General Trivia Answers #457-462

Answer 457: Entertainment & Food -- Phyllis In

a) Lindstrom

Cloris Leachman played her from 1970 to 1975 and then spun off into her own concurrent show.

Answer 458: History & Government -- Harrison's Helper

c) Longitude

In 1715, John Harrison collected a reward of 20,000 pounds for developing a clock that could determine longitude to within half a degree (sixty miles).

Answer 459: Math & Science -- Rare Air

b) Ionosphere

The layer extends from 50 to 250 miles above the Earth's surface.

Answer 460: Geography & Nature -- Fake Fruit

c) Grape

The Oregon grape, named for its purple berry clusters, was selected in 1899.

Answer 461: Literature & Arts -- Poem-Tree

c) Joyce Kilmer

The lines open his 1913 poem "Trees", which Oscar Rasbach set to music in 1922.

Answer 462: Sports & Games -- Slam Ma'am

b) Juli Inkster

The Californian became the sixth woman to accomplish the quadruple.