General Trivia Answers #3,211-3,216

Answer 3,211: Entertainment & Food -- Years Before Cheers

b) Kirstie Alley

The actress who would become famous for playing Rebecca Howe also later won $10,000 with Lucille Ball on Password Plus.

Answer 3,212: History & Government -- Caltech Locale

d) Pasadena

Businessman and politician Amos G. Throop founded Caltech in 1891 as Throop University.

Answer 3,213: Math & Science -- Memory Stick

c) Smell

The primary olfactory cortex is physically connected to the memory-consolidating hippocampus.

Answer 3,214: Geography & Nature -- Sizable but Shallow

a) Lake Erie

With a maximum depth of 210 feet, it is much shallower than its four companions.

Answer 3,215: Literature & Arts -- Demeter's Daughter

d) Seasons

Hades had kidnapped Persephone, and Demeter got her back only after he had tricked her into eating a pomegranate seed, requiring her to spend three months a year with him.

Answer 3,216: Sports & Games -- Triple Triumph

a) Affirmed

The chestnut colt edged Alydar by less than two lengths combined in the three events in 1978.