Handel Messiah Flashcards
This violent windstorm is sometimes found in a teacup
Tempest
I will call him
George and pet him and squeeze him and which way did he go George as performed by Mel blanc in the Warner bros cartoon hi uh wath uh rabbit hunt and falling hair are references to this novel
Of mice and men
Steinbeck
April 1 97 these 2 game show hosts switched places
Alex trebeck and Pat sajack
Teenage muntwnt ninja turtles
A team
Beatles
Queen
The pev n c’s
Are all examples of this 7 letter word
Quartet
is a full-size automobile produced by Chevrolet from 1950 to 1981. It has been described as Chevy’s “workhorse family car”.
The Bel Air
Pacific Palisades location :
LA AREA
Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood located about 20 miles west of Downtown Los Angeles. The area’s name reflects the line of bold cliffs (called “palisades”) that meet the Pacific Ocean.
Xanadu” band :
ELO
The title song of the 1980 movie “Xanadu” was performed by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and Olivia Newton-John (who starred in the film). Despite the popularity of ELO around the world, the song “Xanadu” was the band’s only number-one hit back in their homeland of the UK.
The Chimpanzees I Love” author
Jane : GOODALL
Jane Goodall is a British anthropologist famous for studying wild chimpanzees in Africa for 45 years. Working at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania, Goodall made many discoveries. She was the first to see chimps constructing and using tools, an activity thought to be limited to the human species. She also found out that chimpanzees are vegetarians.
Vegetable in a yellow pod :
WAX BEAN
Wax beans are a type of kidney bean. They are picked as snap beans when the pods turn yellow.
was a country singer and songwriter whose most famous recording has to be “Okie from Muskogee” released in 1969.
Merle Haggard
Haggard would tell you that the song was actually meant as a spoof, but it has become a country “anthem”.
is a game rather like hide and seek that is played outdoors using hi-tech equipment. The idea is that someone places a waterproof container in a specific location with known GPS coordinates.
Geocaching
The container has a logbook inside, so that players who find the “cache” can record their discovery along with any notes of interest. The location of the container is listed on special sites on the Internet for anyone to access. You can check out caches near you at www.geocaching.com. You will probably be surprised at how many there are! I know I was …
Genre that includes dubstep :
EDM
Electronic dance music (EDM)
“Dubstep” is a type of electronic dance music that first surfaced in London, England in the nineties. I doubt there’s any in my music collection …
originated in the town of Mahon in Menorca, a Mediterranean island belonging to Spain. The Spanish called the sauce “salsa mahonesa” after the town,
Mayonnaise
and this morphed into the French word “mayonnaise” that we use in English today.
The Islamic sects
Sunni and Shia Muslims differ in the belief of who should have taken over leadership of the Muslim faithful after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Followers of the Sunni tradition agree with the decision that the Prophet Muhammad’s confidante Abu Bakr was the right choice to become the first Caliph of the Islamic nation. Followers of the Shia tradition believe that leadership should have stayed within the Prophet Muhammad’s own family, and favored the Prophet’s son-in-law Ali.
This word “” comes from the Italian “banca rotta”, which translates as “broken bench”.
bankruptcy
This etymology may stem from the practice of breaking the bench or counter of a moneychanger’s place of business in order to signify insolvency.
This tropical fruit is native to Mexico and South America. When cultivating these trees, only female plants are used. Female plants produce just one, high-quality fruit per tree. Male plants produce several fruit per tree, but they are very poor quality.
papaya
