Patrick's Paraplegic Professor -- Quiz Quilt 227 Solution

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Sports & Games	ICKX	Belgian driver Jacky Ickx took the checkered flag six times between 1969 and 1982, three times teaming with Derek Bell.
Geography & Nature	RHEA	The common rhea is the continent's largest bird, averaging over sixty pounds as an adult.
Literature & Arts	MELVILLE	Herman Melville dedicated the book to his friend and neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, who had convinced him to change the story from a simple whaling tale to an allegorical novel.
History & Government	BLAIR	Singer and guitarist Tony Blair later performed with the band Ugly Rumours while he was a student at St. John's College.
Math & Science	EULER	Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler first used the letter e to denote the basis of the natural logarithm in 1727, over a decade after the constant was discovered.
Entertainment & Food	AYKROYD	Dan Aykroyd, the cofounder of the House of Blues, played a blind man named Roy in the Canadian comedy.

Quiz Quilt Answer: XAVIER (Fourth letters)

In the X-Men comic series, Professor X's full name is Charles Francis Xavier, played by actor Patrick Stewart in the movie versions.