Show:
10 YEARS GONE
CHARACTERS IN CASABLANCA
IAMBIC WORDS
LACE
YOU'VE BEEN POSTERIZED!
200
'"What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson"? As of March 8, 1999 this baseball great "has left and gone away"?'
Joe DiMaggio
200
'Bogart's role; everybody comes to his place, sweetheart'
Rick
200
'To get too big for something, as kids tend to do'
outgrow
200
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Bruges Lace Center in Belgium wearing a handmade collar.) Lace is often worn around the neck, & the word "lace" is derived from "laqueus", which means "noose" in this ancient language'
Latin
200
'One of his signature works from 1965 is seen here'
(Andy) Warhol
400
'Sir Vivian Fuchs, who led the first known expedition across this continent, died in 1999 at 91'
Antarctica
400
'Dooley Wilson portrayed this ivory tickler, so play it!'
Sam
400
'Opponents of this tax have used the term "death tax" to get support for its repeal'
estate
400
'It was originally made from pale silk, so even when it's dyed black, this type of lace bears the name of a fair hair color'
blonde lace
400
'This master's portrait of Dora Mar is seen here'
Picasso
600
'In February 1999 Roger Ebert lost his TV partner when this critic passed away'
(Gene) Siskel
600
'First name of Ingrid Bergman's lonely & lovely Mrs. Lund-Lazlo'
Ilsa
600
'From the French for "loosening", it was an easing of U.S.-Soviet relations in the 1970s'
détente
600
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Bruges Lace Center in Belgium.) Handmade lace was dealt a near deathblow by these 2 revolutions--one a bloody revolt ending the fashion of lace for men, & one that led to machine-made lace'
the French Revolution & the Industrial Revolution
600
'Katsushika Hokusai made numerous woodblock prints of this landmark'
Mt. Fuji
800
'This author of "The Sicilian" put down his pen in July'
(Mario) Puzo
800
'First name of Claude Rains' Captain Renault; it sounds like the beginning of a beautiful friendship...'
Louis
800
'Chicago's Palmer House is a famous one'
a hotel
800
'The process of producing handmade lace with a small hand shuttle is called this; the word's origin is a mystery'
tatting
800
'"Yellow, Red, Blue" is by this Russian, called the father of modern art'
Kandinsky
1000
'This woman long rumored to be involved with both JFK & mob boss Sam Giancana died at 65'
Judith Campbell Exner
1000
'Round up the usual suspects; this German major played by Conrad Veidt has been shot'
Major Strasser
1000
'It's also a common prefix, but as a verb it means "bury"'
inter
1000
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bruges Lace Center in Belgium.) Also known as pillow lace, this popular type of lace made here in Bruges is named for the implement around which the thread is wound'
a bobbin
1000
'One of this master's many self-portraits is seen here'
Rembrandt