Spay Cat, Mutt -- Quiz Quilt 211 Solution
Robert Jen
[ Entertainment & Food ]
> What was Jimmy Page and Robert Plant's 1994 acoustic reunion special
> called?
UNLEDDED -- The lead guitarist and singer of the British rock band
Led Zeppelin followed up the MTV show with the album "No Quarter:
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded".
[ Geography & Nature ]
> What animal, which lives in Arctic areas including Norway and Sweden,
> supposedly periodically marches to the sea and drowns?
LEMMING -- The 1958 Walt Disney movie "White Wilderness" helped
popularize this myth. In reality, the rodents simply spread out to
ease overpopulation occasionally.
[ History & Government ]
> Which U.S. President promised, "Read my lips. No new taxes"?
BUSH -- The line was part of George Bush's presidential campaign in
1988.
[ Literature & Arts ]
> What is the modern Human Torch's secret identity?
STORM -- Johnny Storm is a member of the Fantastic Four. The first
incarnation of the Human Torch was an android created by Professor
Phineas T. Horton.
[ Math & Science ]
> What chemical element causes painter's colic?
LEAD -- Lead was added to paint to make it stick better and last
longer. The metal has not been allowed in paint in the U.S. since
1978.
[ Sports & Games ]
> What three-time NHL MVP defenseman played with the Boston Bruins and
> Chicago Blackhawks from 1967 to 1979?
ORR -- Bobby Orr led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup
championship in almost three decades in 1970, scoring the winning
sudden-death overtime goal then flying horizontally.
QUIZ QUILT ANSWER: NEUTER (Second letters)
Although the terms spay and neuter are usually used to refer to the
removal of organs necessary for sexual reproduction in female and
male animals respectively, the words can be used for either gender.
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