Carnivore, Comic Cop, or Chandler -- Quiz Quilt 215 Solution

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Sports & Games	BOBSLED	The comedy was based on the true story of a Jamaican bobsled team. The team broke ground for not only its country's climate but also the first black competitors in the event.
History & Government	OTIS	Five years earlier, Elisha Graves Otis had created a mechanism to prevent hoisting machinery from falling, a critical part of the elevator.
Literature & Arts	BUNYAN	Deacon John Bunyan had been jailed for three months for preaching in public but extended the sentence to twelve years because he refused to promise he would not do it again.
Math & Science	CALORIE	When discussing food, a calorie is actually a thousand times this unit.
Entertainment & Food	ALLEY	Actress Kirstie Alley, who would become famous for playing Rebecca Howe, also later won $10,000 with Lucille Ball on Password Plus.
Geography & Nature	TOPEKA	Appropriately, the capital city is now home to a Frito-Lay potato chip-making plant.

Quiz Quilt Answer: BOBCAT (First letters)

A bobcat is a wild feline, Bobcat Goldthwait is a comedian who acted in the "Police Academy" movies, and Tyson Chandler is the current center for the Charlotte Bobcats.

Carnivore, Comic Cop, or Chandler -- Quiz Quilt 215 Puzzle

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Sports & Games	What Olympic sport was featured in the 1993 movie Cool Runnings?
History & Government	Who manufactured the first passenger elevator in 1857?
Literature & Arts	What English author wrote Pilgrim's Progress while in prison in 1675?
Math & Science	What unit is defined as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water from 14.5° to 15.5° Celsius?
Entertainment & Food	What future Cheers star was an unknown when she won a $5,000 jackpot on Match Game?
Geography & Nature	Which Kansas city's name means "good place to dig potatoes" in the Kansa language?

Incredible Girl -- Quiz Quilt 214 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	BURNETT	Reality show pioneer Mark Burnett also produced The Apprentice and The Contender series.
Math & Science	EAGLE	Its name is the Latin word for the predatory bird.
Literature & Arts	WILLIAMS	Tennessee Williams's play won the 1945 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award.
Geography & Nature	KYOTO	As of 2008, the city had just under 1.5 million people, an average of over 6,000 per square mile.
History & Government	NIXON	Richard Nixon's July 20, 1969 radio message to the Apollo 11 astronauts included the line.
Sports & Games	VOLLEY	A ball hit immediately after it bounces is called a half-volley.

Quiz Quilt Answer: VIOLET (Diagonally from the bottom left)

Violet was the daughter of the superhero family in the 2004 movie "The Incredibles".

Incredible Girl -- Quiz Quilt 214 Puzzle

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Entertainment & Food	What British entrepreneur and producer brought the Survivor TV show to the U.S. in 2000?
Math & Science	What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
Literature & Arts	What playwright's The Glass Menagerie appeared on Broadway and was made into three movies?
Geography & Nature	What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the country's cultural heart?
History & Government	Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it"?
Sports & Games	What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit before it touches the ground?

Statue of Liberty Insider -- Quiz Quilt 213 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	SAYER	The songs from Leo Sayer's Endless Flight album peaked in January and May respectively.
Literature & Arts	KAMIKAZE	The word originally described a typhoon that saved the country from a Mongol naval invasion in 1281.
History & Government	ROLFE	John Rolfe's Algonquian Indian wife died of smallpox three years later, after he had returned to England with her to seek investors.
Geography & Nature	SUNFLOWERS	The large flowers turn themselves to face the Sun, which they also resemble somewhat.
Math & Science	ALLEN	Entrepreneur Paul Allen, who began supporting the astronomy quest after the U.S. government ended its funding in the mid-1990s, has donated over $900 million for the search.
Sports & Games	LEFLORE	Speedster Ron LeFlore had not played baseball in high school or college but stole 455 bases during a nine-year career.

Quiz Quilt Answer: EIFFEL (Fourth letters)

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel is more famous for building the Eiffel Tower, but he also designed the armature, the interior framework, of the Statue of Liberty.

Statue of Liberty Insider -- Quiz Quilt 213 Puzzle

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Entertainment & Food	What Englishman topped the charts with "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You" within a five-month span in 1977?
Literature & Arts	What Japanese word meaning "divine wind" describes a type of pilot?
History & Government	What English colonist introduced tobacco cultivation to Jamestown and married Pocahontas?
Geography & Nature	What is the flower of genus helianthus whose seeds are one of Romania's main agricultural products?
Math & Science	What businessman put up $11.5 million on August 1, 2000 to fund a new telescope array as part of the SETI project?
Sports & Games	What Detroit Tigers outfielder was recruited from prison and was the subject of the 1978 TV movie One in a Million?

Wrangle With a Witch -- Quiz Quilt 212 Solution

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Math & Science	CLERMONT	The ship was nicknamed for its sailing port in New York. [FOLLY is also a good answer.]
History & Government	SELMA	A trap was set for her the following year but came up empty.
Sports & Games	LEGOS	The colorful plastic bricks have been used to construct a wide range of amazing things, including a working 7-foot grandfather clock and a Rubik's Cube solver.
Geography & Nature	RUGBY	The sport is generally split between Rugby League and Rugby Union, whose rules differ as much as those between American and Canadian football.
Literature & Arts	PEANUTS	Charles Schulz reluctantly agreed to the name change when he sold the strip to the United Feature Syndicate in 1952 because of the existing strips "Little Folks" and "Li'l Abner".
Entertainment & Food	MAHLER	Bohemia-born Gustav Mahler also left a mark as a composer with symphonies such as Das Lied von der Erde.

Quiz Quilt Answer: HAGGLE (Third letters going up)

"Wrangle" and "haggle" both can mean "to argue intensely", and "hag" can mean "witch".

Wrangle With a Witch -- Quiz Quilt 212 Puzzle

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Math & Science	Although its real name was the North River Steam Boat, by what name was Robert Fulton's steamship known?
History & Government	What Loch Ness monster "cousin", first spotted in the 18th century, is credited with "mysterious whale-like noises" recorded in Seljord Lake in Norway in September 1999?
Sports & Games	What Danish building blocks are the most popular in the world and have been used to build a scale replica of Copenhagen, Denmark?
Geography & Nature	Which town in Warwickshire in Central England is known for its public schools and the creation of a popular European sport?
Literature & Arts	What comic strip did its creator originally call Li'l Folks?
Entertainment & Food	What Austrian conductor led the Imperial Opera in Vienna, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the New York Philharmonic?