

“Chili” is the most common spelling in North America, although the spelling “chile” is usual in Mexico and some parts of the US and Canada. The spelling of the word “chili” can lead to some confusion. 32 Hot food served extra cold? : CHILLY CHILI PEPPERSĬhili peppers originated in Bolivia, and were first grown as a crop in Mexico. There’s also a J-bar, which is a similar device but with each J-shaped bar used by one skier at a time. The bar is placed behind the thighs, pulling along the skiers as they remain standing on their skis (hopefully!). 28 Letters before a handle : AKAĪlso known as (aka)Also known as (aka) 29 Type of lift : T-BARĪ T-bar is a ski lift on which the skiers are pulled up the hill in pairs, with each pair standing (not sitting!) either side of a T-shaped metal bar. It is common across Asia and best known in North America as part of Jewish cuisine. Halvah (also “halva, halwa”) is a sweet confection. The band’s most successful releases are “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”, I’ll Tumble 4 Ya”, and “Karma Chameleon”. The group decided on the name “Culture Club” in recognition the varied background of the four band members: representing the gay, black, white, English, Irish and Jewish communities. And, bad deeds have bad consequences.Ĭulture Club is an English pop band that was founded by the lead vocalist Boy George. Good deeds have good consequences at some later point in one’s life, one’s future life, or one’s afterlife. Karma embraces the notion of cause and effect. Karma is a religious concept with its basis in Indian faiths. 26 Word repeated in a Culture Club song : KARMA Graf is married to another former World No. Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, which was more than any other man or woman until Serena Williams came along.
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1 professional tennis player from Germany. Can you imagine how hard it must have been to play tennis at his level with a rug stuck on?

An amazing revelation in the book is that Agassi’s famous head of hair was actually a wig for much of his playing career. Agassi wrote an autobiography called “Open”, published in 2009. Retired tennis professional Andre Agassi has been married to fellow player Steffi Graf since 2001. This peculiarly American use of “uncle” dates back to the early 1900s, but nobody seems to know how “uncle!” came to mean “stop!” 23 Love letters between Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf? : TENNIS PROS’ PROSE So a soothsayer was supposedly one who told the “truth” (about the future). The term “soothsayer” comes from “sooth”, an archaic word for “truth”. 21 Old-timey truth : SOOTHĪ soothsayer is someone who claims to have the ability to predict the future. “Alum” is an informal term used for either an alumna or alumnus. The term comes into English from Latin, in which an alumnus is a foster-son or pupil. The female form is “alumna” (plural “alumnae”).

20 Grad : ALUMĪn alumnus (plural “alumni”) is a graduate or former student of a school or college. Another example is “per annum”, in which “annum” is the accusative case as the literal translation of the phrase is “during the year”. In “anno Domini”, the “anno” is the ablative case of “annus” as the phrase means “in the year of the Lord”. We often see it used in Latin phrases, but usually with a different spelling. The shape of the bones gives rise to their names: the hammer (malleus), anvil (incus) and stirrup (stapes). The ossicles’ job is to transmit sound from the outer ear to the inner ear. The middle ear contains three small bones called the ossicles, the three smallest bones in the human body. The middle ear is the portion of the ear immediately behind the eardrum. 5 Organs with the smallest bones in the body : EARS Skim milk must contain less than 0.5% fat, and typically contains 0.1%. Low-fat milk is defined as milk containing 0.5-2% fat, with levels of 1% and 2% commonly found on grocery store shelves. To be labeled whole milk, the butterfat content must be at least 3.25%. The fatty component of milk is known as butterfat (sometimes “milkfat”). Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
