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This legislative body gives its advice & consent to treaties made by the president |
the Senate
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This cat, the most popular of the long-haired breeds, probably came from the Middle East |
Persian
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Spanish artist who designed the "Monstrous Cubist" costumes for the Cocteau/Satie ballet "Parade" |
(Jim: Who was Salvador Dali?) (Judy: Who was Pablo Casals?) (Ken: Who was Joan Miro?)
Pablo Picasso
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Rotoring in the opposite direction from Earth, it's called "Earth's Twin" |
Venus
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After George B. Shaw stopped writing novels, he wrote his 1st one of these, "Widowers' Houses" |
play
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The U.S. Postal Service guarantees overnight delivery of letters sent this way |
Express Mail
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Though elected from a district just like all other congressmen, his salary is highest |
speaker of the house
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The points of extremities of these cats are either blue, chocolate, lilac or seal |
(Alex: Minute to go.)
Siamese
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He's been called "The Supreme Portrayer of Montmartre Night Life" |
(Jim: Who was Van Gogh?)
Toulouse-Lautrec
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Scientists use this letter to designate the planet that may be beyond Pluto in our solar system |
Planet X
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In 1988 special baseball cards were printed to advertise the centennial edition of this poem |
"Casey at the Bat"
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To expel an evil spirit by a religious ceremony, not by doing Jane Fonda's workout |
exorcise
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2 of the 3 areas of qualification set by the Constitution for election to Congress |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
(2 of) age, residence & citizenship
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Because of its coloring most often white, yellow & black, it's also called a "tortoiseshell - & white" |
calico
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Manet's first name was Edouard & Monet's was this |
Claude
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The planet William Herschel discovered in 1781 & named Georgium Sidus after George III is now called this |
Uranus
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this poet's 1st book, "the enormous room", described his experiences in a french detention camp |
e.e. cummings
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A bet in which you pick the 1st & 2nd place horses at the track is called this |
exacta
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This cat has been bred in Ethiopia for thousands of years |
Abyssinian
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Parisian who created the sculpture seen here to study body movement, not for exhibition: |
[The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer]
Edgar Degas
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A few weeks after this planet was found in the sky in 1846, its moon Triton was discovered |
Neptune
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Journalist known for his account of the Russian Revolution, "10 Days That Shook the World" |
John Reed
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In Norman times it was the king's countinghouse; today it's the name applied to Britain's public funds |
Exchequer
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Bred in New England, this large cat looks something like the nocturnal animal for which it's named |
(Jim: What is an opossum?)
Maine coon
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This Somerset Maugham novel is based on the life of Paul Gauguin |
The Moon and Sixpence
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In the time it takes Deimos to make one orbit around Mars, this, its other moon, has made almost 4 |
Phobos
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Marcel Proust published "Swann's Way", the 1st part of this lengthy novel, at his own expense |
Remembrance of Things Past
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From the Latin meaning "higher" or "ever upward", it's the state motto of New York |
"Excelsior"
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