Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1140, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Asian Bodies Of Water 1: Although called a sea, it's actually a large salty lake between Israel and Jordan. the Dead Sea. 2: According to Hindu myth, this river once flowed in the heavens but was ordered to go down to Earth. the Ganges. 3: This holy river of India was named for the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1139, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hard Wood 1: Ted Turner said these have no future because there aren't enough trees left to keep making wood pulp. newspapers. 2: This eating utensil's name is from Old English for a "chip of wood". spoon. 3: Only National Hockey League with a type of tree mentioned in their name. (...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1138, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Did I Hear That Right? 1: "Saturday Night Live" editorialist Emily Litella wasn't sure why all the fuss about these "on television". Violins. 2: A coming-of-age novel by Bruce Ducker is titled "Lead Us Not Into" this NYC train depot. Penn Station. 3: (Hi, I'm Tony Danza) On "Friends...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: B.C. Vips 1: In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation". Socrates. 2: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life. Hannibal. 3: Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten and this b...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1136, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Sandwich 1: It's sandwiched between Mississippi and Georgia. Alabama. 2: It's sandwiched between California and Utah. Nevada. 3: It's the cheesy filling between Illinois and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Wisconsin. 4: It's sandwiched between Oregon and Wyoming. Idaho. 5: It's sa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1135, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues M. With M in quotation marks 1: Bede was one; so was Mendel (4). monk. 2: "La boheme" femme(4). Mimi. 3: Thoroughly modern girl(6). Millie. 4: Mickey and Minnie (4). mice. 5: Merry month (3). May. Round 2. Category: Snacks On A Plane 1: Bon appetit! On long flights,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1134, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ways To Play. With Play in quotation marks 1: To cut class or skip school. To play hooky. 2: It's a 3-word synonym for a pun. Play on words. 3: A person who doesn't date anyone exclusively does this; so do some baseball players. Play the field. 4: A detailed verbal account of an eve...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1133, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Da, You Speak Russian 1: Also called the great sturgeon, this species lends its name to a type of caviar. beluga. 2: A Russian monarch, or an American policy expert appointed by the government to tackle a particular problem. a czar. 3: These thin pancakes are similar to crepes and t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Books For The Young 1: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar and bad" but "all their children admired him". Huckleberry Finn. 2: This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the great green room...". Goodnight Moon. 3: He illustra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1131, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Better Known As... 1: Marion Morrison. John Wayne. 2: "Stardust" man David Jones. David Bowie. 3: Funnyman Cornelius Chase. Chevy Chase. 4: WWII radio propagandist Iva D'Aquino. "Tokyo Rose". 5: Norma Jean Baker. Marilyn Monroe. Round 2. Category: Famous Flops 1: McDonald's hope for...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1130, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 7 1: Tradition says this city was founded in 753 B.C. on one of a group of 7 hills. Rome. 2: In the Romanian language, this group includes Duminica, Luni and Vineri. days of the week. 3: Shivah in this religion is a 7-day period of mourning. Judaism. 4: Lust, sloth and gluttony are...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1129, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Writing Stuff 1: "Passing away" is this kind of term, an indirect substitute for something harsh or offensive. a euphemism. 2: "Uneven" 2-word term for an early version; Jefferson used it about one pass at the Declaration of Independence. a rough draft. 3: Aunt Grace wants 1 mor...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1128, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Quotable Einstein 1: "Life is like riding" one of these; "to keep your balance you must keep moving". a bicycle. 2: This "is more important than knowledge". imagination. 3: "I never think of" this period of time. "It comes soon enough". the future. 4: This "cannot be kept by for...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1127, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Asian Capitals 1: This capital is named for a religion. Islamabad. 2: In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later. Islamabad. 3: On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city. Jakarta. 4: Ki...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1126, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Going For Ward. With Ward in quotation marks 1: Former name for what we today call a flight attendant. a stewardess. 2: All the clothes belonging to you, or a tall piece of furniture to put them all in. a wardrobe. 3: Michael S. Evans holds this top administrative position at Folsom...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakers 1: Locals in this Upstate New York City know it hosted the 1980 winter Olympics. Lake Placid. 2: Folks on the Nevada border know this lake took its name from the Washoe word for "Big Water". Lake Tahoe. 3: Workers are way above average in ports such as Duluth on this Great La...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Books For The Young 1: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar and bad" but "all their children admired him". Huckleberry Finn. 2: This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the great green room...". Goodnight Moon. 3: He illustra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1124, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dr. Alex' Old-Time Feel-Good Medicine Show 1: Muscles inflamed? Joints in pain? Dr. Alex' Youth Elixir clears away the ol' rheumatiz, or osteo- this (and it ain't "porosis"!). arthritis. 2: Make your mucous membranes merry and mirthful! Enjoy Dr. Alex' Cure-All to fight these, be th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1123, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Colors Of The Rainbow 1: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music. bluegrass. 2: Sad or gloomy. blue. 3: In the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, Ralph Nader ran as a member of this party. the Green Party. 4: In a sad mood. blue. 5: IBM is known informally...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1122, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff 1: Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient. zero. 2: Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters. won't. 3: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does. the subject. 4: The size of this body part changes, de...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1121, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: U.S. Colleges And Universities 1: Recovering from Katrina, it scheduled a makeup "lagniappe semester" starting in May 2006. Tulane. 2: The 2 founders of Yahoo! and the 2 founders of Google all attended this California school. Stanford. 3: Texas Lutheran University is in Seguin; this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1120, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bruce Willis Movie Quotes 1: "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?". Die Hard. 2: "Dead people, like, in graves... in coffins?". The Sixth Sense. 3: "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead". Pulp Fiction. 4: "If you pull that...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1119, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: National Narratives 1: "And Quiet Flows The Don" and "The Gulag Archipelago". Russia. 2: "The Man Who Planted Trees" and "The Man In The Iron Mask". France. 3: "The Tale Of Genji" and "The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion". Japan. 4: "The Settlers" and "Exodus". Israel. 5: "Snow Flower...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Action Figures 1: Fact: This "Office" star sees plenty of action as the title character on Amazon's "Jack Ryan". John Krasinski. 2: Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round. punches. 3: In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 ste...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1117, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Forget U 1: Forget the "U" in this synonym for "abode" and you get this stocking. house and hose. 2: Drop the "U" from this float used to mark a navigational channel to get this male word. buoy and boy. 3: Dropping the "U" from this synonym for "leap" gives you this uniting force. b...