Category Answers:
Sports
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Games
| YOUNT
| Milwaukee Brewer Robin Yount had 1,731 hits in the decade, 89 more than Eddie Murray.
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Math
&
Science
| SPOCK
| Yale alumnus Dr. Benjamin Spock not only contributed one of the best selling books of all time but also won a gold medal in crew at the 1924 Olympics.
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History
&
Government
| MAO
| Mao Zedong's Red Army lost four-fifths of its 100,000 soldiers on the 6,000-mile escape from the Kuomintang army.
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Geography
&
Nature
| GENOA
| Christopher Columbus was born there in 1451.
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Entertainment
&
Food
| GREEN
| Blastin' Green won a Heinz contest. The company later added Funky Purple and Stellar Blue.
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Literature
&
Arts
| GRAVES
| English scholar Robert Graves followed his story about the Roman emperor with the sequel Claudius the God in 1943.
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Quiz Quilt Answer: SNOOPY (Reverse diagonal)
Snoopy is the shortstop on Charlie Brown's baseball team.
