Tuesday, January 20, 2009

General Trivia Answers #3,199-3,204

Answer 3,199: Entertainment & Food -- A Square and a Hare

b) Robert Zemeckis

His credits also include Romancing the Stone, the Back to the Future trilogy, Contact, and Cast Away.

Answer 3,200: History & Government -- Currency President

d) John F. Kennedy

His portrait has appeared on the half dollar coin since 1964.

Answer 3,201: Math & Science -- Crawl of Fame

c) Sea snail

Manfred Parth dubbed the creature Bufonaria borisbeckeri.

Answer 3,202: Geography & Nature -- Record River

a) Danube River

It touches nine countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine.

Answer 3,203: Literature & Arts -- Employed as Boyd

b) Edna St. Vincent Millay

The Vassar College alumna was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923, for The Harp-Weaver, and Other Poems.

Answer 3,204: Sports & Games -- Buzzards Buzz

b) Cow Pattys

They changed the name back after one weekend, but the resulting publicity helped the team avoid bankruptcy.

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