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LINGUA MORTALIS
STRIFE WITH FATHER
NICK NAMES
BITES
SMILE!
200
'Citius, altius, fortius--swifter, higher, stronger--is the motto of this event'
the Olympics
200
'She whacked her stepmom, saw what she'd done, then "gave her father 41"'
Lizzie Borden
200
'Some folks call him Old Nick or Old Scratch when they "speak of" him'
the devil
200
'Unlike their undead counterparts, these bats prefer biting cattle to humans'
vampire bats
200
'When this is happening, "Sure it's like a morn in spring"'
"when Irish eyes are smiling"
400
'Used as a footnote abbreviation, this word means "in the same place"'
ibid
400
'Thanks to an angel, Abraham didn't make him the ultimate sacrifice'
Issac
400
'He was still a student at Ohio State when he won his first U.S. Amateur Golf Championship in 1959'
Jack Nicklaus (The Golden Bear)
400
'A persistently biting insect, or a persistently provoking person, is this kind of "fly"'
gadfly
400
'The term Gioconda Smile refers to an enigmatic smile like the famous one painted by this man'
Da Vinci
600
'Descartes' "Je pense, donc je suis" is better known as this Latin phrase'
Cogito ergo sum
600
'It's pretty "complex" how he managed to kill his father, solve the Sphinx' riddle & marry his mother'
Oedipus
600
'This protagonist of Hemingway's famous story, "The Killers", has been called Hemingway's alter-ego'
Nick Adams
600
'Vipers keep these teeth folded in until it's time to bite'
fangs
600
'As Pudd'nhead Wilson, he wrote, "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been"'
Mark Twain
800
'It's the English translation of "Ars Gratia Artis", the motto seen here:'
Art for art\'s sake
800
'In 1989, Jose & Kitty paid dearly because these 2 allegedly couldn't wait for their Beverly Hills inheritance'
Menendez brothers
800
'He directed his mom, Gena Rowlands, in the 1996 film "Unhook the Stars"'
Nick Cassavetes
800
'Long before the queen song, Homer used this metaphor for warriors who die in battle'
bite the dust
800
'In office for only 33 days in 1978, he was there long enough to earn the sobriquet "The Smiling Pope"'
John Paul I
1000
'In "The Silence of the Lambs" Hannibal Lecter bargains with Clarice using this phrase meaning "What for what"'
Quid Pro Quo
1000
'Executed in Utah in 1977, he told his brother that their father was the first person he ever wanted to murder'
Gary Gilmore
1000
'Omar Sharif played this gambler in "Funny Girl" & "Funny Lady"'
Nicky Arnstein
1000
'This 1857 mutiny began among Indian troops ordered to bite cartridges greased with animal fat'
Sepoy Mutiny
1000
'Stephen Sodnheim's "A Little Night Music" was based on this 1955 Ingmar Bergman film'
Smiles of a Summer Night