Best Thomas Blade Podcasts (2024)

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Mukund Padmanabhan, "The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked over a Japanese Non-invasion (Vintage Books, 2024) 31:16

2h ago31:16

31:16

In April 1942, at least half a million people fled the city of Madras, now known as Chennai. The reason? The British, after weeks of growing unease about the possibility of a Japanese invasion, finally recommended that people leave the city. In the tense, uncertain atmosphere of 1942, many people took that advice to heart–and fled. The Japanese, of…

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Episode 1170 - At the bookstore - Ends in "ola" - Classic country - The last word said in classic films - "ute" tell me 6:13

14m ago6:13

6:13

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: At The Bookstore 1: Kathryn Glasgow's first novel, "Another Song About the King", features a mom obsessed with this singer. Elvis Presley. 2: 2 men travel America with this man's brain in a Tupperware bowl in the true story "Driving …

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Episode 1169 - What's the gossip? - Starbuck - New country - Something's looming over me - Harry potter and the chapter titles 6:48

20m ago6:48

6:48

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1169, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What'S The Gossip? 1: In the 1950s the New York Evening this newspaper became a tabloid and "National" , eventually moving to Florida. the Enquirer. 2: The name of the tabloid website and TV show TMZ refers to a 30-mile zone centerin…

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Episode 1168 - Finish the line - My tv dads - Let's play clue - National "velvet" - Soft rock 7:16

9m ago7:16

7:16

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1168, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Finish The Line 1: The Beatles:"Yesterday all my troubles seemed...". so far away. 2: Francis Scott Key:"Oh! Say, can you see...". By the dawn's early light. 3: President Bush:"Read my lips...". no new taxes. 4: Clark Gable in "Gone …

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To the Wonder, with Steven DeLay (Malick 6) 1:13:15

2h ago1:13:15

1:13:15

Thomas and Steven continue the Terrence Malick series, introducing a discussion of the Weightless Trilogy, which begins with To the Wonder (2012) and constitutes some of the most fully realized Christian cinema ever produced. We talk about Malick's Kierkegaardian inspiration and analyze the film's depiction of romance, family, and the search for Go…

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Episode 1167 - It's the end "fer" you! - Their last no. 1 hit - Kansas city: news clues - Stadiums - Presidential soldiers 9:36

8m ago9:36

9:36

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1167, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: It'S The End Fer You!. With Fer in quotes 1: A pine, fir or spruce. a conifer. 2: Troy Aikman did this from Oklahoma to UCLA--good move. transfer. 3: A box or chest for valuables; fill it now!. coffer. 4: To steal, purloin or filch. …

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Episode 1166 - Hollywood ugly - While henry viii was king - Lead singer of the band - 20th century bestsellers - Crown plaza 6:52

9m ago6:52

6:52

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1166, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hollywood Ugly 1: This actress was quite ugly before her transformation in "Miss Congeniality". Sandra Bullock. 2: No one wants to date Julia Stiles in this 1999 movie except Heath Ledger, and he does it on a lark. 10 Things I Hate A…

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375 - Shane's 5 Dollar Special 47:38

5d ago47:38

47:38

Smattering of everything dork.

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Episode 1165 - What does it prevent? - Right here in river city - So, what have you been up to? - The astronaut hall of fame - Oscar best picture partial marquees 6:48

3d ago6:48

6:48

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1165, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: What Does It Prevent? 1: Higher-octane gasoline: this "kn"oise, partner of the dreaded pinging. knocking. 2: Bounce dryer sheets, symbolized by a tee shirt and a lightning bolt. static cling. 3: The compound levonorgestrel, in produc…

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Episode 1164 - Mtv video of the year artists - Classic country music - Egypt - Fold it 5 ways - A world to kiss 7:15

15m ago7:15

7:15

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1164, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Mtv Video Of The Year Artists 1: 1988:"Need You Tonight/Meditate". INXS. 2: 2009:"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)". Beyoncé. 3: 1984:"You Might Think". The Cars. 4: 2004:"Hey Ya!". OutKast. 5: 1993:"Jeremy". Pearl Jam. Round 2. Cate…

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Jonathan Chatwin, "The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future" (Bloomsbury, 2024) 51:09

13h ago51:09

51:09

Deng Xiaoping’s 1992 Southern Tour has become a milestone in Chinese economic history. Historians and commentators credit Deng’s visit to Guangzhou Province for reinvigorating China’s market reforms in the years following 1989—leading to the Chinese economic powerhouse we see today. Journalist Jonathan Chatwin follows Deng’s journey in The Southern…

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Episode 1163 - Yesterday's hotties - Take a "nee" - "pound" key - Names for your dog - Script tease 7:00

23h ago7:00

7:00

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1163, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Yesterday'S Hotties 1: This lovely's look was all the rage on college campuses in the 1940s. Veronica Lake. 2: This actress who played opposite Victor Mature in "Samson and Delilah" invented the technology used in cell phones. Hedy L…

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Episode 1162 - Anagrammed birds - Are you eating right? - I'm on the money - The four seasons - 1950s people 6:26

2d ago6:26

6:26

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. Ro…

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Episode 1161 - What a month! - The name on the airport - Ebony and ivory - 4th and goal - 6-letter birds 6:42

3d ago6:42

6:42

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…

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Episode 1160 - Where does it hurt? - Will you still feed me? - Japanese food - Shakespeare's lovers - Name that tunesmith 6:44

4d ago6:44

6:44

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…

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Adam Kabat, "The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales: Monster Comics from Edo Japan" (Columbia UP, 2023) 1:03:08

5d ago1:03:08

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Adam Kabat’s The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales: Monster Comics from Edo Japan (Columbia UP, 2023) is an in-depth introduction to the rich and ribald world of kibyōshi, a short-lived (1778-1807) subgenre of books combining text and illustration on the same page, much like comic books and manga today. This book presents a selection o…

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Episode 1159 - Requiem for a skyline - Can you digit? - Interviewing the interviewer - James k. polk - Storm 7:18

5d ago7:18

7:18

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 ch…

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Episode 1158 - Numeric words and phrases - Bulfinch's mythology - Drew barrymore loves music - Place your "bet" - Silent k words 7:12

6d ago7:12

7:12

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 th…

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374 - The Tollhouse Tube 54:55

6d ago54:55

54:55

What a messy ride through EV, 3D printing, iPhone repair changes, and other nonsense.

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Episode 1157 - Name the work - Earth, wind and fire - Remember reruns? - Gay blades - Women of myth 6:29

7d ago6:29

6:29

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 w…

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Robert D. Kaplan, "The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China" (Random House, 2023) 30:02

8d ago30:02

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The Middle East remains one of the world’s most complicated, thorny—and, uncharitably, unstable—parts of the world, as countless headlines make clear. Internal strife, regional competition and external interventions have been the region’s history for the past several decades. Robert Kaplan—author, foreign policy thinker, longtime writer on internat…

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Episode 1156 - That old time television - Soccer - African-american biography - Country groups - Where it's "at" 6:37

14d ago6:37

6:37

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 cha…

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Episode 1155 - Those phabulous phoenicians - Parts of the body - "quad"s - Takes the cake - Always broadway 6:30

16d ago6:30

6:30

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 mate…

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First Reformed 1:28:59

12d ago1:28:59

1:28:59

As a sequel to our Taxi Driver episode, we analyze Paul Schrader's 2017 film First Reformed, an explicit work of religious engineering. We examine how the movie's sophisticated propaganda depicts the dying remnants of American Protestantism being absorbed into the globalist religion of the future, complete with worship of the earth mother goddess. …

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Episode 1154 - Poke out an i - '70s pop culture - I got 3 as! - Stories of the south - Celebrities 6:26

10d ago6:26

6:26

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 "…

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Episode 1153 - Stupid show biz answers - Sharp - Occupational homonyms - Add some consonants - Renting 7:20

11d ago7:20

7:20

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 producti…

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Episode 1152 - Cities through time - Gangsters - .organizations - The lore of the land - Rainy day p.e. 7:13

12d ago7:13

7:13

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1152, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cities Through Time 1: A brief civil war took place in this capital after Finland declared independence from Russia in 1917. Helsinki. 2: Before 1918 Guangzhou was known by this name; a Chinese language still reminds us of it. Canton…

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Ep. 063 | From Irritation to Recovery: A Complete Guide to Conquering Shin Splints (MTSS) | Tom Goom 47:00

13d ago47:00

47:00

In this episode of the Physiotutors podcast, Tom Goom, also known as the Running Physio, provides valuable insights into medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) and its management. He discusses the pathophysiology of MTSS, Risk factors, and emphasizes the importance of gradual training progression and proper footwear selection to prevent MTSS. Tom als…

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Episode 1151 - Back to the hotel - Significant old books - The "last" category - It's a flat-out fact - China patterns 7:05

19d ago7:05

7:05

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets. dogs. 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital. Dublin. 3: This large ocean liner that's b…

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373 - Porkbun Household 54:23

20d ago54:23

54:23

Bad Google, OWASP Breached, Tesla Updates and Slumps, Creepy Amazon Fresh Spies.

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Episode 1150 - The liberty bell rang... - States and territories of australia - Silent consonant words - Brando - Yestercareer 7:06

14d ago7:06

7:06

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1150, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Liberty Bell Rang... 1: On Feb. 3, 1757, when the Assembly directed this man to go to England to address colonial grievances. Benjamin Franklin. 2: on July 8, 1776 to announce the first public reading of this. the Declaration of …

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Kyokutei Bakin, "Eight Dogs, Or Hakkenden: Part Two--His Master's Blade" (Cornell UP, 2024) 38:02

21d ago38:02

38:02

Glynne Walley, translator of classic Japanese novel Hakkenden, joins us on the podcast again to talk about his second translated volume: Hakkenden, Part 2: His Master’s Blade (Cornell East Asia Series: 2024). Unlike Part 1—which is all preamble!—in Part 2 we meet some of the fabled eight dog warriors and the Confucian virtues they represent: Shino,…

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Kyokutei Bakin, "Eight Dogs, Or Hakkenden: Part Two--His Master's Blade" (Cornell UP, 2024) 38:02

15d ago38:02

38:02

Glynne Walley, translator of classic Japanese novel Hakkenden, joins us on the podcast again to talk about his second translated volume: Hakkenden, Part 2: His Master’s Blade (Cornell East Asia Series: 2024). Unlike Part 1—which is all preamble!—in Part 2 we meet some of the fabled eight dog warriors and the Confucian virtues they represent: Shino,…

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Episode 1149 - Coffees all around - "bottom"s up - College life - The family business - Turkey, the bird 7:04

15d ago7:04

7:04

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1149, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Coffees All Around 1: This "Good to the last drop" brand lets you choose among smooth, rich and bold. Maxwell House. 2: At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew. espresso. 3: The press you can use to infuse your…

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Paul Hansen, "Hokkaido Dairy Farm: Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of Japan" (SUNY Press, 2024) 49:08

16d ago49:08

49:08

As an ethnography of a Japanese dairy farm while having theoretical values going beyond the specific context, Hokkaido Dairy Farm: Cosmopolitics of Otherness and Security on the Frontiers of Japan (SUNY Press, 2024) offers a historical and ethnographic examination of the rapid industrialization of the dairy industry in Tokachi, Hokkaido. The book b…

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Episode 1148 - The big battalions - Cliches - Scrambled greek gods - The '50s - Something to wear 7:06

20d ago7:06

7:06

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1148, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: The Big Battalions 1: This country's nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world's largest standing force. China. 2: Russia leads the world with more than 20,000 of these, like the new T-14 with an automated turr…

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Episode 1147 - Hymns and spirituals - Presidents and baseball - Abbreviated states - American food and drink - Top seeds 6:41

17d ago6:41

6:41

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1147, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hymns And Spirituals 1: Title that precedes "How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me". "Amazing Grace". 2: It's where "I'm goin' to lay down my burden", and "my sword and shield". "down by the riverside". 3: A hymn and anthe…

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Episode 1146 - Cousin "it" - Poetic feet - The evolutionary war - All around the world - The johnny gilbert "blue"s 8:15

18d ago8:15

8:15

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1146, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Cousin It. With It in quotation marks 1: A person serving in place of another, perhaps as a teacher. a substitute. 2: A group of 3, with or without a Holy Ghost. a trinity. 3: The state of living alone, even for 100 years... in a for…

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Episode 1145 - Wacky math - Who sang it first? - Let's go for a swim - Beastly movies - Surprise! 9:42

19d ago9:42

9:42

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1145, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Wacky Math 1: Strings on a standard guitar times the Oscars won by Pauly Shore. 0. 2: Number of "golden rings" in a Christmas song plus the number of rings in Ringling's circus. 8 (5 3). 3: Days in a leap year minus the title "route"…

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Thomas Lockley, "A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth’s Court" (Hanover Square Press, 2024) 37:12

20d ago37:12

37:12

On November 12, 1588, five young Asian men—led by a twenty-one-year-old called Christopher—traveled up the River Thames to meet Queen Elizabeth I. Christopher’s epic sea voyage had spanned from Japan, via the Philippines, New Spain (Mexico), Java and Southern Africa. On the way, he had already become the first recorded Japanese person in North Amer…

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Episode 1144 - Pull - Sounds like an irish county - In the air - You keep me hangin' on - The anthony quinn film festival 5:44

26d ago5:44

5:44

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1144, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Pull 1: You "pull a few" of these to get a favor done. Strings. 2: From the idea of breaking camp comes this phrase for moving on. Pull up stakes. 3: Since the 8th century, it's what churchmen have pulled to ring their bells. Ropes. …

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372 - Three Figures 1:05:55

27d ago1:05:55

1:05:55

Four People, Three Figures, Technical Discussions, and One Drunk Host

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Episode 1143 - An "arm" or a "leg" - Stop the presses! - A "cy" of relief - Dylan thomas - 3-word responses 9:54

28d ago9:54

9:54

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1143, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: An Arm Or A Leg. With Arm" Or A "Leg in quotation marks 1: 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river. Army of the Potomac. 2: Assembled in the 1580s, it was commanded by M…

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David Veevers, "The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire" (Ebury Press, 2023) 1:11:21

22d ago1:11:21

1:11:21

It’s very easy to study the history of the British Empire from the perspective of, well, the British–and to extend the early 20th century version of the empire as a world-spanning entity backwards through history. David Veevers, in his new book The Great Defiance: How the World Took on the British Empire (Ebury Press, 2023) studies the English, and…

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Episode 1142 - Dead precedents - Hot films, cool films - Take the kids! - I learned it online - 2 types of china 7:27

22d ago7:27

7:27

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1142, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Dead Precedents 1: In 1943 the Supreme Court overruled a 1940 decision and said students couldn't be required to salute this. the flag. 2: In 1987 the Supreme Court overruled an 1861 decision that courts couldn't do this, order a sus…

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Episode 1141 - On my dog's ipod - "j" movies - I like "ike" - Fruits - Happy trails 7:28

23d ago7:28

7:28

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1141, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: On My Dog'S Ipod 1: The first song my dog downloaded was "Atomic Dog" by this funky member of Parliament. George Clinton. 2: My dog can't help it-- he salivates every time he listens to the disco classic "Ring My" this. "Bell". 3: Fo…

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Episode 1140 - Asian bodies of water - Eat your foreign vegetables - The girls in the group - Austen-tatious - 20th century authors 8:09

24d ago8:09

8:09

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1140, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Asian Bodies Of Water 1: Although called a sea, it's actually a large salty lake between Israel and Jordan. the Dead Sea. 2: According to Hindu myth, this river once flowed in the heavens but was ordered to go down to Earth. the Gang…

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Episode 1139 - Hard wood - Literary characters' ads - Let's go camping! - We have a new state capital - Squid 7:43

25d ago7:43

7:43

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1139, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Hard Wood 1: Ted Turner said these have no future because there aren't enough trees left to keep making wood pulp. newspapers. 2: This eating utensil's name is from Old English for a "chip of wood". spoon. 3: Only National Hockey Lea…

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Episode 1138 - Did i hear that right? - You're going "in" - "as" you like it - Music industry terms - Completes the movie title 6:57

26d ago6:57

6:57

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1138, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Did I Hear That Right? 1: "Saturday Night Live" editorialist Emily Litella wasn't sure why all the fuss about these "on television". Violins. 2: A coming-of-age novel by Bruce Ducker is titled "Lead Us Not Into" this NYC train depot.…

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Episode 1137 - B.c. vips - Christmas stories - Arnold - Bottom feeders - Sting like a "be" 10:15

28d ago10:15

10:15

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: B.C. Vips 1: In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation". Socrates. 2: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life. Hannibal. 3: Ankhesenamun,…

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