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Episode 929 - the northernmost capital city - american indians - geology - party time! - norse mythology

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 929, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: the northernmost capital city

  • 1: Rome,Copenhagen,Lisbon.
  • Copenhagen.
  • 2: Brasilia,Santiago,Caracas.
  • Caracas.
  • 3: New Delhi,Ottawa,Wellington.
  • Ottawa.
  • 4: Pyongyang,Tokyo,Taipei.
  • Pyongyang.
  • 5: Brasilia,Buenos Aires,Bogota,Belmopan.
  • Belmopan.

    • Round 2. Category: american indians

    • 1: Florida tribe which was famous for sheltering runaway slaves.
    • Seminoles.
    • 2: Only East Coast Indians originally used this word for money made of shells.
    • wampum.
    • 3: During the Revolutionary War, the Cherokee fought for this side.
    • the British.
    • 4: Spooky craze that swept the Plains and led to the death of Sitting Bull.
    • the Ghost Dance.
    • 5: A city near Detroit is named for this Ottawa chief who united the Great Lakes tribes in 1763.
    • Pontiac.

      • Round 3. Category: geology

      • 1: The movement of these rivers of ice carved the fjords.
      • glaciers.
      • 2: This earthquake measurement scale is open-ended though none has been recorded above 8.9.
      • a Richter scale.
      • 3: The meltwater from these is often grayish-white because of the powdered rock they contain.
      • glaciers.
      • 4: This "powdery" mineral is number 1 on the Mohs scale of hardness.
      • talc.
      • 5: Following the Mesozoic, it's the era of geological time in which we are now living.
      • Cenozoic.

        • Round 4. Category: party time!

        • 1: Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I's sarcophagus for his home in this British capital.
        • London.
        • 2: Active from the 1790s to the 1810s:This party of the second U.S. president.
        • the Federalists.
        • 3: A noisy mock serenade given for newlyweds, its name is an alteration of the French word charivari.
        • Shivaree.
        • 4: Active 1834-1854:This U.S. party that borrowed its name from a British party.
        • the Whigs.
        • 5: Dissolved in 1991:At its height, this party had about 19 million members.
        • the Communist Party.

          • Round 5. Category: norse mythology

          • 1: This god's hall is called Bilskirnir, which means "lightning".
          • Thor.
          • 2: Nidhogg, one of these mythical fire-breathers, gnaws at the roots of the cosmic tree.
          • a dragon.
          • 3: He could see everything in the 9 worlds from his high throne, Lidskjalf.
          • Odin.
          • 4: Odin rode an eight-legged one of these named Sleipnir.
          • a horse.
          • 5: A hideous giantess named Angerboda was the wife of this Norse trickster.
          • Loki.

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

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