General Trivia Questions #1,939-1,944

Question 1,939: Entertainment & Food -- Megalon Monster

In the 1976 movie Godzilla vs. Megalon, what type of creature did Godzilla fight?

a) A cockroach
b) A dinosaur
c) A rat
d) A robot

Question 1,940: History & Government -- Senior State

As of the 2000 census, which U.S. state had the highest median age?

a) Arizona
b) Florida
c) Maine
d) West Virginia

Question 1,941: Math & Science -- Acid Aspect

Until the 1700s, what element did scientists think all acids contained?

a) Chlorine
b) Hydrogen
c) Nitrogen
d) Oxygen

Question 1,942: Geography & Nature -- Dragon Duelist

What saint fights a dragon in a mock battle after the procession of the Golden Chariot in Mons, Belgium?

a) St. Christopher
b) St. George
c) St. Paul
d) St. Thomas

Question 1,943: Literature & Arts -- Senior Strip

What is the longest-running comic strip in the U.S.?

a) Blondie
b) Dick Tracy
c) Gasoline Alley
d) Winnie Winkle

Question 1,944: Sports & Games -- Before the Babe

Until April 30, 1953, what was the Babe Ruth League known as?

a) The Cadet League
b) The Little-Bigger League
c) The Medium League
d) The Not-So-Little League

General Trivia Answers #1,933-1,938

Answer 1,933: Entertainment & Food -- Fantasy Player

a) Billy Joel

Although the New Yorker was classically trained on the piano as a youngster, Richard Joo performed the songs for him.

Answer 1,934: History & Government -- Confederate Capital

d) Richmond, Virginia

The current state capital took over from Montgomery, Alabama in May 1861 until it was captured just under four years later.

Answer 1,935: Math & Science -- Copper Coinage

d) Cyprus

The symbol Cu is for Cuprum, derived from the name of the island where the metal was once mined.

Answer 1,936: Geography & Nature -- Largest in the Far West

b) Mali

It is one of the poorest nations in the world, partly because almost two-thirds of its land is desert or semidesert.

Answer 1,937: Literature & Arts -- Pygmalion's Passion

d) A statue

Aphrodite was the model for his sculpture.

Answer 1,938: Sports & Games -- Track & Field Treasure

a) Bob Mathias

The 17-year-old Californian took the gold in 1948 and easily repeated his victory four years later.

General Trivia Questions #1,933-1,938

Question 1,933: Entertainment & Food -- Fantasy Player

What pop musician composed the classical album Fantasies & Delusions, released in 2001?

a) Billy Joel
b) James Taylor
c) Paul McCartney
d) Sting

Question 1,934: History & Government -- Confederate Capital

What city was the capital of the Confederacy for most of the Civil War?

a) Atlanta, Georgia
b) Columbia, South Carolina
c) Montgomery, Alabama
d) Richmond, Virginia

Question 1,935: Math & Science -- Copper Coinage

What place was the chemical element copper named for?

a) Copenhagen
b) Cupertino
c) Curacao
d) Cyprus

Question 1,936: Geography & Nature -- Largest in the Far West

What country is the largest in West Africa and has Bamako as its capital?

a) Guinea
b) Mali
c) Mauritania
d) Senegal

Question 1,937: Literature & Arts -- Pygmalion's Passion

In classical mythology, what did Pygmalion fall in love with?

a) A deer
b) His reflection
c) A song
d) A statue

Question 1,938: Sports & Games -- Track & Field Treasure

Who was the youngest person to win an Olympic decathlon?

a) Bob Mathias
b) Bruce Jenner
c) Daley Thompson
d) Jim Thorpe

Mystery Relations - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Richard Chamberlain. The Californian also tried his hand as a singer, stage actor, and movie actor but was most successful on the small screen. Dr. Kildare's first season earned him a Golden Globe award, and Shogun in 1980 and The Thorn Birds in 1983 would add two more to his trophy case.
  
• A2) Shirley Jones. The mother of both David and Shaun Cassidy played a couple of minor TV roles before landing a part as a nurse in South Pacific on Broadway then moving to the big screen in 1955's Oklahoma!.
  
• A3) Herb Alpert. The trumpet player is the 'A' in A&M Records, with cofounder Jerry Moss.
  
• A4) Judith Rossner. The novel is based on the real 1973 murder of schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
  
• A5) Gabe Kaplan. The comedian, actor, and poker player starred as Gabe Kotter, a high school teacher who tries to teach the Sweathogs a few life lessons to supplement their regular classes.
  
• A6) Valerie Curtin. The character became Janet Wood, a role played by Joyce DeWitt for nine years and 173 episodes. Valerie, Jane Curtin's cousin, appeared in a Welcome Back, Kotter episode in 1976.
  
• A7) Al Gore. Thirty-one years earlier, the former Vice President had graduated from another Ivy League school, Harvard University, with a bachelor's degree in government.
  
• A8) Rhea Perlman. The Cheers actress was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy Awards ten times between 1983 and 1993, taking home the statue in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1989.
  
• A9) Pavel Bure. The right wing tallied 60 goals for the Vancouver Canucks in both 1992-93 and 1993-94 and 59 goals for the Florida Panthers in 2000-01.
  
• A10) Ewan McGregor. Both actors played Luke Skywalker's tutor, the Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  
• A11) Frank Perdue. The tender chicken man would make his last commercial twenty-four years later, four years after handing the company reins over to his son Jim.
  
• A12) Terri Schiavo. The initial cause of her injury and ultimately the cause of her death was never determined conclusively.

Bonus theme answer: the first five pairs of people were born on March 31 in the same year (1934, 1935, 1945, 1948, and 1971), while the last pair passed away on the last day of March in 2005.

Happy Birthday to my separated-by-only-three-years twin Seth!

Mystery Relations - Random Trivia Questions

This week's quiz is a bit harder than most of my mystery quizzes, but don't despair. Just do your best on the twelve questions below and don't worry if the hidden theme beats the deuce out of you.

Mystery Relations Questions

• Q1) What actor became famous as television's Dr. Kildare from 1961 to 1966?
  
• Q2) What actress never won an Emmy Award but took home the 1961 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Elmer Gantry?
  
• Q3) What musician's backing band is called the Tijuana Brass?
  
• Q4) Who wrote the 1975 novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar, which was turned into a movie two years later?
  
• Q5) Who was the only main actor or actress in the television series Welcome Back, Kotter to share a first name with the character he or she played?
  
• Q6) What actress played Jenny in the 1977 Three's Company pilot?
  
• Q7) What candidate took a job teaching journalism class at Columbia University after his failed Presidency bid in 2000?
  
• Q8) What actress married Danny DeVito on January 28, 1982?
  
• Q9) What NHL player holds both the Vancouver Canucks and Florida Panthers records for most goals in a season?
  
• Q10) What younger actor replaced Alec Guinness in Star Wars episodes I, II, and III?
  
• Q11) What businessman touted his meat products in the first of his 175 television commercials in 1971?
  
• Q12) What female insurance clerk fell into a vegetative state on February 25, 1990 but was kept alive through artificial means for fifteen years, through numerous court cases including five Federal District Court lawsuits and fourteen appeals?

Human Bean -- Quiz Quilt 63 Solution

Category Answers:

Sports & Games	RIPKEN	Two-time American League MVP Cal Ripken, Jr. appeared in 2,632 straight games from May 30, 1982 to September 19, 1998, including one stretch of 8,243 consecutive innings.
Entertainment & Food	DAVIS	"Bette Davis Eyes" was released on Carnes's Mistaken Identity album in 1981 and reached #1 on the charts.
Math & Science	MENDELEEV	Dmitri Mendeleev's original 1869 chart categorized 63 known chemical elements and accurately predicted several elements that would later be discovered.
Geography & Nature	TERN	The Arctic tern, a seabird, flies an amazing 22,000 miles round trip from near the North Pole to its summer home in Antarctica.
Literature & Arts	POPE	Alexander Pope's quote, "What mighty contests rise from trivial things", appears on Trivial Pursuit boxes.
History & Government	MARY	The leading name for boys was John.

Quiz Quilt Answer: KIDNEY (Fourth letters)

Kidney beans are shaped like the human organ.

Human Bean -- Quiz Quilt 63 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Sports & Games	What Baltimore Orioles infielder holds the Major League Baseball record for most consecutive games played?
Entertainment & Food	What actress, whose given name was Ruth, starred in All About Eve in 1950 and had part of her body sung about by Kim Carnes?
Math & Science	What Russian chemist arranged the periodic table of elements?
Geography & Nature	Which family of birds includes the species that migrates the greatest distance annually?
Literature & Arts	What poet wrote "An Essay on Man" from 1733 to 1734?
History & Government	What was the most popular name for baby girls born in the U.S. in 1900?

General Trivia Answers #1,927-1,932

Answer 1,927: Entertainment & Food -- Autumn Caught 'Em

b) George Winston

The Michigan-born, Montana-raised musician called his music "rural folk piano".

Answer 1,928: History & Government -- MaxiCode Makeup

c) Hexagons

Each one square inch symbol can represent up to 100 characters of information.

Answer 1,929: Math & Science -- Moon Man II

a) Buzz Aldrin

Born as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. on January 20, 1930, he later officially changed his first name to the nickname his sister gave him.

Answer 1,930: Geography & Nature -- Louvre Location

d) Paris

The Louvre opened to the public in 1793, and the Eiffel Tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 Exposition Universelle.

Answer 1,931: Literature & Arts -- Crowd Speaker

d) Marc Antony

The line continued, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."

Answer 1,932: Sports & Games -- Blessed Ballplayer

c) Lou Gehrig

On June 21, 1939, the Hall of Famer began his retirement speech at Yankee Stadium with the line.

General Trivia Questions #1,927-1,932

Question 1,927: Entertainment & Food -- Autumn Caught 'Em

What pianist launched the genre of New Age music in the early 1980s with his Autumn album?

a) David Lanz
b) George Winston
c) Philip Aaberg
d) Will Ackerman

Question 1,928: History & Government -- MaxiCode Makeup

In what shapes does UPS's MaxiCode encode information as?

a) Bars
b) Dots
c) Hexagons
d) Triangles

Question 1,929: Math & Science -- Moon Man II

What astronaut was the pilot of Gemini 12 and the second person to walk on the moon?

a) Buzz Aldrin
b) Frank Borman
c) John Glenn
d) Michael Collins

Question 1,930: Geography & Nature -- Louvre Location

In what French city are the Louvre and Eiffel Tower located?

a) Lyon
b) Marseille
c) Nice
d) Paris

Question 1,931: Literature & Arts -- Crowd Speaker

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, whose speech began, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"?

a) Brutus
b) Cassius
c) Julius Caesar
d) Marc Antony

Question 1,932: Sports & Games -- Blessed Ballplayer

What Major League Baseball player proclaimed, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"?

a) Babe Ruth
b) Joe DiMaggio
c) Lou Gehrig
d) Mickey Mantle

General Trivia Answers #1,921-1,926

Answer 1,921: Entertainment & Food -- Apple Artist

c) Grapefruit

The record producer was known as Beatles and Co. before then.

Answer 1,922: History & Government -- General Classification

d) John Joseph Pershing

Washington was given the title posthumously.

Answer 1,923: Math & Science -- Parathormone's Purpose

a) Calcium

The polypeptide is released from bones.

Answer 1,924: Geography & Nature -- Super Sleeper

b) Koala

The marsupials are awake only two hours per day.

Answer 1,925: Literature & Arts -- Sneeze Reprise

d) A letter will arrive

Sneezing on Monday brings health, Tuesday wealth, Thursday "something better", Friday sorrow, and Saturday your sweetheart tomorrow.

Answer 1,926: Sports & Games -- Olympic Ibid.

c) Paris, France

Only Athens, Greece had hosted the modern Olympics twice before, in 1896 and 1906.

General Trivia Questions #1,921-1,926

Question 1,921: Entertainment & Food -- Apple Artist

What music group with a fruity name was the first to sign with Apple Music on December 11, 1967?

a) Apple
b) Banana
c) Grapefruit
d) Orange

Question 1,922: History & Government -- General Classification

Who was the only U.S. general officially named permanent General of the Armies during his lifetime?

a) Douglas MacArthur
b) George Catlett Marshall
c) George Washington
d) John Joseph Pershing

Question 1,923: Math & Science -- Parathormone's Purpose

What chemical element's level does parathormone regulate in the human body?

a) Calcium
b) Iron
c) Magnesium
d) Potassium

Question 1,924: Geography & Nature -- Super Sleeper

What animal sleeps the most per day on average, not counting hibernation?

a) Armadillo
b) Koala
c) Possum
d) Sloth

Question 1,925: Literature & Arts -- Sneeze Reprise

According to the Mother Goose rhyme, what will happen if you sneeze on Wednesday?

a) A friend will visit
b) Good luck will come
c) It will rain on Thursday
d) A letter will arrive

Question 1,926: Sports & Games -- Olympic Ibid.

What city hosted the Summer Olympics in both 1900 and 1924?

a) Amsterdam, Netherlands
b) London, England
c) Paris, France
d) Stockholm, Sweden

General Trivia Answers #1,915-1,920

Answer 1,915: Entertainment & Food -- Beauty and Defeat

c) King Kong

The penultimate phrase in the 1933 film was "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes...".

Answer 1,916: History & Government -- Hickory Head of State

a) Andrew Jackson

The General earned the nickname for his toughness during the War of 1812.

Answer 1,917: Math & Science -- Trekkie Telescope

d) Uhuru

The word means "freedom" in Swahili. The telescope and its satellite were launched from Kenya on December 12, 1970, the seventh anniversary of the country's independence.

Answer 1,918: Geography & Nature -- Machu Picchu Clue

c) Inca

The "old peak" in Peru is known as the "Lost City of the Inca".

Answer 1,919: Literature & Arts -- Androgynous Authors

b) Evelyn Waugh

The British novelist satirized fashionable London society in novels such as A Handful of Dust and Scoop.

Answer 1,920: Sports & Games -- Hockey Home

b) Detroit Red Wings

The arena was completed in 1979 at a cost of $57 million and has seen the Red Wings win three Stanley Cup championships.

General Trivia Questions #1,915-1,920

Question 1,915: Entertainment & Food -- Beauty and Defeat

What movie's last line is "It was beauty killed the beast"?

a) Beauty and the Beast
b) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
c) King Kong
d) One Million Years B.C.

Question 1,916: History & Government -- Hickory Head of State

Which U.S. President was known as Old Hickory?

a) Andrew Jackson
b) John Tyler
c) William McKinley
d) Zachary Taylor

Question 1,917: Math & Science -- Trekkie Telescope

What name is shared by the first X-ray telescope sent into space and a Star Trek character?

a) Kirk
b) McCoy
c) Spock
d) Uhuru

Question 1,918: Geography & Nature -- Machu Picchu Clue

What ancient civilization built the Machu Picchu fortress city?

a) Aztec
b) Egypt
c) Inca
d) Maya

Question 1,919: Literature & Arts -- Androgynous Authors

Who is the only male author below?

a) Ellis Bell
b) Evelyn Waugh
c) George Sand
d) Isak Dinesen

Question 1,920: Sports & Games -- Hockey Home

Which NHL team plays its home games in Joe Louis Arena?

a) Calgary Flames
b) Detroit Red Wings
c) St. Louis Blues
d) Vancouver Canucks

General Trivia Answers #1,909-1,914

Answer 1,909: Entertainment & Food -- Pastime Periodical

a) Billboard

William H. Donaldson and James H. Hennegan launched the magazine as Billboard Advertising in 1894 and soon focused on theatrical groups, carnivals, and fairs.

Answer 1,910: History & Government -- Loafing Liberty

c) Sandals

One of her feet is standing on top of chains.

Answer 1,911: Math & Science -- Chlorine Connection

c) Ionic bonds

They are also known as electrovalent bonds.

Answer 1,912: Geography & Nature -- Populous Province

c) Ontario

The province had about twelve million people in 2004.

Answer 1,913: Literature & Arts -- Censored Sensuality

a) D.H. Lawrence

The scandalous 1928 novel was banned in some countries for its erotic content and profanity.

Answer 1,914: Sports & Games -- Heisman Horde

b) Notre Dame

From Angelo Bertelli in 1943 to Tim Brown in 1987, seven Fighting Irish have captured the award.

General Trivia Questions #1,909-1,914

Question 1,909: Entertainment & Food -- Pastime Periodical

What magazine calls itself, "The international newsweekly of music, video, and home entertainment"?

a) Billboard
b) Rolling Stone
c) Star
d) Variety

Question 1,910: History & Government -- Loafing Liberty

What does the Statue of Liberty wear on her feet?

a) Boots
b) Clogs
c) Sandals
d) Slippers

Question 1,911: Math & Science -- Chlorine Connection

In a salt molecule, what type of bonds are the sodium-to-chlorine connections?

a) Covalent bonds
b) Hydrogen bonds
c) Ionic bonds
d) Metallic bonds

Question 1,912: Geography & Nature -- Populous Province

Which is the most populous Canadian province?

a) Alberta
b) British Columbia
c) Ontario
d) Quebec

Question 1,913: Literature & Arts -- Censored Sensuality

Whose Lady Chatterley's Lover tested the bounds of censorship?

a) D.H. Lawrence
b) Harper Lee
c) Richard Lederer
d) Sinclair Lewis

Question 1,914: Sports & Games -- Heisman Horde

What college has accounted for the most Heisman trophy winners?

a) Michigan
b) Notre Dame
c) Ohio State
d) USC

General Trivia Answers #1,903-1,908

Answer 1,903: Entertainment & Food -- Violent Video Game

a) Domination

The game was contested on a map of the world like Risk, but battles over territory inflicted actual pain on the opponent.

Answer 1,904: History & Government -- Pledge Knowledge

a) Columbus's discovery of America

The tradition began during the 400th anniversary in 1892.

Answer 1,905: Math & Science -- Quark Quantity

b) 12

The quarks are up, down, charm, strange, top, bottom, and their antiparticles.

Answer 1,906: Geography & Nature -- Creature Cross

b) Giraffe

Its scientific name is Giraffa camelopardalis.

Answer 1,907: Literature & Arts -- Cautious King

b) Henry IV, Part II

The title character speaks the line in the first scene of the second act.

Answer 1,908: Sports & Games -- Lax Facts

a) Johns Hopkins

Syracuse has also won nine times, but their 1990 championship was later vacated by the NCAA when a player was deemed ineligible.

General Trivia Questions #1,903-1,908

Question 1,903: Entertainment & Food -- Violent Video Game

What pain-inducing video game did Bond and Largo play in Never Say Never Again?

a) Domination
b) Global Warfare
c) Saboteur
d) Thermonuclear Terror

Question 1,904: History & Government -- Pledge Knowledge

What did American school children first recite the Pledge of Allegiance in honor of?

a) Columbus's discovery of America
b) U.S. centennial
c) U.S. sesquicentennial
d) Washington's inauguration

Question 1,905: Math & Science -- Quark Quantity

How many kinds of quarks are there?

a) 6
b) 12
c) 24
d) 48

Question 1,906: Geography & Nature -- Creature Cross

What animal was once called a camelopard because it was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard?

a) Alpaca
b) Giraffe
c) Llama
d) Zebra

Question 1,907: Literature & Arts -- Cautious King

Which Shakespeare play does "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" come from?

a) Hamlet
b) Henry IV, Part II
c) Julius Caesar
d) King Lear

Question 1,908: Sports & Games -- Lax Facts

What college holds the most NCAA men's lacrosse titles?

a) Johns Hopkins
b) North Carolina
c) Princeton
d) Syracuse

March Madness - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Coppin State. This year's madness began on Tuesday with Mount St. Mary's play-in win over Coppin State, which rode a hot streak into the event despite 20 losses and finished with the wrong kind of blackjack.
• A2) Kansas. In 1988, the Jayhawks captured a championship despite losing 11 of their 38 games.
• A3) Elvin Hayes. The Pro Basketball Hall of Famer pulled in 222 boards for Houston in 13 games for an average of 17.1 rebounds per game, including a record 97 in 1968.
• A4) Christian Laettner. The Duke forward netted 407 points over a record 23 games from 1989 to 1992. He also holds the career marks for free throws made and attempted (142 for 167).
• A5) Glen Rice. During Michigan's 1989 title run, the school's all-time leading scorer accounted for 184 of his team's 540 points.
• A6) Austin Carr. The Notre Dame guard netted 61 points in an opening round blowout of Ohio in 1970 and finished his tournament career with a record 41.3 average. Princeton Rhodes Scholar Bill Bradley holds the Final Four record, dropping 58 points on Wichita State in 1965 during the discontinued consolation game.
• A7) Ohio. In both 1961 and 1962 Cincinnati held off cross-state rival Ohio State for the crown.
• A8) Indiana State. Larry Bird and the Sycamores lost a historic final to Magic Johnson and the Michigan State Spartans in 1979. UNLV was undefeated until Duke avenged their previous year's loss in the 1991 semifinals. No other recent team has entered the tournament undefeated.
• A9) "One Shining Moment". David Barrett's tune was originally supposed to follow the 1987 Super Bowl but was cut due to time constraints. A nimble switch from "The ball is kicked" to "The ball is tipped" and a tradition was born a few months later. I don't understand why Barrett left "feel the wind in your face" in the lyrics though.
• A10) False. In 2008, eight days after this quiz was initially posted, all four #1 seeds reached the Final Four. Previously, the closest year was 1993 with three #1 seeds and a #2 seed. On the women's side, all the top seeds reached the semifinals in 1989.
• A11) False. Allison Feaster led Harvard to a 71-67 upset of Stanford in the opening round in 1998 when two Cardinal starters were out with injuries.
• A12) Georgia. Both teams lost their semifinal games to the eventual tournament champion. In 2004, Connecticut became the first university to win both tournaments in the same season.

March Madness - Random Trivia Questions

By the time you read this, the first two rounds will be mostly over, but the games will continue on into April Absurdity, ending on Monday the 7th. Unexpected upsets, Cinderella stories, and the win or go home format will keep basketball fans (and non-fans who are entered in Final Four pools) on the edges of their seat the whole way (well, except for the painful wait while teams travel twice). How much do you know about the NCAA Division I basketball championship tournament?

March Madness Questions

• Q1) What team reached the tournament with the most regular season losses?
• Q2) What team won the tournament with the most regular season losses?
• Q3) Who is the all-time leading career rebounder in the NCAA Final Four Tournament?
• Q4) Who is the all-time leading career scorer in the NCAA Final Four Tournament?
• Q5) Who scored the most points in a tournament?
• Q6) Who scored the most points in a tournament game?
• Q7) What was the only state to be the home of both participants in the finals?
• Q8) What was the last undefeated team to lose their perfect season in the finals?
• Q9) What is the Final Four theme song, which CBS accompanies tournament highlights with after the championship game?
• Q10) True or false: the Final Four has never consisted of the four #1 seeds.
• Q11) True or false: a #16 seed has never beaten a #1 seed in either the men's or women's Final Four tournament.
• Q12) What was the first college to have both its men's and women's basketball teams reach the Final Four in the same season?

Ancient Chinese Secret -- Quiz Quilt 62 Solution

Category Answers:

Math & Science	PAIN	Algos is the Greek word for "pain". The psychological problem is also called agliophobia.
Entertainment & Food	BROOKS	Comedy writer Mel Brooks was born as Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York but took his stage name from his mother's maiden name Brookman, not the city.
Literature & Arts	KING	The novella appeared in Stephen King's Different Seasons in 1982.
Sports & Games	PHILLIES	The Phillie Phanatic has amused Philadelphia fans with his antics since April 25, 1978 and was inducted into the new Mascot Hall of Fame in 2005.
Geography & Nature	SUDAN	At 967,000 square miles, it is the tenth largest country in the world.
History & Government	DRACO	The adjective "Draconian" refers to his harsh set of laws, under which even a minor offense could be punished by death.

Quiz Quilt Answer: CALGON (Fourth letters going up)

In a 1970s television commercial for Calgon water softener, Mr. Lee claims that his laundromat has an "ancient Chinese secret", but Mrs. Lee reveals the truth.

Ancient Chinese Secret -- Quiz Quilt 62 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Math & Science	What does a person suffering from algophobia fear?
Entertainment & Food	Who directed The Producers, Twelve Chairs, High Anxiety, and Life Stinks?
Literature & Arts	What author's book The Body was the basis for the 1986 movie Stand By Me?
Sports & Games	Which Major League Baseball team's mascot is the Phanatic?
Geography & Nature	What country is the largest in Africa and has Khartoum as its capital?
History & Government	What aristocrat drew up the first written Greek laws in 621 B.C.?

General Trivia Answers #1,897-1,902

Answer 1,897: Entertainment & Food -- Silent Statement

a) Marcel Marceau

The famous mime ironically cries "Non!" while refusing a role in the silent film.

Answer 1,898: History & Government -- Institution Integration

d) Rotary Clubs

In 1905, attorney Paul Harris and three Chicago friends created the first Rotary Club, naming it for their practice of rotating the location of its weekly meetings.

Answer 1,899: Math & Science -- Hot, Hotter, Hottest

a) Blue

German physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff coined the term "black-body radiation" in 1862.

Answer 1,900: Geography & Nature -- Snake Might

c) Australia

All ten of the snakes in Steve Irwin's 10 Deadliest Snakes video, topped by the Inland Taipan (also known as the Fierce Snake), live Down Under.

Answer 1,901: Literature & Arts -- What's Whitsunday?

d) Pentecost

The seventh Sunday after Easter, or the fiftieth day as the name describes, commemorates the day that the Holy Spirit filled the apostles.

Answer 1,902: Sports & Games -- Outdoor Bout, War

c) Orienteering

Target was the fourth.

General Trivia Questions #1,897-1,902

Question 1,897: Entertainment & Food -- Silent Statement

Who utters the only line in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie?

a) Marcel Marceau
b) Marty Feldman
c) Mel Brooks
d) Paul Newman

Question 1,898: History & Government -- Institution Integration

In 1987, what organization did the U.S. Supreme Court rule had to allow female members?

a) Country clubs
b) Kiwani Clubs
c) Lions Clubs
d) Rotary Clubs

Question 1,899: Math & Science -- Hot, Hotter, Hottest

What is the hottest color on Lord Kelvin's black-body radiator list?

a) Blue
b) Red
c) White
d) Yellow

Question 1,900: Geography & Nature -- Snake Might

According to experts, on which continent do most of the ten deadliest snake species live?

a) Africa
b) Asia
c) Australia
d) South America

Question 1,901: Literature & Arts -- What's Whitsunday?

What Christian holiday is also known as Whitsunday?

a) Easter
b) Epiphany
c) Palm Sunday
d) Pentecost

Question 1,902: Sports & Games -- Outdoor Bout, War

Which of the following was not one of the categories at the 2000 ESPN Outdoor Games?

a) Dogs
b) Fishing
c) Orienteering
d) Timber

General Trivia Answers #1,891-1,896

Answer 1,891: Entertainment & Food -- My Favorite Martins

a) All My Children

Agnes Nixon created the soap set in the suburb of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania.

Answer 1,892: History & Government -- Alien Act

b) France

The 1798 acts authorized the President to deport or imprison "dangerous" aliens and made it illegal to publish "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government or its officials.

Answer 1,893: Math & Science -- Labor Length

d) 13 hours

Obstetricians refer to first-time mothers as primaparae.

Answer 1,894: Geography & Nature -- Michigan Municipality

c) Lansing

Detroit, the most populous city in the state with around 900,000 residents, had been the capital until 1847.

Answer 1,895: Literature & Arts -- Rudyard's Rikki-tikki-tavi

c) Mongoose

The snake-fighting hero saves the day in The Jungle Book.

Answer 1,896: Sports & Games -- Red-Handed

d) Pete Rose

Charlie Hustle belatedly admitted that he had bet on Major League Baseball games, including backing his own team.

General Trivia Questions #1,891-1,896

Question 1,891: Entertainment & Food -- My Favorite Martins

What ABC soap opera revolving around the Martins and the Tylers debuted on January 5, 1970?

a) All My Children
b) General Hospital
c) One Life to Live
d) The Young and the Restless

Question 1,892: History & Government -- Alien Act

What country was the U.S. close to war with when the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed to end criticism of the U.S. government?

a) England
b) France
c) Germany
d) Spain

Question 1,893: Math & Science -- Labor Length

How long is the average labor for women giving birth for the first time?

a) 4 hours
b) 7 hours
c) 10 hours
d) 13 hours

Question 1,894: Geography & Nature -- Michigan Municipality

What is the capital of Michigan?

a) Detroit
b) Flint
c) Lansing
d) Pontiac

Question 1,895: Literature & Arts -- Rudyard's Rikki-tikki-tavi

What kind of animal is Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-tikki-tavi?

a) Chimpanzee
b) Cobra
c) Mongoose
d) Weasel

Question 1,896: Sports & Games -- Red-Handed

What legendary Cincinnati Red is not in baseball's Hall of Fame because of his gambling problems?

a) Cesar Geronimo
b) Joe Morgan
c) Johnny Bench
d) Pete Rose

General Trivia Answers #1,885-1,890

Answer 1,885: Entertainment & Food -- Verplank Vehicles

d) Yugos

Bette Midler appeared briefly as the title character Mona Dearly in the 2000 movie.

Answer 1,886: History & Government -- Got Bomb?

c) Oregon

Japan dropped incendiary bombs on the coastal state in 1942.

Answer 1,887: Math & Science -- Space Stroll

a) Edward White II

The Texas astronaut took his walk from Gemini 4 on June 3, 1965.

Answer 1,888: Geography & Nature -- Regular Road

a) Main

There were almost three times as many Main streets as Washington streets according to the ZIP+4 database in 2002.

Answer 1,889: Literature & Arts -- Comet Coincidence

c) Mark Twain

The American was born in 1835 and died in 1910. The French author Jean Genet was born in 1910 and died in 1986. The comet will next appear in 2061.

Answer 1,890: Sports & Games -- Fan Favorites

b) Florida Marlins

The owners named the team for the AAA Miami Marlins.

General Trivia Questions #1,885-1,890

Question 1,885: Entertainment & Food -- Verplank Vehicles

In the movie Drowning Mona, what type of car did all the Verplank townies drive?

a) Dodge Dart Swingers
b) Ford Pintos
c) Volkswagen Beetles
d) Yugos

Question 1,886: History & Government -- Got Bomb?

What is the only one of the contiguous U.S. states that has been bombed by enemy aircraft?

a) California
b) Florida
c) Oregon
d) Washington

Question 1,887: Math & Science -- Space Stroll

Who was the first American to walk in space?

a) Edward White II
b) James A. McDivitt
c) John W. Young
d) Virgil I. Grissom

Question 1,888: Geography & Nature -- Regular Road

What is the most popular street name in the U.S.?

a) Main
b) Park
c) Second
d) Washington

Question 1,889: Literature & Arts -- Comet Coincidence

What author's birth and death both occurred in years when Halley's Comet appeared?

a) Henrik Ibsen
b) Henry James
c) Mark Twain
d) Oscar Wilde

Question 1,890: Sports & Games -- Fan Favorites

Which Major League Baseball team's name below was not chosen by a fan vote?

a) Arizona Diamondbacks
b) Florida Marlins
c) Seattle Mariners
d) Toronto Blue Jays

General Trivia Answers #1,879-1,884

Answer 1,879: Entertainment & Food -- Baywatch Beach

a) Australia

After the locals objected, the show moved to Hawaii instead.

Answer 1,880: History & Government -- Not Just Any Penny

d) 1958

The back of the penny has featured the Lincoln Memorial instead of wheat stalks since 1959.

Answer 1,881: Math & Science -- Partial and Perpetual

b) Jean Baptiste Fourier

Both Fourier series and Fourier transformations are named for the Frenchman who was once governor of Lower Egypt under Napoleon.

Answer 1,882: Geography & Nature -- Water World

c) 71%

The Northern Hemisphere is about 61% water, very close to the percentage of water in the human body.

Answer 1,883: Literature & Arts -- Sacred Celebrations

b) Hinduism

Janmashtami, honoring the birthday of Lord Krishna, is the most important Hindu festival.

Answer 1,884: Sports & Games -- Maiden Game

c) A horse that has never won a race

The term refers to an over in which no runs score in cricket.

General Trivia Questions #1,879-1,884

Question 1,879: Entertainment & Food -- Baywatch Beach

To save money, where was the filming of the Baywatch television series going to move in 1999?

a) Australia
b) The Bahamas
c) Puerto Rico
d) Tahiti

Question 1,880: History & Government -- Not Just Any Penny

When did the U.S. mint produce its last "wheat" penny?

a) 1909
b) 1926
c) 1942
d) 1958

Question 1,881: Math & Science -- Partial and Perpetual

What mathematician first solved partial differential equations by using infinite series of trigonometric functions?

a) Jacob Bernoulli
b) Jean Baptiste Fourier
c) Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
d) John Napier

Question 1,882: Geography & Nature -- Water World

Approximately how much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

a) 61%
b) 66%
c) 71%
d) 76%

Question 1,883: Literature & Arts -- Sacred Celebrations

What religion celebrates the Ramana Vami, Janmashtami, and Guru Nanak Janati festivals?

a) Buddhism
b) Hinduism
c) Islam
d) Jainism

Question 1,884: Sports & Games -- Maiden Game

In horse racing terms, what is a maiden?

a) A female horse
b) A horse running its first race
c) A horse that has never won a race
d) A horse younger than 2 years old

General Trivia Answers #1,873-1,878

Answer 1,873: Entertainment & Food -- Spielberg Salute

d) Schindler's List

The film beat out The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, and The Remains of the Day in 1993.

Answer 1,874: History & Government -- Air Force Fighter

d) F-117A

The F-101 is called the Voodoo, the F-102A is called the Delta Dagger, and the F-105 is called the Thunderchief.

Answer 1,875: Math & Science -- Tooth Top

b) Crown

The term also refers to the replacement cap used to restore a tooth when it is too badly damaged to be fixed with just an amalgam or composite filling.

Answer 1,876: Geography & Nature -- Past Population

a) China

The nation already had more people than the U.S. would have two centuries later.

Answer 1,877: Literature & Arts -- Norman's Naked

d) World War II

The psychological South Pacific novel launched Mailer's writing career in 1948.

Answer 1,878: Sports & Games -- No-no, no-no

d) Johnny Vander Meer

The Cincinnati Reds pitcher stifled the Boston Bees and Brooklyn Dodgers in consecutive starts in June 1938.

General Trivia Questions #1,873-1,878

Question 1,873: Entertainment & Food -- Spielberg Salute

Which movie did Steven Spielberg win an Oscar for directing?

a) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
b) E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
c) Jaws
d) Schindler's List

Question 1,874: History & Government -- Air Force Fighter

What is the real name of the U.S. Air Force Stealth Fighter?

a) F-101
b) F-102A
c) F-105
d) F-117A

Question 1,875: Math & Science -- Tooth Top

What is the visible portion of human tooth enamel called?

a) Cap
b) Crown
c) Denticle
d) Dentin

Question 1,876: Geography & Nature -- Past Population

What was the most populous country in the year 1800?

a) China
b) France
c) India
d) Russia

Question 1,877: Literature & Arts -- Norman's Naked

What war was Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead about?

a) Civil War
b) Revolutionary War
c) World War I
d) World War II

Question 1,878: Sports & Games -- No-no, no-no

Who was the only Major League Baseball pitcher to throw back-to-back no-hitters?

a) Addie Joss
b) Allie Reynolds
c) Carl Erskine
d) Johnny Vander Meer

Novel Endings - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Although Dorothy rejoices after the ruby slippers magically return her to Kansas, she would return with Toto to Oz permanently in the numerous sequels.
• A2) Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose. The ending Latin phrase translates as "The ancient rose continues to exist through its name, yet its name is all that remains to us."
• A3) Yann Martel, Life of Pi. The title character is not an irrational number but a shipwrecked Indian boy, Piscine Molitor Patel.
• A4) Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind. Scarlett O'Hara hasn't given up hope for getting Rhett Butler back.
• A5) Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse. Although the story focuses on the Ramsay family's trips to the Isle of Skye in Scotland, philosophical contemplations overshadow the minimal plot.
• A6) George Orwell, Animal Farm. In the 1945 parody of the early Soviet Union, the animals who have taken over behave no better than the owners they detested.
• A7) W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe. The baseball story, whose working title was Dream Field, became famous as the basis for the 1989 movie Field of Dreams seven years later.
• A8) Jack London, The Call of the Wild. John Thornton's pet dog Buck avenges his master's death and becomes the leader of a wolfpack.
• A9) F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Nick Carraway reflects on the title character's penchant for clinging to the past.
• A10) John Updike, The Witches of Eastwick. The 1984 novel led to the 1987 movie starring Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer as the title characters and Jack Nicholson as their mysterious and powerful seducer.
• A11) E.M. Forster, A Passage to India. Sixty years after the novel was published in 1924, the movie adaptation would earn Peggy Ashcroft a Best Supporting Actress Oscar and Maurice Jarre a Best Original Music Score Oscar.
• A12) Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum. The novel is the first book of the Danzig Trilogy, named for his hometown (now called Gdansk) in Poland. Cat and Mouse and Dog Years were each published after a gap of two years, in 1961 and 1963.

The last letters of the twelve authors' last names spell Daniel DeFoe's Moll Flanders, which concludes, "My husband remained there some time after me to settle our affairs, and at first I had intended to go back to him, but at his desire I altered that resolution, and he is come over to England also, where we resolve to spend the remainder of our years in sincere penitence for the wicked lives we have lived."

Novel Endings - Random Trivia Questions

To follow up on last week's quiz, let's move from the beginning to the end. Who penned these memorable closing lines and in what novels? Bonus: what is hidden among the answers?

Novel Endings Questions

• Q1) "I'm so glad to be at home again."
• Q2) I leave this manuscript, I do not know for whom, I no longer know what it is about: stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.
• Q3) Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.
• Q4) "After all, tomorrow is another day."
• Q5) Yes, she thought, laying down her brush in extreme fatigue, I have had my vision.
• Q6) The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
• Q7) Above the farm, a moon bright as butter silvers the night as Annie holds the door open for me.
• Q8) When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their meat into the lower valleys, he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the pale moonlight or glimmering borealis, leaping gigantic above his fellows, his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack.
• Q9) So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
• Q10) We meet it turning the corner where Hemlock meets Oak; it is there when we walk the beach in off-season and the Atlantic in its blackness mirrors the dense packed gray of the clouds: a scandal, life like smoke rising twisted into legend.
• Q11) But the horses didn't want it--they swerved apart; the earth didn't want it, sending up rocks through which riders must pass single file; the temples, the tank, the jail, the palace, the birds, the carrion, the Guest House, that came into view as they issued from the gap and saw Mau beneath: they didn't want, they said in their hundred voices, "No, not yet," and the sky said, "No, not there."
• Q12) Here's the black, wicked Witch. Ha! ha! ha!

Jason, Jim Bob, or John Boy -- Quiz Quilt 61 Solution

Category Answers:

History & Government	ALIEN	In 1798, U.S. President John Adams signed the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien Act gave him the power to extradite any alien he considered dangerous.
Entertainment & Food	TONTO	Jay Silverheels played him on the television show from 1949 to 1957.
Math & Science	RUST	The scientific name is ferric oxide.
Sports & Games	AXEL	No other jump takes off from a forward edge.
Geography & Nature	JAKARTA	The harbor city had just under nine million people by 2004 estimates.
Literature & Arts	MARLOW	The captain's character gains complexity with each novel.

Quiz Quilt Answer: WALTON (Last letters going up)

Ben was the other son on The Waltons television show. The three daughters were Mary Ellen, Erin, and Elizabeth.

Jason, Jim Bob, or John Boy -- Quiz Quilt 61 Puzzle

Category Questions:

History & Government	What legal term refers to a resident of a state who is not a national or citizen of that state?
Entertainment & Food	Who was the Lone Ranger's Indian sidekick?
Math & Science	What is the result of the corrosion of iron, by way of oxidation, in the presence of water?
Sports & Games	Which type of figure skating jump takes off from the forward outside edge and lands on the back outside edge of the opposite foot?
Geography & Nature	What is the most populous city in Indonesia?
Literature & Arts	Who is the narrator in Lord Jim, Youth, Heart of Darkness, and Chance?

General Trivia Answers #1,867-1,872

Answer 1,867: Entertainment & Food -- Personality's Perfume

c) Joan Rivers

The scent is an "exciting floral bouquet that is sophisticated and sensual".

Answer 1,868: History & Government -- Mafia Meaning

c) French

The acronym is short for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela ("Death to the French is Italy's Cry").

Answer 1,869: Math & Science -- Polygon Pot Luck

d) Pentagon

By coincidence, each interior angle is 72 degrees.

Answer 1,870: Geography & Nature -- Maine Beat

b) Massachusetts

Cape Cod juts out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 1,871: Literature & Arts -- Ole Ms. Magazine

c) Lily

The pants called bloomers are named for the women's rights and temperance advocate.

Answer 1,872: Sports & Games -- Balance Beam

c) 16 feet

The gymnastics apparatus is only four inches wide.

General Trivia Questions #1,867-1,872

Question 1,867: Entertainment & Food -- Personality's Perfume

What celebrity introduced her Now and Forever perfume in 2001?

a) Bette Midler
b) Joan Collins
c) Joan Rivers
d) Oprah Winfrey

Question 1,868: History & Government -- Mafia Meaning

What does the 'F' in Mafia stand for?

a) Father
b) Fortune
c) French
d) Friends

Question 1,869: Math & Science -- Polygon Pot Luck

What regular geometric figure's area is equal to 1.72 times the length of one side squared?

a) Decagon
b) Hexagon
c) Octagon
d) Pentagon

Question 1,870: Geography & Nature -- Maine Beat

Which U.S. state has the easternmost point after Maine?

a) Florida
b) Massachusetts
c) New Hampshire
d) Rhode Island

Question 1,871: Literature & Arts -- Ole Ms. Magazine

What was the first U.S. magazine for women, published by Amelia Jenks Bloomer from 1849 to 1854?

a) Bloom
b) Bud
c) Lily
d) Petal

Question 1,872: Sports & Games -- Balance Beam

How long is a balance beam?

a) 12 feet
b) 14 feet
c) 16 feet
d) 18 feet

General Trivia Answers #1,861-1,866

Answer 1,861: Entertainment & Food -- Lancaster Laurel

c) Elmer Gantry

The former gymnast and circus acrobat performed the title role in the 1960 film.

Answer 1,862: History & Government -- Big Wigs in Japan

a) Heisei

Emperor Akihito began the era on January 8, 1989.

Answer 1,863: Math & Science -- Chemical Confusion

d) none of the above

Palladium is Pd, platinum is Pt, plutonium is Pu, and polonium is Po.

Answer 1,864: Geography & Nature -- Earth's Expanse

c) 200 million square miles

The Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans cover over half of the world.

Answer 1,865: Literature & Arts -- A Horse, Of Course

d) King Richard III

The last monarch from the House of York speaks the line in the fourth scene of the fifth act after his horse was killed in battle, and he continues fighting on foot.

Answer 1,866: Sports & Games -- Short Scorer

a) Allen Iverson

The 6-foot-tall guard led the NBA in 1998-99 (26.8 points per game), 2000-01 (31.1), 2001-02 (31.4), and 2004-05 (30.7). Not surprisingly, he was also the shortest MVP in 2000-01.

General Trivia Questions #1,861-1,866

Question 1,861: Entertainment & Food -- Lancaster Laurel

What movie did Burt Lancaster win an Oscar for?

a) Atlantic City
b) The Birdman of Alcatraz
c) Elmer Gantry
d) From Here to Eternity

Question 1,862: History & Government -- Big Wigs in Japan

What is the name of the current Japanese ruling period?

a) Heisei
b) Meiji
c) Showa
d) Taisho

Question 1,863: Math & Science -- Chemical Confusion

What chemical element's symbol is Pl (capital 'P' and lower case 'L')?

a) Palladium
b) Platinum
c) Plutonium
d) none of the above

Question 1,864: Geography & Nature -- Earth's Expanse

What is the approximate surface area of the Earth?

a) 2 million square miles
b) 20 million square miles
c) 200 million square miles
d) 2 billion square miles

Question 1,865: Literature & Arts -- A Horse, Of Course

Which Shakespearean monarch implores, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse"?

a) King Henry V
b) King John
c) King Lear
d) King Richard III

Question 1,866: Sports & Games -- Short Scorer

Who was the shortest player to lead the NBA in scoring in a season?

a) Allen Iverson
b) Bernard King
c) Nate Archibald
d) Rick Barry

General Trivia Answers #1,855-1,860

Answer 1,855: Entertainment & Food -- Tang Tint

c) Orange

The mix was introduced by the General Foods Corporation in 1957 and rocketed to success after it was served on the Gemini 4 space flight in 1965.

Answer 1,856: History & Government -- The War Before

b) The Great War

Charles Repington may have been the first to use the new name, titling his 1920 book The First World War 1914-18.

Answer 1,857: Math & Science -- Incandescent Inefficiency

d) 90%

Incandescent bulbs radiate about fifteen lumens per watt of power, whereas fluorescent light bulbs can generate between 50 and 100 lumens per watt.

Answer 1,858: Geography & Nature -- Black Woods

c) Germany

The Schwarzwald is located in the Bundesland in the southwest corner of the country.

Answer 1,859: Literature & Arts -- Pig Protection

a) Brick

The big, bad wolf blew down the straw and stick shacks but could not budge the brick building.

Answer 1,860: Sports & Games -- Water Wear

b) Caps

Men's water polo has been an Olympic sport for a long time, but women's water polo was only added in 2000.

General Trivia Questions #1,855-1,860

Question 1,855: Entertainment & Food -- Tang Tint

What color is the powdered drink Tang?

a) Blue
b) Green
c) Orange
d) Purple

Question 1,856: History & Government -- The War Before

Before World War II started, what was World War I most commonly known as?

a) The Global War
b) The Great War
c) The War of the Nations
d) The War to End All Wars

Question 1,857: Math & Science -- Incandescent Inefficiency

Approximately what percentage of an incandescent light bulb's energy is wasted as heat?

a) 45%
b) 60%
c) 75%
d) 90%

Question 1,858: Geography & Nature -- Black Woods

In what country is the Black Forest located?

a) Denmark
b) England
c) Germany
d) Hungary

Question 1,859: Literature & Arts -- Pig Protection

In "The Three Little Pigs", what substance did the third little piggy make his house out of?

a) Brick
b) Clay
c) Concrete
d) Stone

Question 1,860: Sports & Games -- Water Wear

Besides swimsuits, what equipment must all water polo players wear?

a) Arm bands
b) Caps
c) Flippers
d) Goggles

General Trivia Answers #1,849-1,854

Answer 1,849: Entertainment & Food -- Tarot Tally

d) 78

Standard decks contain four suits with fourteen cards each plus 22 special cards including The Fool, The Magician, and The Lovers.

Answer 1,850: History & Government -- Accident Accounting

a) Falls

Motor vehicle accidents accounted for 44.3% of accidental deaths, falls 17.8%, and poisoning 13.0% in 2002.

Answer 1,851: Math & Science -- Heat-Muzzling Metal

c) Mercury

Solids generally conduct heat better than liquids and gases.

Answer 1,852: Geography & Nature -- Tobacco Territory

b) North Carolina

As of 2002, the Tar Heel State grew about two-thirds of the country's tobacco.

Answer 1,853: Literature & Arts -- Saint Sire

c) Leslie Charteris

With the success of his first novel, "Meet the Tiger!", in 1928, the law student abandoned his studies for a writing career.

Answer 1,854: Sports & Games -- Homer Haven

c) Seattle Mariners

Ken Griffey, Jr.'s 56 homers, Jay Buhner's 40, and Paul Sorrento's 31 led the way.

General Trivia Questions #1,849-1,854

Question 1,849: Entertainment & Food -- Tarot Tally

How many cards are in a Tarot deck?

a) 22
b) 34
c) 56
d) 78

Question 1,850: History & Government -- Accident Accounting

After automobile crashes, what is the leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States?

a) Falls
b) Firearms
c) Fires and burns
d) Poison

Question 1,851: Math & Science -- Heat-Muzzling Metal

What is the poorest heat-conducting metallic element?

a) Bismuth
b) Lead
c) Mercury
d) Tungsten

Question 1,852: Geography & Nature -- Tobacco Territory

Which U.S. state produces the most tobacco?

a) Kentucky
b) North Carolina
c) South Carolina
d) Virginia

Question 1,853: Literature & Arts -- Saint Sire

What author created the Saint?

a) Georges Simenon
b) G.K. Chesterton
c) Leslie Charteris
d) Raymond Chandler

Question 1,854: Sports & Games -- Homer Haven

Which Major League Baseball team set a record by hitting 264 home runs in 1997?

a) Colorado Rockies
b) New York Yankees
c) Seattle Mariners
d) St. Louis Cardinals

General Trivia Answers #1,843-1,848

Answer 1,843: Entertainment & Food -- Long Bond

b) Roger Moore

The son of a policeman portrayed the secret agent 007 times from 1973 to 1985.

Answer 1,844: History & Government -- Pilgrim Population

a) 102

The same number of people set sail and disembarked, as two people died, and two babies were born.

Answer 1,845: Math & Science -- Electronegative Element

c) Fluorine

When the halogen forms a covalent bond, it attracts the other atom's outermost electrons more strongly than any other element.

Answer 1,846: Geography & Nature -- Trucial Territory

d) United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain, which had been protected by the U.K. since the 19th century, joined to form the new country in 1971.

Answer 1,847: Literature & Arts -- 'G' Is for Grafton

b) Alibi

'A' Is for Alibi began the alphabetical sequence in 1982, and 'T' Is for Trespass was book number twenty in 2007.

Answer 1,848: Sports & Games -- Wiped Out By Wilkens

c) Red Auerbach

The George Washington University alum won 938 and lost 479 regular season games in his career.

General Trivia Questions #1,843-1,848

Question 1,843: Entertainment & Food -- Long Bond

What actor has played James Bond in the most movies?

a) Pierce Brosnan
b) Roger Moore
c) Sean Connery
d) Timothy Dalton

Question 1,844: History & Government -- Pilgrim Population

How many Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower?

a) 102
b) 205
c) 308
d) 411

Question 1,845: Math & Science -- Electronegative Element

What is the most electronegative chemical element?

a) Bromine
b) Chlorine
c) Fluorine
d) Hydrogen

Question 1,846: Geography & Nature -- Trucial Territory

What Middle Eastern country was formerly known as the Trucial States?

a) Kuwait
b) Oman
c) Qatar
d) United Arab Emirates

Question 1,847: Literature & Arts -- 'G' Is for Grafton

What does the letter 'A' stand for in the first novel in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone detective series?

a) Action
b) Alibi
c) Amulet
d) Assassin

Question 1,848: Sports & Games -- Wiped Out By Wilkens

Who was the all-time winningest NBA coach until Lenny Wilkens passed him in 1997?

a) Don Nelson
b) Jack Ramsay
c) Red Auerbach
d) Red Holzman

Novel Beginnings - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night. One of two Fitzgerald novels that The Modern Library ranked in the Top 100 of all time in 1999, its title comes from the John Keats poem "Ode to a Nightingale", followed by "and haply the Queen-Moon is on her throne."
• A2) Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles. Because the action begins in 1999, a 1997 rerelease postponed all of the events by 31 years to keep the sci-fi premises possible.
• A3) Alex Haley, Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The 1976 novel inspired a 12-hour miniseries whose finale still ranks #3 in the all-time Nielsen Ratings.
• A4) Nicholas Meyers, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. The 1974 novel purports to have come from Watson's lost manuscript and successfully continues the franchise developed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (this really wasn't meant to be a trick question).
• A5) Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cat's Cradle. Vonnegut pays homage to Moby Dick's opening line, "Call me Ishmael", which the American Book Review rated as the best opening line of any novel ever.
• A6) E.B. White, Charlotte's Web. The answer: to turn the runt of the pig litter into breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• A7) Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter. The structure's purpose was to publicly display those branded with the title mark.
• A8) Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith. Although the novel was selected for the 1926 Pulitzer Prize, Lewis declined to accept because he felt the award was based on popularity rather than literary merit.
• A9) Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd. The title, from Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", refers to a place of solitude. "Madding", meaning "making insane", has a different root than "maddening", meaning "annoying".
• A10) Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth. The full quote from Ecclesiastes is "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth". Ignorance is bliss.
• A11) Isaac Asimov, Foundation. Foundation is the name of the initial novel, a collection of five short stories, and an expanded series written over forty years.
• A12) Nicholas Evans, The Horse Whisperer. The 1995 novel inspired the 1998 Robert Redford movie whose screenplay was written by Eric Roth.

The first letters of the twelve authors' first names spell the name of the classic horror story Frankenstein, which opens with a letter, "To Mrs. Saville, England / St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17-- / You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings."

Novel Beginnings - Random Trivia Questions

Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 1830 novel Paul Clifford begins, "It was a dark and stormy night", and Charles Schulz popularized the phrase by having Snoopy hunt and paw it on his typewriter. Who penned these memorable opening lines and in what novels? Bonus: what is hidden among the answers?

Novel Beginnings Questions

• Q1) On the pleasant shore of the French Riviera, about half way between Marseilles and the Italian border, stands a large, proud, rose-colored hotel.
• Q2) One minute it was Ohio winter, with doors closed, windows locked, the panes blind with frost, icicles fringing every roof, children skiing on slopes, housewives lumbering like great black bears in their furs along the icy streets.
• Q3) Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a manchild was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte.
• Q4) For many years it was my good fortune to witness, chronicle, and in some instances assist my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, in a number of cases which were submitted to him in his unique capacity as a consulting detective.
• Q5) Call me Jonah.
• Q6) "Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
• Q7) A throng of bearded men in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and other bareheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes.
• Q8) The driver of the wagon swaying through forest and swamp of the Ohio wilderness was a ragged girl of fourteen.
• Q9) When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun.
• Q10) Selden paused in surprise. In the afternoon rush of the Grand Central Station his eyes had been refreshed by the sight of Miss Lily Bart.
• Q11) His name was Gaal Dornick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before.
• Q12) There was death at its beginning as there would be death again at its end.

Ship Plank -- Quiz Quilt 60 Solution

Category Answers:

Literature & Arts	DOGPATCH	Al Capp drew the hillbilly comic strip from 1934 to 1977.
History & Government	GINSBURG	Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born as Joan Ruth Bader in Brooklyn, New York in 1933.
Math & Science	ALVEOLI	They also take carbon dioxide out of the blood.
Entertainment & Food	THOMAS	Santa Monica High School graduate Heather Thomas was voted "Favorite Female Newcomer" by US magazine readers in 1982.
Sports & Games	MCENROE	John McEnroe beat his younger sibling Patrick 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Patrick replaced John as captain of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 2000.
Geography & Nature	RWANDA	The country gained its independence from Belgium on July 1, 1962.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ABOARD (Fifth letters)

A stowaway "aboard" a pirate ship might be asked to walk "a board" called the plank.

Ship Plank -- Quiz Quilt 60 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	What is Li'l Abner's home town?
History & Government	On August 10, 1993, who became the second woman ever sworn in on the Supreme Court?
Math & Science	What is the scientific name for the lungs' tiny air sacs that absorb oxygen into the blood?
Entertainment & Food	What actress played Jody Banks on The Fall Guy from 1981 to 1986?
Sports & Games	What brothers met in the finals of the professional tennis tournament in Chicago in 1991?
Geography & Nature	What is the 10,169-square-mile country in central Africa whose capital is Kigali?

General Trivia Answers #1,837-1,842

Answer 1,837: Entertainment & Food -- Distinctive Director

a) Francis Ford Coppola

The Detroit-born New Yorker won his only Best Director Oscar for The Godfather, Part II, the first sequel to be honored as Best Picture.

Answer 1,838: History & Government -- Before Gorbachev

a) Konstantin U. Chernenko

Suffering from pulmonary emphysema, heart problems, and cirrhosis of the liver, the 72-year-old passed away only thirteen months after taking office.

Answer 1,839: Math & Science -- Metric Maker

b) France

In 1879, the French National Assembly asked the Academy of Sciences of Paris to standardize the country's weights and measures.

Answer 1,840: Geography & Nature -- Sovereign Slovakian City

a) Bratislava

The city on the Danube river is also the country's most populous with over 400,000 residents.

Answer 1,841: Literature & Arts -- Rime Time

d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

His addiction was so bad that he lived the last two decades of his life in the home of physician James Gillman.

Answer 1,842: Sports & Games -- Go for the Gold Record

c) "Reach"

The inspirational tune from her Destiny album reached #6 on the pop charts.

General Trivia Questions #1,837-1,842

Question 1,837: Entertainment & Food -- Distinctive Director

Who was the director of The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and The Outsiders?

a) Francis Ford Coppola
b) John Carpenter
c) Martin Scorsese
d) Oliver Stone

Question 1,838: History & Government -- Before Gorbachev

What U.S.S.R. leader did Mikhail Gorbachev replace on March 11, 1985?

a) Konstantin U. Chernenko
b) Leonid I. Brezhnev
c) Nikita S. Khrushchev
d) Yuri V. Andropov

Question 1,839: Math & Science -- Metric Maker

In what country was the metric system developed?

a) England
b) France
c) Germany
d) Sweden

Question 1,840: Geography & Nature -- Sovereign Slovakian City

What is the capital of Slovakia?

a) Bratislava
b) Ljubljana
c) Prague
d) Sarajevo

Question 1,841: Literature & Arts -- Rime Time

What English poet wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and "Kubla Khan" while under the influence of opium?

a) John Keats
b) Lord Byron
c) Percy Bysshe Shelley
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question 1,842: Sports & Games -- Go for the Gold Record

What was Gloria Estefan's 1996 Olympics theme song?

a) "Glory"
b) "Higher"
c) "Reach"
d) "Succeed"

General Trivia Answers #1,831-1,836

Answer 1,831: Entertainment & Food -- June's Gem

c) Pearl

Moonstone and alexandrite are sometimes alternatively listed.

Answer 1,832: History & Government -- Globetrotter

d) Ulysses Grant

His family visited on a world tour in 1879 before he returned to the U.S. to seek reelection.

Answer 1,833: Math & Science -- Cosmic Count

a) 22.5 million years

The unit measures one revolution of the Sun around the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Answer 1,834: Geography & Nature -- Indian Chief City

b) Calcutta

The city's name is now officially spelled Kolkata.

Answer 1,835: Literature & Arts -- Fortune-Fishing Foxes

a) Lillian Hellman

Bette Davis starred as Regina Giddens in the 1941 movie version of the 1939 play.

Answer 1,836: Sports & Games -- Canasta Cards

c) 12

Eight deuces and four jokers are all wild.

General Trivia Questions #1,831-1,836

Question 1,831: Entertainment & Food -- June's Gem

What is generally considered the birthstone of the month of June?

a) Onyx
b) Opal
c) Pearl
d) Ruby

Question 1,832: History & Government -- Globetrotter

Who was the first U.S. President to visit China?

a) John F. Kennedy
b) Lyndon Johnson
c) Richard Nixon
d) Ulysses Grant

Question 1,833: Math & Science -- Cosmic Count

How long is a cosmic year?

a) 22.5 million years
b) 225 million years
c) 2.25 billion years
d) 22.5 billion years

Question 1,834: Geography & Nature -- Indian Chief City

What was the capital of India until 1912?

a) Bombay
b) Calcutta
c) Madras
d) New Delhi

Question 1,835: Literature & Arts -- Fortune-Fishing Foxes

What author's The Little Foxes chose fortune over family?

a) Lillian Hellman
b) Lorene Cary
c) Lorraine Hansberry
d) Louise Eldrich

Question 1,836: Sports & Games -- Canasta Cards

How many wild cards are used in Canasta?

a) 4
b) 8
c) 12
d) 16

General Trivia Answers #1,825-1,830

Answer 1,825: Entertainment & Food -- Apogee of '93

d) Schindler's List

The honor was the first of Steven Spielberg's two Best Director awards, later joined by Saving Private Ryan.

Answer 1,826: History & Government -- Dynasty History

d) Qin Dynasty

China took its name from the 3rd-century B.C. dynasty, which was previously spelled Chin.

Answer 1,827: Math & Science -- BASIC Training

d) Symbolic

The acronym is short for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

Answer 1,828: Geography & Nature -- Largest Lizard

b) Seismosaurus

The Earthquake Lizard was an estimated 100 tons and forty feet tall.

Answer 1,829: Literature & Arts -- Statement of Liberty

c) George Orwell

The essayist also warned, "A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him."

Answer 1,830: Sports & Games -- Bucks Spot

a) Bradley Center

Construction began in 1986, and the arena opened for the 1988-89 NBA season.

General Trivia Questions #1,825-1,830

Question 1,825: Entertainment & Food -- Apogee of '93

Which movie won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director of 1993?

a) The Fugitive
b) Philadelphia
c) The Piano
d) Schindler's List

Question 1,826: History & Government -- Dynasty History

What was the first Chinese dynasty?

a) Han Dynasty
b) Manchu Dynasty
c) Ming Dynasty
d) Qin Dynasty

Question 1,827: Math & Science -- BASIC Training

What does the 'S' in the BASIC programming language stand for?

a) Short
b) Simple
c) Small
d) Symbolic

Question 1,828: Geography & Nature -- Largest Lizard

What was the largest dinosaur in both average weight and height?

a) Antarctosaurus
b) Seismosaurus
c) Supersaurus
d) Ultrasaurus

Question 1,829: Literature & Arts -- Statement of Liberty

Who maintained, "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear"?

a) Andy Rooney
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) George Orwell
d) Thomas Paine

Question 1,830: Sports & Games -- Bucks Spot

In what arena do the Milwaukee Bucks play their home basketball games?

a) Bradley Center
b) CoreStates Center
c) FleetCenter
d) MCI Center

General Trivia Answers #1,819-1,824

Answer 1,819: Entertainment & Food -- Cooper's Kane

b) High Noon

John Wayne accepted the award on his behalf at the 1953 ceremony.

Answer 1,820: History & Government -- Philippe's Feat

d) The World Trade Centers

Petit prepared six years for his feat. The only "punishment" he received was that he had to perform for some children in Central Park.

Answer 1,821: Math & Science -- Light Length

c) Ultraviolet

Infrared light is between 7,000 and 10,000 angstroms, while visible light is between infrared and ultraviolet. Black light refers to the longest of the ultraviolet rays.

Answer 1,822: Geography & Nature -- Babylon and On

b) Iraq

Babylonia was a state in Mesopotamia at least as far back as the 23rd century B.C.

Answer 1,823: Literature & Arts -- Unstressed Request

b) e

The syllable is pronounced like the 'a' in "abut", the 'e' in "synthesis", the 'i' in "mobile", the 'o' in "collide", and the 'u' in "medium".

Answer 1,824: Sports & Games -- Pyramid Palace

b) Luxor

The resort opened on October 15, 1993 featuring elevators tilted at a 39-degree angle.

General Trivia Questions #1,819-1,824

Question 1,819: Entertainment & Food -- Cooper's Kane

For which movie did Gary Cooper win a Best Actor Academy Award for playing Will Kane?

a) For Whom the Bell Tolls
b) High Noon
c) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
d) Springfield Rifle

Question 1,820: History & Government -- Philippe's Feat

On August 7, 1974, what did Philippe Petit walk across on a tightrope?

a) The Bering Strait
b) The English Channel
c) Niagara Falls
d) The World Trade Centers

Question 1,821: Math & Science -- Light Length

Which type of light has a wavelength between 100 and 4,000 angstroms?

a) Black
b) Infrared
c) Ultraviolet
d) Visible

Question 1,822: Geography & Nature -- Babylon and On

What country is located where Babylonia used to be?

a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) Kuwait
d) Saudi Arabia

Question 1,823: Literature & Arts -- Unstressed Request

The schwa, used to represent an unstressed vowel in dictionaries, looks like an upside down version of which lower case letter?

a) a
b) e
c) i
d) u

Question 1,824: Sports & Games -- Pyramid Palace

What is the pyramid-shaped hotel casino in Las Vegas?

a) Excalibur
b) Luxor
c) Taj Mahal
d) Tropicana

General Trivia Answers #1,813-1,818

Answer 1,813: Entertainment & Food -- Husker History

a) Board game

The phrase is Swedish for "do you remember".

Answer 1,814: History & Government -- Inhalation Condemnation

a) Adlai Stevenson

His grandfather, whose name he shared, was Vice President of the U.S. under Grover Cleveland, and one of his cousins is actor McLean Stevenson.

Answer 1,815: Math & Science -- Evolution Explosion

a) Cambrian

The Burgess Shale in British Columbia provided a tremendous wealth of fossils documenting many previously unknown species from that era.

Answer 1,816: Geography & Nature -- Hang Song

c) Ohio

The Buckeye State adopted "Beautiful Ohio" as its official non-rock song in 1969.

Answer 1,817: Literature & Arts -- Teaching Trio

d) Washington Irving

The 19th-century American was a lawyer and a diplomat.

Answer 1,818: Sports & Games -- Fledgling Forty

c) Magic Johnson

The Lakers rookie netted 42 points when he was 20 years and 9 months old.

General Trivia Questions #1,813-1,818

Question 1,813: Entertainment & Food -- Husker History

What 1950s item was the band Husker Du named for in 1979?

a) Board game
b) Candy bar
c) Sneaker
d) Television show

Question 1,814: History & Government -- Inhalation Condemnation

What politician adjudged in a 1961 speech, "Flattery is all right as long as you don't inhale"?

a) Adlai Stevenson
b) Richard Nixon
c) Spiro Agnew
d) Strom Thurmond

Question 1,815: Math & Science -- Evolution Explosion

What evolutionary explosion occurred about 530 million years ago?

a) Cambrian
b) Devonian
c) Permian
d) Silurian

Question 1,816: Geography & Nature -- Hang Song

Which U.S. state's official rock song is "Hang on Sloopy"?

a) California
b) Hawaii
c) Ohio
d) Rhode Island

Question 1,817: Literature & Arts -- Teaching Trio

Which of the following authors was not a schoolmaster or a professor?

a) Henry David Thoreau
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) Samuel Johnson
d) Washington Irving

Question 1,818: Sports & Games -- Fledgling Forty

Who was the youngest player to score 40 points in an NBA playoff game?

a) Allen Iverson
b) Kobe Bryant
c) Magic Johnson
d) Tracy McGrady

Forward March - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Ides of March (March 15). The Ides of May, July, and October also fell on the 15th, while every other month had them on the 13th.
• A2) Wedding March. The juncture of the play's plot is the wedding of Duke Theseus of Athens and Queen Hippolyta of the Amazon.
• A3) March Hare. In addition to Alice, the other guests are the Hatter and the Dormouse. The March Hare offers Alice wine even though there isn't any.
• A4) Amy March. In order from youngest to oldest, her siblings were Beth, Jo, and Meg.
• A5) March of Dimes. Eddie Cantor coined the foundation's current name, originally for its annual January fundraising event, as a pun on "The March of Time" movie theater news segment.
• A6) Bataan Death March. The Japanese forced about 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war into prison camps, killing an estimated 10,000 of them along the way.
• A7) March of the Wooden Soldiers. The comedy, also known as Laurel and Hardy in Toyland, features Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee.
• A8) Augie March. Forty-three years later, Australians Glenn Richards, David Williams, Adam Donovan, and Edmondo Ammendola named their rock band Augie March in his honor.
• A9) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. King delivered his moving "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
• A10) "Liberty Bell March". John Philip Sousa composed the tune in 1893.
• A11) Million Man March. Somewhere between two-thirds to one million people turned out in an effort to inspire African Americans to vote and volunteer.
• A12) March of the Penguins. The nature story highlights Antarctica's emperor penguins and especially their efforts to breed and raise their young.

Forward March - Random Trivia Questions

To celebrate the beginning of March, this week's answers all contain the word "March" in them somewhere. Can you march in time with the music?

Forward March Questions

• Q1) On what day was Julius Caesar assassinated in 44 B.C.?
• Q2) What famous piece of music did Felix Mendelssohn compose for Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1842?
• Q3) What mad animal attends the tea party in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
• Q4) Who was the youngest of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women?
• Q5) What charitable organization began its life in 1938 as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis?
• Q6) What infamous 60-mile march occurred in the Philippines in 1942 during World War II?
• Q7) In 1948, what was the 1934 movie Babes in Toyland rereleased as?
• Q8) Whose adventures did novelist Saul Bellow write about in 1953?
• Q9) What rally did Martin Luther King, Jr. lead on August 28, 1963?
• Q10) What military march plays during the Monty Python's Flying Circus introduction?
• Q11) What rally did Louis Farrakhan convene in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1995?
• Q12) What film won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature?

Heaven Seven -- Quiz Quilt 59 Solution

Category Answers:

History & Government	BUSH	Gemini George Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts.
Literature & Arts	PRADO	Its name means "meadow".
Sports & Games	MARYLAND	Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore has held the contest, named for a New Jersey horse and stable, since 1873.
Math & Science	DNA	Linus Pauling had hypothesized that it might be a triple helix just one month earlier.
Geography & Nature	EUCALYPTUS	Specifically, the finicky marsupial's diet is restricted to the myrtle variety.
Entertainment & Food	ASTLEY	Rick Astley's 1987 debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, also included "Together Forever".

Quiz Quilt Answer: URANUS (Second letters)

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and was named for the Greek god of the sky.