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This is a native dance of Hawaii that uses arm movements to relate a story. can be performed while sitting (a noho dance) or while standing (a luna dance).
hula
“Frozen” is a 2013 animated feature from Walt Disney Studios that is based on this fairy tale
Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snow Queen”
This is a clamp-like device that is placed around the neck of a guitar or other stringed instrument to shorten the strings, and hence raise the pitch.
capo
The full name, rarely used these days, is “capo tasto”, which is Italian for “head tie”.
” is a 2019 animated Christmas film that tells the origin story of Santa Claus, a fictional one that bears no resemblance to the historical St. Nicholas of Myra derivation. The title character is voiced by actor J. K. Simmons.
Klaus
” is a brand name used for the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Naproxen sodium.
Aleve
the Ancient Olympic Games, the winner of an event was awarded this . When the games were revived in 1896, the winners were originally given a silver medal and an olive branch, with runners-up receiving a bronze medal and a laurel branch. The tradition of giving gold, silver and bronze medals began at these Olympics
an olive wreath
1904 Summer Olympic Games held in St. Louis, Missouri.
Basketball great Wardell
Stephen “Steph” Curry II was born in Akron, Ohio, the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and former volleyball player Sonya Curry. Off the court, Curry is an avid golfer, playing off a low handicap. He regularly participates in celebrity golf tournaments, and has played alongside President Barack Obama.
This has dark brown fur in the summer, and white fur in the winter. Sometimes the term “ermine” is used for the animal during the winter when the fur is white. Ermine skins have long been prized by royalty and are often used for white trim on ceremonial robes.
The stoat
This great French philosopher made the famous statement in Latin, “Cogito ergo sum”. This translates into French as “Je pense, donc je suis” and into English as “I think, therefore I am”. Anything pertaining to the philosophy of him can be described by the adjective “
Rene Descartes
Cartesian”.
He was an English theoretical physicist, and a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933. He who predicted the existence of antimatter. What would the Starship Enterprise have done without antimatter?
Paul Dirac
He was an English theoretical physicist, and a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1933. He who predicted the existence of antimatter. What would the Starship Enterprise have done without antimatter?
Paul Dirac
Leila Aboulela is an author of Sudanese origin who emigrated to Scotland in 1990, after which she started writing. A theme in much of her work is life for Muslim immigrants in Western society. This Aboulela 2023 novel” was recognized by “The New York Times” as one of the best historical fiction novels published that year.
River Spirit
Barry” in Barry
Bill HADER
Middle-earth monster :
ORC
According to Tolkien, Orcs are small humanoids that live in his fantasy world of Middle-earth (also called “Mordor”). They are very ugly and dirty, and are fond of eating human flesh.
is an American rock band that formed in 1967, and is still going strong. The band’s biggest hits are “Keep On Loving You” (1980) and “Can’t Fight This Feeling” (1985).
REO Speedwagon
The founding members chose the name for the REO Speed Wagon flatbed truck. Note that the band’s name is one word “Speedwagon”, whereas the vehicle’s name uses two words “Speed Wagon”.
are not bears, but are marsupials, which means they carry their young in a pouch.They are known for their diet of eucalyptus leaves, which are toxic to most other animals. To cope with this, they have a special digestive system that allows them to break down the toxins and extract the nutrients from the leaves.
Koalas
They are one of the sleepiest animals in the world, sleeping up to 20 hours a day. This is because eucalyptus leaves provide very little energy.
are lengths of glass or plastic that are slightly thicker than a human hair. They are usually bundled into cables, and then used for transmission of data signals.
Optical fibers
Optical transmission has advantages over electrical transmission, especially in terms of interference and loss of signal strength.
French mathematician Henri Poincaré was also a physicist, and is often described as a polymath. Notably, he contributed to this problem” of classical mechanics.
three-body problem
That phrase became familiar to the non-scientific community when Netflix started airing the TV series “3 Body Problem”.
Berenstain Bear in a blue dress :
MAMA
Stan and Jan Berenstain were a married couple from Philadelphia famous for creating the series of books for children called “Berenstain Bears”. The first in the series was published in 1962 and now over 250 million copies have been sold with over 300 titles.
This type of purse is a handbag with no strap at all. It is designed to be carried in the hand,.
clutch
to be “clutched”
is a smartphone payment app that is now owned by PayPal. The first version of the product was introduced in 2009 by two entrepreneurs who had met as freshman students at the University of Pennsylvania. They sold the company in 2012 for over $26 million, and then PayPal acquired it the following year for a whopping $800 million. I wonder if PayPal ever buys blogs …
Venmo
This range of mountains in Asia takes its name from the Sanskrit for “abode of snow”.
magnificent Himalaya
Geographically, the Himalaya separates the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau to the north
Princess raised on Alderaan :
LEIA
In the first “Star Wars” movie, Princess Leia hides plans for the Galactic Empire’s Death Star in the droid named R2-D2. She also records a holographic message, so when it is played we can see Princess Leia as a hologram, asking for help to destroy the Death Star:
This ” was originally the name of a cooking pot, but the term came to mean a dish that was cooked in it. “
Lasagna” also became the name of the flat noodle used in the dish. If you order lasagna on the other side of the Atlantic, you’ll notice the “lasagne” spelling, the plural of “lasagna”. The plural is used as there is more than one layer of pasta in the dish.
The experts seem to be agreeing that this ” is actually the first draft of “To Kill a Mockingbird”.
“Go Set a Watchman
Lee passed away less than a year after “Go Set a Watchman” hit the stores.
is Latin, a phrase meaning “by the fact itself”. It describes something that is a direct consequence of a particular act, as opposed to something that is the result of some subsequent event.
Ipso facto”
For example, my father was born in Dublin and was an Irish citizen, ipso facto. My son was born in California and is an Irish citizen by virtue of being the son of an Irish citizen (i.e. “not” ipso facto).
Viking drink :
MEAD
Mead is a lovely drink that’s made from fermented honey and water.
is made by forcing extremely hot water, under pressure, through finely ground coffee beans. The result is a thick and concentrated coffee drink that contains quite a lot of solids and a lot of foam. A machine was first patented in 1884 in Italy, although it was a machine to make the beverage in bulk. The first patent for a machine that made individual measures was applied for in 1901, also in Italy.
Espresso
A guitar banjo fiddle and mandolin are all featured on the 24 stamp celebrating this uniquely American genre of music
Bluegrass
From the Latin for to read
Lectern
On the 25th anniversary of the first of these bodies a stamp quotes it’s letter to this king :”we ask but for peace liberty and safety
Continental congress
King George 3
A single member of the second order of Angels or any angelic baby
Cherub
Nobel prize winning author of thr adventures of augie March wears a jaunty hat on his 24 stamp
Bellow
Pillars in the eagle nebula
Pillars of creation
Played CS Lewis in 93 shadowlands ; in his role in freuds last session he debates Lewis on the existence of god
Anthony Hopkins
Vanessa Redgrave mother or daughter ?
Natasha Richardson
Skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy
Pope wears a white one
Zucchetto
Zoo ket O
Spur of the moment or a piano piece that’s meant to sound spontaneous like chopins opus 29
Impromptu
Cyrus the greats tomb still stands at pasargradae in this country Bb it his gold sarcophagus is gone
Puh sar good d
Iran
Persian King
