Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 258, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Doors Songs In Other Words 1: "Ignite The Blaze Belonging To Me". "Light My Fire". 2: "Jockeys Of A Tornado". "Riders On The Storm". 3: "Greetings, Great Affection For Thee Wells Up Within Me". "Hello, I Love You". 4: "Humans Tend Toward Weirdness". "People Are Strange". 5: "Make Con...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 257, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: They Wrote The Songs 1: "Can't Buy Me Love" and Love Me Do". John Lennon and Paul McCartney. 2: "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Edelweiss". Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. 3: "Honky Cat" and "Crocodile Rock". Elton John and Bernie Taupin. 4: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 256, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Your Basic Monster 1: Count yourself lucky to know that one of these monsters drinks your blood and can turn into a bat. vampire. 2: A full moon gets this type of monster in a hairy situation. werewolf. 3: In a Mary Shelley work, he's the doctor who used electricity to charge his con...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 255, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Java, The Hut 1: In the early 1700s there were 550 coffeehouses in this city, including Edward Lloyd's. London. 2: Daddy-o, leave the squares at home on Wednesday--it's open mic night at Sacred Grounds in this city's Haight. San Francisco. 3: Try a Kaffe Kreme at this shop where thei...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 254, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: All Bark 1: The bald variety of this tree is common in swampy areas. a cypress. 2: Due to excessive logging, Lebanon established the Al-Shouf Reserve for these trees in 1997. cedars. 3: The terebinth is also known as this tree, as it yielded probably the earliest form of a paint solv...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 253, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Pop Music Pairings 1: blank and the Papas. The Mamas. 2: ... and the Gang. Kool. 3: blank and Wings. Paul McCartney. 4: ... and the Funky Bunch. Marky Mark. 5: blank and the Dominos. Derek. Round 2. Category: Body Facts And Figures 1: These 2 of your 5 senses are connected; lose one...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 252, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dances 1: The monkey and the frug were examples of this kind of dancing, sometimes done by girls in cages. go-go dancing. 2: Back-bending dance that's neither heaven nor hell. the limbo. 3: A Carioca is a resident of Rio and also a ballroom version of this dance. the samba. 4: Dance...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 251, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: We're "Through" 1: Transparent, as a blouse. See-through. 2: It completes a tennis or a golf stroke. Follow-through. 3: A significant advance in science, like the polio vaccine. Breakthrough. 4: A triple alliterative expression for when someone sticks with you in difficult times. "Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 250, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Austria 1: In order to gain independence in 1955, Austria agreed to observe this type of foreign policy. Neutrality. 2: The president is head of state while the person holding this official title is head of the government. Chancellor. 3: Austria's basic unit of currency, it sounds ju...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 249, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Marco Polo 1: Passing through Indonesia, Marco freaked out when he went south of the Equator and couldn't see this star. the North Star. 2: Marco Polo was born in 1254 in this Italian city where his father Niccolo worked as a merchant. Venice. 3: Some argued that Polo never went to C...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 248, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sports 2000 1: By winning the British Open, this 24-year-old became the youngest to win golf's career Grand Slam. Tiger Woods. 2: With pride Satan says they're the 2000 Stanley Cup champs. New Jersey Devils. 3: On July 23, he became only the second American to win the Tour de France...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 247, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 247, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Famous Kangaroos 1: He named his character Captain Kangaroo from the large pockets on his jacket. Bob Keeshan. 2: The 1978 Elliott Gould film "Matilda" was about a kangaroo who participat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 246, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Teens At Work 1: At 14, this fairy tale author worked for a director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen. Hans Christian Andersen. 2: At 16, Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert to win this tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows. U.S. Open. 3: In the 1720s at age 16, this statesman and invent...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 245, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Baseball History 1: In a 1917 game Fred Toney and Hippo Vaughn both pitched these for 9 innings; Vaughn cracked in the 10th. a no-hitter. 2: In 2004 this team led by manager Bobby Cox won its remarkable 13th straight division title. Atlanta Braves. 3: In 1996 he became the Yankees' s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 244, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Music To My Ears 1: The Beastie Boys opened for her during the 1985 Virgin Tour. Madonna. 2: "Forget About Dre" is by Dr. Dre (natch) and featuring this rapper also known as Slim Shady. Eminem. 3: This group was "Headin' down the Atlanta Highway...headin' on down to the Love Shack"....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 243, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fashion Forward 1: As if his Oscar for "American Beauty" wasn't enough, he made People Magazine's Best Dressed List in 2000, too. Kevin Spacey. 2: This lead singer of Hole likes to turn her old T-shirts into sexy halter tops. Courtney Love. 3: Once style editor for the New York Times...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 242, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Costumes 1: He got all dolled up in Chanel and Dior in "To Wong Foo...", a far cry from his "Dirty Dancing" duds. Patrick Swayze. 2: She slunk across a piano in a slinky red dress in "The Fabulous Baker Boys". Michelle Pfeiffer. 3: She wore dozens of trendy costumes in "Clueles...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 241, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In Other Words... 1: The 24th letter indicates precise location. x marks the spot. 2: Flip over every rock. Leave no stone unturned. 3: Participating with one cent, participating with 100 p.. In for a penny, in for a pound. 4: Uncurbed kissers scuttle scows. Loose lips sink ships. 5:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 240, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Plurals 1: Alumnus. alumni. 2: Man-child. men-children. 3: Man-child. men-children. 4: Collectively, Janet Reno and Edwin Meese were known by this title after being appointed by the President. Attorneys General. 5: Easton's Bible Dictionary says to add these 2 letters to the end of "...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 239, 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 238, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: White House Women 1: In March 2000 this former Clinton press secretary gave birth to 5-pound, 11-ounce Katherine. Dee Dee Myers. 2: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter was named for Harriet Lane, this bachelor president's hostess. James Buchanan. 3: After his wife Rachel died, his niece took o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 237, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The 21St Century 1: In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud and tax evasion. Russia. 2: In May 2001 Gerald Ford stopped into this president's library to pick up its Profiles in Courage Award. John F. Kennedy. 3: This 125-year-old w...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 236, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Science 1: The mother of a mule. Horse (Mare). 2: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the organisms this process kills in milk. Pasteurization. 3: Of the 3 basic states of matter, only this one, when unconfined, tends to expand indefinitely. gas. 4: Elements are arranged in order of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 235, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Moroccan 'Round The Clock 1: It's Morocco's largest city and chief seaport, sweetheart. Casablanca. 2: Shortly after independence in 1956, Mohammed V changed his title from sultan to this. king. 3: A proposed 10-mile tunnel to be built between Morocco and this country would directly...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 233, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The "Real" World 1: A simulated 3-D environment that a user can experience and manipulate as if it were physical. Virtual reality. 2: Land, including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it. Real estate. 3: It finishes the 1942 advertising slogan: "The Only Thing Like...