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.