45 Big letters in fashion : DKNYĭonna Karan is an American fashion designer, creator of the Donna Karan New York (DKNY) clothing label. Somewhere along the way “edge” was mistakenly replaced with “egg”, giving us our term “to egg on” meaning “to goad”. The verb “to edge” has been used to mean to incite, to urge on, from the 16th century.
Langley used to be the largest intelligence agency in the western world, but that honor now goes to the BND Headquarters in Berlin. The facility was named for former Director of the CIA and US President George H. The CIA headquarters is located in Langley, Virginia in a complex called the George Bush Center for Intelligence. The “pick” is the interception, and the “six” is the number of points awarded for a touchdown. “Pick-six” is a football term, an interception returned by the defensive team for a touchdown. 39 Football interception leading to a touchdown, colloquially : PICK SIX
The letter pi has represented this constant since the mid-1700s, and was chosen because pi is the first letter of the Greek word “perimetros” meaning “circumference”. Pi is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, and is probably most famous to us as a symbol for a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Hanks was the first choice to voice Woody, but Allen was asked to voice Buzz after Billy Crystal turned down the role. The main roles in the film are Buzz Lightyear and Woody, who are voiced by Tim Allen and Tom Hanks respectively. “Toy Story” was also Pixar’s first production. 30 Buzz Lightyear and Woody, for two : TOYSġ995’s “Toy Story” was the world’s first feature-length computer-animated movie. Perhaps most famously, Salvador Dali had one that he carried around everywhere with him. An ocelot doesn’t look too different from a domestic cat, and some have been kept as pets. The ocelot is a wild cat found mainly in South and Central America, although there have been sightings as far north as Arkansas. 20 Cat also called a dwarf leopard : OCELOT The “honey sac” is that part of the esophagus of a bee in which honey forms from nectar. It was traded alongside four other securities when the exchange opened. The first company to be listed on the NYSE was the Bank of New York. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization, and it has been in operation for over 230 years. The purpose of the lock-up period is to prevent a flood of shares from hitting the market and potentially driving down the price of the stock. IPOs are often accompanied by a so-called “lock-up period.” This is a period of time, typically 90 to 180 days after the IPO, during which company insiders, such as executives and early investors, are not allowed to sell their shares on the open market. events : IPOSĪn initial public offering (IPO) is a significant event for a company as it marks the first time it becomes a publicly traded company. There’s even a Peppa Pig World theme park located in Hampshire, England. “Peppa Pig” is a children’s animated show that is produced in the UK and airs all over the world. Lima is home to the oldest university in all of the Americas, as San Marco University was founded in 1551 during the days of Spanish colonial rule. He chose this name because the decision to found the city was made on January 6th, the feast of the Epiphany that commemorates the visit of the three kings to Jesus in Bethlehem. It was founded in 1535 by the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, who named it “la Ciudad de los Reyes” (the City of Kings). It was introduced to Europe from the area around Lima, Peru, hence the name. The lima bean is also known as the butter bean or madagascar bean. 5 Bean named for a South American capital : LIMA Coyote is always receiving a new piece of gear from Acme designed to finally capture the Road Runner, but the equipment always leads to his downfall. The Acme Corporation is a fictional company used mainly by Looney Tunes, and within the Looney Tunes empire it appears mostly in “Road Runner” cartoons. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ Fictional Looney Tunes corporation : ACME
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