Monday, November 10, 2008

General Trivia Answers #2,893-2,898

Answer 2,893: Entertainment & Food -- California Citrus

b) Fred Allen

Jack Benny's foil also quipped, "You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart."

Answer 2,894: History & Government -- Copyright Might

b) 50 years

The duration was agreed to in 1886 as part of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

Answer 2,895: Math & Science -- Buckyball Building

d) 60

Buckyballs were named for the architect who crafted the similar looking geodesic dome.

Answer 2,896: Geography & Nature -- Folk on the Water

c) Provo

In June 2004, Farmer's Insurance Group named the city of 110,000 people the safest place to live in the U.S.

Answer 2,897: Literature & Arts -- Resurgence of Venice

b) Giovanni Bellini

The Venetian artist lived from around 1430 to 1516.

Answer 2,898: Sports & Games -- World Cup Wizard

a) Gerd Muller

The West German forward found the net 14 times during the 1970 and 1974 tournaments. Frenchman Just Fontaine scored a record 13 goals in a single tournament in 1958.

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