Instant Trivia

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1006, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Obvious Answers <ul> <li>1: This machine that produces printed letters on paper can be spelled using just letters on a typewriter's top row.</li> <li>Typewriter.</li> <li>2: William Tyler Page, who wrote "The...

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1005, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Brazilian Geography <ul> <li>1: 2 of this Brazilian city's most popular beaches are Flamengo and Ipanema.</li> <li>Rio de Janeiro.</li> <li>2: The selva is this vast, ecologically important area where it sounds lik...

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1004, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Cold Words <ul> <li>1: This cool admonition to calm down has been paired with Netflix.</li> <li>chill.</li> <li>2: It's the geographic area above the circle of latitude at 66 1/2 degrees north.</li> <li&gt...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1003, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Toast Of... 1: The toast of this city is the piled-high honey toast that originated around its Shibuya Station. Tokyo. 2: The toast of Sydney was spread with this in the '90s by restaurateur Bill Granger and the dish became trendy in America. avocado. 3: The toast of Barcelona i...

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1002, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Quick Moby-Dick <ul> <li>1: Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end.</li> <li>the Rachel.</li> <li>2: Melville's subtitle for the first American edition.</li> <li>...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1001, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fits U To A T. With U" To A "T in quotation marks 1: If you've wrecked someone's careful planning, you've done this to the applecart. upset. 2: The condition of an apple pie fresh out of the oven, it's also how I like my movies. uncut. 3: Apple pie is often rich, so it makes sense t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1000, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bills And Teds 1: He's Massachusetts' senior senator. Ted Kennedy. 2: In 2005, after 25 years as its anchor, he said goodnight to "Nightline". Ted Koppel. 3: A decade after "Politically Incorrect", he launched "Real Time" on HBO. Bill Maher. 4: With some 2 million acres, much of it...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 998, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Vegas Films 1: In "Casino" he played Ace Rothstein, the mobster who ran The Tangiers. (Robert) De Niro. 2: He directed the 2001 Vegas caper film "Ocean's Eleven". (Steven) Soderbergh. 3: The title of this 2008 Cameron Diaz-Ashton Kutcher film was inspired by a Sin City slogan. What H...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 997, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Deans List 1: Much of this Rat Pack crooner's hard-drinking persona may have been just for the cameras. Dean Martin. 2: In the 1930s this "lightheaded" pitcher led the National League in strikeouts 4 times. Dizzy Dean. 3: The then-new fad of skateboarding was celebrated in this d...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 999, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Buck Stops Here. With Buck in quotation marks 1: Wild Bill Hickok's TV horse, or the large pellets contained in the shell of a 12 gauge gun. Buckshot. 2: While at Yale, this conservative writer taught Spanish and was chairman of the Yale Daily News. William F. Buckley, Jr.. 3: Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 996, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Host Of Tv Hosts 1: (I'm NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson.) I got a crash course in working with a teleprompter in 2013, when I became the first athlete to co-host this ESPN flagship program. SportsCenter. 2: Phil Keoghan hosts this show in which teams of 2 travel the globe to compete...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 995, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 4 Years 1: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes. Marathon. 2: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years. John Adams. 3: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death. Dr....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 994, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Desperate Housewife Who... 1: ...got an Oscar nomination in 2006. Felicity Huffman. 2: ...showered a little too much affection on Terrell Owens on "Monday Night Football". Nicollette Sheridan. 3: ...appeared on the cover of the April 2006 Vanity Fair. Teri Hatcher. 4: ...literall...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 993, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 5 Random Things 1: A 2014 headline: "Florida family butt-dials" this no. "while planning their next meth cook"; a dispatcher listened for 30 min.. 911. 2: Holy biloba! Here's a beautiful example of this tree at a Buddhist temple said to be planted by a Chinese emperor of the Tang Dyn...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 992, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Brand Name Variations 1: Hellmann's on the east coast and Best Foods out west are different brand names for this same product, around since 1920. mayonnaise. 2: In Australia, Hungry Jack's is home to the Whopper, found at this chain in America. Burger King. 3: In Canada, "It's not de...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 991, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jokers Are Wild 1: This late funnyman, ever in search of respect: "I met the Surgeon General. He offered me a cigarette". (Rodney) Dangerfield. 2: By George, this standup comic said, "As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is". George Carlin. 3: Jack Handey:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 990, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Moses 1: Born in 1860, this farmer's wife began painting her famous landscapes in her late 70s. Grandma Moses. 2: Before Moses died on Mount Pisgah, he scaled this mount to chat with Yahweh. Mount Sinai. 3: In 1956's "The Ten Commandments" this man's son Fraser played the baby Moses....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 989, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Communist Manifesto 1: These 2 authors were both in their 20s when they wrote the pamphlet. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. 2: The pamphlet ends, "Workers of the world," do this!. unite. 3: The proletarians "have nothing to lose but" these. Their chains. 4: "The history of all hi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 988, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Characters 1: Igor,Frau Blucher,Dr. Frederick Frankenstein. Young Frankenstein . 2: Mother Abbess,Captain Von Trapp,Maria. The Sound of Music . 3: John Travolta played paint salesman and disco king Tony Manero in this 1977 film. Saturday Night Fever . 4: Dodge,Cornelius,Dr. Zir...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 987, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tough-Pourri 1: Students are allowed to bring a toad, a cat or an owl to this fictional boarding school. Hogwarts. 2: This last Ivy-League school to win this college football bowl game was Columbia University in 1934. the Rose Bowl. 3: When "Face The Nation" premiered in 1954, this f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 986, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Frock Around The Clock 1: If you want to wear a this length dress in the U.K., wear it around 4 P.M., when the steeped beverage is commonly served. tea. 2: This hyphenated style of dress containing 2 altitude extremes is perfect for noon or midnight. a high-low. 3: When it precedes "...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 985, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Recent Ballot Measures 1: In 2018 Florida voted to return voting rights to ex-felons and to ban racing of dogs, specifically these. greyhounds. 2: Missouri amended its constitution to make it easier to run one of these games with a 5-letter name-o. bingo. 3: Per Prop 12, a calf raise...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 984, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Heart Of Rock And Roll. With Heart in quotes 1: Blondie topped the charts with this song. "Heart Of Glass". 2: "Don't you mess around" with this, Pat Benatar's first hit. "Heartbreaker". 3: Adam Levine and Gym Class Heroes duetted on this 2011 No. 1; they must've sung into separa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 983, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Killer Musicals 1: As act one of this musical draws to a close, the lookout says, "Dear mother of God -- iceberg right ahead!". Titanic . 2: "The Capeman", this songwriter's musical about a killer, opened to protests, not to "Sounds of Silence". Paul Simon. 3: The Richard Rodgers mus...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 982, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Anagram Zoo 1: A MALL. llama. 2: Tall fellow:FIFE RAG. giraffe. 3: A mountain ape:LIAR LOG. gorilla. 4: Ocean mammal:PIN HOLD. a dolphin. 5: Asian snake fighter:EGO MOONS. a mongoose. Round 2. Category: Special Oscars 1: In 1976, she was presented with a special Oscar at her home, Pi...