Episode 1152 - Cities through time - Gangsters - .organizations - The lore of the land - Rainy day p.e.

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1152, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Cities Through Time

• 1: A brief civil war took place in this capital after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917.
• Helsinki.
• 2: Before 1918 Guangzhou was known by this name; a Chinese language still reminds us of it.
• Canton.
• 3: A team name came from this word that preceded "67" in the name of a 1967 Montreal happening.
• Expos.
• 4: In 1535 Lima was founded by Pizarro as Ciudad de los Reyes, meaning this.
• City of Kings.
• 5: About 1,000 years ago, Casablanca was a village of these double-talk people.
• the Berbers.

Round 2. Category: Gangsters

• 1: While Bugsy Siegel was being shot in B. H., Meyer Lansky's goons were walking into a hotel in this city and taking over.
• Las Vegas.
• 2: He's quoted as saying, "They've hung everything on me but the Chicago Fire".
• Al Capone.
• 3: Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein was accused of masterminding the big fix of this in 1919; it wasn't proved.
• World Series.
• 4: Gangster Louis Amberg was just "Pretty" while Charles Floyd was nicknamed this.
• "Pretty Boy".
• 5: His brother Buck was part of his gang, as was his moll Bonnie.
• Clyde Barrow.

Round 3. Category: .Organizations

• 1: uncf.org: where "a mind is a terrible thing to waste".
• the United Negro College Fund.
• 2: pbk.org: it's an honor--society.
• Phi Beta Kappa.
• 3: kofc.org: these "Knights" who contribute more than $150 million to charitable needs and projects annually.
• the Knights of Columbus.
• 4: nrdc.org: the "Defense Council" for these.
• Natural Resources.
• 5: cfa.org: the "Association" of these people, lovers of felines.
• Cat Fanciers'.

Round 4. Category: The Lore Of The Land

• 1: The feathers of this creature of Russian legend that lent its name to a ballet were said to provide beauty and protection upon the earth.
• firebird.
• 2: We pulled some strings to tell you about Dagda, a deity in Irish folklore who played this instrument to put enemies to sleep.
• the harp.
• 3: He wrote a verse play about the Scandinavian folk hero Peer Gynt and Edvard Grieg wrote music to go with it.
• Ibsen.
• 4: Georgia's state flower is this people's rose; legend says one grew along the trail at each spot where their tears fell.
• Cherokee.
• 5: A spider and a trickster god whose origins are in West Africa lives as Mr. Nancy in "Anansi Boys" by this writer.
• Neil Gaiman.

Round 5. Category: Rainy Day P.E.

• 1: I'm so good at catching the rubber ball in this game that all my teammates are getting back in.
• dodgeball.
• 2: In half-court basketball, you do this to start the game, pass the ball to the defender who passes it back to you.
• checking.
• 3: Rope climbing today! It looks so easy on the NBC show called this "warrior".
• American Ninja.
• 4: We have to practice this "shapely" dance, because I haven't do-si-doed very much.
• square dancing.
• 5: Badminton is fun indoors, where you are less likely to lose the "birdie", AKA this projectile.
• the shuttlecock.

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