Monday, January 28, 2008

General Trivia Answers #1,663-1,668

Answer 1,663: Entertainment & Food -- Sin-Free Flower

a) Daisy

The English daisy, with white petals around a yellow center, was transplanted to the U.S. in colonial days.

Answer 1,664: History & Government -- Free As In Soil

d) Martin Van Buren

The party, which was only active from 1848 to 1852, wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into the territories and to abolish slavery entirely.

Answer 1,665: Math & Science -- Rad Replacement

c) Gray

The unit is named for Louis Harold Gray, the British scientist who founded the field of radiobiology.

Answer 1,666: Geography & Nature -- Buffalo Springs

a) Arkansas

Congress created Hot Springs National Reservation in 1832 and later converted it to a national park in 1921.

Answer 1,667: Literature & Arts -- Peace-Parting Paris

a) Aphrodite

Paris selected her as the fairest over Athena and Hera.

Answer 1,668: Sports & Games -- Clue Counting

d) 9

Six suspects and six possible weapons figure into the game, which Anthony Pratt designed and first marketed as Cluedo in the U.K. in 1948.

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