Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 956, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: it's "ok" 1: It begins "You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out". "The Hokey Pokey". 2: It joins 2 oxen together. yoke. 3: You can sing like a star at one of these bars where you accompany pre-recorded tapes. karaoke. 4: According to Guinness, you'll find the world's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 955, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'Ll Have The Ham. With Ham in quotes 1: A Cricetus cricetus with large cheek pouches. hamster. 2: This tendon is at the back of the thigh. the hamstring. 3: This man co-wrote several popular musicals including "The King and I". Oscar Hammerstein. 4: He wrote hard-boiled detective no...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 954, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Good Dog! 1: In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps. Saint Bernard. 2: Dogs in B.A.R.K. (Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) fetch homers hit from this team's park into San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Giants. 3: Wounded while...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 953, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fantastic tv 1: This story of a leonine hero and his lady love is rerunning on the Family Channel. Beauty and the Beast . 2: On film David Naughton was an American werewolf; on TV Kate Hodge is a she-wolf of this city. London. 3: Though this FOX show based on a 1988 movie about refug...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 952, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "r"ock music 1: Title adjective describing Dion's "Sue". Runaround. 2: The subject of this 1973 Allman Brothers hit was "tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can". "Ramblin' Man". 3: UB40 sang that this makes me "feel so fine, you keep me rocking all of the time". Red Red Win...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 951, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: playwrights 1: Dustin Hoffman reincarnated his "Salesman" on Broadway in 1984. Arthur Miller. 2: Wrote "The Man in the Glass Booth" but acted in "Jaws" and "The Deep". Robert Shaw. 3: Robert Lopez, Trey Parker and Matt Stone won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical for penning this sh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 950, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: food science 1: To combat hypothyroidism, iodine was first added in the 1920s to this common seasoning. salt. 2: One theory for why tomatoes were thought to be poisonous--their acidity leached this toxic metal out of pewter plates. lead. 3: 1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 949, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: u.s. flags 1: The last year the presidential flag was altered was 1960 when this was added. a Hawaii star. 2: This color standing for justice on the American flag is missing from the flag of Washington, D.C.. blue. 3: This state's flag is yellow with the sun symbol of the Zia Indian...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 948, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: atom 1: The first atomic bomb to be dropped in warfare used an isotope of this element as its explosive. uranium. 2: Early atomic theorist Democritus said this color results from smooth, flat atoms that cast no shadow. white. 3: In a nice, stable early 1900s model, the atom was like...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 947, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: i made it through the reign 1: For 164 years, 1610 to 1774, France was ruled by just 3 kings, all of this name. Louis. 2: Franz Joseph got plenty of new clothes when he ruled Austria for 68 years with this loftier title than king. emperor. 3: Fath Ali Shah ruled this country from 179...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 946, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: random house defines it as... 1: "Strangle" or "to enrich the fuel mixture of". choke. 2: "Slang... a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians". roadie. 3: "The withdrawal from the Union of 11 southern states in the period 1860-61". secession. 4: (2 words) "a deep...color"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 945, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: business abbrev. 1: Getting a car loan? Check that APR, this. annual percentage rate. 2: The way sales of a product change in relation to its price is its P.E.D., or price elasticity of this. demand. 3: The C.T.O. is this officer who might deal with data and cloud storage. the chief...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 944, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "me" tv 1: From 1992 to 1999 you could visit this title "Place" on Fox. Melrose Place . 2: Chuck Todd hosts this longest-running show on network television. Meet the Press . 3: Rachael Ray began making them on Food Network in 2001. 30-minute meals. 4: This series starts with Linda Ca...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 943, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 20th century campaign slogans 1: Voters were told "He's the one". Nixon. 2: "Not just peanuts" and "A leader, for a change" for his 1976 campaign. Carter. 3: In 1988 this reverend and Democratic hopeful reminded us to "Keep hope alive". (Jesse) Jackson. 4: "Dew it with" him in 1948 d...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 942, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: coastal communities 1: Incorporated in 1901, there's no place like this Alaskan city on Norton Sound. Nome. 2: Yale University is this city's largest employer. New Haven, Connecticut. 3: Gloucester in this state has been a fishing center for over 3 centuries. Massachusetts. 4: Hey Ja...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 941, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: female superheroes 1: Zoe Saldana teams up with Rocket and Groot as Gamora, the green-skinned member of this superhero team. the Guardians of the Galaxy. 2: This superhero's magical weapons include a lasso of truth and indestructible bracelets able to deflect bullets. Wonder Woman. 3...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 940, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: from the greek 1: The name of this solid figure used to disperse light into a spectrum is from the Greek for "something sawed". a prism. 2: A preparation such as lipstick, skin cream or rouge, it's from the Greek for "order" or "arrangement". cosmetic. 3: A wound, or the psychologica...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 939, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: boy story 1: What, were you raised by wolves? well, if you're this "Jungle Book" boy, then yes, you were. Mowgli. 2: Parzival is the avatar of a kid with an extremely good handle on '80s pop culture in this novel. Ready Player One . 3: The name "Pip" is mentioned 3 times in the first...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 938, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: new york, new york 1: Completed in 1931, this structure required 10 million bricks; a true stairmaster would climb its 1,860 steps. the Empire State Building. 2: (Here's my good buddy Regis.) This man who died in Tucson in 1960 was largely responsible for this area(which includes a s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 937, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: lousy scrabble words 1: The story says little George couldn't tell one of these; 3 letters, 3 points. lie. 2: This conjuction usually works with neither; 3 letters, 3 points. nor. 3: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points. ton. 4: Fall into one of these furrows m...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 936, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: halls of fame 1: It opened in Cooperstown, New York in 1939. Baseball Hall of Fame. 2: Wade Boggs, Satchel Paige. baseball. 3: This prodigy who won the U.S. Open at age 14 in 1957 was a charter member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame. Bobby Fischer. 4: "King Me" if you know that Petal,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 935, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the hollywood walk of fame 1: Stars in front of this famous theater include Basil Rathbone's, William Shatner's and Billy Graham's. Grauman's/Mann's Chinese Theater. 2: Stars are awarded in five main categories--Recording, Live Performance, Motion Pictures, Television, and this, deno...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 934, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: weather words and phrases 1: Covering 2% of the Earth's surface, they're disappearing at the rate of several acres a minute. rainforests. 2: They sound soothing to some. wind chimes. 3: Onesies are a standard gift at this type of event. a baby shower. 4: In 2001 a S.F. Chronicle writ...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 933, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: cars in song 1: According to the Beach Boys, "She'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her daddy takes" this car "away". a T-Bird. 2: In the '50s, Dinah Shore always closed her show by singing "See The U.S.A." in this. a Chevrolet. 3: Pontiac model Ronnie and the Daytonas could have driven at...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 932, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the quotable nixon 1: 1973:"People have got to know whether or not their president is" one of these; "well I'm not" one of these. a crook. 2: 1970:This Asian nation is "A great and vital people who should not remain isolated...". China. 3: 1977:"When the president does it, that means...