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Which city's Ocean Drive is lined with Art Deco hotels?
Answer: Miami Beach
Why: Its famous pastels are not original: designer Leonard Horowitz created the palette around 1980 to repaint neglected buildings.
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What is Art Deco's curvy 1930s offshoot called?
Answer: Streamline Moderne
Why: French speakers call the same style 'style paquebot', which means ocean liner style.
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When did the name 'Art Deco' come into common use?
Answer: 1960s
Why: In its own heyday the style went by names like style moderne or modernistic, not Art Deco.
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What 1922 discovery set off an Egypt craze in Art Deco?
Answer: Tutankhamun's tomb
Why: Cartier went beyond copying: some of its 1920s jewels were built around real fragments of ancient Egyptian faience.
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What was the first building taller than the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: Chrysler Building
Why: Its record lasted just 11 months, until the Empire State Building opened in 1931.
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Which liner's dining room was longer than Versailles' Hall of Mirrors?
Answer: Normandie
Why: Her end came in 1942, when she caught fire and capsized at a New York pier during a refit as a US Navy troopship.
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