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This city was supposedly named for a mythical creature, the liver bird |
Liverpool
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This delicate, thin paper used by Asian artists comes from a tree of the same name, not a grain |
rice
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He was called "Ringlets" by his men & "Yellow Hair" by the Indians |
George Custer
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This French co. is world's #1 maker of disposable razors, cigarette lighters & ballpoint pens |
Bic
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The crow, the cobra & the locust, among others |
yoga positions
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The acorn or the hubbard, for example |
winter squash
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The church where Shakespeare is buried overlooks this river |
the Avon
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Jon Gnagy was one of the 1st to use this medium to teach large numbers of people how to draw |
television
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"Cap the Knife", or more recently, "Cap the Knight" |
Caspar Weinberger
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Samsung is this country's largest company |
South Korea
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One form that requires less concentration than Hindu yoga is "TM", which means this |
transcendental meditation
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Oil of this plant, whose leaves keep their color all year, flavors some candies & chewing gum |
wintergreen
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This great-grandmother is an expert at fly-fishing, pool, playing the bongos, & opening hospitals |
The Queen Mum (Elizabeth)
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Thomas Cole lived in Catskill, N.Y. & was a founder of the school of art named for this body of water |
the Hudson River
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"The Scourge of God" |
Attila the Hun
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Imperial margarine, All, Wisk & Surf are marketed by this U.S. subsidiary of Anglo-Dutch Unilever |
Lever Brothers
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From Sanskrit for "venerable", he's a yogi's spiritual guide |
guru
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The Bolsheviks took power & captured top gov't officials when they seized this Petrograd building |
the Winter Palace
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Legend says King Lear's father & his swine rolled in the mud in this city's ancient Roman spa |
Bath
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Famed French Fauve artist noted for his colors, or the dog in "Down & Out in Beverly Hills" |
Matisse
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"The Lady with the Hatchet", & we don't mean Lizzie Borden |
Carrie Nation
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NTT, called the world's most valuable company, is this country's phone company |
(Alex: And it's called that because its shares sell for $27,000 each.)
Japan
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Yogis practice pranayama, a controlled way of doing this |
breathing
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Once musical director for RCA Victor, he had hits of his own with "Blue Tango" & "Canadian Sunset" |
Hugo Winterhalter
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Built by George IV, the royal pavilion at this seaside resort is an ornate Oriental palace |
Brighton
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A critic called this artist's "Olympia" "obviously naked rather than conventionally nude" |
(John: Who was Ang?)
Edouard Manet
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"The Father of the Turks" |
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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World's #1 maker of light bulbs, this Dutch company's brands include Norelco, Philco & Magnavox |
Philips
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Yogis do this primarily to bring the mind & senses under control, & to cleanse the body |
(Tom: What is meditate?) (Alex: We've got less than a minute to go in the round.)
fasting
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This play based on the Sacco-Vanzetti case is considered by some Maxwell Anderson's best |
"Winterset"
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