Monday, March 3, 2008

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.

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