African African Fly Fly -- Quiz Quilt 171 Solution

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Math & Science	PHLOGISTON	J.J. Becher dreamed up the theory in the late 17th century but Stahl popularized it while he was chair of medicine at the University of Halle.
Sports & Games	WILLIAMS	Billy Williams's record lasted until Steve Garvey became the new ironman on April 16, 1983.
History & Government	CARNEGIE	Immigrant Andrew Carnegie also worked as a telegraph operator.
Literature & Arts	HERACLITUS	The philosopher, who lived from 535 to 475 B.C., cried about the feebleness and foolishness of man. Democritus was called the Laughing Philosopher.
Entertainment & Food	MARSALIS	Wynton and Branford Marsalis also have a trombone-playing brother Delfeayo and a drum-playing brother Jason.
Geography & Nature	VANCOUVER	Vancouver, British Columbia is nicknamed Terminal City because the harbor town was selected as the western end of the transcontinental railway in 1885.

Quiz Quilt Answer: TSETSE (Eight letters)

The tsetse fly, also spelled Ski Dzki, is infamous for spreading diseases by biting healthy animals after picking up organisms from infected hosts.