Saturday, April 2, 2011

Short or Long, Sprayer or Displayer -- Quiz Quilt 220 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
POITIERSidney Poitier's directorial debut was Buck and the Preacher, where he also starred opposite Harry Belafonte in 1972.
Math
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Science
SALMONELLAVeterinarian Daniel E. Salmon discovered the first illness-inducing strain in 1885.
Literature
&
Arts
SPARROWThe easily excitable bird shot an arrow at the Cuckoo but missed.
Geography
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Nature
STOCKHOLMExcept for the initial awards in 1901, the king of Sweden has presented the Nobel Prizes each year.
History
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Government
MCCARTHYJoseph McCarthy helped fuel the red scare until 1954, was finally discredited, and died partly from alcoholism three years later.
Sports
&
Games
SANDERSLater in the year Stanford graduate Summer Sanders began a second career on television as a co-host of NBA Inside Stuff and later became the host of The Sports List.

Quiz Quilt Answer: SHOWER (Seventh letters going up)

With a short vowel, a shower sprays water from a nozzle; with a long vowel, a shower exhibits something for you to see.

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