Instant Trivia

Episode 290 - Friday The 13Th - Also A Gun Manufacturer - "Oop"S! - A Gamey Category - Famous "Baby"S

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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!

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