Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 458, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Driving Tour 1: Drive by the cops when you put the pedal to the metal on most of these high-speed German highways. autobahns. 2: Krasnaya Ploshchad is the local name for this square you can drive by, but not across. Red Square. 3: High degree Freemasons know it can be hard to drive...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 457, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Livin' La Vida Lobster 1: Lovable "Larry the Lobster" is the official mascot of this seafood restaurant chain. Red Lobster. 2: A variety lacking enlarged pincers, this 5-letter "prickly" type of lobster is also known as a sea crayfish. a spiny lobster. 3: One of a lobstering crew is...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections 1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history. (Abraham) Lincoln. 2: This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks. (Richard) Nixon. 3: Wil...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 455, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure 1: If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger. Spider-Man. 2: Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast. "Green Eggs and Ham". 3: A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 454, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Instant Messaging Shorthand 1: TTFN:This way of saying I'll chat with you at a later time. ta ta for now. 2: RUMORF:"Are you" this "or" this. are you male or female. 3: POS:This person "over my shoulder". a parent. 4: RTBS:"Reason to be" this. single. 5: SSEWBA:"Someday soon, everyth...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 453, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Phonies 1: This reclusive "2001" director has been successfully impersonated by a man who looks nothing like him. Stanley Kubrick. 2: "Girl You Know It's True" was the ironic title of a hit by this fraudulent duo. Milli Vanilli. 3: "The Education of" this Cherokee, billed as autobiog...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 452, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Scrambled Sayings 1: Sorry safe than better. "Better safe than sorry". 2: Can't join them if you beat them. "If you can't beat them, join them". 3: A hard rock and a place between. "Between a rock and a hard place". 4: New dog tricks you an old teach can't. "You can't teach an old do...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 451, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dynasty 1: Drink up! This family ruled France off and on until 1848. Bourbon. 2: Drink up! This family ruled France off and on until 1848. Bourbon. 3: In the 13th century the Marinids, a Berber dynasty, ruled what is now this country with Fez as their capital. Morocco. 4: The Sabah d...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 450, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Musical Duos 1: In 1990 this "Bridge Over Troubled Water" duo was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Simon and Garfunkel. 2: Dan Seals was part of England Dan and John Ford Coley and his brother Jim Seals was part of this duo. Seals and Crofts. 3: It seems like "Only Yeste...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 449, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: From The French 1: This word for a type of business like Quizno's comes from the French for "free". a franchise. 2: The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green". Vermont. 3: The name of this rodent that hibernates nearly half the year may come from the French...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 448, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Army, Navy Or Marines 1: Chester Nimitz. the Navy. 2: World War I flying ace Frank Luke. the Army. 3: John Glenn. the Marines. 4: Roger Staubach. the Navy. 5: Comedian Drew Carey. the Marines. Round 2. Category: 20Th Century Poetry 1: Frank O' Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 447, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jimmy 1: The Kentucky Derby-winning jockey in 1878, or the president of the U.S. in 1978. Jimmy Carter. 2: He's won the U.S Open on 3 surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976) and hard courts (1978, 1982, 1983). JImmy Connors. 3: He helped bring down Jim and Tammy Bakker, then got knocked...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 446, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Celebrity Spouses 1: Joanne Woodward. Paul Newman. 2: Lauren Holly. Jim Carrey. 3: Meg Ryan. Dennis Quaid. 4: Rita Wilson. Tom Hanks. 5: Iman. David Bowie. Round 2. Category: Where Are You "At"? 1: You ran the light and are liable for causing the accident, so you're said to be this....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 445, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Giants 1: I Samuel says the metal head of his spear weighed 600 shekels, or about 15 pounds. Goliath. 2: Cormoran, a Cornish giant, was felled by this famous giant killer. Jack. 3: In "Jack and the Beanstalk", Jack stole from the giant a little brown hen that laid these. golden eggs....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 444, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "B"Eople 1: On June 1, 2000 this governor stayed an execution for the first time; he had let over 130 go off normally. George W. Bush (when he was governor of Texas). 2: He joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-'82 season. Ed Bradley. 3: Former NFL great Esiason. Boomer. 4: Seen here,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 443, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Singers And Their Roles 1: When Sonny gets blue, he can think of "Good Times", the film in which he and this partner played themselves. Cher. 2: On stage, he was Ziggy Stardust, the king of space rock, and on film, an alien in "The Man Who Fell to Earth". David Bowie. 3: She earned a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 442, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Mystery Meat 1: Tournedos. beef. 2: A specially trained butcher known as a shochet is required to prepare meat to this religious standard. kosher. 3: Scrapple. pork. 4: Scrapple. pork. 5: Hasenpfeffer. rabbit. Round 2. Category: My Fantasy Football Team 1: You should have heard my "b...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 441, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Crusades 1: Peter the Hermit, like Sancho Panza, rode one of these animals through France rousing the peasants. Donkey. 2: Some orders of these were Teutonic, Templar and of St. John. Knights. 3: This king of England was a leader of the Third Crusade. Richard I (Richard the Lionh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 440, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tough Nursery Rhymes 1: An early version had 4 and 20 naughty boys in a pie; it was changed to these feathered friends. Blackbirds. 2: According to the rhyme, she had a little crook. Little Bo Peep. 3: Webster's defines this 6-letter word as a low seat; Chambers' defines it as a moun...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 439, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Language Of Sport 1: Full-court press. basketball. 2: No holds barred. wrestling. 3: To be stumped, sticky wicket. cricket. 4: Down and out. boxing. 5: Ground rules. baseball. Round 2. Category: History 1: In 1493 he reached Montserrat in the West Indies and named it for a Spanis...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 438, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The New York Times Crossword Clues 1: 55 down:Flying mammals(4). bats. 2: 47 down:Indian prince(5). rajah. 3: 64 across:Gardener's need(4). hose. 4: 43 down:Big citrus fruit(6). pomelo. 5: 52 across:What the queasy rodeo rider didn't feel like(1,7,5). a million bucks. Round 2. Catego...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 437, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In The Thesaurus 1: If Jefferson had a thesaurus, he could have written of "The Pursuit of Oblectation" instead of this. Happiness. 2: This word or a "flight of" it is a common synonym for "imagination". Fancy. 3: On the road, it's on triangular signs; in the thesaurus, it's listed w...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 436, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cinema 1: A clause in Orson Welles' RKO contract prevents Ted Turner from colorizing this 1941 film. "Citizen Kane". 2: It was the 2nd film in the "Star Wars" trilogy. "The Empire Strikes Back". 3: Vangelis' theme from this 1981 British film took a record 21 weeks on the charts to re...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 435, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Pepper" 1: Pizza lovers should know that this topping is actually a highly seasoned sausage made of pork and beef. pepperoni. 2: She first called Charlie Brown "Chuck" in a comic strip that appeared on August 24, 1966. Peppermint Patty. 3: In 1962 this baking company added Goldfish...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 434, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Political Life 1: Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here. In the ring. 2: An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds. Lame duck. 3: From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is...