Instant Trivia

Episode 481 - Familiar Phrases In Other Words - Last Wills And Testaments - Nfl Coaches - Battles - Latin American History

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 481, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Familiar Phrases In Other Words

  • 1: Entomb a tomahawk.
  • bury the hatchet.
  • 2: One Panthera pardus will never be able to modify the markings he has.
  • a leopard can't change his spots.
  • 3: To flip within one's crypt.
  • to turn over in one's grave.
  • 4: Cinch up thy mid-body drawstring.
  • tighten your belt.
  • 5: Refrain from enumerating poultry until each is postnatal.
  • don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

    • Round 2. Category: Last Wills And Testaments

    • 1: This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, and to his 8 daughters... well, not as much.
    • (Cornelius) Vanderbilt.
    • 2: After his 1616 death, his will stipulated that his "second best bed" go to his wife, Anne, which does beg a question....
    • Shakespeare.
    • 3: Item 6 in his will:"I give... unto my wife, Zelda... in the event she regain her sanity all of my household and kitchen furniture".
    • F. Scott Fitzgerald.
    • 4: This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops.
    • Warren Burger.
    • 5: His will called for a "secret society" to take back the U.S. for Britain (his "scholarship" gets much more press).
    • (Cecil) Rhodes.

      • Round 3. Category: Nfl Coaches

      • 1: He won 112 games as coach of the Raiders and has since won over a dozen Emmys for his football commentating.
      • John Madden.
      • 2: (Hi, I'm Joey Galloway of the NFL) Since the beginnings in 1960, the Dallas Cowboys have had only 6 coaches, including this man for 29 years.
      • Tom Landry.
      • 3: In 2004 LSU coach Nick Saban was tapped to be the new head coach for this team.
      • the Miami Dolphins.
      • 4: Of current head coaches, this reigning Super Bowl champ has the longest consecutive tenure with 1 team.
      • Bill Cowher.
      • 5: The Raiders rehired this man in 2006, 17 years after making him the first black head coach in the modern NFL.
      • Art Shell.

        • Round 4. Category: Battles

        • 1: In the 490 B.C. battle of this plain, the Greeks ran up their first important victory over the Persians.
        • Marathon.
        • 2: The defeat of this city's invasion force at Syracuse in 413 B.C. was the beginning of its end and the start of Sparta's rise.
        • Athens.
        • 3: This foolhardy "charge" took place at 1854's Battle of Balaklava during the Crimean War.
        • the Charge of the Light Brigade.
        • 4: England's King Harold II lost the all-important Battle of Hastings in this year.
        • 1066.
        • 5: "2 ships, 2 brigs, 1 schooner and 1 sloop" were the fleet defeated in this battle in the War of 1812.
        • the Battle of Lake Erie.

          • Round 5. Category: Latin American History

          • 1: In 1502, on his fourth voyage, he landed at what is now Trujillo, Honduras.
          • Columbus.
          • 2: In 1889 this country became a republic when Pedro II gave up his throne.
          • Brazil.
          • 3: In 1970 he became the first democratically elected Marxist to head a nation in the Western Hemisphere.
          • Salvador Allende.
          • 4: General Alfredo Stroessner ruled this South American country with an iron hand for 35 years, 1954-1989.
          • Paraguay.
          • 5: In 1519, when Cortes entered the capital then called this, many believed he was a god.
          • Tenochtitlán.

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

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