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POETIC SETTINGS

200

'To Leigh Hunt, this "flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands... caves, pillars, pyramids, the shepherd bands"'

the Nile

400

'"A hundred shouting signs shed down their bright fantastic glow" in Claude McKay's "On" this NYC street'

"Broadway"

600

'"In every voice... the mind-forged manacles I hear", says William Blake's grim poem about this capital city'

London

800

'To Edith Wharton, this northwest French cathedral is "petalled with panes of azure, gules and or"'

(Notre Dame de) Chartres

1000

'This 19th c. poem begins with the line "This is the forest primeval"'

Evangeline

THERE'S A DRAFT IN THE ROOM

200

'The first NFL draft was held in 1936 at the Ritz-Carlton in this city, & the hometown Eagles had the first pick'

Philadelphia

400

'In 2009 the NFL held its draft at this NYC venue; Matthew Stafford was the first to kick up his heels'

Radio City Music Hall

600

'MLB's first televised amateur draft was at the Disney complex with the name of this ABC athletic anthology show'

Wide World of Sports

800

'Since 2001 the NBA draft has been a garden party at this arena'

Madison Square Garden

1000

'In 2009 the Bell Centre/Le Centre Bell in this city was the home of the NHL draft'

Montreal

"BR-R"

200

'It's another word for a pamphlet'

brochure

400

'This slang term for 1930s German storm troopers refers to their uniforms'

the brownshirts

600

'This 2-word name for the type of glass seen here
includes a kind of spirit'

a brandy snifter

800

'In the U.S. Army the rank just above Colonel is this general'

Brigadier General

1000

'This freshwater game fish
is named for a small body of water'

the brook trout

THE STATE OF MY BIRTH

200

'Jasper Johns,
Julia Roberts,
Rosalynn Carter'

Georgia

400

'Kurt Vonnegut,
David Letterman,
Dan Quayle'

Indiana

600

'Jim Beam,
Jefferson Davis,
Abraham Lincoln'

Kentucky

800

'Cesar Chavez,
Joe Jonas,
Barry Goldwater'

Arizona

1000

'Medgar Evers,
Oprah Winfrey,
Eudora Welty'

Mississippi

EMOTICONS

200

'Your choices to express this action are
=))
or ROTF, which sometimes has an "L" added on'

laughing (or rolling on the floor)

400

':-t
is asking for this, also a sports term or a punishment for a child'

a timeout

600

'Like Blondie in a song,
:-c
is telling you, do this'

call me

800

'I can't keep this 2-word expression, but
:|
sure can'

a straight face

1000

'@-)
shows & you're in this state, & perhaps you think you're a chicken'

hypnotized