized lines like "You're money, baby".
• Swingers.
• 5: With hits like "Somewhere My Love", this bandleader brought a "Ray" of light to '60s lounge.
• Ray Conniff.

Round 5. Category: "n"veloped

• 1: The only word in "The Pledge of Allegiance" that starts and ends with "N".
• nation.
• 2: It's the first age you reach when you're surrounded by "N"s.
• nineteen.
• 3: This "Dance" by the Pointer Sisters was featured in the film "Beverly Hills Cop".
• "The Neutron Dance".
• 4: A black widow spider's venom is classified as this 10-letter type of poison.
• a neurotoxin.
• 5: A webcam on this university's School of Communications is pointed at Lake Michigan.
• Northwestern.

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