Instant Trivia

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...

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...