Friday, September 30, 2011

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

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

Saturday, September 24, 2011

A Palindromic Pickup -- Quiz Quilt 245 Solution

Category Answers:
Literature
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Arts
MONETAs 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
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Games
GIBSONPioneer 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
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Food
NIMOYLeonard Nimoy's acting debut had occurred a year earlier with a bit part in Queen For a Day.
Math
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Science
ZIRCONIUMThe grayish-white metal is popularly known for its use in cubic zirconia gems, which are made from zirconium oxide.
History
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Government
LUSITANIAThe death of 1,189 people helped provoke the U.S. into joining World War I.
Geography
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Nature
CHINABoth 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.

Friday, September 23, 2011

A Palindromic Pickup -- Quiz Quilt 245 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Literature
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Arts
What French painter's works include Women in the Garden and Water Lilies?
Sports
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Games
Who was the first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis event?
Entertainment
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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
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Science
What is the last chemical element in alphabetical order?
History
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Government
What British liner did a German submarine sink off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915?
Geography
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Nature
What country is closest in size to the U.S.?

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Robbermaid -- Quiz Quilt 244 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
NEWMANLorne Greene also debuted along with Paul Newman in the movie.
Geography
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Nature
JAPANAlthough 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
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Government
WARRENFormer California governor Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969.
Sports
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Games
BOXINGThe word "cavalcade" originally meant a procession of people on horseback.
Literature
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Arts
DANARichard 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
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Science
FRANKLINJack-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.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Robbermaid -- Quiz Quilt 244 Puzzle

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

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Oily on Olympus -- Quiz Quilt 243 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
JAGHe played Lieutenant Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the pilot and was later promoted to Commander in the series.
Sports
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Games
GARNERInfielder 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
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Nature
QUECHUAOver 13% of Peruvians and almost ten million South Americans speak the American Indian language.
Math
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Science
QUARKSMurray Gell-Mann's name for the subatomic particles stuck, while George Zweig's "aces" became a footnote in history.
History
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Government
BUSHGeorge "Poppy" Bush partnered with John Overbey to create the Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company in 1950.
Literature
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Arts
KEYFrancis 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").

Friday, September 9, 2011

Oily on Olympus -- Quiz Quilt 243 Puzzle

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

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Weak Theater Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 242 Solution

Category Answers:
Geography
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Nature
ZAMBIAThe nation had been a British protectorate since 1923.
History
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Government
SMITHIt is also the most popular surname in the United States and Australia.
Entertainment
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Food
LEEDirector Spike Lee was born as Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia but grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
Sports
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Games
ENRONThe energy corporation declared bankruptcy amid a major accounting scandal only a year later. The field is now called Minute Maid Park.
Literature
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Arts
NINAnais Nin's 1969 collection of erotic short stories was turned into a Zalman King movie in 1995.
Math
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Science
SCURVYAbout 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".

Friday, September 2, 2011

Weak Theater Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 242 Puzzle

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