Instant Trivia

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...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 232, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: '50s Tv 1: Before debuting in this series, Jerry Mathers had appeared in 2 Bob Hope movies. Leave it to Beaver . 2: Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best...". Chocolate. 3: In the 1950s this western was the top-rated series of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 231, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let There Be Life 1: Fungi create these to reproduce and your average mushroom makes 16 billion of them. spores. 2: From the Greek for "leaf", they're the individual parts of a flower's corolla. petals. 3: As they have chlorophyll, algae produce food using this process. photosynthesi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 230, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Oxford, Cambridge Or Harvard 1: It's the oldest. Oxford. 2: One of its clubs gives out the Hasty Pudding Award. Harvard. 3: The current Prince of Wales earned his bachelor's degree there. Cambridge. 4: Its main library is the Bodleian. Oxford. 5: Its department of physics is the Cave...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 229, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Nfl Nicknames 1: "Broadway Joe". Joe Namath. 2: "Mean Joe". Joe Greene. 3: "The Refrigerator". William Perry. 4: "Too Tall". (Ed) Jones. 5: "Sweetness". Walter Payton. Round 2. Category: The Jep-Tones World Tour 2006 1: More popular than Regis, the Jeps play their last stadium gig in...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 228, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Prince" 1: Until 1999 the first snowfall signaled the start of the "Nude Olympics" at this university. Princeton. 2: Satan, Dracula and Ozzy Osbourne go by this nickname. the Prince of Darkness. 3: This was the name given to the ship cast in the starring role on "The Love Boat". the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 227, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: States' Former Governors 1: Lurleen Wallace, 1967-1968. Alabama. 2: George W. P. Hunt and Bruce Babbit. Arizona. 3: Tom Ridge, 1995-2001. Pennsylvania. 4: Thomas Dewey, 1943-1954. New York. 5: Henry Lee and Fitzhugh Lee. Virginia. Round 2. Category: All "Set" 1: In summer, when this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 226, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Keep On Truckin' 1: Term for a truck whose body tilts to discharge loads, like gravel, to the rear. Dump truck. 2: In 2010 the D.O.T. issued rules banning this new form of communication by truckers while driving. texting. 3: "Massive" rhyming term for your standard tractor-trailer tr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 225, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Geograph"Y" 1: There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country. Italy. 2: It's the largest city in Utah. Salt Lake City. 3: This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal and Nynorsk. Norway. 4: While many countries in Europe have...