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