Short or Long, Sprayer or Displayer -- Quiz Quilt 220 Solution
Robert Jen
[ Entertainment & Food ]
> What "A Raisin in the Sun" actor directed "Stir Crazy" in 1980 and
> "Ghost Dad" in 1990?
POITIER -- Sidney Poitier's directorial debut was "Buck and the
Preacher", where he also starred opposite Harry Belafonte in 1972.
[ Math & Science ]
> What bacteria causes the most food poisoning in humans?
SALMONELLA -- Veterinarian Daniel E. Salmon discovered the first
illness-inducing strain in 1885. [I also accepted NOROVIRUS.]
[ Literature & Arts ]
> According to Mother Goose, who killed Cock Robin?
SPARROW -- The easily excitable bird shot an arrow at the Cuckoo but
missed.
[ Geography & Nature ]
> In what city are the Nobel Prizes in every category except Peace
> awarded?
STOCKHOLM -- Except for the initial awards in 1901, the king of
Sweden has presented the Nobel Prizes each year.
[ History & Government ]
> What U.S. senator claimed to have a list of 205 Communists in a
> speech in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1950?
MCCARTHY -- Joseph McCarthy helped fuel the red scare until 1954, was
finally discredited, and died partly from alcoholism three years
later.
[ Sports & Games ]
> What gold medal swimmer married another gold medal swimmer, Mark
> Henderson, on July 4, 1997 at Lake Tahoe?
SANDERS -- Later in the year Stanford graduate Summer Sanders began a
second career on television as a co-host of "NBA Inside Stuff" and
later became the host of "The Sports List".
QUIZ QUILT ANSWER: SHOWER (Seventh letters going up)
With a short vowel, a shower sprays water from a nozzle; with a long
vowel, a shower exhibits something for you to see.
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