ANIMAL EXPRESSIONS
GOOD AFTERNOON!
BANDS ACROSS THE DECADES
DYING IN THE CAPITAL CITY
AROUND THE HOUSE
FIFISH PEOPLESH PEOPLE
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There's a mollusk in this phrase meaning to become suddenly silent
to clam up
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From the French for "morning", it somehow became a term for a show's afternoon performance... let's take one in!
a matinee
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The Wilson brothers, Mike Love & Al Jardine, surfin' over '60s high notes
The Beach Boys
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Wolfgang Mozart, beginning to decompose in 1791
Vienna
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You can get a dining room table that easily converts for pool, Ping Pong & even this plastic puck game patented in 1969
air hockey
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A 19th century man named Preserved Fish was an early broker for what became NYSE for short
the New York Stock Exchange
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It's near the top of a ship's mast
a crow's nest
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Most African cats are nocturnal hunters, but these fastest ones can be "spotted" on the prowl in the late afternoon
cheetahs
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"Don't Lie"--will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo & Fergie totally hip-hopped through the 2000s
Black Eyed Peas
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, not that the event affected the entire world or anything
Sarajevo
200
Use newspaper to stay warm without burning it with the blown-in cellulose type of this, which can fit small & curved spaces
insulation
200
In 2022 this L.A. Angel with a cutthroat swing won his 9th Silver Slugger Award
(Mike) Trout
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A call at a frequency inaudible to humans, or a political statement with a hidden secondary meaning
a dog whistle
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In "Anchorman" Will Ferrell sang "Afternoon Delight"; in 2022 Will & Ryan Reynolds sang "Good Afternoon" in this Dickens of a film
Spirited
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Here come Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart again, falling on your heads like an '80s memory
the Eurythmics
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Niels Bohr, quantum leaping in 1962
Copenhagen
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Useful in home offices & guest rooms, they've been around for centuries as in the 18th century painting of a lady on one
a fainting couch (a chaise, a daybed)
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It was a "bust" for this explorer in 1806 when he decided not to scale the peak that was later named for him
Pike
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This term for something impossibly rare predated the 1600s discovery of the real thing, Cygnus atratus, in Australia
a black swan
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This drama that aired on PBS inspired an official "Afternoon Tea" cookbook with recipes & etiquette tips
Downton Abbey
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Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, giving robot-ic performances in the 2010s
Daft Punk
400
Suddenly ex-president for life Papa Doc Duvalier
Port-au-Prince
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Mark Twain wrote of a "vestibule, where they used to keep" this; today, we'd more likely have the coat version
the hat rack
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Seen here, she became the first woman elected as mayor of Los Angeles
Mayor Karen Bass
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"Un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine" is the French equivalent of this expression featuring a different big animal
a bull in a china shop
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Really covering all the bases, this painter gave us "Morning Sun", "Cape Cod Afternoon" & "Nighthawks"
Hopper
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Last name, nickname, last name of Ricky, Michael, Ronnie, the R&B trio who dripped "Poison" in the '90s
Bell Biv DeVoe
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August Strindberg, going way heavy on the drama in 1912
Stockholm
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Also a word for mosaics, it refers to a distinctive flooring pattern of teeny squares or tiles
tessellated (tesserae)
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An "American Masters" documentary on this photographer is subtitled "Prophet of the Avant-Garde"
Man Ray