Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 206, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: True Story 1: John Hersey wrote about 6 survivors of an August 6, 1945 explosion in this title city. Hiroshima. 2: In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school". West Point. 3: Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering tha...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 205, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Fortune 500 1: 1 of the 2 manufacturing companies classified under "Toys" in the 500. 1 of (Mattel and Hasbro). 2: No. 242 on the list, this insurance co.'s $99.3 billion loss made it Fortune's biggest loser ever. AIG. 3: Since the Fortune 500 list began in 1955, only Exxon, Wal-...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 204, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Chick Flicks 1: Mel Gibson was in a fowl mood when he voiced Rocky Rhodes, a "flying rooster" in this animated film. Chicken Run . 2: Singer Roger Miller played Alan-a-Dale, rooster minstrel, in this Disney classic. Robin Hood . 3: The tagline to this 2005 animated feature was "This...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 203, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: State Songs 1: "All Hail To" this state (no beans about it). Massachusetts. 2: "She has her Black Hills, and mines with gold so rare, and with her scenery, no other state can compare". South Dakota. 3: In 2000 it got a new state song: "These Green Mountains". Vermont. 4: "Here We Hav...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 202, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ranches 1: Kendall County, Texas is named for the man who brought merinos to the area as this type of rancher. sheep rancher. 2: At about 12,000 sq. mi., Strangeray Springs, a cattle ranch (or station) in this country, is bigger than Vermont. Australia. 3: Prairie Chapel is the name...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Measuring Up 1: There are 3 teaspoons in this unit of measure. tablespoon. 2: 37 degrees Celsius equals 98.6 degrees on this scale. Fahrenheit. 3: Equal to 1,000 grams, this metric standard is abbreviated KG. kilogram. 4: Of 6 miles, 16 miles or 60 miles, the one closest to the lengt...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 200, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The New York Times Journalists 1: As Michelle Higgins is the "Practical" this, she'll tell you how to cut the high cost of flying to Africa. Traveler. 2: Frank Bruni, whose yearly entertainment budget is $350,000, is on this beat. restaurants (food critic). 3: In 1990 Nicholas Kristo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 199, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Famous Amys 1: (Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst) In "Little Women" Amy is the youngest of 4 sisters with this last name. March. 2: She guided fans through gracious living with etiquette books, columns and radio and TV shows. Amy Vanderbilt. 3: She married Barbra Streisand in "Yentl" and Steven...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 198, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What's New? 1: A malihini is a newcomer to this state. Hawaii. 2: In 2003 Edith Grossman served up a new translation of this Cervantes work. Don Quixote . 3: Experts say the smell in a new one of these is from the phthalate plasticizers used in PVC, not leather. car. 4: Developed in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 197, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Double Meanings 1: I stared down into my blank of latte so I wouldn't have to look at his ugly jowly blank . mug. 2: Swift, or the largest organized unit of naval ships. fleet. 3: You always fall for my blank sacrifice; too bad I'm so broke my chess set is in blank . pawn. 4: Just be...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 196, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: '70s Nonfiction 1: Billy Graham called them "God's secret agents". angels. 2: A bestseller by Dr. David Reuben gave us this 13-word-long self-help title. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask . 3: His 1971 autobiography "Wunnerful, Wunnerful!" was a, w...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 195, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You Should "C" 1: To overturn a boat is to do this to it. Capsize. 2: Name shared by the mother of 3 kings of France and a "Great" Russian empress. Catherine. 3: At times, only the grin of this Lewis Carroll feline could be seen. Cheshire Cat. 4: Clint Black knows it's the organizati...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 194, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Groovy Times 1: To accessorize granny dresses chicks wore these necklaces of little balls for peace and goodwill. Love beads. 2: In a famous '60s slogan it came between "turn on" and "drop out". "Tune In". 3: Bought a black light for my posters, man, and one of these ooze lights for...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 193, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: A Fly Category 1: To WWI British aviators, the Red Baron's group with its colorful planes was one of these, like Monty Python's. a Flying Circus. 2: These BF Goodrich sneakers were said to make you "run faster and jump higher". PF Flyers. 3: During World War II, a famous American vol...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 192, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On The Lone Prairie 1: The prairie has been called a "Sea of" this, like the over 6-foot-tall Big Bluestem. Grass. 2: A lot fewer of this Kansas state animal "roam" the prairies today than in the 19th century. Buffalo/bison. 3: This city's nicknames include "City of the Lakes and Pra...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 191, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Well, You "No" 1: To propose someone for election to an office. nominate. 2: 9-letter adjective pertaining to the night. nocturnal. 3: It's a wistful desire to return in thought to a former time in one's life. nostalgia. 4: Neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon and helium, collectively....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 190, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Silver" 1: Nostalgic name for the movies or the motion picture industry. the silver screen. 2: When the going gets rough, remember that "Every cloud has" one of these. a silver lining. 3: To produce rain, clouds are sometimes seeded with this chemical compound. silver iodide. 4: Thi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 189, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'm On Cloud "Nine" 1: This Hugh Grant movie was based on the French film "Neuf mois". Nine Months . 2: This hit song begins "Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition". "9 To 5". 3: In this comedy, dentist Matthew Perry meets up with hitman Bruce Wi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 188, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bye Bye Birdie 1: Pigs were among the creatures that killed off this bird on Mauritius in the 1600s. the dodo. 2: The Puerto Rican plain one is endangered; the passenger one has already passed on. a pigeon. 3: This city's Bishop Museum has a princess' pa'u (skirt) made from feathers...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 187, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Also A Chinese Dynasty 1: The astronauts drank this orange-flavored breakfast drink. Tang. 2: Mr. Solo of the movies. Han. 3: The past participle of the verb that means to make music vocally. sung. 4: A protruding part of the face below the lips. chin. 5: The last name of designer An...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 186, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Boo"! 1: This song was written in 1947 in the U.S., not Ireland:. Clancy Lowered the Boom . 2: Word that can precede hatch, prize or trap. booby. 3: A hiding game played with very small children, or a see-through blouse worn by grown-up women. peek-a-boo. 4: From the Tagalog word fo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 185, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Union Labels 1: The DGA, this guild, gives awards for achievement in commercials as well as feature films. Directors Guild of America. 2: Arturo Rodriguez heads the UFW, this union once led by Cesar Chavez. United Farm Workers. 3: The NALC, National Association of these, says its mem...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 184, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Twelfth Night 1: Dealing with a beastly triple-header was this man's famous twelfth labor. Hercules. 2: The traditional present for your twelfth wedding anniversary is this fabric created by a type of moth larva. silk. 3: Seen here, she represented New York's 12th District in the Hou...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 183, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lunch Counter Lingo 1: "Whistle berries" refers to these Boston legumes. baked beans. 2: Bow wow and Coney Island both refer to this food. a hot dog. 3: Number that Mel might have called out to say "We're all out of it". 86. 4: The name of this state is slang for maple syrup. Vermont...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Ss" The Situation 1: The ADA says to do this gently, once a day; it "helps keep your gums healthy". floss. 2: Did you know I could bench-press 250 lbs.? But I do this, a 7-letter term meaning to deviate from the main topic. digress. 3: From the Greek for "bottomless", it's a vast ch...