![]() ![]() Chu’s firstborn child is named “Willow”, after the 1998 film “Willow”. Chu is a movie and television director who is perhaps known for directing 2018’s highly-acclaimed film “Crazy Rich Asians”. “Tuba” is the Latin word for “trumpet, horn”. The tuba is the lowest-pitched of all brass instruments, and one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra (usually there is just one tuba included in an orchestral line-up). For example, a person might be described as “cute as a kitten” or as “busy as a bee”. 36 Simile’s center : AS AĪ simile is a figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things that are unalike. Given the French/Cajun history of Louisiana, the LSU fans use the cheer “Geaux Tigers” instead of “Go Tigers”. The name comes from the days of the Civil War, when two Louisiana brigades earned the nickname the “Louisiana Tigers”. They are officially known as the Fightin’ Tigers, and the school mascot is “Mike the Tiger”. The Tigers are the sports teams of Louisiana State University (LSU). Gesso is mixed with glue and applied to wood so that it acts as an absorbent surface for paint. “Gesso” is the Italian word for “chalk” and gives its name to the powdered calcium carbonate that is used as a primer coat under artistic panel paintings. There are a whole slew of rappers named “Lil’ something”, such as Lil Wayne, Lil’ J, and Lil’ Kim. “Lil’” is a short form of the word “little”. Japan has been referred to as the land of the rising sun at least since the 12th century. The Japanese flag is white, with a red disc in the center that represents the sun. 28 Symbol in the center of the Japanese flag : SUN The black color indicates that the underlying cheese has been aged for a minimum of 17 weeks. You might occasionally come across an Edam cheese that is coated in black wax. The cheese is famous for its coating of red paraffin wax, a layer of protection that helps Edam travel well and prevents spoiling. 26 Mild yellow cheese : EDAMĮdam cheese takes its name from the Dutch town of Edam in North Holland. In this case, he takes money from Roderigo, who believes that Iago will help him bed Othello’s wife Desdemona. ![]() Here he is claiming to make money out of making fools of others. At one point he readily admits this, saying “Thus do I ever make my fool my purse”. In William Shakespeare’s “Othello”, Iago is the villain of the piece. The Clio Awards were first presented in 1959. Clio was also the recorder of great deeds, the proclaimer and celebrator of great accomplishments and a source of inspiration and genius. The Clio Awards are the Oscars of the advertising world and are named after Clio, the Greek Muse of History. Sponges have no digestive or circulatory system as such and instead rely on the movement of water to supply food and oxygen, and to remove waste material. They are animals with bodies that are full of holes and channels through which seawater freely circulates. Sponges are multicellular organisms that live underwater. The meaning was extended into “studio apartment” in the early 1900s. “Studio” comes into English via Italian from the Latin “studium” meaning “room for study”. 17 “It’s super-cozy, and a breeze to clean!” : STUDIO APARTMENT One notable fact is that he is the last major league baseball player to have also played in the Negro League. The great Hank Aaron (“Hammerin’ Hank” or “the Hammer”) has many claims to fame. 15 Something to live by : TENETĪ tenet is an article of faith, something that is held to be true. The pioneers of the Cubist movement were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. In the art movement known as Cubism, objects that are the subject of a painting are broken up and reassembled in an abstract form. 9 Cubist Picasso : PABLOĪrtist Pablo Picasso’s full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, a name he was given right from birth. That said, “scads” was used to mean “dollars” back in the mid-1800s. The origin of the word “scads”, meaning “lots and lots”, is unclear. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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