General Trivia Answers #919-924

Answer 919: Entertainment & Food -- Laugh All the Way to the Bank

a) Forrest Gump

The film had earned almost $680 million worldwide through July 2005. [Note: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has since crossed the billion dollar mark.]

Answer 920: History & Government -- Cross Out the Cross

b) Crescent

The Ottoman Empire refused to use the symbol of the International Red Cross in the 1870s and chose the Red Crescent instead.

Answer 921: Math & Science -- Whassup, Wassermann?

d) Syphilis

German bacteriologist August von Wassermann developed the antibody test in 1906.

Answer 922: Geography & Nature -- Sound City

d) Seattle, Washington

The Emerald City had about 570,000 people in 2003.

Answer 923: Literature & Arts -- Holmes Home

a) 221B Baker Street

A very real house exists there now as a tourist attraction.

Answer 924: Sports & Games -- Play Time

c) 48 minutes

The game is split into four 12-minute quarters, with a halftime break between the second and third quarters.