General Trivia Answers #1,741-1,746

Answer 1,741: Entertainment & Food -- Lost and Bound

a) Alpha Centauri

The spaceship was named the Jupiter II.

Answer 1,742: History & Government -- Glenn Gag

c) Gum

The astronaut actually was not going that far, just a few times around the Earth.

Answer 1,743: Math & Science -- Gray's Tragedy

b) Telephone

The U.S. Patent Office awarded the patent to Alexander Graham Bell, who had his device working within three weeks.

Answer 1,744: Geography & Nature -- Central American Sprawl

a) Belize

The nation had only 33 people per square mile in 2006.

Answer 1,745: Literature & Arts -- Shakespeare's Spawn

a) Elizabeth

All three were born to his wife Anne Hathaway within a two-year span from 1583 to 1585.

Answer 1,746: Sports & Games -- Fourbagger Fraction

c) Mark McGwire

Big Mac averaged one homer every 10.6 at-bats to Ruth's 11.8.