“http” stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. “http” are the first letters in many Internet links. He held a note in the song “Summer Moved On” for 22 seconds! 35 “http” often begins one : URLĪn Internet address (like and ) is more correctly called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Lead singer Morten Harket has the record for holding the longest live note in a song. A-ha holds the record for the largest paying audience at a concert, drawing 198,000 people to the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 1991. The band made it into the Guinness Book of World Records twice. 34 Norwegian pop band that sounds like a revelation : A-HAĪ-ha is a band from Norway that first appeared on the music scene in Oslo in 1982. And thirdly, everyone knows that Ebenezer Scrooge uttered the words “Bah! Humbug!”. Firstly, it led to popular use of the phrase “Merry Christmas”, and secondly it gave us the word “scrooge” to describe a miserly person. The classic 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens has left us with a few famous phrases and words. The group resolved its differences and formed again in 2015. Apparently, Naughty by Nature split up in 2013 when Treach was accused by the other singers of not pulling his weight. The group started out in 1986 using the name “The New Style”. Naughty by Nature is a performing trio of rap singers Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee. The Academy considered naming the award the “Eddies” after Thomas Edison, but then opted for “Grammy” after Edison’s invention: the gramophone. As a result, they founded the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. These executives concluded that there were many people in the recording industry deserving of accolades but who would probably never make it to the Walk of Fame. The idea of a Grammy Award came up when recording executives were working on the Hollywood Walk of Fame project in the fifties. The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held in 1959 and focused on recognizing outstanding achievement in the recording industry. 29 Award first won by Naughty by Nature : BEST RAP ALBUM However, some random numbers have been excluded from use, i.e. The GG in the SSN is the Group Number, and the SSSS in the number is the Serial Number. Since 1973, the Area Number reflects the ZIP code from which the application was made. 26 Nine-digit ID : SSNĪ Social Security number (SSN) is divided into three parts i.e AAA-GG-SSSS, Originally, the Area Number (AAA) was the code for the office that issued the card. Link sausages are so called as they can come in chains, with each sausage being a link in that chain. IHOP was originally intended to be called IHOE, the International House of Eggs, but that name didn’t do too well in marketing tests. The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) was founded back in 1958. The definite article in French can be “le” (with masculine nouns), “la” (with feminine nouns), and “les” (with plural nouns of either gender). Our term “umbrella” ultimately derives from the Latin “umbra” meaning “shade, shadow”. 19 Aid for shade at the shore : BEACH UMBRELLA The Italian expression “al dente” literally means “to the tooth” or “to the bite” and is used to describe not only pasta, but also vegetables that are cooked so that they are tender and yet still crisp. Tiredness is a symptom of the condition, and so we use the term “anemic” figuratively to mean “lacking in vitality or substance”. Anemia is a lack of iron in the blood, or a low red blood cell count. The term “anemia” (or “anaemia”, as we write it back in Ireland) comes from a Greek word meaning “lack of blood”. 15 Deficiency of red blood cells, across the pond : ANAEMIA 8 One with faulty “I” sight? : EGOTISTĪn egoist (also “egotist”) is a selfish and conceited person. This means that players have to ante up, add to the “pot”, when no player has a pair of “jacks” or better. In some variants there are progressive antes. The term “jackpot” dates back to the 1800s and comes from the game of poker. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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