Phlegmatic Clam Relaxed Flashcards
(66 cards)
Commercial planes usually cruise at around what altitude
34,000 feet
Between 31,000 38000 feet the air is thin, good for moving through, but not too thin good for burning fuel efficiency
What is a bumbershoot
Umbrella
Bumbershoot has been an US slang term for umbrella since the 1800s
Britain has brollies and gamps
A girls cheese sandwich one sold for $28,000 because it supposedly featured an image of what
Virgin Mary
The grilled cheese was bought by an online casino, even though it was already 10 years old when it was sold
Drawing millions of viewers what event is known as the Super Bowl of bass fishing
Bassmaster classic
Rick club and Kevin Van Damme are tied for most Bassmaster victories with four each
What’s the term for a baby puffin?
Puffling
In Iceland people gather each year to throw puffling into the water to keep them from getting confused by human light pollution
food industry figures was invented to answer letters sent back to customer
Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker was invented in 1921 as a name to sign to written responses to consumers
In 1913 this British economist published Indian currency and finance then got into government work, which is so him z in
Keynes
Canes
The Latin for death gives us this term for the lessening of the value of assets or debts over a period of time
Amortization
Ahm or tie zation
The city on Florida’s West Coast, the big guava and cigar city
Tampa
I can’t miss out on the big O aka this city just north of the Platte river
Ohama
Not just for us lowly citizens these types of ratings are issued to companies and nations by S&P global and Moody’s
Credit ratings
Battle of ink and ice details the legendary feud between Frederick Cook, and this other explorer
Robert Peary
Leonardo‘s 1473 rendering of the Arno River Valley is considered by some the first of these artistic depiction of natural scenery
Landscapes
Starting out as an apprentice to the artist Verrocchio, as a teen, Leonardo may have been a model for his statue of this biblical slayer
David
Left-handed and not wishing to smudge the ink as he went Leonardo use this form of writing name for something used in reading it
Mirror writing
In his portrait guh never duh venchi Leonardo blended tones to soften sharp outlines a method known by this smoky Italian name
Sfumato
Suhff mato
Not to find a killer, but to broaden his knowledge of anatomy, Leonardo performed many of these and drew what he discovered
Autopsy
Before big time success Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury of Queen shared an apartment, so Brit wise they were these
Flatmates
You may add this word to your vvocabulary as in let’s this up the chores
Divvy
A censorious old phrase for a boyfriend and girlfriend sharing a home or a book about cohabitation in Victorian times
Living in sin
Punning on something edible this type of list comes before the dishes, the laundry, etc.
Honey, do list
The arrival of birds from Polynesia to the raft of this ethnologist is a great moment in his 1950 book
Kon tiki
Thor high er doll
Tore
Brave new words is a new book about AI and education from this man famous for his nonprofit academy
Khan
This elemental levy is slapped on a business that generates pollution through emissions
Carbon tax
