Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1200, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Map Happy 1: Its name says where it's at. South Africa. 2: "Zone" in on this country important to world commerce. Panama. 3: Zone in on this country, important to world commerce. Panama. 4: A bit of serendipity will lead you to this country's name. Sri Lanka. 5: Nation where Bolivar...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1199, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Greek Alphabet Puzzlers 1: It's a symbol of the all-american way of life. apple pie. 2: What baby needs, according to craps players. a nu pair of shoes. 3: Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system. Hi-Fi. 4: In song, she's asked, "What's that flower you have on?". Delta D...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1198, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Poetic Animals 1: These animals "couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again". the king's horses and king's men. 2: When asked "Is there balm in Gilead?", this bird replied in the negative. the raven. 3: Thomas Gray wrote an "Ode on the Death of" 1 of these pets, "drowned in a tub of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1197, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Books Of The Dead 1: The first volume of her poems didn't appear until 1890, 4 years after death stopped for her. (Emily) Dickinson. 2: Irene Nemirovsky's "Suite Francaise" was a bestseller 6 decades after her 1942 death in this infamous camp in Poland. Auschwitz. 3: Samuel Butler's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1196, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: April Fools' Day 1: The United States sent up Tiros I, the 1st satellite of this kind, April 1, 1960. weather satellite. 2: Rachmaninoff and Rostand, to name two. April 1 Birthdays. 3: This silent movie "hunchback" whose parents were deaf mutes was born April 1, 1883. Lon Chaney. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1195, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Win Win Situation. With Win in quotes 1: Flavor of Life Saver that may set off sparks in your mouth. wint o green. 2: Native Americans who lived in the Green Bay area (Their name is now on mobile homes). Winnebago. 3: Buzz Aldrin's real first name. Edwin. 4: Charming, in a childlike...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1194, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: And The Award Goes To... 1: This nutty comic won a 1996 National Society of Film Critics award for his role as "The Nutty Professor". Eddie Murphy. 2: Barbara Walters' "20/20" co-host, in 1998 he was awarded the Children's Champion Award from UNICEF. Hugh Downs. 3: While president o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1193, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Phrases Literally Translated 1: Don't overcook the pasta--I like it "to the tooth". al dente. 2: I was just walking down the street and I had a sudden sense of "already seen". déja vu. 3: I see you've positioned the bed according to the principles of "wind water". feng shui. 4: Step...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1192, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Century Of The Crime 1: Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to money laundering, fraud and a bunch of other stuff. the 21st century. 2: Charlotte Corday kills Marat, is not sad. the 18th century. 3: Lewis Payne causes William Seward pain, but even wounding the Secretary of State is not...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Go To H. With H in quotation marks 1: It's the medical term for bad breath. halitosis. 2: Buzz in when you know this one -- in ancient times, this sweet, sticky liquid was used to treat wounds. Honey. 3: At best, it's a computer enthusiast; at worst, it's one who illegally taps into...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1190, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Languages Of India 1: Some dialects are characteristic of one of these Indian social divisions, like Ahirani, spoken by cattle herders. a caste. 2: Spoken by some 50 million, Gujarati was the first language of this "Father of Modern India". Mahatma Gandhi. 3: Works like the Bhagavad...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1189, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bill Clinton 1: Clinton won first chair in this instrument in the Arkansas state band. the saxophone. 2: His birthplace; it's where he lived the first 7 years of his life. Hope, Arkansas. 3: The day before taking office, Clinton prayed at this president's Arlington, Va. grave. John...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1188, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Single T, Double T 1: The winner of the battle for survival per Darwin. the fittest. 2: A short, half-suppressed laugh or giggle. titter. 3: Miss Manners is an expert on this standard of appropriate behavior in social settings. etiquette. 4: This women's underskirt has been worn sin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Other Bond Film Characters 1: Miss Moneypenny is the personal assistant of this character, the head of MI6. M. 2: First name of American spy Mr. Leiter, who often helped James Bond defeat the bad guys. Felix. 3: Ben Whishaw is the new computer-savvy version of this character. Q. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1186, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fete Offensive 1: 1953 and 2009 were years of riots in France on this festive day that was violent back in 1789, too. Bastille Day. 2: After this war hero's 1829 inauguration, crowds nearly crushed him and the White House was trashed. Andrew Jackson. 3: Beijing feted 70 years of Com...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Odd American History 1: In 1833 this 35-inch-tall millionaire wed the 32-inch-tall Lavinia Warren (P.T. had his hand in it...). Tom Thumb. 2: Way before Ford, an assembly line was set up in Cincinnati in the 1800s to disassemble these animals. pigs. 3: In 1801 this American boat des...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1184, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Washington Today 1: She's the mother of 5, grandmother of 9 and minority leader in the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi. 2: "Pork barrel spending" is among the "issues" at the website of this Arizona senator and 2008 candidate for president. John McCain. 3: This congressman fi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1183, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dickens Book By Character 1: Bob Cratchit. A Christmas Carol. 2: Bill Sikes. Oliver Twist. 3: Esther Summerson. Bleak House. 4: Dr. Alexandre Manette. A Tale of Two Cities. 5: Uriah Heep. David Copperfield. Round 2. Category: All Hail The Creator 1: This Mindy of "The Mindy Project"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Known By One Name 1: He's often called the "Father of Geometry". Euclid. 2: Before he could exact his revenge, he was taken prisoner by Cortes and died after an attack. Montezuma. 3: He recently announced that he plans to step down as Japan's emperor in April 2019. Akihito. 4: After...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1181, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Comedies 1: In 2001 this "Friends" character married Chandler Bing. Monica. 2: Much like "Lost", the TBS comedy "Wrecked" begins with one of these mishaps. a plane crash. 3: HBO's "Avenue 5" stars Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad, stuck on one of these for a while. a spaceship. 4: On a c...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1180, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What'S He Like? 1: It's the national capital a Sinophile would most like to visit. Beijing (Peking). 2: A discophile doesn't particularly like discos but does like these, which are used there. records. 3: A logophile is a lover of these: long or short, Latinate or Anglo-Saxon.... wo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1179, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Of The Book 1: "The Help". Mississippi. 2: "The Last Picture Show". Texas. 3: "Washington Square". New York. 4: "Centennial" by James Michener. Colorado. 5: "The Grapes of Wrath"--2 states please, where the story begins and ends. Oklahoma and California. Round 2. Category: Tel...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1178, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Businesses 1: Ewing Oil. Dallas. 2: Duff Brewery. The Simpsons. 3: Bluth's Original Frozen Banana. Arrested Development. 4: Luthercorp. Smallville. 5: Los Pollos Hermanos--best chicken in New Mexico!. Breaking Bad. Round 2. Category: A Visit From St. Nicholas 1: '"Twas the night...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1177, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On The Pga Tour 1: Out on an island in 2001, a downhill 60-foot triple-break putt at TPC Sawgrass' famed 17th was better than most for this superstar. Tiger Woods. 2: Here's Bubba Watson cutting loose with this type of 5-letter shot that veers to the side of the dominant hand of the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1176, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Alphanumerics 1: The first swine flu, identified in 1930, was caused by this alphanumeric virus; in 2009 it was back. H1N1. 2: This company makes scotchlite reflective material. 3M. 3: This astromech droid served 2 Skywalkers. R2-D2. 4: Talk about primo and to the point! It was the...