Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 384, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: English Lit 1: During his "Travels" , he visited the flying island of Laputa. Gulliver. 2: This Bronte sister died 1 year after the publication of her second novel, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". Anne Bronte. 3: She introduced Mr. and Mrs. Dalloway in her first novel, "The Voyage Out...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 383, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sinonyms 1: "Sow" these and you may be sinning or just planting. Wild oats. 2: A bad habit that can have a grip on you, the police have a squad to fight it. Vice. 3: From a word meaning "uneven", you may find "a den of" one. iniquity. 4: If you're doing this you're sinning; if you "A...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 382, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hit Songs 1: "Smoke on the Water" was a 1973 hit for this British band. Deep Purple. 2: In 1987 jazz vocalist Al Jarreau had a pop hit with the theme from this Cybill Shepherd-Bruce Willis series. Moonlighting . 3: This song by Christina Aguilera says, "You are" this, "no matter what...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 381, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Snow Business Like Show Business 1: A newsman's stuck in a snowy Penn. town in this 1993 film. A newsman's stuck in a snowy Penn. town in this 1993 film. Groundhog Day . 2: Heeeeere's Johnny! Jack Nicholson has crazy fun in a snow maze in this 1980 thriller. The Shining . 3: A man ru...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 380, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sweet "Virginia" 1: James Drury played the mysterious title character in this '60s drama, the first 90-minute western on TV. The Virginian . 2: In June 1996 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered this college to admit women and they did. Virginia Military Institute (VMI). 3: This noisy, soul...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 379, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Purple Haze 1: In 1893 Katharine Lee Bates wrote of "purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain" in this song. "America The Beautiful". 2: The current Purple Heart medal has a portrait of this man on it. George Washington. 3: This alliterative phrase refers to overly florid wr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 378, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Seashore Life 1: An edible type of this seaweed seen at low tide grows up to 10 feet long on the Atlantic coast. Kelp. 2: Blubber and the tufts at the base of their densely packed feathers keep them warm while diving. Penguins. 3: The American species of this crustacean has a 6-segme...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 377, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hugh Done It 1: Marilyn Monroe graced his first centerfold back in 1953. Hugh Hefner. 2: This actor has played the befuddled Bertie Wooster and the curmudgeonly Dr. House. Hugh Laurie. 3: He's starred in "Mickey Blue Eyes" as well as "Lair of the White Worm". Hugh Grant. 4: In Septem...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 376, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tossin' And Turnin' 1: From the French for "to roast", it's a spit used to turn meat over a source of heat. rotisserie. 2: This tradition began because the bride fled crowds trying to take something from her for good luck. tossing the bouquet. 3: This portal has become a metaphor for...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 375, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Royal Pain 1: In 711 a large Muslim army crossed this strait and defeated Roderick, the last Visigoth king of Spain. Strait of Gibraltar. 2: It's the royal title held by Heliogabalus, assassinated in his bathroom by his own Praetorian Guard. Emperor. 3: In 1789 pesky revolutionarie...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 374, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Fort"S 1: This N.C. fort has reason to boast since airborne U.S. Army combat units are stationed there. Fort Bragg. 2: On May 10, 1775 Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold captured this fort on Lake Champlain from the British. Fort Ticonderoga. 3: This celebrated Maryland fort overlookin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 373, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sleepyheads 1: This Washington Irving character slept through the American Revolution. Rip Van Winkle. 2: The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn, and he's under the haystack fast asleep. Little Boy Blue. 3: This rodent couldn't stay awake through the Mad Hatter's tea party....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 372, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Andersonville 1: Maxwell Anderson's play "Anne of the Thousand Days" concerned the tragic life of this woman. Anne Boleyn. 2: At one time the host of "The Mole", this CNN anchor is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt. Anderson Cooper. 3: In 1985, this AP news reporter was kidnapped in West...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 371, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Bell"S And "Whistle"S 1: To enter a pool of water....tummy first. Bellyflop. 2: Sailors wore these pants long before they became fashionable in the 1960s. Bell-bottoms. 3: They supply the weight in Olympic weightlifting. Barbells. 4: They're employees who go public with stories of t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 370, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Chronicles 1: You'll find the deeds of Emperor Jimmu in the "Nihon Shoki", or "Chronicle of" this country. Japan. 2: Here is the actual diary given to this girl on June 12, 1942. Anne Frank. 3: Jim Bouton, on Nov. 15, 1968 in this book:"I signed my contract today to play for the Seat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 369, 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 368, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Drama 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and)I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers. "JAG". 2: Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 367, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Groovy 1: In carpentry, this body part " and groove" form a joint between 2 boards. tongue. 2: Seen here are grooves in this Buckeye State scoured into limestone 18,000 years ago by the Great Ice Sheet. Ohio. 3: Much of the cortical surface of this is hidden in grooves called sulci....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 366, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sports 1: Because of WWII, these 2 NFL teams combined squads in '43 to become the "Stegles". the Steelers and Eagles. 2: Regret, Genuine Risk and Winning Colors are the only fillies to win this Triple Crown race. Kentucky Derby. 3: On September 19, 1992 Sergei Bubka broke the world r...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 365, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Ock" Du Lieber 1: Fred Flintstone's hometown. Bedrock. 2: A dialect from the east end of London. Cockney. 3: This bird known for its mimicry is the state bird of 5 southern U.S. states. the mockingbird. 4: An ankle-length garment worn by a priest. cassock. 5: A mythological serpent...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 364, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Student Loans 1: I made the very long trip to the library to borrow this epic, Homer's sequel to the "Iliad". The Odyssey . 2: This Dostoyevsky novel about Alyosha, Dmitri and Ivan clocks in at about 900 pages, so I had to renew my copy. The Brothers Karamazov . 3: I checked out his...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 363, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Metals 1: Photography accounts for almost half the industrial use of this metal in the U.S.. silver. 2: This liquid metal is added to paints to make them mildew proof. Mercury. 3: Of the current penny, nickel, and dime the one which contains the most copper. nickel. 4: This liquid me...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 362, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 30 Years' War Call-In 1: (Alex: To start us off in this category, here's a "caller" from Saxony) If Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II keeps trying to impose this religion on everyone, there'll be hell to pay. Catholicism. 2: (Alex: Ah, some strange news from Turin now) It's crazy -- th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 361, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Go Bowling 1: If you knock down all 10 pins on your first throw in a frame, you've scored one of these. Strike. 2: A perfect game is this score. 300. 3: When throwing your ball, don't cross this "line" that's 60 feet from the pins. Foul line. 4: The headpin is also known by thi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 360, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Beatlyrics 1: This 1967 hit begins,"Love love love. Love love love. Love love love". "All You Need Is Love". 2: "I saw a film today, oh boy,The English Army had just won the war". "A Day In The Life". 3: "Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out,They leave the West behind". "Back I...