Saturday, October 3, 2009

More Ideal -- Quiz Quilt 142 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
QUAIDDennis Quaid had appeared with her in Innerspace in 1987 and D.O.A. in 1988.
Literature
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Arts
STOKERThe hero of Bram Stoker's story is solicitor Jonathan Harker, who had acquired a house in London for the Count.
History
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Government
POLKDemocrat James Polk won the election but lost the latitude. The boundary between the Oregon Territory and British Columbia was eventually set at 49° North.
Sports
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Games
SPYThe marshal-killer bears the letter 'S'.
Math
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Science
PIPi is the first letter of perimetros, Greek for "perimeter".
Geography
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Nature
HALIFAXWhen Halifax, Nova Scotia was a British military post, the town, now the province's most populous city, was named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.

Quiz Quilt Answer: UTOPIA (Second letters)

Sir Thomas More coined the word "utopia" in his 1516 novel of the same name.

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