Polish Promise -- Quiz Quilt 180 Solution

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History & Government	SABRE	American Airlines and IBM created the system on mainframe computers in the 1950s.
Entertainment & Food	WANG	Chinese-American Wayne Wang was born in Hong Kong but studied at the College of Arts and Crafts in California.
Geography & Nature	VOLGOGRAD	The name was changed after 36 years in 1961 as Nikita Khrushchev worked to remove all vestiges of Stalin's influences from the country.
Literature & Arts	BLAKE	Kevin Costner directed the film version of Michael Blake's book and starred as Lieutenant John Dunbar.
Sports & Games	BASEBALL	The IOC posthumously restored his medals in 1982.
Math & Science	STIRRUP	The ear bone, also called the stapes, transmits sound vibrations from the incus to the fenestra ovalis.

Quiz Quilt Answer: PLEDGE (Last letters going up)

"Pledge" is the name of a furniture polish manufactured by S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Polish Promise -- Quiz Quilt 180 Puzzle

Category Questions:

History & Government	What airline reservation system did AMR spin off in 1999?
Entertainment & Food	Who was the director of Chan Is Missing, Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart, and The Joy Luck Club?
Geography & Nature	What is the current name of the city formerly known as Stalingrad?
Literature & Arts	What author wrote the novel Dances With Wolves and the script of its movie adaptation?
Sports & Games	What sport did Jim Thorpe earn money for playing, causing the International Olympic Commission to void his 1912 decathlon and pentathlon gold medals?
Math & Science	What is the common name for the smallest bone in the human body?

Round Reverend Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 179 Solution

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Geography & Nature	CORSICA	The city-state Genoa owned the island until 1768 when it was turned over to France to pay a debt.
Sports & Games	BONALY	The 5-foot tall Surya Bonaly ended her amateur career at the 1998 Winter Olympics, performing an illegal back flip to the judges' dismay and the fans' delight.
Entertainment & Food	RIVERA	Brooklyn Law School graduate Geraldo Rivera snuck into the school for the developmentally disabled to expose the horrible conditions there.
Literature & Arts	FORD	Novelist Ford Madox Ford was born as Ford Hermann Hueffer on December 12, 1873 and took his new name in honor of his grandfather Ford Madox Brown, an artist.
Math & Science	ZINC	The coating helps prevent corrosion.
History & Government	COUSTEAU	Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his co-inventor were French spies during World War II at the time.

Quiz Quilt Answer: CLERIC (Diagonally from top right to bottom left corner)

The letters in "cleric" can be rearranged to spell "circle".

Round Reverend Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 179 Puzzle

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Geography & Nature	What is the 3,367-square-mile French island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Sports & Games	What French female figure skater won the European Championships each year from 1991 to 1995?
Entertainment & Food	What talk show host first gained fame for his documentary Willowbrook: The Last Disgrace in the early 1970s?
Literature & Arts	What English author of Parade's End changed his last name to match his first name?
Math & Science	What chemical element is usually used to galvanize steel?
History & Government	Who invented the aqualung with Emile Gagnan in 1943?

Winter Warning -- Quiz Quilt 178 Solution

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Literature & Arts	SAFIRE	Language maven William Safire also had a twice-weekly political column in the New York Times for over a quarter century.
History & Government	IACOCCA	Businessman Lee Iacocca obtained loan guarantees from the U.S. government in 1979 and introduced the successful K-car the following year.
Sports & Games	LEWIS	Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis took first in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, the long jump, and the 4x100-meter relay.
Entertainment & Food	HITCHCOCK	Alfred Hitchcock's fifth movie followed the unfinished Number 13, the uncredited Always Tell Your Wife, The Pleasure Garden, and The Mountain Eagle.
Geography & Nature	TOGO	Germany owned the colony until forced to give it up in 1918 after losing World War I.
Math & Science	NOSE	The plastic surgery is usually performed to improve the appearance of the nose but can also be done for functional reasons.

Quiz Quilt Answer: NOTICE (Diagonally from the bottom left corner)

A pond might bear a "notice" stating that the water is "not ice" so nobody tries to skate on it.

Winter Warning -- Quiz Quilt 178 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	What former speechwriter for President Nixon penned the weekly column "On Language" in the New York Times Magazine?
History & Government	What president of the Ford Motor Company became better known as the savior of the Chrysler Corporation?
Sports & Games	What American sprinter and long jumper won four gold medals in the 1984 Olympics?
Entertainment & Food	What director made his first cameo appearance in The Lodger in 1927?
Geography & Nature	Which West African country, whose capital and largest city is Lome, was administered by France until 1960?
Math & Science	What part of the body does rhinoplasty affect?

Brain Breach -- Quiz Quilt 177 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	ASIA	Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, and John Wetton invaded the Top 40 with "Heat of the Moment", "Sole Survivor", and "Only Time Will Tell".
Sports & Games	STEWART	The tam o'shanter wearing American, Payne Stewart, had won his second U.S. Open in June.
Literature & Arts	WRIGHT	Frank Lloyd Wright's museum opened on October 21, 1959. Frank Gehry created the Guggenheim Museum that opened in Bilbao, Spain in 1997.
History & Government	JONES	John Paul Jones's ship, the Bonhomme Richard, was on fire and sinking, but the captain used it to ram the British Serapis and capture her.
Geography & Nature	SKYLON	The observation tower, which houses a revolving restaurant, has a visibility range of eighty miles on a clear day.
Math & Science	NEPTUNE	Craters on both the moon and Mars are named in Galle's honor, but Urbain Le Verrier and John Couch Adams are also credited as discoverers.

Quiz Quilt Answer: STROKE (Second letters)

A stroke is a breach of the brain as in the "failure to perform" and may be caused by a bursting aneurysm caused by the breach of a blood vessel wall.

Brain Breach -- Quiz Quilt 177 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	What supergroup's self-titled debut album was the Billboard 1982 Album of the Year in the U.S.?
Sports & Games	What 42-year-old golfer perished in a plane crash in October 1999, just four months after winning his last major?
Literature & Arts	What architect designed New York's Guggenheim art museum?
History & Government	What naval hero replied, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight", when asked to surrender during the American Revolution?
Geography & Nature	What 520-foot tall tower overlooks Niagara Falls from the Canadian side?
Math & Science	Which planet did German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discover on September 23, 1846?