| Geography & Nature | VICHY | The Nazis made it the capital after capturing the country in 1940. |
| Literature & Arts | DONNE | Englishman John Donne composed "Holy Sonnet X" around 1609, although it was not published until over two decades later. |
| Sports & Games | BLINKY | The computer lives at ATP Tennis International Headquarters in Ponte Vedra, Florida. |
| Math & Science | IUPAC | The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry attempted to resolve the naming of elements 104 to 109 in 1994 but needed until 1997 to reach an agreement. |
| History & Government | SULLIVAN | Anne Sullivan, the vision-impaired daughter of Irish immigrants, tutored the blind and deaf girl and helped her graduate from Radcliffe College with honors by translating all the lectures. |
| Entertainment & Food | CHAPMAN | Drug addict Mark David Chapman was sentenced to twenty years to life in prison and has been denied parole four times. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: MICKEY (Fifth letters going up)
One-hit wonder Toni Basil's 1982 number one song "Hey, Mickey" begins, "Oh Mickey, you're so fine".
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