Monday, May 28, 2007

General Trivia Answers #631-636

Answer 631: Entertainment & Food -- Composer Couple

a) Richard and Oscar

Rodgers had been unhappy with his former partner, but waited until Lorenz Hart passed away to join Hammerstein. The new team was off and running with Oklahoma! in 1943.

Answer 632: History & Government -- Not-So-Fun Run

b) Michael Dukakis

The governor of Massachusetts from 1974 to 1978 and 1982 to 1990 ran with Lloyd Bentsen.

Answer 633: Math & Science -- Try Another Angle

a) Dodecahedron

The regular, three-dimensional shape consists of twelve pentagons.

Answer 634: Geography & Nature -- Sand Land

b) Libya

The nation broke from Italy in 1951.

Answer 635: Literature & Arts -- Heller Again

a) Closing Time

The New Yorker waited 33 years, finally returning to his infamous cast of characters in 1994.

Answer 636: Sports & Games -- Singular Sport

b) Boxing

The word "cavalcade" originally meant a procession of people on horseback.

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