Monday, February 25, 2008

General Trivia Questions #1,789-1,794

Question 1,789: Entertainment & Food -- Miner's Minor

What country singer's autobiography was turned into the 1978 movie Coal Miner's Daughter?

a) Dolly Parton
b) Loretta Lynn
c) Patsy Cline
d) Tammy Wynette

Question 1,790: History & Government -- Breaking Away

What was the only country besides the United States to declare independence from Great Britain?

a) Australia
b) India
c) Micronesia
d) Rhodesia

Question 1,791: Math & Science -- Einstein's Enigma

What did Albert Einstein call "the hardest thing in the world to understand"?

a) Income taxes
b) Love
c) Relativity
d) War

Question 1,792: Geography & Nature -- Can't Be Candy

What is a candytuft?

a) A bird
b) A dessert
c) An insect
d) A plant

Question 1,793: Literature & Arts -- Bell Bard

Which suicidal poet wrote about the Amazon Hotel in The Bell Jar?

a) Anne Sexton
b) Edna St. Vincent Millay
c) Elizabeth Browning
d) Sylvia Plath

Question 1,794: Sports & Games -- Series Shut Out

What is the oldest current Major League Baseball franchise that has never won the World Series?

a) Houston Astros
b) Seattle Mariners
c) Texas Rangers
d) Washington Nationals

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