![]() Cocktail drinkers might like to know that Port of Spain is home to the factory producing the world’s supply of Angostura bitters. The city is located on the northwest coast of Trinidad. ![]() Port of Spain is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Blake’s celebrity status and long life as a smoker was often cited by politicians who opposed anti-tobacco legislation. Apparently Blake claimed to have started smoking cigarettes at the age of 10 years, and died 85 years later in 1983. The 1978 musical revue “Eubie!” features his music. Blake was a noted composer and performer of ragtime music. James Hubert “Eubie” Blake was a composer and pianist from Baltimore, Maryland. Pounds per square inch (PSI) is a measure of pressure. The literal translation of “Koran” is “the recitation”. “Qur’an” a transliteration of the Arabic name for the holy text of the Muslim faith. The Koran is also known as the “Qur’an” and “Quran” in English. The McWhirter twins found themselves with a smash hit, and eventually became very famous in Britain hosting a TV show based on world records. It is the best-selling, copyrighted series of books of all time and is one of the books most often stolen from public libraries! The book was first published in 1954 by two twins, Norris and Ross McWhirter. “The Guinness Book of World Records” holds some records of its own. The word “Tinseltown” wasn’t applied to Hollywood until 1972. By the end of the 1500s, “tinsel” described thin strips of shiny metal. The term came from the Middle French word “estincelle” meaning “spark, spangle”, which ultimately derived from the Latin “scintilla” meaning “spark”. 51 Sparkly threads : TINSELīack in the mid-1400s, the word “tinsel” applied to cloth into which was woven gold or silver thread. The company was named for founder François Coty. 50 Perfume name : COTYĬoty is a producer of beauty products that was founded in 1904 in Paris. The founder Carolyn Rafaelian named her business for her two daughters: Alex and Ani. The jewelry retailer Alex and Ani was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Cranston, Rhode Island. 47 Bingham of “Baywatch” : TRACIĪctress and model Traci Bingham played Jordan Tate on “Baywatch” from 1996 to 1998. The term “hoar-frost” dates back to the 13th century, and reflects the similarity of the white feathers of frost to the gray/white of an old man’s beard. The Old English word “har” meant “gray, venerable, old”, and came into English as “hoar” (and later “hoary”) with the same meaning. An older collective noun for ferrets is a “fesnyng”. Just ignore me … 34 Black-footed pet : FERRETĪ group of ferrets is called a “business”. Then again, “Suzanne” is pretty special too. That said, his 1984 song “Hallelujah” is superb, and I particularly like the version recorded by Jeff Buckley in 1994. I’ve never been a big fan of the music of Canadian singer Leonard Cohen (don’t all yell at me at the same time!). 31 “Hallelujah” songwriter Cohen : LEONARD The usage of “kosher” has extended to include anything considered legitimate. 22 Trouble for an orthodox rabbi? : KOSHER PICKLEĪccording to Jewish dietary laws, kosher food is fit to eat, and food that is not fit to eat is referred to as treif (or “tref”). This dated unit is the amount of energy required to heat a pound of water so that the water’s temperature increases by one degree Fahrenheit. In the world of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), the power of a heating or cooling unit can be measured using the British Thermal Unit (BTU). Even in today’s world that is run by computers, Rolodexes are still quite popular. The brand name “Rolodex” is short for “rolling index”, and applies to a device that was invented back in 1956. After that first meeting, Alex and Deb became friends, and years later got married. The fourth person to comment on Deb’s blog was a gentleman named Alex Perelman. She parlayed her successful blog into a cookbook, also called “Smitten Kitchen”, which was published in 2012. “Smitten Kitchen” is a cooking blog that Deb Perelman has been publishing since 2006. ![]() Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ1 Smitten Kitchen blogger Perelman : DEB
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