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A Dutch import: "Bathsheba at Her Bath"; "Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels with a Velvet Beret" |
Rembrandt
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From French, it can replace the word "place" in "in place of" |
lieu
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From 1990 to 2015 this annual figure for the U.S. averaged about 2.5%; for China, about 10% |
(Sara: What is the GDP?) [Originally ruled correct; ruled incorrect before the second Daily Double.]
GDP growth
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A tenth of the people on this big island are Danish; the other 9/10 are Inuit |
Greenland
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The addition of CO2 to a beverage, it imparts sparkle & prevents spoilage |
carbonation
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The Jacobite played this train in the Harry Potter films |
the Hogwarts Express
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An Italian import: "The Rebellious Slave" (a sculpture); "Ideal Head of a Woman" (a sketch) |
(Deirdre: Who is... (Alex: Hurry.) (Deirdre: Who is, uh, da Vinci?)
Michelangelo
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A tamale is usually wrapped in a corn one |
husk
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For David Ricardo in 1817, the 3 classes of society included these, who got money from farmers, not from apartment renters |
landlords
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Madagascar, the Seychelles & Mauritius have been rebranded for tourism as islands of this orchid spice |
vanilla
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This radical, self-sustaining type of reaction happens in 3 stages: initiation, propagation & termination |
a chain reaction
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In "Express Yourself", she sang, "Don't go for second-best... put your love to the test" |
Madonna
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This Dutch "creator of devils": "The Ship of Fools, or the Satire of the Debauched Revelers" |
(Hieronymus) Bosch
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2 vowels front this verb meaning "to remove from power" |
oust
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For price stability & maximum employment, the Fed aims to keep this figure at 2% over time |
inflation
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A memorial on Mactan Island in the Philippines marks the place this Portuguese explorer was killed |
Magellan
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Combustion is a chemical reaction usually including oxygen & accompanied by heat & light in this physical form |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
fire (or flame)
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This children's book series by W. Awdry inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Starlight Express" |
Thomas the Tank Engine
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"The Coronation of Emperor Napoleon I and the Crowning of Empress Josephine in Notre Dame Cathedral" |
Jacques-Louis David
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A Washington, D.C. university honors this policy expert "of the year" |
wonk
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This grade-"A" term means unevenness between 2 sides; in the information type, one party to a deal knows more than the other |
asymmetry
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This island in the Gulf of Naples is known for its Blue Grotto |
Capri
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This actor played Santa Claus, the conductor, the father, a hobo & more in "The Polar Express" |
Tom Hanks
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"July 28: Liberty Leading the People"; "Mary Magdalene in the Desert" |
Delacroix
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It's the simple bouquet seen here |
a posy
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From Latin for "to look at", they are investors out for short-term profit; their money keeps the markets liquid & efficient |
(Sara: Who are... voir dire?) ... (Alex: Less than a minute to deal with the last three clues.)
speculators
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The South Pacific's Iles du Vent & Iles Sous le Vent translate as the islands of these 2 nautical directions |
(Erik: What are east and southeast?) (Sara: What are windward and under the wind?)
Windward and Leeward
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This 3-word phrase often heard in sports copyright disclaimers is the title of an MLB podcast |
express written consent
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