Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 409, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Countries Named After People 1: The name of this Mideast country comes from the name of the royal family that rules it. Saudi Arabia. 2: This Latin American country is named for a man born in Genoa in 1451. Colombia. 3: It's named for the man who "liberated" it from Spain in 1824 and...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 408, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: To Riches 1: Like his father before him, he's the longtime mayor of Chicago. (Richard) Daley. 2: In 1969 he began Virgin, a mail-order business for discount records. (Richard) Branson. 3: In the 1984 film version of "1984", this acclaimed British actor played the inquisitor O'Brien....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 407, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Trivia 1: Subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". Dr. Strangelove . 2: An invitation to waltz, a Rogers and Astaire film, or a musical question in "The King and I". Shall We Dance? . 3: The names of these two movie elephants differ by just one letter. Dumb...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 406, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: All My Xs 1: In 1968 the MPAA rated a film adult by giving it this many Xs. 1. 2: In a 2002 film, number of Xs on Vin Diesel's neck tattoo. 3. 3: Claudia Silva starred in an L.A.-area theater production of "Cuatro Equis", this many. 4. 4: Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood S...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 405, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The "Del"S 1: Erase, erase, erase, perhaps with the touch of a button. delete. 2: Major party nominees for president are decided by these representatives. delegates. 3: These false beliefs might be of grandeur or of persecution. delusions. 4: It's another term for a flood, especially...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 404, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "R"Rrrrrrrrr 1: Sometimes it's necessary to do this, meaning to reload your computer's operating system. reboot. 2: 3 points on one throw in horseshoes. ringer. 3: The stems of these Asian palms are used to make wicker furniture. rattan. 4: In a memorable 1982 TV movie, Jean Stapleto...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 403, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Disneylands 1: The original Disneyland opened to the public in this decade. 1950s. 2: This classic ride is based on the 1949 Disney film "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad". Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. 3: Though it was inspired by Mad King Ludwig's pad, it's her "Castle" you'll see in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 402, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Geograph"E" 1: This city was probably named for Edwin of Northumbria, who built a fort on the Firth of Forth in the 600s. Edinburgh. 2: Sicilians call this active volcano Mongibello. Etna. 3: The ruins of Babylon lie on the banks of this river, the longest in southwest Asia. the Euph...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 401, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Time For A "Pi" 1: This animal's name comes from the Middle French for "thorny pig". porcupine. 2: We love this winged, unclothed infant archer of mythology, the son of Venus. Cupid. 3: Uh oh! This outer nonvascular layer of your skin is showing. epidermis. 4: Wealth, or a city that...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 400, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Islands 1: Material for the giant statues on this Chilean island was quarried from a crater called Rano Raraku. Easter Island. 2: It's home to Europe's highest active volcano. Sicily (Mt. Etna). 3: West Indian island that's the home of the limbo dance and calypso music. Trinidad. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 399, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Your Days Are Numbered 1: Dies Martis is the Latin name for this day of the week. Tuesday. 2: Number of months with only 30 days. four. 3: Years that read the same upside down and right side up include 1881, 6009 and this year of the 1960s. 1961. 4: Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 398, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Iraq 1: It's the country Iraqi nationalists call Iraq's 19th province. Kuwait. 2: Iraq's old name, Mesopotamia, was derived from its location between these 2 rivers. the Tigris and Euphrates. 3: Roughly 75 percent of Iraq's people are Arabs and 20 percent are of this ethnic group. Ku...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 397, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Printing 1: A halftone print is really an optical illusion; it's actually lots and lots of these that seem to form an image. dots. 2: XBLD, short for this, designates a very heavy typeface. extra bold. 3: The group of songs a singer performs, or a set of available characters in a fon...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 396, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cradles 1: These 2 rivers were the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia. Tigris and Euphrates. 2: Incorporated in 1819, this current state capital was once the cradle of the Confederacy. Montgomery, Alabama. 3: In mythology this baby strangled 2 serpents placed in his cradle. Hercul...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 395, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Also A Weather Term 1: To welcome, or to order a cab. hail. 2: Usual noun for what appears on a TV with bad reception. snow. 3: Trumpets, trombones and flutes are grouped as this type of instrument. winds. 4: If you're "on" one, you're in high spirits; if you're "under" one, you're i...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 394, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Quotations 1: In 1865 he said, "Whenever I hear someone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally". Lincoln. 2: In a 1976 Playboy interview, he said, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times". Jimmy Carter. 3: On April 12, 1945...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 393, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Andrew Johnson 1: Andrew Johnson succeeded this man as president, having served as his vice president for only 6 weeks. Abraham Lincoln. 2: Johnson was the first president to whom the House of Representatives did this; the Senate acquitted him in May 1868. impeached. 3: With no forma...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 392, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Read American 1: "O'Hara's Choice" is the final novel by this author who made his own exodus from this world in 2003. Leon Uris. 2: In 2003 he said he had completed the last 3 volumes of his "Dark Tower" series and had revised the first volume. Stephen King. 3: A werebeaver turns up...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 391, 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 390, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You Bot It 1: In 1961 the world's first production-line robot was used by this U.S. automaker. General Motors. 2: Started in 1997 to develop robotics and A.I., the Robocup features robots playing this competitive sport. soccer. 3: The humanoid robot Asimo performs some John Travolta...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 389, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Geographic Saints 1: After its 1980 eruption, this volcano in the American Northwest lost over 1,200 feet in height. Mount St. Helens. 2: This city's metro area includes Universal City, Castle Hills and Alamo Heights. San Antonio. 3: Exceeded only by the Mackenzie, it's Canada's seco...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 388, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Is So Dramatic 1: Meredith had a near-death experience and Izzie decided to practice medicine again on this show. Grey's Anatomy . 2: Gabrielle and Susan have multiple man problems on this show. Desperate Housewives . 3: On this show an Internet stripper has unnatural abilities th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 387, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What's On The Tube? 1: Keith Carradine's role as Wild Bill Hickok on this series ended when Jack McCall killed Hickok. Deadwood . 2: This veteran Pulitzer-winning film critic trades reviews with Richard Roeper. (Roger) Ebert. 3: In one episode of this comedienne's Bravo Channel show...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 386, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: All The Rave 1: You can camp overnight at the Global Gathering Weekend Rave near Stratford-upon-Avon in this country. England. 2: This Black Rock Desert event hasn't had an official rave since 1996, but nuzzle a speaker and feel the fire's glow. Burning Man. 3: In 1999 the Love Parad...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 385, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1970s Album Covers 1: 1977:John Travolta strikes a pose and points his finger to the sky. Saturday Night Fever . 2: 1978:Mick, Keith and the boys smile and smirk in wig catalog ads. Some Girls . 3: 1973:Against a black background, a prism bends a beam of light into a colorful spectru...