Instant Trivia

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 871, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rhythm and booze 1: His beach bum anthem "Margaritaville" made its Top 40 debut in 1977. Jimmy Buffett. 2: This 1958 hit by The Champs with a liquor as its title has been covered by numerous artists. "Tequila". 3: "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a classic s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 889, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: death sentences 1: It was in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy that he wrote nothing is "Certain except death and taxes". Benjamin Franklin. 2: Filmmaker who said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens". Woody Allen. 3: In a June 1897 issue of...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 888, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: countries by college 1: The University of Sunderland,the University of Sheffield,Oxford University. England. 2: The Emile Cohl School,the University of Toulouse,the University of Provence. France. 3: Chiba University,Waseda University,Fukuoka Junior College. Japan. 4: Menoufia Univer...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 871, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rhythm and booze 1: His beach bum anthem "Margaritaville" made its Top 40 debut in 1977. Jimmy Buffett. 2: This 1958 hit by The Champs with a liquor as its title has been covered by numerous artists. "Tequila". 3: "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a classic s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 886, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: a few good men 1: This general announced the end of the Revolutionary War and disbanded the army in Newburgh, New York. George Washington. 2: The 1973 Nobel Peace Prize went to Le Duc Tho who declined it and this Secretary of State who accepted. Henry Kissinger. 3: In 1987 this outfi...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 885, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: what's cooking, cowboy? 1: After a good feed, it's time to settle down with a cup of arbuckle, or this. coffee. 2: If you know what kind of wagon it was served in, you'll know this old west word for food, chow, grub. a chuckwagon. 3: From genus prosopis, this western wood that starte...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 884, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: balls 1: Perhaps, in the future, you'll see one of these divinatory aids. a crystal ball. 2: Francis Johnson of Darwin, Minn. holds the Guinness record for making a ball out of this. string. 3: Keene, New Hampshire is known for manufacturing miniature and precision ones. Ball bearing...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 883, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the cold war 1: In the 1970s Linus Pauling advocated huge doses of this to battle the common cold. vitamin C. 2: By the end of the Cold War the population of this "sleeping giant" was over 1 billion. China. 3: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 882, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: clubs 1: It's the correct term for a member of a Rotary Club. Rotarian. 2: The Literary Club was founded in the 1760s by Sir Joshua Reynolds and this subject of a Boswell biography. (Samuel) Johnson. 3: This service organization sponsors Circle K International, a club for college stu...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 881, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: texas 1: About 60% of Texas' foreign-born residents are from this country. Mexico. 2: In 1901 this was discovered at Spindletop. oil. 3: Big Bend National Park lies within the big bend of this river. the Rio Grande. 4: This city's Chronicle is the state's largest daily newspaper. Hou...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 880, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: sitcoms change 1: On this sitcom in 1998, Tim Taylor's son Randy ran off to work in a Costa Rican rainforest. Home Improvement . 2: On her self-titled sitcom, she worked at a plastics factory and a beauty salon before opening her own diner. Roseanne . 3: On "The Cosby Show", daughter...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 879, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: "house"s 1: Abbreviated HUAC, it investigated communist influence inside and outside the U.S. government. House Un-American Activities Commission. 2: New York madam Polly Adler titled her memoirs this. A House is Not a Home . 3: The Animals made this traditional New Orleans folk song...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 878, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fix the malapropism 1: "Salmon swim upstream to spoon". spawn. 2: To do well on "Jeopardy!", you must consecrate on the task at hand. concentrate. 3: "Certain areas of the desert are cultivated by irritation". irrigation. 4: "At ancient banquets, guests wore garlics in their hair". g...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 877, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: clio hall of fame 1: "Does She or Doesn't She?". Miss Clairol. 2: "In The Driver's Seat". Hertz. 3: "Mean Joe Greene" and "Buy The World". Coca-Cola. 4: "Three Brothers --- Mikey". Life cereal. 5: "Acapulco Diver" and "Watch On Propeller". Timex. Round 2. Category: the bull pen 1: It...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 876, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: noun to verb 1: One state of water; as a verb, it can mean to decorate a cake or to ensure a victory. ice. 2: From the French for "to cut", it can mean a small piece or the whole or to do careful work on your car. detail. 3: Natural event sometimes used as a verb; there's a form of i...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 875, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: music class 1: When you reach this mark on a score you start the piece again; it's abbreviated D.C.. Da Capo. 2: Italian for "in chapel style", it's the term for singing without instrumental accompaniment. a cappella . 3: Notations for these on a score for a guitarist include C7 and...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 874, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the u.s. president when... 1: ...Hawaii gained statehood. Eisenhower. 2: ...the Hindenburg Zeppelin crashed. F.D. Roosevelt. 3: ...the U.S. extended full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam. Clinton. 4: ...Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel. Nixon. 5: ...the Soviet Union invade...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 873, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: zebras 1: Only continent to which zebras are native. Africa. 2: TV sitcom on which the main character called his racially mixed daughter-in-law a zebra. The Jeffersons . 3: In England, a deer crossing is for deer, but a zebra crossing is for these. pedestrians. 4: Professional sport...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 872, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: college football 2000 1: In 2000 this conference had 3 teams win 10 or more games: Washington, Oregon and Oregon state. the Pac-10. 2: This school's Huskers set a college bowl record by scoring 66 points against Northwestern in the Alamo Bowl. the University of Nebraska. 3: The USA's...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 871, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rhythm and booze 1: His beach bum anthem "Margaritaville" made its Top 40 debut in 1977. Jimmy Buffett. 2: This 1958 hit by The Champs with a liquor as its title has been covered by numerous artists. "Tequila". 3: "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" is a classic s...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 870, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: rhyme giver 1: To make a speech or to give birth. deliver. 2: To shake from cold, or to shatter something, like "me timbers". shiver. 3: Body detox center. liver. 4: China's Hongshui or India's Tapi. river. 5: The goddess Diana is often depicted holding this container. quiver. Round...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 869, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: apples 1: The Tree Top Company's website has recipes for the Sour Cream and Dutch Kitchen types of this. pie. 2: Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process. Grafting. 3: Being packed with pectin makes apples an excellent source of this in the diet. fiber. 4:...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 883, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the cold war 1: In the 1970s Linus Pauling advocated huge doses of this to battle the common cold. vitamin C. 2: By the end of the Cold War the population of this "sleeping giant" was over 1 billion. China. 3: The Red Scare of the 1950s destroyed many careers, including that of this...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 868, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: fictional indians 1: Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn watched him kill the town doctor and place the knife in Muff Potter's hand. Injun Joe. 2: Peter Pan saved her from the clutches of Captain Hook. Tiger Lily. 3: Buffalo Bob often said "Howdy" to this Indian princess. Princess Summerfallwin...

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 867, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: the roles of tom cruise 1: Wannabe Ivy Leaguer Joel Goodson. Risky Business . 2: Young lawyer Mitch McDeere. The Firm . 3: Navy pilot Lt. Pete Mitchell. Top Gun . 4: Navy lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee. A Few Good Men . 5: Pool shark Vincent Lauria. The Color of Money . Round 2. Category:...