| Sports & Games | PEQUOT | The Mashantucket Pequot Nation started a bingo hall in 1986 and, after making a deal with the state government, turned it into a casino six years later. |
| History & Government | AGNEW | On October 10, 1973, Republican Spiro Agnew resigned after pleading "nolo contendere" to one count of income tax evasion. John C. Calhoun had resigned as VP to become a Senator. |
| Geography & Nature | HARARE | Harare, Zimbabwe took its new name on April 18, 1982. |
| Literature & Arts | WREN | Christopher Wren got the call after a devastating fire began in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane in 1666. |
| Math & Science | WATT | James Watt's patented breakthrough was a separate condensing chamber. |
| Entertainment & Food | SMILEY | Muppet creator Jim Henson provided Guy Smiley's voice. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: TWENTY (Last letters)
Dos Equis is Spanish for "two X's", which in Roman numerals means twenty. The Dos Equis beer debuted as Siglo XX ("twentieth century") in 1897.
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