General Trivia Answers #3,235-3,240

Answer 3,235: Entertainment & Food -- Mocking and Mindreading

c) Dick Martin

Dan Rowan's partner also hosted The Cheap Show and was a repeat guest on Match Game.

Answer 3,236: History & Government -- Not a Close Call

a) Boston, Massachusetts

A headline in the Journal in Boston, where the call originated, pronounced the event "An Important Achievement" for the "far-speaker".

Answer 3,237: Math & Science -- Anemometer Amount

d) Wind speed

The device can measure the velocity directly, or it can gauge the pressure and calculate the speed from that.

Answer 3,238: Geography & Nature -- Hair There Everywhere

c) Pensacola

The City of Five Flags has offered its allegiance to the U.S., the Confederacy, Great Britain, France, and Spain, which founded the settlement in 1559.

Answer 3,239: Literature & Arts -- Abstract Art Abstract

a) Al Capp

Nine years earlier, in 1954, the comic strip artist had opined, "The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke."

Answer 3,240: Sports & Games -- Four First-Rounders

a) Duke

Elton Brand, Trajan Langdon, Corey Maggette, and William Avery were selected in 1999. North Carolina duplicated the feat in 2005 and Connecticut in 2006.