What is the Golden Fleece?
New Category U.S. Senators
This senator from Wisconsin attacked what he considered wasteful government spending via his “Golden Fleece” awards.
Who is William Proxmire?
- This senator avoided manslaughter charges, instead pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, that left his female passenger to die.
Who is Ted Kennedy?
- He was the longest serving Senator.
Who is Robert Byrd?
- This man was elected to the Senate in 2000 despite having died three weeks before the election
Who is Mel Carnahan?
(He defeated, posthumously, John Ashcroft, who became Attorney General in George W. Bush’s 2000 cabinet.)
- This senator from Illinois shares a name with a famous singe-songwriter.
Who is Paul Simon?
New category:
Viva Las Vegas!
- Most of the famous Las Vegas Strip actually lies outside the city limits of Las Vegas, in this unincorporated town.
What is Paradise, Nevada?
- This street, the second most well-known in Las Vegas, was the setting for a U2 video that featured several shots of the neon sign known as Vegas Vic.
What is Fremont Street?
3.This resort opened in 1957 is set to be demolished in spring 2024 to make way for a baseball stadium
What is The Tropicana?
- An early version of this popular card game was introduced in Las Vegas in 1963.
What is Texas Hold 'Em?
- This posh Strip resort hosts a hidden, unadvertised pizzeria in its lounge area - just look for the hallway lined with jazz records
What is Cosmopolitan?
New category
Mascots
- If your mascot was a Nittany Lion you would attend this university.
What is Penn State?
- This the most common NCAA mascot, used by schools including Georgetown and Gonzaga.
What are Bulldogs?
- Don’t giggle! This fowl University of South Carolina mascot sounds naughty, but it really isn’t.
What is a Gamecock?
4.‘Testudo’ is the name of this critter, the mascot of the University of Maryland.
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What is a terrapin? AKA turtle (I found out a few years ago that many people don’t know this word)
- This furry green creature seen in Philadelphia games is often on the list of top sports mascots.
What is the Philly Phanatic?
New category: Oh, Those Popes
- This 10th century pontiff lent his name to a character played by Billy Dee Williams
Who is Pope Lando?
(Was the pope for about six months, from September 913 until he died in February 914, and is the last pope to have chosen a totally unique name)
- This French city was the seat of a second, simultaneous papacy in the late 1300s.
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What is Avignon?
He painted Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
You had the right answer, @Slithy_Tove, but the category was “Oh, Those Popes” – meaning we were talking about the Papacy, so you should have continued along that vein until we’d had five answers-and-questions (just like on the TV show).
If you’re going to change categories before finishing off the present one, you should declare that and name the new category.
So, to get back on the beam … Who was Pablo Picasso?
… and now, back to “Oh, Those Popes”.
- The Apostolic Palace in this Italian community was once known as the ‘Summer Home’ of the Pope.
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Oops, sorry
What is Castle Gandolfo?
Instead of a Lord of the Rings clue, I will keep the proper popery popping:
When he said “We will not go to Canossa,” Bismark was referring to this medieval pope: