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A person 1. Very famous beach named for this person
2. 2 loves
3. 6 marriages
4. 12 children
5. dropped out of school at age 12
6. Inspiration for Sir Mix a Lot
7. After a lot of thought, reluctantly turned down a VERY VERY VERY Prestigious job. 1968
8. criticized and embarrassed for supporting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia.
9. Became the talk of the "Normandie" after a very public clash with rival in the grand salon
10. Became an enthusiastic supporter of the 1963 March on Washington
11. Accused of being a communist by Walter Winchell
A person 1. Very famous beach named for this person
2. 2 loves
3. 6 marriages
4. 12 children
5. dropped out of school at age 12
6. Inspiration for Sir Mix a Lot
7. After a lot of thought, reluctantly turned down a VERY VERY VERY Prestigious job. 1968
8. criticized and embarrassed for supporting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia.
9 Became the talk of the "Normandie" after a very public clash with rival in the grand salon
10. Became an enthusiastic supporter of the 1963 March on Washington.
11. Accused of being a communist by Walter Winchell
12. sex on the Royal Train
A person 1. Very famous beach named for this person
2. 2 loves
3. 6 marriages
4. 12 children
5. dropped out of school at age 12
6. Inspiration for Sir Mix a Lot
7. After a lot of thought, reluctantly turned down a VERY VERY VERY Prestigious job. 1968
8. criticized and embarrassed for supporting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia.
9 Became the talk of the "Normandie" after a very public clash with rival in the grand salon
10. Became an enthusiastic supporter of the 1963 March on Washington.
11. Accused of being a communist by Walter Winchell
12. sex on the Royal Train
13. recently honored by US Postal Service with a commemorative stamp
14. Callipygian
15. life story made into award winning film
A person 1. Very famous beach named for this person
2. 2 loves
3. 6 marriages
4. 12 children
5. dropped out of school at age 12
6. Inspiration for Sir Mix a Lot
7. After a lot of thought, reluctantly turned down a VERY VERY VERY Prestigious job. 1968
8. criticized and embarrassed for supporting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia.
9 Became the talk of the "Normandie" after a very public clash with rival in the grand salon
10. Became an enthusiastic supporter of the 1963 March on Washington.
11. Accused of being a communist by Walter Winchell
12. sex on the Royal Train
13. recently honored by US Postal Service with a commemorative stamp
14. Callipygian
15. life story made into award winning film
16. charmed Fidel Castro and Charles de Gaulle
Did she receive the Croix de Guerre and was she prone to wearing fruit skirts?If so I agree whole heartedly with clue 14...
That was the giveaway if it is Josephine Baker.
Barbarossa wrote: "Did she receive the Croix de Guerre and was she prone to wearing fruit skirts?If so I agree whole heartedly with clue 14...
That was the giveaway if it is Josephine Baker."
Just read that back...man, am I shallow.
I never heard of the very famous "Josephine Baker Beach." When it comes to callipygian, all us guys are shallow.
Wikipedia: "Baker bore only one child, stillborn in 1941...."
Manuel wrote: "Twelve children." Maybe she was one of twelve children; I don't know.
Will wrote: "I never heard of the very famous "Josephine Baker Beach." When it comes to callipygian, all us guys are shallow.
Wikipedia: "Baker bore only one child, stillborn in 1941...."
Manuel ..."
She adopted 12 and called them her "Rainbow Tribe".
congrats BarbarossaYes Josephine Baker
La Plage Josephine Baker
recreated every year on the banks of the Seine in Paris,
located next to the Piscine Josephine Baker
La Piscine Josephine Baker is a swimming pool. La Plage is an artificial beach on the Seine. I'll give to to you, though. Threw me wayyyy off at the beginning...tricky.
EXPLANATION of CLUES1. Very famous beach named for this person
Recreated every summer in Paris
2. 2 loves....from her most famous song
J'ai deux amores....
3. 6 marriages
4. 12 children .........adopted from all over the world
5. dropped out of school at age 12
6. Inspiration for Sir Mix a Lot ....Inspired the song
"Baby's got Back"......
7. After a lot of thought, reluctantly turned down a VERY VERY VERY Prestigious job. 1968 .....Correta Scott King asked her to lead the Civil Rights movement after the assasination of Martin Luther King.
8. criticized and embarrassed for supporting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia.
9 Became the talk of the "Normandie" after a very public clash with rival in the grand salon ....Had a bitch slap encounter with Zigfield's wife ...Billie Burke (she played Glinda the Good Witch of the North in Wizard of OZ.)
10. Became an enthusiastic supporter of the 1963 March on Washington.
11. Accused of being a communist by Walter Winchell
12. sex on the Royal Train, with the King of Sweden.
13. recently honored by US Postal Service with a commemorative stamp (2007)
14. Callipygian (My favorite clue)
15. life story made into award winning film
16. charmed Fidel Castro and Charles de Gaulle.
actually, La Piscine Josephine Baker is a barge with a swimming pool in it, on the Seine. It has a retractable roof for summer use and is open year 'round. It's been in service since about 2006 or so. La Plage is recreated each summer. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
you are 100% correctthe beach was just going to be a one time thing, but Parisians loved it so much, they recreate it every summer
Thanks for the explanation of the clues. That's neat. Good job.
Im confused too,What about Ray Charles Kelley?
OK.Another thing from me.
1) In London
2) A lot smaller than it's name suggests.
3) About 1/4 what it used to be.
4) Cursed.
And it's not the £ sterling...
The Crown Jewels were virtually non-existant after Cromwell's rule. Some were restored but not all. One-fourth? Probably not. There are many curses on jewels, but not on the Crown Jewels that I know of. King Tut's exhibit was reduced for London, when Egypt refused to allow the "death mask" to leave its home, but that wouldn't be by 3/4. It fits "cursed" though.
The London Globe newspaper?
1) In London 2) A lot smaller than it's name suggests.
3) About 1/4 what it used to be.
4) Cursed.
5) Various countries claim it should be theirs. The conflicting claims one excuse for the Brits keeping it.
Will wrote: "The Crown Jewels were virtually non-existant after Cromwell's rule. Some were restored but not all. One-fourth? Probably not. There are many curses on jewels, but not on the Crown Jewels that I..."Clues: Post Cromwell. Not Egyptian.
1) In London 2) A lot smaller than it's name suggests.
3) About 1/4 what it used to be.
4) Cursed.
5) Various countries claim it should be theirs. The conflicting claims one excuse for the Brits keeping it.
6) The Taliban wanted it handed over to Afghanistan in 2000.
7) 793/186/109
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Susanna wrote: "This isn't the Koh-i-Noor, is it?"Ooooh, you're good.
And that's you getting it with my rubbish maths for clue 3...clue 7 gives the reduction in size and it's now neared 1/8th, not 1/4, sorry.
I thought less than half of that was cut away to make it shinier.
Started at 793 carats and was butchered in the 1500s down to 186.Then when the Brits got it they again cut it down to 109 carats.
Koh I Noor means Mountain Of Light. Hence clue 2.
It's fictional "liberation" is recounted in Flashman and the Mountain of Light with a heap of good stuff in the notes about the real Hx.
It is kept in the tower with the Crown Jewels, right? And the curse?
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1. Apprenticed to his father.
2. Student of Piranesi.
3. Fan of Gothic art.
4. Member of Parliament.
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1. Apprenticed to his father.
2. Student of Piranesi.
3. Fan of Gothic art.
4. Member of Parliament.
5. Studies interrupted by a Jacobite rebellion.
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1. Apprenticed to his father.
2. Student of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
3. Fan of Gothic art.
4. Member of Parliament.
5. Studies interrupted by a Jacobite rebellion (a little visit from Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders).
Giovanni Antonio Canal, better known as Canaletto.
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1. Apprenticed to his father.
2. Student of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
3. Fan of Gothic art.
4. Member of Parliament.
5. Studies interrupted by a Jacobite rebellion (a little visit from Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders).
6. Member of the Royal Society of Arts.
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1. Apprenticed to his father.
2. Student of Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
3. Fan of Gothic art.
4. Member of Parliament.
5. Studies interrupted by a Jacobite rebellion (a little visit from Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highlanders).
6. Member of the Royal Society of Arts.
7. Obsessed with the ruins of the Palace of Diocletian at Split in Croatia.
Robert Adam. Whew! To have designed but one building, Giovanni Piranesi sure had lots of students and followers.
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A thing: 1. 19th C.
2. journalist
3. adapted name
4. guiding principals of tradition
Yikes,Just realized it is not a person
me bad!
We've done a lot of people lately, so it's understandable.A thing:
1. 19th C.
2. journalist
3. adapted name
4. guiding principals of tradition
5. Expanded/moved to Britain
6. OSS officer
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1. Very famous beach named for this person
2. 2 loves
3. 6 marriages
4. 12 children
5. dropped out of school at age 12
6. Inspiration for Sir Mix a Lot
7. After a lot of thought, reluctantly turned down a VERY VERY VERY Prestigious job. 1968
8. criticized and embarrassed for supporting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia.
9. Became the talk of the "Normandie" after a very public clash with rival in the grand salon
10. Became an enthusiastic supporter of the 1963 March on Washington