Saturday, October 24, 2009

Procured a Pig in Pigtown -- Quiz Quilt 145 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
GIGIThe movie was released in 1958 with Leslie Caron in the title role.
Math
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Science
OThe blue stars range from 54,000° to 108,000° Fahrenheit.
Geography
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Nature
TAIWANThe word means "beautiful island".
Sports
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Games
HENIENorwegian skater Sonja Henie won every year from 1927 to 1936 and collected all three Olympic gold medals during the span.
Literature
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Arts
AARPEthel Percy Andrus founded the nonprofit American Association of Retired Persons in 1958. The periodical is now AARP the Magazine.
History
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Government
MARXGerman Karl Marx had taken refuge in London in 1849 and spent the last half of his life there.

Quiz Quilt Answer: GOTHAM (First letters)

If you "procured a pig", you might have "got ham" in Pigtown, the Brooklyn neighborhood where Ebbets Field was. Gotham City is a nickname for New York City.

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