| Sports & Games | NOLL | Chuck Noll's team won the championship all four times: 1975, 1976, 1979, and 1980. |
| Geography & Nature | UTAH | The state of Deseret was almost created in 1847, nearly half a century before the area finally joined as the 45th state on January 4, 1896. |
| History & Government | TORT | The word comes directly from the French for "a wrong". |
| Entertainment & Food | MURPHY | Saturday Night Live veteran Eddie Murphy had just reached the peak of his popularity after starring in Beverly Hills Cop. |
| Literature & Arts | ERASMUS | Dutch theologist Desiderius Erasmus, born as Geert Geertsen in 1466, dedicated the satirical essay to his friend Sir Thomas More. Folly was the son of Inebriation and Ignorance. |
| Math & Science | GUM | The astronaut actually was not going that far, just a few times around the Earth. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: NUTMEG (First letters)
Connecticut was known as the Nutmeg State before dropping the possibly insulting name for the Constitution State.
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