Carnivore, Comic Cop, or Chandler -- Quiz Quilt 215 Solution
Robert Jen
[ Sports & Games ]
> What Olympic sport was featured in the 1993 movie "Cool Runnings"?
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 ]
> Who manufactured the first passenger elevator in 1857?
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 ]
> What English author wrote "Pilgrim's Progress" while in prison in
> 1675?
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 ]
> What unit is defined as the amount of energy required to raise the
> temperature of one gram of water from 14.5 degrees to 15.5 degrees
> Celsius?
CALORIE -- When discussing food, a calorie is actually a thousand
times this unit.
[ Entertainment & Food ]
> What future "Cheers" star was an unknown when she won a $5,000
> jackpot on "Match Game"?
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 ]
> Which Kansas city's name means "good place to dig potatoes" in the
> Kansa language?
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.
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