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Gemstone weight :
CARAT
The carat is a unit of mass equal to 200 mg (0.2 grams). It is used in sizing gemstones.
Video game pioneer :
ATARI
Atari was founded in 1972, and was one of the pioneers in the video game industry. One of the company’s early employees was Steve Jobs, who was hired to work on the game design for the arcade game “Breakout”. Jobs was tasked with reducing the number of chips needed for the game and he recruited his friend, Steve Wozniak, to help with the project. Wozniak designed a circuit board that used only 46 chips, a significant improvement over the original design that had over 100 chips.
Today, we use the verb “” to mean “to vex, irritate”. This is a figurative usage of the same verb that arose mid-1400s, when it meant “to make sore by chafing”. Back then, it was a sore on the skin caused by rubbing or chafing.
to gall
One Step at a Time” is a 2008 song released by singer
Jordin Sparks. Sparks won the sixth season of “American Idol”, and returned to the show at the end of season seven, performing “One Step at a Time”.
is a very delicious dish from Indian cuisine comprising potatoes and peas in a spicy, creamy, tomato-based sauce. The dish’s name translates as “potatoes and peas”.
Aloo mutter (also “all matar”)
” is a name used in general for first-year law students, especially those attending Harvard.
One L
is Luke Skywalker’s twin sister in the original “Star Wars” trilogy and was played by
Princess Leia
Carrie Fisher. Carrie Fisher has stated that she hated the famous “cinnamon bun hairstyle” that she had to wear in the films, as she felt it made her face look too round. She also had to sit for two hours every day just to get her hair styled. Two hours to get your hair done? It takes me just two seconds …
Texas AandM athlete
Aggie
Vermont ski resort
Okemo
is an island in Italy’s Bay of Naples, located in the Campania region
Capri
19 ignoble prize for physics awarded for investigation into shape of this animals feces which is unique
Wombat
cube poo
16 chemistry ignoble prize awarded to this car company for solving problem of excessive automobile pollution by auto matically electromechanicaly producing fewer emissions during testing
Volkswagen
Got in trouble - just setup so fewer emissions during testing
11 ignoble prize for mathematics awarded to Dorothy Martin Pat Robertson Elizabeth Clair prophet and Harold camping among others for teaching world to be careful when
Making mathematical assumptions and calculations - they all did this to earn
Predicted end of world incorrectly using biblical prophecies
10 ignoble prize for management awarded to team of researchers who proved mathematically that organizations would become more efficient if promoting people at Random which is a corollary to this principle
Peter principle - promote people from
Within they will be promoted into position they cannot accomplish
Good programmer get promoted to manager do a little less programming aka promoted out of core competency and detriment to organization
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
A country lying in south sea whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarted due to an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether continent or island
Australia
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
One who abstains from
Strong drink sometimes totally sometimes tolerable totally
Tee tote uh ler
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
In Italian a beautiful lady
In English a deadly poison
A striking example of thr identity of thr 2 tongues ( barb indicates italiam more beautiful language -English inferior)
Bella Donna - Bella beautiful in Italian ; relative of tomato ?
Bell biv duh voe poison song hahaha
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
In American Politics a person who having failed to secure office from
Thr people is given one by the administration on condition leave the country
Ambassador or console (more common at time )
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
An instrument to tickle huams ears by the friction of a horses tail on the entrails of a cat
Violin or fiddle
Bow made of horse tail
Strings never made of cat gut
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
An invention of thr devil which abrigates some
Of thr advantages of making a disagreeable person keep distance
Telephone
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
An instrument used chiefly for purpose of putting dead animals into thr mouth
Fork
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
To perform successively and successfully thr functions of mastication hue mec tation and d glue tition
Eating
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
An account mostly false of events mostly unimportant which were brought on by rulers mostly naves and soldiers mostly fools
History
Ambrose beers suh -Devils dictionary
A byproduct of arts of peace
War
Longest song to hit billbaord hot 100 chart
9 min 57 sec
2016 opus
David Bowie
Black star -song and album
Peaked at 80
My body is ready traces popularity back to Nintendo executive while preparing to demo this video game at 07 E3
Wii fit
Balance board
Traditional Scottish wool bonnet that feature ribbons attached to rear of hat
Worn in Pipe band ?
Glengary
Not Tam o Shanter
This Noble word meaning courageous serves as last name of detective played by bob Hoskins in who framed Roger rabbit
Valiant val yant
Woobie in military lingo
Poncho liner
Origins from mr mom - security blanket
Defined in chemistry as liquid solution of 3.5-26% salt in water
Also common food preparation agent
Brine - any higher than 26 salt doesn’t dissolve ; saturation limit
Saline tops out at 5%
This author of historical romance novels has seen her Bridgerton series adapted for Netflix by this other person
Julia Quinn ( medicine woman )
Shonda rhymes - adapter
Lady whistle down main character as narrator Julie Andrews
These are the cone like fibrous plates used as a filter feeding system by humpback and blue whales among others
Bay lean ? Buh?
Sports and leisure
Amateur and senior events excluded this foreign golfer has won thr most major golf tournaments
Ahn uh kuh sore in stin 10 Sweeden
Gary player 9 South Africa
President code Name
LBJ
Volunteer - pushing for volunteers with peace corps
First president with a secret service code name
Eisenhower
This drug lord from Colombia wqs estimated
To have smuggled 80% of cocaine in US
Escobar
Killed by Colombian national Police At 44 net worth 30 B
Part of Med uh neen cartel
Modern day adaptation of scarlet letter
False rumors can change your life
Easy A
Emma stone Lisa kudrow tucci bynes
Hawthorne book
State Flag with most stars
Kansas 34 - 34th state home on the range state song
Arkansas 29
Published in 1837 this wqs the first binary form of writing ; also described as night writing
Braille
Either a bump or not
Mary Katherine Goddard delivered as first woman appointed to this position in Baltimore 1775
Removed on bqsis of gender
Postmaster general
19th century literary characters
John elwes a millionaire who would go to bed before dusk to save on candles inspired this character
L wuz
Ebenezer Scrooge
