Instant Trivia

Episode 279 - Honky "Cat" - "M"Enagerie - Nevada - Austin - File Under "S"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 279, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Honky "Cat"

  • 1: Tiffany published its first one of these in 1845 (online shopping came a little later).
  • catalog.
  • 2: This tough, thin cord is used to string musical instruments and tennis rackets.
  • catgut.
  • 3: It's a 2-hulled sailing boat.
  • catamaran.
  • 4: The name of this ancient war device is partly from the Greek for "hurl".
  • catapult.
  • 5: A book giving the basic principles of Christianity in Q- and -A form.
  • catechism.

    • Round 2. Category: "M"Enagerie

    • 1: Though its voice is shrill, this small monkey's name is derived from Old French "marmouser", to murmur.
    • a marmoset.
    • 2: It's said ancient Romans not only ate these eels but fed their disobedient slaves to them.
    • a moray eel.
    • 3: Of the musk ox, musk deer or musk turtle, the 1 that secretes the musk used in purfume.
    • the musk deer.
    • 4: The tiny eyes of this insectivore are hidden in its fur.
    • a mole.
    • 5: This ferretlike carnivore that has a bird in its name subsists on snakes and rodents.
    • a mongoose.

      • Round 3. Category: Nevada

      • 1: Built by the federal government, Boulder City is the only community in Nevada where this isn't legal.
      • Gambling.
      • 2: From 1870 to 1893, after a gold and silver boom, this state capital was home to a U.S. Mint.
      • Carson City.
      • 3: In 1973 this variety of sheep was designated Nevada's state animal.
      • a bighorn sheep.
      • 4: In 1973 this variety of sheep was designated Nevada's state animal.
      • a bighorn sheep.
      • 5: Just southeast of Las Vegas, it began as a WWII magnesium-supplying town and is now Nevada's 2nd-largest city.
      • Henderson.

        • Round 4. Category: Austin

        • 1: The Confederate Soldiers Monument on the State Capitol grounds has 5 bronze statues headed by this president.
        • Jefferson Davis.
        • 2: At dusk, April through October, millions of these mammals fly out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge to feed.
        • bats.
        • 3: At 30 years, this PBS series from the Austin music scene is the longest-running music showcase now on TV.
        • Austin City Limits.
        • 4: Austin's African-American history is chronicled in a museum named for this agricultural scientist.
        • George Washington Carver.
        • 5: This Old West cattle trail that ran from Texas to Kansas crossed the eastern part of Austin.
        • the Chisholm Trail.

          • Round 5. Category: File Under "S"

          • 1: Head and Shoulders, Agree, and Pert Plus are leading types of these.
          • Shampoos.
          • 2: It's a heavy, single-edged cavalry sword with a blade less curved than a scimitar.
          • Saber.
          • 3: This disease caused by the lack of ascorbic acid is called Barlow's Disease in infants.
          • Scurvy.
          • 4: This Middle Eastern dog is also called a gazelle hound because it was once trained to hunt gazelles.
          • Saluki.
          • 5: Known as "Old Fuss N' Feathers", he wrote the Army's first complete manual of drill regulations.
          • Winfield Scott.

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

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