Tuesday, August 14, 2007

General Trivia Answers #955-960

Answer 955: Entertainment & Food -- Cartoon Cast

b) Tom and Jerry

Her character Katie Higgins swims with the cat and mouse in a dream sequence.

Answer 956: History & Government -- Party Time

b) Tuesday

The religious festival's name means "Fat Tuesday".

Answer 957: Math & Science -- Polar Equation

c) Meter

The competing proposed standard was the length of a pendulum with a half-period of one second, but that varies with changes in gravity.

Answer 958: Geography & Nature -- King of the Colonies

d) Virginia

New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania are all bigger now, but when the U.S. was founded Virginia contained land that became part of Kentucky and West Virginia.

Answer 959: Literature & Arts -- Opera Buff

a) Comic

The form was developed in Naples in the mid-18th century.

Answer 960: Sports & Games -- Peach Sport

a) Gymnastics

The moves are skills on the men's parallel bars.

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