Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 448, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Army, Navy Or Marines 1: Chester Nimitz. the Navy. 2: World War I flying ace Frank Luke. the Army. 3: John Glenn. the Marines. 4: Roger Staubach. the Navy. 5: Comedian Drew Carey. the Marines. Round 2. Category: 20Th Century Poetry 1: Frank O' Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 447, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jimmy 1: The Kentucky Derby-winning jockey in 1878, or the president of the U.S. in 1978. Jimmy Carter. 2: He's won the U.S Open on 3 surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976) and hard courts (1978, 1982, 1983). JImmy Connors. 3: He helped bring down Jim and Tammy Bakker, then got knocked...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 446, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Celebrity Spouses 1: Joanne Woodward. Paul Newman. 2: Lauren Holly. Jim Carrey. 3: Meg Ryan. Dennis Quaid. 4: Rita Wilson. Tom Hanks. 5: Iman. David Bowie. Round 2. Category: Where Are You "At"? 1: You ran the light and are liable for causing the accident, so you're said to be this....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 445, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Giants 1: I Samuel says the metal head of his spear weighed 600 shekels, or about 15 pounds. Goliath. 2: Cormoran, a Cornish giant, was felled by this famous giant killer. Jack. 3: In "Jack and the Beanstalk", Jack stole from the giant a little brown hen that laid these. golden eggs....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 444, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "B"Eople 1: On June 1, 2000 this governor stayed an execution for the first time; he had let over 130 go off normally. George W. Bush (when he was governor of Texas). 2: He joined "60 Minutes" during the 1981-'82 season. Ed Bradley. 3: Former NFL great Esiason. Boomer. 4: Seen here,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 443, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Singers And Their Roles 1: When Sonny gets blue, he can think of "Good Times", the film in which he and this partner played themselves. Cher. 2: On stage, he was Ziggy Stardust, the king of space rock, and on film, an alien in "The Man Who Fell to Earth". David Bowie. 3: She earned a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 442, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Mystery Meat 1: Tournedos. beef. 2: A specially trained butcher known as a shochet is required to prepare meat to this religious standard. kosher. 3: Scrapple. pork. 4: Scrapple. pork. 5: Hasenpfeffer. rabbit. Round 2. Category: My Fantasy Football Team 1: You should have heard my "b...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 441, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Crusades 1: Peter the Hermit, like Sancho Panza, rode one of these animals through France rousing the peasants. Donkey. 2: Some orders of these were Teutonic, Templar and of St. John. Knights. 3: This king of England was a leader of the Third Crusade. Richard I (Richard the Lionh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 440, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tough Nursery Rhymes 1: An early version had 4 and 20 naughty boys in a pie; it was changed to these feathered friends. Blackbirds. 2: According to the rhyme, she had a little crook. Little Bo Peep. 3: Webster's defines this 6-letter word as a low seat; Chambers' defines it as a moun...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 439, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Language Of Sport 1: Full-court press. basketball. 2: No holds barred. wrestling. 3: To be stumped, sticky wicket. cricket. 4: Down and out. boxing. 5: Ground rules. baseball. Round 2. Category: History 1: In 1493 he reached Montserrat in the West Indies and named it for a Spanis...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 438, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The New York Times Crossword Clues 1: 55 down:Flying mammals(4). bats. 2: 47 down:Indian prince(5). rajah. 3: 64 across:Gardener's need(4). hose. 4: 43 down:Big citrus fruit(6). pomelo. 5: 52 across:What the queasy rodeo rider didn't feel like(1,7,5). a million bucks. Round 2. Catego...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 437, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In The Thesaurus 1: If Jefferson had a thesaurus, he could have written of "The Pursuit of Oblectation" instead of this. Happiness. 2: This word or a "flight of" it is a common synonym for "imagination". Fancy. 3: On the road, it's on triangular signs; in the thesaurus, it's listed w...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 436, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cinema 1: A clause in Orson Welles' RKO contract prevents Ted Turner from colorizing this 1941 film. "Citizen Kane". 2: It was the 2nd film in the "Star Wars" trilogy. "The Empire Strikes Back". 3: Vangelis' theme from this 1981 British film took a record 21 weeks on the charts to re...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 435, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Pepper" 1: Pizza lovers should know that this topping is actually a highly seasoned sausage made of pork and beef. pepperoni. 2: She first called Charlie Brown "Chuck" in a comic strip that appeared on August 24, 1966. Peppermint Patty. 3: In 1962 this baking company added Goldfish...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 434, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Political Life 1: Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here. In the ring. 2: An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds. Lame duck. 3: From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 433, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: It Happened In Texas 1: Uh-oh! In 1878 outlaw Sam Bass was betrayed by one of his own men to this group. the Texas Rangers. 2: Founded as a Franciscan mission in 1718, Mission San Antonio de Valero became better-known in history under this name. the Alamo. 3: On Nov. 25, 1981, she ga...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 432, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Art And Artists 1: This term for a painting of inanimate objects is from the Dutch "stilleven". Still life. 2: In 1956 Time magazine dubbed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper". Pollock. 3: Masterpieces in this Manhattan museum include "Starry Night" and "Les Demoiselles d'...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 431, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Celebrity Books 1: This Oscar winner mader her writing debut with a book for children called "Deaf Child Crossing". Marlee Matlin. 2: This "Mad About You" star offered his witty views on marriage and living together in "Couplehood". Paul Reiser. 3: His "Roasting in Hell's Kitchen" ha...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 430, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Classic American Music 1: He got an Oscar for "White Christmas" and a Medal of Honor for songs like "God Bless America". Irving Berlin. 2: He was 23 in 1849 when his "Oh! Susanna" became a hit. Stephen Foster. 3: Based on a Scottish melody, this song of arrival was first used offical...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 429, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I Quit! 1: When he left NASA to be a Univ. of Cincinnati prof., he took one giant leap into retirement from the public eye. Neil Armstrong. 2: His sudden retirement from the NBA on Nov. 7, 1991 shocked the sports world. Earvin "Magic" Johnson. 3: In 1974, frustrated with GM's managem...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 428, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Fabulous '50s 1: This evangelist known for his "crusades" said he believed there is life on other planets and that the Bible hints at it. Billy Graham. 2: Nickname given to Eisenhower's theory that if one Asian country falls to Communism, others will follow. Domino Theory/Princip...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 427, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Now That's Inventive! 1: In the '40s AT and T used a radio with no conventional vacuum tubes to demonstrate this device invented in its lab. a transistor. 2: Developed by a German physicist, it measures radioactivity by "counting" ionizing particles like protons. a Geiger counter. 3:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 426, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: May Day 1: On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary. Amtrak. 2: This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him. Yasser Arafat. 3: On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketc...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 425, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Seeing Red 1: Moscow girls know it's where you go to hang out at the famous Gum Department Store. Red Square. 2: These horses of these symbolic figures are red, white, black and pale. the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 3: In 1964 the new constitution of this nation on Hispaniola ch...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 424, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Journalism 1: This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz. Edward R. Murrow. 2: "The Journalist's Bible" is the AP stylebook; AP is short for this oldest news-gathering agency in the United States. Associated Press. 3: UPI j...