Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 224, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Getting Married 1: The extended cathedral length of one of these is over 9 feet long and doesnÂ’t include a dining car. train. 2: In a double ring ceremony, she gives the ring to the bride to place on the groomÂ’s finger. maid of honor. 3: When writing, offer the bride “best wishesÂ...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 223, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Crossword Clues "S" 1: P.T. Barnum's victims (7). Suckers. 2: Biblical wise guy(7). Solomon. 3: Specters, or their liquor(7). spirits. 4: 1964 movie song(34). "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". 5: Hebridean isle, or its terrier(4). Skye. Round 2. Category: What's That Sound? 1: Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 222, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Six" Pack 1: Slang name for a revolver. "Six-Shooter". 2: TV's Fisher family knows this slang phrase for dead and buried refers to the traditional depth of a grave. six feet under. 3: A straight six and a V-6 both refer to this type of car engine. six-cylinder. 4: A 2-inch-long nail...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 221, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jaws 1: (Sarah) His "Jaws" score includes "Out to Sea", "Promenade Tourists on the Menu", and, of course, the main title theme. John Williams. 2: This product was originally developed for race car drivers:. Jaws of Life. 3: (Cheryl) He played police chief Martin Brody in both "Jaws"...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 220, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Harlem Shuffle 1: In 1954 he took over as minister of the Nation of Islam's Temple Number 7 in Harlem. Malcolm X. 2: "There is a rose in East Harlem"--nah. "There is a rose in" this other name for this area. Spanish Harlem. 3: Maintaining the Dutch theme, one of Harlem's major newspa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 219, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hammurabi's Code 1: Rule 200 says if a man knocketh these out of an equal, his shall be knocked out, too. Teeth. 2: This number is missing from the code's 282 rules; Babylonians thought it was evil and unlucky. 13. 3: Rules 104-106 warn you to be sure to get one of these when dealing...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 218, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: When 1: On Aug. 28, 1963 he told a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. "I have a dream". Martin Luther King, Jr.. 2: On Jan. 20, 1981 Iran released its hostages and this president was inaugurated. Ronald Reagan. 3: On Sept. 15, 1862 Stonewall Jackson captured this town made famous by...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 217, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Potable Words 1: A cotton-cleaning device, or a cry in a card game saying you've completed your hand. gin. 2: It's the opposite of starboard. port. 3: The band Looking Glass found her "a fine girl". "Brandy". 4: To strike with a fist or make a hole in a ticket. punch. 5: It's the res...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 216, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Oscar-Winning Roles 1: Rooster Cogburn. John Wayne. 2: Hannibal Lecter. Anthony Hopkins. 3: Loretta Lynn. Sissy Spacek. 4: Miss Daisy Werthan. Jessica Tandy. 5: 1999:Her multi-dimensional performance as Brandon Teena / Teena Brandon won an Oscar. Hilary Swank. Round 2. Category: Vwll...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 215, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: In Memoriam 2006 1: A host of "Hee Haw" for 17 years, he pioneered the Bakersfield sound of country music. Buck Owens. 2: Grandpa on "The Munsters", he once ran for governor of New York as a Green Party candidate. Al Lewis. 3: "The Midnight Hour" came calling for this R and B legend...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 214, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: It's All About "U" 1: The playground bully will stop twisting vour arm as soon as you "say" this--or so he says. uncle. 2: Dairy farmers say thanks for this mammary gland of bovines. udders. 3: Arthur Godfrey was known for playing this instrument of the South Seas. a ukulele. 4: "Red...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 212, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Starting Here 1: For Cathy Guisewite to do her "Cathy" comic strip, every day it's "back to" this. The drawing board. 2: To come up with Lanacane, the chemists "started from" this. Scratch. 3: To get a project in gear, or what you do after stepping up to the line in bowling. Start th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 211, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Reunited 1: Don Henley said this group would reunite when Hell froze over, which turned out to be in 1994. The Eagles. 2: On Sept. 19, 1981 this duo built a "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and reunited for a free concert in Central Park. Simon and Garfunkel. 3: The reunion of this group...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 210, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Women In Sports 1: Like fathers, like daughters: in June 2001 it was Joe Frazier's daughter Jacqui against this boxer's daughter Laila. Muhammad Ali. 2: This runner, who married Richard Slaney in 1985, holds 6 U.S. records, from 800 meters to 10,000 meters. Mary Decker. 3: In 1988 Go...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 209, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: History 101 1: This future president graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1940. John F. Kennedy. 2: The rulers of this country weren't known as pharaohs until the 1500s B.C.. Egypt. 3: When asked how she'd survived the Titanic, she replied, "I'm unsinkable" -- hence, her famous nickna...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 208, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Harrys And Garys 1: Getting the role of Colonel Potter on "M*A*S*H" was a bit of a demotion; he'd previosuly played a general on the show. Harry Morgan. 2: Gary "Big Hands" Johnson played defense for 10 seasons with this NFL team, the southernmost in California. the San Diego Charger...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 207, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Leaves 1: "Life is so beautiful", says this fictional Italian-American before dying in his garden. Don Vito Corleone ("The Godfather"). 2: The leaves of this large family of tropical trees are folded in a distinct fanlike shape called plicate. palm trees. 3: Koalas eat mistletoe too,...

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...