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BEASTLY COLLECTIVES
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It's the traditional non-verbal way to signal that you resign
turning over your king
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After this painting went missing from the Louvre in 1911, people lined up just to view the empty space
the Mona Lisa
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It cost $1 million to build by 1889 but now can be yours! We'll throw in its 79-foot antenna! Say oui to this while you can!
the Eiffel Tower
100
Cottage
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steak
cheese
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These "laboring" honeybees who serve the queen are all female
worker bees
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It can be a group of Girl Scouts or a group of baboons
a troop
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These have the same value as bishops, but you can force mate with only a king & 2 bishops, not with a king & 2 these
knights
200
In 2009 "Landscape with Peasants" by Flemish painter Jan Brueghel was stolen in Namur of this country--Interpol's on it
Belgium
200
151 feet tall, Manhattan adjacent, it comes with 29-foot reading lamp attached!
the Statue of Liberty
200
Corned
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Wellington
beef
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From the Greek for "racing", it's the term used for a one-humped camel
dromedary
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Yo, this term for a group of elk sounds like a group of troublemaking young people
a gang
300
Losing a bishop but capturing a rook is called "winning" this type of trade, also a term for a swap of hostages
an exchange
300
In 1978 2 of his studies in bronze for his "Burghers of Calais" were stolen from a St. Louis museum
Rodin
300
4,500 years old, its royal headdress of limestone makes it the finest in noseless architecture!
the Great Sphinx
300
Peanut
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bean
butter
300
Washington's state fish is the steelhead variety of this
a trout
300
This collective term is used for a group of ants, badgers, seagulls or human settlers
a colony
400
The departure of both queens is the traditional point at which this final phase of the battle begins
the endgame
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His "Poppies Near Vetheuil" was discovered in the back seat of a car a week after it was stolen in Zurich
Monet
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This Roman fixer is a contractor's dream! The games may have stopped here in 523 A.D. but the fun for you is just beginning!
the Colosseum
400
Shepherd's
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plant
pie
400
A puffball, part of this biological kingdom, is named for the way it releases spores
a fungus
400
Gnats, flies & bees all get together in groups called these
swarms
500
In this classic chess opening, after white plays e4, to fight for the center, black plays c5 in this 8-letter defense named for a Mediterranean island
the Sicilian defense
500
In 1976 she sued for the return of 3 paintings, claiming they'd been stolen from Alfred Stieglitz' gallery in 1946
Georgia O'Keeffe
500
Sure, it's 1,815 feet tall, but its elevators can rise at 20 feet per second! You'll be home in Toronto in no time!
the CN Tower
500
Candied
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Brown Betty
apple
500
This endangered small cat of the Americas is making a comeback
the ocelot
500
A group of 2 ballplayers, pitcher & catcher, is called this; so is a group of (usually more than 2) barracuda
a battery