Instant Trivia

Episode 484 - I Know That Name - Tournament - National Spelling Bee - What A Gem! - The Majestic Eagle

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 484, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: I Know That Name

  • 1: The term "czar" came from the family name of this Roman, stabbed by Brutus and others in 44 B.C..
  • Julius Caesar.
  • 2: Charles Lindbergh made all the papers in May 1927 when he flew solo over this ocean.
  • Atlantic Ocean.
  • 3: Hindu leader Mohandas Gandhi fought without the use of violence for this country's independence.
  • India.
  • 4: Over 2 million blocks went into building Khufu's Great one of these, and we're not talking Lego!.
  • pyramid.
  • 5: Montezuma II's reign over this civilization lasted 18 years.
  • the Aztecs.

    • Round 2. Category: Tournament

    • 1: Tournament, as well as this 5-letter word, can be used to describe mounted combat between medieval knights.
    • joust.
    • 2: Geoffroi de Purelli wrote the first knights' tournament guidelines in this Norman Invasion year.
    • 1066.
    • 3: Sir Lionel is killed during a tournament in this musical but is later miraculously revived.
    • Camelot.
    • 4: From Old French for "to mix", this no-holds-barred medieval group combat contest was basically mob against mob.
    • a mêlée.
    • 5: Celebrated until the 17th c., the last knights' tournaments to survive involved "running at" these to spear them.
    • rings.

      • Round 3. Category: National Spelling Bee

      • 1: This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word.
      • L-U-G-E.
      • 2: Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona".
      • K-N-A-C-K.
      • 3: Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth.
      • I-N-C-I-S-O-R.
      • 4: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll.
      • C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T.
      • 5: A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word.
      • K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E.

        • Round 4. Category: What A Gem!

        • 1: Chrysoberyl is also known by this name because it resembles the pupil of a feline.
        • cat's eye.
        • 2: Emeralds owe their beautiful green color to tiny amounts of this element, Cr, in their crystals.
        • chromium.
        • 3: The name of this ornamental stone is a combination of Latin and Persian for "azure stone".
        • lapis lazuli.
        • 4: This purple gem is associated with St. Matthias, who replaced Judas Iscariot as one of Jesus' apostles.
        • amethyst.
        • 5: This organic gem is a soft, dark brown to black piece of fossilized wood.
        • jet.

          • Round 5. Category: The Majestic Eagle

          • 1: Hogamous higamous, ostrich are polygamous; higamous hogamous, eagles are this.
          • monogamous.
          • 2: The bird's sharp binocular vision gave us this expression for someone with keen sight or alertness.
          • "eagle-eyed".
          • 3: The Latin rapere, "to carry off", gave us this 6-letter term for birds of prey, and for a type of dinosaur.
          • raptor.
          • 4: The Bald Eagle is the USA's symbol while this other North American type has been called the king of birds.
          • the Golden Eagle.
          • 5: Term for an eagle's nest, often found high in a tall tree.
          • an aerie.

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

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