Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 545, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Oil" 1: Petroleum as it comes to the surface is called this; that's why it has to be refined. Crude oil. 2: This Procter and Gamble product has nearly a third of the U.S. facial moisturizer market. Oil of Olay. 3: A long waterproof garment for sailors in sou'westers. Oilskin. 4: "Be...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 544, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: National Anthems 1: "Land der Berge, Land am Strome". Austria. 2: This large Asian country's "Jana-Gana-Mana" means "Thou art the ruler of the minds of all the people". India. 3: Franz Erkel, a noted composer of this country, wrote its nat'l anthem, "Isten Aldd Meg A Magyart". Hungar...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 574, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "House" And "Home" 1: It's the part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Homestretch. 2: On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting. Home Box Office. 3: This 1862 act gave ownership of 160 acres to anyone who lived and worked on them for 5...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 543, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Africa's Official Languages 1: In Benin:this. French. 2: In Gabon:this. French. 3: In Cameroon:English and this. French. 4: In Equatorial Guinea:Spanish and this. French. 5: In Rwanda:Kinyarwanda, French and this. English. Round 2. Category: Noms De Plume 1: In French this graceful s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 542, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Going National 1: Heel and cigar. Cuban. 2: Guard and chard. Swiss. 3: Toast and twist. French. 4: Linen and potato. Ireland. 5: Linen and potato. Ireland. Round 2. Category: Double D Words 1: Colby is a mild variety of this cheese. cheddar. 2: It follows step-, corporate and Jacob's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 541, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Taunt "O" 1: By its isolated nature, your last original thought might be considered one of these children without parents. an orphan. 2: Being around you has completely killed my sense of this, the tendency to expect the best of life. optimism. 3: At your place of work, it might beho...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 540, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Benny 1: In the 1790s astronomer and mathematician Benjamin Banneker compiled an annual one of these. almanac. 2: In 1785 Thomas Jefferson succeeded him as minister to France. Benjamin Franklin. 3: While in office, he admitted 6 states, more than any other U.S. president. Benjamin Ha...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 539, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Actor-Directors 1: He directed himself, dad Lloyd and brother Jeff in the TV movie "The Thanksgiving Promise". Beau Bridges. 2: He cast Debbie Reynolds as his "mother" in a 1996 film. Albert Brooks. 3: "The Great Dictator" (1940). Charlie Chaplin. 4: "The Great Dictator" (1940). Char...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 538, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Quick Moby-Dick 1: The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83. Jonah. 2: Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end. the Rachel . 3: Melville's subtitle for the first American edition. The Whale . 4: The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 537, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The '40s 1: The women for whom Walter Annenberg founded this magazine in 1944 are now on Social Security. Seventeen. 2: In 1942 RCA plated a master copy of Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" this color to honor a million sold. Gold. 3: In his first speech as prime minister May 13...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 536, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In The Minority 1: They're the largest minority group in Kyrgyzstan. the Russians. 2: People of this national ancestry form the majority, 67%, of the USA's Hispanic minority. Mexican. 3: Filipino Muslims are called Moros, the Spanish form of this English word. Moor. 4: Initially, Spa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 535, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Questionable Songs 1: Million seller in which Elvis Presley asks, "Are you sorry we drifted apart?". "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". 2: It's what Patti Page asked about "the one with the waggly tail". "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?". 3: It followed Linda Ronstadt's lament "I'...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 534, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Money Slang 1: The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate. a clam. 2: Cheap way off a rodeo bronco. Buck. 3: Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough. bread. 4: Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la. Do-re-...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 533, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Split! 1: In 2000 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that this computer company should be split in two. Microsoft. 2: Grammar alert: there's a split one of these in the phrase "He chose to wisely decline the invitation". an infinitive. 3: Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman got toge...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 532, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Advertising Mascots 1: He's the giraffe mascot for Toys 'R Us. Geoffrey. 2: It's the animal that's represented one of the major TV networks since 1956. a peacock. 3: One of these critters is the mascot of the Hartford Insurance Company. an elk. 4: Name of the bull terrier "party anim...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 531, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3-Letter Animals 1: The red species of this canine eats 'most anything, except perhaps sour grapes. Fox. 2: One can be barn or screech. an owl. 3: In ancient times this killer cobra was used to execute criminals. Asp. 4: In India the tail of this wild ox is used to swat flies. Yak. 5...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 530, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Attle" Field 1: Bovines. Cattle. 2: Snake tail tip. Rattle. 3: Disclose a secret. Tattle. 4: City between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Seattle. 5: Childish talk. Prattle. Round 2. Category: Arnold Schwarzenegger 1: Schwarzenegger, whose name means "black plowman" in German, was...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 529, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Real Ghosts? 1: Not one but two of this king's six wives are said to haunt Hampton Court Palace. Henry VIII. 2: Glamis Castle in this U.K. country has several ghosts, including an earl who gambled with the devil, and lost. Scotland. 3: Screaming ghosts have been heard at the old Lala...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 528, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 19Th Century Literature 1: "Knitting", "Still Knitting" and "The Knitting Done" are chapters in this 1859 novel. A Tale of Two Cities . 2: It may ring a bell that he had "a huge head sprouting red hair; between the two shoulders an enormous hump". the hunchback (of Notre Dame). 3: Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 527, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Oahu 1: Visitors learn how to make these floral necklaces at Senator Fong's plantation and gardens. leis. 2: The beachfront home used as Robin Masters' estate on this TV series lies on Oahu's east shore. Magnum, P.I. . 3: A tower topped by a giant pineapple stands atop this company's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 526, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hitchcock Movies In Other Words 1: "Maniac". Psycho . 2: "Taxonomic Class Aves". The Birds . 3: "Rotarize No. 6 to Get Homicide". Dial M for Murder . 4: "Rescue Pod". Lifeboat . 5: "A Woman Disappears". The Lady Vanishes . Round 2. Category: Dirty 4-Letter Words 1: It's the filmy cov...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 525, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: When They Were In College 1: Janet Reno was president, not attorney general of the women's student govt. at this Ithaca, N.Y. school. Cornell. 2: This supermodel from Somalia was discovered when she was a student at the University of Nairobi. Iman. 3: Martin Scorsese earned a B.S. an...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 524, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Playbill 1: Your quest is to name this musical, not an "Impossible Dream". Man of La Mancha . 2: It's been reigning over Broadway since 1997--long may it roar. The Lion King . 3: This long-running musical won 8 Tony Awards in 1987. "Les Miserables". 4: "There's No Business Like" this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 523, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Excess Hollywood 1: Her $2 million wedding to David Gest, with an 80-piece orchestra, was delayed because Liz Taylor forgot her shoes. Liza Minelli. 2: Promises in Malibu is one of these facilities providing celebrities luxury along with recovery. a rehab facility. 3: Punning on her...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 522, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hi Ya, Maya! 1: Maya Angelou's "The Heart of a Woman" was the first nonfiction work selected for this woman's book club. Oprah. 2: For this president's inauguration, Maya wrote and recited the poem "On the Pulse of Morning". Bill Clinton. 3: In 1977 Maya played Nyo Boto on this accla...