Homophones
To offer something for purchase, or the basic structural unit of an organism
sell/cell
Robert Delaunay introduced vibrant color into Cubism & is known for his series of paintings of this French structure
What is the Eiffel Tower?
A Slovak state was nominally independent during WWII, but collapsed when this army arrived in April 1945
What is the Red Army?
Absorbed into the blood slower than nitrogen, this lightest inert gas is mixed with oxygen for deep-sea divers
What is helium?
Born on the foam of the sea, this "mighty" goddess had a magic girdle that made the wearer amazingly desirable, as girdles do
Who is Aphrodite?
A measure of gold purity, or a Bugs Bunny favorite
carat/carrot?
Some scholars suggest that Leonardo da Vinci disguised himself as a woman for this portrait aka "La Gioconda"
What is the Mona Lisa?
Regiomontanus, the 1st scientific student of comets, taught at the Academia Istropolitana, Slovakia's 1st
What is university?
This inhaled anesthetic gas with a 5-letter name was first used for surgery in 1842
What is ether?
This Olympian goddess of wisdom was big in agriculture, too, teaching man how to yoke oxen
Who was Athena?
A female antelope, or material to be baked
doe/dough
Mauritshuis, a museum in this seat of Dutch government, is home to "Girl with a Pearl Earring" & "The Goldfinch"
What is the The Hague?
In 2007 socialist PM Robert Fico pulled Slovakia's troops out of Iraq; they'd mainly been busy clearing these 2-worded items
What are land mines?
Trademarked in 1930, it's the name for gases used as refrigerants thanks to their low boiling points
What is Freon?
Her marriage to the king of Sparta went kinda sideways after her abduction but some stories have the 2 reconciling later
Who was the Helen of Troy?
To fire a .45, or a sloping channel for water
shoot/chute
Berthe Morisot's brother-in-law, he influenced the Impressionists with works like "Luncheon on the Grass"
Who is Édouard Manet?
These people looked down on the Slovaks until around 1910 Karel Kalal insisted the 2 peoples' futures were entwined
Who are the Czechs?
Trapped in pockets underground where plant decomposition has occurred, natural gas is primarily this gas
What is methane?
An early snowbird, this daughter of Zeus had to spend a few months a year in Hades after an unfortunate food choice
Who was Persephone?
A lowly servant in the era of knights, or the central part of a church
a knave/nave
This artist called his New York studio "The Factory"
Who is Andy Warhol?
Slovakia was conquered by the Magyars in 907 & this country proceeded to rule it for 1,000 years
What is Hungary?
Harriet Brooks is sometimes credited with discovering this 5-letter element, a gas emanating from thorium
What is a radon?
She helped guide her blind father, Oedipus, into exile
Who was Antigone