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.