Monday, August 18, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,533-2,538

Answer 2,533: Entertainment & Food -- Zoboomafoo Crew

c) Lemur

Zoboo is both a real Sifaka lemur and an amazingly similar-looking puppet version.

Answer 2,534: History & Government -- First to Say "U.S.A."

d) Thomas Paine

Born in England in 1737, he did not leave for the New World until he was 37 years old and Benjamin Franklin advised him to.

Answer 2,535: Math & Science -- Higgs Handle

b) God particle

Leon Lederman coined the name when the Higgs boson was considered the most important particle in physics.

Answer 2,536: Geography & Nature -- Great and Small

d) Lake Ontario

At 7,320 square miles, it is still the fifteenth largest lake in the world.

Answer 2,537: Literature & Arts -- Dr. Z

d) Yuri

The book was released in 1958 everywhere except in Russia, where it was finally printed in Novyi mir thirty years after the journal first rejected it.

Answer 2,538: Sports & Games -- Ice Romancing

b) Kristi Yamaguchi

The ice couple met during the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics where she captured a gold medal.

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