COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
This N. American country's 1st oil fields were discovered at the turn of the cent. near Tampico on the Gulf Coast
Mexico
A celebration of the Eucharist
mass
As a noun, this 5-letter word can be slang for the throat; as a verb, it means to break out of an egg
Hatch
An 1890 critique said "Sunflowers" is "powerful in color" but "the value of" his "other canvases... escapes us"
Van Gogh
Dansk, taught in school on the Faroe Islands
Danish
This largest South American nation's name comes from local wood that resembled glowing embers
Brazil
It's distilled to make rum
Molasses
Swift, or the largest organized unit of naval ships
Fleet
This Spaniard "enjoys making repulsive works out of beautiful subjects"
Picasso
Magyar, at the crossroads of Europe
Hungarian
The regions of Thrace, Macedonia & Epirus make up the northern tier of this country
Greece
A multi-colored light cotton fabric named for an Indian seaport
Madras
Playful skipping, or flower buds
Capers
Her "hesitating smile which held my youth in tether has come to seem but a grimace"
the Mona Lisa
Eesti, with dialects including southern & northern or Tallinn
Estonian
This county's 3 largest cities are Jiddah, Riyadh & Mecca
Saudi Arabia
This Greek word refers to one underlying system of beliefs of a social group
Mythos
This word can mean "to play in as if in water" or "to work at in a superficial manner"
Dabble
"Multi-mages of Marilyn are now... dated...where does that leave" his "art? on the wall, is the unfortunate answer"
Warhol
Cestina, a west Slavic national language
Czech
Christchurch is the capital of Canterbury Provincial District on this country's South Island
New Zealand
10-letter word meaning having an unpleasant smell
Malodorous
Everyone knows the word "ballerina," but may not know her male counterpart is sometimes called this, meaning a rider, or someone who gallantly escorts a lady
Cavalier
A critic, shocked by the "orgy of pure colors", called Matisse & others "wild beasts", giving this art -ism its name
Fauvism
Ivrit--the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption teaches it
Hebrew