| 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").
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