Episode 990 - Moses - Top of the bill - Knots to you - Lemon squeezy - Double-letter geography

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 990, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Moses

• 1: Born in 1860, this farmer's wife began painting her famous landscapes in her late 70s.
• Grandma Moses.
• 2: Before Moses died on Mount Pisgah, he scaled this mount to chat with Yahweh.
• Mount Sinai.
• 3: In 1956's "The Ten Commandments" this man's son Fraser played the baby Moses.
• Charlton Heston.
• 4: In 1976 and 1984 he won Olympic gold in the 400-meter hurdles.
• Edwin Moses.
• 5: The novel "A Woman Called Moses" recants the heroic struggles of this abolitionist.
• Harriet Tubman.

Round 2. Category: Top Of The Bill

• 1: "Saving Private Ryan", 1998: this actor, not Private Ryan.
• Tom Hanks.
• 2: "The Godfather Part II", 1974: this actor who could have been nicknamed Fredo himself.
• Alfredo James Pacino.
• 3: "Some Like It Hot", 1959: her.
• Marilyn Monroe.
• 4: "The Princess Bride", 1987: this leading man whose name was not Inigo Montoya.
• Cary Elwes.
• 5: "Enter the Dragon", 1973: this martial arts legend.
• Bruce Lee.

Round 3. Category: Knots To You

• 1: Kind of knot that sounds like its tied by your mother's mother.
• a granny knot.
• 2: Term for a knot used to fasten a rope to an object or "your wagon to a star".
• hitch.
• 3: This geometric knot is one of the oldest in use.
• a square knot.
• 4: Half a pair of pants, or the looseness in a knot.
• slack.
• 5: Not tightness per se, but this kinetic force gives knots their holding power.
• friction.

Round 4. Category: Lemon Squeezy

• 1: For a classic French 75, along with the gin, lemon juice and simple syrup, you have to break out a bottle of this sparkling wine.
• champagne.
• 2: Whisk yolks in the top of a double boiler and slowly add clarified butter and lemon juice to make this, 1 of cuisine's "mother sauces".
• hollandaise.
• 3: A classic pie is filled with tart lemon and topped with this, stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar.
• meringue.
• 4: This outermost layer of a lemon peel--just the skin and not the white pith--has aromatic oils that add flavor to food.
• zest.
• 5: Salt-preserved lemons can accompany this Moroccan stew made in an earthenware pot of the same name.
• a tagine.

Round 5. Category: Double-Letter Geography

• 1: The Arabic name of this Muslim nation in northwest Africa means "The Western Kingdom".
• Morocco.
• 2: This capital city was founded in 1840 on Lambton Harbour at the extreme south part of the North Island.
• Wellington.
• 3: Fort Peck Dam on this river in Montana provides irrigation and hydroelectric power for much of the region.
• the Missouri.
• 4: This Canadian provincial capital lies about halfway between Vancouver and Montreal.
• Winnipeg(, Manitoba).
• 5: The longest river originating in this mountain range is the Garonne, which flows northward through France.
• the Pyrenees.

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