Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 308, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: At Last Count 1: Americans eat about 11 billion slices of pizza a year, with this as the favorite topping. Pepperoni. 2: It's the all-time top-grossing film. Titanic . 3: Undergrad tuition at this Cambridge "institute" is over $26,000; room, board and books add another $10,000. MIT (...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 307, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Reviews 1: (Hi, I'm Garry Marshall.) I directed this 1990 movie that the New York Times said "Borrows a thing or two from Pygmalion....but has its own....wit". Pretty Woman . 2: Variety said expand the scene in "Annie Hall" where Woody visits Diane Keaton's family and you've go...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 306, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "I" Mean It 1: This is it--actually, it's Latin for "it", and 1/3 of your psyche. the id. 2: In October 2005 this country's historic new constitution was adopted by voters. Iraq. 3: It's a narrow strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects 2 larger bodies of land. an isthm...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 305, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Declaration Of Independence Signers 1: We all know John Hancock signed it, but how many of you know he did it representing this state. Massachusetts. 2: He's the only signer the World Almanac lists with the occupation "printer, publisher". Benjamin Franklin. 3: Francis Lewis was the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 304, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: College Bowl 1: When completed in 1923, this Ann Arbor school's Yost Field House was the first field house on a college campus. the University of Michigan. 2: The colors of Notre Dame's athletic teams are blue and this. Gold. 3: Sports teams from Grambling, Clemson and Auburn share t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 303, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Band Names 1: The name of this Houston trio honors Texas bluesman Z.Z. Hill. ZZ Top. 2: A road sign inspired the name of this band from the land "Down Under". Men at Work. 3: Debbie Harry had often been called this, so it was "a natural" for the name of her band. Blondie. 4: This "Mo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 302, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Line 'Em Up 1: From largest in area to smallest:Australia, United States, Russia. Russia, United States, Australia. 2: From farthest away to closest to the Earth:Uranus, Mars, Pluto. Pluto, Uranus, Mars. 3: From earliest movie to most recent:"The Birds", "Birdman of Alcatraz", "The B...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 301, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Recent Films 1: Mud Island, a Memphis tourist attraction, and its monorail are featured in this 1993 Tom Cruise film. "The Firm". 2: Miami dentist Cuba Gooding Jr. inherits a team of sled-pullers in this 2002 film. Snow Dogs . 3: This pop sensation starred in 2002's "Crossroads", abo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 300, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Rhymes With Power 1: A tall building or structure. tower. 2: One carnation or one buttercup. a flower. 3: A light rain. a shower. 4: 3,600 seconds. an hour. 5: To cringe in fear. cower. Round 2. Category: World Costume 1: Meaning "leather shorts", they can be seen at German festivals...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 299, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Mm" Bop 1: If I can never die, I'm this. Immortal. 2: On the football field, this line separates the Lions from the Bears. Line of scrimmage. 3: IDG books "For" these people include ones on "Bird Watching", "Opera" and "Windows 98". Dummies. 4: "Tell me more" about this song from "G...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 298, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Premiere 1: It was sporty of a posh fellow like Prince Charles to turn out for this singing group's first movie in 1997. The Spice Girls. 2: This Beatles film premiered in London on July 6, 1964. A Hard Day's Night . 3: Disney didn't take this film's 1996 premiere to Paris, but to th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 297, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Been There... 1: This country is in the east of a subcontinent. Bangladesh. 2: This nation sticks out like a sore thumb. Denmark. 3: It extends about 3,200 miles from east to west. Indonesia. 4: You don't hear so much about the East Bank where this country is. Jordan. 5: Formerly a B...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 296, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "W"Ords 1: Walk like a duck. Waddle. 2: It can mean to exercise power, or to handle and use a weapon. Wield. 3: To hone or stimulate, like an appetite or one's curiosity. to whet. 4: Ah-one and ah-two, it's the marine snail in the photo looking at you. Whelk. 5: An intense desire to...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 295, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Cat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 294, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Words For Two 1: It's a musical composition for 2 voices or 2 instruments. Duet. 2: Word for 2 cards of the same value in a poker game. Pair. 3: They can be fraternal or identical. Twins. 4: In other words, "Similar as 2 legume fruits in a seed holder". "Like two peas in a pod". 5: O...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 293, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ink 1: If your business is losing money, you're awash in this color ink. Red. 2: Company that makes the Eraser Mate, a pen that has erasable ink. Paper Mate. 3: From Latin roots meaning "cannot be obliterated", it describes ink that's permanent. Indelible. 4: 1988 film that featured...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 292, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Of Montezuma 1: From 1502 to 1520 Montezuma II ruled these people. Aztecs. 2: One of these works entitled "Montezuma" was composed by Roger Sessions in 1964. an opera. 3: This defeater of Montezuma reached Mexico in 1519 and some historians believe he was mistaken for a god. Hernando...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 291, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tell 'Em What They've Won, Johnny 1: Walt Disney won a record 14 of these statuettes now given out in March. Oscars. 2: The first of these were awarded in 1901 and they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace and 3 other disciplines. the Nobel Prizes. 3: A brave French sol...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 290, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Friday The 13Th 1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation. Germany (or the Nazis). 2: Friday January 13, 1995: The first all-female crew wins a qualifying race for this contest. the America's Cup. 3: Friday October 13, 19...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 289, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Go Old West, Young Man 1: Fort Bonneville in this "Cowboy State" was "Fort Nonsense" to scoffing trappers. Wyoming. 2: Wells, Fargo and Company opened in this California city in 1852 to offer miners express and banking services. San Francisco. 3: "Cowpuncher" was a term for a cowboy;...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 288, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fools And Follies 1: This country sold what's known as Seward's Folly. Russia. 2: A gowk is a person who is tricked on the Scottish equivalent of this U.S. observance. April Fool's Day. 3: Iron pyrite. Fool's gold. 4: Proper name of what's been called Fulton's Folly. The Clermont. 5:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 287, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Forewords 1: This 1955 novel's foreword says, "I have no intention to glorify 'H.H.'....he is a shining example of moral leprosy". Lolita . 2: This author said that he would have offered the savage a third alternative if he were to rewrite "Brave New World". Aldous Huxley. 3: "Conrad...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 286, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Irish Counties 1: The name of this southeastern county sounds like what someone often does on "South Park". Kilkenny. 2: Ireland's most populous county, it shares its name with Ireland's most populous city. Dublin. 3: Like Harris in Scotland, Ireland's County Donegal produces a disti...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 285, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Women In Song 1: From 1965:"Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble". Michelle. 2: Neil Diamond:"Hands, touchin' hands, reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you...". Sweet Caroline. 3: Barry Manilow:"Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking and I need you today, oh" her. Mand...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 284, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "R"T 1: Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china. Renoir. 2: He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance. Raphael. 3: Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this orna...