Monday, March 12, 2007

General Trivia Answers #301-306

Answer 301: Entertainment & Food -- Reddy or Not, Here I Come

a) Australia

The "I Am Woman" singer was born in Melbourne on October 4, 1942.

Answer 302: History & Government -- Marchteenth

c) Mississippi

The state had initially rejected the amendment on December 4, 1865, as did Delaware, Kentucky, and New Jersey.

Answer 303: Math & Science -- Half a Billion Years Ago

c) Paleozoic

The era spanned the first hard-shelled animals to the first large reptiles and is known as the Age of Fishes and the Age of Amphibians.

Answer 304: Geography & Nature -- TLA

c) Houston, Texas

The code is short for Intercontinental Airport of Houston.

Answer 305: Literature & Arts -- Marie in Paris

c) Stendhal

The pen name may honor German archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann's home town of Stendal.

Answer 306: Sports & Games -- MVP! MVP! MVP!

a) Jimmie Foxx

Double X won the award in 1932 and 1933 with the Philadelphia Athletics and in 1938 with the Boston Red Sox.

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