Saturday, August 29, 2009

Long Short Short -- Quiz Quilt 137 Solution

Category Answers:
Math
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Science
ATLANTISIt later met up with the Soviet satellite six more times, facilitating several crew transfers.
History
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Government
RAYWhite supremacist James Earl Ray, who had escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary a year earlier, assassinated the civil rights leader on April 4, 1968.
Entertainment
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Food
HATSThe Men Without Hats were a one-hit wonder, reaching #3 with the single in 1983 before fading into obscurity.
Literature
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Arts
BUCKNovelist Pearl Buck, who was born in West Virginia but raised across the globe in China, titled a second autobiography A Bridge for Passing eight years later.
Geography
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Nature
BRAZILThe Rio de Janeiro beach faces the South Atlantic.
Sports
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Games
BUDGECalifornian Don Budge, who went by his middle name instead of his first name John, excelled in all areas of the game but was especially known for his backhand.

Quiz Quilt Answer: DACTYL (Third letters going up)

A dactyl is a poetic foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

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