Instant Trivia

Episode 419 - American Woman - Bird, Reptile Or Feline - The History Channel - Cards - Going Downtown

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 419, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: American Woman

  • 1: Florida's state attorney in 1978, she would add the rest of the country to her docket as U.S. Attorney General.
  • Janet Reno.
  • 2: Florida's state attorney in 1978, she would add the rest of the country to her docket as U.S. Attorney General.
  • Janet Reno.
  • 3: "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor", this future first lady wrote in 1780.
  • Abigail Adams.
  • 4: In 1934, after a nervous breakdown, this painter discovered N.M.'s ghost ranch, where she'd make her home.
  • Georgia O'Keeffe.
  • 5: This children's author wrote the 1980 sequel "Superfudge".
  • Judy Blume.

    • Round 2. Category: Bird, Reptile Or Feline

    • 1: The catamount.
    • feline.
    • 2: The auk.
    • bird.
    • 3: The caiman.
    • reptile.
    • 4: The adder.
    • reptile.
    • 5: The basilisk.
    • reptile.

      • Round 3. Category: The History Channel

      • 1: The program on this country " and Iraq" includes the 1997 election of moderate Mohammed Khatami as president.
      • Iran.
      • 2: Sparta provided Greece's toughest men and its most gorgeous woman, this one who later lived elsewhere.
      • Helen of Troy.
      • 3: On "Power Tools", this comedian muses, "There isn't a guy I know that doesn't say more horsepower would be better".
      • Tim Allen.
      • 4: The Spartans' region, Laconia, and their dislike of wasting words gave us this English adjective.
      • laconic.
      • 5: The show on the Transatlantic cable was subtitled "2500 Miles of" this elemental metal.
      • Copper.

        • Round 4. Category: Cards

        • 1: About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history.
        • canasta.
        • 2: Bridge term for a set of three games or what a hot rod lays when it takes off.
        • rubber.
        • 3: The appropriate goal in authors is to form these.
        • books.
        • 4: A shutout in gin rummy, or Pat Harrington in "One Day at a Time".
        • Schneider.
        • 5: Variation of poker where the worst hand wins.
        • lo-ball.

          • Round 5. Category: Going Downtown

          • 1: I'll take the Loop and go to the Field Museum if it's not too windy in this city.
          • Chicago.
          • 2: I'll get some cash at the First Bank of the United States so I can buy a cheese steak in this city.
          • Philadelphia.
          • 3: I'll hum through the Motown Historical Museum in this city.
          • Detroit.
          • 4: At Nordstrom's flagship store, I'll buy shoes so I can walk the Pacific Science Center in this city.
          • Seattle.
          • 5: I'll stroll in Centennial Olympic Park in this city.
          • Atlanta.

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

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