Double Meanings
a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas; one of Dina's favorite films about forbidden love
Carol
This sardonic tiger accompanies his friend Calvin in a famous American comic strip named after both characters
Hobbes
The word "Renaissance" is borrowed from this language , where it means "re-birth".
French
Characterized by dreamlike imagery, Salvador Dalí was a leading figure in this movement
Surrealism
A pigeon was awarded the French Croix de guerre for his heroic service in WWI for doing this twelve times
Deliver messages (adorable)
Renaissance-era invention that spread knowledge through moveable type / the action of applying pressure to make an image on paper
Press
Originally titled Le Maître Chat or Le Chat Botté, this French fairytale is about a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master; the story's name was later used as inspiration for a animated film by Universal
Puss in Boots
Get in the grindset mentality with this book, a guide on how to be a successful prince!
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Known for dramatic lighting, intense emotion, and dynamic compositions, Caravaggio and Rubens are masters of this 17th-century European style
Baroque!
Many city squares have large pigeon populations, such as Washington Square Park in this US metropolis
NYC
the quantity of matter which a body contains; a form of sacred musical composition that was popular during the Renaissance
Mass
This creepy cat annoys Alice in Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
This Late-Renaissance English Playwright wrote the following famous lines: "What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!"
William Shakespeare
This German art school, whose name translates to 'building house', originated in early 20th century and included works of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky
Bauhaus
An effective method of counting pigeon populations is taking these 360 degree photos and using software to place a number above the counted pigeon in the photograph
Panoramas
a wealthy supporter of Renaissance artists like Michelangelo / saint’s role as spiritual protector
Patron
This sourpuss became an internet sensation (and a meme) in the 2010s
Grumpy Cat
Published in 1516, this book by Sir Thomas More described an idealized island society and gave us a word now used to mean “an impossible dream.”
Utopia
This Abstract Expressionist was widely noticed for his "drip technique" of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface
Pollock
Feral pigeons can cause cause substantial economic losses and property damage (including to stone edifices and metal structures) by doing this
By having corrosive droppings
excessively complicated; relating to the eastern Roman Empire
Byzantine
Olivia Benson is considered the third richest cat today, and belongs to the highest-grossing live music artist as of 2024 (hint: she's 35 years old)
Taylor Swift
The Renaissance period gave its name to this term, which means a male polymath of expertise and many talents
Renaissance Man
Dadaist Hugo Ball's poem includes a line: gadji beri bimba glandridi laula lonni cadori, which famously means this
it's nonesense
This type of pigeon was selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over extremely long distances
Homing pigeon