Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Ss" The Situation 1: The ADA says to do this gently, once a day; it "helps keep your gums healthy". floss. 2: Did you know I could bench-press 250 lbs.? But I do this, a 7-letter term meaning to deviate from the main topic. digress. 3: From the Greek for "bottomless", it's a vast ch...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 181, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Car Talk 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Jay Leno) Car buffs like me know in starting some classic cars you pull out the choke to constrict airflow to this part". Carburetor. 2: It's the "A" in ABS, which is designed to keep you from hitting the skids. Anti(-lock Brake System). 3:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 180, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Past Tense 1: Before the fall, Humpty Dumpty did it "on a wall". sat. 2: Meaning "manufactured", it was in a famous telegraph message after "What hath God...". wrought. 3: If you missed the big day, go online; Blue Mountain has a whole section of this kind of birthday e-card. belated...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 179, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: While John Paul I Was Pope 1: Sadat sat down to begin talks with Begin and Carter at this U.S. site September 6, 1978. Camp David. 2: He regained the heavyweight title from the man he had lost it to in February -- Leon Spinks. Muhammad Ali. 3: In an Aug. 30, 1978 press conference he...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 178, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Body Parts By Prefix 1: Entero-. the intestine. 2: Dermato-. skin. 3: Opto-. the eye. 4: Gastro-. the stomach. 5: Chiro-. the hand. Round 2. Category: Tree-Letter Words 1: A sudden burst of light; some can be "in the pan". a fl ash . 2: On "Sesame Street" he's tickled to have his own...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 177, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hot Spots Of The '80s 1: On April 12, 1982 Great Britain imposed a blockade on this island group. Falkland Islands (or Malvinas). 2: Students who met in this square April 18, 1989 to mourn Hu Yaobang's death stayed to demonstrate. Tiananmen Square. 3: The Achille Lauro was in this se...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 176, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Really Tough Wheel Of Fortune Puzzles 1: ON THE MENU: I'll take a "G", Pat and solve the puzzle... it's an Italian dish of tiny dumplings made from potatoes or flour. gnocchi. 2: THING: It's the cavity or tube that connects the oral and nasal passages with the esophagus and larynx. p...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 175, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Put Me In, Coach! 1: I can't believe the ref called one of these on our goalie for elbowing, but I'm ready to go to the box and serve it. a penalty. 2: Notre Dame's football coach from 1918 to 1930, he had a winning percentage of .881, the highest in NCAA history. Rockne. 3: Put me i...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 174, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Barn"S 1: This purple Jurassic giant is a PBS headliner. Barney. 2: These crustaceans adhere to ships' hulls. barnacles. 3: Step right up! This impresario's ostentatious mansion was known as "Iranistan". P.T. Barnum. 4: Aerial acrobatics popular in the Midwest after WWI. barnstormin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 173, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The 1880s 1: On January 27, 1880 he received a patent for his incandescent light. Thomas Edison. 2: She represented the U.S. at the 1884 Red Cross conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Clara Barton. 3: In 1883 Belle Starr was convicted of stealing these. horses. 4: (Kelly of the clue cr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 172, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Travel 1: This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines. Easter Island. 2: In 1993 Circus Circus opened Grand Slam Canyon, a theme park under a dome, in this city. Las Vegas. 3: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gau...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 171, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I "Like" This Song 1: This Bob Seger song was used in ads for Chevy trucks. "Like A Rock". 2: Duran Duran made its Top 40 debut with this song. "Hungry Like The Wolf". 3: This 1965 song begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine". "Like A Rolling Stone". 4: The 2 Madonna No. 1 hit...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tom Time 1: Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance speech included this man! "I love you, brother!". Tom Cruise. 2: He and his band were runnin' down a dream as the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl in 2008. Tom Petty. 3: In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfic...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 169, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: College Aka 1: In Alabama:A reddish-brown colour. Auburn. 2: In New York:A brand of toothpaste. Colgate. 3: In Texas:An edible grain of the Gramineae family. Rice. 4: In Massachusetts:Small clumps of hairs, trees or grass. Tufts. 5: In Iowa:A male duck. Drake. Round 2. Category: You'...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 168, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bierce's Devil's Dictionary 1: Ambrose Bierce was known for his short stories and defined this longer form as " A short story padded". Novel. 2: Wife Mollie may have agreed with Bierce that this emotion is "A temporary insanity curable by marriage". Love. 3: Bierce defined this event...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 167, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Daughters 1: They were kids when she met her future husband at Ike's inauguration. Julie Nixon (Eisenhower). 2: She graduated from Stanford and was impersonated by Julia Sweeney on "Saturday Night Live". Chelsea Clinton. 3: A Columbia Law School graduate, she married mus...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 166, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "O" Yes! 1: A synonym for scent, this noun is from the Latin for "smell". odor. 2: Impenetrable to light, like some glass. opaque. 3: It's a single performance by a band in a single locale, or the title of a Wesley Snipes film. One Night Stand . 4: A temporary suspension of operation...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 165, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Lenin Closet 1: When Russian Marxism split into 2 factions, Lenin led this "majority" group. the Bolsheviks. 2: Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble. law. 3: Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here. Siberia. 4: Lenin spent WWI in this c...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 164, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Name The Instrument 1: In Billy Joel's " blank Man". piano. 2: In Wynonna's "Girls With blank ". guitars. 3: In Bruce Hornsby's " blank Rain". mandolin. 4: In Linda Ronstadt's "Different blank ". drum. 5: In the Byrds' "Mr. blank Man". tambourine. Round 2. Category: I Am A Crook 1: R...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 163, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I Need My "Space" 1: Ittowers605 feetoverSeattle. the Space Needle. 2: It's been making people scream at Disney World since the '70s. Space Mountain. 3: It's between the 2 "Alt" keys on a standard keyboard. the spacebar. 4: The Chandra or the Hubble, for example. a space telescope. 5...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 162, 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 161, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Chick Lit 1: In an L. Frank Baum novel, Billina the hen is blown overboard from a steamship along with this girl. Dorothy. 2: 6 Californians read and discuss "Persuasion", "Emma" and 4 other novels in Karen Joy Fowler's novel her "Book Club". Jane Austen. 3: A sisterly rivalry to giv...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 160, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lights 1: The hollowed, carved fruit of the "Cucurbita pepo" plant with a light inside. jack-o'-lantern (or pumpkin). 2: It's a very slender candle or the wax-coated wick used to light it. a taper. 3: Color of the bulb in all theatrical spotlights. white. 4: Fairy tale that includes...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 159, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Prefixes 1: "Anti-" means "against; "ante-" means this. before. 2: This thoroughly modern prefix means "one thousandth". milli-. 3: A prefix meaning "after" is found in this word meaning an after-death examination. postmortem. 4: This prefix that means "first" or "primitive" is found...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 158, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: '80s Song Lyrics 1: "So hurry up and bring your jukebox money", this "is a little old place where we can get together". "The Love Shack". 2: "Shot through the heart and you're to blame, you" do this. give love a bad name. 3: "We gonna rock down to" this place "and then we'll take it...