Eves Saint Luh Rhaawn Flashcards
Strikes in a 300
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Football player nicknamed the fridge
William the refrigerator Perry
4th of July hot dog eating contest name and location
Nathan’s on Coney Island
74 in 18? Chestnut
Won most World Series of poker bracelets
Phil hell mewth -15?
Not Phil Ivy
To help with physical therapy this type of cognitive training might have a patient walk while counting by2s
Dual task
El mariachi forget desperado and once upon a time in Mexico make up this directors mexixo trilogy
Rodriguez
Yan marden borough became a pro race car driver by using this racing simulator video game also the 23 biopic about him
Gran turismo
Pain don’t hurt is one of his iconic lines from roadhouse
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Patrick swayze
The Mazda MX-5 is sold as this in North America, and as the Roadster in Japan. I’ve always liked the looks of it, probably because it reminds me so much of old British sports cars. It is built in Hiroshima, Japan. The name ” comes from an Old High German word meaning “reward”.
Miata
Mint family herb :
SAGE
In Britain and Ireland, sage is listed as one of the four essential herbs. And those would be “parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme”.
This state of was formed during the civil war when the western counties in the state of voted to secede from the Confederate States of America (CSA).
West Virginia (WVA)
Latin is someone who is not welcome. The phrase is Latin for “an unacceptable person”.
A persona non grata (plural “personae non gratae”)
The opposite phrase is “persona grata”, meaning “acceptable person”.
opera set in Egypt :
AIDA
“Aida” is a celebrated opera by Giuseppe Verdi that is based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette. Mariette also designed the costumes and stages for the opening performance. The opera was first staged in 1871 in an opera house in Cairo. In the storyline, Aida is an Ethiopian princess brought into Egypt as a slave. Radamès is an Egyptian commander who falls in love with her, and then complications arise!
The term “” comes from the Latin “” meaning “to pass the winter, occupy winter quarters”.
hibernation
hibernare
is an American actress who won Emmys for her role on the TV show “Sisters” in 1994 and for her role on “Once and Again” in 2000. She is a published author and released her autobiography “Homesick: A Memoir” in 2012.
Sela Ward
The word “” best translates as “teaching” or “law”.
Torah
The Torah ark is referred to as the “Aron Kodesh” in Hebrew, meaning “Holy Ark”.
The Torah ark is found in a synagogue, and is the ornamental container in which the Torah scrolls are stored.
Highlighted excerpt in an article :
PULL QUOTE
In a written article, a pull quote is an important excerpt that has been “pulled” from the main text and used as its own graphic element on the page. Pull quotes are used to entice readers into reading the full article.
Waze was developed in Israel, and was acquired by this company in 2013.
Cannondale two-seater :
TANDEM
Cannondale is a Dutch-owned manufacturer of high-end bicycles headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut.
is a volcanic island located south of Tokyo that today is uninhabited. The name is Japanese for “Sulfur Island”, referring to the sulfur mining on which economy once depended.
Iwo Jima
There were about a thousand Japanese civilians living on the island prior to WWII. In 1944, there was a massive influx of Japanese military personnel in anticipation of the inevitable US invasion. As the Japanese military moved in, the civilians were forced out and no one has lived there since. Control of the island was wrested from the Japanese in the five-week Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Said battle was one of the bloodiest in the Pacific theater in WWII.
Pitcher who wrote the 1970 memoir “Ball Four” :
BOUTON
Jim Bouton was an MLB pitcher who was active in the sixties and seventies. One of Bouton’s claims to fame is that he was one of the creators of Big League Chew bubblegum. It is shredded bubblegum that resembles shredded chewing tobacco.
” is a Latin phrase that we use to mean “the essential element or condition”. The literal translation is “without which not”.
Sine qua non
One might say, for example, “a challenging crossword is the sine qua non of a good newspaper”. Well, crossword fans might say that …
ran on NBC from 1986 to 1994, and was one of the network’s most successful drama series. It took over from the equally successful “Hill Street Blues” in the Thursday night 10 p.m. slot until, after a six-year run, it was itself replaced by yet another respected drama, “E.R.”
L.A. Law”
The opening credits showed that famous California license plate. The plate was on a Jaguar XJ for most of the series, but moved onto a Bentley towards the end of the run. For each series the registration sticker was updated, so no laws were being broken.
One of the unique features of the planet is that its north and south poles lie where most other planets have their equators. That means that it’s axis of rotation is almost in its solar orbit.
Uranus
The spectacular aurora phenomenon is seen lighting up the night sky at both poles of the earth (
the Aurora Borealis in the north, and the Aurora Australis in the south). The eerie effect is caused by charged particles colliding with atoms at high latitudes.
is an actress from New York City who played the title role in the HBO movie “Temple Grandin”.
Claire Danes
More recently, she has been starring as Carrie Mathison in the excellent Showtime drama series “Homeland”.
“Fleishman Is in Trouble” actress Claire : DANES
Basra’s country :
IRAQ
It’s quite a coincidence that the Iraqi city of Basra has a name that is an anagram of “Arabs”, isn’t it? Basra also features in the H. G. Wells science-fiction tale “The Shape of Things to Come”. Written in 1933, the storyline predicts a global conflict (WWII) that breaks out in 1940 lasting for ten years, after which chaos reigns as no victor emerges. Following worldwide plague, a benevolent dictatorship takes charge and the world moves towards a serene utopia. In time, the dictators are overthrown and peacefully retired, and the people of the Earth live happily ever after, all citizens of one global state with its capital in Basra in the Middle East.
Louisiana religion with African roots :
VOODOO
Voodoo is a religion that originated in the French slave colony of Saint-Domingue on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola.
Hoot owl” is an informal name for the
barred owl.
Barred owls have dark stripes running up and down the underside of their bodies, hence the name “barred”. They also have a very distinctive two-phrase vocalization, hence the name “hoot”.
” means “joy of living” in French. We use the phrase to mean the happy, carefree enjoyment of life, like when we finish our crossword puzzles …
Joie de vivre
Belgian artist René Magritte was a surrealist. His most recognized work may be this
The Son of Man”, a painting he created as a self-portrait. It is the work that shows a man in a bowler hat with his face covered by an apple. The image features prominently in a great movie, the 1999 remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair”.
William Mitchell invented and Patented this candy when attempting to create a self carbonating soda
Production in 70s
Also Cool Whip and tang
Pop rocks
Best selling author shifted careers when hired to adapt novels into screenplays
First 2 earned him Oscar’s for best adapted screenplay
Purchased a book on how to be a screenwriter and found the first chapter instructed the reader to read his first screenplay as it was the model
Mario Puzo
Godfather
Top 2 Most populous Alaskan cities
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Top 2 Tallest mountain in NA
Denali
Logan in Canada
Longest 2 Shakespeare play by number of words
Hamlet
Richard 3rd
Restaurant located Above cheers
Mellvilles fine seafood
President that wqs lawyer former
General mathematician had notable proof on Pythagorean theorem published 4 years prior to becoming
only sitting member of House of Representatives to be elected president
James A Garfield
