General Trivia Answers #3,541-3,546

Answer 3,541: Entertainment & Food -- Comic Relief Representation

a) Clown's nose

The organization was founded in the United Kingdom in 1985 to provide relief for the Ethiopian famine.

Answer 3,542: History & Government -- Wide Windsor

a) Edward VIII

The thick, wide knot honors the 20th-century monarch, although he personally used a four-in-hand knot.

Answer 3,543: Math & Science -- Bell Breakthrough

d) Transistor

John R. Pierce's naming suggestion won a company vote over possibilities like semiconductor triode, solid triode, surface states triode, crystal triode, and iotatron.

Answer 3,544: Geography & Nature -- Alternative Athens

a) Edinburgh, Scotland

The 18th-century comparison refers to the city's neoclassical Georgian architecture and the perceived intellect of its residents.

Answer 3,545: Literature & Arts -- Making a Monster

c) Lord Byron

19-year-old Mary Shelley wrote the novel based on a dream. Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and a doctor friend were also supposed to concoct ghost stories but never did.

Answer 3,546: Sports & Games -- The Wright Stuff

c) Silly Putty

The bouncing pink rubber, mostly consisting of boric acid and silicone oil, was originally designed for General Electric to serve as caulking and molding.