General Trivia Answers #43-48

Answer 43: Entertainment & Food -- TV Or Not TV

d) Consumer

NBC launched the Consumer News and Business Channel in 1989 but officially began using just the acronym after combining the station with the Financial News Network in 1991.

Answer 44: History & Government -- Does He Take Shorthand?

a) Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

After Reagan was shot, the former general incorrectly claimed, "I'm in control here", when he was actually fourth in the line established by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.

Answer 45: Math & Science -- Non-Computer Virus

b) German measles

Rubeola, also known as measles, is caused by a completely unrelated virus, but the two diseases share many symptoms. The Latin germanus means "similar".

Answer 46: Geography & Nature -- Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Uninsured

b) Halifax, Nova Scotia

Over a million immigrants passed through between 1928 and 1971.

Answer 47: Literature & Arts -- Where's Waldo?

d) Nina

The caricaturist helpfully included a count next to his signature so you would know how many instances of his daughter's name to look for.

Answer 48: Sports & Games -- Swung Young

a) Alex Rodriguez

The New York Yankees third baseman was 49 days shy of his 30th birthday when he reached the milestone on June 8, 2005.