Thursday, July 12, 2007

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.

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