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This play could be called "Murder, Mayhem & Mumbo Jumbo in Scotland" |
Macbeth
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A synonym for the site of an excavation, it's also what archaeologists do there |
a dig
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Landscapes were his first love, but he also painted many portraits, including that kid in blue |
Gainsborough
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It can mean the preliminary draft of a treaty, or the rules of diplomatic & state etiquette |
a protocol
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The first railway system in the U.S., it's nicknamed the "B&O" |
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
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Officially, Ukraine is known as Ukrainian SSR; SSR stands for this |
a Soviet Socialist Republic
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Shakespeare said this emotion "is an everfixed mark, that looks on tempests, and is never shaken" |
love
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First used in the 1950s, this method of dating is accurate for remains up to 8,000 years old |
carbon-14 dating
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This master of Renaissance sculpture was born Donato di Niccolo Betto Bardi |
Donatello
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Room adjoining the legislative chamber where members can relax, consult & hang up their coats |
the cloak room
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The Twentieth Century Limited ran from New York to this city, its western terminus, in just 16 hours |
(Karen: What is Los Angeles?)
Chicago
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Born in Ukraine in 1894, he became Soviet premier in 1958 |
Khrushchev
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The name of the woman who's "renown'd in Padua for her scolding tongue" |
Katherine (Kate)
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Begun in the 12th century as a Hindu temple, it's the centerpiece of a vast complex in Cambodia |
Angkor Wat
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This German known for his paintings of the English court died in a London plague epidemic in 1543 |
Hans Holbein (the Younger)
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At a political convention, it's a person who's authorized to act on behalf of an absent delegate |
(Eric: Who is the proxy?)
the alternate
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The largest ships afloat today, they can carry over 500,000 tons |
oil tankers
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Mummified bodies of saints are in catacombs under the Monastery of the Caves in this capital of Ukraine |
Kiev
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The play that contains the lines "If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?" |
(Alex: That's from Shylock's speech in [*].)
The Merchant of Venice
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Howard Carter, who discovered King Tut's tomb, was this kind of archaeological specialist |
an Egyptologist
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18th c. painter & engraver whose 1st great series of dramatic works was called "A Harlot's Progress" |
Hogarth
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He was appointed to the Senate in 1964 to fill the seat vacated by Vice President-Elect Hubert Humphrey |
Walter Mondale
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European city serviced by Marco Polo Airport |
Venice
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If a Ukrainian pulls out a bandura, you can expect him to do this to it |
(Alex: It's a musical instrument, right.)
play it
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In "Twelfth Night", she's in love with the Duke of Illyria |
(Alex: We have less than a minute to go, Karen.)
Viola
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Sir Arthur Evans' claim to fame was the discovery of the palace he thought belonged to this Cretan king |
(King) Minos
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This Frenchman was known for painting lush, fantastic jungles & wild beasts like "The Hungry Lion" |
(Karen: Who is Gauguin?)
Henri Rousseau
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Chicago's 50 wards are represented by city council members bearing this title |
aldermans
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This Russian-born aircraft designer founded an aircraft company in the U.S. in 1923 |
(Igor) Sikorsky
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This peninsula known for its beautiful resort towns became part of Ukraine in 1954 |
the Crimea
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