BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE
"G" WHIZ!
ON THE BEACH IN RIO
MERLIN'S INBOX
GEMS
200
'Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench! She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed"'
Cleopatra
200
'A male goose you might take a look at'
gander
200
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ipanema.) Having fun in Rio? "Blame it on" this style of music developed in & around Ipanema in the '50s; its name means "new trend"'
bossa nova
200
'There's a bill in Merlin's inbox from the carpenter for this piece of furniture that seats 50'
the Round Table
200
'The choicest specimens of these green gems are extracted from the mines at Muzo, Colombia'
emeralds
400
'In the '60s, Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero'
Othello
400
'It's the liquor you might drink while playing the card game of the same name'
gin
400
'The parade of Banda de Ipanema in Rio really gets this wild January event going'
Carnaval
400
'Someone dropped off pictures of this object that Merlin says the rightful king must pull a sword out of'
the stone
400
'The Regent, a famous one of these gems, was once known as the Pitt (in honor of Sir Thomas, not Brad)'
diamond
600
'One of Henry IV's big lines is "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one of these'
crown
600
'Maharishi Mahesh Yogi gained fame as one of these Indian teachers'
guru
600
'(Jimmy reports from the beach.) Vanity Fair's September 2007 cover was "Viva Brazil", starring this model and the new girls & boys from Ipanema'
Gisele Bündchen
600
'Perceval left a note: "Hey, Mer, I'll need help finding" this chalice'
the Holy Grail
600
'The Bible tells us "The price of wisdom is above" these gems, July's birthstone'
rubies
800
'Henry Porter's "Two Angry Women of Abingdon" may have influenced this "Merry" Shakespeare play'
The Merry Wives of Windsor
800
'Endocrine or exocrine, for example'
gland
800
'Brazilians call this holiday eve "Reveillon"; that's when small boats are launched to honor the sea goddess Yemanja'
New Year\'s Eve
800
'Merlin finds a "while you were out" message from this damp lady who will ultimately be his doom'
the Lady of the Lake
800
'Isle Royale greenstone, this state's official gem, is found on Isle Royale in Lake Superior'
Michigan
1000
'"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of" this person'
the king
1000
'A small cave, perhaps a "Blue" one'
grotto
1000
'(Sarah reports from the beach one more time.) On July 7, 2007 400,000 people came here to Copacabana Beach, the South American site for this music event that spotlighted climate change'
Live Earth
1000
'Needing immediate attention are 6 pages of funeral plans for this king, Arthur's father'
Uther (Pendragon)
1000
'This October birthstone often has a white background buy displays a lot of colors in bright light'
an opal
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