Thursday, September 11, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,641-2,646

Answer 2,641: Entertainment & Food -- Record of the Year Record

d) Paul Simon

Carrie Fisher's husband was honored for Bookends and Bridge Over Troubled Water with Art Garfunkel in 1969 and 1971 and for Graceland on his own in 1988.

Answer 2,642: History & Government -- Big Bomber

c) B-29

The Enola Gay released the 400-pound Little Boy and obliterated Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

Answer 2,643: Math & Science -- Area Algorithm

c) Octagon

The month of October shares the same prefix because it was originally the eighth month of the year.

Answer 2,644: Geography & Nature -- Kosovo Critter

a) Blackbird

The former Yugoslavian province is now in southern Serbia.

Answer 2,645: Literature & Arts -- Bi-Writers

a) Ellery Queen

Manfred Lee and Frederic Dannay were the real mystery writers.

Answer 2,646: Sports & Games -- Baseketball Bond

a) Don Drysdale

Big D passed away in 1993, the same year that his wife was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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