Thursday, October 9, 2008

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.

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