Ham Hater's Heftier Handle -- Quiz Quilt 246 Puzzle

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History & Government	What ancient Greek silver coin was equal to six obols?
Geography & Nature	What was the last U.S. state without a state motto?
Literature & Arts	In what book in the Old Testament does the phrase "Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return" appear?
Math & Science	What Greek mathematician ran home from a bath naked shouting "Eureka!" when he figured out how to determine if gold was pure?
Entertainment & Food	What TV director also handled the movies Overboard, Beaches, and Pretty Woman?
Sports & Games	What was the first NHL hockey team in the U.S.?

A Palindromic Pickup -- Quiz Quilt 245 Solution

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Literature & Arts	MONET	As a young boy, Claude Monet received his first lessons from Eugene Boudin and later enrolled in a university art course after his aunt managed to withdraw him from the army.
Sports & Games	GIBSON	Pioneer Althea Gibson defeated Angela Mortimer 6-0, 12-10 in the 1956 French Open final after boxers Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson and others had paid her airfare to get to the tournament.
Entertainment & Food	NIMOY	Leonard Nimoy's acting debut had occurred a year earlier with a bit part in Queen For a Day.
Math & Science	ZIRCONIUM	The grayish-white metal is popularly known for its use in cubic zirconia gems, which are made from zirconium oxide.
History & Government	LUSITANIA	The death of 1,189 people helped provoke the U.S. into joining World War I.
Geography & Nature	CHINA	Both nations measure just over 3.7 million square miles, with the U.S. less than half a percent larger. The difference is coincidentally very close to the area of Taiwan.

Quiz Quilt Answer: TOYOTA (Fifth letters)

"A Toyota" is a palindrome, and the Japanese company makes pickup trucks.

A Palindromic Pickup -- Quiz Quilt 245 Puzzle

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Literature & Arts	What French painter's works include Women in the Garden and Water Lilies?
Sports & Games	Who was the first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis event?
Entertainment & Food	What Star Trek actor had a small role as a football player while a mule starred in Francis Goes to West Point in 1952?
Math & Science	What is the last chemical element in alphabetical order?
History & Government	What British liner did a German submarine sink off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915?
Geography & Nature	What country is closest in size to the U.S.?

Robbermaid -- Quiz Quilt 244 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	NEWMAN	Lorne Greene also debuted along with Paul Newman in the movie.
Geography & Nature	JAPAN	Although the sun flag dates back as a far as the 13th century, it was not officially adopted by the country until August 13, 1999.
History & Government	WARREN	Former California governor Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969.
Sports & Games	BOXING	The word "cavalcade" originally meant a procession of people on horseback.
Literature & Arts	DANA	Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s book, whose title refers to his living quarters at the front of the ship, grew from a diary he kept on a voyage he made to California as a sailor.
Math & Science	FRANKLIN	Jack-of-all-trades Benjamin Franklin was actually just joking in his 1784 letter to the editor of the Journal of Paris.

Quiz Quilt Answer: MARIAN (Fourth letters)

Maid Marian was Robin Hood's significant other.

Robbermaid -- Quiz Quilt 244 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	What actor debuted in The Silver Chalice in 1954 but later took out an ad in Variety to apologize for the film?
Geography & Nature	What country has a flag consisting of a red circle with a white background?
History & Government	What Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court investigated John F. Kennedy's assassination?
Sports & Games	What was the only sport that television's Cavalcade of Sports presented from 1944 to 1960?
Literature & Arts	What author recounted his Two Days Before the Mast in 1840?
Math & Science	What American supposedly first proposed daylight saving time in Paris in the 18th century?

Oily on Olympus -- Quiz Quilt 243 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	JAG	He played Lieutenant Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the pilot and was later promoted to Commander in the series.
Sports & Games	GARNER	Infielder Phil Garner was the third pick in the 1971 amateur draft by the Oakland A's, and he played four seasons with them before helping the Pittsburgh Pirates win the 1979 World Series.
Geography & Nature	QUECHUA	Over 13% of Peruvians and almost ten million South Americans speak the American Indian language.
Math & Science	QUARKS	Murray Gell-Mann's name for the subatomic particles stuck, while George Zweig's "aces" became a footnote in history.
History & Government	BUSH	George "Poppy" Bush partnered with John Overbey to create the Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company in 1950.
Literature & Arts	KEY	Francis Scott Key's poem, "The Defense of Fort McHenry", was later set to composer John Stafford Smith's tune "Anacreon in Heaven".

Quiz Quilt Answer: GREASY (Third letters)

"Oily" is a synonym for "greasy", and the most famous Mt. Olympus is the tallest mountain located in Greece ("Greece-y").

Oily on Olympus -- Quiz Quilt 243 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	What TV series' 1995 pilot featured David James Elliott as an ex-pilot lawyer?
Sports & Games	What Major League Baseball player and manager was known as Scrap Iron?
Geography & Nature	After Spanish, what is most popular language of Peru?
Math & Science	What is the physics term for the elementary particles, with names like strange and charm, that are the basic constituents of baryons?
History & Government	Which U.S. President cofounded an oil company?
Literature & Arts	What poet wrote the words to the "Star-Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812?

Weak Theater Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 242 Solution

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Geography & Nature	ZAMBIA	The nation had been a British protectorate since 1923.
History & Government	SMITH	It is also the most popular surname in the United States and Australia.
Entertainment & Food	LEE	Director Spike Lee was born as Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia but grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Sports & Games	ENRON	The energy corporation declared bankruptcy amid a major accounting scandal only a year later. The field is now called Minute Maid Park.
Literature & Arts	NIN	Anais Nin's 1969 collection of erotic short stories was turned into a Zalman King movie in 1995.
Math & Science	SCURVY	About three months without fruits and vegetables will produce symptoms.

Quiz Quilt Answer: CINEMA (Second letters going up)

"Anemic" means "weak" and anagrams to "cinema", which is a synonym of "theater".

Weak Theater Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 242 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Geography & Nature	What country was known as Northern Rhodesia until 1964?
History & Government	What is the most common last name in the U.K.?
Entertainment & Food	What African-American film-maker explored racism and other issues in movies like Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X?
Sports & Games	What company paid $100 million for the rights to name the Houston Astros home ballpark for thirty years starting in 2000?
Literature & Arts	Who was the author of Delta of Venus?
Math & Science	What disease is marked by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding and is caused by a lack of ascorbic acid?