tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22665887119760968282024-03-07T14:03:53.278-05:00Trivia Why'strivia questions each weekday plus a unique acrostic puzzle and an original themed quiz on the weekends. (daily questions and acrostic trivia questions borrowed from the <a href="http://www.triviawhys.com"><i>Trivia Why's</i> book series</a>.)THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-82620958451088296232011-10-29T23:00:00.000-05:002011-10-29T23:00:03.418-05:00Adios Address -- Quiz Quilt 250 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>FARLE<B>Y</B></TD><TD>A movie version of Walter Farley's story about Alec Ramsey and an Arabian horse was released in 1979.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD><B>G</B></TD><TD>Yellow stars have a temperature from 8,500° to 10,000° Fahrenheit. The Sun is a G2 main-sequence star.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>PUZ<B>O</B></TD><TD>Danny Aiello played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the 1997 movie adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel, which was <I>not</I> a sequel of <I>The Godfather</I>.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>BRAZI<B>L</B></TD><TD>Emmo was born in Sao Paulo on December 12, 1946 and moved to Europe to race in 1969.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>PER<B>U</B></TD><TD>Over thirty square miles of the area is now dangerously littered with an estimated 150,000 mines.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>PORTUGUES<B>E</B></TD><TD>They were former Portuguese colonies in and off the coast of Africa.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: EULOGY (Last letters going up)<P>A eulogy is a farewell address in honor of a deceased person.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-6753248542012862392011-10-28T23:01:00.000-05:002011-10-28T23:01:01.535-05:00Adios Address -- Quiz Quilt 250 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What author shipwrecked a boy with <I>The Black Stallion</I> in 1941?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>In the Morgan-Keenan spectral classification, what single-letter class of stars includes the Sun?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>Who was the author of <I>The Last Don</I> in 1996?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What country does race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi come from?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>What country fought Ecuador over a disputed border in the Cordillera del Condor in 1995?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What is the main language spoken in Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-6193291212073852582011-10-22T23:00:00.000-05:002011-10-22T23:00:04.089-05:00Car, Pool, or Sticker -- Quiz Quilt 249 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD><B>R</B>OCKWELL</TD><TD>In 2000, Darva Conger accepted Rick Rockwell's proposal, but shortly after their honeymoon, she had the marriage annulled.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>P<B>E</B>ARY</TD><TD>Robert Edwin Peary had learned from his previous Arctic expeditions to dress in furs like the Inuit and to employ a system of support teams and supply caches.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>EX<B>P</B>OS</TD><TD>After a quarter century with the Montreal Expos franchise, the orange fuzzball did not move with the team to Washington, D.C., and the Montreal Canadiens adopted him beginning with the 2005-06 season.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>BLU<B>M</B>E</TD><TD>Judy Blume has won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for young adult literature and the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>URAN<B>U</B>S</TD><TD>Venus is the last.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>COLUM<B>B</B>US</TD><TD>"Discovery of the New World" was issued in 1893, just after the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first Atlantic crossing.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: BUMPER (Diagonally from the bottom to the top left)<P>The word "bumper" can be added in front to get "bumper car", "bumper pool", and "bumper sticker".THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-30021233040834069202011-10-21T23:01:00.000-05:002011-10-21T23:01:00.387-05:00Car, Pool, or Sticker -- Quiz Quilt 249 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What groom performed stand up comedy before he starred in <I>Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?</I></TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What American explorer is credited with discovering the North Pole on April 6, 1909?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>Which Major League Baseball team's mascot was called Youppie?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What author entertained children with "Superfudge", "Tiger Eyes", and "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What is the second to last planet in the solar system in alphabetical order?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>Who was honored on the first U.S. commemorative stamp?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-37884314779738061052011-10-15T23:00:00.000-05:002011-10-15T23:00:00.663-05:00Double Triple King -- Quiz Quilt 248 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD><B>A</B>LDRIN</TD><TD>Born as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. on January 20, 1930, he later officially changed his first name to Buzz, the nickname his sister gave him.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>G<B>R</B>ASS</TD><TD>The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club currently uses rye, although a combination of rye and fescue was employed until recently.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>MA<B>C</B>DUFF</TD><TD>Macbeth misunderstood the prophecy that he could not be killed by a "man of woman born", as Macduff had arrived in the world through a Caesarean section.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>ONT<B>A</B>RIO</TD><TD>With the Hudson Bay on its north side, the province is sandwiched by water.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>RIKE<B>R</B></TD><TD>Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes (as Commander William Riker) played the pair from 1987 to 1994.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>JOHNS<B>O</B>N</TD><TD>Federal District Judge Sarah Hughes swore Lyndon Johnson in aboard the presidential airplane on November 22, 1963.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: ARCARO (Diagonally)<P>Eddie Arcaro was the only jockey to win thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown twice, aboard Whirlaway in 1941 and aboard Citation in 1948.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-56321062419349237482011-10-14T23:01:00.000-05:002011-10-14T23:01:01.388-05:00Double Triple King -- Quiz Quilt 248 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What astronaut was the pilot of <I>Gemini 12</I> and the second person to walk on the moon?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What general kind of surface is used for the tennis courts at Wimbledon?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What Shakespeare character murdered Macbeth?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What is the only Canadian province that borders the Great Lakes?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>Who was Captain Jean-Luc Picard's right hand man on <I>Star Trek: The Next Generation</I>?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>Who was the first U.S. President sworn in by a woman?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-1771336460576754232011-10-08T23:00:00.000-05:002011-10-08T23:00:03.053-05:00Backcheck -- Quiz Quilt 247 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>BOLIVA<B>R</B></TD><TD>Bolivia was named for Simon Bolivar.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>DIPHTH<B>E</B>RIA</TD><TD>The annual dog sled race is named for a ghost town on the route.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>COPACA<B>B</B>ANA</TD><TD>The musical appeared destined for Broadway in 2002 but never made it.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>PANCRE<B>A</B>S</TD><TD>The pancreas is part of the abdomen and is located behind the stomach.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>HAMMET<B>T</B></TD><TD>Gold and jewels are hidden in the black statue. Dashiell's Hammett story first appeared as a five-part serial in <I>Black Mask</I> magazine from September 1929 to January 1930.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>GIRAFF<B>E</B>$</TD><TD>Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus classified the tall mammal as Giraffa camelopardalis in 1758.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: REBATE (Seventh letters)<P>A rebate is usually a check you get back after purchasing an item and mailing in a receipt, UPC symbol, and a rebate form.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-6230136161320638322011-10-07T23:01:00.000-05:002011-10-07T23:01:01.119-05:00Backcheck -- Quiz Quilt 247 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>What Venezuelan revolutionary leader and statesman was known as El Libertador?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What 1925 epidemic required the transport of medical supplies, providing the basis for the Iditarod?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What 1978 Barry Manilow song became a made-for-TV musical in 1985 and a full-scale Atlantic City show in 1994?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What body part's name comes from the Greek for "all flesh"?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What author released <I>The Maltese Falcon</I> in 1930 and turned it into a 1931 movie starring Ricardo Cortez and a 1941 movie with Humphrey Bogart?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What animal was once called a camelopard because it was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-23445362712470687382011-10-01T23:00:00.000-05:002011-10-01T23:00:02.481-05:00Ham Hater's Heftier Handle -- Quiz Quilt 246 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>DRACH<B>M</B>A</TD><TD>The name was also used for the Greek currency from 1832 until 1999.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>ALASK<B>A</B></TD><TD>"North to the Future" became its official motto in 1967.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>GENES<B>I</B>S</TD><TD>God was addressing Adam in chapter 3, verse 19.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>ARCHI<B>M</B>EDES</TD><TD>Equal weights of gold and the undetermined substance will displace equal amounts of water.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>MARSH<B>A</B>LL</TD><TD>After several big hit television series, Garry Marshall directed his first movie, the soap opera spoof <I>Young Doctors in Love</I>, in 1982.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>BRUIN<B>S</B></TD><TD>The Boston Bruins franchise joined the league in 1924.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: SAMIAM (Sixth letters going up)<P>Sam, usually referred to as Sam-I-am, is the antagonistic protagonist of Dr. Seuss's classic "Green Eggs and Ham". Despite declaring his dislike and disdain, he discovers the dish is delicious.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-55386179471045046302011-09-30T23:01:00.000-05:002011-09-30T23:01:03.303-05:00Ham Hater's Heftier Handle -- Quiz Quilt 246 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>What ancient Greek silver coin was equal to six obols?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What was the last U.S. state without a state motto?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>In what book in the Old Testament does the phrase "Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return" appear?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What Greek mathematician ran home from a bath naked shouting "Eureka!" when he figured out how to determine if gold was pure?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What TV director also handled the movies <I>Overboard</I>, <I>Beaches</I>, and <I>Pretty Woman</I>?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What was the first NHL hockey team in the U.S.?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-24747148863115082612011-09-24T23:00:00.000-05:002011-09-24T23:00:04.794-05:00A Palindromic Pickup -- Quiz Quilt 245 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>MONE<B>T</B></TD><TD>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.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>GIBS<B>O</B>N</TD><TD>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.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>NIMO<B>Y</B></TD><TD>Leonard Nimoy's acting debut had occurred a year earlier with a bit part in <I>Queen For a Day</I>.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>ZIRC<B>O</B>NIUM</TD><TD>The grayish-white metal is popularly known for its use in cubic zirconia gems, which are made from zirconium oxide.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>LUSI<B>T</B>ANIA</TD><TD>The death of 1,189 people helped provoke the U.S. into joining World War I.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>CHIN<B>A</B></TD><TD>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.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: TOYOTA (Fifth letters)<P>"A Toyota" is a palindrome, and the Japanese company makes pickup trucks.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-49420964266676533002011-09-23T23:01:00.000-05:002011-09-23T23:01:02.129-05:00A Palindromic Pickup -- Quiz Quilt 245 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What French painter's works include <I>Women in the Garden</I> and <I>Water Lilies</I>?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>Who was the first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis event?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What <I>Star Trek</I> actor had a small role as a football player while a mule starred in <I>Francis Goes to West Point</I> in 1952?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What is the last chemical element in alphabetical order?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>What British liner did a German submarine sink off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What country is closest in size to the U.S.?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-85711332648105912352011-09-17T23:00:00.000-05:002011-09-17T23:00:02.013-05:00Robbermaid -- Quiz Quilt 244 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>NEW<B>M</B>AN</TD><TD>Lorne Greene also debuted along with Paul Newman in the movie.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>JAP<B>A</B>N</TD><TD>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.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>WAR<B>R</B>EN</TD><TD>Former California governor Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice from 1953 to 1969.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>BOX<B>I</B>NG</TD><TD>The word "cavalcade" originally meant a procession of people on horseback.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>DAN<B>A</B></TD><TD>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.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>FRA<B>N</B>KLIN</TD><TD>Jack-of-all-trades Benjamin Franklin was actually just joking in his 1784 letter to the editor of the <I>Journal of Paris</I>.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: MARIAN (Fourth letters)<P>Maid Marian was Robin Hood's significant other.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-44216416764481881682011-09-16T23:01:00.000-05:002011-09-16T23:01:00.127-05:00Robbermaid -- Quiz Quilt 244 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What actor debuted in <I>The Silver Chalice</I> in 1954 but later took out an ad in <I>Variety</I> to apologize for the film?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What country has a flag consisting of a red circle with a white background?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>What Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court investigated John F. Kennedy's assassination?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What was the only sport that television's <I>Cavalcade of Sports</I> presented from 1944 to 1960?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What author recounted his <I>Two Days Before the Mast</I> in 1840?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What American supposedly first proposed daylight saving time in Paris in the 18th century?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-33935066903015980082011-09-10T23:00:00.000-05:002011-09-10T23:00:00.949-05:00Oily on Olympus -- Quiz Quilt 243 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>JA<B>G</B></TD><TD>He played Lieutenant Harmon Rabb, Jr. in the pilot and was later promoted to Commander in the series.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>GA<B>R</B>NER</TD><TD>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.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>QU<B>E</B>CHUA</TD><TD>Over 13% of Peruvians and almost ten million South Americans speak the American Indian language.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>QU<B>A</B>RKS</TD><TD>Murray Gell-Mann's name for the subatomic particles stuck, while George Zweig's "aces" became a footnote in history.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>BU<B>S</B>H</TD><TD>George "Poppy" Bush partnered with John Overbey to create the Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company in 1950.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>KE<B>Y</B></TD><TD>Francis Scott Key's poem, "The Defense of Fort McHenry", was later set to composer John Stafford Smith's tune "Anacreon in Heaven".</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: GREASY (Third letters)<P>"Oily" is a synonym for "greasy", and the most famous Mt. Olympus is the tallest mountain located in Greece ("Greece-y").THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-89735436872267587202011-09-09T23:01:00.000-05:002011-09-09T23:01:01.062-05:00Oily on Olympus -- Quiz Quilt 243 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What TV series' 1995 pilot featured David James Elliott as an ex-pilot lawyer?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What Major League Baseball player and manager was known as Scrap Iron?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>After Spanish, what is most popular language of Peru?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What is the physics term for the elementary particles, with names like strange and charm, that are the basic constituents of baryons?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>Which U.S. President cofounded an oil company?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What poet wrote the words to the "Star-Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-91177518381700358202011-09-03T23:00:00.000-05:002011-09-03T23:00:02.097-05:00Weak Theater Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 242 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>Z<B>A</B>MBIA</TD><TD>The nation had been a British protectorate since 1923.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>S<B>M</B>ITH</TD><TD>It is also the most popular surname in the United States and Australia.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>L<B>E</B>E</TD><TD>Director Spike Lee was born as Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957 in Atlanta, Georgia but grew up in Brooklyn, New York.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>E<B>N</B>RON</TD><TD>The energy corporation declared bankruptcy amid a major accounting scandal only a year later. The field is now called Minute Maid Park.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>N<B>I</B>N</TD><TD>Anais Nin's 1969 collection of erotic short stories was turned into a Zalman King movie in 1995.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>S<B>C</B>URVY</TD><TD>About three months without fruits and vegetables will produce symptoms.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: CINEMA (Second letters going up)<P>"Anemic" means "weak" and anagrams to "cinema", which is a synonym of "theater".THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-25422556015913730112011-09-02T23:01:00.000-05:002011-09-02T23:01:01.260-05:00Weak Theater Anagram -- Quiz Quilt 242 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What country was known as Northern Rhodesia until 1964?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>What is the most common last name in the U.K.?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What African-American film-maker explored racism and other issues in movies like <I>Do the Right Thing</I> and <I>Malcolm X</I>?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What company paid $100 million for the rights to name the Houston Astros home ballpark for thirty years starting in 2000?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>Who was the author of <I>Delta of Venus</I>?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What disease is marked by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding and is caused by a lack of ascorbic acid?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-32715902726954493502011-08-27T23:00:00.001-05:002011-08-27T23:00:05.787-05:00Air Australia -- Quiz Quilt 241 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD><B>S</B>ELES</TD><TD>On April 30, a fanatical Steffi Graf fan named Guenter Parche stabbed Monica Seles just below the shoulder blade during a changeover.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD><B>A</B>LIBI</TD><TD><I>'A' Is for Alibi</I> began the alphabetical sequence in 1982, and <I>'U' Is for Undertow</I> was book number twenty-one in 2007.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD><B>T</B>HOMSON</TD><TD>English physicist Joseph John Thomson won the 1906 Nobel Prize for his work.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD><B>N</B>IXON</TD><TD>Tricky Dick, Richard Nixon, served in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and mastering the game of poker to the tune of nearly $10,000 in winnings along the way.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD><B>A</B>DAMS</TD><TD>Bryan Adams's single reached the top on June 3, 1995 and stayed there a month.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD><B>Q</B>C</TD><TD>PQ had been official until 1994 but also refers to a local political party.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: QANTAS (First letters going up)<P>Qantas Airways Limited, whose name original stood for Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services, is the national airline of Australia.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-7425715910017067892011-08-26T23:01:00.000-05:002011-08-26T23:01:00.377-05:00Air Australia -- Quiz Quilt 241 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What top-ranked female tennis player was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany in 1993?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What does the letter 'A' stand for in the first novel in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone detective series?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What scientist discovered the electron in 1897?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>Which U.S. President had been an operations officer of a Navy air transport unit in World War II?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What singer asked, "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" and was answered by a #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 charts?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What is the postal abbreviation for the Canadian province of Quebec?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-73329579448421609832011-08-20T23:00:00.000-05:002011-08-20T23:00:02.918-05:00Laundry Limiter -- Quiz Quilt 240 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>CARVE<B>R</B></TD><TD>Booker T. Washington, who fifteen years earlier had opened the school now known as Tuskegee University, invited George Washington Carver to accept the post.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>ENDOCRIN<B>E</B></TD><TD>Glands that secrete via a duct are exocrine.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>SHRIM<B>P</B></TD><TD>Harold von Braunhut began selling his Ocean View tanks for observing the brine shrimp creatures, scientifically known as Artemia salina, in 1957.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>SPA<B>M</B></TD><TD>The canned meat contains pork, ham, salt, water, sugar, and sodium nitrite.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>SHUL<B>A</B></TD><TD>Former defensive back Don Shula amassed a career record of 347-173-6 and collected two Super Bowl rings.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>PLUTARC<B>H</B></TD><TD>The latter examined the lives of 23 pairs of similar Romans and Greeks plus four unmatched biographies.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: HAMPER (Last letters going up)<P>A hamper is a container for dirty laundry, and to hamper something means to restrict it in some way.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-28069045017266914352011-08-19T23:01:00.000-05:002011-08-19T23:01:02.170-05:00Laundry Limiter -- Quiz Quilt 240 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>Who became the director of Agriculture at the Tuskegee Institute in 1896?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What term refers to the major ductless human glands?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What type of animal is a sea monkey?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What American food has been used for sculptures, honored by haiku, and made into sushi called kimpap by South Koreans?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins coach won more games than any other coach in NFL history?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What Greek biographer wrote <I>Moralia</I> and <I>Parallel Lives</I>?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-38848214844304590342011-08-13T23:00:00.000-05:002011-08-13T23:00:06.175-05:00One A-Whey from Steeds -- Quiz Quilt 239 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>CA<B>T</B>S</TD><TD>Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the tunes for the 1982 play.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>LO<B>U</B>IS</TD><TD>Joe Louis, the son of a cotton picker, fought for the championship 27 times, including a record 25 successful title defenses.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>DE<B>F</B>OE</TD><TD>English novelist Daniel Defoe was born as Daniel Foe in 1660.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>AL<B>F</B>RED</TD><TD>Alfred the Great was the only British monarch dubbed "the Great" for his successful defense against Viking invaders.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>ST<B>E</B>AMBOAT</TD><TD>The hot spring in Yellowstone National Park can shoot scalding water 400 feet into the air.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>GA<B>T</B>ES</TD><TD>Bill Gates denies the quote, but in 1995 he definitely claimed, "There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed."</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: TUFFET (Third letters)<P>Advancing each of the letters of "steeds" in the alphabet by one position ("one away"), gets you "tuffet", where Little Miss Muffet sat eating her curds and whey.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-49591381908127042982011-08-12T23:01:00.000-05:002011-08-12T23:01:00.339-05:00One A-Whey from Steeds -- Quiz Quilt 239 Puzzle<B>Category Questions</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>What musical does the song "Memory" come from?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>What heavyweight boxer had the most career title fights?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>What author coined the term "man Friday"?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>Who was the ruler of England from A.D. 871 to 899 who had his scholars begin writing <I>The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle</I>?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>What is the tallest active geyser in the world?</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>What computer company owner supposedly asserted, "640K ought to be enough for anybody"?</TD></TR></TABLE>THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2266588711976096828.post-7826041254188405222011-08-06T23:00:00.000-05:002011-08-06T23:00:09.776-05:00Lens Liquid -- Quiz Quilt 238 Solution<B>Category Answers</B>:<BR><TABLE CELLSPACING=20><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#008000>Geography<BR>&<BR>Nature</FONT></TD><TD>MUSS<B>E</B>LS</TD><TD>They create them about a third as frequently as oysters do.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#CC6600>History<BR>&<BR>Government</FONT></TD><TD>BOLI<B>N</B></TD><TD>Williams College alumna Jane Matilda Bolin had been the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School eight years before.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>Entertainment<BR>&<BR>Food</FONT></TD><TD>FELL<B>I</B>NI</TD><TD>Italian Federico Fellini also wrote the scripts of all three movies.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#0000FF>Literature<BR>&<BR>Arts</FONT></TD><TD>SINC<B>L</B>AIR</TD><TD>Upton Sinclair's story about the meat packing district in Chicago unleashed a storm of public indignation in 1906 and spurred Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act later in the year.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#996633>Math<BR>&<BR>Science</FONT></TD><TD>AORT<B>A</B></TD><TD>The vessel leading from the left ventricle of the heart is about one inch in diameter in adults.</TD></TR><TR><TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR=#800080>Sports<BR>&<BR>Games</FONT></TD><TD>KING<B>S</B></TD><TD>The Sacramento Kings went 27-23 in the lockout-shortened season before losing a first-round playoff series to the Utah Jazz.</TD></TR></TABLE><P><B>Quiz Quilt Answer</B>: SALINE (Fifth letters going up)<P>Saline, a diluted solution of approximately nine grams of sodium chloride per liter of water, is commonly used to clean, lubricate, and store contact lenses.THETA Pokerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12480036640392059594noreply@blogger.com0