FRENCH PHRASES
STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT SONG?
WAIT JUST A MINERAL!
BEFORE & AFTER PEOPLE
400
The best of the best, also repetitive in French
crème de la crème
400
Crocker Art Museum & the Leland Stanford Mansion
Sacramento
400
ABBA:
"Can you hear the drums"
"Fernando"
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400
This mineral that is used in kitchen countertops could get a minimum of 24 points in Scrabble
Quartz
400
"Hunger Games" actress who helped in a Middle Eastern revolt against the Ottoman Empire
Jennifer Lawrence of Arabia
800
A chef of great skill, or the famed cooking school in Paris where Julia Child trained, the only woman in her class
Cordon Bleu
800
The Bishop Museum & the Battleship Missouri Memorial
Honolulu
800
Dolly Parton:
"I'm begging of you, please don't take my man"
"Jolene"
800
All that glitters may be iron this, once used to produce sparks in muskets, but it won't finance your retirement
Iron Pyrite (fool's gold)
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800
Iconic 1950s movie "Rebel" who was a member of the Rat Pack
James Dean Martin
1200
The kid isn't really escaping from the picture frame; it's this style, meant to fool the eye
trompe-l'œil
1200
**DAILY DOUBLE**
Tootsie's Orchid Lounge & Ryman Auditorium
Nashville
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1200
Lady Gaga:
"But I just can't be with you like this anymore"
"Alejandro"
1200
Mais oui, calcium sulfate hemihydrate is a mouthful, so a fast-setting-after-drying gypsum product goes by these 3 words
Plaster of Paris
1200
"Karma Chameleon" singer who turned down an Oscar for his performance in "Patton"
Boy George C. Scott
1600
Full discretionary power or freedom, like being handed a blank paper
carte blanche
1600
Pueblo Grande Museum & Archaeological Park & the Thunderbird Arts Center
Phoenix
1600
Looking Glass:
"You're a fine girl, what a good wife you would be"
"Brandy"
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1600
**DAILY DOUBLE**
As an art supply, pixie dust is often flakes of this shiny 4-letter type of mineral
Mica
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1600
Los Angeles Clippers all-star forward who composed the music for "West Side Story"
Kawhi Leonard Bernstein
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2000
A passionate plea, it literally translates as "cry of the heart"
cri de coeur
2000
Fromagination & Camp Randall stadium
Madison
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2000
Simon & Garfunkel: "You're breaking my heart, you're shaking my confidence daily"
"Cecilia"
2000
The distinctive blue of this alliterative gemstone comes from the mineral lazurite
Lapis Lazuli
2000
"Good Vibrations" songwriter who also had a No. 1 R&B hit with "In The Midnight Hour"
Brian Wilson Pickett
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