Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 150, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Non-Potent Potables 1: A daiquiri made without liquor is this type, like a chaste young woman. a virgin. 2: A daiquiri made without liquor is this type, like a chaste young woman. a virgin. 3: Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires invented this beverage in the mid-1800s. root beer. 4...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 149, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Well, Duh! 1: Samuel Goldwyn supposedly said anyone who goes to one of these doctors should have his head examined. Psychiatrist. 2: The English word for this animal comes from the Greek "kamelos". camel. 3: Joan Embery reports that all birds have these, "A characteristic shared by n...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 148, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 148, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: To Build A Flower 1: A fib plus French for "lake". a lilac. 2: Any automobile plus any country. a carnation. 3: Word preceding "and proper" plus "Charmed" actress McGowan. a primrose. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 147, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Taking A "Bath" 1: It attracts feathered friends. Birdbath. 2: It's what the baby shouldn't be thrown out with. the Bathwater. 3: This vehicle can take you under the sea. Bathyscape. 4: Extreme sentimentality. Bathos. 5: It's the chemical rinse that keeps photographic film from overd...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 146, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Finish The Proverb 1: Too many cooks.... spoil the broth. 2: You can't judge a book.... by its cover. 3: He who laughs last.... laughs best. 4: Nothing ventured.... nothing gained. 5: Man cannot live.... on bread alone. Round 2. Category: Drinks 1: This lemon-lime soft drink encourag...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tales 1: "Needful Things" is a recent tale of terror by this author of "It" and "Cujo". Stephen King. 2: In 1931 Jean de Brunhoff wrote the first of several children's tales about this elephant. Babar. 3: This author was one of the first to use the term "Jazz Age" in his "Tales of th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 144, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Middle Earth 1: They're the 3 South American countries through which the equator passes. Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil. 2: The equator passes through this nation's islands of Sulawesi, Kalimantan and Sumatra. Indonesia. 3: The largest lake on the equator is this African one. Lake Vict...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 142, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 142, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Automobile Trivia 1: =. =. 2: The roofs of London taxicabs have extra height so gentlemen won't knock these off. tophats. 3: Most automobile horns beep on this note, 4th of the C scale. F...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 141, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Let's Rock! 1: Keith, Brian, Mick, Bill and Charlie on drums. the Rolling Stones. 2: From 760 feet up on this crater, you get a great view of Honolulu. Diamond Head. 3: In 1990 the Red Hot Chili Peppers were part of the first campaign by this org. to interest youth in politics. Rock...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 140, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Sing! 1: Wham!. George Michael. 2: Dire Straits. Mark Knopfler. 3: The Talking Heads. David Byrne. 4: Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corgan. 5: The Clash. Joe Strummer. Round 2. Category: Movie Thrillers 1: In 1988 this 1962 Frank Sinatra film based on Richard Condon's novel was re-release...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 139, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Animals In Paradise 1: The largest animal in paradise is this biblical one that swallowed a person whole. (Jonah's) whale. 2: A bird called the Hoopoe of Bilquis is on the list, Bilqis being a name for the biblical queen of this place. Sheba. 3: Solomon talked to this industrious ins...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 138, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 4-Letter Magazines 1: Henry Luce helped create these 2 magazines, one in 1923, the other in 1936. Time and Life. 2: It's how you say "She" in France and Korea and Romania and 29 other international editions. Elle. 3: People sure are saying things about this new magazine from Tina Bro...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 5 Letter Words 1: An assumed identity, or the type of letter that accompanies a resume. Cover letter. 2: Emily Post says in this kind of letter, don't call death "a blessing in disguise". Condolence letter. 3: Also a fruit, it should always be found in the heading of a letter. Date....

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 136, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Edgar Allan Poe-Pourri 1: In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here. the Rue Morgue. 2: A man's harrowing escape from torture during the Spanish Inquisition is recounted in this Poe favorite. "The Pit and the Pendulum". 3: Th...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 135, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Ghosts 1: The 999 ghosts at the mansion in this Anaheim landmark tell visitors “There's always room for 1 more”. Disneyland. 2: Creators of “Casper” say this film's logo plagiarized 1 of their characters. Ghostbusters . 3: Silver City, Idaho and Bodie, California for example. gho...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 134, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cash 1: In a 1956 song Johnny had the "Blues" for this title place; he recorded a live album there in 1968. Folsom Prison. 2: This Johnny Cash song begins, "Love is a burning thing". "Ring Of Fire". 3: She helped Johnny kick his drug habit and converted him to fundamentalist Christia...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 133, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Singer-Songwriters 1: "Beat It". Michael Jackson. 2: "Put Your Head On My Shoulder". Paul Anka. 3: "That Don't Impress Me Much". Shania Twain. 4: "I Walk the Line". Johnny Cash. 5: "Short People". Randy Newman. Round 2. Category: Take A Hike 1: There's good hiking at several stops on...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "The Onion" 1: "The Onion" reported that 450,000 unsold copies of "TIME"'s special issue on this April "day" went to a landfill. Earth Day. 2: In a headline from history, "War Rationing Boards Restricts Nylon Use to Armed Forces" and this FBI director. J. Edgar Hoover. 3: In entertai...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 131, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "R"Rrrrrrrrr 1: Sometimes it's necessary to do this, meaning to reload your computer's operating system. reboot. 2: 3 points on one throw in horseshoes. ringer. 3: The stems of these Asian palms are used to make wicker furniture. rattan. 4: In a memorable 1982 TV movie, Jean Stapleto...

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...