General Trivia Answers #715-720

Answer 715: Entertainment & Food -- Singing Soap

b) Days of Our Lives

Former cast member Macdonald Carey opens each episode by saying, "Like sands through the hourglass... so are the Days of Our Lives."

Answer 716: History & Government -- Constitution Non-Contributor

d) Rhode Island

Over the course of four months, 55 men from the other colonies convened at what is now called Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Answer 717: Math & Science -- Plane Cone

d) none of the above

If the plane cuts straight across, a circle results. A small tilt produces an ellipse, and a large tilt makes a parabola if the plane intersects one side and a hyperbola if it touches both.

Answer 718: Geography & Nature -- Point to the Pole

a) Arctic Ocean

The pole is moving about 25 miles northwest each year and passed through the northern islands of Canada during the 20th century.

Answer 719: Literature & Arts -- Heavenly Hostess

a) Beatrice

Virgil had guided the poet through Hell and Purgatory.

Answer 720: Sports & Games -- Rick-Creation

d) Slinky

As a Naval engineer on a ship, James had witnessed a torsion spring falling to the floor. His wife Betty used a dictionary to come up with the name, which is Swedish for "sinuous".