Tuesday, January 27, 2009

General Trivia Questions #3,235-3,240

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

What Laugh-In actor hosted the game show Mindreaders in 1979 and 1980?

a) Arte Johnson
b) Dan Rowan
c) Dick Martin
d) Gary Owens

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

What city was connected to New York City by the first long distance telephone call on March 27, 1884?

a) Boston, Massachusetts
b) Los Angeles, California
c) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
d) Washington, D.C.

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

What does an anemometer measure?

a) Electric charge
b) Surface tension
c) Temperature
d) Wind speed

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

What Florida town's name means "hairy people"?

a) Hialeah
b) Orlando
c) Pensacola
d) Tallahassee

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

Who ranted, "Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered"?

a) Al Capp
b) Berke Breathed
c) Gary Larson
d) Scott Adams

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

What was the first college to produce four first round picks in the same NBA draft?

a) Duke
b) Kansas
c) Kentucky
d) North Carolina

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