Wednesday, August 1, 2007

General Trivia Answers #901-906

Answer 901: Entertainment & Food -- Look Sharp

d) Sweden

Former Abba manager Thomas Johannson teamed Marie Fredriksson up with Per Hakan Gessle in 1985.

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

a) China

The deficit with China grew to $83 billion in 2001 and a pace of $120 billion in 2004, while the deficit with Japan peaked at $81 billion in 2000 and has declined since.

Answer 903: Math & Science -- Crust Chemical

c) Oxygen

The nonmetal accounts for almost half of the crust, mostly in silicon dioxide, commonly called sand.

Answer 904: Geography & Nature -- Coining a Continent

d) Terra australis

Matthew Flinders referred to the big island simply as the "southern land" in an 1814 publication.

Answer 905: Literature & Arts -- Sing a Song

d) Walt Whitman

The poems all graced the pages of Leaves of Grass in 1855 and were joined in later editions by "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd".

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

a) Bill Russell

The Boston Celtics won the NBA championship in eleven of his thirteen seasons with the team.

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