Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 473, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: That's The Spot 1: This stickier version of "Jurassic Park" is at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. La Brea Tar Pits. 2: This patriot of few regrets was hanged in 1776 on what is now 66th and 3rd in New York City. Nathan Hale. 3: In 1993 Joe Carter hit a World Series-winning ho...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 472, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Missives Of October 1: Oct. 1, 1908: Dear Mom, this car's been introduced at $850 but I bet mass production can lower it to about $300 by 1926. the Model T Ford. 2: Oct. 15, 1965: Dear Dad, you won't believe it but at a peace rally today David Miller burned this, so the FBI's aft...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 471, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: High Coup 1: A coup led by Colonel George Papadopoulos overthrew this country's government in 1967. Greece. 2: This man took the title first consul after a coup d'etat in Paris in 1799. Napoleon. 3: The last president of the Soviet Union, he was nearly overthrown in a 1991 coup attem...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 470, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Double Letter Perfect 1: A street sign with this letter pair denotes a crossing that has the ties that bind. RR. 2: This suffix denotes a person who is a recipient of something. ee (as in honoree). 3: A little ball, 0.18 inches in diameter, fired from an air rifle or a special gun. B...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 469, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Would You Like To Be In The Movies? 1: She was discovered while performing at the 1940 Aquacade in San Francisco. Esther Williams. 2: First brought to the big screen by D.W. Griffith in 1909, this hugely popular star was once known as "Little Mary". Mary Pickford. 3: Born in South Af...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 468, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Beer Bash! 1: This Bavarian city is famous for its pale lager and was the site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Munich. 2: The top-selling Mexican beer in the U.S., it became a yuppie trend in the 1980s. Corona. 3: Maccabee is one of this country's most popular beers. Israel. 4: The nam...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 467, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wet And Wild 1: Of a bird, a fish or an insect, what a water boatman is. Insect. 2: The American Water and Irish Water breeds of this dog are both noted for retrieving waterfowl. Spaniel. 3: Bubalus babalis is the scientific name of this animal also known as the water ox. Water buffa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 466, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Fish 1: A Massachusetts cape is named for this state fish, a valuable food source. cod. 2: Though this "regal" salmon is Alaska's state fish, it doesn't wear a crown. king salmon. 3: Called a muskie for short, it's Wisconsin's state fish. a muskellunge. 4: This largest species...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 465, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yes Sir, That's My Scientist 1: Sir Alexander Fleming took a shot in the dark and discovered this in 1928. Penicillin. 2: The special interest of Nobel Prize laureate Sir Cyril Hinshelwood was how oxygen and hydrogen combine to form this. Water. 3: Sir David Brewster invented the Dio...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 464, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Airports 1: A general aviation airport 12 miles south of Dayton, Ohio is named for these 2 men. the Wright Brothers. 2: In "Car 54, Where Are You?" theme, Khrushchev was due at NYC's JFK Airport, then known by this name. Idlewild. 3: World's busiest airport not named for someone serv...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 463, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Money Talk 1: It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse. Alimony. 2: It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim. Ransom. 3: Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money. Greed (Avarice). 4: It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a governm...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 462, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lesotho 1: Continent of which Lesotho is a part. Africa. 2: While we have stars and stripes on ours, Lesotho has a straw hat. its flag. 3: Instead of money, a court in Lesotho might fine you so many head of these. cattle. 4: "Lesotho Fatse La Bo-Ntata Rona", "Lesotho Our Fatherland"....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 461, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Missing Vowels 1: Cold nation: RSS. Russia. 2: Arm bone: LN. ulna. 3: 1 of the 50:"DH". Idaho. 4: U. S. island territory: MRCN SM. American Samoa. 5: One of the elements:"DN". iodine. Round 2. Category: Hey, That Rhymes 1: Oscar-winning actor Tom's practical jokes. Hanks' pranks. 2:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 460, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nickelodeon 1: Summer Sanders is the host of this game show. Figure It Out . 2: These 2 guys were on Nickelodeon's "All That" before getting their own show. Kenan and Kel. 3: This character got her secret powers after being doused with a chemical in a freak accident. Alex Mack. 4: He...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 459, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Noted Pussycats 1: When talking about Sylvester, this character calls him a "Puddy Tat". Tweety Bird. 2: In the 1970 hit comedy "The Owl and the Pussycat", she was the title feline to George Segal's owl. Barbra Streisand. 3: Tom Jones' 1965 hit single "What's New Pussycat" was writte...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 458, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Driving Tour 1: Drive by the cops when you put the pedal to the metal on most of these high-speed German highways. autobahns. 2: Krasnaya Ploshchad is the local name for this square you can drive by, but not across. Red Square. 3: High degree Freemasons know it can be hard to drive...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 457, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Livin' La Vida Lobster 1: Lovable "Larry the Lobster" is the official mascot of this seafood restaurant chain. Red Lobster. 2: A variety lacking enlarged pincers, this 5-letter "prickly" type of lobster is also known as a sea crayfish. a spiny lobster. 3: One of a lobstering crew is...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections 1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history. (Abraham) Lincoln. 2: This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks. (Richard) Nixon. 3: Wil...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 455, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure 1: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger. Spider-Man. 2: Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast. "Green Eggs and Ham". 3: A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 454, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Instant Messaging Shorthand 1: TTFN:This way of saying I'll chat with you at a later time. ta ta for now. 2: RUMORF:"Are you" this "or" this. are you male or female. 3: POS:This person "over my shoulder". a parent. 4: RTBS:"Reason to be" this. single. 5: SSEWBA:"Someday soon, everyth...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 453, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Phonies 1: This reclusive "2001" director has been successfully impersonated by a man who looks nothing like him. Stanley Kubrick. 2: "Girl You Know It's True" was the ironic title of a hit by this fraudulent duo. Milli Vanilli. 3: "The Education of" this Cherokee, billed as autobiog...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 452, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Scrambled Sayings 1: Sorry safe than better. "Better safe than sorry". 2: Can't join them if you beat them. "If you can't beat them, join them". 3: A hard rock and a place between. "Between a rock and a hard place". 4: New dog tricks you an old teach can't. "You can't teach an old do...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 451, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dynasty 1: Drink up! This family ruled France off and on until 1848. Bourbon. 2: Drink up! This family ruled France off and on until 1848. Bourbon. 3: In the 13th century the Marinids, a Berber dynasty, ruled what is now this country with Fez as their capital. Morocco. 4: The Sabah d...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 450, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Musical Duos 1: In 1990 this "Bridge Over Troubled Water" duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Simon and Garfunkel. 2: Dan Seals was part of England Dan and John Ford Coley and his brother Jim Seals was part of this duo. Seals and Crofts. 3: It seems like "Only Yeste...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 449, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: From The French 1: This word for a type of business like Quizno's comes from the French for "free". a franchise. 2: The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green". Vermont. 3: The name of this rodent that hibernates nearly half the year may come from the French...