Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1039, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wait Watchers 1: On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams "Star Wars" flick, 12 days before it opened. The Force Awakens. 2: U.K. fans braved frigid climes in 2015, hoping this E.L. James film adaptation would raise their temperature. Fifty Shades of Grey. 3: Tom...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1038, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Genetics 1: "Genetics" as we use the word was coined in a 1905 letter by William Bateson, who popularized this monk's work. (Gregor) Mendel. 2: The "23" of 23andme.com, a site tracing ancestry and personal genetic information, refers to pairs of these. chromosomes. 3: Way faster tha...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1037, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Mashed Up Tv Shows 1: "Better Call Nine-Nine". Better Call Saul and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 2: "Touched by Improvement". Touched by an Angel and Home Improvement. 3: "I Dream of Anarchy". I Dream of Jeannie and Sons of Anarchy. 4: "What We Do in the Building". What We Do in the Shadows...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1036, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Soda Pop Quiz 1: Quite simply, Bubble Up is "a kiss of lemon, kiss of" this. lime. 2: Fenton and Fowler's calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world. Vernor's. 3: It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda. 7 Up. 4: Pharmaceutical company...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1035, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nobel Winners By Category 1: Mikhail Gorbachev. Peace. 2: Nadine Gordimer. Literature. 3: Alexander Fleming. Medicine. 4: Max Planck. Physics. 5: Linus Pauling(the first time). Chemistry. Round 2. Category: Clean 4-Letter Words 1: Dial and Zest are 4-letter brands of this. soap. 2:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1034, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bogey Men 1: 1942:Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart. Casablanca. 2: 1941:Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette. The Maltese Falcon. 3: 1948:Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits and greed. The Treasure of the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1033, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In The Drugstore 1: Leo Gerstenzang thought up this product when he saw his wife twirl cotton on a toothpick and use it as a swab. Q-Tip. 2: One of its former slogans called it "The Candy Mint With The Hole". Life Savers. 3: In 1907 he developed his first corn pad, probably right af...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1032, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Open And Shut. With Open" And "Shut in quotes 1: A public showing of a residence that's for sale. an open house. 2: Someone who's stuck indoors. a shut-in. 3: 9 innings, 6 hits, no runs. a shutout. 4: A test where you're allowed to use notes. an open book test. 5: Public domain land...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1031, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let'S Visit Cuba 1: Disco Ayala in the city of Trinidad is located inside one of these, so you're always in the batroom. Cave. 2: Take note, hotels in Cuba rent by the night, most inns and posadas by this, hmmmmmm. By the hour. 3: Visit this site that Teddy did in 1898 and see small...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1030, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: How Touching! 1: It's the usual name for the kind of zoo where you can stroke--and sometimes even feed--young animals. a petting zoo. 2: Literally French for "touched", this expression indicates a hit in fencing. touché. 3: When Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Have I not licked the black...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1029, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fair Fare 1: This carnival treat is threads of spun sugar, often pink. cotton candy. 2: This fried treat is named for the cone-shaped utensil through which the batter is poured. a funnel cake. 3: These cheese semi-solids are supposed to squeak when you bite into them. curds. 4: Dust...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1028, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Highest-Scoring Scrabble Word 1: Hell,heavenor limbo. heaven. 2: Vow,knightor grail. knight. 3: Pickle,lettuce,onion. pickle. 4: Cozy,waxor quilt. cozy. 5: Butter, milk or cheese. cheese. Round 2. Category: Countries By Region 1: Thessaly,Epirus,Peloponnesus. Greece. 2: Western...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1027, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Finish The Terrible Rhyme 1: "Diplomacy in action", which really does sound great / Is on the website of the cabinet department that we call.... State. 2: Killing a dragon named python at Delphi, is that too much to swallow? / It wasn't odd for this Greek god, the one known as.... A...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1026, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Good Grooming 1: Revlon's slant tip type of this implement is shaped to fit bushy brows. tweezers. 2: Try coconut oil on these pads of skin at the base of nails if they get ragged. cuticles. 3: The ASPCA says you can make this for your dog from baking soda and water. toothpaste. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1025, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Salt 1: In 1930 this Indian pacifist marched 200 miles to the sea to protest Britain's salt tax. Gandhi. 2: In 1914 the little girl with the umbrella began appearing on this company's salt packages. Morton's. 3: Throwing salt into the center of the ring to purify it is part of the r...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1024, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: And In Other News... 1: The Chicago Tribune reported this host country donated 230,000 Mars bars to our troops for Thanksgiving. Saudi Arabia. 2: Englishman Kim Philby was 1 of 5 top spies this country honored on stamps in 1990. the Soviet Union. 3: In November 1990 Bill Irwin becam...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1023, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What Happened When? 1: On December 17, 1992, this agreement was signed by the leaders of three countries. NAFTA. 2: On Halloween 2012 the New York Stock Exchange reopened after being closed for 2 days due to this weather event. Hurricane Sandy. 3: On February 8, 1587 it was off with...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1022, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Am I Your Type? 1: Type 1 of this disease, in which the beta cells of the pancreas aren't doing their job, was formerly called "juvenile". diabetes. 2: You can get the 2007 S-Type of this cat starting at $49,000. Jaguar. 3: Meyer Friedman coined this term for an angry, driven person...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1034, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bogey Men 1: 1942:Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart. Casablanca. 2: 1941:Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette. The Maltese Falcon. 3: 1948:Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits and greed. The Treasure of the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1021, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Music CLass. With C in quotation marks 1: It has 4 strings, 5 letters and 6 Bach solo suites written just for it. cello. 2: The Benedictine monks of Santo Domingo de Silos had a surprise 1994 international hit with an album of Gregorian these. chants. 3: Italian for "tail", this 4-l...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1020, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'M Serving T. With T in quotation marks 1: Hope you like fish:I'm serving the spotted, silver and speckled types of this--and I expect you to eat all of them. trout. 2: You fool! This hot drink was named for 2 characters in the novel "Life in London", not for a cartoon cat-and-mous...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1019, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Literary Tourism 1: This poet's birthplace in Alloway, Scotland is adjacent to a museum devoted to him. Robert Burns. 2: The home of this "Ivanhoe" author is a tourist attraction in Abbotsford, Scotland. Sir Walter Scott. 3: George Bernard Shaw's recently restored birthplace is a to...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1018, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: How To Marry A Millionaire 1: Like Manilow's "Lola", Evelyn Nesbitt was one of these theater females; in 1906, her rich, crazy husband shot her ex-lover. showgirl. 2: In 2005, 1,000 champagne corks popped as a Brazilian equestrian married Athina of this clan. Onassis. 3: This "Sea o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1017, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'Ll Have Thirds 1: It says you can't be forced to let soldiers live in your house. the Third Amendment. 2: This annual observance that's on the third Sunday in June should seem familial to you. Father's Day. 3: This third book in the King James Bible says, "It shall be a perpetual...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1016, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: After All. With All in quotes 1: This unproved assertion or accusation. an allegation. 2: No longer used, the first verse of Germany's national anthem follows "Deutschland" with this phrase meaning "over all". Uber Alles. 3: "The Pilgrim's Progress" is an example of this symbolic li...