Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 972, 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: Argentina 1: The president of Argentina wo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 971, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Key 1: It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key observed "the rockets' red glare". Fort McHenry. 2: If you're shooting from the top of the key, you're trying to score in this sport. basketball. 3: His most famous work was completed in a Baltimore hotel room in 1814. Francis Scott K...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 970, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let Me Be Perfectly Frank 1: This Rat Packer gained prominence in the singing group The Hoboken Four. Frank Sinatra. 2: Unlike his brother, he surrendered to Missouri authorities in 1882. Frank James. 3: He was the subject of a book subtitled "The Story of America's Only Left-Handed,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 969, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You'Re On A Roll 1: A newspaper covering Congress since 1955, or the act of going down a list as you check class attendance. Roll Call . 2: Nicholas McKay invented this 4-letter roller using a toilet paper roll and tape to spruce up his suit for a dance. a lint roller. 3: "Roll Tide"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 968, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On Ice 1: Put this letter on "ice" and you get what Mickey and Minnie are. M (mice). 2: Put this letter on "ice" and you get gaming material that may be loaded. D (dice). 3: Put this letter on "ice" and you get the kind of "guys" who "finish last". N (nice). 4: Put this letter on "ic...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 967, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Hudson 1: A bridge named for this fictional snoozer crosses the Hudson at Catskill. Rip Van Winkle. 2: In 1802 a military academy was established at this site. West Point. 3: In 1807 the first practical steamboat, commonly known by this name, was launched on the Hudson. Clermont....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 966, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Solve For X 1: 500 - X 1 = 381. 120. 2: 99 - x = the number of keys on a standard piano. 11. 3: 105/x = blackjack!. 5. 4: √25 3X = 29. 8. 5: 20 - x = days in a fortnight. 6. Round 2. Category: Take A Stab 1: To protect Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp stabs Anthony Michael Hall with his "...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 965, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movies' Main Cities 1: "The Cooler" and"Ocean's Eleven". Las Vegas. 2: "Pretty Baby" and"A Streetcar Named Desire". New Orleans. 3: "Chinatown" and"Crash". Los Angeles. 4: "The Maltese Falcon" and"Dirty Harry". San Francisco. 5: "Avalon" and"Diner". Baltimore. Round 2. Category: Supe...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 964, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bottom Dwellers 1: These porous creatures from the phylum Porifera go from the bottom of the Mediterranean to bathtubs. sponges. 2: One of the largest of these bewhiskered bottom-dwelling fish is the European Wels at 15'. catfish. 3: The crayfish found in this famous Kentucky landmar...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 963, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: States By City Trash-Talking 1: "Truth or Consequences isn't a choice! and Los Alamos may be the bomb, but it's Roswell that ends well!". New Mexico. 2: "Sure, Ogden and Orem are nice, but I prefer Brigham City-- gee, I've really got to work on my trash-talking". Utah. 3: "I get no k...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 962, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Religious Holidays 1: On Shab-e-Barat, followers of this religion pray to Allah to give them a good year. Islam. 2: Shavuot, the Jewish Pentecost, celebrates the giving of this on Mount Sinai. the Ten Commandments. 3: In Latin America, Dia de la Cruz celebrates the day on which St. H...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 961, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dealer'S Choice 1: Wilhelm Roentgen won the 1901 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of these rays. X-Rays. 2: The Vulcans play for U.H. Hilo, this school with an active volcano next door. the University of Hawaii. 3: The 1932 Bela Lugosi classic "White Zombie" is set in this tr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 960, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Anagrammed 21St Century Leaders 1: Germany: Meaner Gal Elk. Angela Merkel. 2: Venezuela: Ez Havoc Hug. Hugo Chavez. 3: Italy:Billion Sour Vices. Silvio Berlusconi. 4: The United Kingdom:Wrong Orb Nod. Gordon Brown. 5: Canada:Sharpen The Rep. Stephen Harper. Round 2. Category: Kids Ru...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 959, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fine Food 1: At a raw bar, try the Lynnhaven type of this mollusk--it doesn't shuck. oysters. 2: Sushi lovers know a California roll contains this tree fruit aka the alligator pear. the avocado. 3: Sorbet is served to cleanse this, a term for a part of the mouth. the palate. 4: As yo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 958, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Gadget 1: Introduced in 1989, the GRiDPad was the first of these portable computers that are now smaller and slimmer than laptops. a tablet. 2: The fully automatic AT-LP60X one of these from Audio-Technica lists for less than $100; time to break out those old 45s. a turntable. 3: No...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 957, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Say Cheese! 1: Add white wine to some shaved Gruyere and Emmentaler and then heat to make this dipping treat. fondue. 2: It's a long way to this Irish county famous for its Cashel blue cheese. Tipperary. 3: Napoleon III may have named this white, downy-rind cow's-milk cheese after th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 956, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: it's "ok" 1: It begins "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out". "The Hokey Pokey". 2: It joins 2 oxen together. yoke. 3: You can sing like a star at one of these bars where you accompany pre-recorded tapes. karaoke. 4: According to Guinness, you'll find the world's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 955, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'Ll Have The Ham. With Ham in quotes 1: A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches. hamster. 2: This tendon is at the back of the thigh. the hamstring. 3: This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I". Oscar Hammerstein. 4: He wrote hard-boiled detective no...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 954, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Good Dog! 1: In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps. Saint Bernard. 2: Dogs in B.A.R.K. (Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) fetch homers hit from this team's park into San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Giants. 3: Wounded while...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 953, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fantastic tv 1: This story of a leonine hero and his lady love is rerunning on the Family Channel. Beauty and the Beast . 2: On film David Naughton was an American werewolf; on TV Kate Hodge is a she-wolf of this city. London. 3: Though this FOX show based on a 1988 movie about refug...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 952, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "r"ock music 1: Title adjective describing Dion's "Sue". Runaround. 2: The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can". "Ramblin' Man". 3: UB40 sang that this makes me "feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time". Red Red Win...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 951, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: playwrights 1: Dustin Hoffman reincarnated his "Salesman" on Broadway in 1984. Arthur Miller. 2: Wrote "The Man in the Glass Booth" but acted in "Jaws" and "The Deep". Robert Shaw. 3: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical for penning this sh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 950, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: food science 1: To combat hypothyroidism, iodine was first added in the 1920s to this common seasoning. salt. 2: One theory for why tomatoes were thought to be poisonous--their acidity leached this toxic metal out of pewter plates. lead. 3: 1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 949, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: u.s. flags 1: The last year the presidential flag was altered was 1960 when this was added. a Hawaii star. 2: This color standing for justice on the American flag is missing from the flag of Washington, D.C.. blue. 3: This state's flag is yellow with the sun symbol of the Zia Indian...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 948, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: atom 1: The first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare used an isotope of this element as its explosive. uranium. 2: Early atomic theorist Democritus said this color results from smooth, flat atoms that cast no shadow. white. 3: In a nice, stable early 1900s model, the atom was like...