Friday, January 5, 2007

General Trivia Answers #25-30

Answer 25: Entertainment & Food -- Wet Set

c) I Love Lucy

The fictitious New York City address would actually dump the Ricardos and Mertzes into the East River.

Answer 26: History & Government -- The Penguins Wouldn't Stick

c) Tuberculosis

The United States Postal Service began offering the stickers on December 9, 1907, three years after Einar Holboell initiated the idea in Denmark.

Answer 27: Math & Science -- Maybe the Love Handle

a) Bellybutton

The umbilical cord scar is also known as the navel.

Answer 28: Geography & Nature -- Survey Says...

b) Pennsylvania and Maryland

The British surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon calculated the 244-mile boundary in 1763 after one map placed Philadelphia inside the borders of the Maryland colony.

Answer 29: Literature & Arts -- Two Decades Older Than Snoopy

a) Daisy

The gray female "purebred mongrel" has given birth to five puppies and is usually seen lying around.

Answer 30: Sports & Games -- The Colorado Clobberer

c) Jack Dempsey

The heavyweight champion was born as William Harrison Dempsey in Manassa, Colorado on June 24, 1895.

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