C Is For Suh Zare E In Flashcards
This is a sparkling white wine from the Piedmont region of Italy that is named for the town around which the wine is produced.
Asti
The wine used to be called Asti Spumante, and it had a very bad reputation as a “poor man’s champagne”. The “Spumante” was dropped in a marketing attempt at rebranding associated with a reduction in the amount of residual sugar in the wine.
is a large city in the very north of France that sits right on the border with Belgium.
City in French Flanders
Lille
The name “Lille” is a derivation of the term “l’isle” meaning “the island”. The former name “L’Isle” dates back to 1066, and is a reference to a castle that once stood on an island in the Deûle river that runs through the city. The city grew around the island and the castle.
Apparently, scientists have shown that the inside of this growing in a field can be up to twenty degrees cooler than the surrounding air.
cucumber (“cuke” for short)
That’s something that was believed by farmers as early as the 1730s, at which time the phrase “cool as a cucumber” was coined.
This is the body of water that lies south of the Red Sea, and just north of the Horn of Africa
Gulf of Aden
This is a cultural practice or idea that is passed on verbally or by repetition from one person to another. The term lends itself very well to the online world where links, emails, files etc. are so easily propagated.
meme from “mineme”)
Both animals and plants can suffer from this , which is a swelling caused by excessive accumulation of fluid.
edema
Winged figure in Piccadilly Circus :
EROS
London’s Piccadilly Circus is a major road junction in the West End of London. The junction is at one end of the thoroughfare called Piccadilly, hence the first part of the name. The junction’s shape is roughly circular, hence the use of “circus”, a Latin word meaning “circle”. Famously, there is a statue of Anteros at the center of the junction (a subject often mistaken for Eros, the brother of Anteros).
Singer dubbed the “Tejano Madonna” :
Also who played in movie
SELENA
Singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known professionally simply as “Selena”, was murdered in 1995 by the president of her own fan club at the height of her career. In a 1997 biopic about Selena’s life, Jennifer Lopez played the title role. Selena had often been referred to as the “Queen of Tejano” during her career.
These are energy centers in the body that are believed to correspond to different aspects of the physical, emotional, and spiritual self. There are seven main of these , located along the spine from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. Each is associated with a different color, element, and emotion.
Chakras
is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The book alternates, chapter by chapter, between two related storylines. One follows 15-year-old Kafka Tamura on his quest to find his mother and sister. The second follows old and infirmed Satoru Nakata, who has an uncanny ability to talk to cats
Kafka on the Shore” (“Umibe no Kafuka”)
This is a wooden beam used between a pair of animals so that they are forced to work together.
A yoke
This is a type of decadent cake made primarily with eggs, sugar and ground nuts (but no flour).
torte
This ” is a painting by René Magritte. It is a very simple image of a pipe that one might smoke, with the words “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (This is not a pipe).
The Treachery of Images
Magritte’s point was that the painting wasn’t a pipe, but rather an image of a pipe.
One of its claims to fame is that it is home to the intersecting point between zero degrees of latitude and zero degrees of longitude, i.e. where the Equator and Prime Meridian cross.
Gulf of Guinea
Crocodile Rock” is a 1972 song co-written and recorded by.
Elton John
Like so many fans of his songs, I love “Crocodile Rock”, but Elton himself, he apparently does not. He has stated that he performed it in concerts because the audiences enjoy it, but he has vowed never to play it again now that he has retired from touring.
was a record label that was founded in 1934 as Decca Records.
MCA Records
is a brand of personal-care products that emphasizes the use of natural ingredients and that does not test products on animals.
Tom’s of Maine
The brand was introduced when Tom and Kate Chappell started their own company in Kennebunk, Maine in 1970. I’m a big fan of Tom’s lavender-scented deodorant …
NORAD
The North American Defense Command (NORAD) isn’t just a US operation but is a cooperative arrangement between Canada and the United States. The two countries entered into an agreement to establish NORAD in 1958, mainly due to the concern that there would be little or no warning of a missile attack from the Soviet Union that came over the North Pole. NORAD also tracks Santa Claus coming from the North Pole every Christmas, and these days publishes Santa’s location on Christmas Eve on its website. The tracking of Santa started into 1955 when a local Sears store placed an advertisement in a Colorado Springs newspaper with a phone number that could be used to call Santa Claus. The newspaper accidentally printed the number for the Continental Air Defense Command (a precursor to NORAD). The officer on duty instructed his staff to give all children who called a “current location” for Santa. Today, NORAD gets about 120,000 phone queries about Santa’s location every year, and the website gets about 20 million visitors.
This is a Balkan country That declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. became a member of NATO in 2009, and a member of the European Union in 2013.
CROATIA
The Republic of Croatia
First country to legalize same-sex marriage: Abbr. :
NETH
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage. Legalization was accomplished by passing a law in the country’s House of Representatives and Senate. In 2015, Ireland became the first nation in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. A referendum was needed in order to amend the Irish constitution.
Jake and Amy’s baby, on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” :
MAC
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is a sitcom set in the 99th precinct of the NYPD in Brooklyn. Star of the show is “Saturday Night Live” alum Andy Samberg, who plays Detective Jake Peralta.
Power Hits” series record co. :
K-TEL
K-Tel was founded in 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by one Philip Kives. K-Tel’s recipe for success was the sale of inexpensive goods with a simple sales pitch and mail-order distribution.
is a religious holiday in the Muslim tradition that is known in English as the “Festival of Breaking the Fast”. It marks the end of Ramadan, a period of dawn-to-sunset fasting.
Eid al-Fitr
Russian government metonym :
KREMLIN
I was lucky enough to visit the Moscow Kremlin as a tourist a few decades ago. It sits right on Red Square, along with Saint Basil’s Cathedral and the famed GUM department store. “Kremlin” is a Russian word meaning “fortress”.
is a French cosmetics company, the largest cosmetics and beauty company in the world. Here in the US, it runs a “Women of Worth” program that honors women who volunteer in their communities. The phrase “Women of Worth” underlines the longstanding slogan “Because I’m worth it”, which evolved into “Because you’re worth it” and eventually “Because we’re worth it”.
L’Oréal
Names thr same
More then one waterfall in Dakota language
A town in 4 different states
Private school pre K - 12 in Minnesota that suffered national gas leak in 17
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Fictional character in his poem the song of high uh wath uh
Minnie haha
Longfellow poem - woman Minnie haha
Juliane moore and Tina fey both
received Emmy awards for portraying this person
Sarah palin
Juliane moore -hbo mini series game change and Tina fey - SNL
Take me home country roads
Monster
Kite
Shape of my heart
