Saturday, August 28, 2010

Bomb, Bond, or Box -- Quiz Quilt 189 Solution

Category Answers:
Literature
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Arts
WALKER"The Devil and Tom Walker" was included in the 1824 short story collection Tales of a Traveller.
Math
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Science
BRONZEThe metal was first manufactured around 3300 B.C.
Entertainment
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Food
VARIETYThe worldwide entertainment news weekly is considered to be the industry bible.
History
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Government
PAKISTANThe region had been a territory of the U.K. before then.
Geography
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Nature
HANOVERReverend Eleazar Wheelock could not find a location in Connecticut and founded the college in 1769 on land granted by New Hampshire's governor.
Sports
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Games
MAXWELLGuard Vernon Maxwell averaged about 13 points a game from 1988 to 2001 and helped the Houston Rockets to two championships.

Quiz Quilt Answer: LETTER (Sixth letters going up)

A letter bomb is an explosive sent through the mail, a letter bond is a type of unregistered bond, and a letter box is a mailbox (letterbox without the space is also a movie term for blacking out the top and bottom of the screen to preserve the aspect ratio).

Friday, August 27, 2010

Bomb, Bond, or Box -- Quiz Quilt 189 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Literature
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Arts
What Washington Irving character made a deal with the Devil to get rid of his wife?
Math
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Science
What alloy is made from copper and tin and sometimes phosphorus, zinc, and small amounts of other elements?
Entertainment
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Food
What show business magazine debuted on December 16, 1905?
History
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Government
What was the other country formed by the independence and partitioning of India in 1947?
Geography
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Nature
In what town is Dartmouth College located?
Sports
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Games
What NBA player was known as Mad Max?

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Eeyore Store -- Quiz Quilt 188 Solution

Category Answers:
Sports
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Games
CAMEROONThe African nation followed in the footsteps of its neighbor and 1996 champion Nigeria by defeating Spain in the finals.
History
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Government
TRUDEAUPierre Trudeau, the country's first leader born in the 20th century, ruled the nation from 1968 to 1984 except for nine months when Joe Clark was in power before falling to a vote of no confidence.
Literature
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Arts
MONETClaude Monet's Bassin aux nympheas et sentier au bord de l'eau sold for $33 million at a 1998 auction.
Geography
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Nature
BURMAThe city is now spelled Yangon, and the country became Myanmar.
Math
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Science
PISTILIt was named for the similarly shaped grinding tool called a pestle.
Entertainment
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Food
DEPALMAThirteen years passed from Brian DePalma's directorial debut with Icarus in 1960 until his first real success with Sisters.

Quiz Quilt Answer: RETAIL (Fifth letters)

Eeyore is a Winnie-the-Pooh character whose tail has fallen off and has been reattached with a nail by Christopher Robin after Owl had been using it as part of a doorbell.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Eeyore Store -- Quiz Quilt 188 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Sports
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Games
What country surprisingly won the 2000 Olympic men's soccer gold medal?
History
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Government
Which Canadian prime minister signed the Constitution Act of 1982, finalizing independence from the United Kingdom?
Literature
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Arts
What artist became wealthy by winning the French state lottery in 1891?
Geography
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Nature
For what country's capital was the dish Crab Rangoon named?
Math
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Science
What is the female part of a flower, consisting of the stigma, style, and ovary?
Entertainment
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Food
Who was the director of Carrie, Dressed to Kill, and Scarface?

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Knuckle Head -- Quiz Quilt 187 Solution

Category Answers:
Geography
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Nature
BELGRADEThe city was founded in 878 and became the country capital in 1403. It is now the capital of Serbia.
Sports
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Games
LITHUANIAThe players dressed in tie-dye shirts to receive their bronze medals.
Entertainment
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Food
SWEATHOGSThey starred as underprivileged high school students on Welcome Back, Kotter from 1975 to 1979.
Literature
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Arts
STEVENSONThe disease afflicted novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson during childhood but did not contribute to his death by brain hemorrhage at age 44.
History
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Government
JEFFERSONHe was born as William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946.
Math
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Science
HYDROGENThe zeppelin burst into flames while trying to land on May 6, 1937. Hydrogen was used primarily because other countries refused to make the safer helium available to Germany.

Quiz Quilt Answer: NOOGIE (Eighth letters going up)

The term "noogie", meaning to "put in a headlock and rub a knuckle into the head" was coined in 1972, around the same time as the equally annoying "wedgie".

Friday, August 13, 2010

Knuckle Head -- Quiz Quilt 187 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Geography
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Nature
What was the capital and most populous city in Yugoslavia?
Sports
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Games
What country's Olympic men's basketball team did the Grateful Dead sponsor in 1992?
Entertainment
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Food
What collective term refers to the TV characters played by Ron Palillo, John Travolta, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, and Robert Hegyes?
Literature
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Arts
What Scottish author, who suffered from tuberculosis, wrote The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1886?
History
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Government
What is President Clinton's middle name?
Math
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Science
What gas was the Hindenburg filled with?

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Devilish Domitian Designation -- Quiz Quilt 186 Solution

Category Answers:
History
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Government
KIDDLegendary sailor Captain Kidd terrorized ships near the end of the 17th century until being arrested and hanged for piracy and murder.
Geography
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Nature
ALCATRAZOriginally used for a military fort, the island served as a prison from 1934 until 1963.
Sports
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Games
OILERSThe Edmonton Oilers won five championships, one more than the New York Islanders.
Entertainment
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Food
FOXDavid Duchovny played the FBI agent on television from 1993 to 2002 and in the 1998 movie.
Literature
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Arts
DAVISJim Davis's lasagna-loving, orange cat debuted on June 19, 1978 and has spawned over forty books, a television series, a dozen TV specials, and a 2004 movie.
Math
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Science
CHINAThe rocket, named Shenzhou ("Vessel of the Gods"), carried an astronaut into orbit four years later.

Quiz Quilt Answer: DCLXVI (Third letters)

English author Robert Graves pointed out that DCLXVI (the Roman numerals for 666, the Number of the Beast) could stand for "Domitianus Caesar Legatos Xti Violenter Interfecit", meaning "The Emperor Domitian violently killed the envoys of Christ".

Friday, August 6, 2010

Devilish Domitian Designation -- Quiz Quilt 186 Puzzle

Category Questions:
History
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Government
What Scottish-born English pirate was made famous in songs and novels such as The Water Witch?
Geography
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Nature
What former prison, known as the Rock, is now part of Golden Gate National Recreational Area?
Sports
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Games
Which NHL team won the most Stanley Cups from 1980 to 1990?
Entertainment
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Food
What was Mulder's first name on The X-Files?
Literature
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Arts
What artist draws the comic strip Garfield?
Math
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Science
What country launched its first unmanned spacecraft on November 20, 1999?