Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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.

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