Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 869, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: apples 1: The Tree Top Company's website has recipes for the Sour Cream and Dutch Kitchen types of this. pie. 2: Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process. Grafting. 3: Being packed with pectin makes apples an excellent source of this in the diet. fiber. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 883, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the cold war 1: In the 1970s Linus Pauling advocated huge doses of this to battle the common cold. vitamin C. 2: By the end of the Cold War the population of this "sleeping giant" was over 1 billion. China. 3: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 868, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fictional indians 1: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn watched him kill the town doctor and place the knife in Muff Potter's hand. Injun Joe. 2: Peter Pan saved her from the clutches of Captain Hook. Tiger Lily. 3: Buffalo Bob often said "Howdy" to this Indian princess. Princess Summerfallwin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 867, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the roles of tom cruise 1: Wannabe Ivy Leaguer Joel Goodson. Risky Business . 2: Young lawyer Mitch McDeere. The Firm . 3: Navy pilot Lt. Pete Mitchell. Top Gun . 4: Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee. A Few Good Men . 5: Pool shark Vincent Lauria. The Color of Money . Round 2. Category:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 866, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: vampire lore 1: One of the most widely used vampire repellents, its smell is detestable to them. garlic. 2: A child born with these already in its mouth may be destined to be a vampire. teeth. 3: One theory says it reflects the soul but vampires have no soul so they can't be seen in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 865, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: let's talk turkey 1: Be happy, the turkey's breastbone is also known by this more hopeful name. Wishbone. 2: Farmboys know a female turkey is a hen, a baby is a poult and a male is called this. Tom. 3: Of wiggin, snood or hackle, the one that's the fleshy growth hanging down over a m...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 864, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rock stars 1: "Two Hearts" links his two careers: acting in the film "Buster", and singing with Genesis. Phil Collins. 2: In Oct. 1995 her "Jagged Little Pill" became the first album by a Canadian female to reach No. 1 in the U.S.. Alanis Morissette. 3: This Marilyn Monroe "wanna-be"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 893, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: hollywoodspeak 1: The popular films of this genre can be known as "oaters" or "horse operas". westerns. 2: Also known as a "tenpercenter", a good one of these can open doors in Tinseltown. agent. 3: Erica Kane could tell you it's the dramatic form known as a "sudser" in Hollywood. so...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 863, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: skip to my "lu" 1: WD-40 for example. Lubricant. 2: Clear or easily understood. Lucid. 3: The German Air Force. Luftwaffe. 4: First name of playwright Pirandello. Luigi. 5: It's the capital city of Zambia. Lusaka. Round 2. Category: british fashion 1: David and Elizabeth Emanuel got...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 862, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: historic historians 1: 2nd century B.C. historian Ssu-Ma Ch'ien put together the first comprehensive history of this country. China. 2: Christian Lange edited "Diplomatarium Norvegicum", a valuable source on this, his native land. Norway. 3: William Prescott's 2 big tales of the Conq...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 861, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: colonial america 1: A 1561 hurricane destroyed the Spanish settlement at what is now Pensacola in this state. Florida. 2: David Rittenhouse invented a device in 1767 showing the positions of several of these in the solar system. planets. 3: This style of architecture named for Englan...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 860, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: corporal punishment 1: In 1994 Singapore's punishment for vandalism by U.S. citizen Michael Fay was flogging with a rattan one of these. cane. 2: This instrument of torture, a wooden frame with moveable bars, stretches the body until the bones separate. a rack. 3: One superstition sa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 859, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: it's my party 1: "Honest Abe" was the first U.S. chief executive from this political party. Republican Party. 2: This country's controversial new prime minister Vajpayee is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. India. 3: A Conservative Party member in Canada or a loyalist during th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 858, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the american west 1: San Geronimo de Taos, an ancient Pueblo Indian village, lies north of the town of Taos in this state. New Mexico. 2: Part of the world's largest stand of Ponderosa pines is in Prescott National Forest in this state. Arizona. 3: If you have a "grain" of sense, you...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 857, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: universal studios florida 1: You'll find Universal Studios Florida in this city, not too far from Disney World. Orlando. 2: Watch out for the green slime geyser when you visit this "Nick at Nite" network's studio on the lot. Nickelodeon. 3: You'll careen through time and space on the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 856, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: places for animals 1: It can precede "anemone" or "cow". sea. 2: This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia. a snow leopard. 3: Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat. the earth. 4: Grassy field that joins with "lark". meadow. 5: This word refers to extre...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 855, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3-letter abbreviations 1: Your car's tachometer measures them. RPM (revolutions per minute). 2: If you're half an hour away at 2:47, your this is 3:17. ETA (estimated time of arrival). 3: This group had a Top 10 hit when it joined Olivia Newton-John for "Xanadu". ELO (Electric Light...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 854, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: chicken 〠la king shopping list 1: You may want chicken described with these 2 words, meaning the bird lived relatively unconfined. free range. 2: This fortified wine you'll cook with is in a separate section from other Spanish wines. sherry. 3: Weighty name for a standard ingredi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 853, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: let's mess with texas 1: Educated at Phillips Academy, Yale and Harvard, this part-time Crawford resident was born in Connecticut in 1946. George W. Bush. 2: Since 1935 this agency that originated in the 1820s has operated as a branch of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety. the Texas Ra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 852, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: talk show hosts 1: TV Guide said, with an estimated worth of at least $250 million, she may be the richest woman on TV. Oprah Winfrey. 2: He recorded the album "Large and in Charge" as Chunky A, a 300-pound rapper. Arsenio Hall. 3: In 1989 this "Can we talk" comedienne took another s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 851, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: also a bar drink 1: Flathead or Phillips head. a screwdriver. 2: With so much brainpower on stage today, this "Living Dead" movie monster wouldn't know where to start. a zombie. 3: It was last call for this Scottish outlaw on Dec. 28, 1734. Rob Roy. 4: Take a flying leap and name thi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 850, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: -ologies 1: Biology is generally divided into 2 branches: botany and this study of animals. Zoology. 2: A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life. biology. 3: Buzz in if you know that apiology is the study of these. bees. 4: Although it sounds like it deal...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 849, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: what's my line? 1: Mickey D's doesn't have a maitre d', which is short for this. maitre d'hotel . 2: In the Who song "My Generation", this line follows and rhymes with "Things they do look awful cold". "Hope I die before I get old". 3: Longfellow called this Italian city a "white pha...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 848, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "hang" time 1: It's a place to park your airplane. a hangar. 2: "Hair of the dog" is taken as a remedy for this. a hangover. 3: It's the type of look worn by a browbeaten or defeated person. hang dog. 4: To be completely candid in expressing one's feelings, or to live without inhibit...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 847, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "ling"o 1: A sister or brother. a sibling. 2: If you can "spare" the time, try this, the USA's biggest participatory sport. bowling. 3: It can be a small savory lump of dough served in soup, or a baked treat filled with apples. a dumpling. 4: I've got a feeling you'll know it's a vag...