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The only complete Greek satyr play which survives today is named for this 1-eyed monster |
Cyclops
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Gen. MacArthur's father was once military gov. of this country MacArthur returned to in WWII |
the Philippines
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In 1960, Belgium granted independence to this African country |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Zaire (the Belgian Congo)
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The broad, flat portion of a leaf, or a single piece of grass |
a blade
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Apt adjective for a box of Wheaties, a good piecrust or a weird person |
(Mary: What is a flake?)
flaky
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Orson Welles won an Oscar for co-writing this, his 1st film |
Citizen Kane
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Prince Neoptolemus, son of this famous "heel", is featured in "Philoctetes" |
(Mary: What is Mercury?)
Achilles
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Killed while resisting capture, 21-year old Frank Luke Jr. was 2nd only to him as a U.S. WWI ace |
Eddie Rickenbacker
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While Belgium & the Netherlands are kingdoms, Luxembourg is this |
(Mary: What is a principality?)
a grand duchy
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Paleobotony is the study of plants in this form |
fossils
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Having most of the air removed before being hermetically sealed, like ground coffee |
vacuum-packed
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The 1st shot of Marlene Dietrich in Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" focuses on these, her most famous asset |
the legs
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In "The Trojan Women" this femme fatale is sentenced to "The vile death earned by her vile life" |
Helen (of Troy)
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Church which expelled Rev. War General N. Greene for unseemly interest in the military |
the Qukaer Church (the Society of friends)
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Of the 3 Low Countries, the 1 that has only a single official language |
the Netherlands
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Turpentine is most commonly a by-product of this tree |
a pine tree
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In cooking, this adjective usually follows a noun & tells us the food is covered with blazing liquor |
flambe
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The title of a 1980 Oscar-winning film said "Moscow Does Not Believe in" these |
tears
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Written & set during this war, "Lysistrata" proposed ending it with a sex strike |
the Peloponnesian War
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He designed a saddle adopted & used by the cavalry & headed the Union Army early in the Civil War |
McClellan
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The 3 capitals of the 3 low countries |
Luxembourg, Brussels & The Hague (Amsterdam also acceptable)
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It's the term applied to the dark center of certain flowers or the sunken buds on certain tubers |
the eye
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As a noun, it's Philo Vance, but as an adjective, it's a type of novel about him |
detective
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This European upheaval was the setting for Lillian Dish's classic silent film "Orphans of the Storm" |
the French Revolution
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In Aeschylus' play, this title character is chained to a rock in the Scythian wilderness |
Prometheus
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An unsuccessful candidate for West Point, he was eventually named Air Force Chief of Staff in 1961 |
General Curtis LeMay
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This area of Belgium on the North Sea was home to painters such as Rubens, Breughel & van Eyck |
Flanders
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This flower organ is made up of an ovary, style, & stigma |
(Steven: What is the blossom?) (Mary: What is the sepal?) (Terry: What is a stamen?)
the pistil
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From the Old French for "sweet", it's a tone sweet to the ear |
(Alex: One minute to go.)
dulcet
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