![]() “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”.“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”.“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”.“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (“… Sorcerer’s Stone” in the U.S).The titles of the seven “Harry Potter” books are: 51 Set of legendary objects from the Harry Potter series found at the ends of 20-, 34- and 41-Across : DEATHLY HALLOWS “Spain” is an anglicized form of the Spanish name “España”, which comes from the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula “Hispania”. Spain is the second largest country in the European Union (after France). What we call a “tilde” in English is usually referred to as a “virgulilla” or “tilde de la eñe” in Spanish. Confusingly, the word “tilde” in Spanish is used more generally to mean “accent mark, diacritic”, of which a “~” is just one. We use the name “tilde” in English, taking that name from Spanish. The tilde diacritical mark (~) is very much associated with the Spanish language. And, the women’s World Cup is fast catching up … 49 Key above a tilde : ESC The men’s World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, even outranking the Olympic Games. The competition has been held every four years (excluding the WWII years) since the inaugural event held in Uruguay in 1930. The FIFA World Cup is the most prestigious tournament in the sport of soccer. The number of representatives assigned to each state is proportional to that state’s population, except that each state is guaranteed a minimum of one delegate by the US Constitution. The number of seats in the US House of Representatives has been 435 since the year 1913, although there was a temporary increase to 437 seats at the time of the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union. Right before Dahl’s book was first published, he was intending to call the Oompa-Loompas “Whipple-Scrumpets”. Willy Wonka came across the Oompa-Loompas on an isolated island in the Atlantic and invited them to work in his factory in order to escape those hunting them on the island. The Oompa-Loompas are characters in the Roald Dahl book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, and indeed in the sequel story “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”. “Magma” is a Greek term that describes a thick ointment. Magma is the molten material below the Earth’s surface. When the Cincinnati Reds were a dominating force in the National League in the seventies, the team was given the nickname “the Big Red Machine”. ![]() Revolutions per second (rps) 33 Reds state? : OHIO Seeing the logo, both customer and merchant know to use the VISA system when making a transaction. VISA just sells the electronic systems and infrastructure to banks who then put the VISA logo on their own cards. VISA doesn’t actually issue any credit or debit cards. Overtime (OT) 28 Its card numbers all begin with 4 : VISA 24 Nerve-racking parts of games, in brief : OTS ![]() Despite all the accolades for “Citizen Kane” over the decades, the movie was far from a commercial success in its early run and actually lost money at the box office. It’s a remarkable achievement by Wells, as he played the lead and also produced and directed. 18 “Citizen _” : KANEġ941’s “Citizen Kane” was the first film made by Orson Welles, and is considered by many to be the finest movie ever made. “Mirage” has the same root as our words “admire” and “mirror”. The word “mirage” comes to us via French from the Latin “mirare” meaning “to look at in wonder”. The most often cited mirage is a “lake” seen in a desert, which is actually the blue of the sky and not water at all. We often use the term “oasis” more generally to describe a haven, a place of rest.Ī mirage occurs when light rays are bent by passing from cold air to warmer air. As water is needed for plant growth, an oasis might also include a spring, pond or small lake. Trippy, man … 16 Just a mirage, maybe : OASISĪn isolated area of vegetation in a desert is called an oasis (plural “oases”). It wasn’t until some five years later when Hofmann ingested some of the drug accidentally that its psychedelic properties were discovered. A Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann first synthesized LSD in 1938 in a research project looking for medically efficacious ergot alkaloids. LSD (known colloquially as “acid”) is lysergic acid diethylamide. The literal translation from Hebrew is “head of the year”. Rosh Hashanah is loosely referred to as “Jewish New Year”. The etymology of “bloke” seems to have been lost in the mists of time. The term derives from “chapman”, an obsolete word meaning “purchaser” or “trader”. “Chap” is an informal term meaning “lad, fellow” that is used especially in England. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across
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