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Kate Anderson
Songwriter
Waxhaw, NC

Kate’s Plus One is her father, John.

$500 According to DaysOfTheYear.com, May 9th is what holiday, which is “all about commemorating the other [lost] halves”?
A. Lost Sock Memorial Day
B. Misplaced Keys Remembrance Day
C. Permanently Stained T-Shirts’ Day
D. Day of the Dead iPhone Battery

Spoiler

A. Lost Sock Memorial Day

$1K Which of the following is a mythological river through the underworld, and NOT a popular breakfast cereal?
A. Trix
B. Kix
C. Styx
D. Müeslix

Spoiler

C. Styx

$2K With examples including “Tubman,” “Kahlo” and “Boleyn,” about 40% of Venus’ craters are named after what?
A. Men’s colognes
B. Marx Brothers
C. Famous women
D. Baskin-Robbins flavors

Spoiler

C. Famous women

$3K When he won his first Oscar in 1980, Dustin Hoffman looked at the statue and said, “He has no genitalia and he’s holding a” what?
A. Wreath
B. Torch
C. Scroll
D. Sword

Kate says she should know this, she’s actually held an Oscar.
Chris asks her if she had won an Oscar.
Kate says no, her sister did.

ATA

ATA results

13% A. Wreath
21% B. Torch
16% C. Scroll
50% D. Sword

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Torch
D. Sword

Spoiler

D. Sword

$5K Dubbed “the most trusted man in America,” what legendary newsman reportedly trained himself to speak at a slower, more understandable 124 words per minute?
A. Dan Rather
B. Walter Cronkite
C. Tom Brokaw
D. Brian Williams

+1

John thinks,

Spoiler

because he has a bit of a lisp, the correct answer is Tom Brokaw.

John’s alternate would be

Spoiler

Walter Cronkite.

When Kate asks John why he thinks that, he says

Spoiler

Walter Cronkite

is probably the most trusted now that I think about it.

Spoiler

B. Walter Cronkite

commercial break

Chris asks Kate how her sister won an Oscar.
Kate says her older sister wrote the songs from the film “Frozen,” including “Let It Go.”

$7K They Might Be Giants sang the line “That’s nobody’s business but the Turks” in their famous cover of the classic hit “Istanbul [Not]” what?
A. Damascus
B. Constantinople
C. Thebes
D. Alexandria

Spoiler

B. Constantinople

$10K Though many prefer “Guten Tag,” to say “Hello” in German, all you have to do to the word “Hello” is change the what?
A. E to an A
B. E to an O
C. O to an A
D. O to a U

Spoiler

A. E to an A

commercial break

QOTD
To protect your entire body from UV rays, the Mayo Clinic says you should use about one ounce of sunscreen, the amount in a typical what?
A. Teaspoon
B. Shot glass
C. Coffee mug
D. Soda can

Spoiler

B. Shot glass

$20K Want to make banana bread, but your bananas are still green and hard? Food & Wine says you can ripen them “in a flash” by doing what?
A. Baking them at 350° for 5 minutes
B. Soaking them in water for 10 minutes
C. Hanging them upside-down for 15 minutes
D. Freezing them for 20 minutes

Spoiler

A. Baking them at 350° for 5 minutes

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Kate will return on tomorrow’s show.

20K: Only 1 answer makes sense in that chems could get activated, though I'd never heard it before.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kate Anderson
Songwriter
Waxhaw, NC

Kate’s Plus One is her father, John.

Nihil obstat®.