Episode 988 - Movie characters - Conventions - Cool news - ”angel”ic songs - The 1990s

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 988, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Movie Characters

• 1: Igor,Frau Blucher,Dr. Frederick Frankenstein.
• Young Frankenstein.
• 2: Mother Abbess,Captain Von Trapp,Maria.
• The Sound of Music.
• 3: John Travolta played paint salesman and disco king Tony Manero in this 1977 film.
• Saturday Night Fever.
• 4: Dodge,Cornelius,Dr. Zira.
• Planet of the Apes.
• 5: Max Von Mayerling,Joe Gillis,Norma Desmond.
• Sunset Boulevard.

Round 2. Category: Conventions

• 1: On "Saturday Night Live", William Shatner told attendees at this type of convention, "Get a life!".
• Star Trek.
• 2: New England Federalists convened in Hartford in 1814 to denounce this war.
• War of 1812.
• 3: In the film "Chasing Amy", boy meets girl at a convention for artists and fans of these.
• Comic books.
• 4: The Annapolis Convention of 1786 did nothing but suggest holding this convention in Philadelphia.
• Constitutional Convention.
• 5: (Hi, I'm Paula Poundstone) I heard stories of Bob Dole in a towel at the 1996 Republican Convention in this California city.
• San Diego.

Round 3. Category: Cool News

• 1: 17-year-old Wolf Cukier discovered a planet just 3 days into his internship with this government agency.
• NASA.
• 2: M.I.T. researchers used a solar still, evaporation and condensation in this process to make ocean water drinkable.
• desalinization.
• 3: In 2020 this sports league and its players association reached a deal that will pay top centers and point guards in excess of $500,000 a year.
• the WNBA.
• 4: In 2019 Tunisia held its second straight election that was considered to meet the alliterative criterion "free and" this.
• fair.
• 5: A sort of "EpiPen" for spinal cord injuries could thwart paralysis by using these microscopic "particles".
• nanoparticles.

Round 4. Category: AngelIc Songs. With Angel in quotes

• 1: Marilee Rush and Juice Newton hit the Top Ten telling us about this angel.
• "Angel of the Morning" (Angel in the Morning accepted).
• 2: In 1955, both The Crew-Cuts and The Penguins asked her, "When will you be mine?".
• "Earth Angel".
• 3: In '62 Neil Sedaka called himself "The luckiest devil in the neighborhood" because he lived there.
• "Next Door to an Angel".
• 4: Charley Pride advised 1st to do this, then "Love her like the devil when you get back home".
• "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'".
• 5: Only Billboard Top 40 hit for Alan O'Day, it climbed all the way to No. 1:"Cryin' on my pillow, lonely in my bed /Then I heard a voice beside me, and she softly said /Wonder is your night light, magic is your dream...".
• "Undercover Angel".

Round 5. Category: The 1990s

• 1: In 1993 General Beg of this countrv said yes, we have nukes and we'll use them on India if we have to.
• Pakistan.
• 2: He hinted he'd run for president in March of 1992, withdrew in July, then re-entered in October.
• H. Ross Perot.
• 3: The world lost 2 of its greatest dancers: Margot Fonteyn in 1991 and this man, her partner, in 1993.
• Rudolf Nureyev.
• 4: This trade pact went into effect in January 1994 and by 2008, nearly all tariffs between its 3 participating nations were gone.
• NAFTA.
• 5: Queen Elizabeth II and Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994.
• the opening of the "Chunnel" (the Channel tunnel).

Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!