Literary Trivia
This blind prophet in Oedipus Rex warns Oedipus about his tragic fate.
Tiresias
This nocturnal North American marsupial is famous for "playing dead" as a defense mechanism.
opossum
In Scrabble, this letter is worth the highest point value, at 10 points.
Q
The word "quickly" in "She runs quickly" serves this grammatical function.
adverb
This NBA team came back from a 3-1 deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 Finals.
Cleveland Cavaliers
In Children of Blood and Bone, Zélie and the maji are opposed by this group of people.
Kosidan
Known for its prickly exterior, this rodent can be found climbing trees in North American forests.
porcupine
In Risk, players can win by conquering all territories or by completing one of these secret objectives.
mission cards
In the sentence, "The student gave the teacher a note," this term describes the role of "the teacher."
indirect object
In 2007, this NFL team lost the Super Bowl to the underdog New York Giants, ending their perfect season.
New England Patriots
In Thebes, Oedipus's immediate family gathers for dinner before he has realized his tragic fate. Who is at the dinner table with him?
In addition to Oedipus, there would be Jocasta, Antigone and Ismene, Eteocles and Polynices.
This rare North American mammal, known as the "ghost cat," has a range from Canada to South America.
cougar or puma
This railroad is the most expensive to purchase in Monopoly.
Pennsylvania Railroad
This is the grammatical term for the -ing form of a verb when it functions as a noun
gerund
This small nation shocked the world by winning the 2016 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) European Championship.
Portugal
In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam and Laila form an unlikely bond while navigating life under this brutal regime.
Taliban
This venomous lizard, native to the southwestern United States, is one of the only two venomous lizards in the world.
gila monster
In The Game of Life, players can choose between starting a career or taking on this financial burden to attend college.
student loans
This term refers to the grammatical structure where two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
run-on sentence
In the 1980 Winter Olympics, this underdog hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in what became known as the "Miracle on Ice."
US men's hockey team
In Life of Pi, Pi Patel follows a unique combination of religious practices from these three religions
Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam
This large, elusive bird, known for its drumming courtship displays, is native to boreal forests in North America.
spruce grouse
The original categories in Trivial Pursuit included Arts & Literature, History, and this science-related category.
Science & Nature
What is the subject of this sentence: Wash the dishes before they pile up, and make sure to clean the counters afterward.
you
In 2004, this MLB team famously overcame a 3-0 series deficit to defeat the New York Yankees in the ALCS.
Boston Red Sox