Episode 998 - Vegas films - Just a ”sec”! - The billboard music awards - Ice cream parlor words - What women in film want

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 998, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Vegas Films

• 1: In "Casino" he played Ace Rothstein, the mobster who ran The Tangiers.
• (Robert) De Niro.
• 2: He directed the 2001 Vegas caper film "Ocean's Eleven".
• (Steven) Soderbergh.
• 3: The title of this 2008 Cameron Diaz-Ashton Kutcher film was inspired by a Sin City slogan.
• What Happens in Vegas.
• 4: One review said this 1995 Elizabeth Berkley film was "'42nd Street' meets 'All About Eve' meets soft-core porn".
• Showgirls.
• 5: In a 2003 film he played "The Cooler", a Vegas casino's gambling jinx.
• William H. Macy.

Round 2. Category: Just A Sec!. With Sec in quotation marks

• 1: To cut into 2 equal parts.
• to bisect.
• 2: A sacrilegious act; it may be done to a shrine.
• a desecration.
• 3: To cut apart a dead animal's body to examine the structure and relation of parts.
• dissection.
• 4: In a row, like Presidents Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan.
• consecutive.
• 5: To pursue with harassing treatment because of race or religious beliefs.
• to persecute.

Round 3. Category: The Billboard Music Awards

• 1: Performing in 2020 just after their family suffered a miscarriage, this piano maestro dedicated "Never Break" to his wife.
• John Legend.
• 2: "Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley.
• (Paula) Abdul.
• 3: We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud and lived up to the chorus of a hit tune.
• Panic! at the Disco.
• 4: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021.
• Glass Animals.
• 5: At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin' performance of "Bang!".
• AJR.

Round 4. Category: Ice Cream Parlor Words

• 1: A news story first revealed in a specific paper before others get it.
• a scoop.
• 2: Along with the rods, they're the other light-sensitive retinal cells.
• cones.
• 3: Light rains that may precede larger showers.
• sprinkles.
• 4: Large Mardi Gras craft.
• a float.
• 5: 3 of the 6 for quarks are up, down and strange.
• flavors.

Round 5. Category: What Women In Film Want

• 1: In "Grand Hotel", Greta Garbo had this 5-word desire, No. 30 on AFI's list of top 100 movie quotes.
• "I want to be alone".
• 2: In this '50s film, Natalie Wood tells James Dean that a girl wants a man who is gentle and sweet and who doesn't run away.
• Rebel Without a Cause.
• 3: Rob Reiner's mom, Estelle, uttered this memorable line in "When Harry Met Sally...".
• "I'll have what she's having".
• 4: Ilsa Laszlo had a request: "Play it, Sam. Play" this song.
• "As Time Goes By".
• 5: "I want the fairy tale", Julia Roberts says as Vivian in this movie.
• Pretty Woman.

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