OPERA
KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS
BILL TO LAW
HILLARY & JACKIE
THE FORGOTTEN MARX BROTHERS
200
'"Master Peter's Puppet Show" -- a puppet opera (?!) -- is based on a passage from this Cervantes work'
"Don Quixote"
200
'Singer kathryn dawn...'
k.d. lang
200
'For the first reading, the representative or senator gives the bill to the person in this post'
Clerk
200
'Their maiden names'
Rodham & Bouvier
200
'We won't be surprised if "it takes two to" name this brother who loved a certain Latin-American dance'
Tango
400
'The composition of this German's "Ring" cycle spanned over 20 years'
Richard Wagner
400
'Maine retailer Leon Leonwood...'
L.L. Bean
400
'After the first reading, the bill is sent to one of these that may table it'
Committee
400
'Hillary first dated Bill while a law student & Jackie first dated John while she was the "inquiring" one of these for a paper'
Photographer
400
'You might find this brother in the cellar swigging from a bottle of Muscatel'
Wino
600
'An Ethiopian slave girl is torn between love & patriotism in the Egypt of the Pharaohs in this Verdi opera'
"Aida"
600
'Journalist & essayist Henry Louis...'
H.L. Mencken
600
'On the third reading, the bill is put either to a voice vote or this alphabetical vote'
Roll call
600
'Hillary had Chelsea in 1980 & Jackie had this child in 1957'
Caroline
600
'This brother whose nickname included "Maniac" was named for his irresistable impulse to steal'
Klepto
800
'Operas by this composer include "Cosi Fan Tutte" & "The Magic Flute"'
W.A. Mozart
800
'NFL All-Pro Yelberton Abraham...'
Y.A. Tittle
800
'This fraction of the House needs to vote yes to overturn a presidential veto'
2/3
800
'Jackie earned her B.A. from George Washington University & Hillary graduated from this college in 1969'
Wellesley
800
'This brother's name, a trademark, comes from always carrying a can of flammable jelly to heat up food'
Sterno
1000
'It's the English title of the opera "I Pagliacci" & the name of a ballet that juxtaposes terror & buffoonery'
"The Clowns"
1000
'Social reformer William Edward Burghardt...'
W.E.B. Du Bois
1000
'If Congress adjourns, a president can veto a bill by not signing it within this many days (Sundays excluded)'
10
1000
'Hillary's "It Takes A Village" was published by Simon & Schuster; Jackie worked for this other NYC book publisher'
Doubleday
1000
'Few remember this brother who got his name by practicing the same kind of journalism as Hunter Thompson'
Gonzo
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