j-archive-5544-D-2008-10-16

DOUBLE TALK

200

'Wile E. Coyote could tell you it's what the Road Runner says'

"Beep! Beep!"

400

'In one of their biggest hits, the Osmonds compared the ups & downs of love to this object'

a yo-yo

600

'Let's hit the dance floor for this dance performed to the music heard here'

the cha cha

800

'The official vegetable of Washington State is a sweet onion that shares its name with this valley & city'

Walla Walla

1000

'James Michener called this French Polynesian island with its fabled blue lagoon "the most beautiful in the world"'

Bora-Bora

ART

200

'Manet didn't exhibit with this group but his sister-in-law Berthe Morisot did'

the Impressionists

400

'Meyer portrayed the dignity of these people, from the French for "country", as seen here'

peasants

600

'Robert Motherwell painted over 100 versions of "Elegy to" this "Republic" that Picasso mourned too'

the Spanish Republic

800

'Bocklin's "Isle of the Dead" exemplifies this "ism" that used external objects to represent ideas & emotions'

symbolism

1000

'A visit to the Alhambra led this 20th c. Dutch artist to optical oddities like water that flows up as well as down'

M.C. Escher

FLOWERS

200

'The name of this flower goes back to the Turkish for "turban", from the shape of the opened flower'

the tulip

400

'The lady's slipper is the official flower of this Canadian island province'

Prince Edward Island

600

'Though it means "lily", the fleur-de-lis is a variety of this flower'

an iris

800

'The victim of a 1947 murder in L.A. had this flower in her nickname'

Dahlia

1000

'From the name of a German naturalist, they're the cut flowers seen here, also known as Veldt daisies'

Gerber daisies

Sci-FiFill in

200

A full-course meal

available from

Douglas Adams:

"The restaurant at

the end of the ____"

Universe

400

A Harlan Alison

classic:

"I have no mouth &

I must ____"

Scream

600

Rick Deckard

Is on the hunt:

"Do androids dream

of ____ ____"

Electric sheep

800

By

Ursula K. Le Quin:

"The left hand

of ____"

Darkness

1000

Richerd K. Morgan's

tale of

cyberwarriors:

"Altered ____"

Carbon

POTPOURRI

200

'While Agnus Dei refers to Christ, it actually means "lamb of" this'

God

400

'Would Cary with this last name have seemed as suave if he'd gained fame as Archibald Leach?'

Grant

600

'It's the syllable used for the third tone of any major diatonic scale'

Mi

800

'The moon has a Sea of Tranquility & a Sea of this, a synonym of tranquility'

Serenity

1000

'This word that means bravery or valor comes from the Latin for "heart"'

courage