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The west side of the Berlin Wall was a fine place for this type of art that gets its name from the Latin for "wall" |
a mural
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"The last known survivor stalks his prey in the night and he's watching us all with the eye of the ____" |
tiger
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This verb can mean to swing gently, to play electric guitar or to wear a certain item with great style |
rock
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A Th.D. from Duke Divinity School is a doctor of this |
theology
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Many Italian cities feature this type of building, but only Milan's had D.H. Lawrence call it "an imitation hedgehog" |
a cathedral
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Monday: You went way into the back of the closet for the jacket with these oversized inserts, big in the 1980s |
shoulder pads
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A pair of paintings on 2 panels, often hinged together, is called this, from the Greek for "double folded" |
a diptych
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Juice Newton: "Just call me ____ of the morning, ____. Just touch my cheek before you leave" |
angel
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It might be good to avoid this word that can mean "every 3 1/2 days" or "every 14 days" |
biweekly
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Before global warming was a thing, Marvin Gaye put this -ology into the subtitle of his song "Mercy Mercy Me" |
ecology
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This man founded his fascist movement in Milan in 1919; 3 years later he was dictator |
Mussolini
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Tuesday: This bag, named because it was meant to be worn in the back |
a fanny pack
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Madonna: "Quicker than a ____ of light" |
ray
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Around 2008 this negative word that had been doing fine as a verb was popular as a noun, often preceded by "epic" |
fail
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Egyptology got a big push from the discovery of his tomb in 1922 |
King Tut
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Milan was devastated in 452 by this barbarian king known as "The Scourge of God" |
Attila the Hun
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Wednesday: The hair in back has gotten too long & now I'm sporting this hairstyle, aka the Missouri Compromise |
a mullet
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This blue-green oxidation of bronze & copper is sometimes induced artificially |
patina
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Jimmy Buffett: "Yes, I am a ____, 200 years too late, the cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder" |
pirate
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This adjective meaning "having the most victories" is a fairly recent sports page creation |
winningest
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He specialized in escapology, as seen in his "milk can escape", introduced in 1908 |
Houdini
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In 1992 this band let us know, "I'm too sexy for Milan, too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan" |
Right Said Fred
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Thursday: Black socks with these German sandals that trace their origins to 1774 |
Birkenstocks
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This type of illusionism means "deceive the eye" in French |
a trompe l'oeil
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Andrews Sisters: "Drinkin' rum & Coca-Cola... both mother & daughter, workin' for the ____ dollar" |
Yankee
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"Rankle" is traditionally this kind of objectless verb; not "his insults rankled me" but just "his insults rankled" |
intransitive
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Dendrochronology counts, measures & analyzes these to date & interpret past events |
(Megan: What are plants?) [Applause for Laurie, even though she did not run the category]
tree rings
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You may never "tire" of seeing this company's building in Milan, or visiting its flagship PZero store there |
Pirelli
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Friday: Khakis with these at the waistband; they create a fullness at the hips that really isn't so flattering |
pleats
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