Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1250, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Run For The Border 1: From Peshawar,Pakistan. Afghanistan. 2: From Santiago,Chile. Argentina. 3: Why not from Minot, U.S.A., population 35,000. Canada. 4: From Baghdad,Iraq. Iran. 5: From Mombasa,Kenya. Tanzania. Round 2. Category: Larry King'S Public Figures 1: Tonight, the wooden...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1249, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Places Of Sport And Amusement 1: With 10 million gallons of water, the USA's largest one of these opened in Atlanta in 2005. an aquarium. 2: 4-letter place for "roller" fun. a rink. 3: Footwear is key at this indoor location where a turkey is cause for congratulations. a bowling all...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1248, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Manimals 1: In 1883 he opened his Wild West Show in Omaha, Nebraska. Buffalo Bill Cody. 2: In 1997 he broke Jack Nicklaus' 32-year-old Masters record of 17 under par. Tiger Woods. 3: In the victory column, this Alabamian has 4 more than Pop Warner. Bear Bryant. 4: On "Another Saturd...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1247, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Forwards And Back Words 1: Many rodents of a particular type and Polaris. rats and star. 2: To beat with a whip and a sport you can club. flog and golf. 3: To take a furtive glance and to retain possession. peek and keep. 4: To boast and clothing. brag and garb. 5: Shrek and "theref...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1246, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tinseltown Terms 1: The camera might travel on this wheeled platform to track a character down Madison Ave.. a dolly. 2: The best man attends the groom and this person assists the head electrician. best boy. 3: This term for a handler of animals on the set can also mean a cowboy. wr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1245, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dancing With The Stars Winners 1: In Season 11 she had the time of her life and the right moves to take the prize. Jennifer Grey. 2: In 2011 this Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver scored the win with his fancy moves. Hines Ward. 3: A frontrunner from the beginning, this pussycat str...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1244, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bible Belts 1: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says that if someone "smiteth" you here, "offer also the other". the cheek. 2: In this Bible book named for songs of praise, "Thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone". Psalms. 3: Par-tay! "Song of" him says, "I have drunk...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1243, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Major League Baseball Teams 1: This National League team shares its name with a mountain range. the Rockies. 2: The roster of this MLB team includes Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. the Dodgers. 3: In 2022 this team gave 73-year-old Dusty Baker his 1st championship as a manager; he...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1242, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Lyin' King 1: This mythical king whose name now refers to a never-ending task lied to get out of Hades. Sisyphus. 2: The False Dmitrys were 3 men who tried to rule Russia by pretending to be sons of this brutal czar. Ivan the Terrible. 3: One story says this king of Ithaca told...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1241, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ken Jennings: International Nerd Of Mystery 1: After hobnobbing with world leaders in May 2023 at this alphanumeric gathering in Hiroshima, it's off to Comic-Con in July. G7. 2: Ah, an 1869 bottle from this 2-name château in Pauillac, France! It's worth 6 figures and will certainly...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1240, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I Read It On A Bumper Sticker 1: "Save water" do this "with a friend". shower. 2: "What if" this kids' dance song "is what it's all about?". "The Hokey Pokey". 3: Punning on a slogan of the United Negro College Fund, "A waist is a terrible thing to...". mind. 4: "Never play leap fro...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1239, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Where'S That Church? 1: Built in the 300s A.D., the Church of the Nativity. Israel. 2: Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Família. Spain. 3: The Crystal Cathedral, now known as Christ Cathedral. the United States. 4: Hagia Sophia. Turkey. 5: St. Stephen's Cathedral, AKA Stephanskirche, consecra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1238, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 20Th C. America 1: As a lt. colonel, Washington led British colonial troops in the 1st battle of this war. French and Indian War. 2: In 1794, a 62-mile paved turnpike was completed from Lancaster to this Pennsylvania city. Philadelphia. 3: In 1763, a widespread Indian uprising was l...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1237, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Netflix And Chill 1: "Polar" stars Mads Mikkelsen as a retired one of these professionals, who has relocated to a snowier clime. a hitman (assassin). 2: What could be more chilling than "The Chilling Adventures of" this gal, last name Spellman, of course. Sabrina. 3: When Netflix re...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1236, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Performer 1: Patton Oswalt cooked up the voice of Remy the Rodent in this 2007 Pixar film. Ratatouille. 2: From 1960 to 2010 Don Hastings played Bob Hughes on this "global" CBS soap opera. As the World Turns. 3: Esai Morales lawyered up as Edward James Olmos' dad, Joseph Adama,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1235, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Holy Cow. With Cow in quotation marks 1: The Random House Dictionary calls it a children's game involving shooting, chasing, and capturing. cowboys and Indians. 2: A form of leather, or what has to happen before other cow go seek. cowhide. 3: The 3rd line of "Hey Diddle Diddle", it...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1234, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Margaret Me 1: She led Britain through the 1980s. Margaret Thatcher. 2: I'll get you to name this "Wizard of Oz" actress, my pretty. Margaret Hamilton. 3: Princess Margaret was born in 1930, 4 years after this sister. Elizabeth II. 4: Margaret Burbidge was the first woman to head up...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1233, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Siegfrieds And Roys 1: In an 1870s ballet, Prince Siegfried falls in love with one of these graceful birds. Swan. 2: This singer took "Oh, Pretty Woman" to No. 1 in 1964. Roy Orbison. 3: This composer of the opera "Siegfried" also named his son Siegfried. Richard Wagner. 4: Before h...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1232, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Flying Maneuvers 1: To do it to a fire, you cover it, to do it to a plane, you lower one wing. Bank it. 2: Noisy term for flying low over a person or area. Buzzing. 3: Also a Coney Island ride, it's a 360-degree maneuver that starts by pointing the nose upward. Loop-the-loop. 4: In...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1231, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Gluten-Free Foods 1: There's an octet of veggies in this alphanumeric brand's vegetable juice, but no gluten. V-8. 2: This classic canned meat from Hormel that debuted in 1937 has no gluten. Spam. 3: In the U.S., this soda is gluten free, as its Vanilla Zero version. Coca-Cola. 4: D...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1230, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: People Who Became Words 1: A swift fellow, this Austrian's name means the speed of an object as a multiple of the speed of sound. Ernst Mach. 2: Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor. the guillotine. 3: The name of this cigarette ingre...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1229, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Raleigh 1: In 1603 Sir Walter Raleigh was tried and convicted of this for plotting to dethrone the king. treason. 2: Raleigh introduced this tuber into Ireland; seemed like a good idea at the time. the potato. 3: In 1569 Raleigh fought in France on the side of these French Protestan...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1228, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Very Old East 1: Some 15 million years ago, what's now this country moved away from east Asia, and the same-named sea opened in its wake. Japan. 2: This subcontinent collided with Eurasia some 40 to 50 million years ago. India. 3: A long, long time ago, protoceratops roamed what...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Missing Man 1: Aboard Apollo 11:Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin. (Michael) Collins. 2: In a famous double-play combo:Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers. Frank Chance. 3: In the name of an optical products company:John Jacob Bausch. (Henry) Lomb. 4: In a legendary trio:Balthazar, Melchior. Cas...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: To The Mountaintop! 1: The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe". Mont Blanc. 2: Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this. Mount Rainier. 3: It takes about 6 hours to hike up th...