Thursday, April 17, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,011-2,016

Answer 2,011: Entertainment & Food -- Mars Bars

c) Snickers

The candy bar debuted in 1923, but the chocolate version was not produced until seven years later.

Answer 2,012: History & Government -- Double Death

b) Theodore Roosevelt

His mother Martha died from typhoid fever, while his wife Alice succumbed two days after childbirth.

Answer 2,013: Math & Science -- Kalium Chemical

c) Potassium

The alkali metal, which was first obtained from potash, uses the chemical symbol K.

Answer 2,014: Geography & Nature -- Industrialist Ilg

a) Leaning Tower of Pisa

The inventor constructed the tower, along with two swimming pools and a cabana, for a recreational park for his employees.

Answer 2,015: Literature & Arts -- Beast Book

c) Shirley Jackson

The San Francisco native called the book "a disrespectful memoir of my children".

Answer 2,016: Sports & Games -- Texas Nexus

d) The turn

The flop refers to the first three cards that are simultaneously revealed, Fifth Street or the river is the last community card, and an unbeatable hand is the nuts.

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