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.