Saturday, January 23, 2010

Transitional Transportation -- Quiz Quilt 158 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
BUNDYThe show about Al and Peggy and their kids Kelly and Bud ran from 1987 to 1997.
Sports
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Games
DAIKATANAThe Eidos Interactive game, developed by Ion Storm, finally debuted after three years of work in May 2000 after most of the original design team had quit.
Literature
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Arts
BELLOWSaul Bellow's novel won the National Book Award for fiction in 1954.
History
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Government
WARTHOGThe aircraft was designed to attack ground targets and possesses excellent maneuverability at low speeds and low altitudes.
Geography
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Nature
BELIZEThe nation had only 33 people per square mile in 2006.
Math
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Science
URANUSThe German-born Englishman originally named it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) for King George III, but the scientific community, not surprisingly, overruled him.

Quiz Quilt Answer: SEGWAY (Last letters going up)

Dean Kamen's Segway was supposed to revolutionize transportation but has yet to find widespread acceptance because of its high price. A "segue" is a transition, originally in music, but now in discourse or elsewhere.

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