| Sports & Games | SWOOPES | Forward Sheryl Swoopes notched 14 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists for the Houston Comets, six years after leading Texas Tech to the NCAA championship. |
| Math & Science | PAVO | German astronomer Johann Bayer used his active imagination to name the star cluster around 1600. |
| Entertainment & Food | HALL | Rich Hall wrote the book Sniglets (Any Word That Doesn't Appear in the Dictionary, But Should) in 1984 and added six sequels before the decade was out. |
| Geography & Nature | BELIZE | The nation gained its independence on September 21, 1981 and named itself for Belize City and the Belize River. |
| Literature & Arts | GROOM | Winston Groom's follow-up Gump & Co. might have become a Paramount sequel if he had not felt that the company had slighted his royalties on the first movie. |
| History & Government | JEFFERSON | Virginian Thomas Jefferson was the only person to serve as Secretary of State, Vice President, and President. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: SOLEMN (Last letters)
"Solemn" means "dignified" or "somber" and is an anagram of "lemons" and "melons".
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