General Trivia Questions #901-906

Question 901: Entertainment & Food -- Look Sharp

What country does the music group Roxette come from?

a) Denmark
b) Finland
c) Norway
d) Sweden

Question 902: History & Government -- Import/Export Business

What country passed Japan to have the largest trading surplus with the U.S. in 2000?

a) China
b) Korea
c) Russia
d) Taiwan

Question 903: Math & Science -- Crust Chemical

What is the most abundant chemical element in the Earth's crust?

a) Aluminum
b) Nitrogen
c) Oxygen
d) Silicon

Question 904: Geography & Nature -- Coining a Continent

What was Australia named after?

a) The adjective "austere"
b) Austria
c) King Henry IV's wife
d) Terra australis

Question 905: Literature & Arts -- Sing a Song

What poet wrote "Song of Myself", "Song of the Open Road", and "I Sing the Body Electric"?

a) Henry David Thoreau
b) Ralph Waldo Emerson
c) Robert Frost
d) Walt Whitman

Question 906: Sports & Games -- Basketball's Best

Who was voted the greatest player of all-time during both the NBA's 25th and 35th anniversaries?

a) Bill Russell
b) Jerry West
c) Rick Barry
d) Wilt Chamberlain

General Trivia Answers #895-900

Answer 895: Entertainment & Food -- Killer Clothes

a) Frenzy

The movie starring Jon Finch as Richard Ian Blaney was set and filmed in London.

Answer 896: History & Government -- Sherman's Senior

c) William Taft

The former U.S. Representative from New York served most of his term but died on October 30, 1912, shortly before the next election.

Answer 897: Math & Science -- Flash Frequency

a) 100 times per second

The electrostatic discharge can reach 50,000° Fahrenheit.

Answer 898: Geography & Nature -- South American English

a) Guyana

The nation had been a British colony until May 26, 1966.

Answer 899: Literature & Arts -- Treasured Toy

c) Rubik's cube

The museum's store sells a special Rubik's cube covered by a New York MTA map highlighting the MoMA locations.

Answer 900: Sports & Games -- Soccer Certainty

a) Brazil

The green and yellow have played the most games (92), scored the most goals (201), and allowed the most goals (86).

General Trivia Questions #895-900

Question 895: Entertainment & Food -- Killer Clothes

What was the 1972 Alfred Hitchcock movie about a necktie strangler?

a) Frenzy
b) Rope
c) Suspicion
d) Topaz

Question 896: History & Government -- Sherman's Senior

Which U.S. President's Vice President was James S. Sherman?

a) Martin Van Buren
b) Rutherford Hayes
c) William Taft
d) Woodrow Wilson

Question 897: Math & Science -- Flash Frequency

On average, how often does lightning hit the Earth?

a) 100 times per second
b) 100 times per minute
c) 100 times per hour
d) 100 times per day

Question 898: Geography & Nature -- South American English

What is the only South American country whose official language is English?

a) Guyana
b) Paraguay
c) Suriname
d) Uruguay

Question 899: Literature & Arts -- Treasured Toy

Which of the following toys was put on display in the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1981?

a) Barbie doll
b) Hula hoop
c) Rubik's cube
d) Slinky

Question 900: Sports & Games -- Soccer Certainty

What is the only country that has qualified for every World Cup soccer tournament?

a) Brazil
b) Germany
c) Italy
d) Spain

General Trivia Answers #889-894

Answer 889: Entertainment & Food -- Mother Murphy

a) Avery

Dyllan Christopher and Haley Joel Osment played the role from 1994 to 1998.

Answer 890: History & Government -- Martin Luther King Delay

d) New Hampshire

The Granite State finally adopted the holiday in 1999, a decade after most of the other states.

Answer 891: Math & Science -- Queer Quartz

a) Amethyst

The gem is the birthstone of February.

Answer 892: Geography & Nature -- Supersize Sea

d) South China Sea

At 1.35 million square miles, the marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean outreaches the Caribbean Sea by about 300,000 square miles.

Answer 893: Literature & Arts -- Short Storyteller

a) Alexander Pope

The highly-respected poet suffered from tuberculosis of the spine as a child.

Answer 894: Sports & Games -- D Guy

c) Dikembe Mutombo

The Denver Nuggets and Atlanta Hawks center is the only player to receive the award more than twice.

General Trivia Questions #889-894

Question 889: Entertainment & Food -- Mother Murphy

On the television show Murphy Brown, what was the title character's baby's name?

a) Avery
b) Daniel
c) Franklin
d) Henry

Question 890: History & Government -- Martin Luther King Delay

What was the last U.S. state to officially recognize Martin Luther King Day?

a) Alabama
b) Arizona
c) Arkansas
d) New Hampshire

Question 891: Math & Science -- Queer Quartz

What purple stone has the same physical characteristics as quartz but is tinted by ferric oxide?

a) Amethyst
b) Emerald
c) Ruby
d) Sapphire

Question 892: Geography & Nature -- Supersize Sea

What sea covers the most square miles?

a) Bering Sea
b) Caribbean Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea
d) South China Sea

Question 893: Literature & Arts -- Short Storyteller

What English writer born in London in 1688 stood only 4'6" tall?

a) Alexander Pope
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Daniel Defoe
d) John Bunyan

Question 894: Sports & Games -- D Guy

Who was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2001?

a) Alonzo Mourning
b) David Robinson
c) Dikembe Mutombo
d) Gary Payton

Three Ring Circus - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Executive, legislative, and judicial. The separation of powers and the set of checks and balances, both credited to Montesquieu, allow for a strong central government while preventing abuse of power.
• A2) Senators. Members of the Senate serve six-year terms, the President and Vice President four, and Representatives two.
• A3) 537. The current total is composed of the President, Vice President, one hundred Senators, and 435 Representatives. The Senate is currently considering a bill to add two more Representatives (one to include Washington, D.C. to join and one to reflect Utah's higher population).
• A4) Thirty Thousand (30,000). This limit was kept until 1911, when the total House size of 435 was frozen because the House had grown seven-fold since its creation. The House temporarily reached 437 people after Alaska and Hawaii joined the country.
• A5) Number One Observatory Circle. The house at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. was built in 1893 and gained its new duties mainly to make it cheaper and easier to provide security for the Vice President and his family.
• A6) Attorney General. Eighty Attorney Generals have led the Department of Justice, spanning Edmund Randolph from 1789 to 1794 and Alberto Gonzales from 2003 to the present.
• A7) Secretary of Homeland Security. George W. Bush created the position in 2003, mainly in response to the 9/11 attacks. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs was created fifteen years earlier.
• A8) 18. After the top few positions, the Presidential Order of Succession follows the date by which the positions were created. After the President comes the Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the fifteen cabinet members.
• A9) North. The House meets in the South Wing.
• A10) Nine (9). California (53 votes), Texas (32), New York (29), Florida (25), Illinois (19), Pennsylvania (19), Ohio (18), Michigan (15), and Georgia (13) total 223 votes. Other combinations of states are possible.
• A11) Seven (7). Wyoming, Vermont, North Dakota, Alaska, South Dakota, Delaware, and Montana each have only one Representative. Rhode Island, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, and Idaho each have two.
• A12) Executive (often) and Legislative (sometimes). One of the checks and balances in the government is that the Judicial branch does not appoint judges.

If you aren't familiar with the original song, or just to refresh your memory, check out the lyrics of "Three Ring Government".

Three Ring Circus - Random Trivia Questions

Robert Fulghum claims that All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten, but I was certainly also partially educated by Schoolhouse Rock (as you may have already guessed, since I seem to refer to it at least once a month). How much do you know about the U.S.'s "Three Ring Government" (this post's title comes from that episode's lyrics)?

Three Ring Circus Questions

• Q1) What are the three main branches of the U.S. government?
• Q2) What members of the U.S. government are elected for the longest terms?
• Q3) How many members of the U.S. government are elected (as opposed to appointed)?
• Q4) According to the Constitution, each state merits no more than one Representative per how many citizens?
• Q5) What has been the official residence of the Vice President since 1974?
• Q6) Who is the only member of the U.S. Cabinet who is not given the title Secretary?
• Q7) What U.S. Cabinet position was created most recently?
• Q8) How many people would have to pass away or be incapacitated for the answer to the previous question to become President of the U.S.?
• Q9) In which directional wing of the U.S. Capitol does the Senate meet?
• Q10) To pass a bill in the House of Representatives, what is the minimum number of states required if all of their representatives vote in favor?
• Q11) How many U.S. states have more members in the Senate than in the House?
• Q12) Which branch or branches of the U.S. government can appoint judges?

Laziest Beetle -- Quiz Quilt 30 Solution

Category Answers:

Geography & Nature	MANITOBA	The Red River begins in North Dakota and flows northward into Canada.
Math & Science	CARTILAGE	The big fish are known for their excellent sense of smell and their rows of ever-renewing teeth.
Entertainment & Food	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.
History & Government	WOODHULL	The Equal Rights Party nominated Victoria Woodhull, the first female Wall Street broker, for the 1872 election.
Literature & Arts	MOLIERE	The writer, director, and actor was born as Jean-Baptiste Poquelin on January 15, 1622.
Sports & Games	TUESDAY	The Monday before and the Wednesday after in July are the only two days of the year when no major sports are contested in the U.S.

Quiz Quilt Answer: BAILEY (7th letters)

"Beetle Bailey" is a comic strip that Mort Walker has inked since 1950.

Laziest Beetle -- Quiz Quilt 30 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Geography & Nature	Which Canadian province was originally called the Red River Settlement?
Math & Science	What is a shark's skeleton made up of?
Entertainment & Food	What country was Band Aid's 1984 record produced to raise money for?
History & Government	Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?
Literature & Arts	What French playwright wrote Tartuffe in 1660?
Sports & Games	On which day of the week is the Major League Baseball All-Star game contested each year?

General Trivia Answers #883-888

Answer 883: Entertainment & Food -- Musical Memory

c) Cats

Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the tunes for the 1982 play.

Answer 884: History & Government -- Dally With Sally

d) Thomas Jefferson

Hemings was a slave who allegedly bore children by him. Jefferson was ironically nicknamed the Negro President because the Three-Fifths Compromise helped him get elected.

Answer 885: Math & Science -- Speedy Sunrise, Sunset

a) Jupiter

The fifth planet from the Sun completes each rotation in just under 10 hours.

Answer 886: Geography & Nature -- Lamprey-Like

b) Fish

It is an eellike, freshwater fish.

Answer 887: Literature & Arts -- Beauty Rest

d) 100 years

A wicked fairy had cursed the young girl at her christening to an early death. A good fairy transformed the curse into a long sleep.

Answer 888: Sports & Games -- Tom and Arnold

c) PGA Championship

Palmer finished second three times, losing the 1968 tournament by one stroke to Julius Boros. Watson led the 1978 tournament at the end of each of the first three rounds.

General Trivia Questions #883-888

Question 883: Entertainment & Food -- Musical Memory

What musical does the song "Memory" come from?

a) Annie
b) Camelot
c) Cats
d) Oklahoma

Question 884: History & Government -- Dally With Sally

Which U.S. President was examined in the 2000 TV special Sally Hemings: An American Scandal?

a) George Washington
b) James Madison
c) John Adams
d) Thomas Jefferson

Question 885: Math & Science -- Speedy Sunrise, Sunset

Which planet has the shortest day?

a) Jupiter
b) Neptune
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

Question 886: Geography & Nature -- Lamprey-Like

What is a lamprey a type of?

a) Bird
b) Fish
c) Plant
d) Rodent

Question 887: Literature & Arts -- Beauty Rest

How long was Sleeping Beauty supposed to sleep because of a magic spell?

a) 20 years
b) 30 years
c) 50 years
d) 100 years

Question 888: Sports & Games -- Tom and Arnold

What was the only golf major that neither Arnold Palmer nor Tom Watson ever won?

a) British Open
b) Masters
c) PGA Championship
d) U.S. Open

General Trivia Answers #877-882

Answer 877: Entertainment & Food -- Junior Jamboree

b) Dragon

Kukla was a male puppet, also manipulated by Burr Tillstrom, and Fran was the hostess Fran Allison. The show debuted on October 13, 1947, briefly using the name Junior Jamboree.

Answer 878: History & Government -- Around the World in 30 Days

b) PanAmerican Airways

Starting December 7, 1941, Captain Robert Ford and a crew of ten flew the Pacific Clipper from San Francisco the long way home 23,000 miles to New York on January 6, 1942.

Answer 879: Math & Science -- Place the Pleiades

c) Taurus

The Pleiades are one of the closest and most visible open star clusters.

Answer 880: Geography & Nature -- '64 Switch

d) Zambia

The nation had been a British protectorate since 1923.

Answer 881: Literature & Arts -- Wine Wizardry

a) John

Jesus was attending a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and his mother asked for his help when the wine ran out.

Answer 882: Sports & Games -- Claret Cup Collector

a) Harry Vardon

The Englishman won the major six times between 1896 and 1914.

General Trivia Questions #877-882

Question 877: Entertainment & Food -- Junior Jamboree

Which type of animal is Ollie of Kukla, Fran, and Ollie fame?

a) Donkey
b) Dragon
c) Goat
d) Unicorn

Question 878: History & Government -- Around the World in 30 Days

What was the first commercial airline to make a round-the-world trip?

a) American Airlines
b) PanAmerican Airways
c) TWA
d) United Airlines

Question 879: Math & Science -- Place the Pleiades

In which zodiac constellation can the Pleiades be found?

a) Aquarius
b) Libra
c) Taurus
d) Virgo

Question 880: Geography & Nature -- '64 Switch

What country was known as Northern Rhodesia until 1964?

a) Angola
b) Burundi
c) Namibia
d) Zambia

Question 881: Literature & Arts -- Wine Wizardry

In what book of the Bible did Jesus turn water into wine?

a) John
b) Luke
c) Mark
d) Matthew

Question 882: Sports & Games -- Claret Cup Collector

Who has won the British Open golf tournament the most times?

a) Harry Vardon
b) Jack Nicklaus
c) Tom Watson
d) Walter Hagen

General Trivia Answers #871-876

Answer 871: Entertainment & Food -- Slipping by the Secret Service

c) Rabbit

The President fended the furry mammal off with a paddle.

Answer 872: History & Government -- Big Bank

b) Denver, Colorado

Denver has a branch, but its district's main bank is in Kansas City.

Answer 873: Math & Science -- It's Not Your Heavy Heart

d) Skin

Together the dermis and epidermis weigh about nine pounds in an average sized adult.

Answer 874: Geography & Nature -- Fake Feline

c) Weasel

They are also related to stoats, otters, and minks.

Answer 875: Literature & Arts -- All Four One

c) D'Artagnan

The youngster had offended the other three but helped them overcome the Cardinal's guards and became the Fourth Musketeer.

Answer 876: Sports & Games -- Negro League Alumni

a) Frank Robinson

Jackie Robinson and Ernie Banks were also Negro League alumni.

General Trivia Questions #871-876

Question 871: Entertainment & Food -- Slipping by the Secret Service

What type of animal attacked Jimmy Carter on a canoe trip on August 30, 1979?

a) Beaver
b) Blue jay
c) Rabbit
d) Salmon

Question 872: History & Government -- Big Bank

Which city below is not home to a U.S. Federal Reserve Bank?

a) Cleveland, Ohio
b) Denver, Colorado
c) Kansas City, Missouri
d) Richmond, Virginia

Question 873: Math & Science -- It's Not Your Heavy Heart

What is the heaviest organ in the human body?

a) Brain
b) Kidney
c) Liver
d) Skin

Question 874: Geography & Nature -- Fake Feline

What is a polecat actually a type of?

a) Bird
b) Dog
c) Weasel
d) Wolf

Question 875: Literature & Arts -- All Four One

Who was not one of the original Three Musketeers?

a) Aramis
b) Athos
c) D'Artagnan
d) Porthos

Question 876: Sports & Games -- Negro League Alumni

Which Major League Baseball Hall of Famer below did not play in the Negro Leagues?

a) Frank Robinson
b) Hank Aaron
c) Roy Campanella
d) Willie Mays

General Trivia Answers #865-870

Answer 865: Entertainment & Food -- In Search of a Host

c) Leonard Nimoy

The author of I Am Not Spock narrated documentaries on various mysteries from 1976 to 1982.

Answer 866: History & Government -- President Producers

b) Indiana

Of the 42 unique Presidents, eight were born before the U.S. gained its independence and the others were born in nineteen different states.

Answer 867: Math & Science -- 'C' Is for Camera

c) Reflex

In Single Lens Reflex cameras, a mirror allows the photographer to preview the image through the same lens that focuses and captures the picture.

Answer 868: Geography & Nature -- Ask Us About Damascus

c) Syria

The Syrian Arab Republic broke away from a Germany-controlled France during World War II.

Answer 869: Literature & Arts -- Hamlet's Home

a) Denmark

The full name of the 1603 drama is The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

Answer 870: Sports & Games -- Only One Winner

c) Horse racing

The term originally meant any horse that failed to finish in the top four in a race.

General Trivia Questions #865-870

Question 865: Entertainment & Food -- In Search of a Host

What Star Trek actor hosted the television series In Search Of?

a) DeForest Kelley
b) George Takei
c) Leonard Nimoy
d) William Shatner

Question 866: History & Government -- President Producers

In which state below have no U.S. presidents been born?

a) Illinois
b) Indiana
c) Iowa
d) Nebraska

Question 867: Math & Science -- 'C' Is for Camera

What does the 'R' in SLR cameras stand for?

a) Radar
b) Radius
c) Reflex
d) Refractive

Question 868: Geography & Nature -- Ask Us About Damascus

What Middle Eastern country's capital is Damascus?

a) Jordan
b) Oman
c) Syria
d) Yemen

Question 869: Literature & Arts -- Hamlet's Home

What country is the title character of the play Hamlet from?

a) Denmark
b) England
c) Finland
d) Scotland

Question 870: Sports & Games -- Only One Winner

In what sport did the term "also-ran" originate?

a) Auto racing
b) Greyhound racing
c) Horse racing
d) Track

General Trivia Answers #859-864

Answer 859: Entertainment & Food -- Pair of Proclaimers

c) Reid

The Scottish group's biggest hits have been "Letter from America" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". Their song "I'm on My Way" appeared in the movie Shrek.

Answer 860: History & Government -- Worth More Than the Paper It's On

a) Austria

They issued the first bills on June 15, 1762 to finance the Seven Years' War against Prussia and Silesia.

Answer 861: Math & Science -- Thatcher Shower

b) Lyrids

The shower takes place every April.

Answer 862: Geography & Nature -- Wet and Dry

d) Washington

Yakima is the eighth driest and Quillayute is the wettest.

Answer 863: Literature & Arts -- Alphabet Accounting

c) 24

The alphabet begins with alpha, beta, and gamma, and ends with chi, psi, and omega.

Answer 864: Sports & Games -- Dunkin' Do Not

b) Lew Alcindor

The future Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still scored over 26 points a game while shooting over 61% from the field. Dunking was legalized again in 1977.

General Trivia Questions #859-864

Question 859: Entertainment & Food -- Pair of Proclaimers

What is the last name of the identical twins Craig and Charlie who formed the band The Proclaimers in 1983?

a) Barry
b) Norman
c) Reid
d) Stevens

Question 860: History & Government -- Worth More Than the Paper It's On

What was the first country to issue paper currency?

a) Austria
b) England
c) Italy
d) United States

Question 861: Math & Science -- Thatcher Shower

What meteor shower does Comet Thatcher produce?

a) Leonids
b) Lyrids
c) Orionids
d) Perseids

Question 862: Geography & Nature -- Wet and Dry

What is the only state represented on both the lists of the top 10 driest and the top 10 wettest cities in the U.S.?

a) Arizona
b) Hawaii
c) Maine
d) Washington

Question 863: Literature & Arts -- Alphabet Accounting

How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?

a) 20
b) 22
c) 24
d) 26

Question 864: Sports & Games -- Dunkin' Do Not

Beginning in the 1967-68 college basketball season, dunking was prohibited by a rule nicknamed for which player?

a) Elvin Hayes
b) Lew Alcindor
c) Neal Walk
d) Wilt Chamberlain

Chemical Reactions - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Ammonia. Each molecule of nitrogen combines with three molecules of hydrogen to create ammonia using iron as a catalyst.
• A2) Water. Burning swamp gas produces harmless water and not-so-harmless carbon dioxide.
• A3) Fermentation. With the help of yeast, you get potable alcohol. The carbon dioxide remains in bubbly champagne.
• A4) Indigestion or ulcers. The basic calcium hydroxide neutralizes the hydrochloric acid in the stomach, producing harmless calcium chloride salt and water.
• A5) Sulfur. Silver sulfide is to silver as rust is to iron.
• A6) Vinegar. Acetic acid is the active ingredient in white vinegar.
• A7) Potassium hydroxide. This caustic substance is hazardous to the lungs, eyes, and skin, so old batteries should be kept away from children and discarded carefully.
• A8) Uranium. Uranium appears in nature combined as uranium halides, from which the radioactive element can be extracted with the help of calcium or aluminum powder.
• A9) Aluminum oxide (a.k.a. alumina). The oxide is purified from the bauxite ore, which is often less than half pure.
• A10) Titanium. M.A. Hunter created the first process in 1910 to extract titanium from the mineral rutile, and William J. Kroll invented his superior technique 30 years later. The Kroll process can also be used to obtain zirconium.
• A11) Caffeine. These are all methods for decaffeinating coffee, and some are also used for tea.
• A12) Zinc. Luigi Galvani initially used electricity to cause detached frogs' legs to twitch.

Chemical Reactions - Random Trivia Questions

I'm sure the reaction many of you had to seeing the word Chemical in the title of this post was not a positive one. Some of you are probably hoping it was a pun of some sort, and this is actually a music quiz. Sorry, it's not, but the following dozen questions about chemical processes shouldn't induce flashback nightmares about high school chemistry class either.

Chemical Reactions Questions

• Q1) What chemical compound is the important output of the Haber process?
• Q2) What compound besides carbon dioxide is produced when methane burns in oxygen?
• Q3) What is the process of converting glucose into ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide called?
• Q4) What would you ingest calcium hydroxide for?
• Q5) What is the main chemical element or compound in the air that causes silver to tarnish?
• Q6) Besides water, what compound is created when ethyl alcohol oxidizes?
• Q7) In an alkaline battery, what compound replaces the ammonium chloride or zinc chloride used in the previous-generation zinc-carbon battery?
• Q8) What chemical element is often obtained using the Ames process?
• Q9) What chemical compound is produced by the Bayer process (half credit if you know the element only)?
• Q10) What chemical element is extracted using the Hunter process and the Kroll process?
• Q11) What compound is removed by rinsing with methylene chloride or ethyl acetate, bathing in liquid carbon dioxide or oxygen, or using the tryglyceride, Roselius, or Swiss Water processes?
• Q12) What chemical element is usually used to Galvanize steel?

Raggedy Man -- Quiz Quilt 29 Solution

Category Answers:

Sports & Games	JONES	After retiring from competition at age 28, Georgian Bobby Jones designed Augusta National golf course with Alister McKenzie.
History & Government	MORO	The Red Brigades had kidnapped Aldo Moro on March 16, hoping to exchange him for thirteen members of the Red Brigades on trial in Turin.
Literature & Arts	RAPHAEL	The Renaissance painter's full name was Raffaello Santi or Raffaello Sanzio.
Math & Science	MALLEUS	The hammer-shaped bone in the middle ear transmits sound vibrations from the eardrum to the incus.
Geography & Nature	MICHIGAN	The Wolverine State even has a state stone, the petoskey stone, and a state soil, the kalkaska soil series.
Entertainment & Food	HANSON	The single was on their Middle of Nowhere album.

Quiz Quilt Answer: JOPLIN (Diagonally going down)

Jazz composer Scott Joplin's most famous pieces include the "Maple Leaf Rag".

Raggedy Man -- Quiz Quilt 29 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Sports & Games	What American golfer won thirteen major championships as an amateur, including the Grand Slam in 1930?
History & Government	What former Italian prime minister's bullet-riddled body was found in an automobile in Rome on May 9, 1978?
Literature & Arts	What artist was born in Urbino, Italy in 1483 and painted the Marriage of the Virgin?
Math & Science	What is the scientific name for the ear's hammer bone?
Geography & Nature	What is the U.S. state whose official tree is the white pine, flower is the apple blossom, and bird is the American robin?
Entertainment & Food	What group took "MMMBop" to the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts in May 1997?

General Trivia Answers #853-858

Answer 853: Entertainment & Food -- Single Double

d) Whitney Houston

Cissy Houston's daughter and Dionne Warwick's cousin captured top honors with "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" in 1987 and "I Will Always Love You" in 1992.

Answer 854: History & Government -- Triopoly

c) Octavian

Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, was in the Second Triumvirate.

Answer 855: Math & Science -- Optical Solution

d) Endeavor

The telescope had been placed into orbit over three years earlier and had been capturing blurry images.

Answer 856: Geography & Nature -- Aragats and Araks

a) Armenia

The republic gained its independence from the Soviet Union on September 23, 1991.

Answer 857: Literature & Arts -- Bird Bard

d) Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro was born in Mantua, Italy in 70 B.C.

Answer 858: Sports & Games -- A Whiff of Fame

c) Reggie Jackson

Mr. October whiffed 2,597 times. Sosa ended 2005 close to 2,200, and Galarraga is the only other player above two thousand.

General Trivia Questions #853-858

Question 853: Entertainment & Food -- Single Double

Who was the only singer to have the top single of the year in the U.S. twice between 1980 and 1999?

a) Janet Jackson
b) Madonna
c) Michael Jackson
d) Whitney Houston

Question 854: History & Government -- Triopoly

Which person below was not a member of the First Triumvirate?

a) Julius Caesar
b) Marcus Licinius Crassus
c) Octavian
d) Pompey

Question 855: Math & Science -- Optical Solution

Which space shuttle was launched in 1993 to patch the Hubble telescope's optics?

a) Atlantis
b) Columbia
c) Discovery
d) Endeavor

Question 856: Geography & Nature -- Aragats and Araks

What country's capital and most populous city is Yerevan, highest peak is Mount Aragats, and major river is the Araks?

a) Armenia
b) Azerbaijan
c) Georgia
d) Macedonia

Question 857: Literature & Arts -- Bird Bard

What author was known as the Mantuan Swan?

a) Aristotle
b) Democritus
c) Homer
d) Virgil

Question 858: Sports & Games -- A Whiff of Fame

What Major League Baseball batter struck out the most times in his career?

a) Andres Galarraga
b) Jose Canseco
c) Reggie Jackson
d) Sammy Sosa

General Trivia Answers #847-852

Answer 847: Entertainment & Food -- Deputy Mayor Mike

c) New York

Fox played Mike Flaherty from 1996 to 2000 before leaving the show because of Parkinson's disease. Charlie Sheen replaced the incumbent as Charlie Crawford until 2002.

Answer 848: History & Government -- The Electric Divide

a) Coal

Coal generates over half of the country's needs, more than double the amount that nuclear power provides.

Answer 849: Math & Science -- Metal Mining

c) Iron

Over 200 billion tons are mined annually, mostly for the production of steel.

Answer 850: Geography & Nature -- Capit-AL

c) Montgomery

The city was named for American Revolutionary War general Richard Montgomery, who died in a battle for Quebec.

Answer 851: Literature & Arts -- Cat Creator

b) Jim Davis

The lasagna-loving, orange cat debuted on June 19, 1978 and has spawned over forty books, a television series, a dozen TV specials, and a 2004 movie.

Answer 852: Sports & Games -- Pennant Playoff

a) Baltimore Orioles

The champions of the East defeated the West-winning Minnesota Twins in 1969.

General Trivia Questions #847-852

Question 847: Entertainment & Food -- Deputy Mayor Mike

On the ABC show Spin City, what city was Michael J. Fox the deputy mayor of?

a) Chicago
b) Los Angeles
c) New York
d) Philadelphia

Question 848: History & Government -- The Electric Divide

What source produces the most electricity in the U.S.?

a) Coal
b) Gas
c) Nuclear
d) Oil

Question 849: Math & Science -- Metal Mining

Of what metal are the most tons extracted from the Earth each year?

a) Aluminum
b) Copper
c) Iron
d) Manganese

Question 850: Geography & Nature -- Capit-AL

What is the capital of Alabama?

a) Birmingham
b) Mobile
c) Montgomery
d) Tuscaloosa

Question 851: Literature & Arts -- Cat Creator

What artist draws the comic strip Garfield?

a) Jim Borgman
b) Jim Davis
c) Jim Meddick
d) Jimmy Johnson

Question 852: Sports & Games -- Pennant Playoff

Which team won the first American League Championship Series?

a) Baltimore Orioles
b) Minnesota Twins
c) New York Yankees
d) Oakland A's

General Trivia Answers #841-846

Answer 841: Entertainment & Food -- Double DW

c) Marie

Both stars go by their middle names.

Answer 842: History & Government -- Insult to Indians

a) Colorado

The 150 Indians killed were mostly old men, women, and children.

Answer 843: Math & Science -- CIV-il War

a) Dubnium

A name dispute between competing scientists was resolved in 1995.

Answer 844: Geography & Nature -- Geyser Giant

d) Steamboat

The hot spring in Yellowstone National Park can shoot scalding water 400 feet into the air.

Answer 845: Literature & Arts -- Fenimore Fiction

c) The Plains of Passage

Jean Auel wrote the book, the fourth in his Earth's Children series, in 1990.

Answer 846: Sports & Games -- Super Role

c) Phil Simms

The New York Giants quarterback shouted the line after Super Bowl XXI on January 25, 1987.

General Trivia Questions #841-846

Question 841: Entertainment & Food -- Double DW

What given first name do singer Dionne Warwick and actress Debra Winger share?

a) Annie
b) Laurie
c) Marie
d) Shelly

Question 842: History & Government -- Insult to Indians

In which future U.S. state did the Sand Creek Massacre of the Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians take place in 1864?

a) Colorado
b) Montana
c) South Dakota
d) Wyoming

Question 843: Math & Science -- CIV-il War

What is chemical element #104 now officially known as?

a) Dubnium
b) Kurchatovium
c) Rutherfordium
d) Unnilquodium

Question 844: Geography & Nature -- Geyser Giant

What is the largest active geyser in the world?

a) Clepsydra
b) Giant
c) Old Faithful
d) Steamboat

Question 845: Literature & Arts -- Fenimore Fiction

Which novel below was James Fenimore Cooper not the author of?

a) The Pathfinder
b) The Pioneers
c) The Plains of Passage
d) The Prairie

Question 846: Sports & Games -- Super Role

Who was the first NFL player to say, "I'm going to Disney World", immediately after winning the Super Bowl?

a) Jim McMahon
b) Joe Montana
c) Phil Simms
d) Troy Aikman

General Trivia Answers #835-840

Answer 835: Entertainment & Food -- Old Record

a) Enrico Caruso

The tenor made the first of his twenty recordings in Milan on March 18, 1902.

Answer 836: History & Government -- Marco's Mythological Mistake

d) Rhinoceros

He wrote in Travels of animals in Sumatra "scarcely smaller than elephants... the hair of a buffalo and feet like an elephant's... a single large, black horn in the middle of the forehead."

Answer 837: Math & Science -- Nucleic Acid Associates

d) Uracil

Both bond to adenine.

Answer 838: Geography & Nature -- Third Tint

d) Yellow

From top to bottom, the horizontal stripes are black, red, and yellow.

Answer 839: Literature & Arts -- Ballad Buddy

c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The book was an important work in the English Romantic movement.

Answer 840: Sports & Games -- Miracle Worker

d) Mike Eruzione

Mark Johnson had tied the game earlier in the third period.

General Trivia Questions #835-840

Question 835: Entertainment & Food -- Old Record

Who was the first well-known musician to put his music onto a record?

a) Enrico Caruso
b) Jose Carreras
c) Luciano Pavarotti
d) Placido Domingo

Question 836: History & Government -- Marco's Mythological Mistake

What animal did Marco Polo mistakenly call a unicorn?

a) Elephant
b) Gazelle
c) Narwhal
d) Rhinoceros

Question 837: Math & Science -- Nucleic Acid Associates

What is the RNA counterpart to DNA's thymine?

a) Adenine
b) Cytosine
c) Guanine
d) Uracil

Question 838: Geography & Nature -- Third Tint

What color is the bottom stripe of the German flag?

a) Black
b) Green
c) Red
d) Yellow

Question 839: Literature & Arts -- Ballad Buddy

What author cowrote Lyrical Ballads with William Wordsworth in 1798?

a) Charles Lamb
b) Robert Southey
c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
d) Walter Scott

Question 840: Sports & Games -- Miracle Worker

What U.S. hockey player scored the game-winning goal in the 1980 Olympics semifinal vs. the U.S.S.R.?

a) Dave Silk
b) Jim Craig
c) Mark Pavelich
d) Mike Eruzione

General Trivia Answers #829-834

Answer 829: Entertainment & Food -- 'X' Is for Excellent

c) Midnight Cowboy

The film owned an X rating in 1969 but has since been re-rated R.

Answer 830: History & Government -- The British Are Going! The British Are Going!

d) Yorktown, Virginia

On October 17, 1781, General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces led by General George Washington and General Jean Rochambeau.

Answer 831: Math & Science -- Up, Up, and Away

b) Hydrogen

On August 27, 1783 in Paris, Jacques Charles launched a silk balloon lined with elastic gum to prevent the hydrogen from escaping.

Answer 832: Geography & Nature -- uniteD stateS oF americA

d) 'S'

Five states end with 'S': Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, and Texas. 21 states end with the letter 'A', and four each end in 'E', 'N', and 'O'.

Answer 833: Literature & Arts -- 'T' Writer

d) Truman Capote

The "nonfiction novel" creator's original last name was Persons, but he was adopted by his mother's second husband and took his name.

Answer 834: Sports & Games -- Where Was Howe?

d) Right wing

The first NHL 1,000-point scorer holds the NHL records for right wingers with 1,850 career points and 1,049 assists.

General Trivia Questions #829-834

Question 829: Entertainment & Food -- 'X' Is for Excellent

What was the only X-rated movie to win an Academy Award for Best Picture?

a) A Clockwork Orange
b) Deep Throat
c) Midnight Cowboy
d) Valley of the Dolls

Question 830: History & Government -- The British Are Going! The British Are Going!

In what town was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War fought?

a) Fort Ticonderoga, New York
b) Lexington, Massachusetts
c) Saratoga, New York
d) Yorktown, Virginia

Question 831: Math & Science -- Up, Up, and Away

What was the first gas besides air used for a balloon flight?

a) Helium
b) Hydrogen
c) Nitrogen
d) Oxygen

Question 832: Geography & Nature -- uniteD stateS oF americA

What letter ends the second most U.S. state names?

a) 'E'
b) 'N'
c) 'O'
d) 'S'

Question 833: Literature & Arts -- 'T' Writer

What author wrote The Grass Harp, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and In Cold Blood?

a) T.E. Lawrence
b) Thomas Gray
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Truman Capote

Question 834: Sports & Games -- Where Was Howe?

Which position did Gordie Howe play in the WHA and NHL?

a) Center
b) Defenseman
c) Left wing
d) Right wing

Mystery Pairs - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Tommy Morrison. The heavyweight champion is the grandnephew of actor John Wayne.
• A2) Christy Turlington. The Californian was also one of five female models, along with five male models, in George Michael's 1990 "Freedom" video.
• A3) Grand Puba. In The Flintstones television series, Fred and Barney are members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes, usually led by the Grand Poobah or Grand Imperial Poobah.
• A4) Kevin Johnson. The Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor member still holds the franchise records for career assists and made free throws.
• A5) Sigmund Freud. The last three names were pseudonyms used in his case studies on Herbert Graf, Ernst Lanzer, and Sergei Pankejeff, respectively.
• A6) Robert Peary. Frederick Cook made an earlier claim that was debunked as fraud. Peary's accomplishment still has not been completely confirmed, but in 1989, eighty years later, the National Geographic Society measured shadows in his photographs to verify that the Bowdoin graduate was at least within five miles of the mark.
• A7) Louis Jordan. In 1944, the Arkansas-born saxophonist had the number one single "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?", which was featured in a Tom and Jerry cartoon two years later.
• A8) Nelson Rockefeller. The Republican was appointed by Gerald Ford, who himself had become the first Vice President to be appointed rather than elected.
• A9) Charles Kuralt. The University of North Carolina graduate became even more famous for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News.
• A10) Roger Maris. The New York Yankees rightfielder was only sixteen days past his 27th birthday when he tied Babe Ruth's then-record of 60 homers on September 26, 1961. Five days later, he smacked his historic 61st off of Boston Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard.
• A11) Tracy Kidder. The story chronicles the development of Data General's Eclipse/MV minicomputer, from its start as a backup plan through torturous difficulties and delays to its successful completion.
• A12) Neil Young. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's movie credits include Journey Through the Past, Neil Young: Human Highway, Greendale, and Neil Young: Heart of Gold.

Morrison and Turlington were both born on January 2, 1969 (1/2), Puba and Johnson on March 4, 1966 (3/4), Freud and Peary on May 6, 1856 (5/6), Jordan and Rockefeller on July 8, 1908 (7/8), Kuralt and Maris on September 10, 1934 (9/10), and Kidder and Young on November 12, 1945 (11/12).

Mystery Pairs - Random Trivia Questions

Another mystery for you to work out! Answer the following dozen trivia questions and, for big bonus points, try to figure out what common theme links each pair of answers (1 with 2, 3 with 4, and so forth).

Mystery Pairs Questions

• Q1) What American boxer is known as the Duke?
• Q2) What supermodel appeared in Duran Duran's 1986 video for "Notorious"?
• Q3) What rap singer, born as Maxwell Dixon, uses a stage name that is a homonym of a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado?
• Q4) What point guard holds the NBA playoff record of playing 62 minutes in an overtime contest and is the only person besides Magic Johnson to average 20 points and 10 assists while making over half of his field goals in a season?
• Q5) What doctor's patients included composer Gustav Mahler, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Little Hans, Rat Man, and Wolf Man?
• Q6) What American explorer was the first to reach the geographic North Pole, at least as certified by the National Geographic Society?
• Q7) What jazz musician was known as the King of the Jukeboxes?
• Q8) What former Governor of New York became the 41st Vice President of the United States, earning the position ahead of George Bush?
• Q9) What broadcaster hosted Eyewitness to History on CBS in the early 1960s?
• Q10) Who was the youngest Major League Baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season?
• Q11) What author's 1981 book The Soul of a New Machine won both a Pulitzer Prize and an American Book Award?
• Q12) What singer, songwriter, and guitarist has produced and directed several movies under the pseudonym Bernard Shakey?

Crazy Brown Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 28 Solution

Category Answers:

Literature & Arts	THOMAS	The Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was only 19 years old when he penned "I See the Boys of Summer".
Geography & Nature	AMMAN	Archaeological discoveries have unearthed evidence of civilization there as far back as 6500 B.C.
Sports & Games	LEMOND	25-year-old Greg LeMond won the event in 1986 and added two more victories in 1989 and 1990 before retiring with mitochondrial myopathy.
Math & Science	NICKEL	Iron meteorites are made of a crystalline iron-nickel alloy and account for just under five percent of the meteorites that strike the Earth.
Entertainment & Food	BERLIN	The film about an angel who falls in love with a human is also known by its German title, Der Himmel uber Berlin.
History & Government	WATTS	Racial tensions escalated rapidly after Marquette Frye was pulled over under suspicion of driving drunk. In the end, 34 people died, and over $50 million of property was damaged.

Quiz Quilt Answer: SIENNA (5th letters going up)

"Sienna", which refers to several shades of brown, is an anagram of "insane".

Crazy Brown Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 28 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	What author coined the phrase "the boys of summer" in a 1934 poem about fleeting youth?
Geography & Nature	What is the capital and largest city of Jordan?
Sports & Games	Who was the first U.S. cyclist to win the Tour de France?
Math & Science	What is the main chemical element in iron meteorites besides iron?
Entertainment & Food	In what city does the 1987 movie Wings of Desire take place?
History & Government	What section of Los Angeles was devastated by six days of rioting in August 1965?

General Trivia Answers #823-828

Answer 823: Entertainment & Food -- Delta Diva

d) Rita Coolidge

Leon Russell wrote the tune, which reached #1 in the U.K. in 1969 and was a Top 40 hit in the U.S.

Answer 824: History & Government -- Less Representative

d) Wyoming

With each state allotted a minimum of one, Wyoming's sole representative speaks for only 493,782 people compared to an average of 646,947 people.

Answer 825: Math & Science -- Northern Night Light

d) Vega

Astronomers assigned the star a magnitude of exactly zero by definition after initial calculations put its value very close.

Answer 826: Geography & Nature -- High Island

d) New Guinea

Jaya Peak rises 16,503 feet above the ocean, making it taller than any mountain in the 48 contiguous U.S. states.

Answer 827: Literature & Arts -- B.C. Bard

b) Euripides

Eighteen of his plays have survived in whole since the 5th century B.C.

Answer 828: Sports & Games -- Drum Majors

a) Arnold Palmer

After winning the 1960 Masters and U.S. Open, he told Drum, "No one is ever going to win the two Opens and the two Amateurs in the same year again. The pro game is too big."

General Trivia Questions #823-828

Question 823: Entertainment & Food -- Delta Diva

Who was Joe Cocker's song "Delta Lady" about?

a) Carole King
b) Donna Summer
c) Janis Joplin
d) Rita Coolidge

Question 824: History & Government -- Less Representative

After the 2000 U.S. Census, which state's House of Representatives members each represented the fewest people?

a) Arizona
b) Nevada
c) North Dakota
d) Wyoming

Question 825: Math & Science -- Northern Night Light

What star is the closest bright star to the North Pole, is about 26 light years away from the Earth, and is officially called Alpha Lyrae?

a) Arcturus
b) Canopus
c) Sirius
d) Vega

Question 826: Geography & Nature -- High Island

What island has the highest peak?

a) Akutan, Alaska
b) Borneo
c) Hawaii
d) New Guinea

Question 827: Literature & Arts -- B.C. Bard

What Greek tragic playwright wrote over eighty plays, including Alcestis, Medea, and The Trojan Women?

a) Aristophanes
b) Euripides
c) Sophocles
d) Terence

Question 828: Sports & Games -- Drum Majors

What golfer helped create the concept of a modern Grand Slam with Pittsburgh newspaperman Bob Drum?

a) Arnold Palmer
b) Ben Hogan
c) Jack Nicklaus
d) Lee Trevino

General Trivia Answers #817-822

Answer 817: Entertainment & Food -- Rap Artis

a) Coolio

The former firefighter was born in Compton on August 1, 1963.

Answer 818: History & Government -- MP (Military President)

d) Ulysses Grant

The United States Military Academy at West Point mangled his name from Hiram Ulysses Grant to Ulysses Simpson Grant, and he never bothered to correct it back.

Answer 819: Math & Science -- Highs and Lows

a) Arctic Ocean

The Fram Basin contains the ocean's lowest point, 15,300 feet down.

Answer 820: Geography & Nature -- Fight of the Condor

d) Ecuador

Over thirty square miles of the area is now dangerously littered with an estimated 150,000 mines.

Answer 821: Literature & Arts -- Coveted Covenant

a) Chest

Moses ordered the sacred, gold-covered, wooden chest to be built to hold the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were engraved.

Answer 822: Sports & Games -- Tiger's Tops

c) Red

Many Asian countries consider red to be a lucky color, and Tiger's mother Kultida is Thai and Chinese.

General Trivia Questions #817-822

Question 817: Entertainment & Food -- Rap Artis

What California rapper was born as Artis Ivey?

a) Coolio
b) Hammer
c) Ice Cube
d) Ice-T

Question 818: History & Government -- MP (Military President)

Who was the first U.S. President to have graduated from a military academy?

a) Andrew Jackson
b) Dwight Eisenhower
c) Theodore Roosevelt
d) Ulysses Grant

Question 819: Math & Science -- Highs and Lows

Where are the Makarov Basin, Lomonosov Ridge, and Fram Basin located?

a) Arctic Ocean
b) Mars
c) Moon
d) Venus

Question 820: Geography & Nature -- Fight of the Condor

Which country fought Peru over a disputed border in the Cordillera del Condor in 1995?

a) Bolivia
b) Chile
c) Colombia
d) Ecuador

Question 821: Literature & Arts -- Coveted Covenant

In Hebrew tradition, what is the Ark of the Covenant?

a) Chest
b) Ship
c) Statue
d) Temple

Question 822: Sports & Games -- Tiger's Tops

What color shirt does Tiger Woods wear during the final round of every golf tournament?

a) Dark blue
b) Green
c) Red
d) Yellow

General Trivia Answers #811-816

Answer 811: Entertainment & Food -- Two-Timer

c) Julie Andrews

The British actress also performed the role on Broadway until her voice was damaged during surgery to remove a noncancerous nodule in her throat in 1997.

Answer 812: History & Government -- East Exit

b) Indonesia

The nation had declared independence from Portugal in November 1975, but Indonesia annexed it just eight months later.

Answer 813: Math & Science -- The Worst Weather

c) Lightning

About 400 Americans are fatally struck each year.

Answer 814: Geography & Nature -- Partin' St. Martin

b) France

The 38-square-mile tropical Caribbean island is located 150 miles east of Puerto Rico.

Answer 815: Literature & Arts -- Comic Canine

c) Great Dane

Brad Anderson has drawn the one-panel comic about the Winslow family since 1954.

Answer 816: Sports & Games -- Quintessential Quarterback

a) Dan Marino

Number 13 passed for 61,361 yards and 420 touchdowns and also set the career records for attempts and completions.

General Trivia Questions #811-816

Question 811: Entertainment & Food -- Two-Timer

Which actor or actress played both title roles in the 1982 movie Victor/Victoria?

a) Dustin Hoffman
b) Jessica Lange
c) Julie Andrews
d) Lesley Ann Warren

Question 812: History & Government -- East Exit

From what country did East Timor gain independence on October 19, 1999?

a) India
b) Indonesia
c) Malaysia
d) Thailand

Question 813: Math & Science -- The Worst Weather

What weather phenomenon kills the most people in the U.S. annually on average?

a) Earthquakes
b) Hurricanes
c) Lightning
d) Tornadoes

Question 814: Geography & Nature -- Partin' St. Martin

What country shares the island of St. Martin with the Netherlands Antilles?

a) Belgium
b) France
c) Spain
d) United Kingdom

Question 815: Literature & Arts -- Comic Canine

What type of dog is the comic strip character Marmaduke?

a) Collie
b) German shepherd
c) Great Dane
d) St. Bernard

Question 816: Sports & Games -- Quintessential Quarterback

What National Football League quarterback had the most career passing yards and touchdowns?

a) Dan Marino
b) Jim Kelly
c) Joe Montana
d) John Elway

General Trivia Answers #805-810

Answer 805: Entertainment & Food -- The Princess and the Sea

a) Pacific Princess

The luxury liner cruised mainly between Los Angeles and Mexico from 1977 to 1986.

Answer 806: History & Government -- Software Signalling

c) Toronto

A UNIVAC computer ran the system covering 75 intersections in 1963.

Answer 807: Math & Science -- Mighty Idea

a) Bicycle

Karl D. von Sauerbronn constructed the two-wheeler in 1816, three years before the stethoscope appeared.

Answer 808: Geography & Nature -- What's Old Is New

a) Jakarta, Indonesia

The city's name had been Jayakarta from 1527 until 1619 and was renamed Jakarta by the Japanese when they occupied it during World War II.

Answer 809: Literature & Arts -- Doctor of Letters

b) George Orwell

The British novelist had been a member of the Indian Imperial Police for seven years before dedicating himself to writing in 1928.

Answer 810: Sports & Games -- Nickname Nixed

c) Rainbows

They now compete as the Warriors.

General Trivia Questions #805-810

Question 805: Entertainment & Food -- The Princess and the Sea

What was the cruise ship in the TV show The Love Boat?

a) Pacific Princess
b) Paradise Princess
c) Pink Princess
d) Provincial Princess

Question 806: History & Government -- Software Signalling

What was the first city in the world to have computerized traffic control?

a) Montreal
b) Ottawa
c) Toronto
d) Vancouver

Question 807: Math & Science -- Mighty Idea

Which is the oldest of the following inventions?

a) Bicycle
b) Braille
c) Microphone
d) Stethoscope

Question 808: Geography & Nature -- What's Old Is New

What is the current name of the city formerly known as Batavia?

a) Jakarta, Indonesia
b) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
c) Manila, Philippines
d) Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Question 809: Literature & Arts -- Doctor of Letters

Which of the following authors was not a physician or a surgeon?

a) Arthur Conan Doyle
b) George Orwell
c) John Keats
d) Oliver Wendell Holmes

Question 810: Sports & Games -- Nickname Nixed

What was the nickname of the University of Hawaii's sports teams before the year 2000?

a) Islanders
b) Pineapples
c) Rainbows
d) Volcanoes

General Trivia Answers #799-804

Answer 799: Entertainment & Food -- Say Cheese

a) Cheddar

The pale-yellow cheese has been the most popular variety in England for three centuries.

Answer 800: History & Government -- Cibola Search

d) Gold

The Conquistadors never found the mythical cities.

Answer 801: Math & Science -- Homely Halogen

d) Iodine

The most electropositive metallic halogen is named for the Greek word for its purple color, iodes.

Answer 802: Geography & Nature -- Banner Banter

b) Brazil

The phrase translates almost directly as "order and progress".

Answer 803: Literature & Arts -- Memorial Museum

c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Eisner was an advertising agency owner whose wife honored him by opening the museum a decade after his death.

Answer 804: Sports & Games -- If You Give a Spouse a Cookie

d) Magic Johnson

The long-time friends have two children.

General Trivia Questions #799-804

Question 799: Entertainment & Food -- Say Cheese

What type of cheese was first curdled in England in 1666?

a) Cheddar
b) Cheshire
c) Colby
d) Cottage

Question 800: History & Government -- Cibola Search

What did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and others hope to find in the Seven Cities of Cibola?

a) Diamonds
b) Emeralds
c) Eternal youth
d) Gold

Question 801: Math & Science -- Homely Halogen

Which chemical element is the least active of the halogens and turns starch deep blue?

a) Astatine
b) Bromine
c) Chlorine
d) Iodine

Question 802: Geography & Nature -- Banner Banter

What country's flag declares "Ordem e Progreso"?

a) Argentina
b) Brazil
c) Portugal
d) Spain

Question 803: Literature & Arts -- Memorial Museum

In what U.S. city did the William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design open on October 21, 2000?

a) Chicago, Illinois
b) Lansing, Michigan
c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d) St. Louis, Missouri

Question 804: Sports & Games -- If You Give a Spouse a Cookie

What NBA player married Erieatha "Cookie" Kelly on September 14, 1991?

a) David Robinson
b) Dikembe Mutombo
c) Isiah Thomas
d) Magic Johnson

Lucky Seven - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Kirk Douglas. His performance as Col. Martin "Jiggs" Casey in Seven Days in May was the only one listed that didn't earn him an Oscar nomination. He captured his only Oscar for Elmer Gantry.
• A2) Vassar. The New York liberal arts college allowed male students in 1969 after declining an invitation to merge with Yale University. Radcliffe College became the second a full three decades later when it formalized its union with Harvard University.
• A3) Nitrogen. The main gas in the Earth's atmosphere sits between carbon (atomic number 6) and oxygen (atomic number 8).
• A4) United Arab Emirates. The word "emirate" simply means "province". The country was known as the Trucial States (or Trucial Oman) until 1971.
• A5) Pleiades. The open cluster in the constellation Taurus is named for them and serves as the Subaru logo.
• A6) Ralph Kiner. The Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder's amazing streak from 1946 to 1952 included ties with Johnny Mize in 1947 and 1948 and with Hank Sauer in 1952.
• A7) Elephant. The disc earned the divorced Detroit duo of Jack and Meg White 2004 Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Song ("Seven Nation Army", of course).
• A8) Representative. Presidents and vice presidents need to have been U.S. citizens for the past fourteen years and senators for nine.
• A9) Mars. Only Mercury is smaller as Pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet status.
• A10) Maryland. On April 28, 1788, the state ratified the U.S. Constitution just after Massachusetts and before South Carolina. Maryland had been the last of the thirteen colonies to ratify the Articles of Confederation seven years earlier.
• A11) George Axelrod. His comedy opened at New York City's Fulton Theatre in 1952 and in movie theaters around the country in 1955. Tom Ewell won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy, while Marilyn Monroe was nominated for a BAFTA Best Foreign Actress award.
• A12) Netball. The sport, which was developed in 1895 as a alternative to basketball for females, is now the most popular sport for women in Australia and New Zealand.

Lucky Seven - Random Trivia Questions

As I type these words, it is 7 seconds after 7 minutes after 7 p.m. on the 7th day of the 7th month of 2007, and as a bonus it's the 7th day of the week (for most of us who start our calendar on Sundays). In the Schoolhouse Rock video "Lucky Seven Sampson" (which I first saw on channel 7 [ABC-TV, New York] when I was 7 years old), the rascally rabbit with the 7-letter name sings, "I just love to play, And pass the time away, 'Cause I was born 'neath a lucky star. They said I'd go far." My hero.

Lucky Seven Questions

• Q1) What actor starred in Seven Days in May, Atlantic City, The Birdman of Alcatraz, and From Here to Eternity?
• Q2) What was the first of the Seven Sisters colleges to go co-ed?
• Q3) What is element number seven in the periodic table of elements?
• Q4) By what collective name are the seven provinces of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain better known?
• Q5) In Greek mythology, what was the collective name of the Seven Sisters Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope?
• Q6) What Major League Baseball player held at least a share of the National League lead in home runs a record seven consecutive times?
• Q7) What 2003 album by the White Stripes features the songs "Seven Nation Army", "There's No Home for You Here", and "Ball and Biscuit"?
• Q8) Which elected position in the United States government requires candidates to have been U.S. citizens for the past seven years: President, Vice President, Senator, or Representative?
• Q9) What is the seventh largest planet in our solar system?
• Q10) What was the seventh U.S. state to join the country?
• Q11) Who wrote the play The Seven Year Itch?
• Q12) What team sport includes the following seven positions on each side: goal shooter, goal attacker, wing attacker, center, wing defender, goal defender, and goal keeper?

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Category Answers:

Literature & Arts	PULITZER	The Pulitzer Prizes were created by Joseph Pulitzer's will and first awarded in 1917, six years after he passed away.
History & Government	PEPPER	Alabama-born attorney Claude Pepper taught law in Arkansas and became a senator for Florida when he was only 36 years old.
Math & Science	SKIN	Clothing particles, atmospheric dust, pollen, and dirt also contribute to the ever-accumulating piles.
Sports & Games	WHITE	Long after Reggie White earned his nickname, the 1998 NFL Defensive Player of the Year actually became an Ordained Minister of the Torah in 2000.
Entertainment & Food	STARR	Ringo Starr played the drums for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes before joining the Beatles in 1962.
Geography & Nature	HARTFORD	Hartford, Connecticut, the Insurance Capital of the World, was 40.5% Hispanic at the time.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ZENITH (Diagonally from the top to the first letter on the bottom)

Zenith is a television set maker.

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Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	What newspaper publisher for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and New York World endowed a prize named after him?
History & Government	What U.S. senator noted, "Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop pedaling"?
Math & Science	What is the main component of household dust?
Sports & Games	What NFL player was nicknamed the Minister of Defense?
Entertainment & Food	By what pseudonym is Richard Starkey better known?
Geography & Nature	What state capital did the 2000 U.S. Census project to be the first to have a Hispanic majority?

General Trivia Answers #793-798

Answer 793: Entertainment & Food -- Bittiest of the Bunch

d) Susan Olsen

She also appeared in several other Brady TV shows and specials and filmed a small part for The Brady Bunch Movie in 1995 that was cut as Olivia Hack played the youngest daughter instead.

Answer 794: History & Government -- The Quad Squad

d) Spain

Spain was the enemy that the group was joined against, and, following a 1½-year war, they accomplished their aims at the Treaty of the Hague on February 17, 1720.

Answer 795: Math & Science -- Cancer Answer

c) Hepatoma

The malignant tumor is usually caused by hepatitis or cirrhosis.

Answer 796: Geography & Nature -- Taiwan On

d) Taipei

It is also the country's most populous city, counting 2.6 million residents in 2000.

Answer 797: Literature & Arts -- Good God, Bad God

b) Dualistic

Manichaeism, Bogomils, Catharism, Mandaeanism, and the Zoroastrian religion all acknowledge opposing gods.

Answer 798: Sports & Games -- Cold and Golden

c) Salt Lake City, Utah

The Games were a success despite security concerns and a scandal in which several International Olympic Committee members accepted gifts in return for their host city votes.

General Trivia Questions #793-798

Question 793: Entertainment & Food -- Bittiest of the Bunch

What actress played Cindy on the TV show The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974?

a) Eve Plumb
b) Maureen McCormick
c) Olivia Hack
d) Susan Olsen

Question 794: History & Government -- The Quad Squad

Which country below was not part of the 1718 Quadruple Alliance with the Ottoman Empire?

a) England
b) France
c) Holland
d) Spain

Question 795: Math & Science -- Cancer Answer

What medical term refers to a cancerous tumor of the liver?

a) Adenoma
b) Carcinoma
c) Hepatoma
d) Sarcoma

Question 796: Geography & Nature -- Taiwan On

What is the capital of Taiwan?

a) Kaohsiung
b) Keelung
c) Tainan
d) Taipei

Question 797: Literature & Arts -- Good God, Bad God

What term refers to a religion that believes in equally powerful gods of good and evil?

a) Agnostic
b) Dualistic
c) Pantheistic
d) Polytheistic

Question 798: Sports & Games -- Cold and Golden

What city hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics?

a) Buffalo, New York
b) Colorado Springs, Colorado
c) Salt Lake City, Utah
d) St. Paul, Minnesota

General Trivia Answers #787-792

Answer 787: Entertainment & Food -- Movie Model

c) Kathy Ireland

Her forgettable acting debut was Alien From L.A. in 1988.

Answer 788: History & Government -- View From Above

a) Boston, Massachusetts

The pictures were taken from a balloon in 1860.

Answer 789: Math & Science -- Sun Specs

b) G

Yellow stars have a temperature from 8,500° to 10,000° Fahrenheit. The Sun is a G2 main-sequence star.

Answer 790: Geography & Nature -- Bigger Than a Fountain

a) Caribbean Sea

The 1,180-square-mile island is the second largest in Cuba.

Answer 791: Literature & Arts -- Willie's World

a) As You Like It

Jacque speaks the line in a monologue in Act II, Scene 7.

Answer 792: Sports & Games -- Olympic Omnipresence

d) United Kingdom

Most of the major countries skipped the Summer Olympics in 1976 (African boycott), 1980 (American boycott), or 1984 (Russian boycott).

General Trivia Questions #787-792

Question 787: Entertainment & Food -- Movie Model

What supermodel starred as screenwriter Taylor Christopher in the 1993 movie Amore!?

a) Cheryl Tiegs
b) Christie Brinkley
c) Kathy Ireland
d) Stephanie Seymour

Question 788: History & Government -- View From Above

What was the first city to be photographed from the air?

a) Boston, Massachusetts
b) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
c) London, England
d) Paris, France

Question 789: Math & Science -- Sun Specs

What type of star is the Sun in the Morgan-Keenan spectral classification system?

a) F
b) G
c) K
d) M

Question 790: Geography & Nature -- Bigger Than a Fountain

In what sea is the Isle of Youth located?

a) Caribbean Sea
b) Caspian Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea
d) Red Sea

Question 791: Literature & Arts -- Willie's World

In which play did Shakespeare contend, "All the world's a stage"?

a) As You Like It
b) The Comedy of Errors
c) The Merchant of Venice
d) Twelfth Night

Question 792: Sports & Games -- Olympic Omnipresence

What is the only country that has participated in every Olympics?

a) Canada
b) France
c) Sweden
d) United Kingdom

General Trivia Answers #781-786

Answer 781: Entertainment & Food -- Sequel Success

d) Terminator 2: Judgment Day

The 1991 sequel has made over half a billion dollars worldwide, while The Terminator has not reached nine figures.

Answer 782: History & Government -- Sustained Reign

c) Louis XIV, France

The king reigned 72 years from just five years old in 1643 until his death in 1715.

Answer 783: Math & Science -- London Undone

d) Smog

Cold weather, leading to more coal being burned, and light winds created smog that mainly killed people by pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis, and heart failure.

Answer 784: Geography & Nature -- Cub Collection

d) Wolf

They are called pups.

Answer 785: Literature & Arts -- Torah, Torah, Torah

c) Law

The other two parts of the Hebrew Bible are called the Nevi'im ("The Prophets") and the Ketuvim ("The Writings").

Answer 786: Sports & Games -- Tennis Twosome

c) Morocco

In 2003, the pair helped their country win its way back into the Davis Cup World Group, accounting for all the team's wins against Italy and Great Britain.

General Trivia Questions #781-786

Question 781: Entertainment & Food -- Sequel Success

Which movie sequel below outearned its original by the largest amount?

a) Die Hard With a Vengeance
b) Lethal Weapon 2
c) Rambo: First Blood Part II
d) Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Question 782: History & Government -- Sustained Reign

What monarch had the longest reign?

a) Franz-Josef, Austria-Hungary
b) John II, Liechtenstein
c) Louis XIV, France
d) Victoria, Great Britain

Question 783: Math & Science -- London Undone

What weather phenomenon killed 4,000 people in the city of London between December 4th and 9th in 1952?

a) Acid rain
b) Freezing rain
c) Lightning
d) Smog

Question 784: Geography & Nature -- Cub Collection

Of the following, which animal's young are not officially called cubs?

a) Fox
b) Lion
c) Tiger
d) Wolf

Question 785: Literature & Arts -- Torah, Torah, Torah

What does Torah, the Hebrew word for the first five books of the Old Testament, mean?

a) Bible
b) History
c) Law
d) Religion

Question 786: Sports & Games -- Tennis Twosome

What country are tennis players Karim Alami and Hicham Arazi from?

a) Egypt
b) Iran
c) Morocco
d) Saudi Arabia

General Trivia Answers #775-780

Answer 775: Entertainment & Food -- Add Acid

d) Vinegar

"Sour wine" is usually three to five percent acetic acid.

Answer 776: History & Government -- Drawn and Quartered

b) Delaware

The commemorative quarters are being released in the order that the states joined the union.

Answer 777: Math & Science -- Test Tube Tot

c) Brown

Louise Joy Brown was born on July 25, 1978 in Oldham General Hospital in England.

Answer 778: Geography & Nature -- City Splitter

b) 5th Avenue

The avenue is home to Carnegie Hall, the Guggenheim Museum, and the New York Public Library.

Answer 779: Literature & Arts -- A-B-C Compiler

d) Samuel Johnson

A Dictionary of the English Language made reference history in 1755 and predates Noah Webster's work by over fifty years.

Answer 780: Sports & Games -- Preceding the Puck

d) Offside

When the player touches the puck, the result is a faceoff outside the zone.

General Trivia Questions #775-780

Question 775: Entertainment & Food -- Add Acid

What common cooking ingredient contains acetic acid?

a) Cooking wine
b) Lemon juice
c) Olive oil
d) Vinegar

Question 776: History & Government -- Drawn and Quartered

Which state was honored by the first special U.S. quarter released in 1999?

a) Connecticut
b) Delaware
c) New Jersey
d) Pennsylvania

Question 777: Math & Science -- Test Tube Tot

What was the last name of the first test tube baby?

a) Black
b) Blue
c) Brown
d) White

Question 778: Geography & Nature -- City Splitter

What avenue separates the East Side of Manhattan from the West Side?

a) 3rd Avenue
b) 5th Avenue
c) 7th Avenue
d) 9th Avenue

Question 779: Literature & Arts -- A-B-C Compiler

What author compiled the first comprehensive English dictionary?

a) Ben Jonson
b) Daniel Webster
c) Noah Webster
d) Samuel Johnson

Question 780: Sports & Games -- Preceding the Puck

In hockey, what violation is whistled if an offensive player enters the attacking zone before the puck?

a) Delay of game
b) Icing
c) Illegal procedure
d) Offside

General Trivia Answers #769-774

Answer 769: Entertainment & Food -- Play Anything

d) Regis Philbin

Big Daddy became the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 1999, almost a quarter century after his debut on The Neighbors.

Answer 770: History & Government -- National Treasure

d) Salmon Chase

The banking system opened its vaults in February 1863.

Answer 771: Math & Science -- Seemed Small

b) A comet

The German-born Englishman found the planet in 1781 then discovered two of its moons six years later.

Answer 772: Geography & Nature -- Big Eye

c) Ostrich

Their eyes are about two inches in diameter.

Answer 773: Literature & Arts -- Ailing Author

d) Tuberculosis

The disease afflicted the novelist and poet during childhood but did not contribute to his death by brain hemorrhage at age 44.

Answer 774: Sports & Games -- Tough Sledding

b) Diphtheria

The annual dog sled race, named for a ghost town on the route, began in 1967 near Anchorage and is now contested every March.

General Trivia Questions #769-774

Question 769: Entertainment & Food -- Play Anything

What game show host began on The Neighbors and Almost Anything Goes?

a) Alex Trebek
b) Bob Barker
c) Pat Sajak
d) Regis Philbin

Question 770: History & Government -- National Treasure

What U.S. Secretary of the Treasury created the national bank system?

a) Andrew Mellon
b) Hugh McCulloch
c) Lyman Gage
d) Salmon Chase

Question 771: Math & Science -- Seemed Small

When William Herschel first discovered Uranus, what did he think it was?

a) An asteroid
b) A comet
c) A moon of Saturn
d) A star

Question 772: Geography & Nature -- Big Eye

What currently existing land animal has the largest eyes?

a) Elephant
b) Giraffe
c) Ostrich
d) Rhinoceros

Question 773: Literature & Arts -- Ailing Author

What ailment did Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson suffer from?

a) Encephalitis
b) Lupus
c) Polio
d) Tuberculosis

Question 774: Sports & Games -- Tough Sledding

What 1925 epidemic required the transport of medical supplies, providing the basis for the Iditarod?

a) Cowpox
b) Diphtheria
c) Measles
d) Mumps

Rules of Chess - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) 64. There are eight rows (also called ranks) and eight columns. In standard algebraic chess notation, the rows are numbered from 1 to 8, and the columns are lettered from a to h. The white queen begins on d1, which should be a light square (remember "queen on color").
• A2) Pawn. Each side starts with eight of the little guys, along with two knights, two bishops, two rooks, a queen, and a king for a total of 16 pieces of each color.
• A3) Knight. It looks like a horse for a reason.
• A4) Castling. The king moves two squares toward the corner, and the rook is placed on the adjacent square on the center side. For castling to be legal, neither the king nor the relevant rook can have moved earlier, and the king can not castle out of, through, or into check.
• A5) Pawn. It moves forward but captures diagonally forward. In addition, from its starting square in the second row, the pawn can move two squares forward, whereas after its first move, it can only advance a single square at a time.
• A6) Queen. Bishops move diagonally, rooks horizontally and vertically, and queens in any of those eight directions.
• A7) En passant (French for "in passing"). If an opponent's pawn goes two squares on its first move, ending directly on the side of your pawn, you can capture it as if it had moved only one square.
• A8) A queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color. Although most promotions are to queens (using an upside down rook or other placeholder if necessary), underpromotion is sometimes the best move (especially in composed chess problems).
• A9) O-O. Castling on the queenside is written as O-O-O. Note that those are all the letter 'O', not the number zero.
• A10) Draw. Each player earns half a point for a stalemate.
• A11) 3. Draw by threefold repetition can be claimed as the player is making the move that repeats the exact same position for the third time. The exact same position means that the ability to castle and capture en passant on the next move also have to be identical.
• A12) 50. In the past, there have been exceptions to the 50-move rule, such as a king and two knights against a king and pawn and a king, rook, and bishop against a king and rook. Both FIDE (the world chess federation) and the USCF (United States Chess Federation) currently use a strict 50-move rule.