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THE NEW YORK TIMES HOME & GARDEN
HITCHCOCK MOVIE QUOTES
WHO DIED & MADE YOU KING?
200
'This outspoken title girl of a Henry James novel travels Europe and flouts social convention'
Daisy Miller
200
'Walk like a duck'
waddle
200
'The Times reports that with their bright color, "Oriental" these & "American antiques go together like peas & carrots"'
rugs
200
'"Have you ever seen so many gulls? What do you suppose it is?"'
The Birds
200
'Smenkare of the 18th Dynasty'
King Tut
400
'It's James Ellroy's crime novel about a real unsolved 1947 L.A. murder case'
The Black Dahlia
400
'This river cannonballs from Darke County in Ohio to hit the Ohio River between Illinois and Indiana'
the Wabash
400
'A report from Hong Kong covered a wealthy widow's $3 billion bequest to her adviser on this study of placing objects'
feng shui
400
'"She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"'
Psycho
400
'Tigranes III of Armenia (Don't overthink this one)'
Tigranes IV
600
'A play by Paul Zindel is titled "The Effect of Gamma Rays on" these flowers'
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
600
'This Hawaiian word means both female & wife'
wahine
600
'A Times piece told readers about dogs trained to sniff out these insect infesters of the boudoir'
bedbugs
600
'"You thought you could be Mrs. De Winter, live in her house, walk in her steps, take the things that were hers"'
Rebecca
600
'Pepin the Short -- his brother Carloman's death sealed the deal'
Charlemagne
800
'This medieval whodunnit centers on Brother William of Baskerville, sent to investigate a murder in a monastery'
The Name of the Rose
800
'This principality united with Moldavia to form Romania'
Wallachia
800
'A story on this type of garden defined as growing food for the home had a link to an org. that can help with yours'
a kitchen garden
800
'"As for now I'm skipper, and anybody who don't like it can get out and swim"'
Lifeboat
800
'Edward VII, in 1910'
George V
1000
'Larceny among flower collectors led to the title of this Susan Orlean book'
The Orchid Thief
1000
'Arabic gives us this word for a ravine that becomes a watercourse during the rainy season'
a wadi
1000
'One Q&A column says that hand-shredded leaf mold is the Cadillac of this stuff added to flower beds; top with compost'
mulch
1000
'"Everyone has someone they want to put out of the way"'
Strangers on a Train
1000
'Umberto I of Italy, assassinated by Bresci'
Victor Emmanuel
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