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15-LETTER WORDS

200

'The order of a pope who kicks you out of the flock'

Excommunication

400

'The attorney-client relationship has this quality, meaning what you tell him will stay a secret'

Confidentiality

600

'From the Greek for "foretelling", it's a forecast of things to come'

Prognostication

800

'An expert in Robert's Rules of Order'

Parliamentarian

1000

'Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods"'

Gotterdammerung

SHE-PLANTS

200

'It's Porky Pig's favorite flower, no doubt'

Petunia

400

'This herb of the mint family is often grouped in song with parsley, sage & thyme'

Rosemary

600

'Popular varieties of this flower include the Easter & Madonna'

Lily

800

'Its forked branches are used for divining rods & its bark & leaves are used in potions -- er, lotions'

Witch Hazel

1000

'This bell-shaped purplish flower of Scotland is also called ling'

Heather

INTERNATIONAL FILM STARS

200

'Concerning the pronounciation of his name, this star of "The English Patient" said, "It's 'Rafe

Ralph Fiennes

400

'He played Robin in 1976's "Robin And Marian" & King Richard in 1991's "Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves"'

Sean Connery

600

'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
The actor seen here is also one of the world's most accomplished bridge players'

Omar Sharif

800

'In 1961 she won the Best Actress Oscar for "Two Women", becoming the first to win for a foreign language film'

Sophia Loren

1000

'This knighted British star's 1985 autobiography is titled "Blessings In Disguise"'

Sir Alec Guinness

HISTORIC QUOTES

200

'In 1588 she said, "I have the body of a weak & feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of a king"'

Elizabeth I

400

'General & statesman who said, "When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself"'

Charles De Gaulle

600

'"I still believe that people are really good at heart", she wrote in her diary July 15, 1944'

Anne Frank

800

'An expert on the subject, he told Ptolemy I, "There is no royal road to geometry"'

Euclid

1000

'From Waterloo he sent the message, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won"'

Duke of Wellington

ARTISTS

200

'It's been estimated that this Cubist created more than 100,000 works during his 91 years'

Pablo Picasso

400

'He included sketches of Dutch rural scenes in a letter to his brother Theo sent around 1885'

Vincent Van Gogh

600

'In the 1920s & 1930s, he collaborated with director Luis Bunuel to make 2 surrealist films'

Salvador Dali

800

'He completed his last great painting "Bar At The Folies Bergere", in 1882, a year before his death'

Edouard Manet

1000

'He became wealthy by selling engravings of his works such as "A Rake's Progress"'

William Hogarth