Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 374, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Fort"S 1: This N.C. fort has reason to boast since airborne U.S. Army combat units are stationed there. Fort Bragg. 2: On May 10, 1775 Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured this fort on Lake Champlain from the British. Fort Ticonderoga. 3: This celebrated Maryland fort overlookin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 373, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sleepyheads 1: This Washington Irving character slept through the American Revolution. Rip Van Winkle. 2: The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, and he's under the haystack fast asleep. Little Boy Blue. 3: This rodent couldn't stay awake through the Mad Hatter's tea party....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 372, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Andersonville 1: Maxwell Anderson's play "Anne of the Thousand Days" concerned the tragic life of this woman. Anne Boleyn. 2: At one time the host of "The Mole", this CNN anchor is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt. Anderson Cooper. 3: In 1985, this AP news reporter was kidnapped in West...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 371, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Bell"S And "Whistle"S 1: To enter a pool of water....tummy first. Bellyflop. 2: Sailors wore these pants long before they became fashionable in the 1960s. Bell-bottoms. 3: They supply the weight in Olympic weightlifting. Barbells. 4: They're employees who go public with stories of t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 370, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Chronicles 1: You'll find the deeds of Emperor Jimmu in the "Nihon Shoki", or "Chronicle of" this country. Japan. 2: Here is the actual diary given to this girl on June 12, 1942. Anne Frank. 3: Jim Bouton, on Nov. 15, 1968 in this book:"I signed my contract today to play for the Seat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 369, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: If They Were Musicals... 1: The musical version of this Ibsen play might be titled "Hedda Get Your Gun!". "Hedda Gabler". 2: Forget "Cats"; the musical of this Orwell book would feature jackbooted dancing pigs. "Animal Farm". 3: His play about Mrs. Warren could become "Best Little Wh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 368, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Drama 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and)I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers. "JAG". 2: Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 367, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Groovy 1: In carpentry, this body part " and groove" form a joint between 2 boards. tongue. 2: Seen here are grooves in this Buckeye State scoured into limestone 18,000 years ago by the Great Ice Sheet. Ohio. 3: Much of the cortical surface of this is hidden in grooves called sulci....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 366, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sports 1: Because of WWII, these 2 NFL teams combined squads in '43 to become the "Stegles". the Steelers and Eagles. 2: Regret, Genuine Risk and Winning Colors are the only fillies to win this Triple Crown race. Kentucky Derby. 3: On September 19, 1992 Sergei Bubka broke the world r...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 365, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Ock" Du Lieber 1: Fred Flintstone's hometown. Bedrock. 2: A dialect from the east end of London. Cockney. 3: This bird known for its mimicry is the state bird of 5 southern U.S. states. the mockingbird. 4: An ankle-length garment worn by a priest. cassock. 5: A mythological serpent...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 364, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Student Loans 1: I made the very long trip to the library to borrow this epic, Homer's sequel to the "Iliad". The Odyssey . 2: This Dostoyevsky novel about Alyosha, Dmitri and Ivan clocks in at about 900 pages, so I had to renew my copy. The Brothers Karamazov . 3: I checked out his...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 363, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Metals 1: Photography accounts for almost half the industrial use of this metal in the U.S.. silver. 2: This liquid metal is added to paints to make them mildew proof. Mercury. 3: Of the current penny, nickel, and dime the one which contains the most copper. nickel. 4: This liquid me...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 362, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 30 Years' War Call-In 1: (Alex: To start us off in this category, here's a "caller" from Saxony) If Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II keeps trying to impose this religion on everyone, there'll be hell to pay. Catholicism. 2: (Alex: Ah, some strange news from Turin now) It's crazy -- th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 361, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Go Bowling 1: If you knock down all 10 pins on your first throw in a frame, you've scored one of these. Strike. 2: A perfect game is this score. 300. 3: When throwing your ball, don't cross this "line" that's 60 feet from the pins. Foul line. 4: The headpin is also known by thi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 360, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Beatlyrics 1: This 1967 hit begins,"Love love love. Love love love. Love love love". "All You Need Is Love". 2: "I saw a film today, oh boy,The English Army had just won the war". "A Day In The Life". 3: "Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,They leave the West behind". "Back I...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 359, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Behind The Zodiac 1: When you cast your eyes on this constellation, know that half of it may represent Castor. Gemini. 2: Cancer is the crab that attacked this hero who was battling the Hydra. Hercules. 3: This device belongs to Astraea. Libra (the scales). 4: This constellation, Chi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 358, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On Your "Own" 1: Remember used cars? now dealers refer to those models as this type. pre-owned. 2: 9-letter term meaning produced in a particular region for local consumption. homegrown. 3: The Tomb of the American this, for a serviceman killed in WWI, was established in 1921. the Un...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 357, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: World Religions 1: In this religion, the devil is called Iblis, or "al-Shaitaan". Islam. 2: His book "Dianetics" gave rise to the Church of Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard. 3: Xochiquetzal was the goddess of beauty of this Mexican civilization. Aztec. 4: Hawaii's second-largest island is...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 356, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Literary Mommas 1: After arriving in California from Dust Bowl Oklahoma, she tells her son Tom, "They ain't gonna wipe us out". Mother Joad. 2: Jing-mei Woo takes the place of her deceased mother Suyuan at the weekly mah-jongg games in this 1989 novel. The Joy Luck Club . 3: In this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 355, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Aussie Odds And Ends 1: In 1993 Sydney beat out Beijing by 2 votes to get to host this, 7 years later. Summer Olympic Games. 2: Australia became a commonwealth in 1901, but this group didn't become citizens until 1967. Aborigines. 3: Nevil Shute's novel "A Town Like Alice" is set dur...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 354, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Rodent, Marsupial Or Reptile 1: The wallaby. marsupial. 2: The hamster. rodent. 3: The gecko. reptile. 4: The beaver. rodent. 5: The caiman. reptile. Round 2. Category: Suburbia 1: The original "Drew Carey Show" theme song was "Moon Over Parma", a suburb of this city. Cleveland. 2: L...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 353, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: C In History 1: This state's Gold Rush began in 1858, about 10 years after California's. Colorado. 2: Canada's Hamilton River was renamed in 1965 to honor this British statesman. Winston Churchill. 3: Originally, it was President Coolidge's middle name. Calvin. 4: In 1860 Abe Lincoln...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 352, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Classic Songs' First Lines 1: A CCR title:"Left a good job in the city, workin' for the man every night and day". "Proud Mary". 2: It earned ours:"What you want, baby, I got it, what you need, do you know I got it?". "Respect". 3: A disco anthem:"First I was afraid, I was petrified"....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 351, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Full Service 1: Performed to make you part of the Mormon Church, it needs a body of water large enough for total immersion. baptism. 2: They're the first 2 words in the Book of Common Prayer (1549 ed.) wedding service. Dearly beloved. 3: As used during the Last Supper they're the foo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 350, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Break Up 1: To the surprise of many, she and Bruce Willis called it quits in 1998. Demi Moore. 2: In October 1999 he shocked radio listeners by announcing that he and wife Alison were splitting up. Howard Stern. 3: After his breakup with Brooke Shields, he found a love match wi...