Thursday, May 22, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,161-2,166

Answer 2,161: Entertainment & Food -- Made in Manhattan

d) Whiskey

The name is usually spelled "whiskey" for Irish and U.S. brands and "whisky" for Canadian, Japanese, and Scottish distillations.

Answer 2,162: History & Government -- Fortnight in the Fourth Dimension

b) 14

The term from the Germanic contraction of "fourteen nights" followed their ancient custom of counting by nights rather than days.

Answer 2,163: Math & Science -- Artery Attenuation

b) Aneurysm

The problem most frequently occurs in arteries at the base of the brain and in the aorta.

Answer 2,164: Geography & Nature -- Least Massive Land Mass

b) Australia

The flattest and driest continent is just under three million square miles, about 800,000 square miles smaller than Europe.

Answer 2,165: Literature & Arts -- Little Leaps

b) Bolshoi

Its ballet dancers have included Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Natalia Makarova.

Answer 2,166: Sports & Games -- The Grass Assassin

d) Martina Navratilova

The lefty claimed the major nine times between 1978 and 1990.

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