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Episode 670 - They Named It For Me - Letter Perfect - Drink - File Under "Z" - Nuclear Physics

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 670, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Myth And Magic

  • 1: Unlike in the U.S., if one of these crosses your path in England, it means good luck.
  • a black cat.
  • 2: Cloves of this are sometimes placed in a bridal bouquet for good luck.
  • garlic.
  • 3: This card deck's Minor Arcana has 14 cards in each suit; a page is between the 10 and jack.
  • tarot.
  • 4: Not feeling well? You may want to cleanse this field surrounding your body, from the Greek for "breath" or "breeze".
  • an aura.
  • 5: This plant yields a hair dye as well as as tint used in magical hand and foot tattoos.
  • henna.

    • Round 2. Category: Athletic Cups

    • 1: Pele scored 12 career goals in helping Brazil win this trophy 3 times: 1958, 1962 and 1970.
    • the World Cup (in soccer).
    • 2: Previously known as the Winston Cup, the Sprint Cup is awarded to champions in this stock-car racing organization.
    • NASCAR.
    • 3: First awarded in 1851 by England's Royal Yacht Squadron, it's now named for the winner of that year's race.
    • The America's Cup.
    • 4: This tennis trophy that weighs 231 pounds was first awarded in 1900.
    • The Davis Cup.
    • 5: I cheered when my Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger-Cats won this league's Grey Cup in 1999.
    • Canadian Football League (CFL).

      • Round 3. Category: Starts With "J"

      • 1: This name can precede Reb, cake or -on-the-spot.
      • Johnny.
      • 2: It's a shade of green or a green gemstone that's often carved.
      • Jade.
      • 3: Swing was the most popular style of this music in the 1930s.
      • Jazz.
      • 4: World Book says that licenses were issued to these professional fools in the 1600s -- no fooling.
      • a jester.
      • 5: The sea wasp variety of these is so venomous its sting can cause death within a few minutes.
      • a jellyfish.

        • Round 4. Category: "D" Day

        • 1: The Iron Gates Gorge between Serbia and Romania was carved by this river.
        • the Danube.
        • 2: When you have skin problems, this is the type of doctor you should seek out.
        • Dermatologist.
        • 3: In August 2003 this cable TV network aired the popular documentary "Nefertiti Resurrected".
        • the Discovery Channel.
        • 4: He won a Purple Heart in World War II and was a major party presidential nominee in 1996.
        • Bob Dole.
        • 5: From the Latin for "to lead", it's a pipe or passage that can carry body fluids or air.
        • a duct.

          • Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 670, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

          Round 1. Category: They Named It For Me

          • 1: Last name of John and Henry, who leased the land for a Louisville racetrack to their nephew.
          • Churchill.
          • 2: They named a fort near Dallas for this hero of the Mexican War.
          • William Worth.
          • 3: She left her mark on Louis XV and her name on a big hair style.
          • Madame de Pompadour.
          • 4: A territory in Africa and a scholarship in Oxford have borne this businessman's name.
          • Cecil Rhodes.
          • 5: Though famous for his red-shirted followers, he has an orange fish named for him.
          • Giuseppe Garibaldi.

            • Round 2. Category: Letter Perfect

            • 1: In describing measurements, it represents the word "by", as in 3' by 5'.
            • X.
            • 2: Add this letter to the front of "possum" and you still have the same animal.
            • O.
            • 3: The only letter that stands for a musical note, a Roman numeral and a baseball position.
            • C.
            • 4: Before the euro, this letter was the Parisian equivalent of a dollar sign.
            • F (franc).
            • 5: In st
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