Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 931, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1970s album covers 1: 1977:John Travolta strikes a pose and points his finger to the sky. Saturday Night Fever . 2: 1978:Mick, Keith and the boys smile and smirk in wig catalog ads. Some Girls . 3: 1973:Against a black background, a prism bends a beam of light into a colorful spectru...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 929, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the northernmost capital city 1: Rome,Copenhagen,Lisbon. Copenhagen. 2: Brasilia,Santiago,Caracas. Caracas. 3: New Delhi,Ottawa,Wellington. Ottawa. 4: Pyongyang,Tokyo,Taipei. Pyongyang. 5: Brasilia,Buenos Aires,Bogota,Belmopan. Belmopan. Round 2. Category: american indians 1: Florida...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 928, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: a czar is born 1: Born 1530, died 1584, known for his extreme despotism. Ivan the Terrible. 2: Born 1868, died 1918, 'nuff said. Nicholas II. 3: Born 1551, died 1605, inspired a drama by Pushkin and an opera by Mussorgsky. Boris Godunov. 4: Born 1818, died 1881, freed the serfs and s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 927, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: this means war! 1: The USA's began in 1861, Angola's in 1975. Civil War. 2: A cornerback or safety goes after the quarterback sack when sent in on this defensive option. a blitz. 3: (Hi, I'm Andy Summers.) The U.S. government called the Korean War this, which sounds like a lawsuit by...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 926, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: if they were musicals... 1: The musical version of this Ibsen play might be titled "Hedda Get Your Gun!". "Hedda Gabler". 2: Forget "Cats"; the musical of this Orwell book would feature jackbooted dancing pigs. "Animal Farm". 3: His play about Mrs. Warren could become "Best Little Wh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 925, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: note-able women 1: In 1999 this singer who once tore up the Pope's picture was ordained the first female priest in the Latin Tridentine Church. Sinead O'Connor. 2: Emily Watson earned an Oscar nomination for playing cellist Jacqueline du Pre in this 1998 film. Hilary and Jackie . 3:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 924, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "v" love it! 1: With names like Michelangelo and Black Widow, they're designed to vandalize your computer system. viruses. 2: "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" was the classic tagline of these cigarettes. Virginia Slims. 3: It flows through Kazan and Saratov. Volga River. 4: God bless t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 923, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: you know what they say... 1: Guess correctly you've "hit" this "on the head". nail. 2: "He who laughs last, laughs best" and "He who" does this "is lost". hesitates. 3: They "come in threes", "must come to an end" and "come to those who wait". good things. 4: For centuries fraidy-cat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 922, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: baseball managers 1: IN '72 Ted Williams became the 1st manager of this team that plays its home games in Arlington, TX.. the Texas Rangers. 2: Since taking over the Yankees in 1996, he's guided the team to 6 World Series appearances, winning 4 times. Joe Torre. 3: After retiring as...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 921, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "mm" bop 1: If I can never die, I'm this. Immortal. 2: On the football field, this line separates the Lions from the Bears. Line of scrimmage. 3: IDG books "For" these people include ones on "Bird Watching", "Opera" and "Windows 98". Dummies. 4: "Tell me more" about this song from "G...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 920, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: certificates 1: From 1950 to 1999 the most popular name on these certificates for newborn boys in the U.S. was Michael. birth certificates. 2: When Billie Jean King won her first Wimbledon singles title in 1966, the prize was one of these for tennis wear. gift certificate. 3: It is o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 919, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: an "f" in history 1: John Glenn's capsule on his famous 1962 flight was called this, which an old saying called the "best ship". Friendship . 2: From 1788 to 1790 Russia and Sweden fought over this country. Finland. 3: This 13th president's wife Abigail loved books and began a librar...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 918, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: it's time for sports 1: Maria Sharapova has had complaints about the loudness of her grunting while playing this. tennis. 2: In 2003 the Miami Hurricanes blew out of this conference to join the Atlantic Coast Conference. the Big East. 3: The first choice in the 2003 NBA draft, he alr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 917, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: biblical numbers 1: The number of days it took God to create the universe and everything in it (not resting). 6. 2: The number of days Jesus fasted in the desert. 40. 3: This many friends of Daniel were thrown into the fiery furnace but saved by God. 3. 4: The number of Hebrew Old Te...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 916, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: princeton 1: Of 1769, 1869 or 1969, the year Princeton began to admit women as undergraduates. 1969. 2: Types of these that became popular starting in the 1940s included the Princeton, Crew and Butch. haircuts. 3: In 1974 this Princeton grad and PBS host wrote "How to Make Money in W...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 915, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: also a gun manufacturer 1: One might run in the Preakness. a colt. 2: This 19th century American artist and sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West". Remington. 3: He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo". Rick Derringer. 4: Famous for its cat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 914, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: state trees 1: Its state tree is the candlenut, but locals call it the Kukui. Hawaii. 2: Rhode Island picked the "red" type of this tree; Vermont got the "sugar" kind. maple. 3: Delaware chose a type of this tree that's paired with "the ivy" in a Christmas song. holly. 4: This state...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 913, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rudolph 1: This grandson of Italian immigrants was elected the 107th mayor of New York City on November 2, 1993. Rudolph Giuliani. 2: You'll find this body of water in the eastern part of Kenya's Rift Valley. Lake Rudolph. 3: Bravo! This man was the general manager of the Metropolita...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 912, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: biblical quotes 1: Eccles. 11:1 says cast this "upon the waters: For thou shalt find it after many days". bread. 2: "The serpent beguiled me and I did eat". Eve. 3: She said, "Thou hast mocked me these 3 times and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. Delilah. 4: These 3...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 911, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "z" abbreviations 1: Z.Hr.; it's time to go. Zero. 2: The Z in ZIP code is short for this. Zone (Improvement Plan). 3: Book of the Bible abbreviated Zech.. Zechariah. 4: You may answer with zeal that zl is short for this currency. Zloty. 5: The abbreviations for the 2 elements whose...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 910, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the nfl's star quarterbacks 1: Steve Young. San Francisco 49ers. 2: Brett Favre. Green Bay Packers. 3: Dan Marino. Miami Dolphins. 4: Doug Flutie. Buffalo Bills. 5: Drew Bledsoe. New England Patriots. Round 2. Category: fruit 1: Technically, a raspberry isn't a berry, but these commo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 909, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the body bovine 1: Cattle use this long body part to shoo away insects. the tail. 2: A cow has 32 of these but none in the front part of its upper jaw. teeth. 3: In beef cows this suspended milk-storing organ is smaller than in dairy cows. udder. 4: The rumen is the largest of the 4...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 908, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: submarines 1: By the mid-1950s this country had about 375 subs in various oceans and seas. the Soviet Union. 2: After WWI the Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee developed this to detect subs. sonar. 3: Until this arrived in the 1950s, almost all subs used diesel-elect...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 907, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: home sweet home 1: The house where she wrote "Silent Spring" is a National Historic Monument in Silver Spring, Maryland. Rachel Carson. 2: Spanish for "Sea to Lake" this Palm Beach estate was home to Donald Trump and earlier, Marjorie Merriweather Post. Mar-a-Lago. 3: Her Silver Spri...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 906, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: creepy crawly things 1: A sailor's superstition says that these creatures desert a ship they know will sink. rats. 2: This creepy creature might be lug, inch or book. worm. 3: These pre-moth creatures eat constantly. caterpillars. 4: Related to the snail, these gastropods climb trees...