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Instant Trivia
By Mark DonovanEducation
Instant Trivia episodes
- Episode 1006 - Obvious answers - All you need is "ove" - Dancing stars - In trouble with the fcc - The carolinas
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1006, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Obvious Answers
- 1: This machine that produces printed letters on paper can be spelled using just letters on a typewriter's top row.
- Typewriter.
- 2: William Tyler Page, who wrote "The American's Creed" that the House adopted in 1918, had this job there in 1881.
- Page.
- 3: In an April 17, 1965 speech in Johnson City, Texas, this president rejected appeals to halt the bombing in Vietnam.
- Lyndon B. Johnson.
- 4: Millenios, a new cereal for the year 2000, contained 2 types of bits, little zeros and little these.
- Twos.
- 5: Milestones in this director's career include "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "A Walk in the Sun".
- Lewis Milestone.
Round 2. Category: All You Need Is Ove. With Ove in quotation marks
- 1: Bird of the Columbidae family.
- a dove.
- 2: A hitter wears them on his hands.
- batting glove.
- 3: To desire something that belongs to someone else.
- covet.
- 4: To linger around a particular place.
- hover.
- 5: To aim a gun directly at someone.
- cover.
Round 3. Category: Dancing Stars
- 1: He cut a rug with Cameron Diaz in "The Mask".
- Jim Carrey.
- 2: Tina Fey said acting with Alec Baldwin is like this man dancing with a hatrack--he makes the hatrack look good.
- Fred Astaire.
- 3: He danced with cartoon mouse Jerry (as in Tom and) in "Anchors Aweigh", the film that established him as a superstar.
- Gene Kelly.
- 4: She danced with the animated MC Skat Kat in the video to her 1990 no. 1 hit "Opposites Attract".
- Paula Abdul.
- 5: A lowlight of this Brat Packer's career: singing and dancing with Snow White at the Academy Awards in 1989.
- Rob Lowe.
Round 4. Category: In Trouble With The Fcc
- 1: A $550,000 fine on CBS for her revealing 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was later overturned.
- Janet Jackson.
- 2: A $500,000 hit for a discussion about Richard Gere was one of many fines for this shock jock; no wonder he went to satellite!.
- Howard Stern.
- 3: The FCC rebuked NBC for a 1937 radio skit about Adam and Eve by this suggestive "I'm No Angel" blonde.
- Mae West.
- 4: On May 17, 1972 this comedian recorded his "7 Dirty Words" bit and the FCC started dealing with that a year later.
- George Carlin.
- 5: In 1989 a station was fined $2,000 for playing "Erotic City" by this funky musician.
- Prince.
Round 5. Category: The Carolinas
- 1: North Carolina supplied 1/4 of the casualties to the losing side in this war.
- Civil War.
- 2: A 1971 Supreme Court case brought this mobile method of racial integration to Charlotte, N,C..
- Busing.
- 3: In 1902 "In The Good Old Summertime" was a hit and this current senator was born in Edgefield, S.C..
- Strom Thurmond.
- 4: During WWII the Army trained its first 2 airborne divisions at this N.C. fort.
- Fort Bragg.
- 5: It's about 200 miles between these 2 capital cities of the Carolinas.
- Columbia and Raleigh.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
7 min - Episode 1005 - Brazilian geography - They still make that? - Geo, dude - Give us "z" answer!!! - Beatles songs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1005, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Brazilian Geography
- 1: 2 of this Brazilian city's most popular beaches are Flamengo and Ipanema.
- Rio de Janeiro.
- 2: The selva is this vast, ecologically important area where it sounds like you'll need your umbrella.
- the rainforest.
- 3: Brazil's tourism industry depends in part on these spectacular falls on the border with Argentina.
- Iguazu Falls.
- 4: Add two letters to the name of a river to get this state, so big it borders three countries.
- Amazonas.
- 5: This planned city in Brazil's vast interior has grown from being a construction project in 1956 to 2.6 million people today.
- Brasilia.
Round 2. Category: They Still Make That?
- 1: KTS Productions still makes these tapes perfect for your custom van--What? No Frampton?.
- an 8-track.
- 2: Put your hands together for this gizmo seen on TV since 1985--but don't turn me off while you're at it.
- The Clapper.
- 3: American Safety Razor /Still makes this stuff, dear /Give us your response /It goes here.
- Burma-Shave.
- 4: You can still get these CO2 candies introduced in 1975 (don't worry, that kid from the Life ad didn't really O.D. on 'em).
- Pop Rocks.
- 5: This "exclusive" fashion brand for which Anthony Geary did ads relaunched in 2008.
- Members Only.
Round 3. Category: Geo, Dude
- 1: We're gonna par-tay at this beach, 60 miles northeast of Orlando, and watch 500 miles of left turns at its intl. speedway!.
- Daytona.
- 2: Yo Broseph! We'll show respect in this capital as we visit the Peace Tower's Memorial Chamber honoring Canada's war dead.
- Ottawa.
- 3: Your period drama won Grand Prix at the film festival in this resort city in Alpes-Maritimes Département?! Way to go, bruh!.
- Cannes.
- 4: Lafitte's blacksmith shop...isn't one? It says it is "the oldest structure used as a bar in the U.S.", on this N.O. St.? We're so there!.
- Bourbon Street.
- 5: Come for some bro time and catch walleye on this Great Lake; my buddy in Sandusky, Ohio says we can crash at his place.
- Lake Erie.
Round 4. Category: Give Us Z Answer!!!. With Z in quotation marks
- 1: Castor and Pollux are the twin sons of this god.
- Zeus.
- 2: This Hungarian enjoyed a single day of wedded bliss with Felipe de Alba in 1982.
- Zsa Zsa Gabor.
- 3: Leader of the musical Mothers of Invention.
- Frank Zappa.
- 4: A compound of this element, atomic number 30, is used in lotions as a sunscreen.
- zinc.
- 5: It's home to the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Zagreb.
Round 5. Category: Beatles Songs
- 1: "Father McKenzie, writing the words/Of a sermon that no one will hear".
- "Eleanor Rigby".
- 2: "Well she was just seventeen/You know what I mean".
- "I Saw Her Standing There".
- 3: For Paul McCartney, this Beatles song title will become true on June 18, 2006.
- "When I'm Sixty-Four".
- 4: "Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out, come and keep your comrade warm" here, the title of a '68 song.
- "Back in the U.S.S.R.".
- 5: He's "as blind as he can be, just sees what he wants to see".
- "Nowhere Man".
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
7 min - Episode 1004 - Cold words - The voice of god - Drive my car - Which document came first? - Name that critter
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1004, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Cold Words
- 1: This cool admonition to calm down has been paired with Netflix.
- chill.
- 2: It's the geographic area above the circle of latitude at 66 1/2 degrees north.
- the Arctic Circle.
- 3: Meaning briskly cold, it's also a frozen dessert from Wendy's.
- a Frosty.
- 4: A poem by William Carlos Williams begins, "I have eaten the plums that were in" this, not the refrigerator--it was 1934.
- the icebox.
- 5: Originally a nautical term meaning closer to the wind, it means to be unfriendly or reserved, distant and uninvolved.
- aloof.
Round 2. Category: The Voice Of God
- 1: God promised Noah, "Neither shall there any more be" one of these "to destroy the Earth".
- Flood.
- 2: "The Lord said unto Moses, go in unto" this ruler: "for I have hardened his heart".
- Pharaoh.
- 3: Before setting a mark on him, the Lord promised, "Whoever slayeth" him, "vengeance shall be taken" sevenfold.
- Cain.
- 4: The Lord asked Satan if he had considered this servant, "A perfect and an upright man".
- Job.
- 5: At the start of this man's book, God tells him, "Moses my servant is dead: now therefore arise...".
- Joshua.
Round 3. Category: Drive My Car
- 1: Its Wrangler wrangled an award--2019 MotorTrend SUV of the Year.
- Jeep.
- 2: This brand dropped its famous second name to combine with Maybach for the $200,000 S 650.
- Mercedes.
- 3: Take a ride in this Asian automaker's Telluride, or in its sportier K5.
- Kia.
- 4: It's letter perfect with the i8, surprisingly not made by Apple.
- BMW.
- 5: Its 488 Pista Spider has 710 horses under your foot and no roof over your head.
- Ferrari.
Round 4. Category: Which Document Came First?
- 1: Hammurabi's Code,the Edict of Milan,the Koran.
- Hammurabi's Code.
- 2: The Treaties of Utrecht,the Magna Carta,the 95 Theses.
- the Magna Carta.
- 3: The Federalist Papers,the Articles of Confederation,the Declaration of Independence.
- the Declaration of Independence.
- 4: The Fourteen Points,the U.N. Charter,"Mein Kampf".
- the Fourteen Points.
- 5: NAFTA,the German Reunification Treaty,the Good Friday Agreement.
- the German Reunification Treaty.
Round 5. Category: Name That Critter
- 1: Panthera tigris.
- a tiger.
- 2: Ursus arctos horribilis.
- a grizzly bear.
- 3: Mus musculus.
- a mouse.
- 4: Gymnogyps californianus.
- California condor.
- 5: Loxodonta africana.
- African elephant.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
6 min - Episode 1003 - The toast of... - It bears my name - Airborne - A century of food - Breakfast time
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1003, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Toast Of...- 1: The toast of this city is the piled-high honey toast that originated around its Shibuya Station.
- Tokyo.
- 2: The toast of Sydney was spread with this in the '90s by restaurateur Bill Granger and the dish became trendy in America.
- avocado.
- 3: The toast of Barcelona is often pan con tomate, one of the infinite variety of these Spanish small plates.
- tapas.
- 4: The toast of London may be topped with these, especially from a Heinz can, in a favorite British dish.
- beans.
- 5: The toast of Rome is often mozzarella on these, Italian for "little toasts".
- crostini.
Round 2. Category: It Bears My Name- 1: This one of the 13 colonies.
- Pennsylvania.
- 2: This landlocked South American country.
- Bolivia.
- 3: This home of the main campus of the University of Arkansas.
- Fayetteville.
- 4: This kingdom.
- Saudi Arabia.
- 5: These 2 states of Australia.
- Victoria and Queensland.
Round 3. Category: Airborne- 1: It figures that Otto was the name of the autopilot in this 1980 movie comedy in the clouds.
- Airplane!.
- 2: Tom Hanks and several FedEx packages survive a particularly bumpy flight in this film.
- Cast Away.
- 3: Nicolas Cage plays Cameron Poe, a prisoner with a heart of gold, in this flighty film.
- Con Air.
- 4: One of the President's own men is a terrorist when the title plane gets hijacked in this 1997 actioner.
- Air Force One.
- 5: Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick were both nominated for Oscars for this 2009 film.
- Up in the Air.
Round 4. Category: A Century Of Food- 1: A San Pedro, California packer first put this fish into cans in 1903; its casserole wasn't introduced until the '30s.
- Tuna.
- 2: George Bush vetoed this veggie 62 years after it was brought to the U.S. from Italy.
- Broccoli.
- 3: In 1949 Charles Lubin introduced a cheesecake with this name, his daughter's.
- Sara Lee.
- 4: Mr. Cardini's 1924 invention, it was called "The greatest recipe to originate from the Americas in 50 years".
- Caesar salad.
- 5: Reuben Mattus created this ice cream (and its Danish-sounding name) in the Bronx in 1961.
- Haagen-Dazs.
Round 5. Category: Breakfast Time- 1: Enjoy that muesli--I'll be having this Quaker Oats cereal that debuted in 1963 along with its sailing man mascot.
- Cap'n Crunch.
- 2: Nothing better than one of these classic donuts that shares its name with a venerable whiskey cocktail.
- an old-fashioned.
- 3: A traditional Japanese breakfast might include this soup made with the same-named soybean paste as well as tofu and scallions.
- miso.
- 4: How about a spot of this? Espresso with a thin foam of steamed milk, from Italian for "spotted".
- a macchiato.
- 5: This Hawaiian dish with a rhyming name is white rice topped with hamburger, a fried egg and gravy.
- loco moco.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
7 min - Episode 1002 - Quick moby-dick - Souvenirs - Bible book shorthand - College vocabulary - Movie by song lyrics
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1002, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Quick Moby-Dick
- 1: Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end.
- the Rachel.
- 2: Melville's subtitle for the first American edition.
- The Whale.
- 3: The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad tats.
- Queequeg.
- 4: Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- 5: The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83.
- Jonah.
Round 2. Category: Souvenirs
- 1: This curved throwing club of the Aborigines is an excellent souvenir--it'll always come back to you.
- a boomerang.
- 2: A green foam crown with 7 points is a popular souvenir of this national monument.
- the Statue of Liberty.
- 3: Many snow globes feature this clock tower of London's Houses of Parliament.
- Big Ben.
- 4: Many souvenirs from Gibraltar feature these "apes" that call the peninsula home.
- the Barbary apes.
- 5: When you visit the country just south of Kenya, you can bring home some of this mineral named for it.
- tanzanite.
Round 3. Category: Bible Book Shorthand
- 1: Salacious serpent dispenses bad dietary advice.
- Genesis.
- 2: Big fish puts the bite on a reluctant prophet.
- Jonah.
- 3: Brother's bovine effigy bothers big boy.
- Exodus.
- 4: Writing on the wall breaks up party.
- Daniel.
- 5: Loyal daughter-in-law is betrothed in Bethlehem.
- Ruth.
Round 4. Category: College Vocabulary
- 1: Russet and tan are shades of this Ivy Leaguer.
- Brown.
- 2: A botanist might call this Houston school Oryza sativa.
- Rice.
- 3: In Britain this Southern school would have a peerage and rank just below prince.
- Duke.
- 4: In Wisconsin, it's a yellow cheese; in Maine, it's a 2,000-student college.
- Colby.
- 5: A Portland liberal arts college, or part of an oboe's mouthpiece.
- a reed.
Round 5. Category: Movie By Song Lyrics
- 1: "Springtime for Hitler, and Germany, Deutschland is happy and gay".
- The Producers.
- 2: "Big bottom drive me out of my mind, how could I leave this behind?".
- This Is Spinal Tap.
- 3: "I gave my love a chicken, that had no bones, I gave my love a story, that had no end, I gave..." (Bluto smashes guitar).
- Animal House.
- 4: 1979:"Always look on the bright side of life... for life is quite absurd, and death's the final word".
- Monty Python's Life of Brian.
- 5: "Blame Canada, blame Canada, it seems that everything's gone wrong since Canada came along".
- South Park.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
6 min - Episode 1001 - Fits "u" to a "t" - This website uses cookies - How can we miss you if you never leave? - Readers - Word rhymes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1001, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fits U To A T. With U" To A "T in quotation marks- 1: If you've wrecked someone's careful planning, you've done this to the applecart.
- upset.
- 2: The condition of an apple pie fresh out of the oven, it's also how I like my movies.
- uncut.
- 3: Apple pie is often rich, so it makes sense that this part of the pie is a synonym for "rich".
- the upper crust.
- 4: Saying that Dutch apple pie is just good is one of these, because it's the best dessert on Earth.
- an understatement.
- 5: If a bakery spends $12 producing 6 apple tarts, this cost is $2.
- a unit.
Round 2. Category: This Website Uses Cookies- 1: "Wonderfilled" is a section of this sandwich cookie's website.
- Oreo.
- 2: snackworks.com has a recipe for fluffy banana pudding parfaits, which use 40 of this wafer brand.
- Nilla wafers.
- 3: Debra's Special Tin is part of the signature collection on the website of this cookie brand.
- Mrs. Fields.
- 4: The website of this Scottish brand says Scottish thistles adorn its shortbread rounds, packaged in a red tartan box.
- Walkers Shortbread.
- 5: "Homemade recipe, homemade taste", says this chocolate chip brand with a name that rhymes.
- Famous Amos.
Round 3. Category: How Can We Miss You If You Never Leave?- 1: Pines, firs and spruces stay a certain color all year, as they are this type of tree.
- an evergreen.
- 2: This colonial observed, "Fish and visitors stink after three days".
- Benjamin Franklin.
- 3: This catastrophe that killed millions had recurrences in 1361, 1369, 1374, 1390 and 1400.
- the plague.
- 4: This element's isotope 235 has a half-life of about 700 million years.
- uranium.
- 5: Though this world leader left his country on Jan. 16, 1979, he did not abdicate; Sadat would later grant him asylum.
- the Shah of Iran.
Round 4. Category: Readers- 1: Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star.
- Brad Pitt.
- 2: In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident and the struggles since.
- Christopher Reeve.
- 3: Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him.
- FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
- 4: Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer and ex-husband of Ali MacGraw.
- Robert Evans.
- 5: "Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone.
- Dick Francis.
Round 5. Category: Word Rhymes- 1: A gathering of bison.
- a herd.
- 2: Postponed until a later date.
- deferred.
- 3: Just seeing the mountain variety of this creature brings me happiness.
- a bluebird.
- 4: Likely speech pattern for one extremely inebriated.
- slurred.
- 5: One from the Taurus Mountains of the Middle East.
- a Kurd.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
7 min - Episode 1000 - Bills and teds - "g"eography - Valentine's day cuisine - Aerosmith - The comedy stylings of...
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1000, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bills And Teds- 1: He's Massachusetts' senior senator.
- Ted Kennedy.
- 2: In 2005, after 25 years as its anchor, he said goodnight to "Nightline".
- Ted Koppel.
- 3: A decade after "Politically Incorrect", he launched "Real Time" on HBO.
- Bill Maher.
- 4: With some 2 million acres, much of it for his bison, he's America's largest private landowner.
- Ted Turner.
- 5: Sadly, in 1991 this concert promoter died when his helicopter crashed en route from a Huey Lewis concert.
- Bill Graham.
Round 2. Category: GEography. With G in quotes- 1: The 42,000 square miles of this country are dotted with Mayan ruins.
- Guatemala.
- 2: Holmgren Way and Reggie White Way are streets in this city.
- Green Bay.
- 3: You'll find the Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum in this Scottish city.
- Glasgow.
- 4: Most of the Indians in this Central American country speak one of the Maya languages.
- Guatemala.
- 5: A country on the west coast of Africa used to be known as Spanish this; now it's Equatorial this.
- Guinea.
Round 3. Category: Valentine'S Day Cuisine- 1: (Bam! Emeril Lagasse from the Food Network delivers the first clue.) Asparagus has long been thought to help in the romance department; for variety, try the European white type, grown in darkness so they lack this pigment.
- chlorophyll.
- 2: The two of you can nibble on this Spanish array of appetizers that may include mussels and artichokes.
- tapas.
- 3: (Emeril Lagasse reads.) Make the evening really special with a luxurious parfait prepared with champagne cream and caviar from this fish, historically associated with the Caspian Sea.
- sturgeon.
- 4: Top a steak with this eggy sauce named for an old province of southwestern France.
- bearnaise.
- 5: These seductive chocolate treats got their name because they looked like a certain fungus.
- truffles.
Round 4. Category: Aerosmith- 1: In an interview, this Aerosmith frontman said, "Your kids never think of you as a rock god".
- Steven Tyler.
- 2: In 1986 rappers Run-D.M.C. remade this 1976 Aerosmith song.
- "Walk This Way".
- 3: "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", Aerosmith's first No. 1 hit, was from this movie.
- Armageddon.
- 4: Aerosmith covered "Come Together" in this 1978 movie that starred Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees.
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
- 5: This 1987 hit says, "She had the body of a Venus, Lord imagine my surprise".
- "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)".
Round 5. Category: The Comedy Stylings Of...- 1: His "Top Ten Rejected Batman Villains" included "The Ticketmaster", "Lactose Intolerant Man" and "Incontinento".
- David Letterman.
- 2: A listing for a '95 Pontiac "loaded with feathers" was among this late night host's "Headlines".
- Jay Leno.
- 3: "In the Year 2000", according to this host, Kathie Lee will convert and "annoy the world with her annual Ramadan special".
- Conan O'Brien.
- 4: This deadpan comic asked, "If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?".
- Steven Wright.
- 5: "If a bouncer gets drunk, who throws him out?" he wrote in his book "Brain Droppings".
- George Carlin.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
7 min - Episode 998 - Vegas films - Just a "sec"! - The billboard music awards - Ice cream parlor words - What women in film want
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 998, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Vegas Films- 1: In "Casino" he played Ace Rothstein, the mobster who ran The Tangiers.
- (Robert) De Niro.
- 2: He directed the 2001 Vegas caper film "Ocean's Eleven".
- (Steven) Soderbergh.
- 3: The title of this 2008 Cameron Diaz-Ashton Kutcher film was inspired by a Sin City slogan.
- What Happens in Vegas.
- 4: One review said this 1995 Elizabeth Berkley film was "'42nd Street' meets 'All About Eve' meets soft-core porn".
- Showgirls.
- 5: In a 2003 film he played "The Cooler", a Vegas casino's gambling jinx.
- William H. Macy.
Round 2. Category: Just A Sec!. With Sec in quotation marks- 1: To cut into 2 equal parts.
- to bisect.
- 2: A sacrilegious act; it may be done to a shrine.
- a desecration.
- 3: To cut apart a dead animal's body to examine the structure and relation of parts.
- dissection.
- 4: In a row, like Presidents Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan.
- consecutive.
- 5: To pursue with harassing treatment because of race or religious beliefs.
- to persecute.
Round 3. Category: The Billboard Music Awards- 1: Performing in 2020 just after their family suffered a miscarriage, this piano maestro dedicated "Never Break" to his wife.
- John Legend.
- 2: "Straight Up" now name this woman who closed the 2019 show with a greatest hits medley.
- (Paula) Abdul.
- 3: We won't dance around it--this band! at the 2019 show made their ma proud and lived up to the chorus of a hit tune.
- Panic! at the Disco.
- 4: This genre-defying band that broke in 2014 with "Gooey" performed at the BBMAs in 2021.
- Glass Animals.
- 5: At the 2021 show, this letter-perfect indie pop trio gave a smokin' performance of "Bang!".
- AJR.
Round 4. Category: Ice Cream Parlor Words- 1: A news story first revealed in a specific paper before others get it.
- a scoop.
- 2: Along with the rods, they're the other light-sensitive retinal cells.
- cones.
- 3: Light rains that may precede larger showers.
- sprinkles.
- 4: Large Mardi Gras craft.
- a float.
- 5: 3 of the 6 for quarks are up, down and strange.
- flavors.
Round 5. Category: What Women In Film Want- 1: In "Grand Hotel", Greta Garbo had this 5-word desire, No. 30 on AFI's list of top 100 movie quotes.
- "I want to be alone".
- 2: In this '50s film, Natalie Wood tells James Dean that a girl wants a man who is gentle and sweet and who doesn't run away.
- Rebel Without a Cause.
- 3: Rob Reiner's mom, Estelle, uttered this memorable line in "When Harry Met Sally...".
- "I'll have what she's having".
- 4: Ilsa Laszlo had a request: "Play it, Sam. Play" this song.
- "As Time Goes By".
- 5: "I want the fairy tale", Julia Roberts says as Vivian in this movie.
- Pretty Woman.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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9 min - Episode 997 - The deans list - Columbus, ohio - Sinatra hits in other words - Founders - Despicable "me"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 997, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Deans List- 1: Much of this Rat Pack crooner's hard-drinking persona may have been just for the cameras.
- Dean Martin.
- 2: In the 1930s this "lightheaded" pitcher led the National League in strikeouts 4 times.
- Dizzy Dean.
- 3: The then-new fad of skateboarding was celebrated in this duo's 1964 hit song "Sidewalk Surfin'".
- Jan and Dean.
- 4: It doesn't take a sausage to know that this country singer took "Big Bad John" to No. 1 in 1961.
- Jimmy Dean.
- 5: This author's thrillers turned into films include "Phantoms" and "Demon Seed".
- Dean Koontz.
Round 2. Category: Columbus, Ohio- 1: The Standard Oil Company opened the U.S.A.’s first drive-in one of these in Columbus around 1913.
- a gas station.
- 2: USA Today says this ice cream and tropical fruit dish was invented in 1904 at Foeller’s Drug Store.
- a banana split.
- 3: School in Columbus that’s home to the world’s largest all-brass marching band.
- Ohio State University.
- 4: On October 12, 1992 Columbus plans to have a replica of this flagship sitting in its Scioto River.
- the Santa Maria.
- 5: Columbus was the first U.S. city planned and built to be one of these.
- a state capital (a capital city accepted).
Round 3. Category: Sinatra Hits In Other Words- 1: "Affection Plus Matrimony".
- "Love And Marriage".
- 2: "Elevated Expectations".
- "High Hopes".
- 3: "The Method Belonging To Me".
- "My Way".
- 4: "The Art Of Magic Powers".
- "Witchcraft".
- 5: "Unknown Newcomers Before Dawn".
- "Strangers In The Night".
Round 4. Category: Founders- 1: This religion founder attained enlightenment under a bo tree and stayed near it 7 weeks to savor the experience.
- Buddha.
- 2: George Fox founded the religion nicknamed this because its followers trembled "at the word of the Lord".
- the Quakers.
- 3: Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor Paul Michael, helped start a foundation to battle pediatric this disease.
- AIDS.
- 4: Tradition says this "great" rival of Julius Caesar founded a colony in Pamplona in 75 B.C.; the city's name honors him.
- Pompey (the Great).
- 5: To support the Bill of Rights, Roger Baldwin co-founded this group in NYC in 1920.
- the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union).
Round 5. Category: Despicable Me. With Me in quotation marks- 1: She's just doing her alliterative job--it was you who parked too long.
- a meter maid.
- 2: John, Paul, George and Ringo battled blue ones of these bad guys.
- Meanies.
- 3: No one likes this ailment whose symptoms include Koplik's spots.
- measles.
- 4: Houdini tried to expose one of these who went by the name Margery.
- a medium.
- 5: The Assyrians despised this ancient people who destroyed their empire.
- the Medes.
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8 min - Episode 999 - The "buck" stops here - Sports stadiums - Pet peeves - Movie misses - Yum yum!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 999, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Buck Stops Here. With Buck in quotation marks- 1: Wild Bill Hickok's TV horse, or the large pellets contained in the shell of a 12 gauge gun.
- Buckshot.
- 2: While at Yale, this conservative writer taught Spanish and was chairman of the Yale Daily News.
- William F. Buckley, Jr..
- 3: This member of Fleetwood Mac had his own solo Top 10 hit in 1981 with "Trouble".
- Lindsey Buckingham.
- 4: It's plain to "see", it's also known as a horse chestnut.
- a buckeye.
- 5: Any Ohioan.
- Buckeye.
Round 2. Category: Sports Stadiums- 1: Artificial grass named for the site of its 1st installation.
- AstroTurf.
- 2: In 1976, the name of this university's stadium was changed from Denny to Bryant-Denny.
- Alabama.
- 3: Three Rivers Stadium is located where 3 rivers meet in this city.
- Pittsburgh.
- 4: Major League Baseball's oldest stadium is this one in Chicago.
- Comiskey Park.
- 5: Sellouts have been the rule for years at this, the Washington Redskins' home stadium.
- R.F.K. Stadium.
Round 3. Category: Pet Peeves- 1: This pet doesn't want a cracker -- she wants Kaytee's Perfect Choice, a mixture of seeds and grain.
- parrot.
- 2: My dog Rover says not to boil the knuckle type of these before giving them to him -- it may cause splintering.
- bones.
- 3: Until they were spayed and neutered your Angora pair of these were looking forward to proverbially breeding like them.
- rabbits.
- 4: Fido knows this skin disease caused by mites was bad, but was the lime-sulphur dip necessary?.
- mange.
- 5: Muffin's mad that you won't let him out to fight this type of cat, from the Latin for "wild" -- Muffin could take him!.
- feral.
Round 4. Category: Movie Misses- 1: She's the miss in the title of the film that won "Best Picture" March 26, 1990.
- Daisy.
- 2: In a 1982 film she was Miss Mona, owner and operator of the Chicken Ranch.
- Dolly Parton.
- 3: In this 1969 film Maggie Smith held sway over a group of schoolgirls in Edinburgh.
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
- 4: In a 1953 remake of "Rain", Rita Hayworth played this title "Miss".
- Miss Sadie Thompson.
- 5: In a 1989 film Holly Hunter entered a contest on the Fourth of July to try to win this title.
- Miss Firecracker.
Round 5. Category: Yum Yum!- 1: Inspired by the Harry Potter books, these beans come in odd flavors like grass, sardine and earwax.
- Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
- 2: Introduced in 2002, Slimy Ghoul is a glow-in-the-dark dispenser for this 3-letter candy.
- Pez.
- 3: York introduced these yummy "patties" in 1940, but they weren't distributed nationally until 1975.
- peppermint patties.
- 4: H.B. Reese made Johnny Bars and Lizzie Bars before coming up with these famous "Cups" in the 1930s.
- Peanut Butter Cups.
- 5: Pop Rocks pop in your mouth because they contain bubbles of this gas.
- carbon dioxide.
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