Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 105, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lawn Care 1: Fungicide may be needed when the "powdery" type of this appears in late summer. Mildew. 2: Measuring alkalinity or acidity, test this 2-letter quality of your soil. pH. 3: When planting a new lawn, it's a good idea to add compost and this 4-letter combination of sand, si...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 104, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What'cha Got Cookin'? 1: This clear meat soup will be finished in a jiffy; actually, "finished" is what its name means. a consommé. 2: I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter and lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any. brains. 3: I'm making passover breakfast fun by using this u...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 103, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Filthy Rich 1: Worth over $15 billion, Robson, son of Sam, runs this company, the USA's largest private employer. Wal-Mart. 2: In April 1999 his net worth hit $100 billion. Bill Gates. 3: With $50,000 of his $30 or so billion, Paul Allen bought a guitar this "Purple Haze" star had sh...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 102, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Money, Money, Money 1: In 2004 a new version of this coin depicted the peace medal Lewis and Clark gave to Indians during their exploration. a nickel. 2: Iraq's 25-dinar note features Saddam Hussein on the front and this ancient city's Ishtar Gate on the back. Babylon. 3: This tiny c...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 101, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Crayola Crayon Colors 1: This shade of brown shares its name with a bear who had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy. 2: Ingmar Bergman should be pleased with this fruity color, added in 1990. Wild Strawberry. 3: Shocking -- but shades of this color include Tickle Me, Pig and Flamingo. Pink. 4: 2 o...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 100, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: College Sports Team Logos 1: A football powerhouse, it's also famous for its archaeology museum. Nebraska. 2: Catholic and co-ed, this university has a noted law school. Notre Dame. 3: This university originally opened in Ocala in 1853. University of Florida. 4: It was originally a s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 99, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff 1: The 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th ones of these are specifically concerned with voting. constitutional amendments. 2: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does. the subject. 3: Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient. zero. 4: Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 98, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Will Smith 1: In 2002 Will got an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of this sports icon. Muhammad Ali. 2: Will helped protect the Earth from the scum of the universe as Agent J in this 1997 film. Men in Black . 3: A tagline for this 2007 Will Smith film was "The last man on Earth is...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 97, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Haydn 1: Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony was written this period in his work that translates into "storm and stress". Sturm und Drang . 2: In 1781 Haydn befriended this composer from Salzburg, 10 years before his all-too-premature death. Mozart. 3: Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in Rohrau,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 96, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sweet Songs 1: In a Tony Orlando and Dawn song, "She's got rings on her fingers and bells on her toes". "Sweet Gypsy Rose". 2: "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" was the first No. 1 hit for this Annie Lennox duo. The Eurythmics. 3: It's the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters. "Swee...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 95, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On The Stage 1: In the hit play "Madame Melville", he played a teen who was "Home Alone" with older woman Joely Richardson. Macaulay Culkin. 2: In 1900 this great French actress triumphed in a male role, playing Napoleon's son in "L'Aiglon". Sarah Bernhardt. 3: Unlike its Stratford fe...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 94, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Diamondbacks 1: The method of telling a diamondback snake's age by counting segments of this is not always reliable. rattles. 2: Like most boas, diamondback snakes are viviparous, which means this. they give birth to live young. 3: Of 8, 16 or 28, the length in feet of the longest dia...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 93, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jazz 1: In the title of the album "Diz 'N' Bird In Concert", Diz is Dizzy Gillespie and Bird is this saxophonist. Charlie Parker. 2: On April 7, 1986 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- nearly 27 years after her death. Billie Holiday. 3: Known as the "First Lady of So...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 92, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 1: Title of a 1985 Bruce Springsteen hit, or a book about him by Dave Marsh. "Glory Days". 2: They had 2 No. 1 hits in 1980: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites The Dust". Queen. 3: This leader of Brasil '66 resurfaced in 1983 with "Never Gonna Let You Go". Sergio...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 91, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Have Fun 1: You've let loose when this animal precedes "around" or "play". horse. 2: Fancy, as in what's tickled when you are amused, is a shortened form of this word. fantasy. 3: Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this. m...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 90, 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: While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990. Germany. 3: This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal and Nyno...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 89, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Home Ballparks 1: Pacific Bell Park. San Francisco Giants. 2: Comiskey Park. Chicago White Sox. 3: Veterans Stadium. Philadelphia Phillies. 4: Three Rivers Stadium. Pittsburgh Pirates. 5: Coors Field. Colorado Rockies. Round 2. Category: Fads 1: Jade, Yasmin, Cloe and Sasha are these...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 88, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Clown Songs 1: Judy Collins recorded a version of this song from "A Little Night Music". "Send in the Clowns". 2: His hit "I'm Still Standing" says, "If our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now". Elton John. 3: This title of a Stealers Wheel song completes the line "Clowns...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 87, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Notable Weddings 1: Chynna Phillips, whose mama and papa are John and Michelle, married this Baldwin with his brothers in attendance. William (Billy) Baldwin. 2: This "Mayflower Madam" wore pale pink at her wedding, saying, "White would have been ludicrous". Sydney Biddle Barrows. 3:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 86, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Animal Groups 1: A group of these reptiles is a lounge, and you might also find the "lounge" type in a nightclub. a lizard. 2: When someone wishes you "good" these at Christmas, they may be referring to a group of magpies. Tidings. 3: Every Capricorn should know a group of these rumin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 86, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Animal Groups 1: A group of these reptiles is a lounge, and you might also find the "lounge" type in a nightclub. a lizard. 2: When someone wishes you "good" these at Christmas, they may be referring to a group of magpies. Tidings. 3: Every Capricorn should know a group of these rumin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 84, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hello, Sports Fans 1: (Pro golfer Peter Jacobsen.) To land the ball on the green with this, also called juice, hit the ball below its equator with a lofted club. backspin. 2: (I'm Ed McCaffrey.) It was the name of my team at Stanford, and also one of the team colors. Cardinal. 3: (Yan...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 83, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Resort Cities 1: This resort known for its spa was capital of occupied France from November 1942 to August 1944. Vichy. 2: This resort's famous boardwalk was built in 1870 to keep sand out of hotel lobbies and railroad cars. Atlantic City. 3: This Crimean health and vacation resort wa...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 82, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Party Time! 1: A noisy mock serenade given for newlyweds, its name is an alteration of the French word charivari. Shivaree. 2: On a party invitation, the letters RSVP stand for the French phrase "Repondez" this. S'il vous plait. 3: Sir John Soane had a 3-day party after buying Seti I'...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 81, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Well, Exhume Me! 1: Teddy Roosevelt gave the eulogy when this man was interred at the Naval Academy in 1906, 114 years after his death. John Paul Jones. 2: In 1997, after a 19-month search, this man's remains were found in Bolivia, dug up and sent to Cuba. Ernesto "Che" Guevara. 3: He...