Tuesday, December 25, 2007

General Trivia Answers #1,525-1,530

Answer 1,525: Entertainment & Food -- Esteem Weaver

d) Susan

Because of her six-foot height, as a teenager the Alien actress took the name of a Great Gatsby character, Mrs. Sigourney Howard, who in turn was named for Father Sigourney Fay.

Answer 1,526: History & Government -- Booth for Two

d) Ulysses Grant

The general and his wife had decided not to go to the play, Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Answer 1,527: Math & Science -- Salvarsan Salvation

c) Syphilis

The German pharmacologist created "Preparation 606" to treat the infection in 1909.

Answer 1,528: Geography & Nature -- Extreme Eggs

d) Ostrich

The eggs of the "sparrow camel" can be up to four pounds and almost seven inches in diameter.

Answer 1,529: Literature & Arts -- Ted and Tom

d) The Prince and the Pauper

Mark Twain's 1881 work of historical fiction revolves around the two characters' similarity in appearance and dissimilarity in everything else.

Answer 1,530: Sports & Games -- Cereal Billing

c) Bob Richards

The two-time Olympic pole vault champion joined the breakfast table in 1958.

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