Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 508, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Literature 1: His famous story "The Tell-Tale Heart" tells us, "It was not the old man who vexed me, but his evil eye". Edgar Allan Poe. 2: Many of the Dublin locales he personally frequented are featured in his book "Ulysses". James Joyce. 3: The cheery first "Masterpiece Theatre" s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 507, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Etiquette 1: After a family meal, you may fold this item and place it back inside its ring. a napkin. 2: Miss Manners says that the only safe place to keep damaging love letters is in this place, "between burning logs". the fireplace. 3: If a prom date gives you one of these floral a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 506, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Places In The News 1: In October 2000 a bomb damaged the U.S.S. Cole in this Mideastern country. Yemen. 2: He wasn't an alien visitor, but Felix Baumgartner did come from 24 miles up when he landed in this Southwest state in 2012. New Mexico. 3: In May 2013 hearts rejoiced when 3 wom...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 505, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hold It 1: Gunny comes from the Sanskrit for this container, so it's redundant when followed by it. Sack. 2: A barrette. hair. 3: The container Arthur Miller would use to heat substances to a high temperature, or his 1953 play. Crucible. 4: A silo--but for this, only since the mid-20...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 504, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bein' Green 1: The shape left when it leaves is a "polygon":. Parrot. 2: A mini matador may take it on:. Bullfrog. 3: Watch it "snatch the pebble from my hand":. Grasshopper. 4: If one of these rides up on you at your wedding, have the bridegroom throw it away:. Garter snake. 5: This...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 503, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Date Night 1: Estee Lauder's Uncircle is a treatment for dark circles under these. Eyes. 2: Marilyn Monroe said she slept in nothing but this famed Chanel perfume; splash some on. Chanel No. 5. 3: When asked where this female floral accessory looks best, Miss Manners replied, "In the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 502, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Swimming And Diving 1: In 1940 John Sigmund swam 292 miles down this river from St. Louis. Mississippi River. 2: In this event swimmers perform acrobatic movements to music. synchronized swimming. 3: Because it is most tiring, this stroke is 1st in individual medley races. the butter...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 501, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Peru 1: Peru's national drink is pisco sour, a blend of lime juice, syrup, bitters and a heady brandy made from this vine fruit. Grapes. 2: The Uro Archipelago in this lake consists of about 40 inhabitable islands made of woven totora reeds. Lake Titicaca. 3: Lima's Palacio de Gobier...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 500, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Color My World 1: Skelton or Buttons. Red. 2: Bing was first "dreaming of" this kind of holiday in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn". White Christmas. 3: Hit songs in this style of music include "Wicked Path Of Sin" and "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett". Bluegrass. 4: Jaundice and liver degener...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 499, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lesser-Known Ancient Romans 1: This little-known Roman was exactly half as wide as his Greek friend Diameter. Radius. 2: This ancient Roman had trouble understanding others because of the ringing in his ears. Tinnitus. 3: Everything this Roman did was counterfeit or fake. Bogus. 4: H...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 498, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Johnny Gilbert, This Is Your Life 1: Johnny was born in this Southern state, as were 8 U.S. presidents. Virginia. 2: Johnny lent his skills to both the 1950s version and the current Bob Barker version of this show. The Price Is Right . 3: Johnny played a nightclub emcee in the 1961 f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 497, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Journalism 101 1: Types of these with specific names include op-ed and front. pages. 2: Teasers and screamers are types of these. headlines. 3: The author's name printed with the story. a byline. 4: The top news item of the day, or the first sentence in the story about it. the lead....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 496, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Anagrammed West Wing Stars 1: Hail to the chief:ART MEN SHINE. Martin Sheen. 2: She "presses" on:SOLE JAIL NANNY. Allison Janney. 3: We're still "laugh-in" at her:O MY ILL LINT. Lily Tomlin. 4: Quite a "lady":DANCING CART HONKS. Stockard Channing. 5: He's Toby Z:HARD CHIC RIFFS. Rich...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 495, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Keystone State 1: Overlooking the Susquehanna River, the Pennsylvania governor's mansion is found in this city. Harrisburg. 2: This "cat" is the only variety of wild feline found in Pennsylvania. Bobcat. 3: It's the Pennsylvania city where the Ohio river begins. Pittsburgh. 4: Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 494, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Stupid Show Biz Answers 1: It's the role Danny Bonaduce played on "The Partridge Family". Danny. 2: Mike Myers flexed his powers to play Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell in this 1998 film. 54 . 3: Andrea McArdle, who starred in a production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 2006, first became f...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 493, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "M"Enagerie 1: As adults, these lepidoptera are harmless, but the caterpillars love to feast on your clothes. moths. 2: Though its voice is shrill, this small monkey's name is derived from Old French "marmouser", to murmur. a marmoset. 3: It's said ancient Romans not only ate these e...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 492, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Independent Films 1: This Coen Brothers tale from 1996 is "A homespun murder story". Fargo . 2: Reverse in told was film Nolan Christopher 2001 this. Memento . 3: Robert Duvall wrote, directed and played a preacher in this 1997 film. The Apostle . 4: Title job of Dante and Randal in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 491, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What's Up, Tv Doc? 1: Neurologist Sean Kenniff was voted off this show on episode 12. Survivor . 2: After announcing he was hanging up his stethoscope as Dr. Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder", he took it back. Dick Van Dyke. 3: The top show of each season from 1985 to 1989 was a sitcom sta...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 490, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Going Bananas 1: Recipes for this cake-like loaf call for 2 or 3 ripe bananas, mashed. Banana bread. 2: This term for the leading comedian in a show originated in a burlesque routine involving bananas. Top banana. 3: A traditional banana daiquiri contains the light type of this liquo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 489, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Zo" Far So Good 1: The Chinese version of this astrological cycle covers 12 years. the zodiac. 2: Title Greek character of a 1946 bestseller. Zorba. 3: A scientist who studies clams or camels. a zoologist. 4: In 1902 Alfred Dreyfus attended this author's funeral. Zola. 5: This proph...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 488, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hitchcock's Cattle 1: A good guy as Perry Mason, he played the bad guy Jimmy Stewart spied on in "Rear Window". Raymond Burr. 2: In a "monumental" death scene in "North By Northwest", Martin Landau fell off this famous landmark. Mount Rushmore. 3: Before he played Ted Baxter, Ted Kni...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 487, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Temptations 1: This potato chip brand changed its slogan from "Betcha Can't Eat Just One" to "Too Good to Eat Just One". Lay's. 2: These Nabisco sandwich cookies are 29% creme and 71% cookie; 7.5 billion are eaten annually. Oreos. 3: Cherry Garcia and Phish Food are 2 of this ice cre...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 486, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Whip"S And "Chain"S 1: It's a series of positions in which each one has direct authority over the one immediately below. Chain of command. 2: It's Nevada Democrat Harry Reid's position in the Senate. Minority Whip. 3: This North American bird is named for its odd call, which it may...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 485, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Comic Strips 1: Jim Davis named this cat after his grandfather, not the 20th president. Garfield. 2: Aaugh! This comic strip character was torn between a summer camp flame named Peggy Jean and the little red-haired girl. Charlie Brown. 3: John Steinbeck wrote the preface of a book ab...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 484, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I Know That Name 1: The term "czar" came from the family name of this Roman, stabbed by Brutus and others in 44 B.C.. Julius Caesar. 2: Charles Lindbergh made all the papers in May 1927 when he flew solo over this ocean. Atlantic Ocean. 3: Hindu leader Mohandas Gandhi fought without...