Episode 456 - Presidential Elections - "J" Whiz - Eyes On The Prize - Scary Movies - Nation"Z"

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections

• 1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history.
• (Abraham) Lincoln.
• 2: This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks.
• (Richard) Nixon.
• 3: William Henry Harrison really had lived in one of these, his symbol in the 1840 campaign, but he added 12 rooms.
• a log cabin.
• 4: In early October 1992 he was spending $2 million a day, most of it his own money.
• (Ross) Perot.
• 5: In the Gore Vidal novel set in this election year, the hero pins his hopes on Tilden.
• 1876.

Round 2. Category: "J" Whiz

• 1: It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business.
• junket.
• 2: It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together.
• jamboree.
• 3: It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city.
• Jerusalem.
• 4: This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum and Thornfield Hall.
• "Jane Eyre".
• 5: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor.
• Justinian I.

Round 3. Category: Eyes On The Prize

• 1: Winners of the Templeton Prize for Understanding of this include Baba Amte, Rabbi Jakobovits and the Rev. Peacocke.
• Religion.
• 2: (Lech Walesa delivers the clue, speaking in Polish: I'm Lech Walesa,) In 1983 I was picking mushrooms near Gdansk when it was announced I had won this prize.
• the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 3: In April 2002 at the age of 88, Henry Brant won this prize, also given to journalists, for music.
• the Pulitzer Prize.
• 4: The $100,000 Potamkin Prize is for research in this aging disease that afflicted Mrs. Potamkin.
• Alzheimer's disease.
• 5: This famous British gallery that has lots of J.M.W. Turner works gives the Turner Prize for Contemporary Art.
• the Tate Gallery.

Round 4. Category: Scary Movies

• 1: Max von Sydow played Father Merrin, the title character of this devilish 1973 scarefest.
• The Exorcist.
• 2: Critic L. Maltin say this "unlucky" '80 film as a "clue to why S.A.T. scores continue to decline".
• Friday the 13th.
• 3: When Kate Hudson unlocks a hidden attic room that has a terrifying secret, she uses the title object of this 2005 film.
• The Skeleton Key.
• 4: In the 1982 film, Adrienne Barbeau was the object of his affection; in 1989 it's Heather Locklear.
• the Swamp Thing.
• 5: At about 40, Barbra Streisand played this title girl who disguises herself as a yeshiva boy and sings.
• Yentl.

Round 5. Category: Nation"Z"

• 1: This country has numerous national parks including Fiordland, Tongariro and Abel Tasman.
• New Zealand.
• 2: South America's largest known petroleum deposits lie in this country's Maracaibo Basin.
• Venezuela.
• 3: Its Latin name, Helvetia, appears on its coins and stamps.
• Switzerland.
• 4: It was once known as Portuguese East Africa.
• Mozambique.
• 5: The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation.
• Kazakhstan.

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