Monday, December 10, 2007

General Trivia Answers #1,459-1,464

Answer 1,459: Entertainment & Food -- The Height of Hayes

b) 50 feet

Nathan Juran directed the Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

Answer 1,460: History & Government -- Chicago Affairs

b) Harold Washington

The former lawyer edged Jane Byrne and Richard M. Daley in the Democratic primary, outpolled Bernard Epton by a similarly small margin, and was sworn in April 29, 1983.

Answer 1,461: Math & Science -- Moon Mask

b) New moons

A new moon appears every 29½ days, while an eclipse happens two to seven times a year.

Answer 1,462: Geography & Nature -- Go to Bogota

c) Colombia

The city of eight million people is over a mile and a half high in the Andes.

Answer 1,463: Literature & Arts -- Disowned Dagwood

a) Bumstead

The wealthy Bumstead family disowned Dagwood when he married "below his class".

Answer 1,464: Sports & Games -- Whooping Wahoo

c) Cleveland Indians

The team supposedly chose the mascot in 1915 to honor Louis Sockalexis, the first American Indian player in Major League Baseball.

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