![]() ![]() 56 Frankincense and myrrh, but not gold : RESINSįrankincense and myrrh are both tree resins that are exuded when certain species of tree are damaged. “Groundhog Day” is set in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania although it was actually filmed in the town of Woodstock, Illinois. The star of the movie is Bill Murray, with Andie MacDowell putting in a great supporting performance. “Groundhog Day” is a 1993 comedy film that has already become a classic. ![]() 53 Narrative device used in “Groundhog Day” : TIME LOOP The biggest rival to VHS was Betamax, but we all knew which of the two standards won the final round in that fight. VHS was one of many standards touted by various manufacturers in the seventies. The VHS video standard is more fully referred to as the Video Home System. Given that drone bees make no honey, we sometimes use the term “drone” figuratively, to describe a lazy worker, or someone who lives on the labors of others. : MALESĭrone bees (and ants) are fertile males of the species, whose sole role in life seems to be to mate with a queen. She turned pro just before her 16th birthday. Wie began playing golf at the age of four and was the youngest player ever to qualify for an LPGA tour event. Michelle Wie is an American golfer on the LPGA Tour. When you get towards the end of the drink, that bulb causes a kind of airlock and the remainder of the beer rushes to the top of the glass, splashing you in the face. There is a bulb at the bottom of the glass. I’ve tried drinking out of one, and it is extremely difficult. 39 It might be sold by the yard : ALEĪ yard (of ale) is a very tall glass, one that is just under a yard (three feet) long. Although Antarctica is very cold, it is essentially a desert, receiving only 8 inches of precipitation annually at the coasts and even less inland. On average, Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest of all seven continents. 38 Roughly one-third of the earth’s surface : DESERT Koi have been bred for decorative purposes and there are now some very brightly colored examples found in Japanese water gardens. Koi are fish that are also known as Japanese carp. 32 Features of some Japanese gardens : KOI PONDS Walt Disney actually wanted to build a living community for 20,000 residents at EPCOT, but he passed away without that vision being realized. EPCOT is an acronym standing for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, and is a representation of the future as envisioned by Walt Disney. : DELSĭelegate (del.) 22 Theme park originally conceived as a planned community : EPCOTĮPCOT Center (now just called “Epcot”) is the theme park beside Walt Disney World in Florida. He was so impressed by their performance that he told Andy to book them on his TV show, after which they became regulars from 1962-69. The Osmond Brothers were performing at Disneyland in the early sixties when they were spotted by Andy Williams’ father. He rearranged “Toot Sweet” and renamed it as “Johnny’s Theme”, the jazz instrumental played as the opening theme of “The Tonight Show Starry Johnny Carson”. Another oft-heard Anka composition started out life as his 1959 composition “Toot Sweet”. 16 Singer/songwriter Paul : ANKAĬanadian-born Paul Anka’s big hit was in 1957, the song entitled “Diana”. It is a perennial plant found throughout the Western United States. The sego lily is the state flower of Utah. We often use the term “palate” figuratively, to describe the sense of taste. The soft palate is muscular and moves to close off the nasal passages while swallowing. The posterior part is very fleshy and is called the soft palate. ![]() The anterior part of the palate is very bony, and is called the hard palate. The roof of the mouth is known as the palate. The incredibly successful derivative game called Monopoly was introduced in 1933 by Charles Darrow, who became a very rich man when Parker Brothers bought the rights to the game just two years later in 1935. The Landlord’s Game was first produced commercially in 1924. Phillips used her game as a tool to explain the single tax theory of American economist Henry George. The commercial game of Monopoly is supposedly a remake of “The Landlord’s Game” created in 1903 by a Quaker woman named Lizzie Phillips. _ you can't eat this entire cake! (challenge words): 2 wds.Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across.Newton's _ of universal gravitation crossword clue.…knick _ paddy whack give the dog a bone… (This Old Man line) crossword clue. ![]()
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