Tuesday, August 26, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,569-2,574

Answer 2,569: Entertainment & Food -- Charm Pitt

c) Sheryl Crow

Separated by less than three months in age, she was born in Kennett, Missouri, while he was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma but raised in Springfield, Missouri.

Answer 2,570: History & Government -- Feud Fuel

d) Pig

The late 19th-century feud simmered for twenty years along the West Virginia-Kentucky border after a pig was supposedly stolen.

Answer 2,571: Math & Science -- Salmonella Story

d) A veterinarian named Salmon

Daniel E. Salmon discovered the first illness-inducing strain in 1885.

Answer 2,572: Geography & Nature -- Missouri Miss

c) Lincoln, Nebraska

It is also one of the state's only major cities that is not on the Platte River.

Answer 2,573: Literature & Arts -- Weeping Wiseman

b) Heraclitus

The philosopher, who lived from 535 to 475 B.C., cried about the feebleness and foolishness of man. Democritus was called the Laughing Philosopher.

Answer 2,574: Sports & Games -- Fred Wed

d) Robyn Smith

The first woman to win a major stakes race was 44 years younger than the dancing actor.

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