Sunday, March 2, 2008

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

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