Florence Birthplace Of Rennaissance Flashcards
was a Frankish king who ruled from 751 until his death in 768. He ruled Francia (aka “the Kingdom of the Franks”) jointly with his brother Carloman. His rule was overshadowed by that of his son Charlemagne, who was destined to become the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Pepin the Short (“Pépin le Bref”, in French)
Famously,she lived a life of seclusion in New York City after she retired from the entertainment business. Commentators often associated her need for privacy with a line she uttered in the great 1932 movie “Grand Hotel”. Her character Grusinskaya the Russian ballerina said, “I want to be alone (…) I just want to be alone”.
Greta Garbo
The name “” means “frying pan” in Valencian, and is a reference to the shallow vessel traditionally used to cook the dish over an open fire.
Saffron-flavored dishes : PAELLAS
Paella is sometimes referred to as the Spanish national dish, but not by Spaniards. In Spain, paella is regarded as a typical regional dish from Valencia
Saffron-flavored dishes : PAELLAS
Paella is sometimes referred to as the Spanish national dish, but not by Spaniards. In Spain, paella is regarded as a typical regional dish from Valencia
is the movement of a solvent (often water) across a semipermeable membrane. In the process, the solvent tends to flow from an area of less concentration to an area of higher concentration.
Osmosis
This sense of absorbing water effortlessly gives rise to the expression “learning by osmosis”.
Greek “” meaning “without god”.
atheos
pitched baseball in the Negro League and then the majors, before retiring in 1966. When he moved to the Major League, he was 42 as he pitched his first game, making him the oldest ever “rookie” to play Major League Baseball. And when he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971, he was the first person to be so honored from the Negro League.
Satchel Paige
This Russian author depicted a Month in the country
Ivan tur gay nev
Married to actress Norma shearer this producer and boy wonder of Hollywood died at age 37
Irving thalberg
AA named for him
The Detroit pistons retired this greats no 11 jersey
Isiah Thomas
Banana is one of the many fine flavors of this cocktail and it’s what fredo corleone orders in Cuba
Daiquiri
Banana is a word in the language of these animated yellow sidekicks whose banana song wqs in a trailer mode despicable me 2
Minions
Miss Cleo by tv profession : call me now
Psychic
Silent consonant
The sudden appearance of an arachnid frightens the nursery rhyme character off her stool
Little Miss muffet
Each finger has 3 of these the thumb as 2
Knuckles
Silent consonant
She had a cameo as herself in thr 1996 film first wives club saying don’t get mad get everything
Ivanna trump
Before discovered in 1846 scientists were able to predict its likely existence mathematically
Neptune
In Polish this planent woth 28 known moons is 2 letters shorter than English
Uranus
And presents no pronunciation dilemmas
Ancient astronomers didn’t know the size of this gas giant when naming for the Roman ruler or gods
Jupiter
He had what some call rocks first bit with rocket 88
Ike turner
Before partnering with Tina
Sunlight reaches this planet in about 4 minutes and is about 7 times as bright as received on earth
Mercury
Japans hore u g temple has a 5 tiered one of these structures rebuilt around 700 ad
Pagoda
A famed Pilot this author of the little
Prince was killed
On a 1945 reconnaissance flight over France
Antoine saint x (z)ew per e
It sounds ordinal but it means soon to happen or in another sense frank and cooperative
Forth coming
A plant that grows close to the earth or someone who sits in the cheap theater seats
Groundling
this Catalonian capitals gothic corner is steeped in history
Barcelona
New Orleans French quarter is called this in French meaning old square
View caaah vay
Hats off to the Jewish quarter in this Moroccan city that can be spelled with a S or Z at the end
Fez
Only 4 years older then Robin Williams glen close wqs cast as his feminist mom Jenny fields in this 1982 film
The world according to garp
Before her Oscar winning role in everything everywhere all at once she played the matriarch role in crazy rich Asians
Michelle yo
In the epic named for him
This Mesopotamian hero turned down a marriage proposal from her the goddess of love
Gil guh mesh
Turns down Ishtar
NYC first daily newspaper
Dec 9 1793
American minerva
Established by Webster - lexicographer
Inspiring the Mohican people painters and authors kaaterskill is a 2 tiered me of these in the Catskills mountains
Waterfall
The fire red Olympic podium debuted at 32 winter games here and local speed skater Jack shea was as the first winner atop
Lake placid
Glynis Johns mom to Jane and Michael in the original of this film passed seat in 24 at the 100
Mary poppins
Horse drawn wagon named for a Pennsylvania River was first used in early 1700s and had a curved floor and a white canvas top
Canestoga
Khan uh stow guh
In 1787 Arthur Saint Clair was appointed the first governor of this vast territory and made his headquarters in Cincinnati
Northwest Territory
2 people who are close in age or who live at the same time are these 14 letter folks
contemporaries
Latin for closest it comes before centauri in the name of a star close to us
Proxima Centauri sen tore e
Clarendon is the name of the world’s most popular what
Instagram filter
likely helped by its placement as a second filter Option just passed normal. Clarendon is the most used filter.
Vanilla allspice, and capsicum peppers all originated from here while cinnamon comes from here
Central and Latin America - vanilla
Cinnamon from the much spicier east hemisphere
Andrew Carnegie used part of his fortune to fund over 2500 what
Libraries
adjusted for inflation Carnegie might have been his richest man and he gave away a significant amount of money to philanthropy
He loved libraries funding 1600 in the US loan
And which country can you find the largest freshwater lake by volume in the world?
Russia Lake baikal is monstrous containing about 1/5 of the freshwater on the earth surface
Because his mom said it represented power Tiger Woods always wears what color on Sundays
 Sunday red
Many think tiger Sunday red look is inspired by his alma mater Stanford, but he was wearing red for the final round all the way back to the juniors because his mom said it was his power color
The exclusive American Express card that’s known for being a specific color
Centurion card black
Carries a $10,000 initiation fee and a $5000 annual fee
