Tuesday, September 18, 2007

General Trivia Answers #1,105-1,110

Answer 1,105: Entertainment & Food -- Black Out

c) 8

The title refers to the eight players banned from Major League Baseball for conspiring with gamblers to throw the World Series.

Answer 1,106: History & Government -- Walter's Win

b) Minnesota

Mondale managed to carry his home state. He also won Washington, D.C.

Answer 1,107: Math & Science -- Scientists' Supercontinent

c) Pangaea

The name comes from the Greek for "all lands". Gaea was the goddess of the Earth.

Answer 1,108: Geography & Nature -- Pacific Place

b) California

The name also applies to a set of islands off the coast of France.

Answer 1,109: Literature & Arts -- Christian Kickoff

a) Advent

The fourth Sunday after Christmas celebrates the coming of the Savior.

Answer 1,110: Sports & Games -- Daly Double

c) PGA Championship

The long-driving Wild Thing also won the British Open in 1995.

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