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A few years after serving as a captain in the Franco-Prussian War, he painted "Dancer with a Fan" |
Degas
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"The House that Ruth Built" |
Yankee Stadium
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A land of mist & cold, Niflheim was the lowest region of hell in this 5-letter mythology |
Norse
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Links at this magazine's site include "Rock the Rabbit", "The Girls Next Door" & "The Hef Pages" |
(Roddy: What is [*].com?)
Playboy
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Between 770 & 476 B.C., a time of struggle is called the Spring & Autumn Period in this Asian country's history |
(Joan: What is Japan?)
China
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An aerie is an eagle's one of these |
a nest
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Camille Pissarro called this U.S.-born painter of "Arrangements" the only artist "of whom America can be justly proud" |
Whistler
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"Chavez Ravine" |
Dodger Stadium
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From the Latin for "hell", this adjective can refer to anything annoying, as in "Stop that ____ noise!" |
infernal
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"Color-a-Room" & leaf through the "Plant Encyclopedia" at bhg.com, this magazine's online home |
Better Homes and Gardens
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Athens put larger Greek interests first & joined other cities to defeat this nation in the 480 B.C. battle of Salamis |
Persia
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From the Latin for "nine", it's actually the 11th in the Gregorian system |
(Joan: What's... uh... [shakes head]) ... (Alex: The eleventh month in the Gregorian calendar, [*], that's the "N".)
November
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The creator of Pointillism, he preferred the term Divisionism for the technique |
Seurat
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"The Eighth Wonder of the World" |
the Houston Astrodome
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It's his hellish portal from 1880 seen here |
(Joan: Who is Michelangelo?)
Auguste Rodin
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This mag's .com quizzes include "Do you know how to attract a guy" & "Are you TMI all the time?" |
Cosmo (Cosmopolitan)
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In the 280s a renegade Roman officer named Carausius set himself up as ruler of part of Gaul & this island |
Great Britain
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The "Blizzard of '93" was one of these storms that move up the Atlantic Coast along the Gulf Stream |
a nor'easter
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Finding Impressionism her cup of tea, this American first exhibited with the group in 1879 with "The Cup of Tea" |
(Alex: Think of Impressionists, think of a woman, and you'll think of [*].)
(Mary) Cassatt
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"The Friendly Confines" |
Wrigley Field
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Ulysses met up again with Agamemnon & Ajax in a place ruled by this god |
Hades
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Let's map a way to this magazine's website where you can utilize its "Atlas Explorer" |
National Geographic
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Islam's Sunni/Shi'a split goes back to the question of Ali Abi ibn Talib's right to hold this post, leader of the Muslim world |
(Roddy: [*]--what--what is [*]ate?)
caliph
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Mr. Magoo could tell you myopia is the medical term for this condition |
nearsightedness
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in this city known for its porcelain & even apprenticed as a china painter at age 13 |
(Alex: Less than a minute to go, now.)
Limoges
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Municipal Stadium in this Ohio city was not so affectionately known as "The Mistake by the Lake" |
Cleveland
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Hellish delivery man depicted here |
(Alex: Who is [*], on the River Styx.)
Charon
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The website for this defunct mag has the "most amazing collection of professional photography on the Web" |
(Alex: Jason?) (Jasoon: [Shakes head] No.)
Life
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In the 8th century this empire based in what's now Istanbul began its policy of iconoclasm, or "idol smashing" |
the Byzantine Empire
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The hamlets of Igluligaarjuk, Qamani'tuaq & Ikaluktutiak are in this newest Canadian territory |
(Roddy: What is... Nanut?) (Jason: What is Nunuvatu?) (Joan: What is "NUN-uv-it"?) (Alex: Well, that's good enough, "NEW-nuh-vewt", yes. You're having none of it, I know!) (Joan: [Laughs] Then let's go to HELL for $400!)
Nunavut
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