Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1087, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wise Guys 1: Leibniz was a noted philosopher of optimism; Schopenhauer, of this opposite view. pessimism. 2: Reb, the Yiddish for Mr., comes from this Hebrew word for "my master". rabbi. 3: This ancient Chinese thinker said, "The superior man does not, even for... a single meal, act...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1086, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Revolutionary War Before And After 1: American general who became a traitor and a great golfer, winning the Masters 4 times beginning in 1958. Benedict Arnold Palmer. 2: "Drag Race" host who had a dramatic horseback ride on the night of April 18, 1775. RuPaul Revere. 3: Formal agree...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1085, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Medical Prefixes And Suffixes 1: These 2 -iatricians specialize in opposite times of life and there's often talk of a surplus of one and a shortage of the other. a pediatrician and a geriatrician. 2: -sclerosis,as in "of an artery". hardening. 3: After my-, it means pain in the musc...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1084, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Don'T Be Afraid Of The Dark 1: Umbra is the Latin word for this dark area that can follow you around. shadow. 2: Crepuscule is another word for this 8-letter moment just before darkness falls. twilight. 3: In the first line of Poe's "The Raven", this dark adjective describes midnigh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1083, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Greek Letter Homophones 1: One way to propel a boat. row. 2: Feline vocalization. mew. 3: More advanced, or recently created. new. 4: A trademark brand of format for VCR tape. Beta. 5: Lao-Tzu's ultimate principle of the universe. Tao. Round 2. Category: Pup Fiction 1: Dodie Smith w...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1082, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: French First Names 1: Magritte andDescartes. René. 2: Monet andDebussy. Claude. 3: Cocteau andLafitte. Jean. 4: Cardin andBoulle. Pierre. 5: Escoffier andRodin. Auguste. Round 2. Category: The Golden Age Of Radio 1: All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of C...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1081, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nyc 1: Trendy adjective applied to people who have homes in both NYC and L.A.. bicoastal. 2: Before she ran for VP, Geraldine Ferraro was a Congresswoman from this NYC borough. Queens. 3: Daily and Sunday, it has the largest circulation of any NYC newspaper. the Daily News. 4: The C...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1080, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Patrons Of The Arts 1: 7 National Medals of Arts have gone to corporate patrons of the arts, like Exxon, Sara Lee and this card company. Hallmark. 2: In 1603 Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, switched to royal patronage and to this name. the King's Men. 3: Gustave C...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1079, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Elemental Latin 1: Aurum. gold. 2: Ferrum. iron. 3: Plumbum. lead. 4: Argentum. silver. 5: Kalium. potassium. Round 2. Category: The Real Adams Family 1: Let's drink a beer to the memory of this man who died in Boston Oct. 2, 1803, aged 81. Sam Adams. 2: In 1900 Brooks Adams predict...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1078, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tom, Dick Or Harry 1: Slang for a private detective. a dick. 2: To raid or ravage. to harry. 3: "Long" swiveling navy cannon. a tom. 4: A deep-sided drum. a tom (tom-tom accepted). 5: A British "spotted" pudding. spotted dick. Round 2. Category: Finn Fun 1: Yeow! The heat in this tr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1077, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: French Off The Boat 1: In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer and family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay. Jacques Cousteau. 2: By 1809 this man and his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans and set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so.... (Jea...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1076, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Chicago Tv 1: Stacy Edwards as Lisa Catera is a doctor with commercial appeal on this series. Chicago Hope. 2: He played Chicago-based psychologist Bob Hartley. Bob Newhart. 3: Of surgeon, chef or hit man, it's the profession of Carmy, who returns to his home city to ply his trade i...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1075, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: International Get-Togethers 1: In spring, head out from this largest Dutch city to the regional trade event focusing on tulips. Amsterdam. 2: Toronto's Collision Conference has a program for these tech companies named for their fledgling nature. start-ups. 3: This Austin-based meet-...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1074, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Er Talk 1: If a patient has suffered cardiac arrest, this color "code" should be called. blue. 2: This 4-letter term means ASAP! Immediately!. stat. 3: Give the patient 250 c.c.s of normal saline, c.c. standing for this. cubic centimeter. 4: You'll need follow-up rehab with a P.T.,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1073, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: So It Must Be Tru. With Tru in quotation marks 1: From the German for "whirlpool" comes this treat that's rolled and baked. strudel. 2: I don't mean to do this, thrust myself without permission or welcome... actually, I do, I totally mean to do this. intrude. 3: Absent from school w...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1072, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Shows Based On Books By Women 1: This show and its prequel "The Carrie Diaries" were based on books by Candace Bushnell. Sex and the City. 2: Kathy Reichs drew upon her own work as a forensic anthropologist to pen the Temperance Brennan books that became this show. Bones. 3: In t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1071, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: African Islands 1: Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake. Lake Victoria. 2: Parts of this capital city lie on the islands of Gezira and Roda in the Nile River. Cairo. 3: Now a part of Tanzania, this island known for its cloves was mentioned in "The Patty...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1070, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Novels Since 1900 1: 23-year-old Andrea Sachs gets a job as a personal assistant at Runway magazine in this Lauren Weisberger novel. The Devil Wears Prada. 2: "Texasville" and "Duane's Depressed" are 2 of the many tales of the small-town west by this author who died in 2021. (Larry)...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1085, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Medical Prefixes And Suffixes 1: These 2 -iatricians specialize in opposite times of life and there's often talk of a surplus of one and a shortage of the other. a pediatrician and a geriatrician. 2: -sclerosis,as in "of an artery". hardening. 3: After my-, it means pain in the musc...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1075, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: International Get-Togethers 1: In spring, head out from this largest Dutch city to the regional trade event focusing on tulips. Amsterdam. 2: Toronto's Collision Conference has a program for these tech companies named for their fledgling nature. start-ups. 3: This Austin-based meet-...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1069, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Trip To The Islands 1: This 2,200-square-mile Canadian island was named for a son of George III. Prince Edward Island. 2: The "Big Island" of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is shared between Argentina and this country. Chile. 3: The migration of the red crabs is an annual specta...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1068, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Letters In Song 1: Title of the following Beatles hit, it's how many people conclude a letter:"As I write this letter/Send my love to you/Remember I'll always be with you/Be in love with you...". P.S. I Love You. 2: If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye, it's no secret you'll...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1067, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Women Directing Women 1: This Oscar-winning actress directed herself in the film "Little Man Tate". Jodie Foster. 2: Gurinder Chadha scored when she directed Parminder Nagra in this soccer film. Bend It Like Beckham. 3: Mira Nair had "Hysterical Blindness" before directing Reese Wit...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1066, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let'S Go Online 1: Oh my God! It's a double rainbow video! Seen by more than 19.3 million people on this site! What does this mean?!. YouTube. 2: "The Clone Wars: Fierce Twilight" and "The Powerpuff Girls: Fast and Flurrious" are games at this TV channel's .com. Cartoon Network. 3:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1065, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Poe-Pourri 1: Poe was terribly ill when he was found in a tavern in this city on October 3, 1849; he died a few days later. Baltimore. 2: One of the title objects in this Poe story had a "terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more)". "The Pit and the Pendulum"?. 3: "I admit t...