Shaky Storage -- Quiz Quilt 94 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	Who was the youngest of the original MTV video jockeys?
Sports & Games	What Baltimore Colts quarterback led them to three championships, including Super Bowl V?
Math & Science	What substance causes bricks to be red?
Literature & Arts	What designer did Andrew Cunanan kill on July 15, 1997?
History & Government	What unified currency debuted in Europe in 1999?
Geography & Nature	By what name is the Cote d'Azur better known in English?

General Trivia Answers #2,857-2,862

Answer 2,857: Entertainment & Food -- Prima Madonna

c) "Like a Virgin"

The pop song reached the top on December 22, 1984. The other singles peaked at #10, #16, and #4 respectively.

Answer 2,858: History & Government -- Bill-o-Meter

c) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Carl C. Magee filed for a patent for a "coin controlled parking meter" two months before and received it three years later.

Answer 2,859: Math & Science -- Multipurpose Minoxidil

b) High blood pressure

The medicine is now prescribed for baldness.

Answer 2,860: Geography & Nature -- Eggstraordinary Eggstension

b) Lima, Peru

10,000 potential chickens were sacrificed for the project.

Answer 2,861: Literature & Arts -- Paranoid Perseverence

a) Andy Grove

The CEO of Intel added the title of Chairman the following year, when Time magazine named him "Man of the Year".

Answer 2,862: Sports & Games -- Richard's Yard

d) Right wing

The Montreal Canadien was the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season in 1944-45.

General Trivia Questions #2,857-2,862

Question 2,857: Entertainment & Food -- Prima Madonna

What was Madonna's first #1 Billboard hit?

a) "Borderline"
b) "Holiday"
c) "Like a Virgin"
d) "Lucky Star"

Question 2,858: History & Government -- Bill-o-Meter

What U.S. city installed the first parking meter on July 16, 1935?

a) Charleston, South Carolina
b) Cleveland, Ohio
c) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
d) Salt Lake City, Utah

Question 2,859: Math & Science -- Multipurpose Minoxidil

What ailment was minoxidil originally designed to treat?

a) Arthritis
b) High blood pressure
c) High cholesterol levels
d) Impotence

Question 2,860: Geography & Nature -- Eggstraordinary Eggstension

What city is home to the Bridge of Eggs, made from mortar and egg whites in 1610?

a) Buenos Aires, Argentina
b) Lima, Peru
c) Quito, Ecuador
d) Sao Paulo, Brazil

Question 2,861: Literature & Arts -- Paranoid Perseverence

What computer leader claimed that Only the Paranoid Survive in his 1996 book?

a) Andy Grove
b) Bill Gates
c) Larry Ellison
d) Steve Jobs

Question 2,862: Sports & Games -- Richard's Yard

Which position did Maurice Richard play in the NHL?

a) Center
b) Defenseman
c) Left wing
d) Right wing

General Trivia Answers #2,851-2,856

Answer 2,851: Entertainment & Food -- Nadia's Number

d) The Young and the Restless

In her 2002 hit "No More Drama", Mary J. Blige rhymes, "Or maybe I like the stress / 'Cause I was young and restless" over a sample of the 1976 piano piece.

Answer 2,852: History & Government -- Zealous Tsar

b) Ivan IV

Ivan the Terrible reigned from 1547 to 1574 and 1576 to 1584, when he was probably poisoned by one of his advisors.

Answer 2,853: Math & Science -- Barometric Measure

c) A metal plate or box

Changes in air pressure cause the metal to expand and contract.

Answer 2,854: Geography & Nature -- Quebec Query

c) QC

PQ had been official until 1994 but also refers to a local political party.

Answer 2,855: Literature & Arts -- Last Law

c) Don't covet your neighbor's wife

Don't covet his house or his field either.

Answer 2,856: Sports & Games -- Martina's Miss

a) Australian Open

Helena Sukova beat Navratilova in the semifinals, ending her record 74-match winning streak and her run of six consecutive majors. Sukova lost to Chris Evert in the final.

General Trivia Questions #2,851-2,856

Question 2,851: Entertainment & Food -- Nadia's Number

Which soap opera's theme song did Nadia Comaneci perform her gymnastics floor exercise routine to, earning it the name "Nadia's Theme"?

a) As the World Turns
b) Guiding Light
c) One Life to Live
d) The Young and the Restless

Question 2,852: History & Government -- Zealous Tsar

Who was the first tsar of Russia?

a) Feodor I
b) Ivan IV
c) Peter I
d) Vasili III

Question 2,853: Math & Science -- Barometric Measure

What does an aneroid barometer use to measure atmospheric pressure?

a) Compressed gas
b) Mercury
c) A metal plate or box
d) A spring

Question 2,854: Geography & Nature -- Quebec Query

What is the postal abbreviation for the Canadian province of Quebec?

a) PQ
b) QB
c) QC
d) QU

Question 2,855: Literature & Arts -- Last Law

What is the last of the Ten Commandments?

a) Don't bear false witness
b) Don't covet your neighbor's house
c) Don't covet your neighbor's wife
d) Don't take the Lord's name in vain

Question 2,856: Sports & Games -- Martina's Miss

What was the only Grand Slam event that eluded Martina Navratilova in 1984?

a) Australian Open
b) French Open
c) U.S. Open
d) Wimbledon

General Trivia Answers #2,845-2,850

Answer 2,845: Entertainment & Food -- Pyle Place

a) Mayberry

Jim Nabors played the title role in Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. from 1964 to 1970.

Answer 2,846: History & Government -- Soviet Strike

a) Afghanistan

The last of the Soviet troops were not withdrawn until February 15, 1989.

Answer 2,847: Math & Science -- Titanium Tint

d) White

The compound is the most commonly used white pigment in the world.

Answer 2,848: Geography & Nature -- Rift and Lift

a) Africa

The second largest continent covers 11.6 million square miles.

Answer 2,849: Literature & Arts -- Glengarry Glen Pen

b) David Mamet

Although the play was set in Chicago, Mamet moved the location to New York City for the 1982 movie adaptation.

Answer 2,850: Sports & Games -- Suicide Suit

c) Hearts

The monarch is usually shown holding a dagger to his head.

General Trivia Questions #2,845-2,850

Question 2,845: Entertainment & Food -- Pyle Place

What fictional town did Gomer Pyle live in?

a) Mayberry
b) Mayfield
c) Springfield
d) Springville

Question 2,846: History & Government -- Soviet Strike

Which south-central Asian country did the Soviet Union invade on December 24, 1979?

a) Afghanistan
b) Bhutan
c) Nepal
d) Pakistan

Question 2,847: Math & Science -- Titanium Tint

What color is titanium dioxide?

a) Black
b) Gray
c) Silver
d) White

Question 2,848: Geography & Nature -- Rift and Lift

What continent is home to the Great Rift Valley and the Atlas Mountains?

a) Africa
b) Asia
c) North America
d) South America

Question 2,849: Literature & Arts -- Glengarry Glen Pen

What American playwright won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross?

a) Arthur Miller
b) David Mamet
c) Edward Albee
d) Neil Simon

Question 2,850: Sports & Games -- Suicide Suit

In a standard deck of playing cards, which suit is the suicide king?

a) Clubs
b) Diamonds
c) Hearts
d) Spades

General Trivia Answers #2,839-2,844

Answer 2,839: Entertainment & Food -- Dominant Double

d) Pink Floyd's The Wall

23 million copies were sold through 2004, two million ahead of Billy Joel's first compilation.

Answer 2,840: History & Government -- Helen's Home

a) Alabama

The town holds an annual Helen Keller Festival every June.

Answer 2,841: Math & Science -- No Laughing Matter

c) Joseph Priestley

Humphry Davy later became famous for testing the effects of the laughing gas on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and himself.

Answer 2,842: Geography & Nature -- Meuse Views

a) Belgium

Both rivers begin in France and continue into the Netherlands.

Answer 2,843: Literature & Arts -- Plangonologist's Pile

b) Dolls

A brandophilist collects cigar bands, a phillumenist collects matchbox covers, and a vecturist collects subway tokens.

Answer 2,844: Sports & Games -- International Basketball's Best

d) Yugoslavia

They won in 1970, 1978, 1990, and 1998.

General Trivia Questions #2,839-2,844

Question 2,839: Entertainment & Food -- Dominant Double

What is the top-selling double album of all time?

a) Billy Joel's Greatest Hits Vol. I & II
b) Evita soundtrack
c) Fleetwood Mac's Tusk
d) Pink Floyd's The Wall

Question 2,840: History & Government -- Helen's Home

In which state was Helen Keller born at Ivy Green in Tuscumbia?

a) Alabama
b) Georgia
c) Mississippi
d) South Carolina

Question 2,841: Math & Science -- No Laughing Matter

What English chemist discovered nitrous oxide in 1772?

a) Arthur Harden
b) Humphry Davy
c) Joseph Priestley
d) William Ramsay

Question 2,842: Geography & Nature -- Meuse Views

What country's principal rivers are the Meuse and the Scheldt?

a) Belgium
b) Denmark
c) Liechtenstein
d) Netherlands

Question 2,843: Literature & Arts -- Plangonologist's Pile

What does a plangonologist collect?

a) Cigar bands
b) Dolls
c) Matchbox labels
d) Subway tokens

Question 2,844: Sports & Games -- International Basketball's Best

What country has captured the most men's basketball World Championships?

a) Brazil
b) U.S.
c) U.S.S.R./Russia
d) Yugoslavia

General Trivia Answers #2,833-2,838

Answer 2,833: Entertainment & Food -- Matchmakers

b) 6

Gene Rayburn posed fill-in-the-blank questions to contestants and two rows of three panelists.

Answer 2,834: History & Government -- Name Nostalgia

c) John

The number one girl's name was Mary.

Answer 2,835: Math & Science -- LCD Key

a) Polarization

An electric field applied to the liquid between two perpendicularly-aligned polarized sheets prevents the rotation of the light and makes the area dark.

Answer 2,836: Geography & Nature -- Vacation Sensation Creation

b) Cancun

With funding from the International Development Bank, an airport was built, and a causeway was constructed to connect the island to the mainland.

Answer 2,837: Literature & Arts -- Yom Kippur Creature

b) Goat

The custom from the day of atonement led to the term "scapegoat".

Answer 2,838: Sports & Games -- Rectangular Recreation

c) Tennis

The dimensions are for singles, with a doubles court being nine feet wider.

General Trivia Questions #2,833-2,838

Question 2,833: Entertainment & Food -- Matchmakers

How many celebrities answered questions in the game show Match Game?

a) 3
b) 6
c) 9
d) 12

Question 2,834: History & Government -- Name Nostalgia

What was the most popular name for a baby boy in the U.S. in 1900?

a) George
b) James
c) John
d) William

Question 2,835: Math & Science -- LCD Key

What technique do liquid-crystal displays use to show different numerals?

a) Polarization
b) Reflection
c) Refraction
d) Transparency

Question 2,836: Geography & Nature -- Vacation Sensation Creation

What isolated Mexican city was transformed into a tourist resort with sandy white beaches in 1970?

a) Acapulco
b) Cancun
c) Mazatlan
d) Monterrey

Question 2,837: Literature & Arts -- Yom Kippur Creature

On Yom Kippur, what animal is traditionally released into the desert to carry away sins?

a) Donkey
b) Goat
c) Horse
d) Rabbit

Question 2,838: Sports & Games -- Rectangular Recreation

What sport's playing surface measures 78 feet long by 27 feet wide?

a) Badminton
b) Squash
c) Tennis
d) Volleyball

State Abbreviation Words - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Concorde (CO+NC+OR+DE). Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde manufactured only twenty of the jets and could not survive the negative publicity and subsequent reduction in flights following the September 11, 2001 attacks, ceasing operation in October 2003.
  
• A2) Mandarin (MA+ND+AR+IN). It is the most popular primary language in the world.
  
• A3) Alpaca (AL+PA+CA). Because of their smaller size, alpacas are not used as beasts of burden like their larger relatives are.
  
• A4) Pascal (PA+SC+AL). The procedural programming language, named for French mathematician Blaise Pascal, was still popular in the mid-1980's, serving as the primary higher language for early Macintosh software development.
  
• A5) Calamine (CA+LA+MI+NE). Calamine lotion helps prevent itching, prevents infections, and dries oozing wounds.
  
• A6) Coma (CO+MA). Michael Crichton turned the story into a hit film with Michael Douglas the following year.
  
• A7) Inky (IN+KY). "Inky" and his video game buddies Shadow ("Blinky"), Speedy ("Pinky"), and Pokey ("Clyde") have been chasing Pac-Man since 1980.
  
• A8) Dwyane Wade (WA+DE). The Miami Heat guard stepped it up during the playoffs, capturing the Finals MVP award as his team won the championship.
  
• A9) Ganymede (GA+NY+ME+DE). In Greek mythology, Zeus kidnapped the Trojan prince for being the handsomest man on the Earth and made him serve as a cupbearer.
  
• A10) Condor (CO+ND+OR). The Andean condor and California Condor are the largest birds in the Americas.
  
• A11) Scar (SC+AR). Simba's uncle causes Mufasa's death and scares the young lion into running away from his pride.
  
• A12) Almond (AL+MO+ND). The cheap stuff used in most candy bars consists mostly of whipped sucrose and corn syrup.

State Abbreviation Words - Random Trivia Questions

Like the random quiz from a couple of weeks ago, the following twelve answers are all built from a set of building blocks. Instead of just seven letters though, you have fifty U.S. state postal abbreviations to work from. Concatenate the two-letter pairs to form each of the required four-, six-, or eight-letter words. Can you survive this OR+DE+AL?

State Abbreviation Words Questions

• Q1) What type of jet crashed for the first time in its history on July 25, 2000?
  
• Q2) What is the primary northern dialect and the official dialect of China?
  
• Q3) What domesticated member of the camel family lives high up in the Andes like the llama but is a foot or two shorter?
  
• Q4) What computer language did Niklaus Wirth develop from ALGOL in the late 1960's?
  
• Q5) What is the pink, odorless powder of zinc oxide and ferric oxide dissolved in mineral oils that is used in skin ointments?
  
• Q6) What Robin Cook novel was a best seller in 1977 and was named thriller of the year by the New York Times?
  
• Q7) What is the commonly used nickname of the light blue ghost named Bashful?
  
• Q8) What athlete was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine in 2006 despite finishing only ninth in the NBA MVP vote?
  
• Q9) What is Jupiter's largest moon?
  
• Q10) What bird's two main species have the scientific names Vultur gryphus and Gymnogyps californianus?
  
• Q11) What villain did Jeremy Irons lend his voice to in a popular 1994 movie?
  
• Q12) What type of nut is now used to make real nougat such as the Spanish turron and the Italian torrone?

Sesame Beat -- Quiz Quilt 93 Solution

Category Answers:

History & Government	TUBMAN	Born as a slave in Maryland in 1820, Harriet Tubman escaped in 1849 using the North Star to guide her. Her husband refused to go with her, and her two brothers turned back along the way.
Geography & Nature	HANOI	The city of 3½ million people became the capital in the 7th century and endured occupation by both the French and the Japanese.
Entertainment & Food	JOHN	Caribou was a #1 album in both the U.S. and U.K. for Elton John in 1974. The Englishman has recorded over fifty albums since 1969.
Math & Science	NAPIER	Astronomer John Napier also created Napier's bones, an abacus-like device for calculating products by doing addition and quotients by using subtraction.
Sports & Games	GREEN	By rule, a siren or whistle also sounds.
Literature & Arts	VOLTAIRE	Although the Frenchman was best known for his novels, he also composed poetry and over fifty plays.

Quiz Quilt Answer: TAHINI (Diagonally from the top left)

Tahini is a paste made from smushed sesame seeds.

Sesame Beat -- Quiz Quilt 93 Puzzle

Category Questions:

History & Government	On February 1, 1978, who was the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp?
Geography & Nature	What is the capital of Vietnam?
Entertainment & Food	What singer had the albums Caribou, Blue Moves, and Sleeping With the Past?
Math & Science	What Scottish mathematician introduced logarithms and popularized the decimal point?
Sports & Games	What color is the light that indicates the end of a period in an NHL game?
Literature & Arts	What was the pen name of the philosopher, historian, and author born as Francois Marie Arouet in 1694?

General Trivia Answers #2,827-2,832

Answer 2,827: Entertainment & Food -- Mountain Monster?

d) The ocean

Gojira, the "king of the monsters" in Japanese, debuted in theaters in 1954.

Answer 2,828: History & Government -- Early Expedition

a) Children's Crusade

Thousands of boys as young as six years old set off from France and Germany for Jerusalem.

Answer 2,829: Math & Science -- Lost Horizon?

a) Black holes

Light emitted from inside the horizon cannot be seen from outside.

Answer 2,830: Geography & Nature -- Earth Girth

c) 25,000 miles

The equator measures 24,901 miles around, while a journey around both poles is 83 miles shorter.

Answer 2,831: Literature & Arts -- Soliloquy Source

a) Hamlet

The title character speaks the lines in the first scene of the third act.

Answer 2,832: Sports & Games -- Rai-Singh Vijay

a) Fiji

The Florida resident was the 1993 PGA Rookie of the Year and later won the PGA Championship twice and the Masters once.

General Trivia Questions #2,827-2,832

Question 2,827: Entertainment & Food -- Mountain Monster?

Where did Godzilla come from?

a) A cave
b) The jungle
c) The mountains
d) The ocean

Question 2,828: History & Government -- Early Expedition

What crusade took place in 1212 between the Fourth and Fifth Crusades?

a) Children's Crusade
b) Farmer's Crusade
c) Holy Crusade
d) Knight's Crusade

Question 2,829: Math & Science -- Lost Horizon?

What type of celestial objects possess an event horizon?

a) Black holes
b) Pulsars
c) Quasars
d) Supernovas

Question 2,830: Geography & Nature -- Earth Girth

What is the approximate circumference of the Earth?

a) 15,000 miles
b) 20,000 miles
c) 25,000 miles
d) 30,000 miles

Question 2,831: Literature & Arts -- Soliloquy Source

Which Shakespeare play includes the famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy?

a) Hamlet
b) Julius Caesar
c) Macbeth
d) Romeo and Juliet

Question 2,832: Sports & Games -- Rai-Singh Vijay

In what country was golfer Vijay Singh born?

a) Fiji
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) South Africa

General Trivia Answers #2,821-2,826

Answer 2,821: Entertainment & Food -- Disney Dame

a) Demi Moore

The Brat Packer repeated the role in the 2002 sequel.

Answer 2,822: History & Government -- Continuous College

d) Morocco

Quaraouyine, Fez was founded in A.D. 859.

Answer 2,823: Math & Science -- Copenhagen Chemical

c) Hafnium

The city's Latin name is Hafnia.

Answer 2,824: Geography & Nature -- Supreme Swimmer

b) Gray

The 30-ton whales can swim 12,500 miles between their feeding and breeding locations.

Answer 2,825: Literature & Arts -- Growing the Whale Tale

c) Nathaniel Hawthorne

They lived near each other in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Answer 2,826: Sports & Games -- LEGO Land

a) Denmark

The colorful plastic bricks have been used to build a wide range of amazing things, including a working 7-foot grandfather clock and a Rubik's Cube solver.

General Trivia Questions #2,821-2,826

Question 2,821: Entertainment & Food -- Disney Dame

Which actress provided Esmeralda's voice in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1996?

a) Demi Moore
b) Kirstie Alley
c) Melanie Griffith
d) Sharon Stone

Question 2,822: History & Government -- Continuous College

What country has the oldest existing university?

a) Egypt
b) France
c) Italy
d) Morocco

Question 2,823: Math & Science -- Copenhagen Chemical

What chemical element was named for Copenhagen?

a) Cobalt
b) Copper
c) Hafnium
d) Scandium

Question 2,824: Geography & Nature -- Supreme Swimmer

Which type of whale swims the farthest to breed?

a) Fin
b) Gray
c) Pilot
d) Right

Question 2,825: Literature & Arts -- Growing the Whale Tale

What author convinced Herman Melville to change Moby Dick from a simple whaling tale to an allegorical novel?

a) Henry David Thoreau
b) John Greenleaf Whittier
c) Nathaniel Hawthorne
d) Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 2,826: Sports & Games -- LEGO Land

In what country did LEGO building blocks originate?

a) Denmark
b) Hungary
c) Japan
d) Sweden

General Trivia Answers #2,815-2,820

Answer 2,815: Entertainment & Food -- Hostess Helper

b) Joan Rivers

The "Can we talk?!" comedian provided the voice for Dot Matrix in the former and appeared as the uncredited President Rivers in the latter.

Answer 2,816: History & Government -- State Mate

c) Maine

The compromise maintained the balance of slave states and free states.

Answer 2,817: Math & Science -- Monsanto & Merck Medicine

a) Arthritis

Monsanto makes Celebrex, and Merck makes Vioxx.

Answer 2,818: Geography & Nature -- Midnight Light

c) Norway

Part of the country is north of the Arctic Circle and therefore receives 24 hours of sunlight on the Summer Solstice.

Answer 2,819: Literature & Arts -- Beginning Book

d) Matthew

Genesis opens the Old Testament.

Answer 2,820: Sports & Games -- Uncle Metster

b) Dwight Gooden

Sheffield's mother Betty is Gooden's older sister.

General Trivia Questions #2,815-2,820

Question 2,815: Entertainment & Food -- Hostess Helper

What talk show hostess had parts in Spaceballs in 1987 and Les Patterson Saves the World in 1990?

a) Jenny Jones
b) Joan Rivers
c) Roseanne Barr
d) Sally Jessy Raphael

Question 2,816: History & Government -- State Mate

Which state was admitted to the Union as a free state in the 1820 Missouri Compromise?

a) Illinois
b) Indiana
c) Maine
d) Ohio

Question 2,817: Math & Science -- Monsanto & Merck Medicine

What ailment do the Cox-2 inhibitor drugs manufactured by Monsanto and Merck treat?

a) Arthritis
b) Hypertension
c) Menopause
d) Parkinson's disease

Question 2,818: Geography & Nature -- Midnight Light

What country is known as the Land of the Midnight Sun?

a) Canada
b) Iceland
c) Norway
d) Russia

Question 2,819: Literature & Arts -- Beginning Book

What is the first book in the New Testament?

a) John
b) Luke
c) Mark
d) Matthew

Question 2,820: Sports & Games -- Uncle Metster

What former Major League Baseball player is Gary Sheffield's uncle?

a) Darryl Strawberry
b) Dwight Gooden
c) Hubie Brooks
d) Kevin Mitchell

General Trivia Answers #2,809-2,814

Answer 2,809: Entertainment & Food -- Go With the Flow

b) Enya

The single from her Watermark album reached #1 on the pop charts on October 29, 1988.

Answer 2,810: History & Government -- DNA Design

c) 1953

Linus Pauling had hypothesized that DNA might be a triple helix just one month earlier.

Answer 2,811: Math & Science -- Satisfactory Solution

d) Water

The non-ionic, polar molecules can also form hydrogen bonds, allowing water to dissolve a wide range of compounds from salts and sugars to acids and bases.

Answer 2,812: Geography & Nature -- Falls Forward

d) Lake Ontario

Lake Erie is the source.

Answer 2,813: Literature & Arts -- Twice the Advice

a) Abby ("Dear Abby")

They were born on the Fourth of July in 1918.

Answer 2,814: Sports & Games -- Card Count

b) 51

One of the queens is removed, leaving an unmatched queen as the Old Maid.

General Trivia Questions #2,809-2,814

Question 2,809: Entertainment & Food -- Go With the Flow

What singer's first hit song was "Orinoco Flow" in 1988?

a) En Vogue
b) Enya
c) Expose
d) Melissa Etheridge

Question 2,810: History & Government -- DNA Design

When did Watson and Crick create the double helix DNA model?

a) 1935
b) 1944
c) 1953
d) 1962

Question 2,811: Math & Science -- Satisfactory Solution

What substance is known as the universal solvent?

a) Aqua regia
b) Hydrochloric acid
c) Nitric acid
d) Water

Question 2,812: Geography & Nature -- Falls Forward

Which Great Lake does Niagara Falls empty into?

a) Lake Erie
b) Lake Huron
c) Lake Michigan
d) Lake Ontario

Question 2,813: Literature & Arts -- Twice the Advice

Who is the twin sister of advice columnist Ann Landers?

a) Abby ("Dear Abby")
b) Beth ("Ask Beth")
c) Heloise ("Hints from Heloise")
d) Judith ("Miss Manners")

Question 2,814: Sports & Games -- Card Count

How many playing cards are in an Old Maid deck?

a) 50
b) 51
c) 52
d) 53

General Trivia Answers #2,803-2,808

Answer 2,803: Entertainment & Food -- Leading Man

d) Napoleon Bonaparte

The French general has been a character in over 200 films.

Answer 2,804: History & Government -- Know Your Nones

b) 5th

They occurred nine days before the Ides, inclusive, or eight days before as we conventionally count now.

Answer 2,805: Math & Science -- Fatmosphere

d) Troposphere

It contains about four-fifths of the total air mass.

Answer 2,806: Geography & Nature -- Island, Not My Land

b) Christmas Island

Australia owns the island, named for the day it was discovered in 1643.

Answer 2,807: Literature & Arts -- Author as Avocation

d) Washington Irving

The namesake of Irving, Texas had previously been a lawyer and an American ambassador to Britain and Spain.

Answer 2,808: Sports & Games -- Clout of Africa

b) Cameroon

The African nation followed in the footsteps of its neighbor and 1996 champion Nigeria by defeating Spain in the finals.

General Trivia Questions #2,803-2,808

Question 2,803: Entertainment & Food -- Leading Man

Which historic figure has been portrayed in the most movies?

a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Jesus Christ
c) Julius Caesar
d) Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 2,804: History & Government -- Know Your Nones

What day in April were the Roman Nones?

a) 1st
b) 5th
c) 10th
d) 16th

Question 2,805: Math & Science -- Fatmosphere

What is the largest part of the Earth's atmosphere?

a) Ionosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Stratosphere
d) Troposphere

Question 2,806: Geography & Nature -- Island, Not My Land

Which of the following is not a U.S. dependency?

a) Baker Island
b) Christmas Island
c) Midway Islands
d) Northern Mariana Islands

Question 2,807: Literature & Arts -- Author as Avocation

Who was the first American author to make a living by writing?

a) Clement Moore
b) Edgar Allan Poe
c) Nathaniel Hawthorne
d) Washington Irving

Question 2,808: Sports & Games -- Clout of Africa

What country surprisingly won the 2000 Olympic men's soccer gold medal?

a) Angola
b) Cameroon
c) Rwanda
d) Uganda

Trivial Pursuit: America Plays - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Australia. Also known as Uluru, the sandstone slab juts up over a fifth of a mile and covers nearly six square miles.
• A2) Wilson. Wilson was the Gipper's mother Nelle's maiden name.
• A3) Blue whale. The huge mammal's buoyancy allowed it to grow larger than even the biggest land-bound dinosaurs.
• A4) Arrows. The verb "quiver", meaning "to shake", is etymologically unrelated.
• A5) St. Croix, St. John, and/or St. Thomas. This question ended the episode it appeared on. Because the contestant was more than $5,000 behind the America team, the final question was never asked (shortening the show but denying the team a chance at some extra money).
• A6) Dana Carvey. The Church Chat hostess was the breakout hit for the Montana-born comedian.
• A7) Elvis Costello. The English musician combined Elvis Presley's first name (his manager's idea) with his great grandmother's name.
• A8) Usher. "Moving Mountains" reached #18 on the Billboard R&B charts while "My Way" peaked at #4 and topped the Singles Sales chart.
• A9) Jamaica. Jamaican Marcus Garvey is considered to be a prophet of the religion.
• A10) Annapolis. The city of only 36,000 people is home to the U.S. Naval Academy.
• A11) Ford. India's Tata Motors acquired the luxury car company on June 2, 2008.
• A12) Korea. The "foot fist way" has been an Olympic sport since 2000.

Trivial Pursuit: America Plays - Random Trivia Questions

This week's questions are an unbiased sampling of questions from recent episodes of the new television game show Trivial Pursuit: America Plays. Enjoy.

Trivial Pursuit: America Plays Questions

• Q1) The World ($450): What country are you visiting if you're standing at Ayers Rock?
• Q2) History ($400): What was President Ronald Reagan's middle name?
• Q3) Hot Pursuit [no category] ($500): What species of whale is the largest animal ever to inhabit the planet?
• Q4) Hot Pursuit [no category] ($500): What items are usually found in a container called a quiver?
• Q5) Islands ($4000): Name 2 of the United States Virgin Islands.
• Q6) Entertainment ($450): What comedian played the character Church Lady on "Saturday Night Live"?
• Q7) Hot Pursuit [no category] ($500): What singer and songwriter's real name is Declan McManus?
• Q8) R&B ($2000): Which R&B superstar recorded the songs "Moving Mountains" and "My Way"?
• Q9) Whatever ($400): In what country did the Rastafari movement begin?
• Q10) Travel ($350): What's the capital of Maryland?
• Q11) Hot Pursuit [no category] ($500): What American car company sold off its Jaguar division in 2008?
• Q12) Martial Arts ($2000): In what country did the martial art tae kwon do originate?

Trivial Pursuit: America Plays Review

Name	Trivial Pursuit: America Plays
Original Run	September 2008 to present
Host	Christopher Knight (yes, Peter Brady all grown up)
Length	Half hour
Currently On	Syndicated (weekdays at 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on WFXT in Boston, Massachusetts)
IMDB	Main entry

Description: Trivial Pursuit: America Plays brings the current trivia boom full circle, returning to the original board game for its theme. Three studio contestants compete against each other and a "team" made up of the general public, who pose short-answer trivia questions through video recordings (a live "captain" also asks a question, but otherwise has no special power). To win, a contestant needs to not only defeat the other two competitors but outscore the "America" team. Every question has its dollar value added to the Studio pot on each correct answer and to the America pot on each incorrect answer.

Opening Round: A toss-up "All Play" question from the America team is shown, with the first contestant to buzz in getting a shot at answering. A correct answer earns a pie wedge and first shot at answering the next question. If nobody responds correctly, another toss-up question is asked. The first two studio contestants to earn wedges in three different categories advance.

Hot Pursuit Round: The two surviving contestants compete to fill in the three remaining wedges in their pies, but categories are no longer important (I suppose they made that change from the original board game to speed play up). The winner advances, and the loser goes home.

Final Round: In the Head-to-Head versus America round, the questions still have category names, but there are no wedges to earn. Six categories are randomly selected to match a fixed set of dollar amounts: $500, $1000, $2000, $3000, $4000, and $5000. The remaining contestant attempts to end up with a larger pot than the America team. The game ends when there are no more questions or the contestant can no longer catch America.

Conclusion: Trivial Pursuit: America Plays is a fun game show that gives everyone a chance at winning a little bit of cash. Because the questions are asked by people around the country, the entertainment category is heavily overweighted. The difficulty levels cover a reasonable Who Wants to Be a Millionaire gamut from super-easy-$100-ish to fairly-difficult-million-dollar-ish questions, leaning toward the easy side. The prizes are small by modern game-show standards; in-studio contestants can earn around ten to twenty thousand dollars, while players on the America team can split that amount ten to twenty ways or roughly $1,000 each.

Like The Weakest Link, the contestants work together to build the Studio pot while still hoping to win the race for pie wedges. As a viewer, you may find yourself rooting for a particular contestant or against all of the studio competitors and for America, especially if one of the video questioners hails from your area.

You can try to become a contestant if you live near Los Angeles or are willing to travel there, or you can try to join the America team by submitting a video of your question.

Sex, Lies, and Friday -- Quiz Quilt 92 Solution

Category Answers:

Entertainment & Food	BLADE	Snipes played the half-mortal title character, also known as Eric Brooks and the Daywalker.
History & Government	WALKER	Confederate troops captured Syracuse Medical College alumna Dr. Mary Edwards Walker during the Civil War.
Geography & Nature	TUNISIA	Ra's al Abyad, also known as Cape Blanc, is at 37.33° North.
Math & Science	TSUNAMI	On December 26, 2004, an Indian Ocean tsunami, which means "wave in a port", devastated Sumatra, Indonesia, and several other countries, killing over 300,000 people.
Literature & Arts	CARTER	The sleuth Nick Carter appeared in over 100 books from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Sports & Games	ICING	The result is a faceoff back in the offending team's zone.

Quiz Quilt Answer: CASUAL (Second letters going up)

The three words in the clue share a common prefix: casual sex, casual lies, and casual Friday.

Sex, Lies, and Friday -- Quiz Quilt 92 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	What 1998 vampire movie starred Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff?
History & Government	Who is the only female to earn a Congressional Medal of Honor?
Geography & Nature	What country contains the northernmost point of Africa?
Math & Science	What Japanese word refers to a tidal wave caused by an earthquake?
Literature & Arts	Who was the fictional detective of dime novels written by J.R. Coryell and several other authors?
Sports & Games	What is the hockey term for the act of illegally sending the puck from behind the center line past the opponent's goal line?

General Trivia Answers #2,797-2,802

Answer 2,797: Entertainment & Food -- City Kid

c) Paris

Debbie Rowe gave birth to Paris Michael Katherine Jackson on April 3, 1998.

Answer 2,798: History & Government -- Buttering Up the Boss

b) October

Patricia Bays Haroski created the holiday in 1958, selecting her father's birthday, October 16, as the date.

Answer 2,799: Math & Science -- Copper Combination

b) Brass

The zinc distinguishes it from other types of bronze.

Answer 2,800: Geography & Nature -- Calf Kids

b) Deer

Their young are called fawns.

Answer 2,801: Literature & Arts -- Whale Tale

c) Ishmael

The first-person narrator lives to tell the story.

Answer 2,802: Sports & Games -- Euchre Lucre

a) Jack of spades

The Jack of trumps is called the Right Bower.

General Trivia Questions #2,797-2,802

Question 2,797: Entertainment & Food -- City Kid

What is the first name of singer Michael Jackson's second child, named after the city where she was conceived?

a) London
b) Madrid
c) Paris
d) Rome

Question 2,798: History & Government -- Buttering Up the Boss

In which month is National Boss Day celebrated?

a) September
b) October
c) November
d) December

Question 2,799: Math & Science -- Copper Combination

What alloy is created by combining copper and zinc?

a) Amalgam
b) Brass
c) Chrome
d) Pewter

Question 2,800: Geography & Nature -- Calf Kids

Of the following, which animal's young are not officially called calves?

a) Cattle
b) Deer
c) Elephant
d) Whale

Question 2,801: Literature & Arts -- Whale Tale

Who is the only major character still alive at the end of Moby Dick?

a) Ahab
b) Fedallah
c) Ishmael
d) Queequeg

Question 2,802: Sports & Games -- Euchre Lucre

What is the highest card in euchre when spades are the trump suit?

a) Jack of spades
b) Queen of spades
c) King of spades
d) Ace of spades

General Trivia Answers #2,791-2,796

Answer 2,791: Entertainment & Food -- Rotten Records

d) The Sex Pistols

Paul Cook, Steve Jones, and Wally Nightingale formed the British punk rock band in 1975 and soon recruited Rotten and Glen Matlock when Nightingale left.

Answer 2,792: History & Government -- Mail-Order Merchant

c) Montgomery Ward

The department store chain was once one of the largest retailers in the U.S. but went bankrupt in 1997 before shuttering its doors three years later.

Answer 2,793: Math & Science -- Planet Paths

a) Neptune

Because of their elliptical orbits, Neptune is farther from the Sun than Pluto for twenty out of every 249 years. Pluto has since been relegated to dwarf planet status anyway.

Answer 2,794: Geography & Nature -- Fullest of Fifty

d) Phoenix, Arizona

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the Valley of the Sun had about 1.3 million people, over half a million more than Indianapolis.

Answer 2,795: Literature & Arts -- Candide Coach

d) Pangloss

The teacher represents the philosopher Gottfried Leibniz, who believed that we live in the best possible world because God is perfect.

Answer 2,796: Sports & Games -- Softball Setup

c) 10

A shortfielder or fourth outfielder joins the nine standard baseball positions.

General Trivia Questions #2,791-2,796

Question 2,791: Entertainment & Food -- Rotten Records

What music group was Johnny Rotten the lead singer for?

a) Deep Purple
b) Fine Young Cannibals
c) Nirvana
d) The Sex Pistols

Question 2,792: History & Government -- Mail-Order Merchant

What company had the first mail order sales in 1872?

a) Bloomingdale's
b) Macy's
c) Montgomery Ward
d) Sears Roebuck

Question 2,793: Math & Science -- Planet Paths

Between 1979 and 1999, what was considered to be the outermost planet in the solar system?

a) Neptune
b) Pluto
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

Question 2,794: Geography & Nature -- Fullest of Fifty

What is the most populous U.S. state capital?

a) Austin, Texas
b) Columbus, Ohio
c) Indianapolis, Indiana
d) Phoenix, Arizona

Question 2,795: Literature & Arts -- Candide Coach

Who tutors Voltaire's Candide?

a) Cacambo
b) Cunegonde
c) Martin
d) Pangloss

Question 2,796: Sports & Games -- Softball Setup

How many players take the field for each team in slow pitch softball?

a) 8
b) 9
c) 10
d) 11

General Trivia Answers #2,785-2,790

Answer 2,785: Entertainment & Food -- Again and Against

c) Out of the Past

Phil Collins took the 1984 movie's theme song to the top of the pop charts.

Answer 2,786: History & Government -- Fifty and Feisty

b) Benito Mussolini

The Fascist dictator also cried, "Three cheers for war in general."

Answer 2,787: Math & Science -- Cilia Question

b) Eyelashes

The word comes directly from the Latin. The singular is cilium.

Answer 2,788: Geography & Nature -- Apia in the Pacific

b) Samoa

The country was formerly known as Western Samoa.

Answer 2,789: Literature & Arts -- Worldly Woman

d) Pearl Buck

The novelist was born in West Virginia but raised across the globe in China.

Answer 2,790: Sports & Games -- Formula Four

a) Alain Prost

The Frenchman known as the Professor won 51 races, a record that stood until 2001.

General Trivia Questions #2,785-2,790

Question 2,785: Entertainment & Food -- Again and Against

What 1947 movie did Against All Odds remake 37 years later?

a) On the Old Spanish Trail
b) Out of the Blue
c) Out of the Past
d) Underworld Scandal

Question 2,786: History & Government -- Fifty and Feisty

What leader jested on his 50th birthday, "Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day"?

a) Adolf Hitler
b) Benito Mussolini
c) Franklin Roosevelt
d) Winston Churchill

Question 2,787: Math & Science -- Cilia Question

What is cilia the scientific name for?

a) Eyebrows
b) Eyelashes
c) Nose hair
d) Underarm hair

Question 2,788: Geography & Nature -- Apia in the Pacific

What is the country in the Pacific Ocean whose larger islands are Upolu and Savai'i and whose capital is Apia?

a) Fiji
b) Samoa
c) Tonga
d) Tuvalu

Question 2,789: Literature & Arts -- Worldly Woman

Whose 1954 autobiography is titled My Several Worlds?

a) Alice Walker
b) Edna St. Vincent Millay
c) Maya Angelou
d) Pearl Buck

Question 2,790: Sports & Games -- Formula Four

Which four-time Formula One world champion retired as the career wins leader in 1993?

a) Alain Prost
b) Ayrton Senna
c) Jackie Stewart
d) Nigel Mansell

General Trivia Answers #2,779-2,784

Answer 2,779: Entertainment & Food -- Designing and Dashing

b) Delta Burke

They met when the Major Dad star played "Dash Goff, the Writer" in an October 1987 episode.

Answer 2,780: History & Government -- Missionary Proposition

a) Baylor

The coed university opened in Independence but is now based in Waco.

Answer 2,781: Math & Science -- Outer Orbit

d) 7

Because the shell can hold eight electrons, chlorine atoms have a strong attraction for another electron to complete its collection.

Answer 2,782: Geography & Nature -- Urban Fifths

d) 80%

As of the 2000 census, almost three-fifths of all Americans lived in urbanized areas with over 200,000 people.

Answer 2,783: Literature & Arts -- Three-Pete

c) Peter

Despite insisting he would not, the future saint and Pope refused to acknowledge knowing Jesus to avoid being arrested.

Answer 2,784: Sports & Games -- Lacrosse Lingo

c) Crosse

The sport earned its French name for the stick's resemblance to a bishop's staff.

General Trivia Questions #2,779-2,784

Question 2,779: Entertainment & Food -- Designing and Dashing

Which Designing Women actress married Gerald McRaney on May 28, 1989?

a) Annie Potts
b) Delta Burke
c) Dixie Carter
d) Jean Smart

Question 2,780: History & Government -- Missionary Proposition

What is the oldest university in Texas, founded by three Baptist missionaries in 1845?

a) Baylor
b) Prairie View
c) Rice
d) TCU

Question 2,781: Math & Science -- Outer Orbit

How many electrons are in the outermost electron shell of the element chlorine?

a) 1
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7

Question 2,782: Geography & Nature -- Urban Fifths

Approximately what percent of the U.S. population lives in urban clusters of over 2,500 people?

a) 20%
b) 40%
c) 60%
d) 80%

Question 2,783: Literature & Arts -- Three-Pete

What apostle of Jesus thrice denied being his follower but later became the leader of the early Christians?

a) James
b) John
c) Peter
d) Thomas

Question 2,784: Sports & Games -- Lacrosse Lingo

What is the official name for the stick used in lacrosse?

a) Baton
b) Broom
c) Crosse
d) Racquet

General Trivia Answers #2,773-2,778

Answer 2,773: Entertainment & Food -- Medical Metropolis

a) Chicago

County General Hospital is a Level One Trauma Center there.

Answer 2,774: History & Government -- War: What Is It Good For?

a) 1954

The first U.S. casualty was in 1959, but the U.S. Department of Defense uses 1963 for purposes of military veterans benefits.

Answer 2,775: Math & Science -- Giant Jump

d) Neil Armstrong

Noise in the transmission obscured the "a" before "man".

Answer 2,776: Geography & Nature -- Birdland

d) New Guinea

The Australasian island is home to almost 600 unique species.

Answer 2,777: Literature & Arts -- Rembrandt, Reubens, & the Rest

a) Baroque

The Baroque style began in Rome, Italy in 1600 and lasted until the late 18th century.

Answer 2,778: Sports & Games -- Second to Shula

c) George Halas

Papa Bear collected 324 victories in his career.

General Trivia Questions #2,773-2,778

Question 2,773: Entertainment & Food -- Medical Metropolis

In what city does the television show ER take place?

a) Chicago
b) Los Angeles
c) New York
d) Philadelphia

Question 2,774: History & Government -- War: What Is It Good For?

When did the Vietnam War start?

a) 1954
b) 1956
c) 1959
d) 1963

Question 2,775: Math & Science -- Giant Jump

What astronaut really remarked, "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"?

a) Alan Shepard
b) Gordon Cooper
c) John Glenn
d) Neil Armstrong

Question 2,776: Geography & Nature -- Birdland

What island has the most bird species that are found nowhere else in the world?

a) Cuba
b) Jamaica
c) New Caledonia
d) New Guinea

Question 2,777: Literature & Arts -- Rembrandt, Reubens, & the Rest

What art movement's artists include Rembrandt, Carvaggio, Bernini, and Reubens?

a) Baroque
b) Gothic
c) Impressionism
d) Pointillism

Question 2,778: Sports & Games -- Second to Shula

Who was the all-time winningest NFL coach until Don Shula passed him in 1997?

a) Chuck Knox
b) Chuck Noll
c) George Halas
d) Tom Landry

Notable Notes - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Bee. The United States Playing Card Company was founded in 1892. [Note that "Ace" would also have fit the quiz.]
• A2) Babe. The 1995 pig story won for Best Comedy. Styx took the single, which refers to DeYoung's wife Suzanne, to the top of the charts for two weeks in December 1979.
• A3) Cabbage. The two gave birth to the Cabbage Patch Doll in 1978, and Coleco began manufacturing them en masse four years later.
• A4) Beef. The McDonald's competitor repeatedly asked, "Where's the beef?", until it became a cliche.
• A5) John Cage. The avant-garde artist also composed a song with nothing but four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence, which he claimed was made up of smaller rhythmic intervals.
• A6) Egg. Let me be the first to note that Ruggedo's name anagrams to "dour egg". The remorseless villain, who was originally known as Roquat the Red, is eventually banished from his underground cavern but continues to cause trouble even after other authors had taken over L. Frank Baum's series.
• A7) ABBA. "Voulez-Vous" is French for "do you want" and is meant suggestively in the title track.
• A8) Gaea. The original Greek goddess's name is usually spelled Gaia, but the variation is not uncommon.
• A9) Lou Bega. Born as David Lubega on April 13, 1975 in Munich, Germany, the singer remade a 1952 Perez Prado instrumental, adding new lyrics and sampling the original version extensively.
• A10) Tommie Agee. Agee captured the award, given by Rawlings since 1957, with the Chicago White Sox in 1966 and the New York Mets in 1970.
• A11) Charles Babbage. Babbage failed to get his first attempt working, as the British government stopped funding his work, but successfully completed his second implementation in 1849, twenty-seven years after he proposed his first design.
• A12) Badge. Although people have postulated that the song's name comes from either its chord arrangement or the strings on a guitar, neither theory is correct; the name comes from Ringo Starr's misreading of Bob Dylan's writing of the word "bridge".

Notable Notes - Random Trivia Questions

If you know that Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge describes the G-clef's lines and that FACE enumerates its spaces, then you should have no trouble with this week's quiz, the main part of whose answers can be spelled using just the musical letters 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', and 'G'. Even if you can't carry a tune, you can always hum along.

Notable Notes Questions

• Q1) What brand of playing cards features the number 92 on its trademarked ace of spades?
• Q2) What Golden Globe Award-winning movie shares its name with a number one song written by Dennis DeYoung?
• Q3) What type of patch are Debbie Morehead and Xavier Roberts best associated with?
• Q4) What was the Wendy's fast food chain searching for in its 1984 television ads?
• Q5) What composer's 1951 song "Imaginary landscape" is played on twelve randomly tuned radios?
• Q6) In the sequels to The Wizard of Oz, what food is Ruggedo, the Nome King (later spelled Gnome), deathly afraid of?
• Q7) What band's albums include Voulez-Vous, Super Trouper, and The Visitors?
• Q8) What name is shared by an Earth goddess in the Marvel Universe, an impact crater on Jupiter's moon Amalthea, and a John Varley sci-fi trilogy?
• Q9) What singer's "Mambo #5" hit the charts all over the world in 1999?
• Q10) Who was the first Major League Baseball outfielder to win a Gold Glove in both the American League and National League?
• Q11) What English mathematician's Difference Engines were a big step along the way toward modern computers?
• Q12) What Cream song, cowritten by Eric Clapton, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr for the Goodbye album, climbed the charts in April 1969?

Track Trouble -- Quiz Quilt 91 Solution

Category Answers:

Entertainment & Food	FISH	The series, starring Abe Vigoda as Detective Phil Fish, survived only from 1977 to 1978.
Literature & Arts	REMUS	Romulus was thus able to name the city after himself.
Sports & Games	EMERSON	Australian righty Roy Emerson captured twelve majors from 1961 to 1967.
Math & Science	GODDARD	The Goddard Space Flight Center, named in Robert Goddard's honor, was opened in Greenbelt, Maryland in 1959.
History & Government	ABILENE	"Wild Bill" Hickok was once its marshal.
Geography & Nature	ALBERTA	The city became the capital in 1905 when it had only 9,000 residents.

Quiz Quilt Answer: HURDLE (Fourth letters)

A hurdle is an obstacle to be overcome, like in a running event.

Track Trouble -- Quiz Quilt 91 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	What was ABC's unsuccessful spin-off from Barney Miller?
Literature & Arts	What legendary founder of Rome was killed by his brother?
Sports & Games	What male tennis player had won the most career Grand Slam singles titles before Pete Sampras?
Math & Science	What scientist's heirs were awarded a million dollars in 1960 from the U.S. government for infringements on his rocket patents?
History & Government	What Kansas town at the end of the Chisolm Trail was the first and wildest of the legendary Wild West towns?
Geography & Nature	Which Canadian province's capital is Edmonton?

General Trivia Answers #2,767-2,772

Answer 2,767: Entertainment & Food -- Mickey Musse

d) Swedish

Walt Disney originally intended to call him Mortimer Mouse, but his wife vetoed the name as too pretentious.

Answer 2,768: History & Government -- Picking a Potential President

a) Antimasonic

In 1831, the party selected William Wirt as their presidential candidate, won only the state of Vermont, and faded into history.

Answer 2,769: Math & Science -- Pestilence Publication

d) Smallpox

The contagious disease killed millions of colonists and American Indians during numerous 17th-century epidemics.

Answer 2,770: Geography & Nature -- Minority Majority

b) Hartford, Connecticut

The Insurance Capital of the World was 40.5% Hispanic at the time.

Answer 2,771: Literature & Arts -- Flashback

b) Jay Garrick

The superhero speedster was given that name in 1940, but a 1956 issue introduced Barry Allen, and a 1987 issue created Wally West.

Answer 2,772: Sports & Games -- Roughed Up Rider

d) Tyler Hamilton

The Massachusetts native crashed in the first stage yet finished fourth overall.

General Trivia Questions #2,767-2,772

Question 2,767: Entertainment & Food -- Mickey Musse

In what language is Mickey Mouse known as Musse Pigg?

a) Danish
b) Finnish
c) German
d) Swedish

Question 2,768: History & Government -- Picking a Potential President

What was the first U.S. political party to hold a nominating convention to choose presidential and vice presidential candidates?

a) Antimasonic
b) Federalist
c) Know-Nothing
d) Whig

Question 2,769: Math & Science -- Pestilence Publication

On January 21, 1677, what disease was the subject of the first medical publication in America?

a) Measles
b) Mumps
c) Scurvy
d) Smallpox

Question 2,770: Geography & Nature -- Minority Majority

What state capital did the 2000 U.S. Census project to be the first to have a Hispanic majority?

a) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
b) Hartford, Connecticut
c) Phoenix, Arizona
d) Trenton, New Jersey

Question 2,771: Literature & Arts -- Flashback

In the D.C. Comic, what was the Flash's original name?

a) Hank McCoy
b) Jay Garrick
c) Kurt Wagner
d) Norrin Radd

Question 2,772: Sports & Games -- Roughed Up Rider

Which American won a stage in the 2003 Tour de France despite riding with a broken collarbone?

a) Davis Phinney
b) Jeff Pierce
c) Lance Armstrong
d) Tyler Hamilton

General Trivia Answers #2,761-2,766

Answer 2,761: Entertainment & Food -- After-Dinner Animation

b) The Flintstones

The show first aired on September 30, 1960 and remained the longest-running prime time cartoon until The Simpsons.

Answer 2,762: History & Government -- King's College

a) Columbia

Thirty years after King George II granted its charter in 1754, the New York institute reopened following the Revolutionary War as Columbia College.

Answer 2,763: Math & Science -- Peculiar Planet

d) Uranus

It is tilted over 97 degrees from perpendicular.

Answer 2,764: Geography & Nature -- Tomato Tube Tint

d) Yellow

The U.S. Supreme Court declared tomatoes, botanically classified as fruits, to be vegetables in 1893 so they would be subject to existing tariff laws.

Answer 2,765: Literature & Arts -- Existentialism Establisher

d) Soren Kierkegaard

The Dane was born in Copenhagen in 1813 and lived to the age of 42 despite his father's prediction that his seven children would all die by 34.

Answer 2,766: Sports & Games -- Sports Season Sync

c) October

Major League Baseball holds its playoffs then while the other three leagues are all playing regular season games.

General Trivia Questions #2,761-2,766

Question 2,761: Entertainment & Food -- After-Dinner Animation

What was the first prime time animated television show?

a) Bugs Bunny and Friends
b) The Flintstones
c) The Jetsons
d) The Simpsons

Question 2,762: History & Government -- King's College

Which Ivy League school was originally called King's College?

a) Columbia
b) Dartmouth
c) Princeton
d) Yale

Question 2,763: Math & Science -- Peculiar Planet

Which planet is tilted the most on its axis?

a) Jupiter
b) Neptune
c) Saturn
d) Uranus

Question 2,764: Geography & Nature -- Tomato Tube Tint

What color are the flowers on a tomato plant?

a) Blue
b) Purple
c) White
d) Yellow

Question 2,765: Literature & Arts -- Existentialism Establisher

What philosopher is regarded as the founder of existentialism?

a) Jean-Paul Sartre
b) Karl Jaspers
c) Martin Heidegger
d) Soren Kierkegaard

Question 2,766: Sports & Games -- Sports Season Sync

What is the only month of the year in which the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball all play regular season games or playoffs?

a) August
b) March
c) October
d) September

General Trivia Answers #2,755-2,760

Answer 2,755: Entertainment & Food -- Smile Song

b) The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The sitcom, unusually named for the actress rather than her character Mary Richards, aired on CBS from 1970 to 1977.

Answer 2,756: History & Government -- Purchase Partner

b) France

The U.S. paid $15 million for the land.

Answer 2,757: Math & Science -- Baby Favor

a) Baboon

The one-month-old preemie, who was born with hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, survived another three weeks.

Answer 2,758: Geography & Nature -- Lofty Logan

c) Canada

The peak, named for geologist William Logan, is 19,524 feet high.

Answer 2,759: Literature & Arts -- Book Burning

b) 451°

Fahrenheit 451 has sold more than five million copies, ironically including a version bowdlerized of a pair of mild four-letter words for school use.

Answer 2,760: Sports & Games -- Volleyball Vocabulary

c) Sideout

The receiving team does not score a point but gains the right to serve. In rally scoring, every serve results in a point.

General Trivia Questions #2,755-2,760

Question 2,755: Entertainment & Food -- Smile Song

What TV show's theme song asked, "Who can turn the world on with her smile?"

a) I Love Lucy
b) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
c) Phyllis
d) Rhoda

Question 2,756: History & Government -- Purchase Partner

From what country did the U.S. make the Louisiana Purchase?

a) England
b) France
c) Netherlands
d) Spain

Question 2,757: Math & Science -- Baby Favor

What type of animal's heart did Baby Fae receive in 1984?

a) Baboon
b) Chimpanzee
c) Lemur
d) Orangutan

Question 2,758: Geography & Nature -- Lofty Logan

What country's highest peak is Mount Logan?

a) Argentina
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) New Zealand

Question 2,759: Literature & Arts -- Book Burning

At what Fahrenheit temperature do books burn, according to Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel about a 24th-century hedonistic society?

a) 361°
b) 451°
c) 541°
d) 631°

Question 2,760: Sports & Games -- Volleyball Vocabulary

Prior to rally scoring, what was the volleyball term for when a receiving team won a rally?

a) Change of possession
b) Service break
c) Sideout
d) Turnover

General Trivia Answers #2,749-2,754

Answer 2,749: Entertainment & Food -- From Wild to Mild?

a) CBS wanted to reduce violence

Conrad starred as James T. West opposite Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon.

Answer 2,750: History & Government -- Horsing Around

b) Polo

The sport, also known as chogan, may date back as far as the 6th century B.C. in the Middle East.

Answer 2,751: Math & Science -- Extraterrestrial Element

d) Technetium

The transition metal's atomic number is 43, between molybdenum and ruthenium.

Answer 2,752: Geography & Nature -- Australian Armageddon

b) Melbourne

That was the basic plot of her 1959 movie "On the Beach", set in Australia after a nuclear war.

Answer 2,753: Literature & Arts -- Deutsche Drum

c) Gunter Grass

The movie adaptation won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980.

Answer 2,754: Sports & Games -- Climbing Clothes

c) Polka-dot

The red polka-dot jersey has been awarded since 1975, although the best climber has been tracked since 1933.

General Trivia Questions #2,749-2,754

Question 2,749: Entertainment & Food -- From Wild to Mild?

Why did The Wild, Wild West leave the air after running on CBS from 1965 to 1969?

a) CBS wanted to reduce violence
b) A movie version was planned
c) Ratings were poor
d) Robert Conrad left the show

Question 2,750: History & Government -- Horsing Around

In A.D. 750, what was the main purpose of the 40,000 horses in the Chinese royal stables?

a) Military use
b) Polo
c) Racing
d) Transportation

Question 2,751: Math & Science -- Extraterrestrial Element

What chemical element has the lowest atomic number of those not found naturally on Earth?

a) Neptunium
b) Plutonium
c) Promethium
d) Technetium

Question 2,752: Geography & Nature -- Australian Armageddon

About which Australian city did Ava Gardner say, "I couldn't imagine a better place for making a film on the end of the world"?

a) Brisbane
b) Melbourne
c) Perth
d) Sydney

Question 2,753: Literature & Arts -- Deutsche Drum

What German author wrote The Tin Drum in 1959?

a) Erich Maria Remarque
b) Franz Kafka
c) Gunter Grass
d) Thomas Mann

Question 2,754: Sports & Games -- Climbing Clothes

What type of jersey is given to the cyclist who wins the most climbing points in the Tour de France?

a) Checkered
b) Paisley
c) Polka-dot
d) Striped

General Trivia Answers #2,743-2,748

Answer 2,743: Entertainment & Food -- Host Boast

b) Bill Cullen

The World War II pilot's twenty game shows ranged from Give and Take in 1952 to The Joker's Wild in 1986.

Answer 2,744: History & Government -- Indigenous Israeli

d) Yitzhak Rabin

The former army general led the nation from 1974 to 1977 and 1992 to 1995.

Answer 2,745: Math & Science -- Gas Around the Giants

d) Methane

The simplest hydrocarbon's molecules consist of one carbon atom surrounded by four hydrogen atoms.

Answer 2,746: Geography & Nature -- Salt of the Earth

d) 97%

The oceans, which average about 3.5% salt, account for almost the entirety.

Answer 2,747: Literature & Arts -- Lost Love

a) Alfred Tennyson

The Englishman wrote the line in his 1850 elegy "In Memoriam".

Answer 2,748: Sports & Games -- Key Fact

c) Seattle Supersonics

Although "key" is a basketball term for the part of the court in front of the basket, the building is named for Key Bank.

General Trivia Questions #2,743-2,748

Question 2,743: Entertainment & Food -- Host Boast

Who has hosted the most TV game shows?

a) Art James
b) Bill Cullen
c) Jack Barry
d) Wink Martindale

Question 2,744: History & Government -- Indigenous Israeli

Who was the first Israeli prime minister born in Israel?

a) Benjamin Netanyahu
b) David Ben-Gurion
c) Shimon Peres
d) Yitzhak Rabin

Question 2,745: Math & Science -- Gas Around the Giants

What gas forms clouds around Uranus and Neptune?

a) Carbon dioxide
b) Carbon monoxide
c) Hydrogen
d) Methane

Question 2,746: Geography & Nature -- Salt of the Earth

Approximately what percent of the Earth's water is saltwater?

a) 61%
b) 73%
c) 85%
d) 97%

Question 2,747: Literature & Arts -- Lost Love

What poet mourned, "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"?

a) Alfred Tennyson
b) John Donne
c) Lord Byron
d) William Shakespeare

Question 2,748: Sports & Games -- Key Fact

Which NBA team plays its home games at Key Arena?

a) Los Angeles Clippers
b) Minnesota Timberwolves
c) Seattle Supersonics
d) Vancouver Grizzlies

Texas Hold 'Em - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) C) The river. The first three up cards are the flop, and the fourth card is the turn.
• A2) False. For example, The ace and three of hearts will make a flush but lose to the queen of diamonds and queen of clubs if the board is the queen of hearts, jack of hearts, jack of diamonds, eight of hearts, and any other card.
• A3) True. Without an ace however, no draw may be possible. For example, a flop of a two, seven, and queen of different suits (or three, eight, and king and various related combinations) does not allow a straight or flush draw.
• A4) True. Once you have one ace, only one king matches its suit (four combinations total), while there are three aces to give you a pair (six combinations total). On average, you will be dealt a pair of aces once every 221 hands and a suited ace-king every 332 hands.
• A5) A) The ace of diamonds and the nine of hearts. The dominated ace-nine against the pair of aces is the worst matchup in all of Hold 'Em, winning a mere 5.2% of the time, plus a 1.4% chance of a tie. The ace-deuce moves up to 5.8% because of the straight possibility, the seven-deuce will win a surprising 10.4% of the time (0.5% tie), and the three-deuce 11.8% (0.6% tie).
• A6) D) The ten and nine of clubs. Because of the straight and flush possibilities, the lower suited connectors will upend a pair of aces 22.6% of the time and tie 0.3% of the time. The nines will win 19.7% and tie 0.3%, the kings will win 18.6% and tie 0.4%, and the king-queen will win 17.5% and tie 0.4%.
• A7) A) Binion's Horseshoe. Johnny Moss needed to defeat only six other players for the first silver cup (no cash prize) in 1970. The event grew steadily during its stay at Binion's before exploding with the Internet poker boom starting in 2003.
• A8) D) Rio. Harrah's Entertainment bought the casino in 1999 and finished a major renovation in time for the 2005 World Series.
• A9) B) Jamie Gold. Gold defeated 8,772 other players to win a first prize worth $12,000,000 in 2006. Yang outlasted 6,357 opponents for $8,250,000 in 2008, Hachem 5,618 and $7,500,000 in 2005, and Raymer 2,575 and $5,000,000 in 2004. The 2008 champion, to be determined on November 10 after an unprecedented four-month break before the final table, will have conquered 6,843 others to win $9,119,517.
• A10) C) Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth was only 24 when he took home the coveted bracelet in 1989. Ungar was 26 in 1980, Baldwin 27 in 1978, and Seed 27 in 1996.
• A11) C) Johnny Moss. Moss was 66 years old when he captured his third title in 1966. Furlong was 61 in 1999, Fowler 52 in 1979, and Strauss 52 in 1982.
• A12) C) Johnny Chan. The University of Houston dropout outlasted a field of 152 in 1987 and 167 in 1988, and amazingly finished in second place in 1989. The television broadcast of his 1988 final hand against Erik Seidel appears in the movie Rounders. Ungar pulled off the double in 1980 and 1981, and Brunson won in both 1976 and 1977. Ferguson only won once, in 2000.

Texas Hold 'Em - Random Trivia Questions

When I'm not writing trivia questions, I'm actually a computer programmer. I spent the better part of the last decade writing applications for the Palm Pilot before shifting to the iPhone last year.

With the release of THETA Poker for the iPhone and iPod touch this week, it's only fitting that this week's quiz is about Texas Hold 'Em. No Limit Texas Hold 'Em, the Cadillac of poker games, is the variation played in the World Series of Poker Main Event, is broadcast on television more than every other card game put together, and may now be the most popular card game in the world. The simplicity of the rules (the players each receive just two hidden hole cards, and they share five face-up community cards) belies the complexity of the play ("a moment to learn; a lifetime to master"), and large tournament prize funds provide a lottery-like appeal to poker players of all skills.

To make things easier for the non-poker players in the audience, the following dozen questions are all multiple choice or true/false, so you'll have at least a 1 in 4 chance at every answer. Are those pot odds good enough for you?

Texas Hold 'Em Questions

• Q1) By what nickname is the fifth and final community card best known?

  A) The end	B) The moon
  C) The river	D) The rock

• Q2) True of false: A flush will never lose a pot to a full house.

• Q3) True or false: If an ace hits on the flop, a draw (needing one card to make a straight or flush) is always possible for some combination of hole cards.

• Q4) True or false: You are more likely to be dealt a pair of aces than an ace and king of the same suit.

• Q5) In a pre-flop, all-in situation, which starting hand below has the worst chance against a pair of aces, say an ace of spades and an ace of hearts?

  A) The ace of diamonds and the nine of hearts	B) The ace of diamonds and the two of hearts
  C) The seven of spades and two of hearts	D) The three of spades and two of hearts

• Q6) In a pre-flop, all-in situation, which starting hand below has the best chance of cracking a pair of aces, say an ace of spades and an ace of hearts?

  A) The king and queen of clubs	B) The king of diamonds and the king of clubs
  C) The nine of diamonds and the nine of clubs	D) The ten and nine of clubs

• Q7) What casino hosted the World Series of Poker from 1970 to 2004?

  A) Binion's Horseshoe	B) Desert Inn
  C) Golden Nugget	D) Sands Hotel

• Q8) What casino hosted the World Series of Poker since 2005?

  A) Bellagio	B) Luxor
  C) Mirage	D) Rio

• Q9) Who defeated the largest World Series of Poker Main Event field and took home the biggest check?

  A) Greg Raymer	B) Jamie Gold
  C) Jerry Yang	D) Joe Hachem

• Q10) Who was the youngest player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event?

  A) Bobby Baldwin	B) Huck Seed
  C) Phil Hellmuth	D) Stu Ungar

• Q11) Who was the oldest player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event?

  A) Hank Fowler	B) Jack Strauss
  C) Johnny Moss	D) Noel Furlong

• Q12) Who was the last player to win back-to-back World Series of Poker Main Events?

  A) Chris Ferguson	B) Doyle Brunson
  C) Johnny Chan	D) Stu Ungar

32-Bit Board -- Quiz Quilt 90 Solution

Category Answers:

Literature & Arts	DICKENS	They were two of the final three novels Charles Dickens completed, ending with Our Mutual Friend in 1865.
Sports & Games	CHIEFS	The Green Bay Packers defeated the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 on January 15, 1967 at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
Math & Science	NITROGEN	About 10 million tons of the essential nutrient are added to the soil each year.
Geography & Nature	CALCUTTA	The city's name is now officially spelled Kolkata.
Entertainment & Food	ADAMS	Canadian Bryan Adams's biggest hit song was "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" in 1991.
History & Government	ALBANIA	Almost half of the GDP, an astounding $1.2 billion, vanished.

Quiz Quilt Answer: BALTIC (Third letters going up)

In the board game Monopoly, the rent (board) on Baltic Avenue is four dollars (32 bits).

32-Bit Board -- Quiz Quilt 90 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	What English author wrote A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations?
Sports & Games	Which team lost the first AFL-NFL World Championship Game, which was only later referred to as Super Bowl I?
Math & Science	What chemical element does lightning inject into the Earth?
Geography & Nature	What was the capital of India until 1912?
Entertainment & Food	What singer had the albums Reckless, Into the Fire, and Waking Up the Neighbours?
History & Government	What country was hit by anarchy in 1997 after a third of the population lost its savings in pyramid schemes?

General Trivia Answers #2,737-2,742

Answer 2,737: Entertainment & Food -- Reasonless Rebel

b) James Dean

His character, Jim Stark, was the new kid in town.

Answer 2,738: History & Government -- Dow Doubt

b) Technology

Dow Jones & Company also provides the Dow Jones Composite Average and several market indexes.

Answer 2,739: Math & Science -- Speaking Parts

d) Trachea

The others are the mouth and the tongue.

Answer 2,740: Geography & Nature -- Immense Island

c) Kodiak

At 3,672 square miles, the island is slightly smaller than the state of Hawaii.

Answer 2,741: Literature & Arts -- Prototypical Painting

b) Claude Monet

The Frenchman's Impression, Sunrise appeared in 1872.

Answer 2,742: Sports & Games -- Three for the Money

d) Visa

The credit card company never paid off as the crownless drought became the longest ever, and the offer was withdrawn after a decade.

General Trivia Questions #2,737-2,742

Question 2,737: Entertainment & Food -- Reasonless Rebel

What actor was the Rebel Without a Cause in 1955?

a) Elvis Presley
b) James Dean
c) James Stewart
d) Paul Newman

Question 2,738: History & Government -- Dow Doubt

Which of the following is not one of the Dow Jones Averages?

a) Industrial
b) Technology
c) Transportation
d) Utility

Question 2,739: Math & Science -- Speaking Parts

Which of the following is not one of the principle organs of speech in the human body?

a) Epiglottis
b) Larynx
c) Lips
d) Trachea

Question 2,740: Geography & Nature -- Immense Island

What is the largest of Alaska's islands?

a) Amlia
b) Atka
c) Kodiak
d) Trinity

Question 2,741: Literature & Arts -- Prototypical Painting

For what artist's painting did a critic name the Impressionism art movement?

a) Camille Pissarro
b) Claude Monet
c) Edouard Manet
d) Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Question 2,742: Sports & Games -- Three for the Money

From 1996 to 2005, what company offered a five million dollar bonus to any owner whose horse wins the Triple Crown?

a) American Express
b) Discover
c) Master Card
d) Visa

General Trivia Answers #2,731-2,736

Answer 2,731: Entertainment & Food -- Pipers Piping

c) 11

Some historians believe the musicians represent the eleven apostles that remained faithful to Jesus.

Answer 2,732: History & Government -- Falls Feat

d) A tightrope

Seventeen days later, the balancing performer repeated the feat in 42 minutes with his manager slung over his back.

Answer 2,733: Math & Science -- Body Building

c) Hand

Dr. Earl Owen performed the operation on the criminal, who lost his hand in a circular saw accident in 1984 while serving two years in prison for fraud.

Answer 2,734: Geography & Nature -- City Sections

d) Wall Street

The Square Mile in northeast London is home to the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, and Lloyd's of London.

Answer 2,735: Literature & Arts -- Green Teen

d) Raphael

The Renaissance painter was born in 1483, almost a century after Donatello, who was the earliest. Michelangelo was the last to pass away in 1564.

Answer 2,736: Sports & Games -- Rolling Ride

d) Russian Mountains

Russian sleds descending hills of ice were mimicked by carts on tracks in the late 1700s.

General Trivia Questions #2,731-2,736

Question 2,731: Entertainment & Food -- Pipers Piping

How many pipers are piping in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?

a) 9
b) 10
c) 11
d) 12

Question 2,732: History & Government -- Falls Feat

On June 30, 1859, what was Charles Blondin the first person to cross Niagara Falls using?

a) A balloon
b) A barrel
c) A hang glider
d) A tightrope

Question 2,733: Math & Science -- Body Building

In September 1998, what body part was first successfully transplanted in Lyon, France to New Zealander Clint Hallam?

a) Eye
b) Foot
c) Hand
d) Lung

Question 2,734: Geography & Nature -- City Sections

Which section of New York City is equivalent to the City in London?

a) Chinatown
b) Soho
c) Times Square
d) Wall Street

Question 2,735: Literature & Arts -- Green Teen

Of the four artists for whom the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were named, who was the last to be born?

a) Donatello
b) Leonardo
c) Michelangelo
d) Raphael

Question 2,736: Sports & Games -- Rolling Ride

What were rollercoasters originally called?

a) Flying Cars
b) Hills and Valleys
c) Runaway Trains
d) Russian Mountains

General Trivia Answers #2,725-2,730

Answer 2,725: Entertainment & Food -- Parent Play

c) Pygmalion

The 1913 play was in turn based on Ovid's version of a Greek myth.

Answer 2,726: History & Government -- Nurse Nightingale

a) Crimean War

The war pitted Russia against France and the U.K. from 1854 to 1856.

Answer 2,727: Math & Science -- Four of a Kind

a) Challenger astronauts

Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, and Christa McAuliffe rounded out the ill-fated 1986 crew.

Answer 2,728: Geography & Nature -- Kalahari Country

b) Botswana

The desert fills 70% of the country.

Answer 2,729: Literature & Arts -- Urning His Keep

a) John Keats

The Romantic titled his first poem "Imitation of Spenser" for the poet who had inspired him with The Faerie Queene.

Answer 2,730: Sports & Games -- Face Value

a) 0

The object of the betting game is to hold cards whose total ends in the digit 9 or is at least higher than your opponent's.