Instant Trivia

Episode 414 - American Indians - Pol Pot-Pourri - National Geographic - Historic Nicknames - Islands

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 414, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: American Indians

  • 1: A more accurate translation of his name would be “wild” or “unbroken” horse.
  • Crazy Horse.
  • 2: This Pawtuxet Indian who befriended the Pilgrims was also known as Tisquantum.
  • Squanto.
  • 3: Canadian Indians played 1st version of this sport with few rules and up to 1000 players in a game.
  • lacrosse.
  • 4: Side the Iroquois supported in the French and Indian War.
  • British (English side).
  • 5: Inter-tribal language of the North American Plains Indians.
  • sign language.

    • Round 2. Category: Pol Pot-Pourri

    • 1: This 1984 Oscar-winning film brought the genocidal horrors of Pol Pot and his regime to the eyes of the world.
    • The Killing Fields.
    • 2: In 1949 Pol Pot went to study radio electronics in this city where he ended up joining the French Communist Party.
    • Paris.
    • 3: In January 1979 Vietnamese troops took over this capital city and overthrew Pol Pot.
    • Phnom Penh.
    • 4: This colorful name for Pol Pot's political movement was given to it by Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk.
    • Khmer Rouge.
    • 5: Also the year of the U.S. pullout from Vietnam, it's the year Pol Pot seized dictatorial control of Cambodia.
    • 1975.

      • Round 3. Category: National Geographic

      • 1: Mount Vesuvius looms over this city.
      • Naples.
      • 2: 1 of the 2 landlocked countries of South America, its judicial capital is Sucre.
      • Bolivia.
      • 3: This nation is composed of 4 provinces: Sind, Baluchistan, the NW Frontier province and Punjab.
      • Pakistan.
      • 4: This Western Hemisphere nation of about 31 million has 10 provinces.
      • Canada.
      • 5: This West African country is semi-arid except for areas near its namesake river in the southwest.
      • Niger.

        • Round 4. Category: Historic Nicknames

        • 1: Washington Irving thought this nickname of Anthony Wayne's referred to daring, not insanity.
        • Mad.
        • 2: Actress Pauline Cushman's espionage work during this war made her the "Spy of the Cumberland".
        • Civil War.
        • 3: This animal phrase meaning "courageous" was Richard I of England's nickname.
        • the Lionhearted.
        • 4: He was the "Father of Texas", but the Indians called him "Big Drunk".
        • Sam Houston.
        • 5: "Juana the Mad" was the queen of these 2 united Spanish kingdoms.
        • Aragon and Castile.

          • Round 5. Category: Islands

          • 1: The Danes call this island dependency in the north Atlantic Gronland.
          • Greenland.
          • 2: There are more than 600 gigantic stone figures on this island.
          • Easter Island.
          • 3: In Canada the Northumberland Strait separates New Brunswick from this island province.
          • Prince Edward Island.
          • 4: Principal exports of this archipelago north of Scotland include wool and its famous ponies.
          • Shetland Islands.
          • 5: Amelia Earhart was lost near Howland Island after making her last stop at Lae on this Pacific island.
          • New Guinea.

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

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