Tuesday, September 9, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,629-2,634

Answer 2,629: Entertainment & Food -- Legendary Roddenberry

b) Star Trek

The former U.S. Army pilot had written for shows like Have Gun - Will Travel, The Fireside Theatre, and Dr. Kildare for fifteen years before the show that made him a cult hero.

Answer 2,630: History & Government -- Terminated Term

c) Richard Nixon

The morning after his speech was televised on August 8, 1974, the Californian submitted his written resignation to Henry Kissinger.

Answer 2,631: Math & Science -- The Dirt on Digitalis

c) A plant

The name comes from how its flowers fit neatly on a human fingertip.

Answer 2,632: Geography & Nature -- Common Currency

a) Dinar

The unit is divided into 1,000 fils in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait.

Answer 2,633: Literature & Arts -- Sleigh Away

b) 8

Robert L. May created Rudolph for Montgomery Ward over a century later in 1939, and J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh released "Olive the Other Reindeer" in 1997.

Answer 2,634: Sports & Games -- Division Dominance

a) Atlanta Braves

They won fourteen straight crowns from 1991 to 2005, not including the strike-shortened 1994 season.

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