Art & Artists
Jasper Johns completed the first of his paintings of this in 1955, so he only had to do 48 stars
the U.S. flag
A child's teeter-totter
a seesaw
A young couple lost at sea miraculously piece an ocean liner together & head for Europe, where they separate as she gets engaged to another
Titanic
An 18th century invention for separating seeds from fiber that adds a mixer flavored with an alkaloid from tree bark
a cotton gin and tonic
In 622 Muhammad & his followers made the journey known as the Hijrah, fleeing to Medina from this city
Mecca
"Impression, Sunrise" was a painting by this artist that led to the name of an art movement
Monet
Slang for a black eye
a shiner
A man sails back into an artificial town, reunites with his television producers and gradually becomes convinced that his manufactured life is completely real.
The Truman Show
"Spin City" star who knows "the truth is out there"
Michael J. Fox Mulder
"Feudal" was coined in the 1600s from Latin "feudum", meaning this type of land parcel on which the feudal system was built
a fief
Van Gogh is among those who painted the parable of this "Good" guy who helped someone in need
the Good Samaritan
Gloomy, solemn or serious in mood.
somber
Two rival entertainers dismantle a deadly duplication machine, restore several drowned men to life, and gradually abandon their feud to become friendly fellow magicians.
The Prestige
Classic Beatles song that "leads to your door", especially when there's a dead animal in the street
The Long and Winding Roadkill
When completed in 1144, Paris' Abbey of Saint-Denis was the first major example of this architectural style that would become all the rage
Gothic
Historically impossible, this Raphael painting put Pythagoras, Epicurus, Socrates & Diogenes all in one "School"
the Athens School
Clever and perceptive in practical matters.
shrewd
2 friends leave a Mexican paradise & make their separate ways into a Maine prison
Well-traveled airline passenger rewards that go to a legendary jazz trumpeter
frequent flyer Miles Davis
At the Council of Clermont in 1095, Pope Urban II gave a stirring sermon & called for the first of these campaigns
the Crusades
Dali's "Persistence of Memory" features 3 of these objects appearing to wilt
watches (clocks)
Candle bracket
a sconce
In 1954 a big new guy in town strolls around a world capital, rebuilding entire structures & repairing broken power stations
Godzilla
Margaret Hamilton on her broomstick terrorizes the Oval Office on this NBC drama
In 979 this dynasty with a musical-sounding name completed its reunification of China
the Song dynasty