Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1162, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Anagrammed Birds 1: Illinois' state bird:CLAN RAID. cardinal. 2: A real show-off:COP CAKE. peacock. 3: A holiday standard:KEY RUT. turkey. 4: Seen at the seashore:DARN PIPES. sandpiper. 5: It's game if you are:HATE NAPS. pheasant. Round 2. Category: Are You Eating Right? 1: You can eat ice cream from a dull, ordinary cone, or from one named for this breakfast food. waffle cone. 2: It's cooking food by immersing it in hot oil; it's a Scottish practice to do it to Mars bars. de ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1161, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What A Month! 1: It shares its name with a type of musical piece: Forward--Move It!. March. 2: The United States celebrates its birthday during this month. July. 3: Timewise, it's the shortest month. February. 4: It's National Dental Hygiene Month, and with all that candy at month's end, it's a good thing!. October. 5: The U.S. presidential election takes place in this month. November. Round 2. Category: The Name On The Airport 1: What a wonderful world! In 2001 the New Orlea ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1160, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Where Does It Hurt? 1: Myalgia (these parts). muscles. 2: Dermatalgia. skin. 3: Hepatalgia. the liver. 4: Odontalgia. teeth. 5: Arthralgia (these parts, whether hinge or ball-and-socket). joint. Round 2. Category: Will You Still Feed Me? 1: Och aye! Haggamuggie is a simplified version of this, but with fish liver--sounds even better. haggis. 2: Rachael Ray has a 22-minute recipe for burgers of this "cordon bleu"; 10 minutes of prep and 12 to cook. chicken. 3: From the Dutch f ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1159, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Requiem For A Skyline 1: In November of 1972, the Kingdome was dedicated in this West Coast city. In March 2000, the Kingdome was demolished in this West Coast city. Seattle. 2: In 1978, New Jersey's Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel got checked out to make way for a casino in this city. Atlantic City. 3: Northwestern University's old Prentice Women's Hospital, an example of Brutalist architecture, was demoed in 2013-2014 in this big city. Chicago. 4: Sunset Boulevard isn't the same s ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1158, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Numeric Words And Phrases 1: The Lakers won championships in 1987 and '88, so before the next season, Pat Riley trademarked this. a three-peat. 2: You're too old for the single-piece type of underwear that Gerber trademarked under this name. a onesie. 3: Hyphenated term for a contest that's really no contest. one-sided. 4: "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" is traditionally sung in this break. the seventh-inning stretch. 5: Alliterative term for a married person having an affair. a ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1157, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Name The Work 1: Melville:"Captain Vere was an exceptional character". Billy Budd. 2: Cervantes:"At a village of La Mancha, whose name I do not wish to remember". Don Quixote. 3: Verne:"Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner". Around the World in Eighty Days. 4: Jack London:"'The Ghost' was rolling slightly on a calm sea without a breath of wind". The Sea Wolf. 5: O. Henry:"Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with w ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1156, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: That Old Time Television 1: This 1950s Nelson family sitcom ran for 14 years. Ozzie and Harriet. 2: 2 of the 3 full-time "Tonight Show" hosts before Jay Leno. (2 of 3) Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. 3: This actress' TV character Alexis Carrington was once described as "starts with B, rhymes with rich". Joan Collins. 4: With boxing as her category, Dr. Joyce Brothers won the top prize on this TV quiz show. The $64,000 Question. 5: Jeepers, Dr. Smith! On TV's "Lost in ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1155, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Those Phabulous Phoenicians 1: Seaport city known for its very expensive purple dye. Tyre. 2: The Phoenician city of Berytus is known known by this name. Beirut. 3: The ancient city of Byblos was known for its production of this material, hence bible, meaning book. papyrus. 4: The Phoenicians were known for this skill; even the Greeks called the North Star the Phoenician Star. navigation. 5: Zeno, a Phoenician, founded this "Greek" school of philosophy. Stoicism. Round 2. Cate ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1154, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Poke Out An I 1: Whether acrylic or watercolor, an art supply without its "I" becomes this--breathe hard. a pant. 2: A word towards the end of an auctioneer's spiel sells its "I" to ring out as this instrument. gong. 3: Without its "I", a synonym for "landed" becomes this computer key. alt. 4: Poke out the "I" from a ghostly apparition to get this intense anger. wrath. 5: Drop the "I" from the start of a word for one's likeness to get this synonym for sorcerer. mage. Round 2 ..read more

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1153, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Stupid Show Biz Answers 1: It's the role Danny Bonaduce played on "The Partridge Family". Danny. 2: Mike Myers flexed his powers to play Studio 54 owner Steve Rubell in this 1998 film. 54. 3: Andrea McArdle, who starred in a production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 2006, first became famous playing this role. Annie. 4: Greer Garson became the Mrs. of actor Richard Ney after he played her son Vin Miniver in this 1942 film. Mrs. Miniver. 5: It was the title of the last big-screen re ..read more