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Ursa Minor (Latin for “Smaller Bear”) sits right beside this constellation
Draco (Latin for “Dragon”). Ursa Minor used to be considered the wing of Draco, and was once called “Dragon’s Wing”. The tail of the “Smaller Bear” might also be considered as the handle of a ladle, and so the constellation is often referred to as the Little Dipper.
Genre for 1980s hair bands :
GLAM METAL (bonded “M”)
Glam metal is a genre of music that evolved in the 1980s from the glam rock genre of the 1970s. Glam metal is sometimes referred to as hair metal, a reference to the visual aspects of the musicians in such bands. The list of glam metal bands includes Def Leppard, Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi and Mötley Crüe.
Mother of Apollo and Artemis :
LETO
In Greek mythology, the goddess Leto and her sister Asteria are daughters of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe. Leto’s twin children Apollo and Artemis were fathered by Zeus, the king of the gods.
is a British car manufacturer founded in 1913
part of the company name comes from a Hill, a famous site for hill-climbing cars that is nearby the original factory.
by Lionel Martin.
The Aston comes from Aston Hill
Aston Martin cars are much loved by the British entertainment industry. James Bond was given one in “Goldfinger”, and Michael Caine drove one in the 1969 version of “The Italian Job”. Also, Roger Moore’s character drove a yellow Aston Martin in the seventies television show “The Persuaders!”.
Thanksgiving Day was observed on different dates in different states for many years, until he fixed the date for the whole country.
Abraham Lincoln in 1863
Lincoln’s presidential proclamation set that date as the last Thursday in November. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday to the fourth Thursday in November, arguing that the earlier date would give the economy a much-needed boost.
The term “slam dunk” was coined by him , an announcer for the L.A. Lakers. The NBA even holds an annual Slam Dunk Contest.
Chick Hearn
This is the most popular beer sold in Ireland.
Also It is a stout and has that famous creamy white head, a result of mixing the beer with this as it is poured
Guinness
nitrogen
In the Tibetan language, “this ” means “eastern people” (
Sherpa
sher = east, pa = people).
Sherpas are an ethnic group from Nepal, but the name is also used for the local guides who assist mountaineers in the Himalayas, and particularly on Mount Everest.
Sam’s Club is a warehouse club that is owned and operated by Walmart. It is named after him
the company’s founder Sam Walton. Walton opened the first Sam’s Club in 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma.
On vacation in Italy
About 30 miles from Florence a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town it’s name familiar to American visitors
Monticello
Italian for Little hill
Like Jefferson’s home
Actor is perhaps best known for playing the restaurant manager in the hit TV comedy-drama “The Bear”.
Emmy winner
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
As far as this is concerned, it is also derived from its Latin name “”, which comes from the word for “crush”.
pestle
Latin name “pistillum
T in the celebrated 1959 movie “Ben-Hur” is a dramatization of a book published in 1880 by Lew Wallace titled “Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ”.
Charlton Heston
The 1959 epic film won a record 11 Academy Awards, a feat that has been equaled since then but never beaten. The other winners of 11 Oscars are “Titanic” (1997) and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003).
Oxford Word of the Year for 2021 :
VAX
The Oxford University Press, publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), announces a Word of the Year annually, for both the UK and the US. Here are some examples:
2005: sudoku (UK) & podcast (US)
2007: carbon footprint (UK) & locavore (US)
2013: selfie (UK & US)
2014: vape (UK & US)
2016: post truth (UK & US)
2021: vax (UK & US)
This phrase “has been used since 1977 to describe the moment in the life of a TV show when it starts to decline in popularity. The expression comes from a scene in this hit sitcom “
jumping the shark”
Happy Days” when the character Fonzie gets on water skis and is seen literally jumping over a shark. “Happy Days” never recovered.
Nintendo Switch precursor :
WII
The Nintendo Switch is a gaming console released in 2017. I guess the name “Switch” is used because users can “switch” between portable and home console modes. The device is a table that can be used as a personal gaming unit, or can be docked for use as a home console.
This American chemist was a co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.
Carolyn Bertozzi
This word was coined in the 1950s as a gender-neutral term describing a child of one’s sibling, replacing “niece” and “nephew
nibling
Massachusetts state tree :
ELM
The official state tree of Massachusetts is the American elm. The elm was chosen in 1941, in a gesture commemorating George Washington taking command of the Continental Army in 1775. He did so beneath an American elm on Cambridge Common.
” is a Hebrew folk song, with the title translating into “Let Us Rejoice”. The melody is from a Ukrainian folk song. The words ” were composed in 1918 to celebrate the British victory in Palestine during WWI.
Hava Nagila
Apparently, the first brownies were created for this in 1893. The recipe was developed by a pastry chef at the city’s Palmer House Hotel. The idea was to produce a cake-like dessert that was small enough and dainty enough to be eaten by ladies as part of a boxed lunch.
Chicago World’s Fair
is lead singer with the rock band No Doubt.
Gwen Stefani
She joined the band in 1986, focused on a solo career from 2004-2008, but is now back singing and working with No Doubt. She joined the reality show “The Voice” as a coach in 2014, replacing Christina Aguilera. A year later, Stefani announced a relationship with Blake Shelton, a fellow coach on “The Voice”.
This is a word or phrase that either modifies another word or phrase that is missing from the sentence (missing subject), or that is placed so far away from the modifier that the meaning is unclear (distant modifier):
dangling modifier
Missing subject example: “On the way to work, a robbery was witnessed” should perhaps read “On the way to work, she witnessed a robbery”
Distant modifier example: “He was upset that she wrote the message in all caps without thinking” should perhaps read “He was upset that, without thinking, she wrote the message in all caps.
Actor got his big break in movies playing opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Shaw in “The Deep”, a film released in 1976. Around the same time, he landed a leading role in the hit TV miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man”. Off the screen, he has always had a “bad-boy” reputation. He is indeed a convicted felon, for selling counterfeit draft cards in the early 1960s. He had to pay a $75,000 fine, and was given a suspended prison sentence
Also cape fear .
Nick Nolte
is a genus of flowering plants that come in a wide variety of flower colors. The term “” is a Greek word meaning “rainbow”.
Iris
Many species of irises are called “flags”. One suggestion is that the alternate name comes from the Middle English “flagge” meaning “reed”. This term was used because iris leaves look like reeds.
” is Italian for “‘bye”. “
Ciao
Arrivederci” is more formal, and translates as “goodbye”.
Indian flatbread :
CHAPATI
Chapati is an unleavened flatbread that is associated with India. The name of the bread comes from the Hindi word “chapat” meaning “flat”
” was released in January of 1968, just one month after he was killed in a plane crash. The song became the first posthumous single to reach number in the US charts.
Also. NAme another that achieved
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” is a song that Otis Redding started composing in 1967 while sitting on a houseboat in Sausalito, on San Francisco Bay. Redding finished the song soon after, with the help of co-writer Steve Cooper. “The Dock of the Bay
As an aside, Janis Joplin’s recording of “Me and Bobby McGee” achieved the same feat in 1971.
This is a scrumptious confection made from almond meal sweetened with sugar or honey.
Marzipan
The former English name was “marchpane” meaning “March bread”. We now use the term “marzipan”, which is the German name.
build dams so that they can live in and around the slower and deeper water that builds up above the dam. This deeper water provides more protection for from predators such as bears.
Beavers
Beavers are nocturnal animals and do all their construction work at night.
are the Off-Broadway Theater Awards. They have been presented annually since 1956. The recipients used to be chosen by “The Village Voice” newspaper, but now are jointly administered with the American Theatre Wing.
The Obies
Vegan pho protein :
TOFU
“Tofu” is a name for bean curd, and is a Japanese word meaning just that … bean that has curdled. Tofu is produced by coagulating soy milk, using either salt or something acidic. Once the protein has coagulated, the curds are pressed into the familiar blocks. Personally I love tofu, but my wife absolutely hates it …
Surprise to see this Wanda vision actor in thr french riveria
Paul bet in ? Niece
Suicide actor and I did not have to walk on water to visit metropolis formerly known as edo
Jared leto Tokyo
30 seconds to mars
Only woman of color to win a best actress AA had plenty of reason to celebrate with me at the worlds largest
Annual Lenten festival
Halle berry Rio day zhu nar O
Car nuh val
Her narration of America planet earth was downright Shakespearean so it wqs fitting to find her in this Italian city where 2 of his plays were set
Sigorney weaver Verona
Romeo and Juliet
2 gentleman of Verona
3rd one ?
“Number one, it ain’t easy being cheesy from 1986 to 1997. Number two, the best a man can get from 1989 to 2019. Number three, obey your thirst from 1994 to 2019.
Number four, where did you want to go today from 1994 to 2002? Number five, think different from 1997 to 2002. Number six, when you’re here, your family from 1998 to 2012.
Number seven, the snack that smiles back from 1997 to present. Number eight, let’s go places from 2012 to present. Number nine, how doers get more done from 2019 to present.
And number ten, the city that rhymes with fun from 2023 to slightly later in 2023.”
This food with French in its name is named after a specific person
French toast
Got its name accidentally when innkeeper in Albany, New York name Joseph French serve French toast but a typo Left it with the apostrophe and S
Strings in ukelele
4
Strings in a bass guitar
4
Strings in a guitar
6
Strings in a mandolin
8
Four pairs of double up strings for a total of eight
Without to 1,000,000 follicles per square inch this animal has the thickest known fur on earth
Sea otter
Unlike most mammals otters don’t have a layer of blubber, but they’re incredible fur density helps them. Stay warm even in freezing water.
Samuel B Morse was successful and what two fields
That in Morse code known for his code of dots and dashes
Also has paintings on display today at museums, including the Smithsonian and the met
Because of the shape the shells make, this food is known as the happy nut in China
Pistachio
The little smiles on the pistachio inspired its name in China and the happy nut is commonly given out as present in Chinese new year
The battle where Napoleon’s military career ended took place in what current nation
Belgium,
the end of Napoleonic wars came when the French leader was defeated at Waterloo in modern Day, Belgium
This Deerslayer author came up with the bread and cheese club a meeting of early 19th century minds
James Fennemore Cooper
Rachmaninoff’s first opera aleko wqs based on a work by this 19 century Russian poet
Pushkin
The singer has said no, body but yours to wives, Miranda Lambert, and Gwen Stefani
Blake Shelton
French for in the manner of
A la
Precede neige suisse or king
Nehhg
No, no my friend quite the opposite. Or in two French words this
Au contraire
Another term for megalomania is the French folie de this
Fo lee duh
Grandeur
Delusions or grandeur
A big party thrown by the Vanderbilt at their home, known as the petite this inspired a storyline on the Gilded Age
Petit Château
The French now use visage for face an older shorter form gave us this alternative to regarding the matter of
Vis ah V
Since her 2022 diagnosis this Canadian singer has opened up about her battle with stiff person syndrome
Céline Dion
This Singer/rapper old town Road use a sample from Nine Inch Nails 34 ghosts IV
Lil Nas X
Leroy Moore, Boyd Tinsley, Carter Buford and Stefan Lessard his band are 2024 rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame inductees
Dave Matthews Band
Snow angel is a debut album of this woman who left TVs the sex lives of college girls to focus on being a popstar
Renée Rapp
FDA calls it a high addictive chemical compound present in a tobacco plant
Nicotine
Substances lowest possible energy state is this 2 word term -273.15°C or an equally frosty -459.67°F
Absolute zero
FE203 is a chemical formula for this four letter concern
Rust
