Tuesday, April 8, 2008

General Trivia Answers #1,969-1,974

Answer 1,969: Entertainment & Food -- Sting's Clothing

d) Sweater

Its yellow and black stripes made him look like a bee.

Answer 1,970: History & Government -- Faubus's Folly

b) Arkansas

On September 4, the Democrat prevented the students from going to class at Little Rock Central High School despite the Supreme Court ruling for desegregation.

Answer 1,971: Math & Science -- A Joy Named Sue

a) The archaeologist who found her

Sue Hendrickson discovered the fossils in South Dakota in 1990.

Answer 1,972: Geography & Nature -- American Avenue

b) 6th Avenue

Mayor Fiorello La Guardia renamed the street in 1945.

Answer 1,973: Literature & Arts -- Od Dad

c) Laertes

In Hamlet, he exchanges fatal cuts with the title character using the same poisoned rapier, while in The Odyssey, he kills Antinous's father Eupeithes with a lance.

Answer 1,974: Sports & Games -- First Forays

c) 20

Sixteen pawn moves and four knight moves are possible.

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