| History & Government | WILDER | L. Douglas Wilder, the grandson of slaves, was elected governor of Virginia on August 29, 1989 and took office the following January. |
| Literature & Arts | LONDON | Jack London, a California native believed to have been born as John Griffith Chaney in 1876, hit upon the wolf theme with his first novel, The Son of the Wolf, in 1900. |
| Geography & Nature | MALI | It is one of the poorest nations in the world, partly because almost two-thirds of its land is desert or semidesert. |
| Sports & Games | MONTANA | At the beginning of his clutch, game-winning drive in Super Bowl XXIII, Joe Montana looked into the stands from his huddle and inquired, "Isn't that John Candy?" |
| Math & Science | BUICK | Although the Scottish-American David Buick founded the Buick Manufacturing Company, which eventually became GM, he died in poverty. |
| Entertainment & Food | JAGGER | Heath Ledger took Mick Jagger's role as the real criminal in the 2003 remake. Both films were based on Robert Drew's novel Our Sunshine. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: JUNIOR (Diagonally from the bottom left corner)
If a grandfather, father, and son share the same name, the son has "III" appended to his name.
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