Jonathan Larson Rent Flashcards
“In medias res” is a Latin phrase that translates as “
into the middle of things”
Mars rovers
Over the years, NASA has sent five robotic vehicles, called rovers, to Mars. The names of the five rovers are: Sojourner, Spirit and Opportunity, Curiosity, and Perseverance. Mars is a fascinating planet. It’s icy cold and covered in reddish dust and dirt.
There have been several rovers sent to Mars from Earth. The Soviet Union’s Mars 2 landed in 1971, and failed. Mars 3 landed the same year, and ceased operation just 20 seconds after landing. NASA’s Sojourner landed in 1997 (what a great day that was!) and operated from July through September. The British rover Beagle 2 was lost six days before its scheduled entry into the Martian atmosphere. NASA’s Spirit landed in 2004, and operated successfully for over six years before getting trapped in sand and eventually ceasing to communicate. NASA’s Opportunity also landed in 2004, and operated for over fourteen years. And then NASA’s Curiosity made a spectacular, hi-tech landing in 2012 and is continuing to explore the planet today. Based on the Curiosity design, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in 2021, along with the Mars helicopter named Ingenuity. The China National Space Administration landed its first rover, named Zhurong (“Rover” in English), five months after Perseverance started its mission on the planet.
Strictly speaking, Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe that covers the kingdoms of
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The broader region that includes Finland and Iceland is referred to locally as “the Nordic countries”.
This Survey is best known for rating restaurants across the major cities of the US, but it also rates things like hotels, nightlife, shopping, airlines and even zoos.
The Zagat
The survey was started by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979, and back then the survey was simply a collection of New York City restaurant ratings provided by friends of the couple.
Fashion icon with a Fantasia fragrance line :
ANNA SUI
Anna Sui is a fashion designer from Detroit, Michigan.
founded the Red Door salon :
Elizabeth ARDEN
“Elizabeth Arden” was the business name used by Canadian-American Florence Nightingale Graham. Arden built a cosmetics empire that made her one of the wealthiest women in the world. Arden had a famous rivalry with fellow cosmetics entrepreneur Helena Rubinstein, and that rivalry even spawned a 2016 stage musical called “War Paint”.
California roll ingredient :
AVOCADO
A California roll is a kind of sushi roll that is made inside-out, with the seaweed inside and the rice on the outside. A California roll often includes rice, seaweed, cucumber and avocado. The dish originated in Los Angeles where a chef at the Tokyo Kaikan restaurant substituted avocado for fatty tuna (“toro”) in a traditional sushi recipe. The chef also put the seaweed on the inside, as his American customers preferred not to look directly at seaweed while they were eating it!
This is the largest province in Canada, and the only one with French as its sole official language.
Québec
The name “Québec” comes from an Algonquin word “kebec” meaning “where the river narrows”. This refers to the area around Quebec City where the St. Lawrence River narrows as it flows through a gap lined by steep cliffs. The province has voted twice in referenda asking whether or not Quebec should become an independent country, once in 1980, and again in 1995. The 1995 result was 49% in favor of sovereignty, up from 40% in 1980.
Awards and honors
As of 23 the only 2 to win a Nobel prize in literature and an academy award were
George Bernard Shaw
Bob Dylan - singer songwriter
Nobel EGOT
Writer of the 2023 legal thriller “The Exchange” :
JOHN GRISHAM (giving “SHAM”)
John Grisham is a lawyer and an incredibly successful author best known for his legal thrillers. After graduating from law school, Grisham practiced law for about ten years and then went into politics. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives for six years, during which time he wrote his first novel, “A Time to Kill”.
Call Me by Your Name” is a 2007 coming-of-age novel by this Italian-American author
André Aciman. It was adapted into an Oscar-nominated 2017 film of the same name. In 2019, Aciman published a sequel titled “Find Me”.
Name is elio (chalamet) and Oliver
s it better to speak or die?” This is one of the main questions posed by Guadagino’s 2017 movie adaptation of Call Me By Your Name. What it’s really asking is, is it better to pour your heart out and confess true feelings at the risk of rejection, or would “dying” be easier and much less painful?
Why ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Is One Of The Greatest Love Stories Of All Time
Mediterranean isle for which a style of pants is named :
CAPRI
The island of Capri off the coast of Southern Italy has been a tourist resort since the days of ancient Rome. Capri is home to the famous Blue Grotto, a sea cave that is illuminated with sunlight that’s colored blue as it passes through the seawater into the cave.
Capri pants first became popular on the island of Capri, apparently. They were invented in Europe in 1948, but only became stylish in the US in the sixties. Mary Tyler Moore often wore Capri pants on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and to some extent she sparked a fashion trend. After a lull in the seventies and eighties there was a resurgence in sales after Uma Thurman wore them (and danced in them) in “Pulp Fiction”.
Light my fire song
The doors
The battle of New Orleans song
Johnny Horton
MacArena song
Macarena” is a song by Spanish pop duo Los del Río, originally recorded for their 1993 album A mí me gusta. A dance remix by the electropop group Fangoria was a success in Spain, and a soundalike cover version by Los del Mar became popular in Canada.[1] Another remix by Miami-based producers the Bayside Boys, who added a section with English lyrics and expanded its popularity, initially peaked at No. 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in late 1995
