winter 2019-2020 Flashcards
IT’S RAINING: It did rain on this Pasadena parade in 2006, maybe because it was held on Jan. 2 instead of Jan. 1
The Rose Parade
CITIES ACROSS AMERICA: The Rose Bowl, which has held crowds of 105,000 people, is in this California city whose population is about 135,000
Pasadena
NOTABLE NAMES: While a teen in Paris, he devised his raised dot reading system for the blind
Louis Braille
“T…Y” VERY MUCH: The curving path of an object like a missile through the air
Trajectory
THE QUEEN’S ENGLISH: If Dennis the Menace hailed from Denston, he’d call this kid’s weapon a catapult
Slingshot
GET INTO SHAPE: It’s the trajectory of a cannonball, or the shape of the reflector in a headlight
parabolic
HODGEPODGE: It has the largest egg of any living bird
ostrich
AUSTRAILIAN WILDLIFE: Known for its loud “laugh”, this kingfisher doesn’t eat fish but feasts on insects and small reptiles and amphibians
a kookaburra
“BOOM”, “BA”: Jack Byham, a famous maker of these, sold thousands at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics (with a few returns)
a boomerang
AMERICA”NA”: In 1891 he was assigned to create an indoor game to distract an unruly class
James Naismith
BOTANISTS: This former slave and botany whiz turned down offers to work for Thomas Edison and Joseph Stalin
George Washington Carver
WORLD AUTHORS: Last name of brothers Jakob and Wilhelm, known for their German dictionary as well as their fairy tales
Grimm
A “HA”!: In a Grimm fairy tale, he’s Gretel’s brother
Hansel
NBA NICKNAMES: Black Mamba
Kobe Bryant
DOWNTOWN CABBIE: Sure, I can take you to this L.A. sports arena where Kobe plays; you know it doesn’t sell office supplies, right?
Staples Center
MYSTERY MEAT: Well, this filet came from Japanese Wagyu cattle–it must be this type of beef
Kobe beef
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: If you were curious, George, Feb. 8, 2016 is Chinese New Year and the year of this animal
monkey
I LOVE A PARADE: The annual Chinese New Year parade in this West Coast city is the largest celebration of its kind outside Asia
San Francisco
AMERICANA: His innovations include the first American newspaper cartoon (in 1754) and bifocals (around 1780)
Benjamin Franklin
DISNEY SONGS: Randy Newman’s Oscar-nominated song from “Toy Story”
You’ve Got a Friend In Me
KITTY LITERATURE: The feline in footwear popularized in Charles Perrault’s tale
Puss in Boots
SPORTS BIOGRAPHIES: No. 99: “Greatness On Ice”
Wayne Gretzky
FUN WITH TEAM NAMES: The linguistics dept. at the Univ. of Toronto said this team name is not incorrectly pluralized, as it is a proper noun
The Maple Leafs
FAMOUS WOMEN: Choreographer Michael Fokine created “The Dying Swan” in 1905 for this Russian dancer
Anna Pavlova