| Sports & Games | KEDS | U.S. Rubber first mass-marketed the canvas-topped sneakers in 1917, having selected the name Ked after discovering that Ped was already taken. |
| Geography & Nature | OAHU | The 608-square-mile island is only the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands but holds four-fifths of the state's population. |
| Entertainment & Food | WALTERS | Boston native Barbara Walters co-anchored her first ABC News broadcast on October 4, 1976. |
| Literature & Arts | LINCOLN | In addition to writing about Abraham Lincoln, the Swedish-American also won two Pulitzers for poetry. |
| History & Government | SEWARD | At a total cost of $7.2 million, the transaction was denigrated as Seward's Folly at the time, but history has vindicated Secretary of State William Seward. |
| Math & Science | ZINC | The one-cent piece has been made of 97.5% zinc and 2.5% copper since 1982, nearly reversing the proportions used in the prior two decades. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: CACTUS (Fourth letters going up)
The Christmas cactus has bright pink flowers, the Mistletoe cactus has fruit resembling mistletoe, and the Teddy Bear cactus has a brown trunk that can look amazingly like the stuffed animal (just don't hug it).
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