| Sports & Games | HINGIS | Swiss Miss Martina Hingis was 16 years old when she won the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open in 1997. |
| Entertainment & Food | CRISTOFORI | Italian Bartolomeo Cristofori had previously constructed harpsichords and spinets, but became famous for the instrument that could play both loud and soft. |
| History & Government | VESPUCCI | Martin Waldseemuller gave the name America to the future South America on a 1507 map, shortly after the Italian Amerigo Vespucci had made several journeys there. |
| Literature & Arts | SENDAK | Maurice Sendak's illustrated story won a Caldecott Medal. |
| Math & Science | AMPERE | Andre-Marie Ampere was a French physicist who helped develop the science of electrodynamics, now called electromagnetism. |
| Geography & Nature | MAURITIUS | The island is part of the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: SOCKET (Sixth letters)
A light bulb plugs into a light socket.
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