“CAT”EGORY
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed itself is called this
catalyst
Picasso painted lots of gloomy paintings from 1901-04, mostly in shades of this color
blue
Tolkien once wrote, "I am in fact" one of these "in all but size"
a hobbit
Consumed as a delicacy, this part of a bullfrog is longer than its body
the legs
In Holland he's known as "Sinter-Klaas"
Santa Claus
Your city's collector of errant canines
the dog catcher
It's a tough, thin cord used for stringing musical instruments & tennis rackets
catgut
Combining her love of flowers & the desert, she painted "Mule's Skull with Pink Poinsettias" in 1937
Georgia O'Keeffe
While at Oxford, Tolkien formed a literary group called the Inklings with this man who wrote of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
Found throughout the eastern U.S., the Virginia species of this marsupial is a southern delicacy
an opossoum
The Holland Herald is this airline's in-flight magazine
KLM (Royal Dutch)
A stray feline, whether or not he's in the street
an alley cat
A raftlike pleasure boat with 2 hulls, it can be powered by sail or motor
catamaran
DAILY DOUBLE
This artist, who lived in Arlington, Vermont, put himself in about 25 of his own works
Norman Rockwell
Tolkien lectured on this king of the Geats, the title character of an Old English epic poem
Beowulf
These gastropods are often served a la Bourguignonne — bathed in a parsley, garlic & butter sauce
snails
At Klompenboer in Amsterdam you can watch these being made
wooden shoes (klompen)
He played Atahualpa on Broadway in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" before starring in "Kung Fu" on TV
David Carradine
Many early Christians buried their dead in this series of underground vaults or room
catacombs
Renoir was born in this French city known for porcelain, & at age 13 he was a porcelain decorator
Limoges
Tolkien translated an Arthurian work about this knight who matches wits with a "Green Knight"
(Sir) Gawain
This delicacy is created by overfeeding geese & depriving them of excercise
pâté de foie gras
The hat colors of porters of this food product at the Alkmaar Market indicate the guild they work for
cheese
In November 1976 it was announced that this 9-year-old girl would attend a public school in Washington, D.C.
Amy Carter
To cry or screech like a cat in heat, or to have a noisy quarrel
caterwaul
Last name of the American artist who had artistic sons named Titian, Raphaelle & Rembrandt
Peale
The title "The Lord of the Rings" refers to this dark lord
Sauron
The yolks of these Chinese treats, pi dan, turn greenish-brown during the preserving process
thousand-year eggs
Aruba separated from this island group in 1986
The Dutch Antilles (or Netherland Antilles)
Swimming stroke in which the swimmer kicks twice with 1 leg for each stroke of the opposite arm
the Australian Crawl