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Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china |
Renoir
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Don McLean: "Drove a machete into the levy but the levy won't die" |
"American Pie"
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Don't wonder, naan, roti & puri are types of this in India |
bread
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Mordor, Gondor & Hobbiton are located in this place |
Middle Earth
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In 1730 Ben Franklin printed a made-up account of the trial of these, including testing whether they floated |
witches
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To have this "to the wind" is to wait until others have decided before committing oneself |
your finger
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He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance |
Raphael
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Mary MacGregor: "Born Between Two Cupboards" |
"Torn Between Two Lovers"
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Meal at which you'd normally serve muesli |
breakfast
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At the end of this novel, Yorkshire folks swear that the ghosts of Heathcliff & Cathy walk the moors |
Wuthering Heights
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On April 1, 1957 this very English network reported deadpan on Swiss farmers' bumper crop of spaghetti |
the BBC
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When Daily Variety reports that a studio's prexy has ankled, it means its president did this |
(Alex: Quit, stepped down or was forced out.)
left the job
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Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style |
Rococo
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Steppenwolf: "Head out on the highway, looking for my dentures" |
"Born to Be Wild"
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If you make it right, your salsa verde should be this color |
green
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Celesteville is the capital of this elephant king's realm in classic children's stories |
Babar
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In 1991 2 Englishmen said they'd spent 13 years sneaking around fields creating these |
crop circles
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Someone who keeps saying the wrong thing has this, a play on the name of a cattle disease |
(Sean: What is hoof-and-mouth?)
foot-and-mouth
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His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum |
Rembrandt
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Sly & the Family Stone: "It's A Family Of Bears" |
(David: [*].) (Alex: Remember your phrasing.) (David: What is [*]?) (Alex: I remind you in the first round, but not the second.)
"It's A Family Affair"
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A meat-filled tortilla in a chili sauce, its name is from the Spanish for "to season with chili" |
(Alex: Minute to go now, Bridget.)
enchilada
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After "Heart of Darkness", he wrote "Nostromo" about the imaginary country of Costaguana |
Joseph Conrad
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(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Buckhorn Museum in San Antonio, Texas) One of P.T. Barnum's classic hoaxes was the Fiji this, actually a monkey's head on a fish's body |
mermaid
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What you may get from having that extra helping of pie, or what you do when you complain about it |
(David: You get love handles...what are you get love handles?)
bellyache
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An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master |
(Bridget: What is Rubenesque... [*]?)
Rubens
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The Everly Brothers: "Only trouble is, Cheese Whiz" |
(Bridget: What is "Dream?") (Sean: What is "Wake Up Little Susie?") (David: What is "Dream, Dream, Dream?")
"All I Have to Do is Dream"
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This style of topping may sound good, but its name is from the French for "with the burnt scrapings" |
au gratin
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Paul Theroux' novel about an American family settling in Central America is called this "Coast" |
The Mosquito Coast
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The Bible's "There were" these "in the Earth" inspired George Hull to create the phony prehistoric "Cardiff" one |
giants
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When it comes before "the burden" or "the blame", it's a synonym for "assume" |
shoulder
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