Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 724, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Things 1: You throw down a gauntlet to issue a challenge and throw this in to concede defeat. towel. 2: After Eddie George won this football trophy in 1995, one of its fingers broke in an airport x-ray machine. Heisman Trophy. 3: That little square or triangular flag on a sailboat's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 723, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Food Phrases 1: The saying "That's the way" this "crumbles" became popular in the fabulous '50s. a cookie. 2: If a Frenchman calls you "mon petit chou", meaning this, it might go to your head. my little cabbage. 3: A perfectly placid person is "as cool as" this member of gourd family...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 751, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakes And Rivers 1: 1 of the 3 state capitals that lie on the Missouri River. Bismarck, Pierre, or Jefferson City. 2: Famous for its monster, it forms part of the Caledonian Canal. Loch Ness. 3: It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon. the Colorado River. 4: This lake in Man...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 722, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Communications 1: KLAX, the top-rated radio station in Los Angeles for the 4th quarter of 1993, broadcasts in this language. Spanish. 2: The Sunset Strip Awards go to these big signs found all along the strip. billboards. 3: This former Tennessee senator is the administration's main...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 721, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lose A Turn 1: In 1991, after 8 years as the AKC's top dog, the cocker spaniel lost the No. 1 ranking to this dog called a lab. a Labrador retriever. 2: Chillicothe was this state's capital twice, losing out to Zanesville once and finally to Columbus. Ohio. 3: Only twice between 1949...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 720, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Objects 1: In this holiday classic, Ralphie's dad's "leg lamp" causes quite a stir. A Christmas Story . 2: In "A Very Brady Sequel", Tim Matheson struggles to steal the Bradys' statue of one of these animals. Horse. 3: In "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman is put on a chain gang for...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 719, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ole "Miss" 1: Someone who does church work abroad. missionary. 2: It's bordered by Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Missouri. 3: Theoretical transitional evolutionary stage between apes and humans. the Missing Link. 4: This musical takes place in part during the last days of the Vie...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 718, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Facts 1: Star of 1984's "The Duck Factory", you can't "Mask" the fact he went on to a "Dumb" film career. Jim Carrey. 2: Beginning in 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" captured "The thrill of victory" and this. the agony of defeat. 3: This former Cosby kid is the Malcolm in "Malco...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 717, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Titanic 1: Unlike the Titanic, when sister ship the Britannic sank in 1916, it had enough of these for all aboard. lifeboats. 2: Frederick Fleet was here when he was first to spot the iceberg; he had a bird's eye view. the crow's nest. 3: The Titanic had 4 of these; 3 were functi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 716, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Comics 1: From 1913-45 Arthur "Pop" Momand drew a comic strip called "Keeping Up with" them. the Joneses. 2: For years Herb and Tootsie Woodley have been neighbors to this couple. Dagwood and Blondie. 3: A 1960 No. 1 hit song was based on this V.T. Hamlin cave man strip. Alley Oo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 715, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Talking Heads 1: (Hi, I'm Jodi Applegate) I was an anchor of the launch of this cable news network backed in part by a software company. MSNBC. 2: In an April 19, 1951 speech, he gave new life to the well-worn phrase "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away". MacArthur. 3: Dan Ra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 714, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Musical Anagrams 1: The king is dead, long "lives" the king. Elvis. 2: From 9-5, she's "no party doll". Dolly Parton. 3: His last name anagrams to "spent singer", though his 4-hour concerts prove otherwise. Bruce Springsteen. 4: The last name of this Canadian singer is an anagram of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 713, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Initially Yours 1: Fashion designer:YSL. Yves Saint Laurent. 2: Eccentric punctuator and typographer Edward Estlin. E.E. Cummings. 3: American artist and illustrator Newell Convers. N.C. Wyeth. 4: In 1972 this Texan became the first race car driver to win the Indy 500 for the fourth...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 712, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Brit Speak 1: It's what a Brit calls his raincoat (or his Apple computer). a Mac. 2: It's the 4-letter term Londoners use for the subway. the Tube. 3: Pedestrian crossings like one on Abbey Road are named for this animal. a zebra. 4: The OED's definitions for this 10-letter slang wor...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 711, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: June 1969 1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. 2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras. soccer/football. 3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 710, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Gravesites 1: This "Believe It or Not" creator is buried in an Odd Fellows cemetery in Santa Rosa, Calif.. (Robert) Ripley. 2: It's true; Sojourner Truth is buried in this Michigan cereal city. Battle Creek. 3: The grave of the creator of Poor RIchard's Almanack is at this city's Chr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 709, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Go To Florida 1: You can see a miniature replica of this city's Forbidden City at Splendid China, a park in Kissimmee. Peking/Beijing. 2: The "Terrors of the Deep" attraction at this park might even scare Shamu. Sea World. 3: The Cypress Roots Museum traces the history of this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 708, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Pugilistic Sobriquets 1: Once known as "The Louisville Lip", he later became "The Greatest". Muhammad Ali. 2: When asked about his future plans, this boxer known as "Iron Mike" said, "I don't know...I might just fade into Bolivian". Mike Tyson. 3: Lightweight champ Ray Mancini receiv...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 707, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cowboy Life 1: Nickname given to orphaned calves, sometimes urged to git along. dogie. 2: To stop one of these, get ahead of the pack and force the cattle to mill in a tightening circle. a stampede. 3: For the New Book of Knowledge, Gene Autry wrote the article on this cowboy skill....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 706, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yum Yum! 1: Inspired by the Harry Potter books, these beans come in odd flavors like grass, sardine and earwax. Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. 2: Introduced in 2002, Slimy Ghoul is a glow-in-the-dark dispenser for this 3-letter candy. Pez. 3: York introduced these yummy "patties"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 705, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Pilgrims 1: Prior to settling in America, the Pilgrims sought religious freedom in Leiden, in this country, in 1609. Holland (or the Netherlands). 2: He came over on the Mayflower with his wife, Rose, and worked with the Pilgrims; the courtship poem is fictional. Myles Standish....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 704, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You Could Hurt Someone 1: Roy Blunt of Missouri is the majority one in the House of Representatives. a whip. 2: Playing Lieutenant Howard Hunter, James B. Sikking led this team on "Hill Street Blues". a SWAT team. 3: A cord used on laundry day in sunny weather. a clothesline. 4: On a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 703, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Son Also Rises 1: In 2000, after completing his studies at Eton, this heir headed for the jungles of Central America. Prince William. 2: He directed his dad Walter in "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre". John Huston. 3: Her son Christopher set his first novel, "A Density of Souls"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 733, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Grains And Staples 1: The name of this food, not a true grain, comes from the Dutch meaning "beech wheat". buckwheat. 2: The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer. oats. 3: Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in India. rice....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 702, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Try "Star" 1: Overly awed and fascinated in the presence of celebrities. starstruck. 2: Structure from which the 3-year-olds fly forward at Churchill Downs. starting gate. 3: Banner carried by the attackers during Pickett's Charge. "Stars and Bars". 4: An asteroidean echinoderm found...