Saturday, November 28, 2009

Aliens, Desperado, or Hannibal -- Quiz Quilt 150 Solution

Category Answers:
Math
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Science
COSMOLOGYPythagoras first applied the Greek word kosmos, meaning "orderly arrangement", to the universe.
Geography
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Nature
FRANCEThey are the strong, northerly winds that are most prevalent during the winter.
Entertainment
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Food
SUBARUThe tennis star was featured in a 1996 ad with golfers Juli Inkster and Meg Mallon and skier Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, ending with the line, "What do we know? We're just girls."
Literature
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Arts
VELAZQUEZAlthough Diego Velazquez's paintings were displayed in palaces in museums during his lifetime, the Spaniard's real fame arrived when Sir David Wilkie rediscovered his work in 1828.
History
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Government
MUSKIENavy lieutenant Edmund Muskie was the governor of Maine from 1954 to 1958 and the state's U.S. senator until 1980, when he resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter.
Sports
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Games
COSTASNew Yorker Bob Costas has been a fixture at the Summer Olympics since 1988 and the Winter Olympics since 2002.

Quiz Quilt Answer: SEQUEL (Sixth letters going up)

These three movies were sequels to Alien, El Mariachi, and Silence of the Lambs respectively, and the sequels all made more money at the box office.

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