Looking through my puzzles, this was about as topical as I could get. Happy Festivus, everyone! (See complete Quiz Quilt rules.)

Category Questions:

Math & Science	What Swedish chemist discovered selenium, silicon, and thorium?
Literature & Arts	What character caught Peter Rabbit munching vegetables in his garden?
Entertainment & Food	What Remington user liked the shaver so much he bought the company?
Sports & Games	What NBA player is known as the Answer?
Geography & Nature	Who are the inhabitants of South Africa of Dutch or French Huguenot descent, also known as Afrikaners?
History & Government	What was the South American empire from the 13th to 16th centuries centered in the region that is now Peru?

Category Answers:

Sports & Games	RIPKEN	Two-time American League MVP Cal Ripken, Jr. appeared in 2,632 straight games from May 30, 1982 to September 19, 1998, including one stretch of 8,243 consecutive innings.
Entertainment & Food	DAVIS	"Bette Davis Eyes" was released on Carnes's Mistaken Identity album in 1981 and reached #1 on the charts.
Math & Science	MENDELEEV	Dmitri Mendeleev's original 1869 chart categorized 63 known chemical elements and accurately predicted several elements that would later be discovered.
Geography & Nature	TERN	The Arctic tern, a seabird, flies an amazing 22,000 miles round trip from near the North Pole to their summer home in Antarctica.
Literature & Arts	POPE	Alexander Pope's quote, "What mighty contests rise from trivial things", appears on Trivial Pursuit boxes.
History & Government	MARY	The leading name for boys was John.

Quiz Quilt Answer: KIDNEY (Fourth letters)

Kidney beans are shaped like the human organ.

a) Donovan McNabb

Saying, "I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well" and other related opinions cost him his job as a football commentator at ESPN.

About which quarterback did Rush Limbaugh make controversial remarks on Sunday NFL Countdown in October 2003?

a) Donovan McNabb
b) Kordell Stewart
c) Michael Vick
d) Steve McNair

b) Newspeak

The language is based on English, now called Oldspeak, but is simplified to make subversive thoughts and speech more difficult.