General Trivia Questions #1,525-1,530

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

What was Sigourney Weaver's given first name?

a) Sally
b) Sarah
c) Sophie
d) Susan

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

Which future U.S. President was also a target of John Wilkes Booth when he assassinated Lincoln?

a) Andrew Johnson
b) James Garfield
c) Rutherford Hayes
d) Ulysses Grant

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

Paul Ehrlich discovered the drug Salvarsan, the "magic bullet" against which disease?

a) Gonorrhea
b) Malaria
c) Syphilis
d) Typhoid

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

What living animal lays the largest eggs?

a) Albatross
b) Condor
c) Duck-billed platypus
d) Ostrich

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

Which novel's title characters are named Edward Tudor and Tom Canty?

a) The Ambassadors
b) The Naked and the Dead
c) Of Mice and Men
d) The Prince and the Pauper

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

What track and field star was the first athlete to grace the cover of a box of Wheaties?

a) Al Oerter
b) Bob Mathias
c) Bob Richards
d) Glenn Davis