| Geography & Nature | PIERRE | The town, whose name is pronounced "peer", was founded in 1880 and became the capital of South Dakota before the end of the decade. |
| History & Government | LINCOLN | Earlier in his life Honest Abe had also been a farmer, a rail splitter, and a riverboat operator. |
| Sports & Games | GEHRIG | On June 21, 1939, Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig began his retirement speech at Yankee Stadium with the line. |
| Entertainment & Food | CADPIG | Kath Soucie provided her voice from 1997 to 1998. |
| Literature & Arts | MACARONI | The Revolutionary War poem and song also includes verses about Captain Gooding and Captain Washington. |
| Math & Science | YTTERBY | Yttrium, terbium, erbium, and ytterbium all honor the town whose quarry provided the minerals in which the elements were found. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: BOGGLE (Sixth letters)
The word search game Boggle uses sixteen letter-dice that are scrambled and then arranged in a 4-by-4 grid.
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