Friday, December 7, 2007

General Trivia Answers #1,453-1,458

Answer 1,453: Entertainment & Food -- Angel Actresses

d) Shelley Hack

Hack had played Tiffany Welles since 1979, and Roberts played Julie Rogers for a year before the show was cancelled. Jaclyn Smith's Kelly Garrett was the only perennial Angel.

Answer 1,454: History & Government -- Little Bill

d) 32 years old

His first term began in 1783, fifteen years after his father, William Pitt the Elder, left the office.

Answer 1,455: Math & Science -- Venus Voyage

a) Mariner 2

The rocket ship was launched on August 27, 1962 and measured solar winds and interplanetary dust before reaching Venus on December 14, 1962.

Answer 1,456: Geography & Nature -- Hand Halver

b) Lake Huron

The Mackinac Strait connects the two lakes.

Answer 1,457: Literature & Arts -- Fighting Words

b) Dan Quayle

The book hit the shelves in March 1999, one month before the Republican began his unsuccessful campaign for the presidential nomination.

Answer 1,458: Sports & Games -- Cromwell Critique

a) Cricket

The future Lord Protector was only 21 years old at the time, eight years before he was first elected to the Parliament.

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