| History & Government | CARTIER | Actually, sailor Jacques Cartier gave the name to a small bay in 1535, and a cartographic error later led to the river taking the name. |
| Literature & Arts | GUERNICA | The painting is named for the Spanish town whose bombing it depicts. |
| Geography & Nature | ARKANSAS | The honeybee has been its state insect since 1973. |
| Entertainment & Food | RECITATIVE | The term also applies to oratorios, cantatas, and other music works. |
| Math & Science | QUININE | Because of its bitter taste British colonists in India, who added it to their tonic water to prevent malaria, invented the gin and tonic. |
| Sports & Games | INKSTER | Californian Juli Inkster became the sixth woman to accomplish the quadruple. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: KICKER (Third letters going up)
In poker, the fifth card in a hand with two pairs is the kicker, which serves as a tiebreaker.
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