Wednesday, June 18, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,275-2,280

Answer 2,275: Entertainment & Food -- McDonaldland

c) Japan

The fast food giant had 3,873 stores there in June 2002.

Answer 2,276: History & Government -- Coin Comparison

d) Quarter

The U.K. uses a twenty-pence coin instead.

Answer 2,277: Math & Science -- Puffy Planet

c) Saturn

The spectacularly ringed planet would float on water.

Answer 2,278: Geography & Nature -- Third-Leading Language

a) Chinese

French had been number three in the previous census in 1990.

Answer 2,279: Literature & Arts -- Beseeches an Herb

b) Rosemary

In the fifth scene of act four, Ophelia babbles, "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts."

Answer 2,280: Sports & Games -- Run, Kick, & Poe

a) Baltimore Ravens

The poet, who lived in the city for a few years and died there, wrote the poem "The Raven" in 1845.

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