Sunday, July 1, 2007

General Trivia Questions #769-774

Question 769: Entertainment & Food -- Play Anything

What game show host began on The Neighbors and Almost Anything Goes?

a) Alex Trebek
b) Bob Barker
c) Pat Sajak
d) Regis Philbin

Question 770: History & Government -- National Treasure

What U.S. Secretary of the Treasury created the national bank system?

a) Andrew Mellon
b) Hugh McCulloch
c) Lyman Gage
d) Salmon Chase

Question 771: Math & Science -- Seemed Small

When William Herschel first discovered Uranus, what did he think it was?

a) An asteroid
b) A comet
c) A moon of Saturn
d) A star

Question 772: Geography & Nature -- Big Eye

What currently existing land animal has the largest eyes?

a) Elephant
b) Giraffe
c) Ostrich
d) Rhinoceros

Question 773: Literature & Arts -- Ailing Author

What ailment did Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson suffer from?

a) Encephalitis
b) Lupus
c) Polio
d) Tuberculosis

Question 774: Sports & Games -- Tough Sledding

What 1925 epidemic required the transport of medical supplies, providing the basis for the Iditarod?

a) Cowpox
b) Diphtheria
c) Measles
d) Mumps

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