Tuesday, June 3, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,209-2,214

Answer 2,209: Entertainment & Food -- Job Jumping

b) Construction foreman

Carroll O'Connor played the bigoted main character and moved on to Archie Bunker's Place as a bar owner.

Answer 2,210: History & Government -- Better a Tumbler Than a Bumbler

a) George W. Bush

The handle was changed at his request to Trailblazer early during his first term.

Answer 2,211: Math & Science -- Pour Score

d) Iodine

The halogen is a solid that is often dissolved in water for use as an antiseptic. The others are all solids at room temperature but would melt in your hands.

Answer 2,212: Geography & Nature -- Sans Salamanders

c) Australia

None of the 350 species of the two-inch to five-foot-long amphibians reached the isolated island-continent on their own.

Answer 2,213: Literature & Arts -- Hammerin' Hank

b) France

The plot covers the historical Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years War.

Answer 2,214: Sports & Games -- Sugar Nay

d) Joey Maxim

Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli, who took his fighting name from the Maxim machine gun, dropped Robinson on June 25, 1952 at Yankee Stadium in 104° heat.

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