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. Within months of The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite this president created the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA, now DARPA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Space Race had begun …
President Eisenhower
satellite towards the end of 1957 in a development that shocked the establishment in the US
stage in the development of an insect.
All four stages are embryo, larva, pupa and imago.
is an actor and comedian who was a co-host on “The Talk” for several years starting in 2011. She began hosting the reboot of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” in 2013.
Aisha Tyler
The American improv comedy TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway” is a spin-off of a very successful British show of the same name. The British TV show is itself a spin-off of a BBC radio show that I well remember. Lots of fun …
Che is the narrator in this musical
Bonus composers
Evita
by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Month after diciembre :
ENERO
In Spanish, “el año” (the year) starts in “enero” (January) and ends in “diciembre” (December).
Kathy bates Oscar
Best actress misery
This idiomatic phrase “applies to someone of noble descent. It is a translation of the Spanish “sangre azul”, which was applied to the royal family in Spain. The notion is that someone of noble birth does not have to work outdoors in the fields, and so has untanned skin.
blue blood”
The veins showing in the skin had “blue blood”, whereas those veins were masked by the darker skin of the peasant classes.
In a game of hockey, the rink is divided into three zones:
the defensive zone, the neutral zone and the offensive zone. The three zones are divided by two blue lines.
is an actor from Detroit who is perhaps best known for playing the gangster Leslie Chow in the “The Hangover” series of films.
Ken Jeong
Jeong isn’t only an actor; he has an M.D. degree and is a licensed physician in California.
2 largest manufacturer of cars in South Korea,
Kia Motors is the second-largest manufacturer of cars in South Korea, behind Hyundai (and Hyundai is a part owner in Kia now). Kia was founded in 1944 as a manufacturer of bicycle parts, and did indeed produce Korea’s first domestic bicycle. The company’s original name was Kyungsung Precision Industry, with the Kia name introduced in 1952.
Jason’s ship, in Greek mythology :
ARGO
In Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts set sail on the Argo from the city of Iolcos in search of the Golden Fleece. Jason’s vessel was called the “Argo” in honor of a man named Argus, who designed and constructed it with the help of the goddess Athena.
General on a Chinese menu :
TSO
General Tso’s chicken is an American creation, and a dish often found on the menu of a Chinese restaurant. The name General Tso may be a reference to General Zuo Zongtang of the Qing Dynasty, but there is no clear link.
They can shut down half of their brain to rest, while the other half stays awake to control breathing.
orcas killer whales
This is necessary because, unlike humans, have to make an active decision about when to breathe, when their blowholes are at the surface of the water. While one half of the brain stays awake, and controls breathing, the eye on the same side of the body stays open, looking out for danger.
The term “is French in origin, and translates literally as “false step” (or “false steps”, as the plural has the same spelling in French).
faux pas”
Accent on “señor” :
TILDE
The tilde diacritical mark (~) is very much associated with the Spanish language. We use the name “tilde” in English, taking that name from Spanish. Confusingly, the word “tilde” in Spanish is used more generally to mean “accent mark, diacritic”, of which a “~” is just one. What we call a “tilde” in English is usually referred to as a “virgulilla” or “tilde de la eñe” in Spanish.
