Instant Trivia

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...

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...