Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wizard's Warm Wife -- Quiz Quilt 185 Solution

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JUMBOThe 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
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CHILEThe coastal country covers 2,880 miles north-to-south and only 265 east-to-west.
History
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MCCARTYCriminal Henry McCarty, who lived from November 23, 1860 to July 14, 1881, often used the alias William Henry Bonney.
Literature
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MILNEThe line is from "Cottleston Pie", a poem in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh".
Sports
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BLACKRookie Joe Black posted a complete game victory for the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 1 in 1952.
Math
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KOCHPhysician 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).

Friday, July 30, 2010

Wizard's Warm Wife -- Quiz Quilt 185 Puzzle

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

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Gloveless Catcher -- Quiz Quilt 184 Solution

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HESTONMovie Moses Charlton Heston served two terms but stepped down in April 2003 because of Alzheimer's disease.
History
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ROMANOVMikhail Feodorovich Romanov was only 16 years old when the national assembly elected him tsar on February 21, 1613.
Math
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KILNThe first kilns date at least as far back as the 6th century B.C.
Literature
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HARDYThomas Hardy's story follows Clym Yeobright as he marries Eustacia Vye and goes blind.
Geography
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SYDNEYSydney, 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
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MADDENJohn 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.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Gloveless Catcher -- Quiz Quilt 184 Puzzle

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

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Beach Boys Bar -- Quiz Quilt 183 Solution

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BOSONSThe particles honor Indian mathematician and physicist Satyendra Nath Bose, who translated Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity from German into English.
Literature
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AMBROSIAThe sustenance may have been some form of honey.
Sports
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SOSAOutfielder 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
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SKUNKThe black and white, French romantic debuted in "Odor-able Kitty" in 1945.
History
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COLORADOThe Democrat, born in 1936 as Gary Hartpence, was their senator from 1975 to 1987 and ran for President in both 1984 and 1988.
Geography
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UKRAINEThe 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".

Friday, July 16, 2010

Beach Boys Bar -- Quiz Quilt 183 Puzzle

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

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Loopy Lines -- Quiz Quilt 182 Solution

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ASIMOVThe book covered Isaac Asimov's works from 1920 to 1954 and was concluded the following year with In Joy Still Felt.
Math
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MCAULIFFENew 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
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TRUMANMissourian 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
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MINKAn average-length fur coat requires fifty minks, and fifty million of the mustelids are killed for their fur each year.
Entertainment
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SPACEBALLSThe film's tagline was "May the schwartz be with you."
Sports
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STANTArizona 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.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Loopy Lines -- Quiz Quilt 182 Puzzle

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

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Agoraphobia Angst -- Quiz Quilt 181 Solution

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WELCHRaquel 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
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SICILYThe autonomous Italian region is just under 10,000 square miles.
History
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Government
WALLENBERGSwedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg used his job to issue effective, if not technically official, "protective passports".
Literature
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GIBBONEdward Gibbon, one of the first modern historians, was known for his objectivity and accuracy.
Math
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LANUGOThe covering is usually shed during the final month in the womb.
Sports
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COOPERGuard 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").

Friday, July 2, 2010

Agoraphobia Angst -- Quiz Quilt 181 Puzzle

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