Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 484, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: I Know That Name * 1: The term "czar" came from the family name of this Roman, stabbed by Brutus and others in 44 B.C.. * Julius Caesar. * 2: Charles Lindbergh made all the papers in May 1927 when he flew solo over this ocean. * Atlantic Ocean. * 3: Hindu leader Mohandas Gandhi fought without the use of violence for this country's independence. * India. * 4: Over 2 million blocks went into building Khufu's Great one of these, and we're not talking Lego!. * pyramid. * 5: Montezuma II's reign over this civilization lasted 18 years. * the Aztecs.

Round 2. Category: Tournament * 1: Tournament, as well as this 5-letter word, can be used to describe mounted combat between medieval knights. * joust. * 2: Geoffroi de Purelli wrote the first knights' tournament guidelines in this Norman Invasion year. * 1066. * 3: Sir Lionel is killed during a tournament in this musical but is later miraculously revived. * Camelot. * 4: From Old French for "to mix", this no-holds-barred medieval group combat contest was basically mob against mob. * a mêlée. * 5: Celebrated until the 17th c., the last knights' tournaments to survive involved "running at" these to spear them. * rings.

Round 3. Category: National Spelling Bee * 1: This small racing sled has the distinction of being the National Spelling Bee's shortest winning word. * L-U-G-E. * 2: Now that you've got the hang of it, 1932's word was this, like the group that sang "My Sharona". * K-N-A-C-K. * 3: Put the bite on this word from 1975, any one of the front cutting teeth. * I-N-C-I-S-O-R. * 4: 1970's winning word was this French crescent-shaped roll. * C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T. * 5: A suicide pilot during WWII, it was 1993's winning word. * K-A-M-I-K-A-Z-E.

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

Round 5. Category: The Majestic Eagle * 1: Hogamous higamous, ostrich are polygamous; higamous hogamous, eagles are this. * monogamous. * 2: The bird's sharp binocular vision gave us this expression for someone with keen sight or alertness. * "eagle-eyed". * 3: The Latin rapere, "to carry off", gave us this 6-letter term for birds of prey, and for a type of dinosaur. * raptor. * 4: The Bald Eagle is the USA's symbol while this other North American type has been called the king of birds. * the Golden Eagle. * 5: Term for an eagle's nest, often found high in a tall tree. * an aerie.

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