Instant Trivia

Episode 51 - Veterinarians - What A Gem! - Tool Time - Play - An Umbrella Category

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 51, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Veterinarians

  • 1: Vets help prevent bird owners from catching psittacosis, known as this bird's "fever".
  • Parrot fever.
  • 2: In the U.S., to become a veterinarian, you'll need this 4-year professional degree.
  • DVM (doctor of veterinary medicine).
  • 3: When a veterinarian spays your dog, she removes these organs.
  • Ovaries.
  • 4: (Hi, I'm Mike Farrell; I play a veterinarian on "Providence") An epizootic is the animal world's equivalent of this type of disease outbreak among humans.
  • Epidemic.
  • 5: The Center for Veterinary Medicine, which regulates drugs given to animals, is a part of this federal agency.
  • FDA (Food and Drug Administration).

    • Round 2. Category: What A Gem!

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

      • Round 3. Category: Tool Time

      • 1: This instrument with a pointed metal spiral is used to open wine bottles.
      • a corkscrew.
      • 2: It can wear down metal, shape plastic or be baked in a cake for a prison inmate.
      • File.
      • 3: A sharp twist of your muscle that might make a monkey out of you.
      • a wrench.
      • 4: Used by astronauts, a plench is a combination of these 2 tools.
      • pliers and wrench.
      • 5: "(Hi, I'm Debbie Dunning) The head of this type of hammer has one side to drive nails and another to pull them out".
      • Claw hammer.

        • Round 4. Category: Play

        • 1: A strong leg and an empty container are elements in this kids' game.
        • kick the can.
        • 2: Shaw:A professor turns a guttersnipe into a cultured pearl.
        • Pygmalion.
        • 3: Like many real 18th century gents, fictional Horatio Hornblower enjoys this card game related to bridge.
        • whist.
        • 4: Shakespeare:An Egyptian and a Roman fall in love.
        • Antony and Cleopatra.
        • 5: Foxwoods Casino, on an Indian reservation in Connecticut, claims the world's largest hall for this game.
        • bingo.

          • Round 5. Category: An Umbrella Category

          • 1: This fictional castaway "spent a great deal of time and pains to make an umbrella" covered with skins.
          • Robinson Crusoe.
          • 2: This half-giant and "Keeper of the Keys" at Hogwarts has a pink umbrella that disguises his broken wand.
          • Hagrid.
          • 3: In 1899 she began her temperance work in Kansas wielding an umbrella; hatchets came later.
          • Carrie Nation.
          • 4: This fictional character arrives via an umbrella flight to become the Banks children's nanny.
          • Mary Poppins.
          • 5: The name of this small, light umbrella is from the Latin for "prepare for the sun".
          • a parasol.

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

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