Green Apron -- Quiz Quilt 216 Solution
Robert Jen
[ Literature & Arts ]
> What existential German author wrote "The Trial", "The Castle", and
> "Amerika"?
KAFKA -- Franz Kafka's trio of novels appeared sequentially from 1925
to 1927.
[ Sports & Games ]
> What NFL quarterback had the most career passing yards and touchdowns
> before Brett Favre?
MARINO -- Number 13, Dan Marino, threw for 61,361 yards and 420
touchdowns and also ceded the records for career attempts and
completions to number 4.
[ Geography & Nature ]
> What is the capital of Ecuador that was once the capital of the Inca
> empire?
QUITO -- At its peak the empire extended from present-day Peru to
Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.
[ History & Government ]
> What Russian politician was born as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov?
LENIN -- Nikolai Lenin's new name was based on the Lena River, in
opposition to Georgi Plekhanov, who called himself Volgin for the
Volga River.
[ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Food Network chef is famous for saying "Bam!" when adding
> ingredients?
LAGASSE -- Cajun cook Emeril Lagasse started on a 1993 show called
"How to Boil Water" but soon had his own programs, including "The
Essence of Emeril" and "Emeril Live".
[ Math & Science ]
> What purple stone is a variety of quartz that is tinted by impurities
> such as ferric oxide?
AMETHYST -- The gem is the birthstone of February.
QUIZ QUILT ANSWER: FRINGE (Third letters)
The area around the putting green on a golf course, where the grass
is cut longer than the green but shorter than the fairway, is known
as both the fringe and the apron.
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