Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1157, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Name The Work 1: Melville:"Captain Vere was an exceptional character". Billy Budd. 2: Cervantes:"At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember". Don Quixote. 3: Verne:"Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner". Around the Wo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1156, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: That Old Time Television 1: This 1950s Nelson family sitcom ran for 14 years. Ozzie and Harriet. 2: 2 of the 3 full-time "Tonight Show" hosts before Jay Leno. (2 of 3) Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. 3: This actress' TV character Alexis Carrington was once described as "st...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1155, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Those Phabulous Phoenicians 1: Seaport city known for its very expensive purple dye. Tyre. 2: The Phoenician city of Berytus is known known by this name. Beirut. 3: The ancient city of Byblos was known for its production of this material, hence bible, meaning book. papyrus. 4: The P...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1154, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Poke Out An I 1: Whether acrylic or watercolor, an art supply without its "I" becomes this--breathe hard. a pant. 2: A word towards the end of an auctioneer's spiel sells its "I" to ring out as this instrument. gong. 3: Without its "I", a synonym for "landed" becomes this computer k...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1153, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Stupid Show Biz Answers 1: It's the role Danny Bonaduce played on "The Partridge Family". Danny. 2: Mike Myers flexed his powers to play Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell in this 1998 film. 54. 3: Andrea McArdle, who starred in a production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 2006, first became f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1152, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cities Through Time 1: A brief civil war took place in this capital after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917. Helsinki. 2: Before 1918 Guangzhou was known by this name; a Chinese language still reminds us of it. Canton. 3: A team name came from this word that preceded...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets. dogs. 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital. Dublin. 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1150, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Liberty Bell Rang... 1: On Feb. 3, 1757, when the Assembly directed this man to go to England to address colonial grievances. Benjamin Franklin. 2: on July 8, 1776 to announce the first public reading of this. the Declaration of Independance. 3: on February 4, 1771 to summon the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1149, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Coffees All Around 1: This "Good to the last drop" brand lets you choose among smooth, rich and bold. Maxwell House. 2: At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew. espresso. 3: The press you can use to infuse your coffee bears the name of this country that invent...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1148, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Big Battalions 1: This country's nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world's largest standing force. China. 2: Russia leads the world with more than 20,000 of these, like the new T-14 with an automated turret and 125mm cannon. tanks. 3: The U.S. rules the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1147, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hymns And Spirituals 1: Title that precedes "How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me". "Amazing Grace". 2: It's where "I'm goin' to lay down my burden", and "my sword and shield". "down by the riverside". 3: A hymn and anthem, "Lift" this "and sing, till earth and heaven ri...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1146, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cousin It. With It in quotation marks 1: A person serving in place of another, perhaps as a teacher. a substitute. 2: A group of 3, with or without a Holy Ghost. a trinity. 3: The state of living alone, even for 100 years... in a fortress. solitude. 4: A coarse-grained igneous rock...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wacky Math 1: Strings on a standard guitar times the Oscars won by Pauly Shore. 0. 2: Number of "golden rings" in a Christmas song plus the number of rings in Ringling's circus. 8 (5 3). 3: Days in a leap year minus the title "route" number of a TV show starring Martin Milner. 300 (...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1144, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Pull 1: You "pull a few" of these to get a favor done. Strings. 2: From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on. Pull up stakes. 3: Since the 8th century, it's what churchmen have pulled to ring their bells. Ropes. 4: Word on the 2 buttons that preceded this one:(C...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1143, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: An Arm Or A Leg. With Arm" Or A "Leg in quotation marks 1: 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river. Army of the Potomac. 2: Assembled in the 1580s, it was commanded by Medina Sidonia. the Spanish Armada. 3: He's known f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1142, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dead Precedents 1: In 1943 the Supreme Court overruled a 1940 decision and said students couldn't be required to salute this. the flag. 2: In 1987 the Supreme Court overruled an 1861 decision that courts couldn't do this, order a suspect handed over to another state. extradite. 3: A...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1141, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On My Dog'S Ipod 1: The first song my dog downloaded was "Atomic Dog" by this funky member of Parliament. George Clinton. 2: My dog can't help it-- he salivates every time he listens to the disco classic "Ring My" this. "Bell". 3: For inspiration, my dog listens to "Bark At The Moon...

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...