Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 80, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Countries By Newspapers 1: Dimokratiki and Peloponnisos. Greece. 2: Diario de los Andes,The Buenos Aires Herald. Argentina. 3: The Newham Recorder,The Luton News. England. 4: El Cronista and El Patagonico. Argentina. 5: Przewodnik Katolicki and Glos Koszalinski. Poland. Round 2. Categ...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 79, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ends In "X" 1: From words meaning "beyond belief", it's a seemingly contradictory statement. paradox. 2: It's Corning's trademark for heat-resistant glassware. Pyrex. 3: A 3-letter word for "to veto", or a German water sprite. nix. 4: It's the outer layer of the cerebrum largely respo...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 78, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Good For A Day Off 1: On the Friday before this holiday, soldiers in the 3rd U.S. Infantry place flags on graves at Arlington. Memorial Day. 2: It's happy 27th of February as the Dominican Republic marks its independence from this neighbor. Haiti. 3: You don't need to have an epiphany...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 77, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Leader Of The "Pack" 1: In information technology, breaking up a message to transmit it more efficiently is this type of switching. packet switching. 2: Don Hutson, Paul Hornung and Lou Brock (no, not that Lou Brock) are in this team's Hall of Fame. the Green Bay Packers. 3: In inform...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 76, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: It's Unreal 1: Lee makes them in active length in such colors as Joyful and Fascinating. artificial nails. 2: This company is putting the kibosh on sellers of those Jelly Kelly knock-offs of its Kelly bags. Hermes. 3: In 1966 Clark and Gollan performed experiments that led to artifici...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 75, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 4-Letter Birds 1: Ancient Egyptians believed this bird to be a representative of the god Thoth. ibis. 2: Species of this bird include the Caspian, South and Arctic. tern. 3: An elated person is sometimes said to be "as happy as" this songbird. lark. 4: The rook is the most common memb...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 74, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Saint Paul 1: Saint Paul was a supportive witness to the stoning of this first Christian martyr. Saint Stephen. 2: From the Greek for "message", it's the name given Saint Paul's letters to Christian churches and groups. Epistles. 3: Born to Jewish parents in Tarsus, Saint Paul is call...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 73, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Money Slang 1: The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate. a clam. 2: Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough. bread. 3: Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la. Do-re-mi. 4: When speaking of Messrs. Netanyah...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 72, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: All In The Celebrity Family 1: Elizabeth, Jake, Trent, Ashley, Taylor, Mary-Kate. Olsen. 2: Serena and Venus-- and don't forget Papa Richard. Williams. 3: Ben and Casey. Affleck. 4: Christian and Kirsten. the Dunsts. 5: Christian, Rory, Kieran, Quinn, Shane, Dakota and Macaulay. the C...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 71, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Roles 1: On "Two and a Half Men" he plays bachelor and ladies' man Charlie Harper. Charlie Sheen. 2: This veteran actress played the opinionated Maxine Gray on "Judging Amy". Tyne Daly. 3: Ruth Martin,Beverly Ann Stickle,Phyllis Lindstrom. Cloris Leachman. 4: Toni "Feather" Danton,...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 70, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Claudias 1: Lacey Chabert plays Claudia Salinger on this FOX series. "Party of Five". 2: The People Almanac reports this supermodel from Dusseldorf tripped during her runway debut in 1990. Claudia Schiffer. 3: In 1993's "Son of the Pink Panther", she played the mother of Clouseau's so...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 69, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cities Of New York 1: "The Honeymoon City". Niagara Falls. 2: It's "The Bison City". Buffalo. 3: It's "The Kodak City" and "The Photo Capital of the World". Rochester. 4: It's "The Capital of the Empire State" and "The Edinburgh of America". Albany. 5: "The Birthplace of Baseball". Co...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 68, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Geek Tragedy 1: Your hacker friends sneer at you, calling you by this rhyming word that sounds like something to eat. cracker. 2: Nodding off at 9 P.M., you missed the 10:00 CNN interview with this Microsoft chairman. Bill Gates. 3: The rain leaked in and damaged your complete video c...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 67, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "Court" Briefs 1: A stenographer employed to transcribe an official verbatim record of legal proceedings. a court reporter. 2: Marsupial term for a self-appointed tribunal that parodies existing principles of law. a kangaroo court. 3: It's a special judicial assembly with power over t...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 66, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ancient Rome 1: The last emperor of Rome, who was overthrown in 476, shared his name with this legendary founder of the city. Romulus. 2: His second wife, Pompeia, was a granddaughter of Sulla who, like him, ruled Rome as a dictator. Julius Caesar. 3: Roman roads were built with concr...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 65, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Numerical Phrases 1: Numerical term for a burglar who specializes in breaking into buildings through upstairs windows. second-story men. 2: Though "heck" and "darn" are examples of these, the phrase usually refers to saltier language. 4-letter words. 3: Collective name for the Cheroke...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 64, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "O" And "Os" 1: The two Greek letters that fit this category. Omega and Omicron. 2: In 451 these Teutonic tribesmen joined with Attila in his expedition against Gaul. Ostrogoths. 3: This Egyptian god's many burial places were considered sacred ground. Osiris. 4: Synonym for antonym. O...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 63, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: New Olympic Sports 1: In 2000, women will compete for the first time in this sport that uses a pool, 2 nets and an inflatable ball. Water polo. 2: This new Olympic martial arts sport was founded in the 1950s by General Choi Hong Hi. Taekwondo. 3: The IOC recently granted provisional r...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 62, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 62, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 62, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tony Montana 1: A Butte mansion has some of William Clark's art collection, but the good stuf...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 61, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hallmark Holidays 1: Nurses Week begins on May 6th and ends May 12th--appropriately, this woman's birthday. Florence Nightingale. 2: Kiss-up alert: National Boss Day falls in this same month that clocks are set back an hour. October. 3: On Friendship Day, buy your bud a stuffed animal...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 60, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Movie Title Translations 1: Translating this title, the Czech Republic thought Eddie Murphy was in charge of a "Crazy Kindergarten". Daddy Day Care . 2: In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love and Amnesia". 50 First Dates . 3: The censorship board in Malaysia damn...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 59, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Female Firsts 1: In May 1970 Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in this race; she finished 15th aboard Fathom. the Kentucky Derby. 2: In 1976 she became the first Romanian to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. Nadia Comaneci. 3: In 1932 Hattie Caraway planted the...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 58, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: O'hollywood 1: In "Singin' in the Rain", he knew how to "Make 'Em Laugh". Donald O'Connor. 2: In "My Favorite Year", his character admitted "I'm not an actor; I'm a movie star". Peter O'Toole. 3: At age 6, she asked the director, "Do you want the tears to run all the way, or shall I s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 57, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: European Rivers 1: In 1937 this Russian river's first hydroelectric project was completed at Ivankovo. Volga. 2: The famed boatmen of this Russian river once pulled their barges from the river's banks. Volga. 3: In 1992 Slovaks altered this river's course on the border of Slovakia and...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 56, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jail 1: This country's Kharkov Prison is said to be world's largest, accommodating 40,000 prisoners. Soviet Union. 2: In "Monopoly", if you pay to get out of jail, it costs this much. $50. 3: Calling it "Most Secure Prison", Guinness says tho 23 attempted to escape from Alcatraz, this...