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Term for any painting, except a fresco, applied directly to a wall, from the Latin for wall |
a mural
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In the 17th century, Anton van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria while using this instrument |
a microscope
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Despite his 1945 decisions, he warned in 1946 that "civilization cannot survive" this kind of war |
a nuclear war
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The word statistics comes from the Latin meaning "affairs of" this |
state
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Vehicle from which the Fab 4 observed a "Sky of blue & sea of green" |
the yellow submarine
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Undergarment whose name, derived from Middle English, literally means "short coat" |
(Cynthia: What is chamois?)
petticoat
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Completes the title of the Bosch work, "The Garden of Earthly..." |
delights
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Conveniently for bacteria that cause most human diseases, this is the temperature for optimum growth |
98.6o Fahrenheit
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"I never sit on" this, Truman affirmed, "I am on either one side or the other" |
a fence
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An American Public Works Assn. survey says the largest part of household trash, 35% by weight, is this |
paper (newspapers sccepted)
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Pat Boone sang "How you laughed when I cried each time I saw the tide" wash these away |
"Love Letters in the Sand"
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Ovate, ovoid & oval all mean this |
egg-shaped
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Shows by French Academy members were called salons, from the salon d'Apollon, a hall n this building |
the Louvre
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He proved, once & for all, bacteria don't come from non-living matter (& milked it for all it was worth) |
Louis Pasteur
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He told Congress this organization is "a mirror in which the state of world affairs is reflected" |
the United Nations
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Of 22, 30 or 38%, part of U.S. population over 18 which Census Bureau says has never married |
(Johanna: What is 30%?) (Cynthia: What is 38%?)
22%
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Though many have recorded it, only the Righteous Bros. had a Billboard Top Ten hit with this song:
"Then rolls out to sea / And the sea is very still once more..." |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
"Ebb Tide"
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Something that is soporiferous induces this |
sleep
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This country's Sidney Nolan is known for his paintings about Ned Kelly |
Australia
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Meaning "acid loving" this bacterial culture that thrives in acid is sometimes added to milk |
acidophilus
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Truman regretted saying that Ike "had the capacity to serve ably as" this |
president
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Hungary has the world's lowest suicide rate, while this Hashemite Kingdom has the lowest |
Jordan
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"Podia" is the plural of this |
podium
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Painting style used in Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", influenced by African tribal art |
Cubism
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A bacteria that has built a protective wall around itself, or the "seed" of a mold or fern |
a spore
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Truman believed this animal, his favorite, had "more horse sense than a horse" |
a mule
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It's reported that about 60% of 1st-born children in this NATO island country are born out of wedlock |
Iceland
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This word specifically means a person who tells, writes or makes up fables |
(Yes. That's right and we've got less than a minute to go.)
a fabulist
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