Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 290, 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: Also A Gun Manufacturer
1: One might run in the Preakness.a colt.2: This 19th century American artist and sculptor was known as "The Rembrandt of the West".Remington.3: He's the guitarist who had a Top 40 hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".Rick Derringer.4: Famous for its cathedral, this English city was the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.Winchester.5: Fredric March portrayed this poet in "The Barrets of Wimpole Street".(Robert) Browning.Round 3. Category: "Oop"S!
1: "Hawaiian" exercise ring introduced by Wham-O in the 1950s.a hula hoop.2: This type of sailing vessel has a single mast with fore-and-aft rigging.a sloop.3: One's tax burden can be lowered by exploiting these.loopholes.4: Originally meaning a small opening, it's used figuratively to mean a way around a rule or regulation.a loophole.5: A small warship of the American Revolutionary period, or a British escort vessel of WWII.a sloop.Round 4. Category: A Gamey Category
1: In this game, the soda container stopped rotating and faces me...so kiss me already!.Spin the Bottle.2: Careful! Don't make the man's nose buzz while removing his funny bone in this game.Operation.3: An insignificant quest, or a game where you earn wedges in 6 categories.Trivial Pursuit.4: Calling all armchair Napoleons, it's the "Game of World Conquest".Risk.5: You go from career start or college start to Countryside Acres or Millionaire Estates in this game.Life.Round 5. Category: Famous "Baby"S
1: 1 of 2 popular U.S. films released in late 1987 that had the word "Baby" in their titles.Baby Boom or Three Men and a Baby.2: Nickname of Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father, a physician, as Haitian leader."Baby Doc".3: Childhood stage name of the actress who played Sally Rogers on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".Baby Rose Marie.4: Seen w/Casper the Friendly Ghost, this Harvey cartoon and comic character was an overgrown duckling.Baby Huey.5: It's how the media referred to little Miss McClure, who, in 1987, fell down a well and was rescued 2 days later.Baby Jessica.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!