Episode 856 - places for animals - russian heads of state - eagle hodgepodge - tv workplaces - magic

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 856, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: places for animals

• 1: It can precede "anemone" or "cow".
• sea.
• 2: This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia.
• a snow leopard.
• 3: Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat.
• the earth.
• 4: Grassy field that joins with "lark".
• meadow.
• 5: This word refers to extreme opposites or a type of bear.
• polar.

Round 2. Category: russian heads of state

• 1: 1985-1991.
• Mikhail Gorbachev.
• 2: 1894-1917.
• Czar Nicholas II.
• 3: 1917-1924.
• Vladimir Lenin.
• 4: 1958-1964.
• Nikita Khrushchev.
• 5: 1547-1584.
• Ivan the Terrible.

Round 3. Category: eagle hodgepodge

• 1: In 1782 the U.S. chose this eagle as its national bird.
• Bald eagle.
• 2: Young eagles are called eyases or these.
• Eaglets.
• 3: It's a synonym for sprawl.
• Spreadeagle.
• 4: The chapters of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are called these after the nests of eagles.
• Aeries.
• 5: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards won the hearts of Englanders in 1988 competing in this Olympic event.
• Ski jumping.

Round 4. Category: tv workplaces

• 1: Vought International employs this show's ethically challenged superheroes.
• The Boys.
• 2: "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
• a (TV) newsroom.
• 3: This drama was set at the firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak.
• L.A. Law.
• 4: "Alice" and her fellow waitresses worked at this eatery.
• Mel's Diner.
• 5: On this show, Mae Whitman works at Fine and Frugal, but helps rob it.
• Good Girls.

Round 5. Category: magic

• 1: In 2008 2 Italian magicians pulled 300 of these out of a hat.
• rabbits.
• 2: In the 1930s Harry Blackstone "improved" this trick by using a buzz saw.
• cutting a lady in half.
• 3: Sometimes heard in magical chants, this rhyming term now refers to deception or trickery of any kind.
• hocus-pocus.
• 4: "Magic Man" and "Street Magic" are TV specials featuring this young trickster.
• David Blaine.
• 5: Born in New Jersey in 1956, this magician has "A Christmas Carol" in his top 10 books list, not the 1850 book he's named for.
• David Copperfield.

Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/