Tuesday, January 9, 2007

General Trivia Questions #43-48

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

What did the first 'C' in the CNBC television network originally stand for?

a) Cable
b) Career
c) Children's
d) Consumer

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

Who was President Nixon's civilian chief of staff during Watergate and President Reagan's Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982?

a) Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
b) Cyrus R. Vance
c) Edmund S. Muskie
d) George P. Shultz

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

What is the common name for the disease rubella?

a) Chicken pox
b) German measles
c) Mumps
d) Rabies

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

In what city is Pier 21, Canada's "Ellis Island", located?

a) Goose Bay, Newfoundland
b) Halifax, Nova Scotia
c) Saint John, Nova Scotia
d) St. John's, Newfoundland

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

What name did New York Times cartoonist Al Hirschfeld hide in almost all his drawings?

a) Al
b) Lola
c) Maria
d) Nina

Question 48: Sports & Games -- Swung Young

Who was the youngest Major League Baseball player to hit 400 career home runs?

a) Alex Rodriguez
b) Jimmie Foxx
c) Ken Griffey, Jr.
d) Tony Conigliaro

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