Saturday, March 31, 2007

High-Strung Capital -- Quiz Quilt 13 Solution

Category Answers:
Sports
&
Games
BRISTOLThe sports cable network debuted from the Connecticut town on September 7, 1979 and originally filled the hours with Australian Rules Football and tractor pulls before signing its first major sports contracts.
Math
&
Science
CILIAThe word comes directly from the Latin. The singular is cilium.
Literature
&
Arts
JAINISMThe religion believes that all living things have souls and preaches nonviolence.
Geography
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Nature
POLYPSThe cylindrical cnidarians can reproduce asexually and can form immense colonies. The 1,200-mile Great Barrier Reef is composed of billions of dead polyp shells.
History
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Government
WESSEXThe youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II wed Sophie Rhys-Jones on June 19.
Entertainment
&
Food
HOUDINIProfessional performer Harry Houdini died on October 31, 1926 from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix after he was caught unprepared by a punch.

Quiz Quilt Answer: TAIPEI (Fifth letters)

The capital of Taiwan and a pun on "Type A" personality.

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