Adios Address -- Quiz Quilt 250 Solution

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Literature & Arts	FARLEY	A movie version of Walter Farley's story about Alec Ramsey and an Arabian horse was released in 1979.
Math & Science	G	Yellow stars have a temperature from 8,500° to 10,000° Fahrenheit. The Sun is a G2 main-sequence star.
Entertainment & Food	PUZO	Danny Aiello played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the 1997 movie adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel, which was not a sequel of The Godfather.
Sports & Games	BRAZIL	Emmo was born in Sao Paulo on December 12, 1946 and moved to Europe to race in 1969.
History & Government	PERU	Over thirty square miles of the area is now dangerously littered with an estimated 150,000 mines.
Geography & Nature	PORTUGUESE	They were former Portuguese colonies in and off the coast of Africa.

Quiz Quilt Answer: EULOGY (Last letters going up)

A eulogy is a farewell address in honor of a deceased person.

Adios Address -- Quiz Quilt 250 Puzzle

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Literature & Arts	What author shipwrecked a boy with The Black Stallion in 1941?
Math & Science	In the Morgan-Keenan spectral classification, what single-letter class of stars includes the Sun?
Entertainment & Food	Who was the author of The Last Don in 1996?
Sports & Games	What country does race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi come from?
History & Government	What country fought Ecuador over a disputed border in the Cordillera del Condor in 1995?
Geography & Nature	What is the main language spoken in Angola, Cape Verde, and Guinea-Bissau?

Car, Pool, or Sticker -- Quiz Quilt 249 Solution

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Entertainment & Food	ROCKWELL	In 2000, Darva Conger accepted Rick Rockwell's proposal, but shortly after their honeymoon, she had the marriage annulled.
Geography & Nature	PEARY	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.
Sports & Games	EXPOS	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.
Literature & Arts	BLUME	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.
Math & Science	URANUS	Venus is the last.
History & Government	COLUMBUS	"Discovery of the New World" was issued in 1893, just after the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first Atlantic crossing.

Quiz Quilt Answer: BUMPER (Diagonally from the bottom to the top left)

The word "bumper" can be added in front to get "bumper car", "bumper pool", and "bumper sticker".

Car, Pool, or Sticker -- Quiz Quilt 249 Puzzle

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Entertainment & Food	What groom performed stand up comedy before he starred in Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
Geography & Nature	What American explorer is credited with discovering the North Pole on April 6, 1909?
Sports & Games	Which Major League Baseball team's mascot was called Youppie?
Literature & Arts	What author entertained children with "Superfudge", "Tiger Eyes", and "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"?
Math & Science	What is the second to last planet in the solar system in alphabetical order?
History & Government	Who was honored on the first U.S. commemorative stamp?

Double Triple King -- Quiz Quilt 248 Solution

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Math & Science	ALDRIN	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.
Sports & Games	GRASS	The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club currently uses rye, although a combination of rye and fescue was employed until recently.
Literature & Arts	MACDUFF	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.
Geography & Nature	ONTARIO	With the Hudson Bay on its north side, the province is sandwiched by water.
Entertainment & Food	RIKER	Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes (as Commander William Riker) played the pair from 1987 to 1994.
History & Government	JOHNSON	Federal District Judge Sarah Hughes swore Lyndon Johnson in aboard the presidential airplane on November 22, 1963.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ARCARO (Diagonally)

Eddie Arcaro was the only jockey to win thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown twice, aboard Whirlaway in 1941 and aboard Citation in 1948.

Double Triple King -- Quiz Quilt 248 Puzzle

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Math & Science	What astronaut was the pilot of Gemini 12 and the second person to walk on the moon?
Sports & Games	What general kind of surface is used for the tennis courts at Wimbledon?
Literature & Arts	What Shakespeare character murdered Macbeth?
Geography & Nature	What is the only Canadian province that borders the Great Lakes?
Entertainment & Food	Who was Captain Jean-Luc Picard's right hand man on Star Trek: The Next Generation?
History & Government	Who was the first U.S. President sworn in by a woman?

Backcheck -- Quiz Quilt 247 Solution

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History & Government	BOLIVAR	Bolivia was named for Simon Bolivar.
Sports & Games	DIPHTHERIA	The annual dog sled race is named for a ghost town on the route.
Entertainment & Food	COPACABANA	The musical appeared destined for Broadway in 2002 but never made it.
Math & Science	PANCREAS	The pancreas is part of the abdomen and is located behind the stomach.
Literature & Arts	HAMMETT	Gold and jewels are hidden in the black statue. Dashiell's Hammett story first appeared as a five-part serial in Black Mask magazine from September 1929 to January 1930.
Geography & Nature	GIRAFFE$	Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus classified the tall mammal as Giraffa camelopardalis in 1758.

Quiz Quilt Answer: REBATE (Seventh letters)

A rebate is usually a check you get back after purchasing an item and mailing in a receipt, UPC symbol, and a rebate form.

Backcheck -- Quiz Quilt 247 Puzzle

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History & Government	What Venezuelan revolutionary leader and statesman was known as El Libertador?
Sports & Games	What 1925 epidemic required the transport of medical supplies, providing the basis for the Iditarod?
Entertainment & Food	What 1978 Barry Manilow song became a made-for-TV musical in 1985 and a full-scale Atlantic City show in 1994?
Math & Science	What body part's name comes from the Greek for "all flesh"?
Literature & Arts	What author released The Maltese Falcon in 1930 and turned it into a 1931 movie starring Ricardo Cortez and a 1941 movie with Humphrey Bogart?
Geography & Nature	What animal was once called a camelopard because it was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard?

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

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History & Government	DRACHMA	The name was also used for the Greek currency from 1832 until 1999.
Geography & Nature	ALASKA	"North to the Future" became its official motto in 1967.
Literature & Arts	GENESIS	God was addressing Adam in chapter 3, verse 19.
Math & Science	ARCHIMEDES	Equal weights of gold and the undetermined substance will displace equal amounts of water.
Entertainment & Food	MARSHALL	After several big hit television series, Garry Marshall directed his first movie, the soap opera spoof Young Doctors in Love, in 1982.
Sports & Games	BRUINS	The Boston Bruins franchise joined the league in 1924.

Quiz Quilt Answer: SAMIAM (Sixth letters going up)

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.

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

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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?