Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 327, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Z" End 1: This company makes mealtime fun time with its EZ Squirt colored ketchups. Heinz. 2: Artificial or synthetic. ersatz. 3: What's the frequency, Kenneth?-- and make sure it's in this unit equal to one cycle per second. hertz. 4: In the Bible, Ruth was married to this man. Boa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 326, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Musical Styles 1: "Western" used to be a part of this musical style's name"I've been running from the law /Living in flashing lights /I've been...". country. 2: Encyclopedia Britannica calls it a "cultural movement" as well as "backing music"sample. hip-hop. 3: In the mid-1950s, this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 325, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Celebrity Alma Maters 1: She dropped out of Sarah Lawrence College in 1957 and married John Lennon in 1969. Yoko Ono. 2: This "ramblin' kind of guy" pulled straight A's in philosophy at Long Beach State. Steve Martin. 3: His wife Jane, who he met at the U. of MD., was his 1st partner...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 324, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On The "Q...t" 1: In an appliqued type of this, cutout designs are sewed onto one large piece of cloth. quilt. 2: Containing 67.2 cubic inches, it's 1/32 of a bushel. a quart. 3: It's the quantity resulting from the division of one quantity by another. a quotient. 4: According to the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 323, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'd Rather "Not" 1: According to tradition, Robin Hood was born in this English place. Nottingham. 2: Generic name for a lightweight laptop computer. notebook (or notepad). 3: South Bend school noted for its law school and sports teams. Notre Dame. 4: "Public" person authorized to au...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 322, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Vps 1: George Bush. Ronald Reagan. 2: Richard Nixon. Dwight D. Eisenhower. 3: Harry Truman. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 4: Thomas Jefferson. John Adams. 5: Theodore Roosevelt. William McKinley. Round 2. Category: "G"Eography 1: The old section of this city full of Swiss misse...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 321, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Rocky"S 1: [Audio Daily Double] Musical featuring "Dammit Janet" and the following: It's astounding Time is fleeting. Rocky Horror (Picture) Show . 2: In the 1930s William Dreyer mixed chocolate ice cream, almonds, and marshmallows to create this. rocky road. 3: He realized that "go...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 320, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Who Says 1: Malignant melanoma, which is on the rise, is strongly related to one's history of this painful affliction. sunburn. 2: A variant of BSE, a disease of these animals, can be found in mink; we guess that would be mad mink disease. cows. 3: 90% of Argentina's supply of this c...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 319, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nouns Or Verbs 1: A cod, or to catch a cod. Fish. 2: What belongs to the victor, or what food does when left out. spoils. 3: A jester, or to hoodwink. Fool. 4: A jewelry setting, or to get on a horse. Mount. 5: Home to a smithy, or to make counterfeit bills. Forge. Round 2. Category:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 318, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Days Of Birth 1: If born on a Monday, you're fair of this, so you won't stop clocks. Face. 2: Have a Tuesday-born person say this before meals; they're full of it. Grace. 3: Saturday's child does it "for a living"; Donna Summer sang she did it "For The Money". Work hard. 4: Garrison...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 317, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: History 1: In June 1987 she became the first British prime minister in the 20th c. elected to 3 straight terms. Margaret Thatcher. 2: Legend says an Etruscan family, the Tarquins, ruled this "Eternal City" from 616 to 510 B.C.. Rome. 3: The first 18 years of this French king's reign...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 316, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bowls 1: This nursery rhyme guy knew how to party; he called for his pipe, his bowl and 3 fiddlers for some tunes. Old King Cole. 2: After catching his wife with the mailman, this TV title man bought the Stuckey Bowl bowling alley; wouldn't you?. Ed . 3: This columnist who wrote "If...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 315, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Do You Come Here Often? 1: Bring your pet to the USA's National Cathedral on Oct. 4 for "The Blessing of the Animals" for this saint's feast day. St. Francis of Assisi. 2: Parents and kids gather each year at the White House for this event held on the Monday after Easter. the Easter...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 314, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Creation Stories 1: According to the gospel of St. John, in the beginning was this and it was God. The word. 2: This scientific theory suggests everything goes back to a single primeval event. Big Bang Theory. 3: In Eskimo lore, this black bird is a trickster-creator. Raven. 4: The o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 313, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Actresses 1: This "Dynasty" star's real name is Carol Diahann Johnson. Diahann Carroll. 2: In 1991 Bruce Willis rented Six Flags Magic Mountain for this actress's 29th birthday party. Demi Moore. 3: This Oscar winner has made several TV guest appearances as "Roseanne"'s grandmother N...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 312, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Title References 1: Matthew Fox and 47 others survive a plane crash but are stranded on a mysterious Pacific island. Lost . 2: On a primetime ABC soap, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and their neighbors on Wisteria Lane. Desperate Housewives . 3: The Kansas hamlet that's home to t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 310, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Modern History 1: A 1978 secession from India's Congress Party formed the Congress (I), with the I standing for her. Indira Gandhi. 2: This ex-British PM announced in 1963 he wouldn't run again for Parliament, to which he was first elected in 1900. Winston Churchill. 3: In 1945 he de...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 309, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lightning 1: Lightning causes over 10,000 of these a year and Smokey the Bear is getting mad!. forest fires. 2: In the 1931 film, he used lightning to bring his monster to life. Dr. Frankenstein. 3: Of 25, 50, or 100 miles, the longest length lightning strokes can reach. 100 miles. 4...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 308, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: At Last Count 1: Americans eat about 11 billion slices of pizza a year, with this as the favorite topping. Pepperoni. 2: It's the all-time top-grossing film. Titanic . 3: Undergrad tuition at this Cambridge "institute" is over $26,000; room, board and books add another $10,000. MIT (...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 307, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Reviews 1: (Hi, I'm Garry Marshall.) I directed this 1990 movie that the New York Times said "Borrows a thing or two from Pygmalion....but has its own....wit". Pretty Woman . 2: Variety said expand the scene in "Annie Hall" where Woody visits Diane Keaton's family and you've go...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 306, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "I" Mean It 1: This is it--actually, it's Latin for "it", and 1/3 of your psyche. the id. 2: In October 2005 this country's historic new constitution was adopted by voters. Iraq. 3: It's a narrow strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects 2 larger bodies of land. an isthm...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 305, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Declaration Of Independence Signers 1: We all know John Hancock signed it, but how many of you know he did it representing this state. Massachusetts. 2: He's the only signer the World Almanac lists with the occupation "printer, publisher". Benjamin Franklin. 3: Francis Lewis was the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 304, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: College Bowl 1: When completed in 1923, this Ann Arbor school's Yost Field House was the first field house on a college campus. the University of Michigan. 2: The colors of Notre Dame's athletic teams are blue and this. Gold. 3: Sports teams from Grambling, Clemson and Auburn share t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 303, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Band Names 1: The name of this Houston trio honors Texas bluesman Z.Z. Hill. ZZ Top. 2: A road sign inspired the name of this band from the land "Down Under". Men at Work. 3: Debbie Harry had often been called this, so it was "a natural" for the name of her band. Blondie. 4: This "Mo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 302, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Line 'Em Up 1: From largest in area to smallest:Australia, United States, Russia. Russia, United States, Australia. 2: From farthest away to closest to the Earth:Uranus, Mars, Pluto. Pluto, Uranus, Mars. 3: From earliest movie to most recent:"The Birds", "Birdman of Alcatraz", "The B...