Instant Trivia

By Mark Donovan

The best daily trivia show on the Internet!

Rapid fire trivia questions, updated daily!

No talk, no banter just fun!... more

· Education

5

44 ratings

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Instant Trivia:

How many episodes does Instant Trivia have?

The podcast currently has 1,612 episodes available.

Instant Trivia episodes:

January 14, 2024Episode 1085 - Medical prefixes and suffixes - '80s film comedy - Show me the munchies! - 2 first names - Conquistadors
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1085, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Medical Prefixes And Suffixes
1: These 2 -iatricians specialize in opposite times of life and there's often talk of a surplus of one and a shortage of the other.
a pediatrician and a geriatrician.
2: -sclerosis,as in "of an artery".
hardening.
3: After my-, it means pain in the muscles; after neur-, it's pain along the course of a nerve.
-algia.
4: Following lump- and tonsil(l)-, it denotes a surgical removal.
-ectomy.
5: Schizo-,as in an atom or a banana dessert.
split.
Round 2. Category: '80s Film Comedy
1: Golf course groundskeeper Bill Murray battles gophers in this laugh riot.
Caddyshack.
2: SCTV's Bob and Doug McKenzie foamed up on the big screen in this 1983 movie.
Strange Brew.
3: He played movie star and TV guest star Alan Swann in 1982's "My Favorite Year".
Peter O'Toole.
4: This film starring Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg and a robot electrified audiences in '86.
Short Circuit.
5: It's the film in which Tom Hanks and Shelley Long buy a dream house that turns into a nightmare.
The Money Pit.
Round 3. Category: Show Me The Munchies!
1: Logically enough, brands of this snack favorite include Jiffy Pop and Pop Secret.
popcorn.
2: Get twisted with these ancient treats made from dough that's baked, salted and usually twisted into a loose knot.
a pretzel.
3: It's Super Bowl time! Break out the chips and this yummy dip made from mashed avocados and cilantro.
guacamole.
4: One of the two snacks mentioned in the song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game".
peanuts or Cracker Jacks.
5: Many different snacks from this brand are supposedly baked by elves in a hollow tree.
Keebler.
Round 4. Category: 2 First Names
1: He won an Emmy for portraying Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra".
Michael Douglas.
2: The doormat at her Nashville museum reads, "Howdee!".
Minnie Pearl.
3: This star of "Glee" made her Broadway debut at age 8 playing Cosette in "Les Miz".
Lea Michele.
4: In 1988 he won the "Best Actor" Oscar.
Michael Douglas.
5: In the '90s his "you got the right one baby" Diet Pepsi commercials earned him a new generation of fans--uh huh!.
Ray Charles.
Round 5. Category: Conquistadors
1: The Cabrillo National Monument sits in this California city where Juan sailed in 1542.
San Diego.
2: Sent to Mexico to get this Spanish leader to resign, Panfilo de Narvaez lost the battle and his eye instead.
Cortés.
3: The conquistador-laden ships that landed at Darien in 1514 were called this, also the name of a later 16th c. Spanish fleet.
the Armada.
4: Maybe the 1st black African in the New World, Juan Garrido pillaged in Mexico before going to Florida with this man.
Ponce de León.
5: Despite retaking this Incan capital, Diego de Almagro was killed for imprisoning Pizarro's brothers.
Cuzco.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 14, 2024Episode 1075 - International get-togethers - Drug store - It's a girl! - Action movie stars - Let me entertain you
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1075, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: International Get-Togethers
1: In spring, head out from this largest Dutch city to the regional trade event focusing on tulips.
Amsterdam.
2: Toronto's Collision Conference has a program for these tech companies named for their fledgling nature.
start-ups.
3: This Austin-based meet-up was focused on music when it launched in 1987, but now includes other media.
South by Southwest.
4: In 2018 the India Mobile Congress event focused on telecom issues, especially this new alphanumeric mobile network.
5G.
5: Billed as the "most influential tech event in the world", this event featuring gizmos and gadgets has been held in Las Vegas since 1978.
the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Round 2. Category: Drug Store
1: For most of its 100 plus years, it's been the world's best-selling mouthwash.
Listerine.
2: The best-selling brand of children's vitamins in the U.S. is named for these cartoon characters.
the Flintstones.
3: It completed the '50s jingle, "You'll wonder where the yellow went...".
"when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent".
4: People spray Chloraseptic to relieve this pain.
a sore throat.
5: Generic name of the pain reliever in Bufferin.
acetylsalicylic acid.
Round 3. Category: It'S A Girl!
1: This 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is set in a small Alabama town and narrated by a young girl.
To Kill a Mockingbird.
2: Short story shorter: "Grimm" girl, loves power colors and older relatives, has problems with wolf.
(Little) Red Riding Hood.
3: In this 1900 book a farm girl encounters some rough weather and ends up, well, not in Kansas anymore.
The Wizard of Oz.
4: Proving once again that pig's blood and proms just don't mix, this Stephen King title girl puts mind over matter.
Carrie.
5: This 9-year-old novel heroine has superhuman strength and lives in Sweden in her house, Villa Villekulla.
Pippi Longstocking.
Round 4. Category: Action Movie Stars
1: In this film, gunfighter Steve McQueen joins up with 6 others to defend a Mexican village from bandits.
The Magnificent Seven.
2: As Snake Plissken, this actor had to "Escape from" New York and Los Angeles.
(Kurt) Russell.
3: This actor returns as Peter Parker in "Spider-Man: Far From Home", trying to enjoy a vacation while battling new foes in Europe.
Tom Holland.
4: It was Riggs, Murtaugh and Chris rock as Detective Lee Butters in film number 4 in this series.
Lethal Weapon.
5: This actress' role in "Salt" as an accused spy for Russia was originally written for Tom Cruise.
Angelina Jolie.
Round 5. Category: Let Me Entertain You
1: You're having a party? Let me do this job and my 4-deck mixing skills will fill the dance floor.
DJ (or disc jockey).
2: Drake and Eminem were featured artists on "Loud", an album from this single-named singer.
Rihanna.
3: I'll do this, tap dance without the metal taps.
soft-shoe.
4: Steve Carell voiced "superbad superdad" Gru, a criminal mastermind-turned-family man in this animated pic.
Despicable Me.
5: How about my impression of this actor; I'll be sure to say "Pilgrim", like he does in "McLintock!".
John Wayne.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
10min
January 14, 2024Episode 1069 - A trip to the islands - The name of the board game - My name is earl warren - Make light work - Inca hoots?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1069, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Trip To The Islands
1: This 2,200-square-mile Canadian island was named for a son of George III.
Prince Edward Island.
2: The "Big Island" of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is shared between Argentina and this country.
Chile.
3: The migration of the red crabs is an annual spectacle on this Indian Ocean island named for a holiday.
Christmas Island.
4: An island called the Phantom Ship rises from the water inside a volcanic caldera in this Oregon national park.
Crater Lake.
5: On this Greek island you can soak up the sun on Elafonisi Beach or tour the ruins of the ancient palace of Knossos.
Crete.
Round 2. Category: The Name Of The Board Game
1: Rhinoplasty or appendectomy, for example.
Operation.
2: The USS Missouri is an Iowa-class one.
Battleship.
3: The Sherman Act of 1890 was meant to combat this type of business.
Monopoly.
4: Slang for a tornado.
Twister.
5: Nixon's spaniel.
Checkers.
Round 3. Category: My Name Is Earl Warren
1: In Reynolds v. Sims I said that representation in legislatures must be based mostly on population: one man, one this.
vote.
2: I am interred at this national cemetery.
Arlington.
3: I was a 3-term governor of this state, 1943-1953.
California.
4: On June 23, 1969 I swore in this man as Chief Justice of the U.S..
Warren Burger.
5: I ruled that public school segregation was unconstitutional in this landmark 1954 case.
Brown v. Board of Education.
Round 4. Category: Make Light Work
1: Around noon on some days, Germany gets close to half its power from this source.
solar power.
2: The light type of this is a basic tool of cell biology, magnifying specimens hundreds of times.
a microscope.
3: Take a mind-expanding journey at the live show called Paramount's Laser Spectacular, with the music of this "Dark Side" band.
Pink Floyd.
4: 10 projectors show astronomical wonders in the USA's largest of these facilities, at a Jersey City science center.
a planetarium.
5: John Alcott and Emmanuel Lubezki, people in this profession, are noted for creative use of natural light.
cinematographers.
Round 5. Category: Inca Hoots?
1: When in Peru, don't forget to check out the cute pygmy owls named for these mountains.
the Andes.
2: The name of this city taken by Pizarro in 1533 is derived from Quechuan words meaning "rock of the owl".
Cuzco.
3: After listening to its piercing cry, you'll know why this west Peruvian owl is so named.
the screech-owl.
4: Peru's ferruginous pygmy owls are the color of this, which is formed by oxidation.
rust.
5: A long-whiskered owlet was seen in Peru in 2007; it's so rare it has its own genus, Xenoglaux, meaning this "owl".
foreign (or strange).
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 13, 2024Episode 1068 - Letters in song - Organizations for short - Things you shouldn't put in your mouth - Turtles all the way down - The cherry bowl
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1068, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Letters In Song
1: Title of the following Beatles hit, it's how many people conclude a letter:"As I write this letter/Send my love to you/Remember I'll always be with you/Be in love with you...".
P.S. I Love You.
2: If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye, it's no secret you'll feel better if you do this.
cry.
3: Pat Boone lamented, "Now my poor heart just aches with every wave it breaks over" these.
Love Letters in the Sand.
4: "I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack. Bright and early next morning he" did this.
brought my letter back.
5: In "Please, Mr. Postman" it concludes the line, "Deliver the letter...".
"the sooner the better".
Round 2. Category: Organizations For Short
1: Founded in 1847, the AMA.
the American Medical Association.
2: The NAACP.
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
3: The AKC.
the American Kennel Club.
4: The K of C, all 1.8 million of them.
the Knights of Columbus.
5: Similar to the DAR, the SAR.
the Sons of the American Revolution.
Round 3. Category: Things You Shouldn'T Put In Your Mouth
1: Put the golden barrel or saguaro type of this plant in your mouth only if you want pierced lips.
cactus.
2: Socrates could tell you this herb that's sometimes confused with parsley is the perfect garnish for a funeral.
hemlock.
3: Stay clear of this Algonquin weapon as well as the same-named cruise missile used in the Persian Gulf War.
a tomahawk.
4: This man, who introduced A.C. current in the U.S., wouldn't recommend putting any appliance in your mouth.
George Westinghouse.
5: Discoverer Daniel Rutherford might fertilize with it; don't try to freeze yourself by drinking the liquid form.
nitrogen.
Round 4. Category: Turtles All The Way Down
1: "Turtles all the way down" is an apt description for how the turtle king rules Sala-ma-Sond for a time in this Dr. Seuss story.
Yertle the Turtle.
2: This group of comic book superheroes got their powers from radioactive ooze.
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
3: Built in 1775 by David Bushnell, the Turtle was a one-man hand-cranked one of these vessels used by the military.
a submarine.
4: In 1967 The Turtles had a No. 1 hit with this song that begins, "Imagine me and you, I do".
"Happy Together".
5: Greek myth says Hermes invented this harp-like instrument using a turtle shell.
a lyre.
Round 5. Category: The Cherry Bowl
1: In 1912 this Asian country gave the U.S. a bunch of cherry trees.
Japan.
2: They wrote, "A couple Deadheads in Maine sent us a postcard with a name for a new flavor" -- Cherry Garcia.
Ben and Jerry.
3: For a basketball player, it's scoring an easy hoop after a long pass downcourt.
Cherry-picking.
4: Stepdaughter of jazz musician Don, she stood high on the charts in 1989 with "Buffalo Stance".
Neneh Cherry.
5: This play debuted in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theater.
"The Cherry Orchard".
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 12, 2024Episode 1067 - Women directing women - Acronyms made redundant - Rhyme pays - Folk etymology - After and before
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1067, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Women Directing Women
1: This Oscar-winning actress directed herself in the film "Little Man Tate".
Jodie Foster.
2: Gurinder Chadha scored when she directed Parminder Nagra in this soccer film.
Bend It Like Beckham.
3: Mira Nair had "Hysterical Blindness" before directing Reese Witherspoon in this Thackeray film.
Vanity Fair.
4: Martha Coolidge directed this actress to an Emmy for playing Dorothy Dandridge.
Halle Berry.
5: In this TV drama's "The Supremes" episode, Oscar winner Jessica Yu directed Glenn Close as a Court nominee.
The West Wing.
Round 2. Category: Acronyms Made Redundant
1: PIN number.
personal identification number.
2: EMP pulse.
electromagnetic pulse.
3: UPC code.
universal product code.
4: LCD display.
liquid crystal display.
5: SALT talks.
strategic arms limitation talks.
Round 3. Category: Rhyme Pays
1: To ponder yonder intently.
gaze.
2: Proverbially, "a month of" them is a long long time.
Sundays.
3: To eat sheep-ishly.
graze.
4: To initiate someone with pranks and tasks.
haze.
5: Judicial stoppages, like of executions.
stays.
Round 4. Category: Folk Etymology
1: To get this word for a smelly varmint, we anglicized the French for "feline that eats poultry".
polecat.
2: Cater-corner became kitty-corner after people stopped using "cater" to mean this number.
4.
3: Formed by folk etymology from an Old French word, it's not a basement but a small holder for salt.
a cellar.
4: This 10-letter word we use for someone ending his bachelorhood is partly from an alteration of guma, "man".
bridegroom.
5: Our word "cutlet" for a thin slice evolved from the French cotelette, a little one of these body parts.
rib.
Round 5. Category: After And Before
1: It's Latin for "after" but comes before "-mortem".
post.
2: As a poker term, it's a word on its own; as a prefix, it means "before".
ante.
3: Another word for your rump, this word also means subsequent.
posterior.
4: It's the adverb in the acronym FKA.
formerly.
5: The order of who is next on the throne is the line of this 10-letter word.
succession.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 11, 2024Episode 1066 - Let's go online - The unicorn - Good knight - Culture around the world - Tough oz
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1066, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let'S Go Online
1: Oh my God! It's a double rainbow video! Seen by more than 19.3 million people on this site! What does this mean?!.
YouTube.
2: "The Clone Wars: Fierce Twilight" and "The Powerpuff Girls: Fast and Flurrious" are games at this TV channel's .com.
Cartoon Network.
3: On May 15, 2007 Shawn Cotter used this site to prank friends, creating the rickroll.
YouTube.
4: There's no place like this cozy page, the first page of a website.
the home page.
5: Nora Ephron is editor at large for this political site co-founded by Arianna.
the Huffington Post.
Round 2. Category: The Unicorn
1: This Japanese beer brand uses a unicorn for its logo and that's what its name means.
Kirin.
2: In "Through the Looking-Glass", she meets a unicorn who is stunned to discover she's not a monster.
Alice.
3: The endangered Indian species of this large ungulate has the scientific name R. unicornis.
rhinoceros.
4: The "Gentleman Caller" breaks Laura's prized figurine in this play from 1945.
The Glass Menagerie.
5: This unicorn-like whale's "horn" is really a long tusk.
narwhal.
Round 3. Category: Good Knight
1: The Poor Knights of Christ became known by this name after occupying a house near the Temple of Solomon.
the Knights Templar.
2: Anne Crompton reworks medieval lit by pairing this knight not with the Green Knight but rather with "Lady Green".
Gawain.
3: "The Hedge Knight" is a graphic novel set in the same world as this author's "A Song of Ice and Fire".
George R.R. Martin.
4: When a woman gets a knighthood from the British, she gets this title before her name.
dame.
5: 11th century knight El Cid was a soldier of fortune for both Christians and these Spanish Muslims.
Moors.
Round 4. Category: Culture Around The World
1: Drawing from the name of our motion picture capital, it's the name for India's movie industry.
Bollywood.
2: This museum's original holdings consisted of art collected by the Hapsburg and Bourbon monarchs of Spain.
the Prado.
3: In 1953 the Shakespeare Festival in this Ontario, Canada city held its first performance.
Stratford.
4: This form of Japanese drama that incorporates music, dance and mime developed in the 1600s.
kabuki.
5: Originated by 2 high schoolers in 1971 , the Roskilde culture and music festival in this country is one of Europe's largest.
Denmark.
Round 5. Category: Tough Oz
1: The Wicked Witch of the West dies when Dorothy does this to her.
Sprays her with water.
2: The 3 kinds of animals fretted about in the forest, "Oh My!".
Lions and tigers and bears.
3: It's the part of the Tin Man's body that Dorothy oils first.
his mouth.
4: The warning on the Haunted Forest signpost says "I'd" do this "If I were you".
Turn back.
5: This animal pulls the coach in the Emerald City.
the Horse of a Different Color.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 10, 2024Episode 1065 - Poe-pourri - Serial killers - They named a city for me in... - "out" at first - The ship of state
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1065, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Poe-Pourri
1: Poe was terribly ill when he was found in a tavern in this city on October 3, 1849; he died a few days later.
Baltimore.
2: One of the title objects in this Poe story had a "terrifically wide sweep (some thirty feet or more)".
"The Pit and the Pendulum"?.
3: "I admit the deed! Tear up the planks!" this title object is beneath them.
"The Tell-Tale Heart".
4: 16-letter word used by Poe to describe the runic rhyme that musically welled from the bells.
tintinnabulation.
5: Twain said it's the only animal that blushes; Poe said it's the only animal that diddles.
humans (man).
Round 2. Category: Serial Killers
1: Mistah Kurtz--he dead; in the April 1899 issue of Balckwood's Magazine thanks to this author.
(Joseph) Conrad.
2: In a March 1852 serial chapter in The National Era, Harriet Beecher Stowe killed off this title character.
Uncle Tom.
3: Charles Dickens dragged out the death of Little Nell over installments of this "Old" novel.
The Old Curiosity Shop.
4: Stephen King senselessly snuffed out this mouse in part 3 of "The Green Mile"... he'd be back.
Mr. Jingles.
5: In the May 1, 1886 issue of Graphic, this author killed off Lucetta and her unborn child in "The Mayor of Casterbridge".
Thomas Hardy.
Round 3. Category: They Named A City For Me In...
1: Reverend Newitt Vick (1811).
Mississippi.
2: Dr. Bartlett Durham (1854).
North Carolina.
3: Sedona Schnebly (1902).
Arizona.
4: Commodore Robert F. Stockton (1850).
California.
5: Lieutenant Caspar (sic) Collins (1888).
Wyoming.
Round 4. Category: Out At First. With Out in quotes
1: A loss of electrical power.
an outage.
2: A discount store devoted to a single retail brand.
an outlet.
3: This word for a criminal comes from early Scandinavian.
outlaw.
4: Let's get things straight from this, the very beginning of something.
the outset.
5: A rock formation that projects from the ground.
an outcrop.
Round 5. Category: The Ship Of State
1: In the 1860s a paddle-wheeler named this plied the waters of the same-named river around Fort Yuma.
Colorado.
2: Designated SSN-780, the current USS Missouri isn't a battleship but a nuclear-powered one of these.
a submarine.
3: 2 schooners called the Oregon Fir and the Oregon this carried lumber from the U.S. to Australia in the 1920s.
the Oregon Pine.
4: The Pearl Harbor Memorial to this ship reminds visitors it was the scene of great loss and asks them to dress appropriately.
the Arizona.
5: In 1862, the captured and rebuilt USS Merrimack was relaunched as the CSS this state.
the Virginia.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
10min
January 09, 2024Episode 1064 - Airborne - Owed on a grecian urn - One-letter geography - Acting families - Water carriers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1064, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. 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 2. Category: Owed On A Grecian Urn
1: For building the Parthenon as leader of Athens, I say to the citizens: you owe me! and please take better care of it.
Pericles.
2: Though blind, I see that you're still reading my "Iliad" and "Odyssey"; you owe me! Or at least the overdue library fees.
Homer.
3: "Slow and steady wins the race" is one of the morals I have taught you; you owe me!.
Aesop.
4: I left behind treatises on how to treat diseases and my oath is still taken today; you owe me! Do you have Blue Cross?.
Hippocrates.
5: Without my "Parallel Lives", you'd know a lot less about our history.
Plutarch.
Round 3. Category: One-Letter Geography
1: Due west of its capital Salem, this state's D River is billed as the world's shortest at 120 feet.
Oregon.
2: You'll find the region called "U" in Pohnpei, one of the Federated States of this multi-island Pacific nation.
Micronesia.
3: Sweden, Denmark and Norway all have villages with the "ring" type of this vowel for a name.
A.
4: This French village exists at the junction of 3 roads, hence its one-letter name.
Y.
5: Mount E on this island is at the entrance to the Tsugaru Strait, across which lies Honshu.
Hokkaido.
Round 4. Category: Acting Families
1: Ryan andTatum.
O'Neal.
2: BrothersBen and Casey.
Affleck.
3: Dad and sonFreddie.
Prinze.
4: Efrem andStephanie.
Zimbalist.
5: Junius and his boys Edwin and John.
Booth.
Round 5. Category: Water Carriers
1: The 62-mile Kings River flume in California wasn't built for a theme park but to float these.
logs.
2: One of these channels, built to bring goods by water to Madras, India, took 76 years to finish.
an canal.
3: Martin Luther King hoped for righteousness to roll down "like a mighty" this, not quite a river.
a mighty stream.
4: In 1590 Sir Francis Drake built the 17-mile River Leat, one of these channels, bringing water to Plymouth, England.
an aqueduct.
5: In the 1950s this project opened up a 2,300-mile system of waterways.
the Saint Lawrence Seaway project.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 08, 2024Episode 1063 - A plague on you! - Ice cream - London boroughs - Bloody business - Joe, annes and joannes
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1063, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: A Plague On You!
1: The 14th century "Black Death" that swept Europe was this type of plague, from the Greek for "groin".
Bubonic.
2: The first of these was the Nile turning to blood.
10 plagues of Egypt.
3: This physician and seer of the "centuries" treated plague victims in 16th century France.
Nostradamus.
4: He published "The Plague" in 1947.
Albert Camus.
5: In his diary, Samuel Pepys recounted the "Great Plague" sweeping through London in this decade.
1660s.
Round 2. Category: Ice Cream
1: This best-selling brand of cookies is also available as "cookies n' cream" ice cream.
Oreos.
2: More ice cream is consumed in this country than any other.
United States.
3: When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly.
rock salt.
4: It's the most popular fruit flavor of ice cream in the U.S..
strawberry.
5: 2005 was the 20th birthday of this restaurant's Blizzard, a soft-serve treat.
Dairy Queen.
Round 3. Category: London Boroughs
1: This borough's name is synonymous with Britain's Parliament.
Westminster.
2: The 33 boroughs that make up London include this one that helps us keep time worldwide.
Greenwich.
3: 2 boroughs, Richmond and Kingston, are more properly followed by "upon" this body of water.
upon Thames.
4: Take a walk down memory lane in the borough of Camden and name this thoroughfare made famous by The Beatles.
Abbey Road.
5: More than 1,300 bombs were dropped on the especially hard-hit borough of Croydon during this 1940-41 German-named assault.
the Blitz.
Round 4. Category: Bloody Business
1: About half the blood collected in the U.S. is acquired by this organization.
Red Cross.
2: A bonding ritual turns 2 unrelated men into these.
Blood brothers.
3: It was the persecution of this group that earned Bloody Mary her nickname.
Protestants.
4: His first role as a swashbuckler was in 1935 as Captain Blood.
Errol Flynn.
5: The 4 things Churchill told the House of Commons he had to offer May 13, 1940 were blood and these.
"Toil, tears and sweat".
Round 5. Category: Joe, Annes And Joannes
1: In 1533 she gave birth to future Queen Elizabeth I.
Anne Boleyn.
2: His marriage to Marilyn Monroe lasted only 9 months in 1954.
Joe DiMaggio.
3: He retired from boxing in 1949, but returned only to be KOed by Rocky Marciano in 1951.
Joe Louis.
4: She played opposite her husband in the movies "The Drowning Pool" and "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge".
Joanne Woodward.
5: Her "Breathing Lessons" really paid off; in 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Anne Tyler.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min
January 07, 2024Episode 1062 - Play faster! - Royal female nicknames - Literary houses - British business - Lousy souvenirs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1062, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Play Faster!
1: Largo is a slow tempo of around 50 bpm, which is short for these.
beats per minute.
2: At a setting of 70, you're in this tempo; Samuel Barber wrote one "for Strings".
adagio.
3: A metronome setting of 100 is this tempo that includes the author of "Inferno".
andante.
4: 140 bpm brings you to this word, the basic musical indication for "fast" or "lively".
allegro.
5: This very fast tempo is also a word used by magicians to command the amazing to happen.
presto.
Round 2. Category: Royal Female Nicknames
1: Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess".
Princess Diana.
2: England's "Good Queen Bess".
Elizabeth I.
3: She was "The Untamed Heifer" and "The Virgin Queen".
Elizabeth I.
4: Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens".
Cleopatra.
5: France's "The Austrian Wench".
Marie Antoinette.
Round 3. Category: Literary Houses
1: Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux".
(John) Updike.
2: Scarlett O'Hara's plantation home.
Tara.
3: In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg and moves into his siblings' home.
The Accidental Tourist.
4: This title gal's Manderley, which had an "iron gate leading to the drive".
Rebecca.
5: Title place where Hindley hates Heathcliff.
Wuthering Heights.
Round 4. Category: British Business
1: John Shepherd-Barron invented it and in 1967 Barclays Bank installed the world's first one.
an ATM.
2: This art book publisher took its name from the rivers flowing through London and New York City.
Thames and Hudson.
3: In the early 1700s William Fortnum, a footman who sold Queen Anne's used candles, went into retail with this partner.
(Hugh) Mason.
4: Lea and Perrins of sauce fame both started their careers as these, meaning druggists or pharmacists.
chemists.
5: In 1986 inefficiency and strikes did in this auto brand known as BL.
British Leyland.
Round 5. Category: Lousy Souvenirs
1: My aunt went to Spain and all I got were these lousy pants worn by heroes of the bullring.
Toreador pants.
2: My mother went to Hawaii and all I got was this long, loose dress.
Muumuu.
3: My uncle went to England and all I got was this lousy piece of a suit, which Americans call a vest.
Waistcoat.
4: My brother went to Venice Beach and all I got was this lousy shirt named for what he showed off.
Muscle shirt.
5: My granddad went to Ireland and all I got was this lousy overcoat named for a province there.
Ulster.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
AI Voices used
...more
9min

FAQs about Instant Trivia:

How many episodes does Instant Trivia have?

The podcast currently has 1,612 episodes available.

More shows like Instant Trivia

PodQuiz weekly trivia quiz by James Carter

PodQuiz weekly trivia quiz

429 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,598 Listeners

Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff You Should Know

77,288 Listeners

Good Job, Brain! by goodjobbrain.com

Good Job, Brain!

1,807 Listeners

Trivial Warfare Trivia by Oakes Media Group

Trivial Warfare Trivia

818 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

86,171 Listeners

TRIVIALITY - A Trivia Game Show Podcast by Triviality Podcast

TRIVIALITY - A Trivia Game Show Podcast

543 Listeners

Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast by David Flora

Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast

315 Listeners

Road Trip Trivia by The Quiz Queen

Road Trip Trivia

133 Listeners

TRIVIA TIME by Trivia Time Podcast

TRIVIA TIME

914 Listeners

Takeaway Trivia Pub Quiz by Bar Wars

Takeaway Trivia Pub Quiz

18 Listeners

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean by Sam Kean, Bleav

The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

1,271 Listeners

SmartLess by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

SmartLess

58,007 Listeners

Car Trip Trivia by Crazy House Media

Car Trip Trivia

64 Listeners

No Chit Chat Trivia by David Wuest, Bleav

No Chit Chat Trivia

185 Listeners