Friday, February 1, 2008

General Trivia Answers #1,687-1,692

Answer 1,687: Entertainment & Food -- Second Hands

a) Barbra Streisand

On May 25, 1986, the Ken Kragen-led effort raised $34 million for local homeless charities.

Answer 1,688: History & Government -- Western Unionversity

b) Cornell

Ezra Cornell started the school in 1868 with scholar Andrew Dickson White.

Answer 1,689: Math & Science -- Mother Earth's Mass

b) Henry Cavendish

His calculated mass differs from the currently accepted value by only one percent.

Answer 1,690: Geography & Nature -- New York, New York

a) Bronx

Brooklyn is in Kings County, Manhattan in New York County, and Staten Island in Richmond County. And to be complete, Queens is in Queens County.

Answer 1,691: Literature & Arts -- Deco Turf

c) Paris

The Arts Decoratifs Industriels et Modernes was held in 1925.

Answer 1,692: Sports & Games -- Balling in Bambiland

d) Yugoslavia

President Slobodan Milosevic's son Marko founded the park, which was named for a biscuit company and not the Disney character.

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