Giants 2010 Flashcards
This grape is believed to have originated in the Burgundy wine region of France. Now it’s grown “everywhere”. Drinkers of California ones” seem to be particularly fond of oak flavor, so most are aged in oak barrels or with oak chips.
chardonnay
In the world of science-fiction, this is an entity with a supernatural ability to feel the emotions of others. A classic example is the character Deanna Troi on the TV show “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
empath
South Dakota memorial :
RUSHMORE
The four presidents whose faces are carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore are (from left to right) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Each of the presidents is about 60 feet in height, although they might have been larger. The original intent was for each president to be depicted from head to waist, but the project lost funding.
The name of the dish called “” translates from Spanish as “roasted meat”.
carne asada
started playing Major “Hot Lips” Houlihan on “MAS*H” in 1972. She and Alan Alda were the only actors who appeared in both the pilot and the series finale. She has written a book on needlepoint, would you believe? It’s called “A Needlepoint Scrapbook”.
Loretta Swit
Tech giant with more than 120,000 patents :
IBM
Tech giant IBM was founded as the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896. The company changed its name to the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation (CTR) in 1911 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1916. The name “International Business Machines” (IBM) was given first to the company’s Canadian subsidiary, and then to its South American subsidiary. In 1924, it was decided to adopt the International Business Machines name for the whole company. Good choice …
The unit of electrical resistance is
the ohm (with the symbol omega) named after German physicist Georg Simon Ohm. Ohm was the guy who established experimentally that the amount of current flowing through a circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied, (V=IR) a relationship that every school kid knows as Ohm’s Law.
Omega
is a singer and actress from the Philippines who is known for originating the lead role in the musical “Miss Saigon” in both the West End and on Broadway. She also provided the singing voice for the Disney princesses Jasmine (in “Aladdin”) and Fa Mulan (in “Mulan”, both 1998 and 2004 versions). She was the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award, for her performance in “Miss Saigon”.
Lea Salonga
2001 film depicting the Rumble in the Jungle :
ALI
“Ali” is a 2001 biographical movie about Muhammad Ali, with Will Smith in the title role. Among other things, the film is noted for its realistic fight scenes. The scenes were realistic because Smith was really being hit, as hard as his opponents could manage.
The Rumble in the Jungle was the celebrated 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman that took place in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The fight was set in Zaire because of financial arrangements between promoter Don King and Zaire’s President Mobutu Seko. Ali coined the term “rope-a-dope” to describe his incredibly successful strategy in the contest. From the second round onwards, Ali adopted a protected stance on the ropes letting Foreman pound him with blows to the body and head, with Ali using his arms to dissipate the power of the punches. He kept this up until the eighth round, and then opened up and downed the exhausted Foreman with a left-right combination. I hate boxing but I have to say, that was an interesting fight …
telco” is a “
telecommunications company
In German, a” (Mr.) (Mrs.), and (house).
Herr” (Mr.)
Frau” (Mrs.)
Haus” (house)
Is a children’s book by Dorothy Kunhardt that was published in 1940. It is recognized as the first interactive, touch-and-feel children’s book. Readers are encouraged to pat the rabbit’s fur, for example, which is fake fur included on a page. There is also some sandpaper on a page, which represents “Daddy’s scratchy face”.
Pat the Bunny” i
Hulled corn used in grits :
HOMINY
Hominy is a dish consisting of dried kernels of maize that have been treated with an alkali. The term “hominy” is derived from a Native American word for “maize”.
To be in this with someone is to be in partnership with that person.
cahoots
The exact etymology is unclear, but one suggestion is that it comes from the French “cohorte”, which was used in the US to mean “companion, confederate”.
Something described as this is lacking in stability and is liable to fall down. The adjective “” arose in the late 17th century and, unkindly I think, refers to a childhood disease
rickety
Rickets is mainly a childhood disease that causes soft bones that can deform.
Insurance company with a quacking mascot :
AFLAC
In 1999, Aflac (American Family Life Assurance Company) was huge in the world of insurance but it wasn’t a household name, so a New York advertising agency was given the task of making the Aflac brand more memorable. One of the agency’s art directors, while walking around Central Park one lunchtime, heard a duck quacking and in his mind linked it with “Aflac”, and that duck has been “Aflacking” ever since …
