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| In a 1945 telegram to Truman, Churchill first used this 2-word term for a line dividing east & west |
the Iron Curtain
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| He painted more than 100 pictures of George Washington & the Vaughan portrait is in the gallery |
Gilbert Stuart
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| Lunfardo, a dialect of this language, developed in Argentina before 1900 |
Spanish
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| "Let's Dance" was this jazz clarinetist's big band theme song |
Benny Goodman
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| According to a recent survey, this tropical fruit is the most popular fruit at the breakfast table |
(Alan: What is the orange?)
the banana
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| This author of "The Bell Jar" was awarded a posthumous 1982 Pulitzer Prize for her "Collected Poems" |
[Sharon selected the first clue.]
Sylvia Plath
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| Vaclav Havel was a member of Charter 77, this country's main dissident organization |
Czechoslovakia
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| This artist died in 1976, a year before the mobile he designed was hung from the gallery's roof |
(Alexander) Calder
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| This Chinese dialect has over 900 million speakers worldwide |
Mandarin
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| The Cab Calloway tune about this woman is subtitled "The Ho De Ho Song" |
Minnie the Moocher
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| As its name suggests, the Juan Canary melon is this color when ripe |
yellow
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| This "Scruples" author was introduced to her husband Steve by school chum Barbara Walters |
Judith Krantz
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| In 1953 Allen Dulles was promoted from Deputy Director to head of this agency |
the CIA
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| George Bellows' 1909 "Both Members of This Club" shows one of these sporting matches, then illegal in NYC |
boxing
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| This official language is the dialect of Bangkok & its environs |
Thai
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| This bandleader's "Mood Indigo" was first recorded in 1930 as "Dreamy Blues" |
Duke Ellington
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| The ground roots of this endive relative are used to flavor "New Orleans" coffee |
chicory
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| Her novel "The Joy Luck Club" interweaves the tales of 4 Chinese immigrant women & their daughters |
(Amy) Tan
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| Enver Hoxha led this small Balkan nation from 1944 until his death in 1985 |
Albania
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| He painted the Gallery's "The Lighthouse at Honfleur" while resting from his "La Grande Jatte" |
(Sharon: Who is Renoir?)
Georges Seurat
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| The Tuscan dialect is the basis of this modern language |
Italian
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| This composer of "Ain't Misbehavin'" was taught by both stride & classical pianists |
(Michael: Who's Jelly Roll Morton?)
Fats Waller
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| The term Saint-Germain denotes dishes made with this green vegetable |
(Sharon: What is spinach?)
peas
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| In 1995 this author of "The Accidental Tourist" published "Ladder of Years" |
Anne Tyler
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| Ostpolitik was this German chancellor's policy of improving relations with Eastern Europe |
(Sharon: Who is Hest?)
Willy Brandt
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| Picasso's "Family of Saltimbanques" shows people who work for one of these spectacles |
a circus
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| Welsh, Afrikaans & Latvian are all related to this language of the Indian Vedas |
Sanskrit
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| This pianist used unusual time signatures such as 9/8 in "Blue Rondo a la Turk" & 5/4 in "Take Five" |
Dave Brubeck
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| These hulled kernels of corn can be eaten whole or ground into grits |
hominy
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| Bestsellers by this Irish author include "Circle of Friends", source of a 1995 film, & "The Glass Lake" |
Maeve Binchy
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