| Math & Science | HYDROGEN | The British scientist referred to the gas as "inflammable air" in his paper "On Factitious Airs". Antoine Lavoisier named the element hydrogen about a decade later. |
| History & Government | TOPEKA | The court declared that racially segregated public schools in Topeka, Kansas were inherently unequal. |
| Literature & Arts | PUMPKIN | Each Halloween Linus faithfully awaits the gift-bringing Great Pumpkin in his local pumpkin patch. |
| Geography & Nature | MEMPHIS | The company began in Little Rock, Arkansas but soon moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1973. |
| Entertainment & Food | FAMILY | McNichol played Letitia "Buddy" Lawrence from 1976 to 1980. |
| Sports & Games | BRAZIL | The green and yellow have scored 201 goals, the most by far, 59 ahead of Germany. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: ZIPPER (Fourth letters going up)
The "lightning fastener" was originally called a zip in 1925 on a boot called the zipper, but the longer name became a genericized trademark for the closure.
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