Japan in Japan -- Quiz Quilt 168 Solution

CATEGORY ANSWERS:

[ Literature & Arts ]
> What writer lived for five years in the 1890s in Brattleboro,
> Vermont, playing snow golf with red golf balls?

KIPLING -- Rudyard Kipling, the youngest Nobel Prize for Literature
recipient, was born as Joseph Kipling on December 30, 1865 but is
known by his middle name.

[ History & Government ]
> What city did the British and French evacuate in Operation Dynamo
> beginning on May 27, 1940?

DUNKIRK -- Over 300,000 soldiers escaped on 900 boats over nine days.

[ Entertainment & Food ]
> What Barbra Streisand album was #1 for five weeks in the fall of 1964?

PEOPLE -- The 22-year-old included the title track, from her movie
"Funny Girl", and various standards and show tunes.

[ Sports & Games ]
> In 1999, what Major League Baseball player did the Babe Ruth League
> rename its Bambino division in honor of?

RIPKEN -- Cal Ripken, Jr. replaced the Bambino, meaning "little
child", one of Babe Ruth's nicknames.

[ Geography & Nature ]
> What flower is a symbol of sleep and the dead?

POPPY -- The unripe seed pods of the opium poppy are used as a
narcotic.

[ Math & Science ]
> What is the main chemical element in the Earth's core besides iron?

NICKEL -- Silicon is the only other element present in significant
quantities.


QUIZ QUILT ANSWER: NIPPON (Diagonally from top right to bottom left
corner)

The Japanese refer to their own country as Nippon, for example, on
their postage stamps.

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