Thursday, October 2, 2008

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.

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