| Entertainment & Food | BOYD | Former model Patti Boyd was married at the time but would get divorced a year later and marry Clapton in 1979. |
| Geography & Nature | MONROVIA | The city was renamed in 1824 for U.S. President James Monroe, who supported sending freed slaves to the country. |
| Literature & Arts | KEROUAC | Beat Movement author Jack Kerouac typed the novel as one, single-spaced, marginless paragraph on 250 continuous feet of computer paper. |
| Math & Science | SETI | The Cornell University scientist kicked off Project Ozma in West Virginia, which led to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. |
| History & Government | LENIN | After Nicholas II was overthrown in April, Nikolai Lenin led a failed workers' rebellion in July and fled to Finland before returning successfully in October. |
| Sports & Games | NITROGEN | Compressed nitrogen holds less moisture than compressed air and consequently expands less as its temperature rises. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: BORING (Diagonally)
"Boring" can mean both "uninteresting" and "digging a hole in".
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