Instant Trivia

Episode 239 - Friday The 13Th - Starts With "Ke" - English Class - The Dreaded Oprah Category - Deck The Halls

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 239, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Friday The 13Th

  • 1: Friday October 13, 1944: Greek patriots retake Athens from this group after 3 1/2 years of occupation.
  • Germany (or the Nazis).
  • 2: Friday January 13, 1995: The first all-female crew wins a qualifying race for this contest.
  • the America's Cup.
  • 3: Friday October 13, 1967: This president signs an executive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. govt..
  • (Lyndon) Johnson.
  • 4: Friday, February 13, 1914:This 5-letter organization is set up to collect royalties when music is performed.
  • ASCAP.
  • 5: 1994: The first handover of a West Bank city from Israel to the Palestinians--this one where a battle was fit.
  • Jericho.

    • Round 2. Category: Starts With "Ke"

    • 1: A cooking pot for Ma and Pa.
    • Kettle.
    • 2: Thd standard version of this gambling game is a lot like Lotto.
    • Keno.
    • 3: Its national anthem is "Wimbo Wa Taifa", Swahili for "anthem of the nation".
    • Kenya.
    • 4: The name of this Wisconsin city is Potawatomi for "pike" or "pickerel".
    • Kenosha.
    • 5: This county is known as the "Garden of England".
    • Kent.

      • Round 3. Category: English Class

      • 1: This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there and often are other examples.
      • adverb.
      • 2: Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way.
      • an infinitive.
      • 3: Lay is the past tense of lie; this is the past tense of lay.
      • laid.
      • 4: It's the indirect object of the sentence "Carmen gave Jose a cookie".
      • Jose.
      • 5: "City" is a common noun; Virginia City is this kind of noun.
      • proper noun.

        • Round 4. Category: The Dreaded Oprah Category

        • 1: Saleswoman Oprah has tote bags specially for the items you saw on this popular segment of her show.
        • Oprah's Book Club.
        • 2: Healthy Oprah lost 33 lbs. in one of these military-sounding programs with Sgt.--er, trainer Bob Greene.
        • a boot camp.
        • 3: Career woman Oprah has said marriage wouldn't work with this beau she calls "a traditional black man".
        • Stedman Graham.
        • 4: Educator Oprah taught a graduate course on leadership at this university based in Evanston.
        • Northwestern University.
        • 5: Mogul Oprah co-founded this media company, a breath of fresh air with its women's cable network.
        • Oxygen.

          • Round 5. Category: Deck The Halls

          • 1: The Ecology Hall of Fame cites him as "the first American president to take seriously the...protection of nature".
          • Teddy Roosevelt.
          • 2: The Robot Hall of Fame honored this "Star Wars" character for his endearing "human foibles".
          • C-3PO.
          • 3: This founder of the city of Quebec is in an Explorers' Hall of Fame online.
          • Champlain.
          • 4: Now home to the National Women's Hall of Fame, this N.Y. city was the site of the USA's first Women's Rights Convention.
          • Seneca Falls.
          • 5: He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his process of condensing milk.
          • (Gail) Borden.

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