Episode 1176 - Alphanumerics - Indian chiefs - Fictional witches - Geographic crossword clues "b" - What a beast!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1176, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Alphanumerics

• 1: The first swine flu, identified in 1930, was caused by this alphanumeric virus; in 2009 it was back.
• H1N1.
• 2: This company makes scotchlite reflective material.
• 3M.
• 3: This astromech droid served 2 Skywalkers.
• R2-D2.
• 4: Talk about primo and to the point! It was the alpanumeric license plate--London's first--issued December 1903.
• A1.
• 5: A young Anakin Skywalker created this droid to help his mother with household chores.
• C-3PO.

Round 2. Category: Indian Chiefs

• 1: This Chiricahua leader joined the Dutch Reformed Church in 1903 but was expelled for gambling.
• Geronimo.
• 2: It's said that Hiawatha started this league of the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Cayuga tribes.
• Iroquois League.
• 3: Called "Curly" as a boy, this great Oglala Sioux chief died a year after the Battle of Little Bighorn.
• Crazy Horse.
• 4: In 1903 he pleaded with Pres. Roosevelt for the return of his Nez Perce to their home.
• Chief Joseph.
• 5: A monument to this Mohegan chief was erected on the site of the home of J.F. Cooper.
• Uncas.

Round 3. Category: Fictional Witches

• 1: In "The Thirteenth Sacrifice", witches have returned to this city and Boston cop Samantha Ryan is hunting them.
• Salem.
• 2: Cho Chang and Fleur Delacour are 2 of the many witches in this book series.
• Harry Potter.
• 3: In "Macbeth" the three witches who prophesy his success and doom are appropriately also known as these "sisters".
• the weird sisters.
• 4: Jadis of Charn is the evil White Witch laying chilly havoc to this C.S. Lewis land.
• Narnia.
• 5: Jane, Alexandra and Sukie are the 3 title uninhibited magical mavens in this Updike novel.
• The Witches of Eastwick.

Round 4. Category: Geographic Crossword Clues B. With B in quotes

• 1: Look out "B" low country(7).
• Belgium.
• 2: Strait through Istanbul(9).
• Bosphorus.
• 3: French Frenchvolcanic volcanicisland island(4-4).
• Bora-Bora.
• 4: "Common" place city(6).
• Boston.
• 5: Cream center of Germany(7).
• Bavaria.

Round 5. Category: What A Beast!

• 1: Bigger than Jerseys, this U.K. cow breed from its own isle produces lots of slightly yellowish milk.
• a Guernsey.
• 2: Here's a close-up of one of the 30,000 quills on this animal; they slide in easy, but back-facing barbs make removal difficult.
• a porcupine.
• 3: Unlike the hippo, which has fully developed 4 of these, the rhino only has 3 with which to test water daintily.
• toes.
• 4: A flap of skin and fur called a bell hangs from the throat of this largest member of the deer family.
• moose (elk accepted).
• 5: This "hairless" breed of cat developed from a kitty born in Canada, not Egypt.
• Sphynx.

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