Wizard's Warm Wife -- Quiz Quilt 185 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	JUMBO	The French Sudanese pachyderm had been on display at the Zoo Jardin des Plantes and the London Zoo. His name, from the Swahili jambo meaning "hello", now means "very large".
Geography & Nature	CHILE	The coastal country covers 2,880 miles north-to-south and only 265 east-to-west.
History & Government	MCCARTY	Criminal Henry McCarty, who lived from November 23, 1860 to July 14, 1881, often used the alias William Henry Bonney.
Literature & Arts	MILNE	The line is from "Cottleston Pie", a poem in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh".
Sports & Games	BLACK	Rookie Joe Black posted a complete game victory for the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 1 in 1952.
Math & Science	KOCH	Physician Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacteria in 1882 and the cholera bacteria the following year.

Quiz Quilt Answer: BLANCH (Fourth letters)

The title character's wife in the comic strip "The Wizard of Id" is named Blanch, which is a cooking term that can mean "to heat briefly" (this wizard's wife is a very bad cook).

Wizard's Warm Wife -- Quiz Quilt 185 Puzzle

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Entertainment & Food	What soon-to-be-famous elephant did P.T. Barnum purchase on February 3, 1882?
Geography & Nature	Which South American country is over ten times as long as it is wide?
History & Government	What was Billy the Kid's real name?
Literature & Arts	What author observed in his most famous story, "A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly"?
Sports & Games	Who was the first black pitcher to win a World Series game?
Math & Science	What German scientist proved that tuberculosis was an infectious disease caused by bacteria rather than heredity?

Gloveless Catcher -- Quiz Quilt 184 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	HESTON	Movie Moses Charlton Heston served two terms but stepped down in April 2003 because of Alzheimer's disease.
History & Government	ROMANOV	Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov was only 16 years old when the national assembly elected him tsar on February 21, 1613.
Math & Science	KILN	The first kilns date at least as far back as the 6th century B.C.
Literature & Arts	HARDY	Thomas Hardy's story follows Clym Yeobright as he marries Eustacia Vye and goes blind.
Geography & Nature	SYDNEY	Sydney, Australia's main airport was renamed in 1953 for Charles Kingsford Smith, an Australian aviating pioneer who was the first to cross the Pacific Ocean from Australia to the U.S.
Sports & Games	MADDEN	John Madden's tenure included winning Super Bowl XI in 1976. The aviophobe has avoided airplanes since 1960, when he missed a team flight that crashed fatally in Ohio.

Quiz Quilt Answer: HOLDEN (Diagonal)

Holden Caulfield is the protagonist of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye.

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Entertainment & Food	What actor was voted president of the National Rifle Association on June 8, 1998?
History & Government	What was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Math & Science	What is the name for the oven used for firing pottery and enamels and for making brick, charcoal, lime, and cement?
Literature & Arts	What author wrote the 1878 novel The Return of the Native?
Geography & Nature	What city does Kingsford Smith International Airport service?
Sports & Games	What future announcer coached the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978?

Beach Boys Bar -- Quiz Quilt 183 Solution

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Math & Science	BOSONS	The particles honor Indian mathematician and physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, who translated Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity from German into English.
Literature & Arts	AMBROSIA	The sustenance may have been some form of honey.
Sports & Games	SOSA	Outfielder Sammy Sosa batted .308 with 158 RBIs and thrilled fans with his historic home run duel against Mark McGwire, finishing four back with 66 dingers.
Entertainment & Food	SKUNK	The black and white, French romantic debuted in "Odor-able Kitty" in 1945.
History & Government	COLORADO	The Democrat, born in 1936 as Gary Hartpence, was their senator from 1975 to 1987 and ran for President in both 1984 and 1988.
Geography & Nature	UKRAINE	The country has many fertile plains to support agriculture.

Quiz Quilt Answer: KOKOMO (Second letters going up)

"Kokomo" was a #1 song by the Beach Boys from the 1988 Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail".

Beach Boys Bar -- Quiz Quilt 183 Puzzle

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Math & Science	What is the scientific term for the group of elementary particles that have integral spin?
Literature & Arts	What was the food of the mythological Greek gods?
Sports & Games	What Chicago Cub was the 1998 National League MVP?
Entertainment & Food	What type of animal is cartoon character Pepe Le Pew?
History & Government	For which state was Bethany Nazarene College graduate Gary Hart a senator?
Geography & Nature	Which Southeast European country was once known as the Breadbasket of the Soviet Union?

Loopy Lines -- Quiz Quilt 182 Solution

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Literature & Arts	ASIMOV	The book covered Isaac Asimov's works from 1920 to 1954 and was concluded the following year with In Joy Still Felt.
Math & Science	MCAULIFFE	New Hampshire social studies instructor Christa McAuliffe had been selected out of 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher to give lessons from space.
History & Government	TRUMAN	Missourian Harry Truman also admonished, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen" and "If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em."
Geography & Nature	MINK	An average-length fur coat requires fifty minks, and fifty million of the mustelids are killed for their fur each year.
Entertainment & Food	SPACEBALLS	The film's tagline was "May the schwartz be with you."
Sports & Games	STANT	Arizona bounty hunter Shane Stant was in cahoots with Kerrigan's rival Tonya Harding.

Quiz Quilt Answer: SCRIPT (Second letters)

Cursive script is a manner of writing in which the letters in a word are connected.

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Literature & Arts	What author called the 1979 half of his autobiography In Memory Yet Green?
Math & Science	What teacher was on the ill-fated Challenger shuttle on January 28, 1986?
History & Government	Which U.S. President's motto was "The buck stops here"?
Geography & Nature	What semiaquatic, carnivorous mammal is related to the weasel and prized for its fur?
Entertainment & Food	What 1987 Star Wars movie spoof starred Mel Brooks and John Candy?
Sports & Games	Who clubbed figure skater Nancy Kerrigan on her right knee with a metal baton on January 6, 1994?

Agoraphobia Angst -- Quiz Quilt 181 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	WELCH	Raquel Welch, born in Chicago as Jo Raquel Tajeda, also had a bit part as a call girl in A House Is Not a Home in 1964.
Geography & Nature	SICILY	The autonomous Italian region is just under 10,000 square miles.
History & Government	WALLENBERG	Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg used his job to issue effective, if not technically official, "protective passports".
Literature & Arts	GIBBON	Edward Gibbon, one of the first modern historians, was known for his objectivity and accuracy.
Math & Science	LANUGO	The covering is usually shed during the final month in the womb.
Sports & Games	COOPER	Guard and small forward Michael Cooper was the 1986-87 NBA Defensive Player of the Year with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Quiz Quilt Answer: PUBLIC (Fourth letters going up)

Agoraphobia is the irrational fear of open spaces (from the Greek meaning "fear of the marketplace").

Agoraphobia Angst -- Quiz Quilt 181 Puzzle

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Entertainment & Food	What actress debuted on the big screen in Roustabout in 1964, followed by A Swingin' Summer and Fantastic Voyage?
Geography & Nature	What is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
History & Government	What Swedish diplomat was made an honorary U.S. citizen for saving 20,000 Jews from the Nazis?
Literature & Arts	What author released The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in six volumes from 1776 to 1788?
Math & Science	What is the medical term for the fine hair that may cover a newborn's head before disappearing in the first few weeks?
Sports & Games	What former NBA player became the head coach of the Los Angeles Sparks in November 1999 and led them to two titles?