Wednesday, May 21, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,155-2,160

Answer 2,155: Entertainment & Food -- Psycho Bath

c) Janet Leigh

The former Jeanette Helen Morrison played Marion Crane in the 1960 movie.

Answer 2,156: History & Government -- Dense, Not Immense

c) New Jersey

The state had 438 people per square mile, fifty more than Rhode Island. Alaska was by far the least densely populated, with under half a person per square mile.

Answer 2,157: Math & Science -- Subaru Stars

d) Pleiades

The constellation was named for the mythological Seven Sisters (Alycyone, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, Sterope, and Taygete) born to the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.

Answer 2,158: Geography & Nature -- Skeleton Debris

c) Namibia

A 6,200-square-mile section of the bone-filled beach was converted into a national park. Most of the bones were washed ashore after 19th-century whalers discarded them.

Answer 2,159: Literature & Arts -- Tooth Top

b) Job

In chapter 19, verse 20, Job laments, "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."

Answer 2,160: Sports & Games -- Frequent Fighter

c) Joe Louis

The cotton picker's son fought for the championship 27 times, including a record 25 successful title defenses.

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