Tuesday, April 3, 2007

General Trivia Answers #397-402

Answer 397: Entertainment & Food -- Rock Mrs. Water Sounds

b) "I Am a Rock"

The single peaked at #3 in 1966.

Answer 398: History & Government -- War of Yore

b) U.S. Civil War

The late summer battles near Sharpsburg, Maryland culminated with the loss of 4,800 lives in the bloody Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.

Answer 399: Math & Science -- Alvinometer: Measures Chipmunks

b) Electric current

The device uses magnetism to gauge the current.

Answer 400: Geography & Nature -- Bugs Bunny's Buddy

c) Marsupial

The vicious fifteen to twenty-pound native of Tasmania is the largest carnivorous marsupial.

Answer 401: Literature & Arts -- Deep Thoughts

d) Rene Descartes

His 1637 treatise Discourse on Method first claimed "I think, therefore I am" in French (Je pense, donc je suis).

Answer 402: Sports & Games -- Edge Wedge

c) Green

American roulette wheels also have a green double-zero to increase the house's advantage further.

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