Urania (you Rain E Uh) Muse Of Astronomy Flashcards
Country between Togo and Nigeria
Benin buh nein
Benign
Swiss horn in Ricola ads
Alpen horn or
Alp horn
Name given US public law 88-408 passed in 64 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression
Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Nasa mathematician of hidden figures famed is swept off her feet by this blond mopped recent British leader
Kathryn and Borris Johnson
Robert Redford and Jane Fonda smooching in NYC in the opening of the adaptation of this play
Barefoot in the park
Neil Simon
From Greek words for true and study it’s thr study of the origin and development of words
Etymology
Most famous work by this author titled I know why the caged bird sings wqs written during a deep depression following his assassination
Maya Angelou - Star of John singelton movie poetic Justice - plays an aunt - wrote poetry in it ? From Arkansas ?
MLK
Crude cartel since 1960 :
OPEC
Crude oil is a naturally occurring liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is found in geological formations. Also known as “petroleum”, crude is usually accessed by drilling. Once collected, it is refined and separated into many, many chemicals, e.g. gasoline and asphalt as well chemicals used to make plastics, fertilizers and pharmaceuticals.
A cartel is a group of independent businesses who cooperate to regulate production, pricing and marketing of their common product(s).
largest European city that sits on the Mediterranean coast
Barcelona
is an American actress, and a winner of an Oscar for her supporting role in the 1995 Woody Allen movie “Mighty Aphrodite”.
Mira Sorvino
Sorvino also played a title role opposite Lisa Kudrow in the very forgettable “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion”
City in Victor Hugo novels :
PARIS
Victor Hugo was a French writer who is known in his native country mainly for his poetry. Outside of France, Hugo is perhaps more closely associated with his novels such as “Les Misérables” and “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame”.
is a jazz singer from England who is noted for her remarkable range of nearly four octaves. She is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in each of the classical, jazz and popular music categories. My favorite of her recordings is “He Was Beautiful”, which is also known as “Cavatina” and is a version of the theme from the film “The Deer Hunter”.
Cleo Laine
The namecomes from “video” and “me”, and it also happens to be an anagram of “movie”.
“Vimeo”
Biblical name of ancient Syria :
ARAM
The ancient Biblical land of Aram was named after Aram, a grandson of Noah. Aram was located in the center of modern-day Syria. Aramaic became the everyday language of Syria, Mesopotamia and Palestine.
“is a rock opera that was first released in album form in 1970, before being adapted for the stage in 1971. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and the lyrics by Tim Rice.
Jesus Christ Superstar”
This Range is at the western edge of the Rocky Mountains and runs through Utah. “Wasatch” is a Ute word meaning “mountain pass”.
Wasatch range
is a Japanese company based in Kobe that produces athletic gear, including running shoes. The company name comes from the first letters of the Latin phrase “anima sana in corpore sano”, which translates to “a healthy soul in a healthy body”.
ASICS
is the study of prehistoric life.
Paleontology
My favorite “paleontologist” is Dr. David Huxley played by Cary Grant opposite Katharine Hepburn in the wonderful 1938 comedy “Bringing Up Baby”.
Music industry drama series starring Taraji P. Henson :
EMPIRE
Taraji P. Henson is an actress whose breakthrough role was Queenie in 2008’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, a role for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. I best know her as one of the leads in the excellent 2016 biographical drama “Hidden Figures”. TV viewers might know Henson for playing Cookie Lyon in the musical drama series “Empire”.
” is a 2003 animated blockbuster from Pixar. The film was the winner of the Oscar that year for Best Animated Feature.
Finding Nemo
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.
is an American author of detective fiction. Her most famous character is a female private investigator called V.I. Warshawski. Warshawski was played by Kathleen Turner in a big screen adaptation of one of her stories in 1991
Sara Paretsky
is a style of Japanese cuisine that features seafood, meat and vegetables that have been deep-fried in batter. The use of batter in fried foods was introduced into Japan by the Portuguese in the late 1500s.
Tempura
is the main character in the novella “A Christmas Carol” By Charles Dickens.
Ebenezer Scrooge
Through the course of the story, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, who show him the consequences of his miserly behavior. His name “Scrooge” has become a part of the English language as a term to describe someone who is stingy and mean with money.
African language family :
BANTU
There are hundreds of Bantu languages, which are mainly spoken in central, east and southern Africa. The most commonly spoken Bantu language is Swahili, with Zulu coming in second.
