Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 878, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fix the malapropism 1: "Salmon swim upstream to spoon". spawn. 2: To do well on "Jeopardy!", you must consecrate on the task at hand. concentrate. 3: "Certain areas of the desert are cultivated by irritation". irrigation. 4: "At ancient banquets, guests wore garlics in their hair". g...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 877, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: clio hall of fame 1: "Does She or Doesn't She?". Miss Clairol. 2: "In The Driver's Seat". Hertz. 3: "Mean Joe Greene" and "Buy The World". Coca-Cola. 4: "Three Brothers --- Mikey". Life cereal. 5: "Acapulco Diver" and "Watch On Propeller". Timex. Round 2. Category: the bull pen 1: It...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 876, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: noun to verb 1: One state of water; as a verb, it can mean to decorate a cake or to ensure a victory. ice. 2: From the French for "to cut", it can mean a small piece or the whole or to do careful work on your car. detail. 3: Natural event sometimes used as a verb; there's a form of i...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 875, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: music class 1: When you reach this mark on a score you start the piece again; it's abbreviated D.C.. Da Capo. 2: Italian for "in chapel style", it's the term for singing without instrumental accompaniment. a cappella . 3: Notations for these on a score for a guitarist include C7 and...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 874, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the u.s. president when... 1: ...Hawaii gained statehood. Eisenhower. 2: ...the Hindenburg Zeppelin crashed. F.D. Roosevelt. 3: ...the U.S. extended full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam. Clinton. 4: ...Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel. Nixon. 5: ...the Soviet Union invade...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 873, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: zebras 1: Only continent to which zebras are native. Africa. 2: TV sitcom on which the main character called his racially mixed daughter-in-law a zebra. The Jeffersons . 3: In England, a deer crossing is for deer, but a zebra crossing is for these. pedestrians. 4: Professional sport...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 872, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: college football 2000 1: In 2000 this conference had 3 teams win 10 or more games: Washington, Oregon and Oregon state. the Pac-10. 2: This school's Huskers set a college bowl record by scoring 66 points against Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl. the University of Nebraska. 3: The USA's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 871, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rhythm and booze 1: His beach bum anthem "Margaritaville" made its Top 40 debut in 1977. Jimmy Buffett. 2: This 1958 hit by The Champs with a liquor as its title has been covered by numerous artists. "Tequila". 3: "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a classic s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 870, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rhyme giver 1: To make a speech or to give birth. deliver. 2: To shake from cold, or to shatter something, like "me timbers". shiver. 3: Body detox center. liver. 4: China's Hongshui or India's Tapi. river. 5: The goddess Diana is often depicted holding this container. quiver. Round...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 869, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: apples 1: The Tree Top Company's website has recipes for the Sour Cream and Dutch Kitchen types of this. pie. 2: Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process. Grafting. 3: Being packed with pectin makes apples an excellent source of this in the diet. fiber. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 883, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the cold war 1: In the 1970s Linus Pauling advocated huge doses of this to battle the common cold. vitamin C. 2: By the end of the Cold War the population of this "sleeping giant" was over 1 billion. China. 3: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 868, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fictional indians 1: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn watched him kill the town doctor and place the knife in Muff Potter's hand. Injun Joe. 2: Peter Pan saved her from the clutches of Captain Hook. Tiger Lily. 3: Buffalo Bob often said "Howdy" to this Indian princess. Princess Summerfallwin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 867, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the roles of tom cruise 1: Wannabe Ivy Leaguer Joel Goodson. Risky Business . 2: Young lawyer Mitch McDeere. The Firm . 3: Navy pilot Lt. Pete Mitchell. Top Gun . 4: Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee. A Few Good Men . 5: Pool shark Vincent Lauria. The Color of Money . Round 2. Category:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 866, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: vampire lore 1: One of the most widely used vampire repellents, its smell is detestable to them. garlic. 2: A child born with these already in its mouth may be destined to be a vampire. teeth. 3: One theory says it reflects the soul but vampires have no soul so they can't be seen in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 865, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: let's talk turkey 1: Be happy, the turkey's breastbone is also known by this more hopeful name. Wishbone. 2: Farmboys know a female turkey is a hen, a baby is a poult and a male is called this. Tom. 3: Of wiggin, snood or hackle, the one that's the fleshy growth hanging down over a m...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 864, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rock stars 1: "Two Hearts" links his two careers: acting in the film "Buster", and singing with Genesis. Phil Collins. 2: In Oct. 1995 her "Jagged Little Pill" became the first album by a Canadian female to reach No. 1 in the U.S.. Alanis Morissette. 3: This Marilyn Monroe "wanna-be"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 893, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: hollywoodspeak 1: The popular films of this genre can be known as "oaters" or "horse operas". westerns. 2: Also known as a "tenpercenter", a good one of these can open doors in Tinseltown. agent. 3: Erica Kane could tell you it's the dramatic form known as a "sudser" in Hollywood. so...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 863, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: skip to my "lu" 1: WD-40 for example. Lubricant. 2: Clear or easily understood. Lucid. 3: The German Air Force. Luftwaffe. 4: First name of playwright Pirandello. Luigi. 5: It's the capital city of Zambia. Lusaka. Round 2. Category: british fashion 1: David and Elizabeth Emanuel got...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 862, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: historic historians 1: 2nd century B.C. historian Ssu-Ma Ch'ien put together the first comprehensive history of this country. China. 2: Christian Lange edited "Diplomatarium Norvegicum", a valuable source on this, his native land. Norway. 3: William Prescott's 2 big tales of the Conq...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 861, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: colonial america 1: A 1561 hurricane destroyed the Spanish settlement at what is now Pensacola in this state. Florida. 2: David Rittenhouse invented a device in 1767 showing the positions of several of these in the solar system. planets. 3: This style of architecture named for Englan...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 860, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: corporal punishment 1: In 1994 Singapore's punishment for vandalism by U.S. citizen Michael Fay was flogging with a rattan one of these. cane. 2: This instrument of torture, a wooden frame with moveable bars, stretches the body until the bones separate. a rack. 3: One superstition sa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 859, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: it's my party 1: "Honest Abe" was the first U.S. chief executive from this political party. Republican Party. 2: This country's controversial new prime minister Vajpayee is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. India. 3: A Conservative Party member in Canada or a loyalist during th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 858, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the american west 1: San Geronimo de Taos, an ancient Pueblo Indian village, lies north of the town of Taos in this state. New Mexico. 2: Part of the world's largest stand of Ponderosa pines is in Prescott National Forest in this state. Arizona. 3: If you have a "grain" of sense, you...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 857, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: universal studios florida 1: You'll find Universal Studios Florida in this city, not too far from Disney World. Orlando. 2: Watch out for the green slime geyser when you visit this "Nick at Nite" network's studio on the lot. Nickelodeon. 3: You'll careen through time and space on the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 856, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: places for animals 1: It can precede "anemone" or "cow". sea. 2: This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia. a snow leopard. 3: Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat. the earth. 4: Grassy field that joins with "lark". meadow. 5: This word refers to extre...