Wednesday, January 24, 2007

General Trivia Answers #103-108

Answer 103: Entertainment & Food -- Google for the Full Story

b) Hercules

The pianist named himself for a character in the British sitcom Steptoe and Son, not the mythological Roman.

Answer 104: History & Government -- For Subcompacts?

b) Holland Tunnel

The Manhattan-to-New Jersey connector opened to traffic seven years before the Sumner Tunnel in Boston.

Answer 105: Math & Science -- Shocking Eponym

a) Ampere

Andre-Marie Ampere was a French physicist who helped develop the science of electrodynamics, now called electromagnetism.

Answer 106: Geography & Nature -- Pretty Far, Eh?

d) 3,987 miles

Canada and Alaska have an additional 1,538-mile border.

Answer 107: Literature & Arts -- The Write Start

d) Thornton Wilder

The Wisconsin-born son of a U.S. diplomat followed up with his more famous The Bridge of San Luis Rey the next year.

Answer 108: Sports & Games -- Sets and Upsets

b) Boris Becker

The German beat South African Kevin Curren in the 1985 final.

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