Monday, February 18, 2008

General Trivia Answers #1,753-1,758

Answer 1,753: Entertainment & Food -- Long Ago Libation

b) Coffee

Coffee beans and their associated drink date back to 13th-century Arabia.

Answer 1,754: History & Government -- Superstar Suffragette

a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia Mott was her friend and cofounder.

Answer 1,755: Math & Science -- Heavenly Handbook

c) Hipparchus

The mathematician compiled his guide to the heavens from 146 to 127 B.C.

Answer 1,756: Geography & Nature -- Second Leading Language

b) French

By total number of speakers, Mandarin is number one by far, Hindi second, and English third.

Answer 1,757: Literature & Arts -- Lucky Drawing

a) Claude Monet

His Bassin aux nympheas et sentier au bord de l'eau sold for $33 million at a 1998 auction.

Answer 1,758: Sports & Games -- Peg People

b) 6

The tiny, single-colored, plastic cars have three rows of two seats each.

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