General Trivia Answers #1,003-1,008

Answer 1,003: Entertainment & Food -- Drug Store Drink

b) Dr Pepper

Pharmacist Charles Alderton created the drink in 1885, and store-owner Wade Morrison named it for Dr. Charles Pepper, his friend and the father of his former girlfriend.

Answer 1,004: History & Government -- Childless Prez

c) Warren Harding

The President from 1921 to 1923 was rumored to have had affairs with Carrie Fulton Phillips and Nan Britton, and he may have conceived a daughter with the latter.

Answer 1,005: Math & Science -- Southern Shape's South

a) Altair

The "flying eagle" is the twelfth brightest star in the sky from seventeen light years away.

Answer 1,006: Geography & Nature -- Free From France

d) Gabon

Congo, the Central African Republic, and Chad were also liberated from French Equatorial Africa at the same time.

Answer 1,007: Literature & Arts -- Auto Biography

d) Wheels

The novel is loosely based on Lee Iacocca's development of the Ford Mustang.

Answer 1,008: Sports & Games -- New World Football in the Old World

b) Fire

The league, which became NFL Europe and then NFL Europa, shut down in 2007.