Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 581, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ants 1: In a famous fable, the ant is portrayed as hard working while this insect just has a good time. grasshopper. 2: The echidna, pangolin, and aardvark, for example. anteaters. 3: Ants protect themselves from their enemies by stinging or doing this to them. biting. 4: After matin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 580, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 580, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wow! My Own Label! 1: In the 1970s this "Rocket Man" founded Rocket Records. Elton John. 2: The 3 double CDs of the Beatle "Anthology" series are on this label founded by the Beatles. App...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 579, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Where There's A Will... 1: This "Sultan of Swat" left 10% of his estate to a foundation he created for needy children. Babe Ruth. 2: He appointed "Beloved Wife, Yoko Ono" to act as executor of his last will and testament. John Lennon. 3: In his will he called himself a "printer" and...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 578, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hello, Newton! 1: Newton designed one of these that used mirrors in addition to lenses. telescope. 2: A student of this university's Trinity College, Newton graduated in 1665 without honors or distinction. Cambridge. 3: A falling apple gave Newton some ideas about what type of force...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 577, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: This 'N' That 1: Although born in Florida, Missouri, Mark Twain grew up in this city on the Mississippi River. Hannibal. 2: This reddish spice can be sold in both ground and stick form. Cinnamon. 3: In England the unit of volume roughly equivalent to a quart is spelled this way. Litr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 577, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: This 'N' That 1: Although born in Florida, Missouri, Mark Twain grew up in this city on the Mississippi River. Hannibal. 2: This reddish spice can be sold in both ground and stick form. Cinnamon. 3: In England the unit of volume roughly equivalent to a quart is spelled this way. Litr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 575, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jim-Boree 1: Wherever she was, Mrs. Calabash knew he was the schnozzola. Jimmy Durante. 2: Seen here he won the Best Actor Oscar for 1940s "The Philadelphia Story". Jimmy Stewart. 3: In 1976 he said, "I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 574, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "House" And "Home" 1: It's the part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Homestretch. 2: On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting. Home Box Office. 3: This 1862 act gave ownership of 160 acres to anyone who lived and worked on them for 5...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 573, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Dualists 1: Barnaby Jones,Uncle Jed Clampett. Buddy Ebsen. 2: Tom Corbett,Dr. David Banner. Bill Bixby. 3: Sophie Berger,Mrs. Cunningham. Marion Ross. 4: Officer Bill Gannon,Col. Sherman Potter. Harry Morgan. 5: Judge Bone,Uncle Martin. Ray Walston. Round 2. Category: Sports Trivi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 572, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Silver Screen 1: You should know that she played Batgirl in "Batman and Robin" -- unless you're "Clueless". Alicia Silverstone. 2: 1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it". Psycho . 3: Rent the 1978 film...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 571, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Know Beans 1: To make the popular Mexican dish frijoles negros, begin with these beans. Black beans. 2: It's the bean whose "milk" is used to make tofu. Soybean. 3: When making a homemade pot of pork and beans, you'll be at sea without these beans. Navy beans. 4: Like contracts, runn...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 570, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Sick" 1: It's junior's longing for mommy and daddy his 1st time away at summer camp. homesick. 2: Beanie's friend Cecil was this type of sea serpent. seasick. 3: Tool a loyal communist would use to cut wheat. sickle. 4: Thoroughly fatigued and bored, or a Fats Domino hit of 1958. "S...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 569, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bringing Home The Bacon 1: Served hot or cold, this "European" style of potato salad is made with vinegar and bacon. German. 2: Spaghetti a la this has a sauce made with eggs, cream, Parmesan cheese and Italian bacon. carbonara. 3: Oui! This thick, round cut of lean beef tenderloin i...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 568, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yangtze Doodle 1: The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River to this other major river. the Yellow River. 2: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze. the Amazon and the Nile. 3: The Yangtze flows through this province that's China's most populous and known for its...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 567, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Animal Adjectives 1: Something shabby, as though gnawed by rodents. ratty. 2: What you might feel after spilling wine all over your hostess' lamb chops. sheepish. 3: A vulpine synonym for sexy. foxy. 4: Lupine, like the Ethiopian or the timber. the wolf. 5: Anserine, like the snow or...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 566, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Also An Auto 1: This Kate Mulgrew "Star Trek" show would've been very different if the crew traveled around space in the Chrysler van. Star Trek: Voyager . 2: It won't tax you much to take a gamble and name this Riviera city 9 miles from Nice, France. Monte Carlo. 3: One might think...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 565, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Letter T 1: 'T is short for this in words like 'twas. it. 2: It's cut from the center of the short loin. the t-bone. 3: In 18th c. England, a person with a T branded on his thumb was one of these felons. a thief. 4: The phrase "it fits to a T" alludes to this device used to draw...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 564, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yogi Berra: Philosopher 1: Completes Yogi's simple but profound statement "It ain't over 'til...". it's over. 2: Yogi surmised that in baseball "90 percent of the game is half" this. mental. 3: Yogi once asked that this food dish be cut in 4 pieces because he wasn't hungry enough to...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 563, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Short Stories 1: "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" was one of the "Nine Stories" he published after "Catcher in the Rye". J.D. Salinger. 2: The 1922 play "Rain" is a dramatization of "Miss Thompson", this author's story about Sadie Thompson. Somerset Maugham. 3: In this O. Henry story,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 562, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: At The Building Site 1: He's got the building wired for "current" affairs. an electrician. 2: The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H and C. the plumber. 3: A Fats Waller is a pianist and this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard. a drywaller. 4: He'll get you s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 561, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wood Lives! 1: In song, it's asked to "weep for me". a willow. 2: Film with line "A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood". Pinocchio . 3: Completes John Heywood's line from 1546: "You can't see the wood...". for the trees. 4: Shade tree with heart-shaped leaves of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 560, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You Just Saved My Blank 1: Similar to but smaller than a mesa, it's also a city in Montana. butte. 2: It's a foot covering for skiers, or a trunk on a British car. a boot. 3: From an old word meaning "exchange", it's a pirate's ill-gained loot. booty. 4: It's the group of football pl...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 559, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Last But Not Least 1: He was the last U.S. president not sworn in by the Chief Justice of the U.S.. Lyndon Johnson. 2: Number of the last complete symphony by Beethoven. 9. 3: This band gave its last concert with Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field in 1995. the Grateful Dead. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 558, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Missed It By That Much... 1: Luke Floorwalker was the hero of my script "Store Wars", a better tale than this director's "Star Wars" movie. George Lucas. 2: My small tool trading game Minipulley didn't do as well as this property trading game by Charles Darrow. Monopoly. 3: I invente...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 557, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Working On The Railroad 1: A whiskey and beer drink, or what Richard Trevithick had to be to make the first locomotive. Boilermaker. 2: Whether from Wichita or not, it's a railroad worker who repairs the metal train tracks. a lineman. 3: In 1880 he set up his own U.S. town to build h...