Diana Ross Im Coming Out Flashcards
Last frontier is the official nickname of this state
Alaska
was an author from Monroeville, Alabama. For many years, Lee had only one published novel to her name, i.e. “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
Nelle Harper Lee
That contribution to the world of literature was enough to earn her the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Pulitzer Prize. Harper Lee was a close friend of fellow author Truman Capote who was the inspiration for the character named “Dill” in her novel. Lee was all over the news in 2015 as she had published a second novel, titled “Go Set a Watchman”
is the only piece that can jump over others in chess
the knight
Animal evoked by a chess knight : STEED
In the game of chess, the knight is a piece with relatively unusual properties. It doesn’t move in a straight line, but rather moves two squares in one-direction, and one square in the other.
This Japanese company was founded in 1917 with the merger of three manufacturers of various optical devices. After the merger, it’s main output was lenses (including the first lenses for Canon cameras, before Canon made its own). During the war, its sales grew rapidly as the company focused on (pun!) equipment for the military including periscopes and bomb sights.
Nikon
This term “” was coined in 1956 by British-born psychiatrist Humphry Osmond. He proposed the term to describe the effects of taking the drugs LSD and mescaline. He suggested that “it” be defined as “mind-manifesting”,
psychedelic
from the Greek “psyche” (mind) and “delos” (manifest).
is an e-commerce business that has been around since the year 2000, born out of a merger of two older companies: Confinity and X.com. It performs payment processing for online vendors. The company was so successful that it was the first of the beleaguered dot.com companies to successfully complete an IPO after the attacks of 9/11. Then in 2002, PayPal was bought by
PayPal
Then in 2002, PayPal was bought by eBay for a whopping $1.5 billion.
She is an actress from Los Angeles who is known for playing the supporting role of Jackie Cook on the TV show “Veronica Mars”, and for playing student leader Diane Nash in the 2014 film “Selma”. She also portrays superheroine Valkyrie in movies based on Marvel Comics characters.
Also in Passing” a powerful 2021 film based on a 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen.
Tessa Thompson
He is an incredibly successful Indian actor who has earned the nicknames “King of Bollywood”
”. Beyond Bollywood, he was offered the part of the quiz show host in 2008’s “Slumdog Millionaire”, but he turned it down. The year before, he had in fact been quiz show host for the Indian version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in real life.
Shah Rukh Khan
He is also referred to by his initials “SRK”. and “King Khan
Faust” playwright :
GOETHE
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer (among many other things). Goethe’s most famous work is probably his play “Faust”. This epic work was published in parts, starting in 1808. The work was only published in toto after his death in 1832.
Faust is a character from a classic German legend who makes a pact with the devil. He agrees to exchange his soul for worldly gratification and unlimited knowledge.
are deep secrets or mysteries. “
from the Latin adjective “” meaning “secret, hidden”.
Arcana
arcanum
Something described as this is meant only for a select few with special knowledge. The term “” comes from the Greek “” meaning “belonging to an inner circle”.
esoteric
esoterikos
is a province in southwest China. It is noted for its cuisine, which is hot and spicy as it uses plenty of garlic, chili peppers and namesake peppercorn.
Sichuan (also “Szechuan”)
A famous Szechuan dish in the US is Kung Pao chicken or shrimp.
Element 41
niobium nb
Niobium was chosen simply because the symbol, Nb, represents the name and mascot for our school, the Norwalk Bears. The tearful woman surrounded by 14 skulls is Niobe, daughter of Tantulus. She bragged that her children were better than Apollo’s. Apollo ordered that Niobe watch as her 14 children were executed. Serendipitously, we found that the first governor of Connecticut, John Winthrop, sent a sample of a mineral, columbite, to Charles Hatchett in England for analysis and discovered the new element. Originally named columbium, a mythological name for the United States, IUPAC decreed element 41 to be called niobium.
” is both a verb and a noun. One this (takes a hearty drink) of a “this” (a hearty drink)
Quaff
This is a small confection served at the end of a meal, either as a dessert or with coffee. The name ” is French for “small oven”
petit four
