Wednesday, February 20, 2008

General Trivia Answers #1,765-1,770

Answer 1,765: Entertainment & Food -- Sight & Sound Surveys

a) Citizen Kane

The most recent survey called Orson Welles's 1941 film "dazzlingly inventive" and "technically breathtaking".

Answer 1,766: History & Government -- Confounding Country

d) Soviet Union

The First Lord of the Admiralty's radio speech continued, "... but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."

Answer 1,767: Math & Science -- Ordinary Organ Operation

b) Kidney

About 60% of transplants are kidneys, well ahead of livers at under 25%.

Answer 1,768: Geography & Nature -- England's Eastern Estuary

c) Thames River

The 215-mile-long waterway empties out into the North Sea.

Answer 1,769: Literature & Arts -- Until It Rains Again

c) Macbeth

Three witches converse while being battered by a storm. Later in the play they chant, "Double, double toil and trouble / Fire burn and cauldron bubble."

Answer 1,770: Sports & Games -- Decathlon Decider

c) 1,500 meters

The 100 meters is the first event of the two-day competition.

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