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ART AT THE BARNES

200

'(Alex reports from the Barnes Foundation.) While confined to a French sanitarium in Saint-Remy, this artist painted the Dutch landscape of Brabant in "Reminiscence of the North"'

Van Gogh

400

'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) In "Three Ballet Dancers", he used pastels to transform awkward natural movements into balletic gestures'

Degas

600

'(Alex reports from the Barnes Foundation.) Dr. Barnes asked this French artist to create a mural for the main hall; he said it was like the rose window of a cathedral'

Matisse

800

'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) Cézanne drew upon Greek mythology when he painted this title pair'

Leda and the Swan

1000

'(Alex reports from the Barnes Foundation.) Though she never had children of her own, this American sensitively portrayed maternal love in "Woman with a Nude Boy"'

Mary Cassatt

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

200

'In Kazakhstan:
Kazakh & this'

Russian

400

'In San Marino:
this'

Italian

600

'In Togo:
this'

French

800

'In Sri Lanka:
Sinhala & this'

Tamil

1000

'In Guinea-Bissau:
this'

Portuguese

CHEKHOV, PLEASE

200

'The title characters of this Chekhov play also have a brother named Andrey'

The Three Sisters

400

'Chekhov's grandfather was one of these who had purchased the freedom of his family for 3,500 rubles'

a serf

600

'The plot shows Mme. Ranevsky is the owner of this title Chekhov plot'

The Cherry Orchard

800

'An 1888 collection of Chekhov's stories won him the prize named for this writer & compatriot'

Pushkin

1000

'He's known more formally as Ivan Voynitsky'

Uncle Vanya

METALLICA

200

'To buy this precious metal, visit Taxco, Mexico; it's the city's best-known product'

silver

400

'In 1984 the album "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica achieved this status of 500,000 copies sold'

gold

600

'This metal was discovered in 1789; it took until 1896 to find out that it was radioactive'

uranium

800

'A policeman could tell you the U.S. half dollar today is about 92% this metal'

copper

1000

'Among coinage metals, this one, atomic number 28, is only a fair conductor of electricity'

nickel

MASTER OF PUPPETS

200

'Named for its early 19th century creator, bunraku is the traditional puppet theater of this country'

Japan

400

'This 2004 Matt Stone & Trey Parker film featured risque marionettes'

Team America(: World Police)

600

'Dr. Bunsen Honeydew & this lab assistant were on "The Muppet Show"'

Beaker

800

'This evil puppet master from "Pinocchio" shared his name with a volcanic island near Sicily'

Stromboli

1000

'Set in a Washington bar, this satirical political TV show was populated by puppets from Sid & Marty Krofft'

D.C. Follies