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comedies. It tells the tale of Rosalind fleeing from her Uncle’s court along with her cousin Celia and the court jester Touchstone. Rosalind lives in exile in the Forest of Arden, disguised as a male shepherd called Ganymede. The play is perhaps most memorable for an oft-quoted monologue that starts with:
All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players …
As you like it Shakespeare
Color that is equal parts blue and green :
CYAN
“Cyan” is short for “cyan blue”. The term comes from the Greek word “kyanos” meaning “dark blue, the color of lapis lazuli”.
Equal Employment Opportunity” (EEO) is a term that has been around since 1964 when the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was set up by this
Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Act prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin or religion.
This is a comedy stage musical by Stephen Sondheim that premiered on Broadway in 1970. The show was originally titled “Threes”, a reference to the three girlfriends that the main character juggles.
Company
The Odd Couple” is a play by him that was first performed on Broadway, in 1965. This great play was adapted for the big screen in 1968, famously starring
These
Neil Simon
Jack Lemmon (as Felix Unger) and Walter Matthau (as Oscar Madison). The success of the play and the film gave rise to an excellent television sitcom that ran from 1970-1975, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. In 1985, Neil Simon even went so far as to adapt the play for an all-female cast, renaming it “The Female Odd Couple”.
Dwarf planet named for a goddess of discord :
ERIS
Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in our solar system. It is also the ninth largest body orbiting the sun, a fact that helped relegate Pluto (the tenth largest body) from its status of planet in 2006. Eris was discovered in 2005, and named for the goddess of discord.
Dam on the Nile :
ASWAN
The Aswan Dam on the River Nile is actually two dams. The Low Dam was first built in 1902 (and modified later). The High Dam was completed in 1970.
He was a graphic artist from the Netherlands. He was noted for creating works inspired by mathematics, often works that were physical impossibilities. One such work is “Drawing Hands” (1948) in which a pair of hands emerge from a piece of paper and actually draw themselves. He also created a drawing in which a group of red ants are crawling around a Möbius strip, never reaching the end.
M. C. Escher
is a 2022 biographical musical film about the life of singer Whitney Houston.
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
English actress Naomi Ackie plays the title role.
director Lemmons : KASI
. this is the seat of the Dutch parliament and is where Queen Beatrix resides,
The Hague -it is not the country’s capital city. That honor goes to Amsterdam
Den Haag” is the Dutch name for the city in the Netherlands that we know in English as “The Hague”
7 dwarfs
Doc (the leader of the group)
Grumpy (that would be me, according to my wife …)
Happy
Sleepy
Bashful
Sneezy
Dopey
This play by John Patrick Shanley that premiered off-Broadway in 2004. won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 2005 and was adapted into a very powerful 2008 film titled this starring these two
Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in doubt
First Mel brooks film
Producers
Brooks adapted the movie into a hugely successful Broadway musical that won a record 12 Tony Awards. The original leads in the stage show, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, then appeared in a 2005 movie adaptation of the musical version of the original film.
ABC News anchor David :
MUIR
Journalist and TV anchor David Muir started hosting the show “ABC World News Tonight with David Muir” in 2014. Apparently, Muir’s reporting received more airtime than any other American journalist in 2012 and 2013. Muir also made it onto “People” magazine’s list of Sexiest Men Alive in 2014.
Reef-dwelling Pixar character :
NEMO
“Finding Nemo” is a 2003 animated blockbuster from Pixar. The film was the winner of the Oscar that year for Best Animated Feature. Believe it or not, “Finding Nemo” is the best-selling DVD of all time and, until 2010’s “Toy Story 3”, it was the highest-grossing, G-rated movie at the box office.
