Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1215, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Shirley Booth 1: Before the closing of the theaters in 1642, James Shirley wrote about 30 plays during the reign of this king. Charles I. 2: "We Have Always Lived in the Castle" is a Gothic novel by this author also known for her short stories. Shirley Jackson. 3: This Welsh sin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1214, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Passion 1: Devotion to a cause, or in another way, "To Phil and Judie: I could not have written the clue without you". a dedication. 2: Mais oui and toujours, it's French for "love", mon.... amour. 3: We are obsessed, perhaps even crazed, about this suffix, from the Greek for "exces...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1213, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: It Happened In The 20Th Century 1: On May 18, 1954 The New York Times headlined, "High Court Bans School" this divisive practice. segregation. 2: In 1981 Ananda Chakrabarty received a patent for a life form made of just 1 this. a cell. 3: In May 1940 he became prime minister and beg...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1212, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Allusions Of Grandeur 1: An ancient city on the Euphrates River known for its magnificence, today it can also mean a place of vice and corruption. Babylon. 2: You're living in grand style if you have the "white" type of this strong-smelling underground fungus on your table. truffle....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1211, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Menagerie 1: Bogie's 1941 "bird". The Maltese Falcon. 2: One of the top five films of 1986 was this little wonder from Down Under. Crocodile Dundee. 3: 2 of the 3 Marx brothers movies with a specific animal in the title. (2 of) Duck Soup, Horse Feathers and Monkey Business. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1210, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Shared Last Names 1: Governor Howard and pitcher Dizzy. Dean. 2: Musician Miles and actress MacKenzie. Davis. 3: Actresses Lana and Kathleen. Turner. 4: Singer James and chef Alton. Brown. 5: Actress Esther and pianist Roger. Williams. Round 2. Category: Disguise 1: Participants in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1209, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ancient Egypt 1: Paradise in the Egyptian afterlife was in this god's "field of reeds". Osiris. 2: In 332 B.C. he took possession of Egypt without a struggle. Alexander (the Great). 3: In 212 A.D., with few exceptions, the entire population was granted citizenship in this. the Roman...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1208, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cello 1: This cellist founded a music collective called the Silkroad Ensemble, with whom he plays cello. Yo-Yo Ma. 2: When you think of a cello solo, you're probably thinking of this Baroque composer's cello prelude from around 1720. Bach. 3: The uncrowned king of the cello, David P...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1207, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1990--25 Years Ago 1: This city, capital of the same-named country, was overrun by Iraqi forces. Kuwait. 2: After 11 years in the job, this U.K. prime minister resigned. (Margaret) Thatcher. 3: For the first time Pavarotti, Carreras and Domingo performed together as this supergroup....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1206, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Society 1: A community of people who live near each other; Mister Rogers lives in one. a neighborhood. 2: It's a society led by women in which descent is traced through the female line. a matriarchy. 3: The rules of polite social interaction; Emily Post is a popular name in the fiel...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1205, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ad Verbs And Taglines 1: MandM's: "The milk chocolate blank in your mouth, not in your hand". melts. 2: Apple, beginning in the 1990s:"blank different". Think. 3: Target:"blank more. Pay less.". Expect. 4: Instagram: "blank and share the world's moments". Capture. 5: Jantzen swimwea...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1204, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Eddie Murphy Movies 1: 1990 sequel to his 1982 "48HRS.". Another 48HRS.. 2: He played the man with whom Eddie Murphy traded places in "Trading Places". Dan Aykroyd. 3: "A Nightmare on Elm Street"'s Wes Craven directed Eddie in this 1995 comedy-horror film. Vampire in Brooklyn. 4: Ax...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1203, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Music Icons 1: Valerie Bertinelli said of this rock icon that she loved him "more than I know how to explain. I loved his soul". Eddie Van Halen. 2: Fans the world over celebrate this reggae legend on February 6, his birthday. Bob Marley. 3: At the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, she de...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1202, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Stop And Go. With Stop" And "Go in quotes 1: It's called the "peach of the tropics". a mango. 2: It's a brief appearance by a politician in a small town, traditionally on the rear platform of a train. a whistle stop. 3: In captivity this bird is fed a diet containing carotenoid pigm...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Decade Of Discovery 1: DNA's double helix. the 1950s. 2: Frank Sinatra by Harry James. the 1930s. 3: Quasars by astronomer and Faye Dunaway by Hollywood. the 1960s. 4: Hispaniola by Europeans. the 1490s. 5: Americium (atomic number 95). the 1940s. Round 2. Category: To Grind 1: Keep...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1200, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Map Happy 1: Its name says where it's at. South Africa. 2: "Zone" in on this country important to world commerce. Panama. 3: Zone in on this country, important to world commerce. Panama. 4: A bit of serendipity will lead you to this country's name. Sri Lanka. 5: Nation where Bolivar...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1199, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Greek Alphabet Puzzlers 1: It's a symbol of the all-american way of life. apple pie. 2: What baby needs, according to craps players. a nu pair of shoes. 3: Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system. Hi-Fi. 4: In song, she's asked, "What's that flower you have on?". Delta D...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1198, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Poetic Animals 1: These animals "couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again". the king's horses and king's men. 2: When asked "Is there balm in Gilead?", this bird replied in the negative. the raven. 3: Thomas Gray wrote an "Ode on the Death of" 1 of these pets, "drowned in a tub of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1197, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Books Of The Dead 1: The first volume of her poems didn't appear until 1890, 4 years after death stopped for her. (Emily) Dickinson. 2: Irene Nemirovsky's "Suite Francaise" was a bestseller 6 decades after her 1942 death in this infamous camp in Poland. Auschwitz. 3: Samuel Butler's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1196, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: April Fools' Day 1: The United States sent up Tiros I, the 1st satellite of this kind, April 1, 1960. weather satellite. 2: Rachmaninoff and Rostand, to name two. April 1 Birthdays. 3: This silent movie "hunchback" whose parents were deaf mutes was born April 1, 1883. Lon Chaney. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1195, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Win Win Situation. With Win in quotes 1: Flavor of Life Saver that may set off sparks in your mouth. wint o green. 2: Native Americans who lived in the Green Bay area (Their name is now on mobile homes). Winnebago. 3: Buzz Aldrin's real first name. Edwin. 4: Charming, in a childlike...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1194, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: And The Award Goes To... 1: This nutty comic won a 1996 National Society of Film Critics award for his role as "The Nutty Professor". Eddie Murphy. 2: Barbara Walters' "20/20" co-host, in 1998 he was awarded the Children's Champion Award from UNICEF. Hugh Downs. 3: While president o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1193, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Phrases Literally Translated 1: Don't overcook the pasta--I like it "to the tooth". al dente. 2: I was just walking down the street and I had a sudden sense of "already seen". déja vu. 3: I see you've positioned the bed according to the principles of "wind water". feng shui. 4: Step...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1192, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Century Of The Crime 1: Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to money laundering, fraud and a bunch of other stuff. the 21st century. 2: Charlotte Corday kills Marat, is not sad. the 18th century. 3: Lewis Payne causes William Seward pain, but even wounding the Secretary of State is not...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Go To H. With H in quotation marks 1: It's the medical term for bad breath. halitosis. 2: Buzz in when you know this one -- in ancient times, this sweet, sticky liquid was used to treat wounds. Honey. 3: At best, it's a computer enthusiast; at worst, it's one who illegally taps into...