FRENCH FOOD TALK
DOUBLE MEANINGS
WHERE ART THOU?
"O" BROTHER
BATTLE STARS
200
'This term refers to any dish baked with a browned crumb or cheese & crumb topping, especially potatoes'
au gratin
200
'Playing ___, Jakey came so close to catching Suzie that he could read the ___ on her OshKosh B'Gosh overalls'
tag
200
'David's "The Oath of the Horatii": this national museum & art gallery of France'
the Louvre
200
'He had 2 sisters, Marjorie & Avril, & no brothers-- though he later got famous for a "big" one'
(George) Orwell
200
'As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he starred opposite U.S. Grant in the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness'
(Robert E.) Lee
400
'This dish, a thick cut of beef for 2 served with bearnaise, is named for a French statesman'
Chateaubriand
400
'I'm a gullible ___ to believe Jane will ever love me, & to carry this torch will ___ my strength'
sap
400
'Van Gogh's "The Starry Night": this Manhattan museum'
MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)
400
'"Lazy B: Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest" is by this ex-Supreme Courter & her brother Alan'
(Sandra Day) O\'Connor
400
'Before he got his big break playing the lead at Waterloo, he played the sticks in India, Portugal & Spain'
Wellington
600
'It's a mixture of butter or other fat & flour used to thicken sauces & soups'
a roux
600
'As the gardeners planted a 12-foot ___ around his estate, he asked if I wanted to invest in his ___ fund'
hedge
600
'"The Night Watch" by Rembrandt: this museum that's home to the Dutch National Art Collection'
the Rijksmuseum
600
'In 1917, then known as Larry, he played Brutus in a school production of "Julius Caesar"; his brother Dickie got the lead'
(Laurence) Olivier
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) At the 216 B.C. Battle of Cannae the Romans charged the center as this Carthaginian general executed a double envelopment maneuver, surrounding and destroying the Romans'
Hannibal
800
'It means to cut food into thin matchlike pieces; it's also a clear soup garnished with vegetable strips'
julienne
800
'Time is short, so Edna ___ to the water's edge to pick ___; she intends to weave them into baskets'
rushes
800
'"The Birth of Venus" by Botticelli: this gallery in Florence'
the Uffizi
800
'He had 6 older brothers to go along with 4 gold medals from the 1936 Olympics'
Jesse Owens
800
'For capturing 123 Germans during the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive, he got a Medal of Honor & a Gary Cooper movie'
(Alvin) York
1000
'Popularly served on crackers, it's a spread made from capers, anchovies, olives, olive oil & lemon juice'
tapenade
1000
'I hope Naval History ___ runs my expose about what really caused the explosion of the USS Maine's ___'
magazine
1000
'Raphael's "Holy Family": this museum in St. Petersburg, Russia'
the Hermitage
1000
'His younger brother Frank, who also worked on the Manhattan Project, founded San Francisco's Exploratorium'
Oppenheimer
1000
'An unsung star of the Battle of Britain was Robert Watson-Wyatt, developer of this Luftwaffe-detecting system'
radar
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