Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 312, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Title References
1: Matthew Fox and 47 others survive a plane crash but are stranded on a mysterious Pacific island.Lost.2: On a primetime ABC soap, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and their neighbors on Wisteria Lane.Desperate Housewives.3: The Kansas hamlet that's home to the Kents.Smallville.4: Patricia Arquette, who sees dead people.The Medium.5: The McCallister brothers, one of whom becomes president in 2040.Jack and Bobby.Round 2. Category: Kids In Books
1: "The Sword in the Stone" is a book about a kid who grows up to be this king.King Arthur.2: Based on a real child, a kid named Christopher Robin hangs out with this literary bear.Winnie the Pooh.3: This collie was the faithful friend of a kid named Joe in a book by British novelist Eric Knight.Lassie.4: Mowgli is the human kid hanging out in the woods with wolves and tigers in this Rudyard Kipling "Book"."The Jungle Book".5: She's Beezus Quimby's pesky young sister.Ramona.Round 3. Category: Sounds Like Ig-Pay Atin-Lay
1: Unverified gossip or rumor; it's often excluded from court.hearsay.2: The 2000 Robert Mondavi one has nuances of hazelnut and goes well with salmon.Chardonnay.3: December 26, when British servants traditionally get gifts.Boxing Day.4: Maryland's Severn River is an inlet of it.Chesapeake Bay.5: A stream of electrons from a negatively charged electrode.cathode ray.Round 4. Category: New Food Products
1: Introduced in 1982, it used the slogan "Just for the taste of it".Diet Coke.2: A syrup named for this "Mrs." was introduced in 1961; a pancake mix with her name on it came out in 1982.Mrs. Butterworth.3: Frank Epperson created it in 1923 when he pulled lemonade frozen onto a spoon out of a glass.Popsicle.4: In 1993 Hershey introduced these white and milk chocolate treats as a companion to its Kisses.Hugs.5: In 1998 Frito-Lay introduced this line of olean-containing chips nationwide.WOW Chips.Round 5. Category: Tonight Show Hosts
1: He also hosted the game shows "Earn Your Vacation" and "Who Do You Trust?".Johnny Carson.2: He is scheduled to take over the hosting duties in 2009.Conan O'Brien.3: He walked off in the middle of the telecast after the network censored his "water closet" joke.Jack Paar.4: He was married to Jayne Meadows.Steve Allen.5: This glum-faced comic born Joseph Gottlieb guest hosted the show more than 150 times in the '60s and '70s.Joey Bishop.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!