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| An etude is a composition that explores a technical musical problem; the name is French for this |
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| Some hedgehogs enter periods of torpor; the Western European species spends the winter in this dormant condition |
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| It's just a bloody nose! You don't have this hereditary disorder once endemic to European royalty |
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| Rembrandt's biblical scene "Storm on the Sea of" this was stolen from a Boston museum in 1990 |
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| With much "gravity", this young fellow of Trinity became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in 1669 |
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| A Dana Carvey character on "Saturday Night Live"; isn't that special... |
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| Heitor Villa-Lobos dedicated his "12 Etudes" for this instrument to Andres Segovia |
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| There are about 50 species of the hedgehog type of this plant, so named for its spiny fruit |
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| You just need a nap! You don't have this sleep disorder that can make sufferers nod off while standing up |
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| A Goya stolen (but recovered) in 2006 belonged to a museum in this city (Ohio, not Spain) |
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| In 1626 it was "Paradise Lost" when he was "rusticated" (temporarily expelled) from Christ's College |
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| To bring back someone to his original function or position |
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| Paganini's "24 Capricci" set the standard for etudes for this instrument |
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| "The Hedgehog and the Fox" is an essay on this Russian count's view of history |
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| You just need a little more sun! You don't have this hereditary lack of pigment |
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| The ancient "Lion of Nimrud" went missing from this city's National Museum in 2003 (along with a lot of other stuff) |
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| In 1546 this king founded Trinity College, the largest of Cambridge's colleges |
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| A can opener with a triangular pointed end |
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| Music fans wax rhapsodic about this Hungarian's "Transcendental Etudes" |
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| Hedgehogs are covered with quills or spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff by this protein |
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| You're just a little stiff! You don't have this painful mosquito-borne joint illness with a Swahili name |
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| In May 2010 5 paintings worth $125 million by Braque, Matisse & 3 others left Paris' Museum of this art period |
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| The chapels at Pembroke & Emmanuel Colleges were designed by this architect |
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| It can mean to develop gradually in the mind or to carry during pregnancy |
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| From 1911 to 1917, this romantic Russian composed "Etudes-tableaux for Piano" |
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| A recent bestseller by Muriel Barbery is called this "of the Hedgehog" |
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| It's just acne! You don't have this skin infection also known as Hansen's disease |
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| A Titian portrait of this Spanish king was stolen at gunpoint from an Argentine museum in 1987 |
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| This "Narnia" author went from teaching at Magdalen College, Oxford to teaching at Magdalene College, Cambridge |
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| It's New Zealand's second-largest city |
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