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."