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.