Which avant-garde author of "Three Lives" hosted a Paris salon for emerging artists such as Picasso and Braque?

The Seven Lucky Gods of which country's folklore include Ebisu, god of fishermen, and Hotei, god of happiness? In 2010, federal judge Martin Feldman blocked the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater what in the Gulf of Me… According to the U.S. Flag Code, the American flag should be flown how only as a signal of dire distress? The ancient Greeks believed that the soul left the body after death in the form of which insect? In Stravinsky's ballet "Jeu de cartes," which card is the troublemaking trickster of the deck? The Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville, Texas, was fought about a month after the main fighting of which war had… What term describes the belief that women should have rights and opportunities equal to those of men? The berry-like cones of which evergreen shrub give gin its characteristic flavor?