DOUBLE TALK
Moroccans add saffron to this semolina staple, while Algerians like to add tomatoes
couscous
In Greece a favorite pizza from Domino's is topped with pepperoni, onions, Greek olives & this 4-letter cheese
feta
A woman facing the guillotine, 1793:
"Farewell, my children, I go to rejoin your father"
Marie Antoinette
Foriegn freinds fullfil fantasies
fantasies
Profound utterances are called these marine gems "of wisdom"
Pearls
A hollow-nosed bullet that expands on impact
a dumdum
Sakura cheese from Hokkaido is a soft cheese flavored with leaves from this fruit tree
cherry
A composer, 1827:
"I shall hear in heaven"
Beethoven
Persistant primatives possess potatos
possess
Lettish & Turkish are languages; this -ish is a synonym for nonsense
Gibberish
A soft sound separate from normal heart action; it may indicate a serious problem
murmur
Cojack is a blend of Jack cheese & this one
Colby
A Mexican bandito, 1923:
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something"
Hint: P.V.
Pancho Villa
Dependent defendents dissapoint debters
dependent
"Speak" this "to power", meaning tell the mighty what they don't want to hear, was coined in a 1955 Quaker pamphlet
truth
Oxford lays claim to a head & a foot of one of these extinct birds
a dodo
The "Cheese Primer" calls these 2 classics from the Netherlands "two of the most unexciting cheeses imaginable"
Edam & Gouda
An Irish writer, 1900:
"My wallpaper & I are fighting a duel to the death. One... of us has to go"
Hint: O.W.
Oscar Wilde
Eficiency experts exagerate excelence
experts
It's specifically defined as "claiming for oneself the attributes... of God"
Blasphemy
This German city's Roman baths were built during the reign of Caracalla
Baden-Baden
Fonduta is the Italian version of fondue, made with this type of cheese that also begins with "fon"
Fontina
An admiral, 1805:
"Thank God, I have done my duty"
Horatio Nelson
Sacrilegious sheperds seperate suspisciously
Sacrilegious
This word for fast, witty exchanges is from the French for "depart again"
Repartée