NOVember NOVelty - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) LiFEBuoy. Although no longer manufactured for sale in the U.S., the soap remains popular in India.
• A2) JULienne. Of course, the most popular deep-fried Julienned items are French Fries.
• A3) Jennifer CAPRiati. The former prodigy went on to win the tournament, capping a remarkable comeback from drug problems, overeating, and a shoplifting arrest.
• A4) OCTopussy. The 1983 film was Roger Moore's second to last in the role. He made one final appearance at age 58 in A View to a Kill before moving on.
• A5) William MAYo. The practice has been informally known as the Mayo Clinic since 1905.
• A6) HaNOVer, New Hampshire. A Connecticut Puritan minister founded the university in 1769 to train Native Americans as ministers.
• A7) Stevie Ray VAUGhan. The Texan was honored with top ten appearances on both Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" (#7 in 2003) and Classic Rock magazine's "100 Wildest Guitar Heroes" (#3 in 2007).
• A8) Elizabeth SMARt. Her abductees, Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, had unsuccessfully attempted to disguise the teenager with a red wig, sunglasses, and a veil.
• A9) HorSEPower. Electrical horsepower (746 watts), mechanical horsepower (745.7 watts), and metric horsepower (735.5 watts) all work out to nearly the same value, but boiler horsepower (9,809.5 watts) is very different and hydraulic horsepower is measured in entirely different units.
• A10) Sebastian JUNger. The Belmont, Massachusetts native won a National Magazine Award for his 1999 Vanity Fair article "The Forensics of War".
• A11) UnDEClared. Despite guest appearances by Adam Sandler, Will Farrell, and Ben Stiller and a high rating at IMDB, the series was canned after only sixteen episodes.
• A12) LjublJANa. The country's most populous city holds 270,000 residents in 106 square miles.