The best of the best, also repetitive in French
crème de la crème
Crocker Art Museum & the Leland Stanford Mansion
Sacramento
ABBA:
"Can you hear the drums"
"Fernando"
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This mineral that is used in kitchen countertops could get a minimum of 24 points in Scrabble
Quartz
"Hunger Games" actress who helped in a Middle Eastern revolt against the Ottoman Empire
Jennifer Lawrence of Arabia
A chef of great skill, or the famed cooking school in Paris where Julia Child trained, the only woman in her class
Cordon Bleu
The Bishop Museum & the Battleship Missouri Memorial
Honolulu
Dolly Parton:
"I'm begging of you, please don't take my man"
"Jolene"
All that glitters may be iron this, once used to produce sparks in muskets, but it won't finance your retirement
Iron Pyrite (fool's gold)
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Iconic 1950s movie "Rebel" who was a member of the Rat Pack
James Dean Martin
The kid isn't really escaping from the picture frame; it's this style, meant to fool the eye
trompe-l'œil
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge & Ryman Auditorium
Nashville
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Lady Gaga:
"But I just can't be with you like this anymore"
"Alejandro"
Mais oui, calcium sulfate hemihydrate is a mouthful, so a fast-setting-after-drying gypsum product goes by these 3 words
Plaster of Paris
"Karma Chameleon" singer who turned down an Oscar for his performance in "Patton"
Boy George C. Scott
Full discretionary power or freedom, like being handed a blank paper
carte blanche
Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park & the Thunderbird Arts Center
Phoenix
Looking Glass:
"You're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be"
"Brandy"
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**DAILY DOUBLE**
As an art supply, pixie dust is often flakes of this shiny 4-letter type of mineral
Mica
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Los Angeles Clippers all-star forward who composed the music for "West Side Story"
Kawhi Leonard Bernstein
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A passionate plea, it literally translates as "cry of the heart"
cri de coeur
Fromagination & Camp Randall stadium
Madison
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Simon & Garfunkel: "You're breaking my heart, you're shaking my confidence daily"
"Cecilia"
The distinctive blue of this alliterative gemstone comes from the mineral lazurite
Lapis Lazuli
"Good Vibrations" songwriter who also had a No. 1 R&B hit with "In The Midnight Hour"
Brian Wilson Pickett
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