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Episode 1161 - What a month! - The name on the airport - Ebony and ivory - 4th and goal - 6-letter birds
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1161, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What A Month!
- 1: It shares its name with a type of musical piece: Forward--Move It!.
- March.
- 2: The United States celebrates its birthday during this month.
- July.
- 3: Timewise, it's the shortest month.
- February.
- 4: It's National Dental Hygiene Month, and with all that candy at month's end, it's a good thing!.
- October.
- 5: The U.S. presidential election takes place in this month.
- November.
Round 2. Category: The Name On The Airport
- 1: What a wonderful world! In 2001 the New Orleans airport was renamed to honor this jazz great's 100th birthday.
- Louis Armstrong.
- 2: The airport code for Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is SPI, which stands for this state capital.
- Springfield.
- 3: The airport serving Grand Rapids, Michigan is named for this 38th president.
- Gerald Ford.
- 4: The smallest of the 3 major airports serving NYC, it's named for the mayor who oversaw its construction.
- LaGuardia.
- 5: A 9-foot statue of this actor graces the terminal building of the Orange County, California airport named for him.
- John Wayne.
Round 3. Category: Ebony And Ivory
- 1: The white tops of its keys were once made of ivory, hence the phrase "tickle the ivories".
- a piano.
- 2: Ancient kings of India used ebony for drinking vessels because it supposedly neutralized this.
- poison.
- 3: Most commercial ivory still comes from this continent.
- Africa.
- 4: Some of the best ebony is grown in the flat country west of Trincomalee on this "teardrop island".
- Sri Lanka.
- 5: Ivory comes not only from elephants but also from hippos, walruses and these small tusked whales.
- narwhals.
Round 4. Category: 4Th And Goal
- 1: Launched to recapture this city from the Muslims, the Fourth Crusade ended up sacking Constantinople instead.
- Jerusalem.
- 2: Denis Diderot suggested that actors imagine a fourth this to help them behave more realistically.
- a wall.
- 3: Greek scholars celebrate the fourth of this month as Exelauno Day because exelauno means to do this "forth".
- March.
- 4: University of Arizona students know that "The Ave" is Fourth Avenue in this city, fun by day and night.
- Tucson.
- 5: The goal of this was to capture the ferocious Erymanthian boar.
- Hercules' fourth labor.
Round 5. Category: 6-Letter Birds
- 1: This "clock" bird's scientific name is Cuculus canorus.
- cuckoo.
- 2: The flightless New Zealand kakapo is the heaviest type of this bird; the macaw is the largest.
- parrot.
- 3: Eagles and hawks can also be used in the sport named for this bird.
- falcon.
- 4: In New England it's often called a partridge while southerners call it a pheasant.
- grouse.
- 5: This diving bird of the auk family is distinguished by its colorful, triangular beak.
- puffin.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1305 episodes
Manage episode 412731156 series 3394361
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1161, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: What A Month!
- 1: It shares its name with a type of musical piece: Forward--Move It!.
- March.
- 2: The United States celebrates its birthday during this month.
- July.
- 3: Timewise, it's the shortest month.
- February.
- 4: It's National Dental Hygiene Month, and with all that candy at month's end, it's a good thing!.
- October.
- 5: The U.S. presidential election takes place in this month.
- November.
Round 2. Category: The Name On The Airport
- 1: What a wonderful world! In 2001 the New Orleans airport was renamed to honor this jazz great's 100th birthday.
- Louis Armstrong.
- 2: The airport code for Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is SPI, which stands for this state capital.
- Springfield.
- 3: The airport serving Grand Rapids, Michigan is named for this 38th president.
- Gerald Ford.
- 4: The smallest of the 3 major airports serving NYC, it's named for the mayor who oversaw its construction.
- LaGuardia.
- 5: A 9-foot statue of this actor graces the terminal building of the Orange County, California airport named for him.
- John Wayne.
Round 3. Category: Ebony And Ivory
- 1: The white tops of its keys were once made of ivory, hence the phrase "tickle the ivories".
- a piano.
- 2: Ancient kings of India used ebony for drinking vessels because it supposedly neutralized this.
- poison.
- 3: Most commercial ivory still comes from this continent.
- Africa.
- 4: Some of the best ebony is grown in the flat country west of Trincomalee on this "teardrop island".
- Sri Lanka.
- 5: Ivory comes not only from elephants but also from hippos, walruses and these small tusked whales.
- narwhals.
Round 4. Category: 4Th And Goal
- 1: Launched to recapture this city from the Muslims, the Fourth Crusade ended up sacking Constantinople instead.
- Jerusalem.
- 2: Denis Diderot suggested that actors imagine a fourth this to help them behave more realistically.
- a wall.
- 3: Greek scholars celebrate the fourth of this month as Exelauno Day because exelauno means to do this "forth".
- March.
- 4: University of Arizona students know that "The Ave" is Fourth Avenue in this city, fun by day and night.
- Tucson.
- 5: The goal of this was to capture the ferocious Erymanthian boar.
- Hercules' fourth labor.
Round 5. Category: 6-Letter Birds
- 1: This "clock" bird's scientific name is Cuculus canorus.
- cuckoo.
- 2: The flightless New Zealand kakapo is the heaviest type of this bird; the macaw is the largest.
- parrot.
- 3: Eagles and hawks can also be used in the sport named for this bird.
- falcon.
- 4: In New England it's often called a partridge while southerners call it a pheasant.
- grouse.
- 5: This diving bird of the auk family is distinguished by its colorful, triangular beak.
- puffin.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
1305 episodes
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