Tuesday, July 22, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,419-2,424

Answer 2,419: Entertainment & Food -- Graceful Go-Go

a) Charlotte Caffey

Her new band released its only album, A Perfect View, in the same year.

Answer 2,420: History & Government -- Manufacturing Monopoly

a) 7 years

Orphan drugs are those that treat ailments affecting 200,000 people or fewer.

Answer 2,421: Math & Science -- Energy Envelopes

b) Max Planck

Planck's constant is still used to measure the quanta.

Answer 2,422: Geography & Nature -- Pork Place

b) Cincinnati, Ohio

In the mid-1930s, the city was the biggest hog-packing center in the U.S.

Answer 2,423: Literature & Arts -- Howe Hymn

b) The Grapes of Wrath

Julia Ward Howe's poem begins, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord / He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored."

Answer 2,424: Sports & Games -- Black A-Rack-Nid

c) Jeanette Lee

The New Yorker, who often dresses fashionably in black, was named WPBA Player of the Year in 1994 when she became the #1-ranked female player.

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