Saturday, September 5, 2009

Humble, Radiant, & Terrific -- Quiz Quilt 138 Solution

Category Answers:
Literature
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Arts
HEMINGWAYErnest Hemingway's 1926 novel was critically acclaimed immediately in New York, however.
Sports
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Games
DIMAGGIOCenter fielder Joe DiMaggio was married to Arnold, after meeting on a set, from 1939 to 1944 and to Monroe, after a tabloid romance, from 1954 to 1955.
Entertainment
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Food
GODZILLAThe name means "king of the monsters".
Geography
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Nature
CHERNOBYLThe power plant began having serious problems on April 25, 1986 and exploded the next day.
History
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Government
LONGITUDEIn 1715, John Harrison qualified for a reward of 20,000 pounds for developing a clock that could determine longitude to within half a degree (thirty nautical miles).
Math
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Science
AVOGADROCount Amedeo Avogadro's number is about 6.02 times 10^23.

Quiz Quilt Answer: WILBUR (Seventh letters)

In the book "Charlotte's Web", the spider stitched each of these messages, along with "Some Pig", into her web to save Wilbur from becoming breakfast.

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