Episode 1072 - Tv shows based on books by women - Breads and rolls - D.i.y. - Catch the quechua word - Animals among us

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1072, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tv Shows Based On Books By Women

• 1: This show and its prequel "The Carrie Diaries" were based on books by Candace Bushnell.
• Sex and the City.
• 2: Kathy Reichs drew upon her own work as a forensic anthropologist to pen the Temperance Brennan books that became this show.
• Bones.
• 3: In the 1970s and '80s Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson starred in "Little House on the Prairie", based on books by this author.
• Laura Ingalls Wilder.
• 4: 3 young E.T.s appear as humans and attend a New Mexico high school in books by Melinda Metz, the basis for this TV show.
• Roswell.
• 5: Based on novels by Deborah Harkness, "A Discovery of" these beings centers on historian Diana Bishop, who has magical abilities.
• Witches.

Round 2. Category: Breads And Rolls

• 1: This bread made with dough left over from the previous day is associated with prospecting.
• sourdough.
• 2: This crescent-shaped roll dates back to the 1680s, when Austria and Hungary were at war with Turkey.
• a croissant.
• 3: This heavy, dark bread originated in Westphalia, Germany.
• pumpernickel.
• 4: Puddinglike spoon bread is made of this grain.
• corn.
• 5: Made of clumps of dough piled in a tube pan, bubble bread is also known by this simian name.
• monkey bread.

Round 3. Category: D.I.Y.

• 1: This word for a way to save energy and money also refers to sealing up the seams of a ship.
• caulking.
• 2: To clean red wine out of a carpet, sprinkle on this common condiment for 15 minutes, then rinse with soap.
• vinegar (or salt).
• 3: Fix your stained-glass problems using this, the word for any alloy that's heated to join the lead strips.
• solder.
• 4: If you're working with wood that doesn't need a finished look, you can use the waffle-head type of this.
• a hammer.
• 5: To cut a hole in drywall for an electrical outlet, use this saw that sounds like you're working on a door.
• a keyhole saw.

Round 4. Category: Catch The Quechua Word

• 1: The Quechua people of Peru used this word meaning "ruler" to refer to themselves.
• Inca.
• 2: This 4-letter alternate name for the mountain lion comes from the Quechua.
• puma.
• 3: The Quechua word for "bark" gives us the name of this malaria medicine obtained from the bark of a tree.
• quinine.
• 4: Quechua for "dried flesh", it's meat cut into strips and cured.
• jerky.
• 5: Louisiana French for a bonus given to a customer for making a purchase, it's from the Quechua for 'to give more".
• lagniappe.

Round 5. Category: Animals Among Us

• 1: The U.S. military used these animals to aid the clearing of underwater mines during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
• dolphins.
• 2: The lesser pandas of Asia are related to this "masked" North American mammal of the genus Procyon.
• the raccoon.
• 3: Plentiful in the Eurasian steppes in the late Pleistocene, these animals stood 16 feet high and had tusks 16 feet long.
• mammoths.
• 4: A traditional Uzbek meal might include shurpa, the meat of this "timid" animal served with vegetable soup.
• a lamb (or sheep).
• 5: Like the last passenger pigeon, the last captive Carolina parakeet died in the 1910s in this Ohio city's zoo.
• Cincinnati.

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