| Entertainment & Food | JUMBO | The French Sudanese pachyderm had been on display at the Zoo Jardin des Plantes and the London Zoo. His name, from the Swahili jambo meaning "hello", now means "very large". |
| Geography & Nature | CHILE | The coastal country covers 2,880 miles north-to-south and only 265 east-to-west. |
| History & Government | MCCARTY | Criminal Henry McCarty, who lived from November 23, 1860 to July 14, 1881, often used the alias William Henry Bonney. |
| Literature & Arts | MILNE | The line is from "Cottleston Pie", a poem in A.A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh". |
| Sports & Games | BLACK | Rookie Joe Black posted a complete game victory for the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 1 in 1952. |
| Math & Science | KOCH | Physician Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacteria in 1882 and the cholera bacteria the following year. |
Quiz Quilt Answer: BLANCH (Fourth letters)
The title character's wife in the comic strip "The Wizard of Id" is named Blanch, which is a cooking term that can mean "to heat briefly" (this wizard's wife is a very bad cook).
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