Answer 1,285: Entertainment & Food -- The Best Television on Television
d) ZoomWGBH in Boston and PBS produced the series until low ratings doomed its second seven-year run in 2005.
Answer 1,286: History & Government -- New England Republic
d) VermontThe tiny nation was called New Connecticut for six months in 1777 before renaming itself Vermont and eventually joined the United States on March 4, 1791.
Answer 1,287: Math & Science -- Parotitis Prevention
c) MumpsThe viral disease, which causes inflammation of the parotid glands, was a frequent childhood malady before vaccination became widespread.
Answer 1,288: Geography & Nature -- Park Province
a) AlbertaThe park in the Canadian Rockies was the country's first national park in 1887.
Answer 1,289: Literature & Arts -- F. Scott's Self-Plot
d) Tender Is the NightFitzgerald's last novel was published in 1934, six years before he passed away.
Answer 1,290: Sports & Games -- Judo's Kudos
d) WhiteA double-width white belt is awarded for obtaining the twelfth dan, but nobody has earned it yet. The highest-ranking judokas currently wear red belts for reaching the 9th and 10th dans.
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