Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 593, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: New Video Games 1: In Microids' "Ben Hur" you race these vehicles. chariots. 2: You can download "Wheel of Fortune" onto the Nokia 3650, one of these devices. a cell phone. 3: X-2 isn't a Marvel super hero game, it's the sequel to the 10th game in this long-running Japanese RPG serie...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 592, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cities In Literature 1: "Gone with the Wind"'s Rhett Butler was a profiteer from this South Carolina port city. Charleston. 2: In Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter", Hester Prynne did her sinning in this Puritan city. Boston. 3: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn's hometown, St. Petersburg, was...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 591, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Hall"S 1: What you do with your "boughs of holly". deck the halls. 2: Oklahoma City, OK., Canton, OH., and Cooperstown, N.Y. are each known for 1 of these. hall of fame. 3: During Mexican War, U.S. Marines raised the Amer. flag over Nat'l Palace in Mexico City, later called this. Ha...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 590, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: All God's Creatures 1: An owl cannot move these from side to side, so it must move its head. its eyes. 2: Grevy's, the largest species of this striped mammal, is named for former French president Francois Grevy. a zebra. 3: Called a "bamboo chicken" by locals in Belize, a male one of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 589, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Island Countries 1: It takes up an entire continent. Australia. 2: In 1998 Pope John Paul II concluded his visit to this country with a mass at the Plaza de la Revolucion. Cuba. 3: Its national anthem, "San-Min-Chu-I", was co-written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Taiwan. 4: "Please, Sir, I wan...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 588, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The 7 Wonders 1: We sort of know what the Statue of Zeus looked like because it was reproduced on these of the realm. coins. 2: They were located on terraces that possibly rose some 300 feet. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 3: Made of bronze, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 224...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 587, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakes 1: Leech Lake in Minnesota is the largest of this river's headwater lakes. Mississippi River. 2: Lake Titicaca is the largest lake on this continent. South America. 3: Named for a British king in 1755, this New York lake empties into Lake Champlain from the north. Lake George....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 586, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Pop And Rock Music 1: This "Hotel California" band first came together to back Linda Ronstadt at a concert at Disneyland. the Eagles. 2: Hit song title shared by Kris Kross and Van Halen. "Jump". 3: Oddly, female rapper Megan Pete calls herself "Megan Thee" this word for a male horse...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 585, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Third 1: He was the last king of the House of York. Richard III. 2: Charles Conrad, Jr. was the third man to walk here. The Moon. 3: Our third president, for 4 years he had a Burr in his side. Thomas Jefferson. 4: The third reindeer named in "A Visit From St. Nicholas", he follow...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 584, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: First In Our Hearts 1: The first U.S. coin with the likeness of a president was this coin based on a photo taken in Mathew Brady's studio. (the Lincoln) penny. 2: The first of these in the U.S. was for a potash process and was signed by Washington and Jefferson. a patent. 3: The firs...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 583, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Series Finales 1: As many hoped, on the final episode of "Friends", these 2 characters finally got back together. Ross and Rachel. 2: Miss Ellie turned Southfork Ranch over to Bobby. Dallas . 3: This title serial killer became a lumberjack, because why not. Dexter. 4: Was it all a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 582, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1990s Business 1: In 1992 Hughes Aircraft Co., a division of this automaker, agreed to buy part of General Dynamics. General Motors. 2: This company's 1st restaurant in China served nearly 40,000 people the day it opened April 23, 1992. McDonald's. 3: In 1995 this apparel company rei...

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...