General Trivia Answers #511-516

Answer 511: Entertainment & Food -- Band Aid Solution

b) Ethiopia

The original "Do They Know It's Christmas?" raised $14 million for famine relief, and Bob Geldof was knighted for his work. Sequels were released in 1989 and 2004.

Answer 512: History & Government -- Duopoly Destroyer

a) Andrew Jackson

The seventh President was born in the backwoods of South Carolina on March 15, 1767.

Answer 513: Math & Science -- Prescription Pits

a) Apricots

In 1974, the American Cancer Society called Laetrile use "quackery", and the FDA has not approved its use.

Answer 514: Geography & Nature -- Middle America

c) South Dakota

The exact middle lies seventeen miles west of Castle Rock in Butte County, having nudged west only six miles when Hawaii joined.

Answer 515: Literature & Arts -- Top of the Comics

d) Garry Trudeau

Doonesbury captured the 1975 award for editorial cartooning. "Doone" is school slang for "someone who is not afraid to look foolish".

Answer 516: Sports & Games -- Building a Bettor Vocabulary

a) Exacta

A quinella is like an exacta but allows either order. A perfecta requires predicting the first three finishers in order, and a trifecta three in any order.