Episode 36 - Spiders - On The Lone Prairie - Aztec Gods - Sunny Songs - Put Me In, Coach!

Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 36, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Spiders

• 1: 1 of the world's most dangerous spiders is this country's Sydney funnel web
• Australia.
• 2: 2 of the 3 colors found in names of the "widow" spiders found in the U.S.
• (2 of) black, brown and red(-legged).
• 3: Scientists separate these hairy cousins from the "true spiders"
• tarantulas.
• 4: Spiders are among the earliest island colonists after these create a new environment, as at Krakatoa
• volcanoes.
• 5: Of 30,000 known species, only Argyroneta aquatica truly lives in this type of environment
• water.

Round 2. Category: On The Lone Prairie

• 1: The prairie has been called a "Sea of" this, like the over 6-foot-tall Big Bluestem
• Grass.
• 2: They're the family who resided in TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
• Ingalls.
• 3: Legendary Pecos Bill was raised by one of these animals that's also known as a prairie wolf
• Coyote.
• 4: A lot fewer of this Kansas state animal "roam" the prairies today than in the 19th century
• Buffalo/bison.
• 5: This city's nicknames include "City of the Lakes and Prairies" and "Hog Butcher for the World"
• Chicago.

Round 3. Category: Aztec Gods

• 1: As the goddess of this, Acuecucyoticihuati probably would be all wet
• the ocean (the sea).
• 2: Sounds like a bright guy; Tonatiuh was the Aztec god of this heavenly body
• the sun.
• 3: Mictlantecuhtli was the Aztec god of this and therefore lived in the underworld
• the dead (or death).
• 4: You'd have to get up pretty early to catch Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the Aztec god of this
• the dawn (the morning).
• 5: Don't make Huitzilopochtli mad; he was the Aztec god of this and is often shown waging it
• war.

Round 4. Category: Sunny Songs

• 1: This song by the Animals is actually about a house of ill repute
• "House of the Rising Sun".
• 2: According to the title of this Stevie Wonder hit, "That's why I'll always be around"
• "You are the Sunshine of my Life".
• 3: So don't delay, act now, you might as well name this song by Smash Mouth heard here
• "Walking on the Sun".
• 4: The 5th Dimension hit No. 1 with a medley of "Aquarius" and this song from the musical "Hair"
• "Let the Sunshine in".
• 5: George Harrison wrote this Beatles song in one day in Eric Clapton's garden
• "Here Comes the Sun".

Round 5. Category: Put Me In, Coach!

• 1: On Jan. 16, 2008 this former Indiana coach won his record 900th basketball game, guiding Texas Tech over Texas and
• (Bobby) Knight.
• 2: With 4 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, he won more Super Bowls than any other NFL coach
• Chuck Noll.
• 3: Put me in at quarterback! Wilson and I have been working on this old-time trick play named for a monument
• Statue of Liberty play.
• 4: Bob Kersee coached this woman, his wife, to 4 world championships, 2 in the heptathlon and 2 in the long jump
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
• 5: Put me in as this substitute on the basepaths! I'll steal second before you know it
• a pinch runner.

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