Tems Thames London Flashcards
In 1864 this general got generally trounced in thr presidential Election
General McClellan
212 to 21 to Abe
Beats a full house
Royal flush
Straight flush
Four of a kind
First US counts minted here
Philadelphia
Capital at the time
US bureau of these 2 activities can produce over 500 M in notes in a day
Printing and engraving
Part of treasury department
National animal of Canada
Beaver
National bird of Bahamas
Flamingo
Scarlet avian
80s movie theme songs
Movie title: What a feeling
83
Flash dance
Irene cara
80s movie theme songs
Movie title R good enough
85
Cyndi lauper
The goonies
80s movie theme songs
Burning heart
85
Survivor
Rocky 4 -
East vs west ?
80s movie theme songs
glory of love
86
Peter suh ter uh
Karate kid 2
80s movie theme songs
The touch
86
Transformers the movie
Stan bush
Order wells final movie ? No rosebud
She’s so high song
Tal Bachman
Canadian
14 on billboard 100
80s movie theme songs
UHF
89
Weird Al yank uh vick (real name George Newman )
UHF - also name of movie
UHF (released internationally as The Vidiot from UHF) is a 1989 American comedy film starring “Weird Al” Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva
Element 21
Scandium
Sc
Transition metal
Element 22
Titanium
Ti
Transition metal
Element 25
Manganese
mn
Transition metal
Element 24
Chromium cr
Transition metal
Element 23
Vuh nay d um
Transition metal
Element 31
Gallium ga
Element 32
Germanium ge
Italy’s first capital :
TURIN
Turin (“Torino” in Italian) is a major city in the north of Italy that sits on the Po River. Back in 1861, when the Kingdom of Italy was formed, Turin was chosen as the first capital of the country.
is Spanish for “Do you speak Spanish?” “Aquí se habla español” translates as “Spanish is spoken here”.
Habla español?”
We usually associate the cultivation of this flower with the Netherlands, but they were first grown commercially in the Ottoman Empire.
tulips - spring bloom
The name “tulip” ultimately derives from the Ottoman Turkish word “tulbend” that means “muslin, gauze”.
Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective and the hero of many stories published by this author. There are 33 Nero Wolfe novels for us to read, and 39 short stories.
Rex Stout
There are also movie adaptations of two of the novels: “Meet Nero Wolfe” (1936) which features a young Rita Hayworth, and “The League of Frightened Men” (1937). One of Wolfe’s endearing traits is his love of good food and beer, so he is a pretty rotund character.
This ” is one of those brand names that has become so much associated with the product that it is often assumed to be a generic term.
The “hydrotherapy product” took off in the fifties with some astute marketing towards “worn-out housewives” and the use of celebrity spokesman Jack Benny.
Jacuzzi
The Jacuzzi company was founded in 1915 by the seven(!) Jacuzzi brothers in Berkeley California. The brothers, who were Italian immigrants
He got his big break in movies with a supporting role in “Raging Bull” starring Robert De Niro, earning Pesci an Oscar nomination early in his career. There followed a string of gangster roles played alongside De Niro, namely “Once Upon a Time in America”, “Goodfellas” and “Casino”.
Joe Pesci
But I like Pesci’s comedic acting best of all. He was marvelous in the “Home Alone” films, the “Lethal Weapon” series, and my personal favorite, “My Cousin Vinny”. Pesci gets a mention in the stage musical “Jersey Boys”, which isn’t too surprising as he is one of the show’s producers.
” is a comedy drama TV show created by and starring comedian Peter Davidson, supported by Edie Falco and Joe Pesci. Apparently, episodes are inspired by Davidson’s own life.
Bupkis
We use this term “” to describe a film director with a distinctive style, and someone who is distinguished enough to overcome the influence of a movie studio and other commercial pressures. Examples often cited are Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks and Jean Renoir. “
auteur
Auteur” is a French word meaning “author”.
The San Francisco Bay Area is served by three major airports:
San Francisco (SFO), Oakland (OAK) and San Jose (SJC).
is located just south of Yellowstone NP, and a must-see if you are visiting the latter.
Grand Teton National Park (NP)
The park is named after the tallest peak in the magnificent Teton Range known as Grand Teton. The origins of the name “Teton” is not very clear, although one story is that it was named by French trappers, as the word “tetons” in French is a slang term meaning “breasts”.
She is a restaurateur and TV personality from South Africa. She has a very colorful demeanor, which no doubt helped her take over from the marvelous Mary Berry as a judge of the hit UK show “The Great British Bake Off” (“The Great British Baking Show” in the US).
Prue Leith
Ty Cobb’s first cousin, Robert H. Cobb, owned this chain of restaurants. One of his regular customers was the famous Sid Grauman, who ran Grauman’s Chinese Theater. Late one night, Grauman asked for a snack, and Cobb came up with a chopped salad simply made from ingredients he happened to have in the refrigerator. Grauman liked it so much that he continued to request it, and the Cobb salad was born.
Brown Derby
Something described as this is related to a bear.
ursine
The term “ursine” comes from “ursus” (plural “ursi”), Latin for “bear”.
Turner memoir :
“I, Tina” is a 1986 autobiography by Tina Turner. The book was so successful it was adapted into a movie called “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” The film version was released in 1993 and stars Angela Bassett as Tina Turner. The first chapter of the biography is called “Nut Bush”, a reference to the small farming community of Nutbush, Tennessee where Turner was born (as Anna Mae Bullock).
Jeweler to the Romanovs :
FABERGE
Fabergé eggs are beautiful jeweled eggs made by the House of Fabergé from 1885 to 1917. The tradition of fabricating the eggs started when Tsar Alexander III commissioned Fabergé to create a jeweled egg for his wife in 1885. After this, the House of Fabergé produced more and more elaborate designs, year after year.
Where Ferrari is RACE :
NYSE
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) can give some quite descriptive ticker symbols to companies, for example:
Anheuser-Busch (BUD, for “Budweiser”)
Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP, as in “beer tap”)
Steinway Musical Instruments (LVB, for “Ludwig van Beethoven”)
Sotheby’s (BID, for the auction house)
The Italian sports car company Ferrari was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939. Ferrari built the most expensive car ever sold: a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO that exchanged hands for over $38 million in 2012.
became Governor of New York in 2021, making her the first woman to assume the office. As a native of Buffalo, she also became the first governor from Upstate New York since 1920.
Kathy Hochul
is a former Mayor of San Francisco (2004-2011) who took over as the Governor of California in 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and a very outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump. From 2001 to 2006, was married to Kimberley Guilfoyle, a former attorney and fiancée of Donald Trump Jr. Guilfoyle is a very outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump.
Gavin Newsom
is a broad cultural movement that incorporates science-fiction and futuristic elements with the history and identity of the African diaspora.
Afrofuturism
The term “Afrofuturism” was coined in 1994 by author and cultural critic Mark Dery.
True Grit” filmmakers :
Also star of original and new
COENS
The classic 1969 Western movie “True Grit” starring John Wayne is a screen adaptation of a 1968 novel by Charles Portis. The Coen brothers released another big screen adaption of the novel using the same title in 2010 starring Jeff Bridges in the Rooster Cogburn role previously played by John Wayne.
