Episode 970 - Let me be perfectly frank - 2005 fiction bestsellers - Oscars since 2000 - The tales of hoffman - Softball

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 970, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let Me Be Perfectly Frank

• 1: This Rat Packer gained prominence in the singing group The Hoboken Four.
• Frank Sinatra.
• 2: Unlike his brother, he surrendered to Missouri authorities in 1882.
• Frank James.
• 3: He was the subject of a book subtitled "The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman".
• Barney Frank.
• 4: You can see the preliminary sketches for the Panama Puente de Vida Museo on this architect's website.
• Frank Gehry.
• 5: Among this graphic novelist's revisions to the Batman story was making Robin a teenage girl.
• Frank Miller.

Round 2. Category: 2005 Fiction Bestsellers

• 1: As of July 17, 2005 this Dan Brown novel had spent 120 weeks on the N.Y. Times' list.
• The Da Vinci Code.
• 2: Appropriately, "A Salty Piece of Land" was penned by this "Margaritaville" singer.
• (Jimmy) Buffett.
• 3: The doctor was in, or rather on, the list with his environmentally themed "State of Fear".
• Michael Crichton.
• 4: This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends.
• I Am Charlotte Simmons.
• 5: The CIA arranges a presidential pardon for mover and shaker Joel Backman in this John Grisham tale.
• The Broker.

Round 3. Category: Oscars Since 2000

• 1: In 2009 this supporting actor Oscar winner's award was accepted by his mother, father and sister.
• Heath Ledger.
• 2: The title of this best screenplay winner refers to the pregnant lead character, not a mythic queen of the heavens.
• Juno.
• 3: When Helen Mirren won in 2007 for playing "The Queen", he won best actor for "The Last King of Scotland".
• Forest Whitaker.
• 4: Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for playing this 4-time Oscar-winning actress in "The Aviator".
• Katharine Hepburn.
• 5: He followed up his 2003 Oscar for "Mystic River" with a best actor win for 2008.
• Sean Penn.

Round 4. Category: The Tales Of Hoffman

• 1: In this film Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt habitually watches "Jeopardy!".
• Rain Man.
• 2: Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, played himself in this Hoffman film.
• All the President's Men.
• 3: Posters for this 1982 film featured Hoffman in a red sequined dress.
• Tootsie.
• 4: "Everybody's Talkin'" served as the theme to this 1969 film in which Hoffman played street hustler Ratso Rizzo.
• Midnight Cowboy.
• 5: In this 1997 film a Washington spin doctor and a Hollywood producer team up to stage a phony war.
• Wag the Dog.

Round 5. Category: Softball

• 1: In 1900 the 1st softball league was organized in this largest Minnesota city.
• Minneapolis.
• 2: The 2 official types of softball.
• slow pitch and fast pitch.
• 3: In the '30s this newspaper mogul sponsored world championships and donated a gold trophy.
• (William Randolph) Hearst.
• 4: Any player can use a glove, but only these 2 positions can use a mitt.
• catcher and first base.
• 5: In men's softball, it's located 46 feet from home plate.
• pitcher's mound.

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