Friday, September 12, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,647-2,652

Answer 2,647: Entertainment & Food -- Uno for the Money, Dos for the Dough

a) Chicago, Illinois

The restaurant invented the Chicago-style Deep Dish Pizza. The chain would expand to Boston in 1979, beginning a growth spurt that would see the 200th Uno open in 2003.

Answer 2,648: History & Government -- Calendar Counting

b) Hebrew

Their year 5765 mostly overlapped with A.D. 2005.

Answer 2,649: Math & Science -- Computer E's

b) 14

After the digits 0 to 9, the first six letters of the alphabet stand for the numbers 10 to 15.

Answer 2,650: Geography & Nature -- Suspension Span

c) New York

The Verrazano-Narrows is 4,260 feet long.

Answer 2,651: Literature & Arts -- Cosmos Creator

b) Carl Sagan

The book was published in 1970, and the show debuted a decade later.

Answer 2,652: Sports & Games -- Major Improvement

d) Vijay Singh

The two-time PGA Championship winner defeated Ernie Els by three strokes only two years after missing the cut at Augusta.

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