Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 842, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: i was a teenage... 1: In 1979 at the age of 18, this "Great One" began playing in the NHL. Wayne Gretzky. 2: As a teenager and president-yet-to-be this man met JFK in 1963. Bill Clinton. 3: In his late teens, this "Top Gun" star played a loony military cadet in "Taps". Tom Cruise. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 841, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: club me 1: To join England's venerable Carlton Club, Margaret Thatcher had to be made an honorary one of these. a man. 2: For many years, Henny Youngman received much of his fan mail at this comedy "club" found on NYC's East 55th Street. the Friar's Club. 3: It's the "happy" name for...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 840, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: i shot the sharif 1: David Lean gave Omar Sharif a big-screen break when he shot this epic starring Peter O'Toole. Lawrence of Arabia . 2: Omar made a Russian house call in this classic shot by David Lean. Doctor Zhivago . 3: Director Richard Fleischer shot Omar getting shot as "Che!...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 839, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: blue jeans 1: His first "jeans" made in 1853, were neither blue nor denim, but brown and canvas. Levi Strauss. 2: On the back of his 1984 album cover, he's wearing blue jeans with a red baseball cap in the right rear pocket. Bruce Springsteen. 3: A huge billboard in Italy parodied th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 838, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: all business 1: Since going public in 2000, this Winston-Salem-based doughnut chain has made a lot of dough for investors. Krispy Kreme. 2: We predict you'll know that this computer software company has the stock symbol ORCL. Oracle. 3: It's true! This leader in wireless and local ph...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 837, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: virginia woolf 1: Woolf was active in this cause which she wrote "roused in man an extraordinary desire for self-assertion". women's suffrage. 2: This gathering of artsy types that flourished between 1907 and 1930 sometimes met at Virginia's house. the Bloomsbury Group. 3: A 1931 nov...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 836, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: don knotts 1: Don won 5 Emmys in the '60s for playing this jittery comic sidekick. Barney Fife. 2: Jack and Chrissy could tell you Don slayed 'em as new landlord Ralph Furley on this sitcom. Three's Company . 3: Don played a magical TV repairman in this 1998 fantasy in black and whit...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 835, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: sporting words 1: In golf, it denotes a tournament which can be entered by both amateur and professional players. open. 2: For a football team, it's being sent back 5 yards, for a hockey player, being put in a box. penalty. 3: A 40-40 tie in tennis. deuce. 4: Unless he's up 1st in an...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 834, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: blank of blank 1: Insurers may not compensate you for damages from these, like hurricanes or floods. Acts of God. 2: At your bank a CD isn't a compact disc, it's this. Certificate of deposit. 3: It was the "Holy Grail" for Ponce De Leon. Fountain of Youth. 4: A severe test, it's also...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 832, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: beasts 1: Battling stags can get in big trouble when these become hopelessly interlocked. Antlers. 2: The over 900 species of these mammals range from bumblebee size to others with a 5-foot wingspan. Bats. 3: This turtle named for its method of biting is more aggressive on land than...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 832, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: beasts 1: Battling stags can get in big trouble when these become hopelessly interlocked. Antlers. 2: The over 900 species of these mammals range from bumblebee size to others with a 5-foot wingspan. Bats. 3: This turtle named for its method of biting is more aggressive on land than...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 831, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: kangaroo words 1: It's just 1 letter shorter than rotund. round. 2: Precipitation is often just a fancy word for this. rain. 3: Within instructor you'll find this private instructor. tutor. 4: Cut Brobdingnagian down to size with this little 3-letter synonym. big. 5: If you salvage s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 830, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: see-attle 1: Uh-oh! This 14,410-foot mountain that looms over Seattle is actually an active volcano. Mount Rainier. 2: A real high point of Seattle is this 1962 landmark where you can enjoy a meal along with a 360-degree view of the city. the Space Needle. 3: A museum on Main Street...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 829, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: geographic spelling 1: This island country was formerly called Ceylon. S-R-I L-A-N-K-A. 2: Panama adjoins South America at this country's border. C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A. 3: The capital of French Polynesia; it's also the largest city in Tahiti. P-A-P-E-E-T-E. 4: Once a walled Inca city, thes...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 828, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: tv planets 1: On "Star Trek" one of Mr. Spock's parents was from Earth, the other from this planet. Vulcan. 2: "Goodbye" in the native language of this planet is "nanu nanu". Ork. 3: In this show's second season in 1989, a second wave of aliens, from Mor-Tax, invaded the earth. War o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 826, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: do "tell" 1: Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film. STELLA! . 2: Bootes, Orion and Gemini, to name a few. constellations. 3: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977. the Central Intelligence Agenc...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 826, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: do "tell" 1: Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film. STELLA! . 2: Bootes, Orion and Gemini, to name a few. constellations. 3: It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977. the Central Intelligence Agenc...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 825, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: u.s.a. 1: =. =. 2: The public library of this Pennsylvania town is located at 701 Cocoa Avenue. Hershey. 3: Washington, D.C. residents did this for the 1st time in November, 1964. vote for president. 4: Montgomery C. Meigs, who was the first to suggest it to A. Lincoln as a cemetery...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 824, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fairy tale birds 1: The Grimms said this heroine got her beautiful clothes from a little white bird, not a fairy godmother. Cinderella. 2: He was so large and unattractive that the bird who hatched him wondered if he was a turkey. the Ugly Duckling. 3: Hans Christian Andersen wrote a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 823, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: neo lingo 1: A TV show that is an extended advertisement, like those used by Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996. infomercial. 2: It's the "game" played by parties telephoning back and forth trying to reach each other. phone tag. 3: To teach academic subjects to your children at your own hou...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 822, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: geograph"ia" 1: Victoria is the capital of this Canadian province. British Columbia. 2: In 1976 Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10s and Olympic gold for this country. Romania. 3: Lake Titicaca is on the border of Peru and this country. Bolivia. 4: This country is moving its capital to...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 821, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: on- and off-screen romances 1: This "Pretty Woman" fell for Dylan McDermott when she played his wife in "Steel Magnolias". Julia Roberts. 2: Laura Dern and this "Tall Guy" were linked romantically when they co-starred in "Jurassic Park". Jeff Goldblum. 3: Dennis Quaid found inner pea...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 820, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: early america 1: Carpenters in this colony's city of Savannah went on strike in 1746 for better working conditions. Georgia. 2: This colony of James Oglethorpe banned the importation of rum and brandy, and forbade slavery. Georgia. 3: In 1723 in Boston, construction began on this chu...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 819, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: eggs 1: When hard boiling eggs, add a pinch of this to the water to keep the eggs from cracking. salt. 2: "Joy of Cooking" says not to use a bowl made of this metal when beating eggs, as it will cause the eggs to gray. aluminum. 3: If you buy a dozen eggs weighing 2 oz. each, they'll...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 818, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the inc.-uisition 1: This Michigan company formerly had a 30-minute pizza delivery guarantee. Domino's Pizza. 2: The rhyming New England chain Stop and do this is mentioned in the classic song "Roadrunner". Shop. 3: Made for over a century by Hillerich and Bradsby Inc., it's the best...