Instant Trivia

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...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1015, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The 8 Days Of Hanukkah 1: On the first day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / This candelabra--we don't have a tree. a menorah. 2: On the second day of Hanukkah, my true love gave to me / Some gelt, this sweet-tasting "money". chocolate. 3: On the third day of Hanuakkah, my true...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1013, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Toy Story 1: In 1999 this Hasbro action figure celebrated his 35th year in the service. G.I. Joe. 2: "Life in the Dreamhouse" is the subtitle of an online show named for this doll. Barbie. 3: There are actually world championships for the trading card game and video game featuring t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1012, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Gusty Move 1: Even the greatest golfers fear the notorious swirling wind at the 12th hole of this home course of The Masters. Augusta. 2: In a 2005 game at Soldier Field, wind blew a 49ers' field goal wide, and this team's Nathan Vasher returned it 108 yards. the Bears. 3: On a sa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1011, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: V Is For.... With V in quotes 1: ...This male servant, or for an attendant who parks cars. a valet. 2: This large open porch popular in the south. veranda. 3: ...This mentholated product from Vicks that's used on the chest and throat to relieve coughing. VapoRub. 4: ...This cocktail...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1010, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Asian Places 1: Bandipur and Sanjay Gandhi are national parks in this nation. India. 2: It was a small town until the opening of foreign trade made it China's largest city. Shanghai. 3: We wonder if there's a village idiot in Moron, 350 miles west of Ulan Bator in this country. Mong...

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1009, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Decades Of No. 1-Rated Tv Shows <ul> <li>1: So what's the deal with this stand-up comic having the No. 1 show in 1998? Guess he won the contest after all!.</li> <li>Jerry Seinfeld.</li> <li>2: Wah! Ricky, I wanna b...

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1008, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Theme Songs <ul> <li>1: "Won't You Be My Neighbor?".</li> <li>Mister Rogers.</li> <li>2: "Everybody Loves Somebody".</li> <li>Dean Martin.</li> <li>3: "Love in Bloom...

<p>Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1007, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.</p> <p> Round 1. Category: Shake, Rattle And Roll With Science <ul> <li>1: In these events Love waves shake the ground rather than rolling it.</li> <li>earthquakes.</li> <li>2: Each time a rattlesnake does this, a new segment is added to its rat...

<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:...