Wanda Sykes is a very successful American comedian and comic actress. Oom-pah-pah … 34 “History of the World, Part II” actress/writer Wanda : SYKES “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).
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The movie won three Oscars, and “Sly” Stallone had arrived … 33 Source of a low blow? : TUBA Stallone persevered and “Rocky” was eventually made with him playing the title role of Rocky Balboa. His efforts to sell the script went well but for the fact that the interested studios wanted a big name for the lead role, and Stallone was determined to be the star himself. Stallone was a struggling actor in 1975 when a Muhammad Ali fight inspired Stallone to write a screenplay for a boxing movie, which he did in just three days. If ever there was a movie that defined a career breakthrough for an actor, it would have to be “Rocky” for Sylvester Stallone. 31 Fruity pastry made by a movie boxer? : ROCKY’S TART (from “rocky start”) The Esso brand was replaced by Exxon in the US, but ESSO is still used in many other countries.
The Esso brand has its roots in the old Standard Oil company as it uses the initial letters of “Standard” and “Oil” (ESS-O). The idea is that one player provides a list of words which are then inserted into blank spots in a story, usually with hilarious results (they say!). Mad Libs is a word game, one mostly played by children in America. The “quads” are actually a group of four muscles in the upper leg, hence the use of the prefix “quad-”. It is the strongest muscle in the human body, and is also the leanest. The quadriceps femoris is the muscle group at the front of the thigh. Best Buy services include the famous “Geek Squad”, a band of technical experts that will help solve your computer and other consumer electronic problems. Sometimes the term “geek” is used today for someone regarded as foolish or clumsy, and also for someone who is technically driven and expert, but often socially inept.īest Buy is a retailer specializing in the supply of consumer electronics. Originally, a geek was a sideshow performer, perhaps one at a circus. 17 Leg muscle of a mathlete? : GEEK’S QUAD (from “Geek Squad”) Back in Jamaica, Bolt was really into cricket, and probably would have been a very successful fast bowler had he not hit the track instead. Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter who won the 100m and 200m race gold medals in the 2008, 20 Olympic Games. He is remembered annually here in California on his birthday, March 31, which is a state holiday. 5-6 years after returning from the military, back working as a farm laborer, Chávez became politically active and rose to national attention as an articulate union leader during some high profile strikes. In 1944, at 17 years of age, he joined the US Navy and served for two years. He never attended high school, dropping out to become a full-time migrant farm worker. Chávez was born in Yuma, Arizona, but moved to California as a child with his family. 9 Labor leader Chavez : CESARĬésar Chávez was a Mexican-American farm worker, and co-founder of the union today known as the United Farm Workers. Mayer could merge all three studios and run them himself as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Later in 1924, Loew also purchased Louis B.
Loew was already a successful movie theater owner when he purchased Metro Pictures Corporation in 1919, and then Goldwyn Pictures in 1924. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) film studio was founded in 1924 by Marcus Loew. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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