Instant Trivia

Episode 518 - Black America - Alexander The Great - Ends In "Able" - 5-Letter Capitals - Official Alaskan State Stuff

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 518, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Black America

  • 1: Ralph Bunche was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize and this civil rights leader was second.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr..
  • 2: This Supreme Court justice was chairman of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990.
  • Clarence Thomas.
  • 3: This state song of Virginia was written by black composer James A. Bland.
  • "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny".
  • 4: The Tony-winning musical "Raisin" was based on this play by Lorraine Hansberry.
  • "A Raisin in the Sun".
  • 5: In 1957 she became the first black American athlete to win the Wimbledon singles.
  • Althea Gibson.

    • Round 2. Category: Alexander The Great

    • 1: William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts.
    • Jane Alexander.
    • 2: In 1876 he was granted a patent for "The Method of, and Apparatus for Transmitting Vocal or Other Sounds".
    • Alexander Graham Bell.
    • 3: Alexander the Great was born in 356 B.C. to King Philip II and Queen Olympias of this kingdom.
    • Macedonia.
    • 4: Against an Indian army in 326 B.C., Alexander faced these beasts, including the one ridden by King Porus.
    • elephants.
    • 5: A pair of decrees Alexander made in 324 B.C. said that exiles could return home and that he was now this.
    • a god.

      • Round 3. Category: Ends In "Able"

      • 1: 1st "able" word in the song that ends with the following:"U--""--made my life complete,""V--""--means you're awful sweet... W-X-Y-Z...".
      • adorable.
      • 2: Make possible, or to supply the means to do something.
      • enable.
      • 3: Your income after deductions is this, according to the IRS.
      • taxable.
      • 4: Last name of Lisa Bonet's character on "A Different World".
      • Huxtable.
      • 5: Another term for telegram.
      • a cable.

        • Round 4. Category: 5-Letter Capitals

        • 1: Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port.
        • Hanoi.
        • 2: 12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city.
        • Paris.
        • 3: Bridges crossing the Nile River in this capital include El Gama'a and El Giza.
        • Cairo.
        • 4: The ancient Greeks called this Jordanian capital Philadelphia.
        • Amman.
        • 5: In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital.
        • Quito.

          • Round 5. Category: Official Alaskan State Stuff

          • 1: It was a "crowning" achievement in 1963 when this was named Alaska's state fish.
          • the king salmon.
          • 2: Knowing that this is Alaska's state mineral gives me a rush.
          • gold.
          • 3: Alaska's state land mammal is this antlered critter that can reach 7 feet tall and 2,000 pounds.
          • the moose.
          • 4: This ancient tusked beast is the state fossil.
          • the mammoth.
          • 5: Alaska's state bird is the willow variety of this grouse relative.
          • the ptarmigan.

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

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