Saturday, October 30, 2010

Hit or Miss -- Quiz Quilt 198 Solution

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History
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Government
DIASKing John II of Portugal had sent explorer Bartholomew Dias to find a trade route to Asia. Dias dubbed the southern tip the Cape of Storms, but the king preferred the positive Cape of Good Hope.
Sports
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PAYTONGary Payton, the second pick of the 1990 draft, became the 1995-96 NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the Seattle SuperSonics.
Literature
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CLARKEThe phrase appeared in The Lost Worlds of 2001, Arthur C. Clarke's 1972 book of Space Odyssey excisions and filming notes.
Geography
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Nature
SYRIAThe Syrian Arab Republic broke away from a Germany-controlled France during World War II.
Entertainment
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DRAKEHis fame as Noah Drake led to the #1 hit single "Jessie's Girl" in 1981.
Math
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LIVERThe organ can weigh anywhere from two to six pounds in adult humans.

Quiz Quilt Answer: STRIKE (Fourth letters)

A strike is a perfect hit in bowling, while a strike can be a swing and a miss in baseball.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Hit or Miss -- Quiz Quilt 198 Puzzle

Category Questions:
History
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Government
Who was the first known European to sail to the southern tip of Africa, in 1488?
Sports
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Games
What former NBA player is known as the Glove?
Literature
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Arts
What author observed, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"?
Geography
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Nature
Which Middle Eastern country's capital is Damascus?
Entertainment
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Food
What character did singer Rick Springfield play on General Hospital from 1981 to 1983 and 2007 to 2008?
Math
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Science
What gland's functions include the storage of vitamins, the cleansing of blood, and the deactivation of hormones?

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Sandwich State -- Quiz Quilt 197 Solution

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Entertainment
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DIETRICHMarlene Dietrich's 1936 movie is playing on a television in the family room.
Math
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Science
COLUMBIAJohn Young landed the shuttle on California's Edwards Air Force Base's Runway 23 on April 14, 1981 after orbiting the Earth 36 times.
History
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Government
EISENHOWERDwight Eisenhower trounced Adlai Stevenson, losing just 89 electoral votes in the Southeast during the 1952 election.
Sports
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Games
SORENSTAMAnnika Sorenstam, the tour's all-time money leader, captured the 1995 U.S. Women's Open, the first of her nine career majors.
Literature
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BALDACCIDavid Baldacci's novel debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list the previous year.
Geography
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LITHUANIAWith almost 600,000 people, the city is also the nation's most populous.

Quiz Quilt Answer: HAWAII (Eighth letters)

The Hawaiian Islands were named the Sandwich Islands by James Cook when he spotted them in 1778. Both the islands and the bread-around-meat meal honor John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich.

Friday, October 22, 2010

Sandwich State -- Quiz Quilt 197 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Entertainment
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Food
What actress, from one of the first color films The Garden of Allah, can be seen in Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" video?
Math
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Science
What was the first manned U.S. spacecraft to touch down on land?
History
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Government
Which U.S. presidential candidate campaigned with the slogan "I Like Ike"?
Sports
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Games
What Swedish golfer was the LPGA Rookie of the Year in 1994 and the Player of the Year in 1995?
Literature
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Arts
What author's Absolute Power became a movie directed by Clint Eastwood in 1997?
Geography
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Nature
What country's capital is Vilnius?

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Relationship Guru -- Quiz Quilt 196 Solution

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Geography
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Nature
BELIZEBelize City is the country's most populous city, but Belmopan has been the capital since 1970.
Literature
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Arts
BENCHLEYRobert Benchley wrote for the Harvard Lampoon in college and for New Yorker Magazine later.
Sports
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Games
BRAASCHDuring the Australian Open, the sisters claimed they could beat any man ranked #200 or lower. Karsten Braasch (#203) rose to the challenge by defeating Serena 6-1 and Venus 6-2.
History
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Government
HOFFMANYouth International Party cofounder Abbie Hoffman said of his 1970 Steal This Book, "It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the bestseller's list." [Jack Weinberg, Jerry Rubin, Mario Savio, and Mark Rudd have also been credited.]
Entertainment
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Food
LAUPERIn 1984, Cyndi Lauper's She's So Unusual included "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (peaked at #2), "Time After Time" (#1), "She Bop" (#3), and "All Through the Night" (#5).
Math
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Science
WISHBONEIt is the point at which the two clavicles meet.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ORACLE (Sixth letters going up)

California-based Oracle Corporation was founded in 1977 as Software Development Laboratories to produce relational database products based on Edgar Codd's theories.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Relationship Guru -- Quiz Quilt 196 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Geography
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Nature
What country has Belmopan as its capital and shares borders with Mexico and Guatemala?
Literature
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Arts
What author confessed, "It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous"?
Sports
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Games
What male German tennis player, ranked below #200 in the world, beat Venus and Serena Williams in a pair of exhibition matches in 1998?
History
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Government
What radical American advised, "Never trust anyone over thirty"?
Entertainment
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Food
Who was the first female singer to have four top 10 singles on her debut album?
Math
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Science
What is the common name for a turkey's furcula?

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Alfalfa, Buckwheat, or Farina -- Quiz Quilt 195 Solution

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Entertainment
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ELGARSir Edward William Elgar's March No. 1 has frequently been played at graduation ceremonies ever since Yale University bestowed an honorary Doctor of Music degree on the Englishman in 1905.
Geography
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Nature
INDIAThey anticipate that 1.6 billion people, about one sixth of the world's population and 200 million more than China, will live there.
History
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Government
HEARSTNewspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst was only 23 years old when he took over the San Francisco Examiner for his father, and eight years later he purchased the New York Morning Journal.
Sports
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Games
CONACHERLionel Conacher, a.k.a., The Big Train, was elected to Parliament from 1949 to 1954.
Math
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Science
CYCLAMATESUniversity of Illinois graduate student Michael Sveda discovered their sweetness in 1937 when he accidentally put his cigarette down on some.
Literature
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Arts
SEWELLBecause of a leg injury, Anna Sewell had used horses for transportation most of her life. She honored the equines with her only book, completed after outliving her doctor's fatal prognosis.

Quiz Quilt Answer: RASCAL (Fifth letters)

Farina was a character played by Allen Hoskins, Buckwheat by Billie Thomas, and Alfalfa by Carl Switzer in "Our Gang", later known as "The Little Rascals".

Friday, October 8, 2010

Alfalfa, Buckwheat, or Farina -- Quiz Quilt 195 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Entertainment
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Food
Who composed "Pomp and Circumstance" in 1901?
Geography
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Nature
In 2001, what country did the United Nations estimate would be the most populous in the world by 2050?
History
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Government
What publisher's castle in San Simeon, California is a state museum?
Sports
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Games
Who was voted Canada's Greatest Male Athlete of the Half-Century in 1950, having starred in hockey, football, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, track, and boxing?
Math
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Science
What class of artificial sweeteners did the U.S. government ban in 1969 because they caused cancer in rats?
Literature
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Arts
What English author wrote Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse in 1877?

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Bare Born '23, Buried '07 -- Quiz Quilt 194 Solution

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Sports
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Games
BROCKLou Brock's 938 stolen bases were the all-time record until Rickey Henderson ran by him.
History
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Government
JEBJohn Ellis Bush is known by his monogram.
Entertainment
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Food
FLYNNSwashbuckler Errol Flynn played the surgeon-turned-pirate Peter Blood.
Literature
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Arts
CIRCAThe word first appeared in English dictionaries circa 1861.
Geography
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Nature
BARTThe Bay Area Rapid Transit system, including the historic transbay tunnel, was proposed in 1946, begun in 1964, and opened to the public on September 11, 1972.
Math
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Science
AMBERAlthough it is not a mineral, amber is generally considered to be a gemstone.

Quiz Quilt Answer: MAILER (Second letters going up)

American author Norman Mailer (1923-2007) drew upon his experiences in the Philippines in World War II for his first novel, "The Naked and the Dead", published in 1948.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Bare Born '23, Buried '07 -- Quiz Quilt 194 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Sports
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Games
Who was the Major League Baseball career steals leader until May 1, 1991?
History
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Government
What is the nickname, used as his first name, of President George Bush's son who was elected governor of Florida in November 1998?
Entertainment
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Food
What actor gained fame for the movie Captain Blood in 1935?
Literature
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Arts
What Latin word meaning "about" is used in English especially regarding dates?
Geography
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Nature
What is the acronym of San Francisco's subway system?
Math
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Science
What hard, yellowish to brownish, translucent fossil resin is used chiefly in making ornamental objects such as beads?