Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 129, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Metals 1: This metal used to make semiconductors was discovered by Clemens Winkler and named for his homeland. germanium. 2: South Africa is the world's leading supplier of this precious metal. Gold. 3: The name of this metal comes from molebdos, the Greek word for lead. molybdenum....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 130, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: String 1: A gutbucket is a bass fiddle consisting of a stick on an inverted tub with this many strings. 1. 2: A joke goes, modern kids play cell phones by using 2 of these with no string between them. Tin cans. 3: From the French for "Little Mary", it's another name for a string pupp...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 128, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Wok Of Fame 1: To eat Chinese food like a native, use 2 of these 10 1/2-inch wooden implements. Chopsticks. 2: The 4 main Chinese types of these strips of dried dough are soup, sauce, stir-fried and shallow-fried. Noodles. 3: Some people may have adverse reactions to this Chinese...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 127, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ben Franklin 1: Ben appropriately described his youthful mistakes as "errata", a term from this profession. printing. 2: On Ben's 1st walk though this city, he carried "three great puffy rolls" making a "most ridiculous appearance". Philadelphia. 3: At 16 Ben read a book by Thomas Tr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 126, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The "Sit"Uation Room 1: This Sioux chief led warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud. Sitting Bull. 2: It was famously torpedoed and sunk in May 1915 with a loss of nearly 1,200 lives. the Lusitania . 3: Ravi Shankar is a virtuoso on it. the sitar. 4: 12-letter term for a college cours...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Fill In The Title 1: Alice Walker:"The Color blank ". Purple. 2: John Steinbeck:"The blank Pony". Red. 3: James Ellroy:"The blank Dahlia". Black. 4: Scott O'Dell:"Island of the blank Dolphins". Blue. 5: Charlotte Perkins Gilman:"The blank Wall-Paper". Yellow. Round 2. Category: I Eat...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 124, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Days Of The Week 1: Day of the week in the title of the following:[audio clue: "Something calls to me..."]. Tuesday ( Tuesday Afternoon ). 2: For Jews, the sabbath starts on the evening of this day. Friday. 3: It's the day of the week for presidents and labor. Monday. 4: Dutch:Donder...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 123, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Puttin' Out The Welcome Matt 1: This "Friends" star lost the tip of his right middle finger in a childhood accident (It's not LeBlanc). Matthew Perry. 2: On June 24, 2005, this Matt, Matt, Matt interviewed Tom Cruise on NBC. Matt Lauer. 3: 12 years after taking a "Day Off", he played...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 122, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: You're An Animal! 1: A river, a city and a hound all bear the name of this member of the deer family. Elk. 2: A crab-eating variety of this mammal lives in northern South America. raccoon. 3: These predatory birds are named for a place they might dwell. Barn owls. 4: Known scientific...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 121, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Historic Quotations 1: On June 18, 1940 Churchill said, "The battle for France is over" and this "is about to begin". the Battle of Britain. 2: In the early 16th century, this painter and genius wrote, "The Medici created and destroyed me". (Leonardo) da Vinci. 3: In 1938 he said, "T...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 120, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Beauty Queens 1: The Miss America Pageant stopped giving this award for friendliness in 1974. Miss Congeniality Award. 2: Ex-Miss New Orleans who went down the "Road" with Bing and Bob. Dorothy Lamourr. 3: She was 1st runner-up in the 1940 Miss Venice Beach Contest -- she didn't look...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 119, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: True Crime 1: The threat to use physical harm, it becomes "aggravated" when combined with the use of a deadly weapon. assault. 2: On April 13, 2005 he pleaded guilty to 2 clinic bombings and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Park attack. (Eric) Rudolph. 3: In July 1894 Butch Cassidy was convi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 118, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Get Married! 1: There wasn't a traditional song for this pair to dance to at the reception until the following was written:"You filled my life /With so much joy /As I watched you grow /From that little boy". the groom and his mom. 2: It was once believed evil spirits hovered at...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 117, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: My Life Of "E"S 1: Diamonds are so colorless, I prefer these gems for my rings. Emeralds. 2: Instead of mere cream puffs, give me these oblong pastries with icing and a French name. Eclairs. 3: Viscounts and barons needn't bother inviting me over -- I only hobnob with at least this g...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 116, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The English Channel 1: Francois Pilatre de Rozier tried to cross the Channel in one of these in 1785, but was killed in the attempt. a (hydrogen) balloon. 2: The Channel meets the North Sea at this strait. the Strait of Dover. 3: A song and a dance were named for this lady who swam t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 115, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Heavenly Bodies 1: This fox from "Melrose Place" has joined Michael J. on "Spin City". Heather Locklear. 2: Now in her second year as "Jesse", she was Kelly Bundy for 11 seasons. Christina Applegate. 3: Albert Brooks cast her as "The Muse". Sharon Stone. 4: She was the first VJ to ap...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 114, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 'Tis Time To Testify 1: In 1947 playwright Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this House committee. the House Un-American Activities Committee. 2: In 1966 this consumer advocate gained national attention testifying before Congress on auto safety. Ralph Nader. 3...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 24 1: Its atomic number is 79 and the purest types are said to be 24-karat. gold. 2: On October 30, 1954 this sport introduced the use of the 24-second clock. basketball. 3: In an old nursery rhyme four and twenty of these birds are baked into a pie served to a king. blackbirds. 4: T...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 112, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Canine Film Festival 1: Lasse Hallstrom received an Oscar nomination for directing this 1985 film about a Swedish boy in the 1950s. My Life as a Dog . 2: This 1975 Al Pacino film was based in part on an actual bank robbery. Dog Day Afternoon . 3: A cocker spaniel and a mutt are t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 111, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I Don't Speak... 1: Je ne parle pas Francais. French. 2: Nie mowie po Polsku. Polish. 3: Ik spreek geen Nederlands. Dutch. 4: Nihongo ga Wakarimasen. Japanese. 5: Ich spreche kein Deutsch. German. Round 2. Category: Animated Films 1: 2009:Carl, 78, ties thousands of balloons to his h...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 110, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I'm Just An Object 1: It's what you "bide" when awaiting your opportunity. Time. 2: To "trip" this, meaning to dance, comes from a John Milton poem. The light fantastic. 3: You "cudgel" them in an effort to remember. Brains. 4: To lose emotional control is to "flip your" this, also a...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 109, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues "G" 1: P.E. place(3). gym. 2: Thank You, in Tampico(7). Gracias. 3: German sneezer alleviator(10). gesundheit. 4: You throw it down, or run it(8). Gauntlet. 5: The Good Witch of the North (6). Glinda. Round 2. Category: Joe The Farmer 1: After Joe's Uncle Lou went a b...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 108, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Celebrity Books 1: This pop artist published his philosophy "From A to B and Back Again" in 1975 and his "Diaries" in 1989. Andy Warhol. 2: His "Roasting in Hell's Kitchen" has been called "the essential autobiography for foodies". Gordon Ramsay. 3: He's written a slew of "redneck" b...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 107, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1930S Aviation 1: In 1932 and '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany and Brazil. Zeppelin. 2: In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific and Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name. United Airlines. 3: In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home and bicy...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 106, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Electoral College 1: With 54 this state has more electoral votes than any other. California. 2: In 1976 an elector from the state of Washington cast a lone vote for this man; 4 years later he received 489 votes. Ronald Reagan. 3: The presidential electors cast their votes on the...