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    | William Blake & Wordsworth were early members of this movement characterized by exaltation of emotion & passion | 
    (Claudia: Who are the Pre-Raphaelites?) (Alex: No.) [Claudia curses, then apologizes, and the audience laughs]
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    Denmark
 
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    | The first known report of this Scottish lake dweller dates from 565 A.D. | 
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    | Flaubert led this movement in French literature, also called naturalism | 
    (Claudia: Who are the Fauves?)
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    | His brothers Thorvald & Thorstein & his half-sister Freydis also traveled to Vinland | 
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    | The works of this novelist & poet inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor", "La Donna del Lago" & "La Jolie Fille de Perth" | 
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    | The Book of Job asks if this sea monster can be drawn out with a hook, or his tongue with a cord | 
    (Kate: Who is the whale?)
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    (Alex: Yes, for Cats.)
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    | This New Jersey-based bra company with a "girlish" name has been one of the magazine's advertising mainstays | 
    Maidenform
 
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    | Andre Breton wrote a manifesto of this artistic & literary movement that explored the unconscious mind | 
    surrealism
 
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    (Claudia: Who is St. Francis?)
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    | This composer of "Cavalleria rusticana" wrote "Il Piccolo Marat", a sadly neglected opera about the Reign of Terror | 
    (Kate: Who is Rossini?) (Claudia: Who is Leoncavallo?)
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    | This "enemy from hell" in an 8th century epic poem was said to be a descendant of Cain | 
    (Brad: Who is Beowulf?)
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    (Alex: Fear of Flying was the work.)
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    | Nan Robertson won a 1983 Pulitzer for her writing on this "syndrome" abbreviated TSS | 
    [Claudia calls out the next clue before even being ruled correct, prompting the audience to laugh.]
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    | In mythology this fire-breathing monster wreaked havoc in Lycia before she was killed by Bellerophon | 
    (Brad: Who is the Hydra?)
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    | James Weldon Johnson & Zora Neale Hurston were writers associated with this 1920s movement | 
    [Following her correct response, Kate surveys the remaining clues, then interjects: "Ew!"]
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    | In addition to being an historian & poet, Snorri Sturluson headed this Icelandic legislative body several times | 
    (Alex: Headed the Icelandic parliament, [*].)
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    | This Greek tragic heroine is the subject of 2 Gluck operas, one set in Aulis & one in Tauris | 
    Iphigenia
 
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    | In "The Time Machine", the gentle Eloi are preyed upon by this monstrous race that lives underground | 
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    | If you suffer from phasmophobia, you might want to rethink attending an 1881 classic play by this Scandinavian | 
    (Alex: [*], for Ghosts, yes.)
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