Athos, Porthos and Aramis, although the hero of the novel is the trio’s young protégé D’Artagnan Flashcards
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” who played Lois and Clark
is a television show that aired originally from 1993 to 1997. The storyline focuses as much on the relationship between Clark Kent and Lois Lane as it does on Kent’s life as Superman. Clark and Lois are played by Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.
ROTC
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
1.4 billion people (this country overtook this country as the most populous in 2023).
India passed China
The third most populous country is the USA, with about 340 million people.
Lear’s three daughters figure prominently in the story line. The three are, in order of age:
Goneril
Regan
Cordelia
Polynesian language
SAMOAN
The official name for the South Pacific nation formerly known as Western Samoa is the Independent State of Samoa. Samoa is the western part of the island group, with American Samoa lying to the southeast. The whole group of islands used to be known as Navigators Island, a name given by European explorers in recognition of the seafaring skills of the native Samoans.
Edison lab site :
Menlo Park, New Jersey is noted as the home to the laboratory belonging to Thomas Edison (TAE). We also have a pretty well-known Menlo Park out here in California, home to many of the venture capital companies that tend to make a lot of money out of Silicon Valley businesses.
Rugrats” mom :
DIDI
“Rugrats” is an animated TV series created for Nickelodeon. The series focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently—Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil. “Rugrats” was the longest-running Nickelodeon animated series until that record was surpassed by “SpongeBob SquarePants” in 2012.
was the first westerner to be ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk.
Robert Thurman
Robert raised his children in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and called his daughter “Uma” as it is a phonetic spelling of the Buddhist name “Dbuma”. Uma’s big break in the movies came with her starring role in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 hit “Pulp Fiction”. My favorite Uma Thurman film is the wonderful 1996 romantic comedy “The Truth About Cats and Dogs”.
is the capital of Iowa,
The city of Des Moines
and takes its name from the Des Moines River. The river in turn takes its name from the French “Riviere des Moines” meaning “River of the Monks”. It looks like there isn’t any “monkish” connection to the city’s name per se. “Des Moines” was just the name given by French traders who corrupted “Moingona”, the name of a group of Illinois Native Americans who lived by the river. However, others contend that French Trappist monks, who lived a full 200 miles from the river, somehow influenced the name.
was the Native-American language adopted by the Incan Empire and favored over other dialects.
Quechua
keh
chuh
wuh
Today, Quechua is one of the official languages in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, alongside Spanish.
first time that an actor of Egyptian descent won an Academy Award for Best Actor
Actor Rami Malek’s big break came with the leading role in the television series “Mr. Robot”. In 2018, Malik gave an Oscar-winning performance playing Freddie Mercury in the hit biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Also In Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer” is an epic 2023 film starring him in the title role.
Cillian Murphy
The movie follows J. Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb”, from his student days right through World War II and beyond. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film has an amazing ensemble cast that includes:
Matt Damon (General Leslie Groves)
Robert Downey Jr. (Lewis Strauss)
Josh Hartnett (Ernest Lawrence)
Kenneth Branagh (Niels Bohr)
Tom Conti (Albert Einstein)
Gary Oldman (Harry S. Truman)
is a manufacturer of high-end watches based in Switzerland that was the first portable timepiece to make it to the moon
Omega
An Omega watch was the first portable timepiece to make it to the moon, Perhaps even more (!) impressive is the fact that James Bond has been wearing an Omega watch in the movies since 1995
Kidney-related :
RENAL
Something described as renal is related to the kidneys. “Ren” is the Latin word for “kidney”.
perhaps best known for portraying Gomez Addams in the two film adaptations of “The Addams Family”
Raúl Juliá was a Hollywood actor from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Julia had a very distinguished career, but is perhaps best known for portraying Gomez Addams in the two film adaptations of “The Addams Family”.
This is similar to an ax, but is different in that the blade is set at right angles to the tool’s shaft.
An adze (also “adz”)
An ax blade is set in line with the shaft
Name’s the same
This first name is shared by a character introduced in 1941 and a member of royalty who is sixth in line to the British throne
Archie Andrews of Riverdale began comic book life in 1941
Megan and Harry’s son - prince of Sussex
Deep inside this iconic NYC landmark workers discovered a hidden Cold War era fallout shelter
Brooklyn bridge
A bride from Cyprus achieved her lifelong dream of having the worlds longest this which was over 63 football fields long
Wedding veil
Thr Catholic Church
The term for diagnosing someone as delusional when they are telling the truth wqs named for this watergate whistleblower
Martha Mitchell
Archeologists excavating king tuts tomb found a jar of this still edible fruit
Honey
Low water content
Acidic ph
Natural fungicide
Thr name of this striped African mammal immediately follows aardvark
In merriam Webster
Aardwolf
Solar eclipse occurs when
Partial or complete blocking of the sun by the moon
Movie musicals
Of thr musicals to win an Oscar for best picture 1 of thr 2 with one word titled based on and made for literary characters
Gigi and based on a novela by Colette
Zhe Zhe
Oliver
This game theorists YouTube Star launched a 21 online petition to become next host of jeopardy
Mat Pat
Matthew Patrick
Chocolate coated caramel candies introduced in thr 1920s are sold in a yellowish orange box
Milk duds
Greedy character in Charlie and the chocolate factory who is obsessed with chocolate
Augustus gloop
Candy Paint is a 17 song by
Post Malone
This gaming platform allows users to play dozens of user built games such as brookhaven murder mystery 2 arsenal jailbreak and adopt me
Roblox
Row blocks
Term for a group of people who leave native country in order to build a settlement like Jamestown in 1607 that their native country will control
Colonists
Japanese art of paper folding
Origami
Frogs and other amphibians have 3 chambered hearts with one ventricle and 2 of these
Atrium
In Mickey blue eyes James caan teaches Hugh grant to say this NYc slang of squished together words they can mean nevermind
Fuh get about it
Often said to hail from ATL this slang for stylish clothes sounds like a verb for what a leaky faucet does
Drip
Order a Coney Island at a Detroit diner eatery and you’ll get this
Chili dog
In 23 lil Wayne revealed that ya heard me is one of his favorite slang terms from This city of his birth
New Orleans
As well as buses and trains transit options of Mbta or T include this kind of service from Boston to himgham
Ferry
In 1914 one of these places in Paris wqs renamed liege and is decorated with scenes of that Belgian city
Metro station
Andrew Johnson had been a senator and representative from this state
Tennessee
Last former U.S. representative to become president was this man who had represented Texas 7th district
HW bush
Wqs a representative from NY before becoming veep and them became our 13th president with sudden death of him
Millord Fillmore
Death of Zachary Taylor
