Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 521, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In A Musical Mood 1: What have you been doing all day? This song. "I've Been Working On The Railroad". 2: Written for the movie "Chasing Rainbows", this hit became a campaign song in 1932. "Happy Days Are Here Again". 3: 1970 unearthed this no. 1 hit song for Kentucky native Loretta...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 520, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Getting There 1: Glasgow residents call this transport the "Clockwork Orange", and you follow the "U" signs to get to it. the underground (or subway). 2: By definition this type of automobile has a top that can be removed or folded back. a convertible. 3: A boat that transports passe...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 519, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Around The Bible 1: The first word in I Chronicles is this man first mentioned in Genesis 2:19. Adam. 2: The first word in I Chronicles is this man first mentioned in Genesis 2:19. Adam. 3: Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 518, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Black America 1: Ralph Bunche was the first black American to win the Nobel Peace Prize and this civil rights leader was second. Martin Luther King, Jr.. 2: This Supreme Court justice was chairman of the Federal Equal Opportunity Commission from 1982 to 1990. Clarence Thomas. 3: This...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 517, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Christmas Songs 1: In Eddie Arnold's "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", the "M" is for this place where Jesus lay. Manger. 2: The line "my true love gave to me five gold rings" comes from this song. "The 12 Days of Christmas". 3: Nonsense syllables that follow "See the blazing yule before us". "Fa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 516, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The '40'S 1: Though faster than a speeding bullet, he was ruled 4-F. Superman. 2: By war's end, they had banked over 13 million units of blood for plasma. the Red Cross. 3: Not his singing, but a lack of lunch caused fan to swoon at his Paramount Theater concert. Frank Sinatra. 4: De...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 515, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "T"3 1: While not an M.D., this person can still diagnose eye problems and prescribe glasses. optometrist. 2: The Holy Bible is made up of the "Old" and "New" ones. testaments. 3: Gouverneur Morris was responsible for much of the wording of this in 1787. the Constitution. 4: It's the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 514, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Animals In Mythology 1: Ratatosk, a messenger of Norse myth, was one of these animals and ran up and down Yggdrasil, a giant tree. Squirrel. 2: If Romulus did a "Got Milk?" ad, he'd talk about this animal who suckled him and Remus. Wolf. 3: In Incan myth, it was this South American c...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 513, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The New York Times Photography 1: The Times photo of this man dates from sometime around 1870; he was dead by 1876. Custer. 2: This famed labor leader is seen demonstrating in 1969. César Chávez. 3: Seen here is a dramatic 1937 photo of a tragedy in this New Jersey town. Lakehurst....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 512, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Old School Thai 1: Until 1939 Thailand was known by this name. Siam. 2: Known as the "Venice of the East", this Thai city was modernized by King Mongkut in the 1800s. Bangkok. 3: Thailand is an important source of these blue September birthstones. sapphires. 4: About 95% of Thais pra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 511, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: How To Be A Bad Sport 1: When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare. Bowling. 2: If you're playing midfield in this sport and the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins. Soccer. 3: Get a leg up in this sport by s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 510, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Acts Of Congress 1: 1930's Smoot-Hawley Act raised these to protect American farmers. tariffs. 2: (I'm Geoffrey Canada, President of the Harlem Children's Zone.) Setting standards and establishing measurable goals to improve individual outcomes in education was the objective of this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 509, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Broadway Musicals By Characters 1: Tevye,Golde,Yente. Fiddler on the Roof . 2: Fantine,Javert,Jean Valjean. Les Miserables . 3: Mrs. Potts,Belle,Gaston. Beauty and the Beast . 4: Bustopher Jones,Old Deuteronomy,Mistoffelees. Cats . 5: Velma Von Tussle,Tracy Turnblad,Corny Collins. Ha...

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....