Doesn’t Really Matter Janet Jackson Flashcards
This cocktail is typically made of 2 parts gin and 1 part lime juice
Gimlet
Previously 50/50 but too sweet
This Jamaican Born activist wqs a leading proponent of black separatism in thr early 20th century
Marcus Garvey
Temo gin is thr birth name of this military leader and emperor
Genghis khan
This queen of England only held the throne for 9 days in 1553 and was executed in thr following year
Lady Jane grey - granddaughter of king Henry 8 ; privy council left her and went to the other side
Before queen Mary
This Russian word wqs adopted as a political slogan by Michale Gorbachev in mid 80s
Glass nost- meaning transparency
Musical instrument family
Bum bard
Woodwind
Double reed
From Renaissance
Musical instrument family
Show far
Brass
Animals horn
Jewish
Buzz your lips it’s a brass - doesn’t have to be made of brass
Musical instrument family
Tah blah
Percussion
Drum of Indian origin played alongside sitar
Musical instrument family
Owed
Oud)
String
Predecessor to lute
Still commonly played in Middle East
Musical instrument family
Off uh Clyde
Brass
Tuba replaced
Musical instrument family
Hurt e ger tee
String
Strings over wheel that you crank
Maybe woodwind - barrel organ blows air through
Visible light ranges from these 2 colors
Red to violet
Invisible light includes
Infrared and ultraviolet
Beyond those on either end of electromagnetic spectrum are X-ray and microwave - types of radiation; not exactly safe for human exposure but commonly used
Microwave - longer wavelengths
X-ray - after ultraviolet distance between waves shrinks
Founded a chocolate company and a town in Pennsylvania
Milton Hershey
Barkley most famous nickname
Also teams
round Mound of rebound
Started 76ers trades to suns
In 21 flyers traded defenseman shayne gostisbehere to this team
Ghos tis spare
Arizona coyotes
Eagles trades this tight end to the cardinals during 21 season
Zach ertz
Most famous Stock market crash
Date and name
Black Tuesday
October 29
Starting point rom Great Depression
Netflix show Wednesday this is the name of the character played by Emma Myers
Enid
Number of federal holidays always celebrated on a Monday
5
MLK
Presidents day
Memorial day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
is an author who grew up in San Francisco. Her 2010 work “A Visit from the Goon Squad” won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Usually termed a novel, “A Visit from the Goon Squad” is structured in such a way that it is sometimes described as a collection of linked short stories.
Jennifer Egan
The tailless primates known as apes (also “hominoids”) are divided into two main branches:
gibbons (lesser apes) and hominids (great apes). The hominids are the great apes, and belong to the family of primates called Hominidae. Extant genera that make up the family Hominidae are:
chimpanzees
gorillas
humans
orangutans
Dr. Seuss work featuring an elephant who declares, “A person’s a person no matter how small” :
HORTON HEARS A WHO
Horton the Elephant turns up in two books by Dr. Seuss, “Horton Hatches the Egg” and “Horton Hears a Who!”
IM pioneer :
AOL
Even though instant messaging (sending and receiving IMs) has been around since the 1960s, it was AOL who popularized the term “instant message” in the eighties and nineties. The “AOL Instant Message” service was known as AIM.
Harrison Ford’s “Star Wars” role :
HAN SOLO
Harrison Ford played at least three celebrated, recurring roles in movies: Han Solo in the “Star Wars” series, the title character in the “Indiana Jones” series, and Jack Ryan in the movie versions of Tom Clancy novels. In the early days, Ford became a self-taught carpenter in order to put bread on the table while he looked for acting roles. As a carpenter he worked as a stagehand for the rock band “The Doors”, and he built a sun deck for actress Sally Kellerman (from the movie “MAS*H”). George Lucas hired him to build cabinets in his home, and then gave him a part in “American Graffiti”, after which I think Ford hung up his tool belt …
