Episode 1190 - Languages of india - Jeopardy! acceptable responses - Historic figures - Presidential pooches - Animated movie plots

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1190, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Languages Of India

• 1: Some dialects are characteristic of one of these Indian social divisions, like Ahirani, spoken by cattle herders.
• a caste.
• 2: Spoken by some 50 million, Gujarati was the first language of this "Father of Modern India".
• Mahatma Gandhi.
• 3: Works like the Bhagavad Gita were written in this ancient language.
• Sanskrit.
• 4: Marathi is the home language of this city, the financial and commercial center of India.
• Mumbai.
• 5: The written language of about 100 million people, it's basically Hindi, but with Arabic script.
• Urdu.

Round 2. Category: Jeopardy! Acceptable Responses

• 1: While we eternally accept Holland, this is the more accurate name for the country.
• the Netherlands.
• 2: We've never even heard anyone say the name Goyathlay, but we'd accept it for this Apache leader.
• Geronimo.
• 3: He went by a shorter name, but William Claude Dukenfield is an acceptable answer when referring to this actor.
• W.C. Fields.
• 4: You don't have to be high society to know that Society of Friends is an acceptable alternative name for this group.
• the Quakers.
• 5: When asking for the name of this mid-20th century British author, we will of course accept his real name, Eric Blair.
• George Orwell.

Round 3. Category: Historic Figures

• 1: Liu Pang, a man of humble birth, founded this country's Han Dynasty circa 202 B.C..
• China.
• 2: Forced from Mainland China in 1949, he established a nationalist government on Taiwan.
• Chiang Kai-shek.
• 3: This English seaman was known to the Spaniards as "The Dragon".
• (Sir Francis) Drake.
• 4: Only the core of this 13th century conqueror's army consisted of Mongols.
• Genghis Khan.
• 5: Wayzaro Menen, a great-granddaughter of Emperor Menelik II, was the wife of this Ethiopian ruler.
• Haile Selassie.

Round 4. Category: Presidential Pooches

• 1: Thomas Jefferson owned 2 briards that were a gift from this Frenchman.
• LaFayette.
• 2: In the early 1860's, his dog Fido became the first presidential dog to be photographed.
• Abraham Lincoln.
• 3: Garfield named his dog this to warn Congress not to send him any bills that he didn't want to sign into law.
• Veto.
• 4: A pup of liberty, this "golden" breed owned by Gerald Ford, became a guide dog for the blind.
• a golden retriever.
• 5: This chocolate lab was First Dog from 1997 to 2001.
• Buddy.

Round 5. Category: Animated Movie Plots

• 1: In this 2008 film Jedi Knights try to restore peace as the droid army rampages.
• The Clone Wars.
• 2: 4 musicians help Lord Admiral save Pepperland from the Blue Meanies and their anti-music missiles in this classic.
• Yellow Submarine.
• 3: Mrs. Brisby gets help from some super-smart rats who've escaped from a lab in this Don Bluth film.
• The Secret of NIMH.
• 4: 50-foot-tall, metal-eating, talking robot befriends boy in this 1999 film.
• Iron Giant.
• 5: In this 2007 film things don't get better for young Marjane after the Shah is supplanted by the Islamic Revolution.
• Persepolis.

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