Episode 978 - North and south - Speak of the devil! - Reference books - Spring medley - A marriage in ruins

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 978, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: North And South

• 1: On April 14, 1865, General Robert Anderson raised the same flag he'd lowered over this port four years before.
• Fort Sumter.
• 2: On April 9, 1865, he told his troops, "I have done my best for you; my heart is too full to say more".
• Robert E. Lee.
• 3: About 75 miles due north of Liverpool is the British national park named for this watery district.
• the Lake District.
• 4: In December, 1864, the rank of vice-admiral was created for this hero of Mobile Bay.
• David Farragut.
• 5: The next country due north of Australia's northernmost point is this 3-named one.
• Papua New Guinea.

Round 2. Category: Speak Of The Devil!

• 1: When I speak of the "devil", I want this chocolate dessert, and I want it now!.
• Devil's Food Cake.
• 2: This mysterious geographical area is also known as the Devil's Triangle.
• the Bermuda Triangle.
• 3: This insect is sometimes called the Devil's Horse, even though it looks like it's "praying".
• praying mantis.
• 4: It's the pro sport played by the New Jersey Devils.
• ice hockey.
• 5: Ile du Diable is the French name for this place that was once a French penal colony.
• Devil's Island.

Round 3. Category: Reference Books

• 1: Latin for "treasure", it's a treasure-trove of related words for a writer to use.
• thesaurus.
• 2: Look up "goober" in the current Encyclopedia Britannica and you're referred to this entry.
• peanuts.
• 3: The Press of this university publishes "Companions to" English Lit, Art and the Theatre.
• Oxford.
• 4: "Beat the Odds", "Music Bingo" and "Fast Draw" are entries in an ency. of these by Schwartz, Ryan and Wostbrock.
• game shows.
• 5: In the preface to his 1747 dict., this British lexicographaer apologized to critics if he missed any words.
• Samuel Johnson.

Round 4. Category: Spring Medley

• 1: A Polish tradition on the first day of spring is saying goodbye to a doll representing this season.
• winter.
• 2: "The Wind in the Willows" opens with Mole doing this with brooms and dusters.
• spring cleaning.
• 3: A little fun for the season; in the movie "Mean Girls" it's the rhyming name of a school dance.
• a spring fling.
• 4: From the Italian, it means "spring" or "served with veggies".
• primavera.
• 5: Spring training baseball in Florida is known as this league.
• the grapefruit league.

Round 5. Category: A Marriage In Ruins

• 1: Board the Hiram Bingham train in Cuzco and have your ceremony near these ruins with a shaman as your officiant.
• Machu Picchu.
• 2: There's an idea to turn the ruins of this old metropolis S. of Baghdad into a wedding venue, but you may want to wait for calm.
• Babylon.
• 3: Chichen Itza may be a good site for your nuptials; it's located in this Mexican state with the same name as a peninsula.
• the Yucatán.
• 4: Come clean with your bride at a wedding in Rome's baths of this emperor, opened in 216 A.D..
• Caracalla.
• 5: Wed at the Talisay Ruins, once a sugar plantation on Negros Island, part of this Southeast Asian archipelago.
• the Philippines.

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