General Trivia Answers #2,995-3,000

Answer 2,995: Entertainment & Food -- Re-Phil

d) 42

The number corresponds to the six weeks of winter predicted by the groundhog.

Answer 2,996: History & Government -- $2 Tidbit

d) Thomas Jefferson

The first American $2 bill in 1862 featured Alexander Hamilton. Though rarely seen in circulation, the currency is still being issued, with the most recent printing in 2004.

Answer 2,997: Math & Science -- Punchcard Columns

b) 80

Teletypes and dumb terminals continued to hold eighty columns of characters decades later.

Answer 2,998: Geography & Nature -- Four for Fifty

b) Mesa, Arizona

The city ranked #43 with 396,375 residents and is now the largest suburban city in the country.

Answer 2,999: Literature & Arts -- Esperanto Ending

d) 'o'

An 'a' finishes all adjectives, and an 'e' terminates all adverbs.

Answer 3,000: Sports & Games -- Perfect Pair

d) Nebraska

Tom Osborne's Cornhuskers went 13-0 the first year, edging Miami in the Orange Bowl, and 12-0 the second, destroying Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.