Viola - Cello -- Quiz Quilt 219 Solution

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Geography & Nature	INDONESIA	The nation is the world's biggest archipelago.
Math & Science	PAVLOV	Nobel Prize winner Ivan Pavlov trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a whistle in anticipation of being fed. He also used several other objects, but bells were not among them.
History & Government	MARSHALL	George C. Marshall's Marshall Plan provided $12 billion in relief from 1948 to 1952.
Entertainment & Food	DUMONT	The network, jointly owned by television manufacturer Allen B. DuMont and Paramount Pictures, broadcast from 1946 until 1956.
Sports & Games	DREAMCAST	The console was produced until 2001 when the company exited the market.
Literature & Arts	NABOKOV	The U.S. Customs Bureau initially confiscated copies of Vladimir Nabokov's controversial book but eventually let them go.

Quiz Quilt Answer: OCTAVE (Sixth letters going up)

The violas and cellos in an orchestra are tuned exactly one octave apart.

Viola - Cello -- Quiz Quilt 219 Puzzle

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Geography & Nature	What is the 741,000-square-mile country of 235 million people whose currency is the rupiah?
Math & Science	What Russian physiologist and psychologist documented his experiments in the book Conditioned Reflexes in 1926?
History & Government	Which U.S. Secretary of State's European Recovery Program helped Europe after World War II?
Entertainment & Food	In the 1950s, what was the fourth commercial television network, along with ABC, CBS, and NBC?
Sports & Games	What 128-bit game system did Sega release in 1998?
Literature & Arts	What author's 1955 novel Lolita did mainstream publishers initially reject as erotica?

Cover Up -- Quiz Quilt 218 Solution

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History & Government	PEROT	After four years, Jesse Ventura took over control of the party from Ross Perot in 1999.
Math & Science	CELEBREX	Pfizer's brand of celecoxib was the company's fourth best seller by the following year.
Literature & Arts	SPAIN	The 1940 Ernest Hemingway novel occurs during the Spanish Civil War.
Geography & Nature	CUBA	Cuba uses blue stripes and a red field while Puerto Rico sports red stripes and a blue field. Both flags include a white star and white stripes.
Sports & Games	RODEO	The sport debuted at the Olympics as an exhibition at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Entertainment & Food	STEWART	Both Rod Stewart's single and its album, Every Picture Tells a Story, were at the top of their charts in September 1971 in the U.S. and U.K.

Quiz Quilt Answer: TOUPEE (Second letters going up)

A toupee is a wig worn to cover partial baldness.

Cover Up -- Quiz Quilt 218 Puzzle

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History & Government	Who founded the Reform Party in the U.S.?
Math & Science	In June 1999, what arthritis pill passed Viagra as the fastest-selling new drug ever?
Literature & Arts	In what country does For Whom the Bell Tolls take place?
Geography & Nature	What country's flag is almost identical to Puerto Rico's except for the colors?
Sports & Games	What professional sport consists of bareback bronc-riding, saddle bronc-riding, bull riding, calf roping, and steer wrestling?
Entertainment & Food	What British singer's first number one hit was "Maggie May"?

Triangle Language -- Quiz Quilt 217 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	CHAMPAGNE	The two-layered drink was Otto von Bismarck's favorite.
Geography & Nature	MARRAKECH	The ancient city is the home of Djemaa el-Fna, "the place of the dead".
Literature & Arts	GATES	Bill Gates's business and technology books were published in 1996 and 1999 respectively.
Sports & Games	DOKIC	Serbian Jelena Dokic crushed her 6-2, 6-0.
Math & Science	RAMSAY	William Ramsay was the first to isolate helium and radon and discovered neon, argon, krypton, and xenon, which are called "noble" because they do not react with other chemical elements.
History & Government	BENELUX	The agreement was signed in 1944 to allow goods and capital to flow freely between the countries.

Quiz Quilt Answer: PASCAL (Fifth letters)

Pascal's Triangle is a geometric representation of the binomial coefficients, and Pascal is a computer language, both named for the French mathematician Blaise Pascal.

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Entertainment & Food	What type of alcohol is traditionally poured on top of Guinness stout to make a Black Velvet?
Geography & Nature	What major city in southern Morocco was its capital during the Middle Ages and again in the 16th and 17th centuries?
Literature & Arts	Who pondered The Road Ahead and advocated Business at the Speed of Thought?
Sports & Games	Who was the reigning World Junior Champion who upset Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999?
Math & Science	What Scottish chemist first isolated or discovered the six noble gases?
History & Government	What economic union did the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium form in 1948?

Green Apron -- Quiz Quilt 216 Solution

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Literature & Arts	KAFKA	Franz Kafka's trio of novels appeared sequentially from 1925 to 1927.
Sports & Games	MARINO	Number 13, Dan Marino, threw for 61,361 yards and 420 touchdowns and also ceded the records for career attempts and completions to number 4.
Geography & Nature	QUITO	At its peak the empire extended from present-day Peru to Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.
History & Government	LENIN	Nikolai Lenin's new name was based on the Lena River, in opposition to Georgi Plekhanov, who called himself Volgin for the Volga River.
Entertainment & Food	LAGASSE	Cajun cook Emeril Lagasse started on a 1993 show called How to Boil Water but soon had his own programs, including The Essence of Emeril and Emeril Live.
Math & Science	AMETHYST	The gem is the birthstone of February.

Quiz Quilt Answer: FRINGE (Third letters)

The area around the putting green on a golf course, where the grass is cut longer than the green but shorter than the fairway, is known as both the fringe and the apron.

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Literature & Arts	What existential German author wrote The Trial, The Castle, and Amerika?
Sports & Games	What NFL quarterback had the most career passing yards and touchdowns before Brett Favre?
Geography & Nature	What is the capital of Ecuador that was once the capital of the Inca empire?
History & Government	What Russian politician was born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov?
Entertainment & Food	What Food Network chef is famous for saying "Bam!" when adding ingredients?
Math & Science	What purple stone is a variety of quartz that is tinted by impurities such as ferric oxide?