Instant Trivia

Episode 29 - It's "Tea" Time - The History Of The World: Part 1 - Panthers And Bobcats - Animals In Paradise - Special Days

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 29, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: It's "Tea" Time

  • 1: In the 1920s this scandal poured out of Wyoming
  • Teapot Dome.
  • 2: One of the 2 plays with "tea" in their title that earned Tony Awards for their actors in 1954
  • (1 of) Teahouse of the August Moon and Tea and Sympathy.
  • 3: It's the spicy red fruit of the American wintergreen; a brand of chewing gum is named for it
  • teaberry.
  • 4: Officially, the Disneyland ride often called "The Teacups" is named for this loony fictional festivity
  • the Mad Hatter's tea party.
  • 5: It's a small chest made to hold tea leaves, not golf clubs
  • a tea caddy.

    • Round 2. Category: The History Of The World: Part 1

    • 1: This event on October 8-9, 1871 forced thousands of Illinois residents to flee their homes
    • Chicago Fire.
    • 2: In his last battle, this man defeated Pompey's sons and supporters in 45 B.C. at Munda in Spain
    • Julius Caesar.
    • 3: In 325 A.D. this "Great" leader presided over the Religious Council of Nicaea
    • Constantine.
    • 4: Code-named "Operation Valkyrie", the "July Plot" of 1944 was an attempt to kill this leader
    • Adolf Hitler.
    • 5: The public farewell seen here took place in this year:(Nixon leaving Washington)
    • 1974.

      • Round 3. Category: Panthers And Bobcats

      • 1: Y acts as the only vowel in the name of this wildcat, a bobcat relative
      • lynx.
      • 2: E.T. Seton referred to the "lithe and splended beasthood" of the New World panther with this 2-word name
      • a mountain lion.
      • 3: For the first 9 to 10 days of its life, a bobcat suffers from this ocular disability
      • blindness.
      • 4: When it's black instead of spotted, this cat is often called a panther; there are albino ones, too
      • a leopard.
      • 5: Taxonomists group cats into ones that roar and ones, including bobcats, that do this instead
      • purr.

        • Round 4. Category: Animals In Paradise

        • 1: Solomon talked to this industrious insect that was later allowed into paradise
        • ant.
        • 2: The largest animal in paradise is this biblical one that swallowed a person whole
        • (Jonah's) whale.
        • 3: A bird called the Hoopoe of Bilquis is on the list, Bilqis being a name for the biblical queen of this place
        • Sheba.
        • 4: The ram he sacrificed instead of his son is in the fold
        • Abraham.
        • 5: His mount Al-Buraq was allowed into heaven
        • Muhammad.

          • Round 5. Category: Special Days

          • 1: International Boss' Day Off was proclaimed for this day on which Julius Caesar was offed
          • March 15 (Ides of March).
          • 2: Officially approved by Congress in 2009, National Pi Day is celebrated on this date
          • March 14.
          • 3: I can smell it in the oven--be it white, wheat or sourdough, November 17 is homemade this
          • bread.
          • 4: The Copts celebrate this holiday on January 7, 13 days after we've roasted all our chestnuts
          • Christmas.
          • 5: In Tennessee, Confederate Memorial Day is observed on June 3, the birthday of this confederate president
          • Jefferson Davis.

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

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