Episode 1172 - 20th century poets - Cooking methods - Grape jam - I played a doctor and some other guy on tv - Johnny gilbert goes country

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1172, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 20Th Century Poets

• 1: In 1917, at age 52, this Irishman got married and published his book "The Wild Swans Of Coole".
• William Butler Yeats.
• 2: This author of the poem "Daddy" committed suicide in 1963, before she could work out her parental issues.
• Sylvia Plath.
• 3: In 2000 the Librarian of Congress announced that 95-year-old Stanley Kunitz would take up this post.
• poet laureate.
• 4: He read almost as well as he wrote: "Do not go gentle into that good night...".
• Dylan Thomas.
• 5: Trees figured in many of his poems, like "Birches", "Dust of Snow" and "Good-Bye and Keep Cold".
• Robert Frost.

Round 2. Category: Cooking Methods

• 1: To pass dry ingredients like flour through a fine-meshed sieve; doing so removes large pieces and incorporates air.
• to sift.
• 2: Highly seasoned meat is seared so that the surface forms a crust in this "colorful" Cajun technique.
• blackening.
• 3: This synonym for perspire is also a method of cooking over low heat to soften ingredients without browning.
• sweating.
• 4: To cook fish en papillote, you'll need this type of paper to seal in the flavor and juices.
• parchment paper.
• 5: From the Latin for "to make soft", it's soaking food, usually fruit, in a liquid in order to infuse it with the liquid's flavor.
• macerate.

Round 3. Category: Grape Jam

• 1: In an Aesop tale this animal decided the grapes he couldn't reach had to be sour.
• the fox.
• 2: Grape Island in this Massachusetts harbor was the site of a skirmish over hay during the Revolutionary War.
• Boston Harbor.
• 3: Mae West's famous order in "I'm No Angel".
• "Peel me a grape!".
• 4: Greek stuffed grape leaves, or dolmades, are usually stuffed with this grain.
• rice.
• 5: This dentist and prohibitionist began selling his "unfermented wine" in 1869; in 1890 he renamed it "Grape Juice".
• Thomas B. Welch.

Round 4. Category: I Played A Doctor And Some Other Guy On Tv

• 1: Dr. Doogie Howser andEthan Burdick.
• Neil Patrick Harris.
• 2: Dr. Derek Shepherd andAaron Brooks.
• (Patrick) Dempsey.
• 3: Dr. Doug Ross andChic Chesbro.
• George Clooney.
• 4: Quincy, M.E. andOscar Madison.
• Jack Klugman.
• 5: Marcus Welby andJim Anderson (the "Father" who "Knows Best").
• Robert Young.

Round 5. Category: Johnny Gilbert Goes Country

• 1: "...Found new thread for my old spool, just because I'm blonde, don't think I'm dumb, 'cause this dumb blonde ain't nobody's fool".
• Dolly Parton.
• 2: "I hear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend, and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when".
• Johnny Cash.
• 3: "The red headed stranger had eyes like thunder, his lips they were sad and tight".
• Willie Nelson.
• 4: "Just two good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born".
• Waylon Jennings.
• 5: "Take this job and shove it, I ain't workin' here no more, my woman done left and took all the reason I was workin' for".
• (Johnny) Paycheck.

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

Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

AI Voices used