Trivia Advent Calendar

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(12-21-2016 03:15 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Beaded pasementries also sounds like something you should probably go get a shot for, too, Bill. Laurie also knows what those pointy things on antique chairs as called. I'll give you another point if you dazzle us with more stuff only museum curators know, Laurie.

I'll throw these out as a Christmas assignment when all the fa-la-la has finally gotten on your last nerve:

These are all terms that apply to objects in the holdings at Surratt House...
1. eglomise (add accent over final "e")
2. mercury glass
3. ogee curve (as applied to architecture)
4. compote
5. cup plate
6. melodeon
7. hip tub
8. kraut stomper
9. furniture rail
10. newel post (I'm amazed at how many of our visitors don't know what this is!)
11. bertha
12. Swiss girdle
13. larder
14. demijohn
15. fractional currency
16. miser's purse
17. chatelaine
18. transferware
19. waste bowl
20. caster set

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(12-21-2016 03:43 PM)Gene C Wrote:  

(12-21-2016 01:32 PM)L Verge Wrote:  2. They kicked me out of Old Capitol when I began whining and screaming like a liberal...

Congratulations!
You have just won a vintage bottle of Hillary Whine, made from sour grapes.

Best pun I've heard yet! Thanks, Gene.

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Here's an easy question appropriate to the season: What is a Christmas Kugel?