Saturday, October 23, 2010

Sandwich State -- Quiz Quilt 197 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
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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Arts
BALDACCIDavid Baldacci's novel debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list the previous year.
Geography
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Nature
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.

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