Friday, January 26, 2007

General Trivia Answers #115-120

Answer 115: Entertainment & Food -- Louis' Lunch

c) Hamburger

Louis' Lunch began offering the meat-on-a-bun sandwiches in New Haven in the late 19th century, although Charlie Nagreen and others stake claims.

Answer 116: History & Government -- Last Writes

d) William Shakespeare

The incomparable playwright is buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.

Answer 117: Math & Science -- Rock Stars

b) Chuck Berry

The tune was "Johnny B. Goode".

Answer 118: Geography & Nature -- BYUtah

c) Provo

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded the school as Brigham Young Academy in 1875.

Answer 119: Literature & Arts -- Jailbird

d) Maya Angelou

Her first autobiographical work was published in 1969.

Answer 120: Sports & Games -- Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad

c) Silver Charm

Touch Gold edged him by three-quarters of a length in the Belmont Stakes.

2 comments:

Provost said...

Answer 118: Geography & Nature -- BYUtah

c) Provo
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founded the school as Brigham Young Academy in 1875.

This answer is incorrect. Brigham Young Academy was not founded by the LDS Church, but was a private school supported by the community until the turn of the century, when the LDS Church responded to pleas to fund the school. In 1903 BYA was dissolved, and was replaced by two successor organizations: Brigham Young High School, and Brigham Young University.

THETA Poker said...

Technically you may be right (about the extra info, that is; the question and answer are fine), but Brigham Young was the president of the church when he bought the school in 1875. He told his sons, "I hope to see an Academy established in Provo... at which the children of the Latter-day Saints can receive a good education unmixed with the pernicious atheistic influences that are found in so many of the higher schools of the country." (BYU NewsNet reference from Wikipedia currently unreachable).