Tuesday, January 23, 2007

General Trivia Answers #97-102

Answer 97: Entertainment & Food -- The Place for Me

c) New York

The TV show about a transplanted Manhattan lawyer and his socialite wife ran from 1965 to 1971.

Answer 98: History & Government -- Like Good Sandpaper

d) Zachary Taylor

The Virginian earned the label at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee, Florida in 1836.

Answer 99: Math & Science -- Plastic Monopoly Hotels?

a) Billiard balls

The New Jersey inventor not only patented the composition material, sold under the trade name Xylonite, but also won a $10,000 prize for his work.

Answer 100: Geography & Nature -- Free at Last

a) Bangladesh

India's army helped create the new country on March 26, 1971.

Answer 101: Literature & Arts -- Timeless and Rhymeless

c) 17

The first line contains five syllables, the second uses seven, and the last has five.

Answer 102: Sports & Games -- Except His Mom

d) Wilt Chamberlain

Bill Libby's 1977 book about the center was titled Goliath: The Wilt Chamberlain Story.

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