Instant Trivia

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...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Taking The Driving Test 1: This state agency, the DMV for short, administers the test. the Department of Motor Vehicles. 2: This alliterative method to get your car alongside the curb just might be on the test. parallel parking. 3: To take the test in most states, you'll need this p...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Almost Assassinated 1: August 22, 1962 when his limousine was attacked near Paris. Charles de Gaulle. 2: February 15, 1933 after making a speech in Miami. FDR. 3: May 12, 1982 on a visit to the famous shrine in Fatima, Portugal. Pope John Paul II. 4: September 5, 1975 while greeting...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1114, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What Do You Mean? 1: In the E.R., doctors ask for things to be done immediately by using this 4-letter Latin abbreviation. Stat. 2: In restaurants this number means "all gone". 86. 3: When used with "up", this type of little house is slang for living together without being married....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Capital Nicknames 1: "The Bluegrass Capital". Frankfort. 2: "The Charter Oak City". Hartford. 3: "Arkopolis". Little Rock. 4: "The Gateway to Glacier Bay National Park". Juneau (Alaska). 5: "The Cradle of the Confederacy" and "The Birthplace of Civil Rights". Montgomery, Alaba...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Moving Journalism 1: British Airways' in-flight magazine has this name, like a Miller beer brand. High Life. 2: Different regions get different magazines from this club, AAA for short; Via and Westways are 2 of its publications. the American Automobile Association. 3: Passengers in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1111, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ask The Nearest Hippie 1: Have you and your teenagers Mao and Cosmos resolved this, a phrase from the '60s meaning a distance between parents and kids?. the generation gap. 2: I'm late for work; do you mind moving this large Volkswagen model first sold in 1950 out of my driveway?. t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1110, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: That'S A Rap. With Rap in quotation marks 1: Go ahead, let your hair down reading the story of this princess locked in a tower. Rapunzel. 2: To descend a steep slope by rope. rappel. 3: Any bird of prey. raptor. 4: This 212-mile river flows into Chesapeake Bay. the Rappahannock. 5:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1109, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3-Name The Author 1: "Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out". Louisa May Alcott. 2: "Kidnapped". Robert Louis Stevenson. 3: "The Deerslayer". James Fenimore Cooper. 4: "The Maine Woods", published posthumously in 1864. Henry David Thoreau. 5: "The Magician of Lublin". Isaac Bashevis Si...